Status:

COMPLETED

Study of a-Interferon With Adriamycin, Bleomycin, Velban, and Dacarbazine (ABVD) With Hodgkin's Disease

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Schering-Plough

Conditions:

Lymphoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a clinical research study of interferon (IFN) plus chemotherapy with the standard combination of Adriamycin, Bleomycin, Velban, and Dacarbazine (ABVD). The treatment will be given to patients ...

Detailed Description

Each treatment cycle will last 2 weeks. On days 1 - 4 of each cycle, patients will be given a shot of IFN under the skin. On day 4, patients will be given ABVD through a vein over one-hour. The plan ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Hodgkin's disease patients who relapse after radiation therapy alone, or in combination with Novantrone, Oncovin, Velban, and Prednisone (NOVP); and previously untreated patients with stage III and IV who are eligible for standard ABVD therapy.
  • Must have adequate bone marrow reserve Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \> 1,000/uL, Platelets \> 100,000
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \>/= 50%, serum creatinine \< 2mg/dl, serum bilirubin \< 2mg/dl

Exclusion

  • No prior therapy with Mustargen Oncovin Procarbazine Prednisone (MOPP).
  • No severe pulmonary disease including Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 1996

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

35 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01404936

Start Date

July 1 1996

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

February 1 2013

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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030