Combination Chemotherapy Followed By Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

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 and giving the drugs in different ways may kill more cancer cells. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage cancer cells. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen followed by radiation therapy is more effective in treating aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying two combination chemotherapy regimens followed by radiation therapy to compare how well they work in treating patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Timeline

Start

2002-04

Primary completion

2006-12-05

Completion

2006-12-05

Publications

• Background Trumper L, Zwick C, Ziepert M, Hohloch K, Schmits R, Mohren M, Liersch R, Bentz M, Graeven U, Wruck U, Hoffmann M, Metzner B, Hasenclever D, Loeffler M, Pfreundschuh M; German High-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group (DSHNHL). Dose-escalated CHOEP for the treatment of young patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: I. A randomized dose escalation and feasibility study with bi- and tri-weekly regimens. Ann Oncol. 2008 Mar;19(3):538-44. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdm497. Epub 2008 Jan 22.
• Results Pfreundschuh M, Zwick C, Zeynalova S, Duhrsen U, Pfluger KH, Vrieling T, Mesters R, Mergenthaler HG, Einsele H, Bentz M, Lengfelder E, Trumper L, Rube C, Schmitz N, Loeffler M; German High-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group (DSHNHL). Dose-escalated CHOEP for the treatment of young patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: II. Results of the randomized high-CHOEP trial of the German High-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group (DSHNHL). Ann Oncol. 2008 Mar;19(3):545-52. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdm514. Epub 2007 Dec 6.

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