HD13 for early stage Hodgkin's disease: quality assurance protocol for reduction of toxicity in the first-line treatment of early stage Hodgkin's Disease (HD)

ISRCTN ISRCTN63474366
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN63474366
Secondary identifying numbers N/A
Submission date
12/09/2003
Registration date
29/10/2003
Last edited
11/07/2018
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Cancer
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Volker Diehl
Scientific

German Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group
Herderstr. 52-54
Cologne
50924
Germany

Phone +49 (0)221 478-3557 (-3558)
Email dhsg@biometrie.uni-koeln.de

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Patient information material can be found at http://www.lymphome.de/en/Groups/GHSG/Protocols/HD13/Patient-Information.pdf
Scientific titleHD13 for early stage Hodgkin's disease: quality assurance protocol for reduction of toxicity in the first-line treatment of early stage Hodgkin's Disease (HD)
Study acronymHD13
Study objectivesReduction of toxicity through deescalation of chemotherapy while maintaining high Freedom From Treatment Failure (FFTF) and Overall Survival rates.
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedHodgkin's disease
InterventionArm A: 2 x Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine (ABVD) and 30 Gy Involved Field Radiotherapy (IF-RT)
Arm B: 2 x Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine (ABV) and 30 Gy IF-RT
Arm C: 2 x Doxorubicin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine (AVD) and 30 Gy IF-RT
Arm D: 2 x Doxorubicin, Vinblastine (AV) and 30 Gy IF-RT
Intervention typeDrug
Pharmaceutical study type(s)
PhaseNot Applicable
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine (ABVD)
Primary outcome measureFreedom From Treatment Failure (FFTF) .
Secondary outcome measuresNot provided at time of registration
Overall study start date01/01/2003
Completion date01/01/2008

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participants1250
Key inclusion criteria1. Histologically confirmed Hodgkin's disease
2. Stages IA (not lympocyte predominant HD), IB, IIA, and IIB without the following risk factors:
2.1. Massive mediastinal involvement (tumour one third or more of the maximum intrathoracic diameter
2.2. Extranodal involvement
2.3. High Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) (greater than or equal to 50 mm; greater than or equal to 30 mm with B symptoms)
2.4. Three or more involved lymph node areas
3. No prior therapy for Hodgkin's disease
4. Aged 18 - 75 years
5. No major organ dysfunction
6. Life expectancy more than three months
7. Written informed consent
Key exclusion criteria1. Incomplete staging
2. Major organ dysfunction (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [COPD] with respiratory insufficiency, symptomatic Coronary Heart Disease [CHD], cardiomyopathy or heart failure [ejection fraction less than 50%], severe hypertension, non-treatable infections, white blood count less than 3000/mm^3 or platelets less than 100,000/mm^3, creatinine clearance less than 60 ml/min, bilirubin more than 2 mg/dl, Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase [GOT]/aspartate aminotransferase [AST] more than 100 U/l, Glutamic-Pyruvic Transaminase [GPT]/alanine aminotransferase [ALT] more than 100 U/l, Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV]-infection)
3. Composite lymphoma
4. Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
5. Any history of another malignancy in the last five years (except for cervical carcinoma in situ and fully resected melanoma TNMpT1)
6. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
7. World Health Organization (WHO) performance status more than two
8. Long term use of corticosteroids (e.g. for arthritis) or antineoplastic substances (e.g. methotrexate)
9. Expected non compliance
10. Current therapy for epilepsy
11. Intolerabilities against study drugs
12. Inability to give truly informed consent
Date of first enrolment01/01/2003
Date of final enrolment01/01/2008

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Germany

Study participating centre

German Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group
Cologne
50924
Germany

Sponsor information

German Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group (Germany)
Research organisation

Herderstr. 52-54
Cologne
50924
Germany

Phone +49 (0)221 478-3557 (-3558)
Email dhsg@biometrie.uni-koeln.de

Funders

Funder type

Research organisation

Deutsche Krebshilfe
Private sector organisation / Other non-profit organizations
Alternative name(s)
Stiftung Deutsche Krebshilfe, German Cancer Aid
Location
Germany

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 11/04/2015 Yes No
Results article results 05/05/2016 Yes No
Results article results 01/09/2018 Yes No

Editorial Notes

11/07/2018: Publication reference added.
06/05/2016: Publication reference added.