Trial Information

Stanford V Chemotherapy With Low-Dose Tailored-Field Radiation Therapy for Intermediate Risk Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma

Treatment Plan Description:

Adriamycin 25 mg/m2 IV Day 1 of weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11

Vinblastine 6 mg/m2 IV Day 1 of weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11

Nitrogen Mustard 6mg/m2 IV on Day 1 of weeks 1, 5, and 9

Cyclophosphamide 650 mg/m2 IV Day 1 of weeks 1, 5, 9(when Nitrogen Mustard was not
available due to national shortage)

Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 IV Day 1 of weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

Bleomycin 5 units/m2 IV Day 1 of weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

Etoposide 60 mg/m2 IV Days 1,2 of weeks 3, 7, 11

Prednisone* 40 mg/m2/day divided in 3 doses PO Every other day of weeks 1-12

G-CSF (only as needed in case of severe myelo-suppression requiring treatment delay) 5
mcg/kg SC Days 3-13, 16-26, 29-39, 42-52, 55-65, 68-78 (as clinically indicated)

* Prednisone taper is foreseen for the last 2 weeks of therapy. Patients will be treated
with 12 weeks of Stanford V chemotherapy in the schedule outlined above. Patients will then
receive radiation therapy after completion of 12 weeks of chemotherapy. The radiation dose
to individual nodal sites will be based on response after 8 weeks of chemotherapy: 15 Gy for
areas achieving a complete response and 25.5 Gy achieving less than a complete response, or
patients with bulky mediastinal mass.