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HD13 for early stage Hodgkin's disease: quality assurance protocol for reduction of toxicity in the first-line treatment of early stage Hodgkin's Disease (HD)

HD13 for early stage Hodgkin's disease: quality assurance protocol for reduction of toxicity in the first-line treatment of early stage Hodgkin's Disease (HD)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN63474366
Enrollment
1250
Registered
2003-10-29
Start date
2003-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-08-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hodgkin's disease Cancer Hodgkin's disease

Interventions

Arm A: 2 x Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine (ABVD) and 30 Gy Involved Field Radiotherapy (IF-RT) Arm B: 2 x Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine (ABV) and 30 Gy IF-RT Arm C: 2 x Doxorub

Sponsors

German Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group (Germany)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Histologically confirmed Hodgkin's disease 2. Stages IA (not lympocyte predominant HD), IB, IIA, and IIB without the following risk factors: 2.1. Massive mediastinal involvement (tumour one third or more of the maximum intrathoracic diameter 2.2. Extranodal involvement 2.3. High Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) (greater than or equal to 50 mm; greater than or equal to 30 mm with B symptoms) 2.4. Three or more involved lymph node areas 3. No prior therapy for Hodgkin's disease 4. Aged 18 - 75 years 5. No major organ dysfunction 6. Life expectancy more than three months 7. Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Incomplete staging 2. Major organ dysfunction (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [COPD] with respiratory insufficiency, symptomatic Coronary Heart Disease [CHD], cardiomyopathy or heart failure [ejection fraction less than 50%], severe hypertension, non-treatable infections, white blood count less than 3000/mm^3 or platelets less than 100,000/mm^3, creatinine clearance less than 60 ml/min, bilirubin more than 2 mg/dl, Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase [GOT]/aspartate aminotransferase [AST] more than 100 U/l, Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase [GPT]/alanine aminotransferase [ALT] more than 100 U/l, Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV]-infection) 3. Composite lymphoma 4. Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy 5. Any history of another malignancy in the last five years (except for cervical carcinoma in situ and fully resected melanoma TNMpT1) 6. Pregnancy or breastfeeding 7. World Health Organization (WHO) performance status more than two 8. Long term use of corticosteroids (e.g. for arthritis) or antineoplastic substances (e.g. methotrexate) 9. Expected non compliance 10. Current therapy for epilepsy 11. Intolerabilities against study drugs 12. Inability to give truly informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Freedom From Treatment Failure (FFTF) .

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Not provided at time of registration

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 18, 2026