Hodgkin LymphomaPhase 4NCT04726501
CCCG-HD-2018 for Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Hodgkin Lymphoma
A Phase 4 study testing Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapy in people with Hodgkin Lymphoma, run by Children's Cancer Group, China at 3 sites in China.
Trial summary
The incidence of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) in Chinese children and adolescents is only 1 / 10 of that in Europe and the United States, which is a "rare" childhood tumor. Due to the "drug shortage" and extremely low incidence, it has brought great difficulties to the domestic clinical research and failed to achieve the… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 1 year to 18 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Hodgkin Lymphoma
- What is being tested?
- Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapy
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 200 participants
- Where
- 3 sitesChina
- Study dates
- 1 Apr 2018to 31 Dec 2027
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 1 year to 18 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Patient must be ages 1 to 18 years at the time of diagnosis; Newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed Hodgkin disease (No nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma)
Who cannot join
- Patients have received prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for the current diagnosis or any cancer, if any steroid applied, total prior steroids dosage < Prednisone 80 mg/m2; Patients have congenital immunodeficiency, HIV infection, or prior organ transplant; Patients have overwhelming infection, and a life expectancy of < 2 weeks
Trial locations and contacts
3 sites in 1 country.
China3 sites
West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Chengdu
Nanjing Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Nanjing
Shanghai Children's Medical Center
Shanghai, 200127
About this study
Official title: A Prospective Multi-center Study for the Treatment of Chinese Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Hodgkin Lymphoma Using a Modified COG Strategy
The incidence of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) in Chinese children and adolescents is only 1 / 10 of that in Europe and the United States, which is a "rare" childhood tumor. Due to the "drug shortage" and extremely low incidence, it has brought great difficulties to the domestic clinical research and failed to achieve the desired effect. In this study, we apply a well-documented effective protocol on newly diagnosed children and adolescents with HL to understand whether the same treatment regimens can obtain similar event free survival rates and overall survival rates and then find out the problems existing in the current clinical care of HL in China, so as to make continuous improvement in the future and prepare for innovative clinical research.
Read the detailed description
In this study, enrolled patients from age 1 through 18 years with newly diagnosed and biopsy-proven HL are stratified into 3 risk groups according to 3 COG published trials: AHOD0831 (high risk-all Ann Arbor stages III and IV with B symptoms), AHOD0031 (intermediate risk-Ann Arbor stages IB, IAE, IIB, IIAE, IIIA, IVA with or without bulk disease, and IA or IIA with bulk disease) and AHOD0431 (low risk-Ann Arbor stage IA or IIA without bulky disease). Staging was determined with contrast-enhanced CT scanning or MRI, bilateral bone marrow biopsies and FDG-PET. B symptoms included weight loss > 10%, unexplained recurrent fever > 38°, or drenching night sweats. Bulk disease included a mediastinal mass with diameter greater than one third of the thoracic diameter on an upright anterior-posterior (AP) chest radiograph or extramediastinal nodal aggregate > 6 cm in the longest transverse diameter on axial CT.
Low risk group: Patients receive 2 cycles of doxorubicin,vincristine, etoposide, cyclophosphamide, and prednisone (AVE-PC) followed by early response (ER) evaluation. Rapid early responders (RERs) receive 2 additional AVE-PC cycles. Slow early responders (SERs) receive 2 additional ABVE-PC cycles followed by involved-field radiotherapy (IFRT). IFRT consists of 21 Gy in 14 fractions of 1.5 Gy per day and is scheduled within 4 weeks after chemotherapy.
Intermediate risk group: Patients receive 2 cycles of doxorubicin, bleomycin, vincristine, etoposide, cyclophosphamide, and prednisone (ABVE-PC) followed by ER evaluation. RERs receive 2 additional ABVE-PC cycles. SERs receive 2 additional ABVE-PC cycles followed by IFRT. IFRT consists of 21 Gy in 14 fractions of 1.5 Gy per day and is scheduled within 4 weeks after chemotherapy.
High risk group: Patients receive 2 cycles of ABVE-PC followed by ER evaluation. RERs receive 2 additional ABVE-PC cycles followed by IFRT. SERs receive 2 cycles of IFOS/VINO and 2 cycles of ABVE-PC followed by IFRT. IFRT consists of 21 Gy in 14 fractions of 1.5 Gy per day and is scheduled within 4 weeks after chemotherapy.
Patients who have disease progression at any time will be removed from this protocol.
- Conditions
- Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Being tested
- Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapy
- Medical subject headings
- Hodgkin Disease
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapyOther
Patients in low risk group receive 4 cycles of AVE-PC with or without involved-field radiotherapy (IFRT). Patients in intermediate risk group4 cycles ABVE-PC with or without IFRT. RERs in high risk group receive 4 cycles of ABVE-PC followed by followed by IFRT. SERs in high risk group receive 2 cycles of ABVE-PC followed by 2 cycles of IFOS/VINO and 2 cycles of ABVE-PC then followed by IFRT. IFRT consists of 21 Gy in 14 fractions of 1.5 Gy per day and is scheduled within 4 weeks after chemotherapy.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Low risk group | Experimental | Ann Arbor stage IA or IIA without bulky disease. Receives: Other: Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapy |
| Intermediate risk group | Experimental | Ann Arbor stages IB, IAE, IIB, IIAE, IIIA, IVA with or without bulk disease, and IA or IIA with bulk disease Receives: Other: Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapy |
| High risk group | Experimental | Ann Arbor stages III or IV with B symptoms Receives: Other: Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapy |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Event free survival (EFS)
EFS was measured from the day of diagnosis to an event (relapse or progression, death for any reason, abandonment of treatment, second malignancy) or to the date of the last follow-up contact.
Measured: 5 year EFS
Secondary outcomes (1)
Overall survival (OS)
OS was measured from the day of diagnosis to the date of death.
Measured: 5 year OS
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Jan 2021
- Study start1 Apr 2018
- Primary completion31 Dec 2025
- Study completion31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (4)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Hodgkin LymphomaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Cancer Group, China
- Sponsor type
- Research network
- Collaborators
- Shanghai Children's Medical Center
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04726501
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CCCG-HD-2018
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 23 Jan 2021
- Last updated
- 19 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Each centre was responsible for its own data collection. A predefined set of data was collected on protocol-specific forms for each patient and sent to a coordinating center where the findings were reviewed for consistency and completeness. The data were transferred every 12 months. All 12-month reports were reviewed by each local investigator.
Publications
Keller FG, Castellino SM, Chen L, Pei Q, Voss SD, McCarten KM, Senn SL, Buxton AB, Bush R, Constine LS, Schwartz CL. Results of the AHOD0431 trial of response adapted therapy and a salvage strategy for limited stage, classical Hodgkin lymphoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer. 2018 Aug 1;124(15):3210-3219. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31519. Epub 2018 May 8.
PubMed 29738613Kahn JM, Kelly KM, Pei Q, Bush R, Friedman DL, Keller FG, Bhatia S, Henderson TO, Schwartz CL, Castellino SM. Survival by Race and Ethnicity in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients With Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Children's Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Nov 10;37(32):3009-3017. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00812. Epub 2019 Sep 20.
PubMed 31539308Friedman DL, Chen L, Wolden S, Buxton A, McCarten K, FitzGerald TJ, Kessel S, De Alarcon PA, Chen AR, Kobrinsky N, Ehrlich P, Hutchison RE, Constine LS, Schwartz CL. Dose-intensive response-based chemotherapy and radiation therapy for children and adolescents with newly diagnosed intermediate-risk hodgkin lymphoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group Study AHOD0031. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Nov 10;32(32):3651-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.52.5410. Epub 2014 Oct 13.
PubMed 25311218Gao YJ, Tang JY, Pan C, Lu FJ, Xue HL, Chen J. Risk-adapted chemotherapy without procarbazine in treatment of children with Hodgkin lymphoma. World J Pediatr. 2013 Feb;9(1):32-5. doi: 10.1007/s12519-012-0390-0. Epub 2012 Dec 29.
PubMed 23275102
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 19 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Prospective Multi-center Study for the Treatment of Chinese Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Hodgkin Lymphoma Using a Modified COG Strategy
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04726501
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CCCG-HD-2018
- Conditions
- Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Cancer Group, ChinaResearch network
- Collaborators
- Shanghai Children's Medical Center
- Study start
- 1 Apr 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 31 Dec 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 27 Jan 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The incidence of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) in Chinese children and adolescents is only 1 / 10 of that in Europe and the United States, which is a "rare" childhood tumor. Due to the "drug shortage" and extremely low incidence, it has brought great difficulties to the domestic clinical research and failed to achieve the desired effect. In this study, we apply a well-documented effective protocol on newly diagnosed children and adolescents with HL to understand whether the same treatment regimens can obtain similar event free survival rates and overall survival rates and then find out the problems existing in the current clinical care of HL in China, so as to make continuous improvement in the future and prepare for innovative clinical research.
Detailed description
In this study, enrolled patients from age 1 through 18 years with newly diagnosed and biopsy-proven HL are stratified into 3 risk groups according to 3 COG published trials: AHOD0831 (high risk-all Ann Arbor stages III and IV with B symptoms), AHOD0031 (intermediate risk-Ann Arbor stages IB, IAE, IIB, IIAE, IIIA, IVA with or without bulk disease, and IA or IIA with bulk disease) and AHOD0431 (low risk-Ann Arbor stage IA or IIA without bulky disease). Staging was determined with contrast-enhanced CT scanning or MRI, bilateral bone marrow biopsies and FDG-PET. B symptoms included weight loss > 10%, unexplained recurrent fever > 38°, or drenching night sweats. Bulk disease included a mediastinal mass with diameter greater than one third of the thoracic diameter on an upright anterior-posterior (AP) chest radiograph or extramediastinal nodal aggregate > 6 cm in the longest transverse diameter on axial CT.
Low risk group: Patients receive 2 cycles of doxorubicin,vincristine, etoposide, cyclophosphamide, and prednisone (AVE-PC) followed by early response (ER) evaluation. Rapid early responders (RERs) receive 2 additional AVE-PC cycles. Slow early responders (SERs) receive 2 additional ABVE-PC cycles followed by involved-field radiotherapy (IFRT). IFRT consists of 21 Gy in 14 fractions of 1.5 Gy per day and is scheduled within 4 weeks after chemotherapy.
Intermediate risk group: Patients receive 2 cycles of doxorubicin, bleomycin, vincristine, etoposide, cyclophosphamide, and prednisone (ABVE-PC) followed by ER evaluation. RERs receive 2 additional ABVE-PC cycles. SERs receive 2 additional ABVE-PC cycles followed by IFRT. IFRT consists of 21 Gy in 14 fractions of 1.5 Gy per day and is scheduled within 4 weeks after chemotherapy.
High risk group: Patients receive 2 cycles of ABVE-PC followed by ER evaluation. RERs receive 2 additional ABVE-PC cycles followed by IFRT. SERs receive 2 cycles of IFOS/VINO and 2 cycles of ABVE-PC followed by IFRT. IFRT consists of 21 Gy in 14 fractions of 1.5 Gy per day and is scheduled within 4 weeks after chemotherapy.
Patients who have disease progression at any time will be removed from this protocol.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Low risk group | Experimental | Other: Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapyAnn Arbor stage IA or IIA without bulky disease. |
| Intermediate risk group | Experimental | Other: Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapyAnn Arbor stages IB, IAE, IIB, IIAE, IIIA, IVA with or without bulk disease, and IA or IIA with bulk disease |
| High risk group | Experimental | Other: Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapyAnn Arbor stages III or IV with B symptoms |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 1 year to 18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Patient must be ages 1 to 18 years at the time of diagnosis; Newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed Hodgkin disease (No nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma)
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Patients have received prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for the current diagnosis or any cancer, if any steroid applied, total prior steroids dosage < Prednisone 80 mg/m2; Patients have congenital immunodeficiency, HIV infection, or prior organ transplant; Patients have overwhelming infection, and a life expectancy of < 2 weeks
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapyPatients in low risk group receive 4 cycles of AVE-PC with or without involved-field radiotherapy (IFRT). Patients in intermediate risk group4 cycles ABVE-PC with or without IFRT. RERs in high risk group receive 4 cycles of ABVE-PC followed by followed by IFRT. SERs in high risk group receive 2 cycles of ABVE-PC followed by 2 cycles of IFOS/VINO and 2 cycles of ABVE-PC then followed by IFRT. IFRT consists of 21 Gy in 14 fractions of 1.5 Gy per day and is scheduled within 4 weeks after chemotherapy. | Other | High risk group, Intermediate risk group, Low risk group |
Primary outcome
Event free survival (EFS)
Time frame: 5 year EFS
EFS was measured from the day of diagnosis to an event (relapse or progression, death for any reason, abandonment of treatment, second malignancy) or to the date of the last follow-up contact.
1 secondary outcome
Overall survival (OS)
Time frame: 5 year OS
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 19 Mar 2026.
- Background: PubMed 29738613Keller FG, Castellino SM, Chen L, Pei Q, Voss SD, McCarten KM, Senn SL, Buxton AB, Bush R, Constine LS, Schwartz CL. Results of the AHOD0431 trial of response adapted therapy and a salvage strategy for limited stage, classical Hodgkin lymphoma: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer. 2018 Aug 1;124(15):3210-3219. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31519. Epub 2018 May 8.
- Results publication: PubMed 31539308Kahn JM, Kelly KM, Pei Q, Bush R, Friedman DL, Keller FG, Bhatia S, Henderson TO, Schwartz CL, Castellino SM. Survival by Race and Ethnicity in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients With Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Children's Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Nov 10;37(32):3009-3017. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00812. Epub 2019 Sep 20.
- Results publication: PubMed 25311218Friedman DL, Chen L, Wolden S, Buxton A, McCarten K, FitzGerald TJ, Kessel S, De Alarcon PA, Chen AR, Kobrinsky N, Ehrlich P, Hutchison RE, Constine LS, Schwartz CL. Dose-intensive response-based chemotherapy and radiation therapy for children and adolescents with newly diagnosed intermediate-risk hodgkin lymphoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group Study AHOD0031. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Nov 10;32(32):3651-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.52.5410. Epub 2014 Oct 13.
- Results publication: PubMed 23275102Gao YJ, Tang JY, Pan C, Lu FJ, Xue HL, Chen J. Risk-adapted chemotherapy without procarbazine in treatment of children with Hodgkin lymphoma. World J Pediatr. 2013 Feb;9(1):32-5. doi: 10.1007/s12519-012-0390-0. Epub 2012 Dec 29.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Each centre was responsible for its own data collection. A predefined set of data was collected on protocol-specific forms for each patient and sent to a coordinating center where the findings were reviewed for consistency and completeness. The data were transferred every 12 months. All 12-month reports were reviewed by each local investigator.
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Referral and contact
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The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 4 study testing Combined chemotherapy with or without involved-field radiotherapy in people with Hodgkin Lymphoma, run by Children's Cancer Group, China at 3 sites in China.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 3 sites in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Event free survival (EFS) (time frame: 5 year EFS). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04726501, which also lists 4 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Mar 2026.