Combination Chemotherapy Given With Radiation Therapy or Radiation Therapy Alone in Treating Patients With Early-Stage Hodgkin's Disease

NCT00002987 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2013-12-04

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Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy with radiation therapy alone in treating patients with early-stage Hodgkin's disease.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

bleomycin sulfate

DRUG

doxorubicin hydrochloride

DRUG

etoposide

DRUG

prednisolone

DRUG

vincristine sulfate

RADIATION

radiation therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Williams, MD · Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-01-31

Countries

  • South Africa
  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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