Status:

UNKNOWN

Early Chemotherapy Intensification in Interim-Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Positive Hodgkin Lymphoma

Lead Sponsor:

Ospedale Santa Croce-Carle Cuneo

Conditions:

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

16-80 years

Brief Summary

Early interim-PET after two courses of chemotherapy is a powerful outcome predictor in advanced-stage Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) patients treated with adriamycin (doxorubicin), bleomycin, vinblastine and d...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma according to the World Health Organization classification
  • Age 16-80
  • Not previously treated
  • Stage IIB to IVB or stage IIA with adverse prognostic factors (more than 3 nodal sites, ESR \> 50 mm, bulky lesion)
  • Written informed consent

Exclusion

  • Patients aged more than 80
  • Concomitant or previously treated neoplastic disorder less than 5 years before the diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Uncontrolled infectious disease
  • Impaired cardiac (EF \< 50%) or renal (creatinine clearance \< 60 ml/m)function
  • Pregnancy and lactation
  • Uncompensated diabetes mellitus and fasting glucose levels over 200 mg/dl

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2006

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

160 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00877747

Start Date

January 1 2006

End Date

October 1 2015

Last Update

October 19 2015

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Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Croce e Carle

Cuneo, Italy, 12100

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