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Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Hodgkin's Lymphoma

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00433459
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 12, 2007
Last Update Posted : March 26, 2020
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V., Bonn (Germany)
Euronet Worldwide
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Christine Mauz-Körholz, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Tracking Information
First Submitted Date  ICMJE February 8, 2007
First Posted Date  ICMJE February 12, 2007
Last Update Posted Date March 26, 2020
Study Start Date  ICMJE January 2007
Actual Primary Completion Date January 2013   (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Current Primary Outcome Measures  ICMJE
 (submitted: November 17, 2015)
Event-free survival [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
Original Primary Outcome Measures  ICMJE
 (submitted: February 8, 2007)
Event-free survival
Change History
Current Secondary Outcome Measures  ICMJE
 (submitted: March 24, 2020)
  • Overall survival [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
  • Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
  • CTC (Common toxicity criteria) toxicity levels of therapy elements [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
  • Evidence of male infertility score [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
  • Evidence of female infertility score [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
  • Long-term consequences (e.g., premature menopause, secondary cancer) [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
Original Secondary Outcome Measures  ICMJE
 (submitted: February 8, 2007)
  • Overall survival
  • Progression-free survival
  • Toxicity
  • Evidence of male infertility score
  • Evidence of female sexual functioning score
  • Long-term consequences (e.g., premature menopause, secondary cancer)
Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures Not Provided
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures Not Provided
 
Descriptive Information
Brief Title  ICMJE Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Official Title  ICMJE First International Inter-Group Study for Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Children and Adolescents
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more cancer cells. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating Hodgkin's lymphoma.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying different combination chemotherapy regimens to compare how well they work in treating young patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine whether the 5-year event-free survival (EFS) rate in pediatric patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma with an adequate response after 2 courses of vincristine, etoposide, prednisone, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (OEPA) (without radiotherapy) are consistent with an estimated target EFS rate of 90%.
  • Compare the EFS (without a deterioration) of patients treated with procarbazine hydrochloride vs dacarbazine (treatment groups 2 and 3).
  • Determine the treatment outcome of a standardized risk-adapted relapse strategy in these patients.

Secondary

  • Determine whether the 5-year EFS rate in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma with an inadequate response after 2 OEPA courses and standard involved-field radiotherapy are consistent with an estimated target EFS rate of 90%.
  • Determine whether a positive positron emission tomography scan before planned high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation has a negative prognostic significance.
  • Compare the effect of dacarbazine vs procarbazine on the rate of infertility in males and premature menopause in females (treatment groups 2 and 3).

Tertiary

  • Determine the impact of real-time central staging and response assessment on treatment outcome in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, controlled, parallel-group, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to staging and response assessment (central vs local) and disease stage (IA/B or IIA [first-line treatment group 1] vs I_EA/B, II_EA, IIB, or IIIA [first-line treatment group 2] vs II_EB, III_E A/B, IIIB, or IVA/B [first-line treatment group 3]).

  • First-line treatment group 1: Patients receive oral prednisone (or prednisolone) 3 times daily on days 1-15, vincristine IV on days 1, 8, and 15, doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 1-6 hours on days 1 and 15, and etoposide (or etoposide phosphate) IV over 1-2 hours on days 1-5 (OEPA).

Treatment repeats every 28 days for 2 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients are assessed by fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography (^18FDG-PET) scan. Patients with inadequate response undergo radiotherapy within 35 days after completion of OEPA.

  • First-line treatment group 2: Patients receive OEPA as in group 1. After completion of OEPA, patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

    • Arm I: Patients receive oral prednisone (or prednisolone) 3 times daily and oral procarbazine hydrochloride 2-3 times a day on days 1-15 and vincristine IV and cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 8 (COPP).
    • Arm II: Patients receive oral prednisone (or prednisolone) 3 times daily on days 1-15, dacarbazine IV over 15-30 minutes on days 1-3, and vincristine IV and cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 8 (COPDAC).

In both arms, treatment repeats every 28 days for 2 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients are assessed by ^18FDG-PET scan. Patients with an inadequate response undergo radiotherapy within 35 days after completion of COPP or COPDAC.

  • First-line treatment group 3: Patients receive OEPA as in group 1. After completion of OEPA, patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

    • Arm I: Patients receive COPP as in arm I of group 2.
    • Arm II: Patients receive COPDAC as in arm II of group 2. In both arms, treatment repeats every 28 days for 4 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients are assessed by ^18FDG-PET scan. Patients with an inadequate response undergo radiotherapy within 35 days after completion of COPP or COPDAC.

Patients with biopsy-confirmed disease progression OR relapse after first-line treatment on this study or on protocols DAL-HD 90, GPOH-HD 95, GPOHHD 2002 Pilot, or similar treatment proceed to second-line therapy. Patients are stratified according to relapse/progression status (late relapse from first-line treatment group 1 [second-line treatment group 1] vs early relapse from first-line treatment groups 1, 2, or 3 or late relapse from first-line treatment groups 2 or 3 [second-line treatment group 2] vs disease progression [second-line treatment group 3]). Patients undergo a ^18FDG-PET scan prior to beginning second-line therapy.

  • Second-line treatment group 1: Patients receive ifosfamide IV over 22 hours and etoposide IV over 1-2 hours and oral prednisone three times daily on days 1-5 (IEP). Patients then receive doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 1-6 hours, bleomycin IV, vinblastine IV, and dacarbazine IV over 15-30 minutes on days 22 and 36 (ABVD). Treatment repeats every 50 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After chemotherapy treatment, patients undergo radiotherapy.

  • Second-line treatment group 2: Patients receive IEP and ABVD as in group 1. Autologous stem cells are collected after course 1 or 2 of IEP/ABVD.

After chemotherapy, patients with an adequate response undergo radiotherapy. Patients with an inadequate response undergo high-dose chemotherapy comprising carmustine IV over 1-2 hours on day -7, etoposide IV and cytarabine IV over 30 minutes twice daily on days -6 to -3, and melphalan IV over 1½ hours on day -2. Patients then undergo autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

Patients undergo a ^18FDG-PET scan on day 50-54. Patients with ^18FDG-PET scan positive disease undergo radiotherapy.

  • Second-line treatment group 3: Patients receive IEP and ABVD as in group 1. All patients then undergo high-dose chemotherapy and HSCT as in group 2.

Patients undergo a ^18FDG-PET scan on day 50-54. Patients with ^18FDG-PET scan positive disease undergo radiotherapy.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically for 5 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 2,150 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type  ICMJE Interventional
Study Phase  ICMJE Phase 3
Study Design  ICMJE Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Condition  ICMJE Lymphoma
Intervention  ICMJE
  • Drug: cyclophosphamide
    drug is used in first line treatment in combination (COPP or COPDAC)
    Other Name: CYC
  • Drug: dacarbazine
    drug is used in first line treatment in combination (COPDAC)
    Other Name: DTIC
  • Drug: prednisolone
    drug is used in first line treatment in combination (OEPA, COPP or COPDAC)
  • Drug: prednisone
    drug is used in first line treatment in combination (OEPA, COPP or COPDAC)
  • Drug: procarbazine hydrochloride
    drug is used in first line treatment in combination (COPP)
  • Drug: vincristine sulfate
    drug is used in first line treatment in combination (OEPA, COPP or COPDAC)
    Other Name: VCR
  • Radiation: fludeoxyglucose F 18
    used as a diagnostic marker for metabolically active tumour at staging and response assessment
  • Radiation: radiation therapy
    part of combination treatment (combined modality between chemo- and radiotherapy)
    Other Name: IFRT
Study Arms  ICMJE
  • Active Comparator: COPP
    procarbazine-containing consolidation chemotherapy arm
    Interventions:
    • Drug: cyclophosphamide
    • Drug: prednisolone
    • Drug: prednisone
    • Drug: procarbazine hydrochloride
    • Drug: vincristine sulfate
    • Radiation: fludeoxyglucose F 18
    • Radiation: radiation therapy
  • Experimental: COPDAC
    procarbazine-free consolidation chemotherapy arm
    Interventions:
    • Drug: cyclophosphamide
    • Drug: dacarbazine
    • Drug: prednisolone
    • Drug: prednisone
    • Drug: vincristine sulfate
    • Radiation: fludeoxyglucose F 18
    • Radiation: radiation therapy
Publications * Mauz-Korholz C, Landman-Parker J, Balwierz W, Ammann RA, Anderson RA, Attarbaschi A, Bartelt JM, Beishuizen A, Boudjemaa S, Cepelova M, Claviez A, Daw S, Dieckmann K, Fernandez-Teijeiro A, Fossa A, Gattenlohner S, Georgi T, Hjalgrim LL, Hraskova A, Karlen J, Kluge R, Kurch L, Leblanc T, Mann G, Montravers F, Pears J, Pelz T, Rajic V, Ramsay AD, Stoevesandt D, Uyttebroeck A, Vordermark D, Korholz D, Hasenclever D, Wallace WH. Response-adapted omission of radiotherapy and comparison of consolidation chemotherapy in children and adolescents with intermediate-stage and advanced-stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma (EuroNet-PHL-C1): a titration study with an open-label, embedded, multinational, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. 2022 Jan;23(1):125-137. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00470-8. Epub 2021 Dec 9. Erratum In: Lancet Oncol. 2022 Feb;23(2):e59.

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status  ICMJE Completed
Actual Enrollment  ICMJE
 (submitted: November 17, 2015)
2134
Original Enrollment  ICMJE
 (submitted: February 8, 2007)
2150
Actual Study Completion Date  ICMJE January 2013
Actual Primary Completion Date January 2013   (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Eligibility Criteria  ICMJE

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed classical Hodgkin's lymphoma

    • No lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin's lymphoma
    • Fine-needle biopsy not sufficient
  • No prior treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma except for recommended pre-phase therapy for a large mediastinal tumor

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • No known hypersensitivity or contraindication to study drugs
  • No other current malignancy
  • No severe concurrent disease (e.g., immune deficiency syndrome)
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for up to 1 year after completion of study treatment
  • No known HIV positivity

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
  • At least 30 days since prior and no other concurrent investigational drugs or participation in another investigational trial
Sex/Gender  ICMJE
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Ages  ICMJE up to 17 Years   (Child)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers  ICMJE No
Contacts  ICMJE Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Listed Location Countries  ICMJE Germany,   United Kingdom
Removed Location Countries  
 
Administrative Information
NCT Number  ICMJE NCT00433459
Other Study ID Numbers  ICMJE CDR0000531687
EURONET-PHL-C1
EU-20703
EUDRACT-2006-000995-33
CCLG-HD-2007-10
Has Data Monitoring Committee Yes
U.S. FDA-regulated Product Not Provided
IPD Sharing Statement  ICMJE Not Provided
Current Responsible Party Christine Mauz-Körholz, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Original Responsible Party Not Provided
Current Study Sponsor  ICMJE Christine Mauz-Körholz
Original Study Sponsor  ICMJE Martin Luther Universitaet
Collaborators  ICMJE
  • Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V., Bonn (Germany)
  • Euronet Worldwide
Investigators  ICMJE
Study Chair: Dieter Koerholz, MD Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Principal Investigator: W. Hamish Wallace, MD Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Principal Investigator: Judith Landman-Parker, MD Hopital d'Enfants Trousseau
PRS Account Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Verification Date March 2020

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