Brentuximab Vedotin Combined With AVD Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Early Stage, Unfavorable Risk Hodgkin Lymphoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01868451 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 4, 2013
Last Update Posted : June 3, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Hodgkin Lymphoma | Drug: Brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35) Drug: Doxorubicin HCL Drug: Vinblastine Sulfate Drug: Dacarbazine Radiation: Involved-Site Radiation Therapy (ISRT) Procedure: Interim PET Radiation: consolidation volume RT (CVRT) | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 118 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Pilot Study of Brentuximab Vedotin Combined With AVD Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Early Stage, Unfavorable Risk Hodgkin Lymphoma |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 2013 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | May 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Cohort 1 (completed accrual)
Patients received 4 cycles of brentuximab vedotin & AVD chemotherapy. Brentuximab vedotin, 1.2 mg/kg, will be administered on days 1 and 15 of each 28 day cycle. Doxorubicin 25 mg/m2, Vinblastine 6 mg/m2, & Dacarbazine 375 mg/m2 will be administered on days 1 and 15 of each 28 day cycle. This may be followed by 30 Gy involved site radiotherapy. Involved site radiotherapy should be initiated from 12 days to 42 days after completion of chemotherapy. It is mandatory to administer prophylactic growth factor support starting with cycle 1. Choice of growth factor and dosing can be determined at the discretion of the treating physican.
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Drug: Brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35) Drug: Doxorubicin HCL Drug: Vinblastine Sulfate Drug: Dacarbazine Radiation: Involved-Site Radiation Therapy (ISRT) Procedure: Interim PET |
Experimental: Cohort 2
Patients with early stage, unfavorable risk Hodgkin lymphoma. The definition of disease bulk, one of the unfavorable risk features, has been updated, and is defined as the presence of any lymph node mass with transverse maximal diameter > 7.0 cm OR coronal maximal diameter > 7.0 cm. Patients will receive 4 cycles of brentuximab vedotin & AVD chemotherapy. Brentuximab vedotin, 1.2 mg/kg, will be administered on days 1 and 15 of each 28 day cycle. Doxorubicin 25 mg/m2, Vinblastine 6 mg/m2, and Dacarbazine 375 mg/m2 will be administered on days 1 & 15 of each 28 day cycle. This may be followed by 20 Gy involved site radiotherapy.
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Drug: Brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35) Drug: Doxorubicin HCL Drug: Vinblastine Sulfate Drug: Dacarbazine Radiation: Involved-Site Radiation Therapy (ISRT) Procedure: Interim PET |
Experimental: Cohort 3
Patients will have early stage, unfavorable risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma with disease bulk defined as the presence of any lymph node mass with transverse maximal diameter > 7.0 cm or coronal maximal diameter > 7.0 cm. Patients will receive 4 cycles of brentuximab vedotin and AVD chemotherapy. Brentuximab vedotin, 1.2 mg/kg, will be administered on days 1 and 15 of each 28 day cycle. Doxorubicin 25 mg/m2, Vinblastine 6 mg/m2, and Dacarbazine 375 mg/m2 will be administered on days 1 and 15 of each 28 day cycle. This may be followed by 30.6 Gy CVRT.
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Drug: Brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35) Drug: Doxorubicin HCL Drug: Vinblastine Sulfate Drug: Dacarbazine Procedure: Interim PET Radiation: consolidation volume RT (CVRT) |
Experimental: Cohort 4
Patients will have early stage, unfavorable risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma with disease bulk defined as the presence of any lymph node mass with transverse maximal diameter > 7.0 cm or coronal maximal diameter > 7.0 cm. In this cohort. Pts will receive 4 cycles of brentuximab vedotin & AVD chemo. Brentuximab vedotin, 1.2 mg/kg, will be administered on days 1 & 15 of each 28 day cycle. Doxorubicin 25 mg/m2, Vinblastine 6 mg/m2, & Dacarbazine 375 mg/m2 will be administered on days 1 & 15 of each 28 day cycle. Pts whose PET scan is negative after 4 cycles of brentuximab vedotin & AVD chemotherapy will not receive RT. Pts whose PET scan is positive after 4 cycles of brentuximab vedotin & AVD chemo, but subsequent biopsy is neg, will also receive no RT. Upon MSK PI approval, if the simulation can't be covered by the institution or the pts insurance, a diagnostic IV contrast CT neck & diagnostic IV contrast CT CAP scan will be done in addition to the FDG-PET done after 4 cycles of chemo.
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Drug: Brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35) Drug: Doxorubicin HCL Drug: Vinblastine Sulfate Drug: Dacarbazine Procedure: Interim PET |
- development of significant pulmonary toxicity [ Time Frame: 1 year ]specifically non-infectious pneumonitis The definition of unacceptable pulmonary toxicity will be defined as the development of grade 2 or higher pneumonitis as defined by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE version 4).
- complete responses (all cohorts) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Evaluate the rate of PET-negative complete responses after completion of the treatment program (8 weeks (+/- 2 weeks) after completion of radiotherapy).
- Evaluate the prognostic significance [ Time Frame: 1 year ](i.e. correlation with progression free survival) of interim fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (PET) in this patient population measured by visual analysis and semi-quantitative analysis.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologic diagnosis of classical, CD30 positive Hodgkin lymphoma confirmed at enrolling institution
- FDG-avid disease by FDG-PET/CT and measurable disease of at least 1.5 cm by CT
- Ann Arbor Stage I or II disease
- Disease bulk defined as any lymph node mass with transverse maximal diameter > 7.0 cm OR coronal maximal diameter > 7.0 cm on CT imaging
- Females of childbearing age must be on an acceptable form of birth control per institutional standards
- Ages 18 and over
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cardiac ejection fraction ≤ 50%
- Hemoglobin-adjusted diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide < 40%
- ANC≤1000/μl and Platelets≤75,000/μl
- Total bilirubin ≥ 2.0 mg/dl in the absence of a history of Gilbert's disease
- Serum creatinine clearance of <30 mL/min as estimated by the Cockcroft-Gault Method
- Known pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Known history of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Medical illness unrelated to Hodgkin Lymphoma, which, in the opinion of the attending physician and/or MSKCC principal investigator, makes participation in this study inappropriate.
- Peripheral neuropathy > grade 1
- Patients receiving chronic treatment with systemic steroids. However, patients can receive up to 10 days of steroid therapy prior to starting treatment with BV+AVD.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01868451
United States, California | |
City of Hope | |
Duarte, California, United States, 91010 | |
Stanford University Medical Center | |
Stanford, California, United States, 94305-5408 | |
United States, New Jersey | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge | |
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920 | |
Memoral Sloan Kettering Monmouth | |
Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748 | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen | |
Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645 | |
United States, New York | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack | |
Commack, New York, United States, 11725 | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester | |
Harrison, New York, United States, 10604 | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10065 | |
University of Rochester Medical Center | |
Rochester, New York, United States | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau | |
Uniondale, New York, United States, 11553 |
Principal Investigator: | Anita Kumar, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01868451 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
13-034 |
First Posted: | June 4, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 3, 2022 |
Last Verified: | June 2022 |
DACARBAZINE DOXORUBICIN/ADRIAMYCIN SGN-35 (BRENTUXIMAB VEDOTIN) VINBLASTINE |
Involved-site radiation therapy (ISRT) Early stage 13-034 |
Lymphoma Hodgkin Disease Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Doxorubicin Liposomal doxorubicin Brentuximab Vedotin Dacarbazine Vinblastine |
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Antineoplastic Agents Topoisomerase II Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators |