drugset / Trial / NCT00049595

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. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating stage III or stage IV Hodgkin's lymphoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients who have stage III or stage IV Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Timeline

Start
2002-08
Primary completion
2010-01
Completion

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Bleomycin Unknown Intravenous
Subject Cyclophosphamide Other / unclassified Intravenous
Comparator Dacarbazine Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Doxorubicin Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject Etoposide Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Prednisone Other / unclassified Oral
Comparator Vinblastine Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Vincristine Small molecule Intravenous
Subject procarbazine Small molecule Oral
Background Pegfilgrastim Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous
Background filgrastim Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous

Indications