Conditions: Lymphoma Nonneoplastic Condition
Keywords: stage III adult Hodgkin lymphoma stage IV adult Hodgkin lymphoma adult lymphocyte depletion Hodgkin lymphoma adult lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma adult mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma adult nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma HIV infection
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 371
Healthy volunteers: no

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. G-CSF may help lessen the side effects in patients receiving chemotherapy. Imaging procedures, such as fludeoxyglucose F 18-PET/CT imaging, may help doctors predict how patients will respond to treatment.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying fludeoxyglucose F 18-PET/CT imaging to see how well it works in assessing response to combination chemotherapy and allow doctors to plan better additional further treatment in treating patients with stage III or stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma.

Detailed description:
OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* To estimate the 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) of HIV-negative patients with stage III-IV Hodgkin lymphoma treated with response-adapted therapy based on fludeoxyglucose F 18 (FDG)-PET imaging after 2 courses of doxorubicin hydrochloride, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (ABVD).
* To estimate the 2-year PFS of patients who are PET-positive after treatment with 2 courses of ABVD and an escalated dose regimen comprising cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, etoposide, vincristine sulfate, bleomycin, procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisone (BEACOPP).

Secondary

* To estimate the 2-year overall survival (OS) of patients treated with these regimens.
* To estimate the response rate (i.e., complete and partial responses) in patients treated with these regimens.
* To evaluate the toxicity of these response-adapted regimens.
* To document the feasibility of centralized, real-time review of FDG-PET imaging for U.S. cooperative group studies.
* To prospectively evaluate the overall response rate, complete response rate, PFS, and OS of HIV-positive patients treated with these response-adapted regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

All patients undergo baseline whole-body fludeoxyglucose F 18 (FDG)-PET/CT imaging before beginning chemotherapy. Patients then receive doxorubicin hydrochloride IV, bleomycin IV, vinblastine IV, and dacarbazine IV (ABVD) on days 1 and 15. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Between days 22 and 25 of course 2, patients undergo a second FDG-PET/CT scan to assess response. Subsequent therapy is based on FDG-PET/CT scan results. Patients are stratified according to FDG-PET positivity (yes vs no). Patients who are FDG-PET-negative continue treatment with ABVD for up to 4 additional courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who are FDG-PET-positive are then further stratified according to HIV positivity (yes or no) and receive 1 of the following treatment regimens:

* Escalated-dose BEACOPP chemotherapy: HIV-negative patients receive escalated-dose BEACOPP chemotherapy comprising doxorubicin hydrochloride IV and cyclophosphamide IV on day 1, etoposide IV on days 1-3, oral procarbazine hydrochloride on days 1-7, oral prednisone on days 1-14, and bleomycin IV and vincristine IV on day 8. Patients receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously on days 8-14. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* Standard-dose BEACOPP chemotherapy: HIV-positive patients receive standard dose BEACOPP chemotherapy comprising doxorubicin hydrochloride IV and cyclophosphamide IV on day 1, etoposide IV on days 1-3, oral procarbazine hydrochloride on days 1-7, oral prednisone on days 1-14, and bleomycin IV and vincristine IV on day 8. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Six to eight weeks after completion of chemotherapy, patients undergo a post-treatment FDG-PET/CT scan.

Some patients may undergo bone marrow biopsy at 1 month after the last course of chemotherapy.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically for 7 years.

Arms:
arm 1: Etoposide 100 mg/m2 IV Days 1, 2, 3 Dox 25 mg/m2 IV Day 1 Cyclo 650mg/m2 IV Day 1 Procarb 100 mg/m2 PO Days 1-7 Pred 40 mg/m2 PO Days 1-14 Bleo 10u/m2 IV Day 8 Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 IV Day 8 Q 21 Days x 6 cycles arm 2: Etoposide 200 mg/m2 IV Days 1, 2, 3 Dox 35 mg/m2 IV Day 1 Cyclo 1,250 mg/m2 IV Day 1 Procarb 100 mg/m2 PO Days 1-7 Pred 40 mg/m2 PO Days 1-14 Bleo 10u/m2 IV Day 8 Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 IV Day 8 G-CSF 5mcg/kg/day SQ Days 8-14 Q 21 Days x 6 cycles arm 3: Doxorubicin 25 mg/m2 IV Bleomycin 10u/m2 IV Vinblastine 6mg/m2 IV Dacarbazine 375 mg/m2 IV Days 1, 15 Q 28 Days x 2 arm 4: Doxorubicin 25 mg/m2 IV Bleomycin 10u/m2 IV Vinblastine 6mg/m2 IV Dacarbazine 375 mg/m2 IV Days 1, 15 Q 28 Days x 2

Interventions: intervention 1: bleomycin sulfate intervention 2: filgrastim intervention 3: ABVD regimen intervention 4: BEACOPP regimen intervention 5: cyclophosphamide intervention 6: dacarbazine intervention 7: doxorubicin hydrochloride intervention 8: etoposide intervention 9: prednisone intervention 10: procarbazine hydrochloride intervention 11: vinblastine sulfate intervention 12: vincristine sulfate
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Protocol document: