Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage I or Stage II Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as doxorubicin, vinblastine, and gemcitabine, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with newly diagnosed stage I or stage II Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Timeline

Start

2004-05

Primary completion

2007-03

Completion

2011-05

Publications

• Results Kostakoglu L, Straus DJ, Schöder H, et al.: Validation of the International Harmonization Project (IHP) Guidelines in early stage Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) treated with adriamycin, vinblastine and gemcitabine (AVG) (CALGB 50203): early results. [Abstract] Blood 112 (11): A-1460, 2008.
• Results Straus D, LaCase A, Juweid M, et al.: Doxorubicin, vinblastine and gemcitabine (AVG), a novel regimen excluding bleomycin for the treatment of early stage Hodgkin lymphoma (HL): results of CALGB 50203. [Abstract] Blood 110 (11): A-214, 2007.
• Straus DJ, Johnson JL, LaCasce AS, Bartlett NL, Kostakoglu L, Hsi ED, Schoder H, Hall NC, Jung SH, Canellos GP, Schwartz LH, Takvorian RW, Juweid ME, Cheson BD; Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Doxorubicin, vinblastine, and gemcitabine (CALGB 50203) for stage I/II nonbulky Hodgkin lymphoma: pretreatment prognostic factors and interim PET. Blood. 2011 May 19;117(20):5314-20. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-10-314260. Epub 2011 Feb 25.

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