Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Radiation Therapy and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Children With Hodgkin's Lymphoma

August 6, 2013 updated by: Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

Protocol For The Treatment Of Children And Adolescents With Hodgkin's Disease

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Peripheral stem cell transplant may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well combination chemotherapy regimens with or without radiation therapy or peripheral stem cell transplant works in treating children with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine whether the current survival figures are maintained and long-term sequelae of treatment are minimized in children or adolescents with stage I-III Hodgkin's lymphoma after receiving the following regimen, which reduces exposure to chemotherapy and radiotherapy: chlorambucil, vinblastine, prednisolone, and procarbazine (ChIVPP) and doxorubicin, bleomycin, vincristine, and dacarbazine (ABVD) with etoposide, prednisolone, ifosfamide, and cisplatin (EPIC), radiotherapy, high-dose melphalan, and/or autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (APBSCT).
  • Determine whether the survival figures are improved in children or adolescents with stage IV Hodgkin's lymphoma or inadequate response to initial therapy after receiving ChIVPP and ABVD with EPIC, radiotherapy, high-dose melphalan, and APBSCT.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are assigned to 1 of 3 treatment groups based on disease status.

  • Group 1 (stage I disease): All patients with mixed cellularity and younger patients with any subtype are assigned to subgroup A. Older patients without mixed cellularity are assigned to subgroup A or B based on the decision of the physicians and patients/parents. Subgroup A: Patients receive 2 courses of the hybrid regimen. One course of the hybrid regimen comprises regimen ChIVPP followed by regimen ABVD. Regimen ChIVPP comprises vinblastine IV on days 1 and 8 and oral chlorambucil, oral procarbazine, and oral prednisolone (PRDL) daily on days 1-14. Regimen ABVD comprises doxorubicin IV over 6 hours, bleomycin IV over 15-30 minutes, vincristine IV, and dacarbazine IV over 15 minutes on days 1 and 14. Patients with relapsed disease receive etoposide IV over 1 hour on days 1-4, oral PRDL and ifosfamide IV over 1 hour on days 1-5, and cisplatin IV over 24 hours on day 10 (EPIC). Treatment with EPIC continues every 3 weeks for a total of 6 courses. Patients then undergo radiotherapy. Patients with poor response after radiotherapy receive consolidation with high-dose melphalan (L-PAM) IV over 30-90 minutes, followed at least 12 hours later by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (APBSCT) (if there is no bone marrow involvement at the time of relapse). Subgroup B: Patients not in subgroup A may either receive chemotherapy as outlined or radiotherapy depending on clinician and patient discussion. Patients with relapsed disease after radiotherapy receive 3 courses of the hybrid regimen. If relapse occurs outside the initial radiotherapy field, then further radiotherapy is administered.
  • Group 2 (stage II or III disease): Patients receive 3 courses of the hybrid regimen. Patients with relapsed disease receive 4 courses of EPIC. Patients with complete remission (CR) or good partial remission (GPR) after the fourth course of EPIC receive 2 additional courses of EPIC followed by radiotherapy. Patients without CR or GPR after the fourth course of EPIC undergo radiotherapy followed by L-PAM and APBSCT as in group 1, subgroup A.
  • Group 3 (stage IV or inadequate response to initial therapy): Patients receive 2 courses the hybrid regimen. Patients with CR or GPR after the second course of ABVD are assigned to subgroup C. Patients without CR or GPR after the second course of ABVD are assigned to subgroup D. Subgroup C: Patients receive 2 additional courses of the hybrid regimen. Patients with relapsed disease after the fourth course of ABVD receive 4 courses of EPIC followed by radiotherapy, L-PAM, and APBSCT as in group 1, subgroup A. Subgroup D: Patients receive 4 courses of EPIC followed by radiotherapy, L-PAM, and APBSCT as in group 1, subgroup A.

Patients are followed every 2 months for 1 year, every 3 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 260 patients (75 with stage I disease, 150 with stage II or III disease, and 35 with stage IV disease) will be accrued for this study within 5 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

260

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Ireland
      • Dublin, Ireland, 12
        • Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, B4 6NH
        • Birmingham Children's Hospital
      • Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8BJ
        • Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
      • Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, CB2 2QQ
        • Addenbrooke's Hospital at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
      • Leeds, England, United Kingdom, LS9 7TF
        • Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital
      • Leicester, England, United Kingdom, LE1 5WW
        • Leicester Royal Infirmary
      • Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, L12 2AP
        • Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey
      • London, England, United Kingdom, WC1N 3JH
        • Great Ormond street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
      • London, England, United Kingdom, EC1A 7BE
        • Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
      • London, England, United Kingdom, WIT 3AA
        • Meyerstein Institute of Oncology at University College of London Hospitals
      • Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M27 4HA
        • Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust
      • Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom, NE7 7DN
        • Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
      • Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH
        • Queen's Medical Centre
      • Oxford, England, United Kingdom, 0X3 9DU
        • Oxford Radcliffe Hospital
      • Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, S10 2TH
        • Children's Hospital - Sheffield
      • Southampton, England, United Kingdom, SO16 6YD
        • Southampton General Hospital
      • Sutton, England, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
        • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey
    • Northern Ireland
      • Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT12 6BE
        • Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
    • Scotland
      • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZN
        • Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
      • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, EH9 1LF
        • Royal Hospital for Sick Children
      • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G3 8SJ
        • Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 17 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically proven Hodgkin's lymphoma

    • Stage I-IV
  • No posttransplantation Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Mediastinal syndrome allowed

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Under 18 at diagnosis

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No other previously treated malignancy
  • No DNA repair defect syndromes

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Martin Hewitt, MD, BSc, FRCP, FRCPCH, Queen's Medical Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2000

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 11, 2001

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 7, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 6, 2013

Last Verified

December 1, 2002

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CCLG-HD-2000-02
  • CDR0000068901 (Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query))
  • EU-20108

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