New immunotherapy combo aims to boost hodgkin lymphoma remission
NCT ID NCT05949931
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This Phase 2 trial tests whether adding the immunotherapy drug penpulimab to standard AVD chemotherapy improves outcomes for people with newly diagnosed advanced classic Hodgkin lymphoma. About 108 adults will receive either concurrent or sequential treatment over several cycles. The main goal is to see how many patients achieve complete remission.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Penpulimab (an immunotherapy drug) combined with AVD chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more effective first-line treatment for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, potentially improving remission rates.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 108 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. Side effects from combining immunotherapy with chemotherapy are possible.
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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 108 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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 years and older
- 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: ≥18 years old (when signing the informed consent form); ECOG score: 0 or 1 point; The expected survival period exceeds 3 months; 2. classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) confirmed by histopathology; 3. The subject must be advanced patient, specifically defined as Ann Arbor stage III-IV or IIB with any of the following high-risk factors: ① maximum diameter of mediastinal mass/maximum diameter of thoracic cavity\>0.33; ② There are large masses with a diameter of\>10cm; 4. Have not received systemic anti classic Hodgkin lymphoma treatment; 5. Measurable disease ; 6. Adequate main organs function 7. Female subjects of childbearing age should agree to use contraceptives (such as Intrauterine device, contraceptives or condoms) during the study period and within 6 months after the end of the study; The serum or urine Pregnancy test was negative within 7 days before the study was included, and must be non-lactating subjects; Male participants should agree to use contraception during the study period and within 6 months after the end of the study period. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Nodular lymphocyte dominated Hodgkin lymphoma or gray area lymphoma; 2. Classic Hodgkin lymphoma involves the central nervous system; 3. Subjects who have or are suspected to have active autoimmune diseases within the past 2 years, or have previously suffered from autoimmune diseases and are currently at high risk of recurrence and require systemic treatment; 4. Subjects who need to use glucocorticoid (\>10mg/day prednisone Equivalent dose) or other immunosuppressive drugs for systemic treatment within 14 days before the first administration. 5. Inoculate or expect to receive live or attenuated live vaccines or mRNA vaccines within 4 weeks before the first administration; 6. Received allogeneic organ transplantation or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; 7. Known to have active pulmonary tuberculosis; 8. Having a history of immunodeficiency, including HIV positive or suffering from other acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases; 9. Subjects with a known history of interstitial pneumonia, a history of non-infectious pneumonia, or highly suspected cases of interstitial pneumonia; 10. Patients with evidence of bleeding constitution or medical history; Within 4 weeks before the first medication, any ≥ CTC AE level 3 bleeding events (such as digestive tract bleeding, perforation, etc.) occur; 11. Concomitant diseases and medical history: 1. Has experienced or currently suffers from other malignant tumors within 3 years. 2. Multiple factors affecting oral medicine (such as inability to swallow, chronic diarrhea and Bowel obstruction); 3. Patients with a history of abuse of psychotropic substances who are unable to quit or have mental disorders; 4. Subjects with any severe and/or uncontrollable disease.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sun Yat-sen Universitiy Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China
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