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ECHELON-2: A Comparison of Brentuximab Vedotin and CHP With Standard-of-care CHOP in the Treatment of Patients With CD30-positive Mature T-cell Lymphomas

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Phase
PHASE3
Status at capture
COMPLETED
Registry last update
2021-11-30

This is a double-blind, randomized, multicenter, phase 3 clinical trial to compare the efficacy and safety of brentuximab vedotin in combination with CHP with the standard-of-care CHOP in patients with CD30-positive mature T-cell lymphomas.

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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: * Patients with newly diagnosed, CD30-positive mature T-cell lymphomas * Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-avid disease by PET and measurable disease of at least 1.5 cm by CT * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2 Exclusion Criteria: * History of another primary invasive malignancy that has not been in remission for at least 3 years * Current diagnosis of primary cutaneous CD30-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders and lymphomas or mycosis fungoides * History of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) * Cerebral/meningeal disease related to the underlying malignancy
healthy Volunteers
false
minimum Age
18 Years
sex
ALL
std Ages
  1. ADULT
  2. OLDER_ADULT
Treatment arms and interventions
arm Groups
  1. description
    cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone
    intervention Names
    1. Drug: doxorubicin
    2. Drug: prednisone
    3. Drug: vincristine
    4. Drug: cyclophosphamide
    label
    CHOP
    type
    ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
  2. description
    brentuximab vedotin, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone
    intervention Names
    1. Drug: brentuximab vedotin
    2. Drug: doxorubicin
    3. Drug: prednisone
    4. Drug: cyclophosphamide
    label
    A+CHP
    type
    EXPERIMENTAL
interventions
  1. arm Group Labels
    1. A+CHP
    description
    1.8 mg/kg every 3 weeks by IV infusion for 6-8 cycles
    name
    brentuximab vedotin
    other Names
    1. Adcetris; SGN-35
    type
    DRUG
  2. arm Group Labels
    1. A+CHP
    2. CHOP
    description
    50 mg/m2 every 3 weeks by IV infusion for 6-8 cycles
    name
    doxorubicin
    type
    DRUG
  3. arm Group Labels
    1. A+CHP
    2. CHOP
    description
    100 mg on Days 1 to 5 of each 3-week cycle, orally for 6-8 cycles
    name
    prednisone
    type
    DRUG
  4. arm Group Labels
    1. CHOP
    description
    1.4 mg/m2 (maximum 2 mg) every 3 weeks by IV infusion for 6-8 cycles
    name
    vincristine
    type
    DRUG
  5. arm Group Labels
    1. A+CHP
    2. CHOP
    description
    750 mg/m2 every 3 weeks by IV infusion for 6-8 cycles
    name
    cyclophosphamide
    type
    DRUG
Study design
allocation
RANDOMIZED
intervention Model
PARALLEL
masking Info
masking
DOUBLE
who Masked
  1. PARTICIPANT
  2. INVESTIGATOR
primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Enrollment
count
452
type
ACTUAL
Registered outcome plans (not posted results)
primary Outcomes
  1. description
    The time from the date of randomization to the date of first documentation of progressive disease (PD), death due to any cause, or receipt of subsequent anticancer chemotherapy to treat residual or progressive disease whichever occurred first.
    measure
    Progression-free Survival Per Independent Review Facility (IRF)
    time Frame
    Up to 60 months
secondary Outcomes
  1. description
    The time from the date of randomization to the date of first documentation of progressive disease (PD), death due to any cause, or receipt of subsequent anticancer chemotherapy to treat residual or progressive disease whichever occurred first.
    measure
    Progression-free Survival Per IRF in Patients With Systemic Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (sALCL)
    time Frame
    Up to 60 months
  2. description
    The count of participants with CR per IRF following the completion of study treatment (at end of treatment or at the first assessment after the last dose of study treatment and prior to long-term follow-up) according to the Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma.
    measure
    Complete Remission (CR) Rate Per IRF at End of Treatment (EOT)
    time Frame
    Up to 8.34 months
  3. description
    The time from randomization to death due to any cause.
    measure
    Overall Survival (OS)
    time Frame
    Up to 90 months
  4. description
    The count of participants with CR or partial response (PR) per IRF following the completion of study treatment (at end of treatment or the first assessment after the last dose of study treatment and prior to long-term follow-up) according to the Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma.
    measure
    Objective Response Rate (ORR) Per IRF at End of Treatment
    time Frame
    Up to 8.34 months
  5. description
    Any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigational participant administered a medicinal product which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment.
    measure
    Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs)
    time Frame
    Up to 8.28 months
  6. description
    Number of participants who experienced a Grade 3 or higher laboratory toxicity.
    measure
    Incidence of Laboratory Abnormalities
    time Frame
    Up to 8.28 months
Full study description
brief Summary
This is a double-blind, randomized, multicenter, phase 3 clinical trial to compare the efficacy and safety of brentuximab vedotin in combination with CHP with the standard-of-care CHOP in patients with CD30-positive mature T-cell lymphomas.
Source references
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  1. citation
    Iyer S, Mehta-Shah N, Advani R, Bartlett NL, Christensen JH, Morschhauser F, Domingo-Domenech E, Rossi G, Kim WS, Alpdogan O, Feldman TA, Camus V, Gritti G, Zinzani PL, Belada D, Mayer J, Choi I, Cheong JW, Rustia E, Fenton K, Fanale M, Savage KJ, Horwitz SM. Association of PET4 response with outcomes of BV-CHP vs CHOP in the ECHELON-2 trial in CD30+ peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2025 Dec 9;9(23):5976-5987. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015282.
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    Domingo-Domenech E, Pro B, Illidge T, Horwitz S, Trumper L, Iyer S, Advani R, Bartlett NL, Christensen JH, Kim WS, Feldman T, Choi I, Gritti G, Belada D, Shustov A, Illes A, Zinzani PL, Huttmann A, Trneny M, Le Gouill S, Jagadeesh D, Friedberg JW, Little M, Dong C, Fanale M, Fenton K, Savage KJ. Brentuximab vedotin plus chemotherapy for the treatment of front-line systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: subgroup analysis of the ECHELON-2 study at 5 years' follow-up. Blood Cancer J. 2025 Aug 1;15(1):129. doi: 10.1038/s41408-025-01329-2.
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  3. citation
    Savage KJ, Horwitz SM, Advani R, Christensen JH, Domingo-Domenech E, Rossi G, Morschhauser F, Alpdogan O, Suh C, Tobinai K, Shustov A, Trneny M, Yuen S, Zinzani PL, Trumper L, Ilidge T, O'Connor OA, Pro B, Miao H, Bunn V, Fenton K, Fanale M, Puhlmann M, Iyer S. Role of stem cell transplant in CD30+ PTCL following frontline brentuximab vedotin plus CHP or CHOP in ECHELON-2. Blood Adv. 2022 Oct 11;6(19):5550-5555. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003971.
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  4. citation
    Horwitz S, O'Connor OA, Pro B, Illidge T, Fanale M, Advani R, Bartlett NL, Christensen JH, Morschhauser F, Domingo-Domenech E, Rossi G, Kim WS, Feldman T, Lennard A, Belada D, Illes A, Tobinai K, Tsukasaki K, Yeh SP, Shustov A, Huttmann A, Savage KJ, Yuen S, Iyer S, Zinzani PL, Hua Z, Little M, Rao S, Woolery J, Manley T, Trumper L; ECHELON-2 Study Group. Brentuximab vedotin with chemotherapy for CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma (ECHELON-2): a global, double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2019 Jan 19;393(10168):229-240. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32984-2. Epub 2018 Dec 4.
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  5. citation
    Fanale MA, Horwitz SM, Forero-Torres A, Bartlett NL, Advani RH, Pro B, Chen RW, Davies A, Illidge T, Huebner D, Kennedy DA, Shustov AR. Brentuximab vedotin in the front-line treatment of patients with CD30+ peripheral T-cell lymphomas: results of a phase I study. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Oct 1;32(28):3137-43. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.54.2456. Epub 2014 Aug 18.
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