High-dose Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Transplantation, in Patients PET-2 Positive, After 2 Courses of ABVD and Comparison of RT Versus no RT in PET-2 Negative Patients (HD0801)
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hodgkin's Lymphoma focused on measuring Hodgkin's lymphoma, ABVD, FDG-PET (18-Fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose Positron Emission Tomography), Radiotherapy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed Hodgkin's lymphoma of the classical type (nodular lymphocyte predominance excluded).
- Stage IIB-IV.
- Age 18-70.
- No prior therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Written informed consent.
- ECOG performance status grades 0-3 (see Appendix E).
- FDG-PET scan before the initiation of treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Age less than 18 or more than 70.
- Other concomitant or prior malignancies, except basal cell skin carcinoma, or adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or any cancer in complete remission for more than 5 years.
- HIV infection.
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding.
- Renal failure (creatinine ≥2 times the normal value), liver failure (AST/ALT or bilirubine ≥ 2.5 times the normal value) or heart failure (NYHA class ≥ 2 or FEV < 45%).
Sites / Locations
- Centro di riferimento Oncologico Oncologia Medica A
- Università Policlinico di Bari - Divisione di Medicina A
- Policlinco Sant'Orsola Isituto di Ematologia ed oncologia Medica
- Sezione di Ematologia Spedali Civili
- Ospedale di Circolo SC Oncologia Medica III
- Divisione di Ematologia Osp.Businco
- Policlinico Careggi Cattedra di Ematologia
- ASLTO4
- Osp. Cardinale Panico Divisione di Ematologia Tricase
- Ospedale Niguarda Cà Granda
- Università Avogadro Divisione di Ematologia
- Ospedale San Francesco UO Ematologia e Centro Trapianti
- Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo Clinica Ematologica
- Osp. Santa Maria delle Croci UO Ematologia
- Ospedale Bianchi Melacrino Morelli
- Osp. degli Infermi Divisione di Oncologia
- Istituto Regina Elena IFO SC Ematologia
- Osp.Sant'Eugenio Divisione di Ematologia
- Università La Sapienza Dipartimento di Biotecnnologie Cellulari
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas Divisione di Oncologia Medica ed Ematologia
- AO Universitaria di Sassari
- Policlinico Le Scotte
- Struttura Complessa di Onco-Ematologia
- IRCC Onco-Ematologia Candiolo
- Osp. San Giovanni Battista_Molinette Ematologia 2
- Azienda Ospedaliero universitaria di Udine
- ASL 14 UO Oncologia
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Other
Other
Arm A
Arm B
Two courses of ABVD. Early restaging with FDG-PET scan (PET-2) The subsequent treatment will be as it follows: PET-2 positive patients will be high-dose salvage treatment; PET-2 negative patients will be treated with four additional courses of ABVD (for a total of six courses). The following restaging procedures are planned as it follows: Optional: Whole body CT scan after the fourth course of ABVD; no therapy change will be made according to CT scan. Mandatory: Whole body CT and FDG-PET scans after the sixth course of ABVD (PET-6). PET-6 negative patients will be randomized to first arm: No radiotherapy.
Two courses of ABVD. Early restaging with FDG-PET scan (PET-2) The subsequent treatment will be as it follows: PET-2 positive patients will be high-dose salvage treatment; PET-2 negative patients will be treated with four additional courses of ABVD (for a total of six courses). The following restaging procedures are planned as it follows: Optional: Whole body CT scan after the fourth course of ABVD; no therapy change will be made according to CT scan. Mandatory: Whole body CT and FDG-PET scans after the sixth course of ABVD (PET-6). PET-6 negative patients will be randomized to second arm: Adjuvant radiotherapy (30 Gy) on sites of initial bulky disease.