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Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Hodgkin's Lymphoma

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Phase
PHASE3
Status at capture
COMPLETED
Registry last update
2021-03-30

This phase III trial is studying how well combination chemotherapy works when given before radiation therapy and/or additional chemotherapy in treating young patients with newly diagnosed Hodgkin's lymphoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) and giving them together with radiation therapy may kill more cancer cells.

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What did the study report?

Outcomes, safety and baseline populations are separate source sections. Quality-of-life measures appear under their original outcome titles.

Who could take part
eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed Hodgkin's lymphoma meeting the following criteria: * Newly diagnosed disease * Stage IA OR stage IIA without bulky disease * No lymphocyte-predominant histology * Staging on this study will be determined by the clinical stage; surgical staging is strongly discouraged, except for the rare situation of equivocal imaging studies below the diaphragm * Patients may not have received any previous chemotherapy or radiation therapy; patients may not have received systemic corticosteroids within 30 days of enrollment on this protocol; steroids used for treatment of contrast agent allergy required for computed tomography (CT) scans are acceptable * Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \>= 70 mL/min/1.73 m\^3 * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x normal * Alanine (ALT) =\< 2.5 x normal * Shortening fraction \>= 27% by echocardiogram OR ejection fraction \>= 50% by multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) * No pathologic prolongation of QTc interval on 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) * Female patients of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test * Lactating females must agree that they will not breastfeed a child while on this study * Fertile patients must use effective contraception * Males and females of reproductive potential may not participate unless they have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method * All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent * All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
healthy Volunteers
false
maximum Age
21 Years
sex
ALL
std Ages
  1. CHILD
  2. ADULT
Treatment arms and interventions
arm Groups
  1. description
    Treatment consists of 3 cycles of Doxorubicin hydrochloride IV (25 mg/m2) days 1 \& 2, Vincristine sulfate IV (1.4 mg/m2 \[max 2.8 mg\]) Days 1 \& 8, Prednisone orally (40 mg/m2) Days 1-7, Cyclophosphamide IV (600 mg/m2) Days 1 \& 2, Filgrastim by mouth or IV (5 micrograms/kg/dose) 24 hours after Cyclophosphamide complete. See detailed description for remainder of therapy.
    intervention Names
    1. Radiation: radiation therapy
    2. Drug: doxorubicin hydrochloride
    3. Drug: vincristine sulfate
    4. Drug: prednisone
    5. Drug: cyclophosphamide
    6. Drug: ifosfamide
    7. Drug: vinorelbine tartrate
    8. Drug: dexamethasone
    9. Drug: etoposide phosphate
    10. Drug: cisplatin
    11. Drug: cytarabine
    12. Biological: filgrastim
    label
    Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    type
    EXPERIMENTAL
interventions
  1. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Undergo radiation therapy
    name
    radiation therapy
    other Names
    1. irradiation
    2. radiotherapy
    3. therapy, radiation
    type
    RADIATION
  2. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV
    name
    doxorubicin hydrochloride
    other Names
    1. ADM
    2. ADR
    3. Adria
    4. Adriamycin PFS
    5. Adriamycin RDF
    type
    DRUG
  3. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV
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    vincristine sulfate
    other Names
    1. leurocristine sulfate
    2. VCR
    3. Vincasar PFS
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    DRUG
  4. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given orally
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    other Names
    1. DeCortin
    2. Deltra
    type
    DRUG
  5. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV
    name
    cyclophosphamide
    other Names
    1. CPM
    2. CTX
    3. Cytoxan
    4. Endoxan
    5. Endoxana
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    DRUG
  6. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV
    name
    ifosfamide
    other Names
    1. Cyfos
    2. Holoxan
    3. IFF
    4. IFX
    5. IPP
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  7. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV
    name
    vinorelbine tartrate
    other Names
    1. Eunades
    2. navelbine ditartrate
    3. NVB
    4. VNB
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    DRUG
  8. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV
    name
    dexamethasone
    other Names
    1. Aeroseb-Dex
    2. Decaderm
    3. Decadron
    4. DM
    5. DXM
    type
    DRUG
  9. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV
    name
    etoposide phosphate
    other Names
    1. ETOP
    2. Etopophos
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  10. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV
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    other Names
    1. CACP
    2. CDDP
    3. CPDD
    4. DDP
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    DRUG
  11. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV
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    other Names
    1. ARA-C
    2. arabinofuranosylcytosine
    3. arabinosylcytosine
    4. Cytosar-U
    5. cytosine arabinoside
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    DRUG
  12. arm Group Labels
    1. Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide and Filgrastim
    description
    Given IV or subcutaneously
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    filgrastim
    other Names
    1. G-CSF
    2. Neupogen
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Study design
allocation
NA
intervention Model
SINGLE_GROUP
masking Info
masking
NONE
primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
count
287
type
ACTUAL
Registered outcome plans (not posted results)
primary Outcomes
  1. description
    Survival is defined as the minimum time from study entry to requirement for additional chemotherapy and IFRT for retrieval, occurrence of a second malignant neoplasm, or death from any cause. Patients without report of such events where censored at last contact. Patients who achieve less than CR after 3 cycles of AV-PC will require IFRT and hence will satisfy this definition at the time of response evaluation. Patients who achieve a CR but who relapse will receive addition chemotherapy and IFRT or intense retrieval and hence will satisfy this definition at the time of the first relapse of Hodgkin disease. This endpoint will be used to compute event free survival without receiving radiation therapy (EFSnoRT).
    measure
    Event Free Survival Without Receiving Radiation Therapy (EFSnoRT).
    time Frame
    At 60 months
  2. description
    Survival is defined as the minimum time from study entry to a relapse of higher risk at any time, any relapse following treatment with protocol mandated IFRT, death from any cause, or the occurrence of a second malignant neoplasm. This will be used to compute intensive therapy free survival (ITFS). Patients without report of such events where censored at last contact. This differs from traditional EFS in that relapse after AVPC\* x3 therapy alone that does not place the patient in a higher risk category is not considered a treatment failure. In this definition, higher-risk relapse refers to relapse involving sites and extent of disease that place the patient in the current COG definition of intermediate or high-risk disease. If a patient with CR who experiences a LR relapse is not retreated with protocol-mandated chemotherapy and IFRT, subsequent disease relapses will nevertheless be counted in the analysis of the treatment strategy.
    measure
    Intensive Therapy Free Survival (ITFS).
    time Frame
    At 60 months
  3. description
    Survival is defined as the minimum time from study entry to a relapse of any kind, death from any cause, or occurrence of a second malignant neoplasm. Patients without report of such events where censored at last contact. This will be used to compute event free survival (EFS).
    measure
    Event Free Survival (EFS)
    time Frame
    At 60 months
secondary Outcomes
  1. description
    Survival is defined as time from study entry to death due to any cause. Patients alive at last contact where censored at last contact.
    measure
    Overall Survival
    time Frame
    At 60 months
Full study description
brief Summary
This phase III trial is studying how well combination chemotherapy works when given before radiation therapy and/or additional chemotherapy in treating young patients with newly diagnosed Hodgkin's lymphoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) and giving them together with radiation therapy may kill more cancer cells.
detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: I. Investigate the paradigm of response-based therapy for low-risk Hodgkin's lymphoma by eliminating involved-field radiotherapy (IFRT) in patients who achieve a complete remission (CR) after initial chemotherapy. II. Investigate whether 3 courses of doxorubicin hydrochloride, vincristine, prednisone, and cyclophosphamide (AV-PC) for the treatment of low-risk Hodgkin's lymphoma is sufficient to induce CR in at least 80% of patients. III. Investigate whether patients who experience a low-risk relapse after initial treatment with chemotherapy alone can be successfully treated with a salvage regimen comprising ifosfamide and vinorelbine ditartrate with dexamethasone, etoposide phosphate, cisplatin, and cytarabine (IV/DECA) and IFRT. IV. Maintain the overall survival for patients with low-risk Hodgkin's lymphoma at or above 97%. V. Determine the prognostic significance of very early response as measured by fludeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) or gallium after the first course of chemotherapy. VI. Evaluate the prognostic significance of elevation of erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein at the time of diagnosis in patients with low-risk Hodgkin's lymphoma on CR rate and relapse rate after chemotherapy alone. VII. Determine the frequency and severity of late effects of therapy, including thyroid dysfunction, infertility, cardiotoxicity, and second malignant neoplasms. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. INITIAL CHEMOTHERAPY: Patients receive doxorubicin hydrochloride intravenously (IV) over 10-30 minutes and cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-2, vincristine IV on days 1 and 8, prednisone orally (PO) on days 1-7, and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) on days 3-7 and 9-14. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving complete remission (CR) proceed to observation. Patients achieving partial remission proceed to radiotherapy. Patients who have a low-risk relapse after achieving CR on initial chemotherapy proceed to salvage chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy. Patients who have stable disease or disease progression go off study. SALVAGE CHEMOTHERAPY: Patients receive ifosfamide IV continuously on days 1-4, vinorelbine ditartrate IV over 6-10 minutes on days 1-5, and G-CSF SC or IV beginning on day 6 and continuing until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses. Patients then receive dexamethasone IV over 15 minutes every 12 hours, etoposide phosphate IV over 3 hours every 12 hours, and cytarabine IV over 3 hours every 12 hours on days 1 and 2; cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1; and G-CSF SC or IV beginning on day 3 and continuing until blood counts recover. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses. Patients then proceed to radiotherapy. INVOLVED-FIELD RADIOTHERAPY (IFRT): Beginning 4 weeks after completion of chemotherapy, patients undergo IFRT once daily, 5 days a week, for 2.8 weeks. Patients who do not achieve CR go off study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for up to 10 years.
Source references
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  1. citation
    Castellino SM, Giulino-Roth L, Harker-Murray P, Kahn JM, Forlenza C, Cho S, Hoppe B, Parsons SK, Kelly KM; COG Hodgkin Lymphoma Committee. Children's Oncology Group's 2023 blueprint for research: Hodgkin lymphoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Sep;70 Suppl 6(Suppl 6):e30580. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30580. Epub 2023 Jul 28.
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  2. citation
    Parekh A, Keller FG, McCarten KM, Kessel S, Cho S, Pei Q, Wu Y, Castellino SM, Constine LS, Schwartz CL, Hodgson D, Kelly KM, Hoppe BS. Targeted radiotherapy for early-stage, low-risk pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma slow early responders: a COG AHOD0431 analysis. Blood. 2022 Sep 8;140(10):1086-1093. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022016098.
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