Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Children With Previously Untreated Stage II, Stage III, or Stage IV Hodgkin's Disease

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells. Giving radiation therapy after chemotherapy may be an effective treatment for Hodgkin's disease. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy in treating children who have previously untreated stage II, stage III, or stage IV Hodgkin's disease.

Timeline

Start

1999-10

Primary completion

2003-10

Completion

2008-06

Publications

• Results Kelly KM, Sposto R, Hutchinson R, Massey V, McCarten K, Perkins S, Lones M, Villaluna D, Weiner M. BEACOPP chemotherapy is a highly effective regimen in children and adolescents with high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood. 2011 Mar 3;117(9):2596-603. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-05-285379. Epub 2010 Nov 15.
• Results Kelly M, Hutchinson R, Sposto R, et al.: BEACOPP chemotherapy is a highly effective regimen in children and adolescents with advanced stage Hodgkin's disease: results from Children's Cancer Group study CCG-59704. [Abstract] Eur J Haematol 75 (Suppl 65): A-WP07, 72, 2004.
• Results Shiramizu B, Morris E, Perkins S, et al.: Identification of patient specific primers (PSPs) of IgH and TCR-y regions by nested PCR in CD20 positive Hodgkin disease: a Children's Cancer Group report (CCG). [Abstract] Ann Oncol 13(suppl 2): A-389, 112, 2002.

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