Combination Chemotherapy Given With Radiation Therapy or Radiation Therapy Alone in Treating Patients With Early-Stage Hodgkin's Disease

December 3, 2013 updated by: Medical Research Council

Minimal Initial Therapy (MIT) for "Early" Supradiaphragmatic Hodgkin's Disease: A Multicenter Randomized Trial of Short Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (VAPEC-B) Plus Involved Field Radiotherapy (MIT) Versus Mantle Radiotherapy

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy with radiation therapy alone in treating patients with early-stage Hodgkin's disease.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the recurrence rate and long term survival of patients with early stage Hodgkin's disease given vincristine/doxorubicin/prednisolone/ etoposide/cyclophosphamide/bleomycin (VAPEC-B) chemotherapy and involved field radiation vs mantle radiotherapy.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized multicenter study. Patients are randomized to receive either vincristine/doxorubicin/prednisolone/etoposide/cyclophosphamide/ bleomycin (VAPEC-B) chemotherapy and involved field radiotherapy or mantle radiotherapy only. Patients receiving VAPEC-B are given prednisolone daily on weeks 1-6, doxorubicin IV along with cyclophosphamide IV on week 1, doxorubicin IV and etoposide orally for 5 days on week 3, and vincristine and bleomycin IV on weeks 2 and 4. Involved field radiotherapy is commenced at week 6, within 14 to 21 days of the last chemotherapy treatment. Patients randomized to receive mantle radiotherapy only are given treatments daily for 4 weeks. Patients are followed every 3 months for the first two years, every 4 months for the third year, every 6 months for the fourth and fifth years and annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 400 patients will be accrued over 4-5 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

400

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • South Africa
      • Cape Town, South Africa, 7925
        • Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
  • United Kingdom
      • Preston, United Kingdom, PR2 9HT
        • Royal Preston Hospital
    • England
      • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, B15 2TT
        • University Birmingham
      • Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8ED
        • Bristol Oncology Centre
      • Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8BJ
        • Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children
      • Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, CB2 2QQ
        • Addenbrooke's NHS Trust
      • Derby, England, United Kingdom, DE1 2QY
        • Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
      • Leeds, England, United Kingdom, LS16 6QB
        • Cookridge Hospital
      • Leicester, England, United Kingdom, LE1 5WW
        • University Hospitals of Leicester
      • London, England, United Kingdom, W1G 3AA
        • Middlesex Hospital- Meyerstein Institute
      • Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, L63 4JY
        • Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust
      • Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, NE4 6BE
        • Newcastle General Hospital
      • Northwood, England, United Kingdom, HA6 2RN
        • Mount Vernon Hospital
      • Norwich, England, United Kingdom, NR1 3SR
        • Norfolk & Norwich Hospital
      • Oxford, England, United Kingdom, 0X3 9DU
        • Oxford Radcliffe Hospital
      • Sutton, England, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
        • Royal Marsden Hospital
      • Westcliff-On-Sea, England, United Kingdom
        • Southend General Hospital
    • Scotland
      • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
        • Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years to 75 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven stage IA or IIA Hodgkin's disease without mediastinal bulk Patients with Hodgkin's disease existing below diaphragm only are not eligible

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 16 to 75 Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Not HIV positive No prior malignancy other than basal cell carcinoma or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No prior treatment

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Medical Research Council

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Michael Williams, MD, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

  • Radford JA, Williams MV, Hancock BW, et al.: Minimal initial chemotherapy plus involved field radiotherapy (RT) vs. mantle field RT for clinical stage IA/IIA supra-diaphragmatic Hodgkin's disease (HD). Results of the UK Lymphoma Group LY07 trial. [Abstract] Eur J Haematol 73 (Suppl 65): A-E08, 39, 2004.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 1997

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 5, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

April 6, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 4, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 3, 2013

Last Verified

March 1, 2005

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000065522
  • MRC-UKLG-LY07
  • EU-97004

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