Overview

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Hodgkin's Disease

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which chemotherapy regimen is more effective for advanced Hodgkin's disease. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare different combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients with advanced Hodgkin's disease.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Medical Research Council
Treatments:
Bleomycin
Chlorambucil
Dacarbazine
Doxorubicin
Etoposide
Liposomal doxorubicin
Prednisolone
Procarbazine
Vinblastine
Vincristine