New drug combo shows promise against tough lymphoma
NCT ID NCT04067037
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether adding the immunotherapy drug camrelizumab to standard chemotherapy (AVD) can improve outcomes for people with advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma who have not yet been treated. About 60 adults aged 18 to 75 will receive the combination for up to six cycles. The main goal is to see how many achieve a complete metabolic response, meaning no signs of active cancer on scans.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- camrelizumab (an immunotherapy drug) combined with chemotherapy (epirubicin, vincristine, dacarbazine)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could become a new first-line treatment option for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, potentially improving response rates without long-term medication.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase (phase 2) trial with only 60 participants and no comparison group. Results may not confirm benefit, and side effects from immunotherapy plus chemotherapy can be serious.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age between 18 to 75 years old (including 18 and 75) 2. Diagnosed as advanced classical hodgkin's lymphoma based on histopathology 3. Subjects must be untreated (Ann Arbor Stage III/IV or Ann Arbor II with B symptoms along with mediastinal big tumor or extranodal changes) 4. No receiving chemotherapy before enrollment 5. Having at least one measurable lesions 6. World health organization-Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG) 0-2 7. Life expectancy no less than 3 months 8. enough main organ function 9. Pregnancy test within 7 days must be negative for women of childbearing period, and appropriate measures should be taken for contraception for women in childbearing period during the study and six months after this study 10. Agreeing to sign the written informed consents Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosed as nodular lymphocyte predominant lymphoma or grey-zone lymphoma 2. Diagnosed as central nervous system lymphoma 3. usage of immunosuppressants before enrollment and the dose of immunosuppressant used \>10mg / day oral prednisone for more than 2 weeks 4. Previously treated with anti-PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2/CTLA-4 5. Active autoimmune disease 6. Vaccination with anti-tumor vaccine or other immune treatments less than 3 months 7. Serious surgery and trauma less than two weeks 8. Other malignant tumor history or active malignant tumor need be treated 9. Systemic therapy for serious acute/chronic infection 10. Congestive heart failure, uncontrolled coronary heart disease, arrhythmia and heart infarction less than 6 months 11. Active tuberculosis 12. Vaccination with live attenuated vaccine less than 4 weeks 13. HIV-positive, AIDS patients and untreated active hepatitis 14. Researchers determine unsuited to participate in this trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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An Yang Tumor Hospital
Anyang, Henan, 455000, China
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Henan Cancer Hospital/The affiliated Cancer Hospital of ZhengZhou university
Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital, and College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology
Luoyang, Henan, 471003, China
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