Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2021
Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab Plus Gemcitabine, Vinorelbine, and Liposomal Doxorubicin as Second-Line Therapy for Relapsed or Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03618550 (Phase II Study of Second-line Pembrolizumab Plus GVD for Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 114 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Phase II Study of Second-line Pembrolizumab Plus GVD for Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma
Who cites it
114 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 186 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of pembrolizumab-induced immune-related oral mucositis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Indications for haematopoietic cell transplantation and CAR-T for haematological diseases, solid tumours and immune disorders: 2025 EBMT practice recommendations.Bone marrow transplantation · 2025Guideline
- Low-dose PD-1 inhibition in relapsed/refractory classic Hodgkin lymphoma: systematic review and meta-analysis.Investigational new drugs · 2025Pooled it
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- Transplant-Free Approach in Relapsed Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.JAMA oncology · 2025Trial
- A multicenter, randomized, open label, two formulation, crossover bioequivalence trial of doxorubicin hydrochloride liposomal injection in Chinese patients with metastatic breast cancer.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025Trial
- Camrelizumab plus gemcitabine and oxaliplatin for relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma: a phase II trial.BMC medicine · 2024Trial
- A phase II study of interrupted and continuous dose lenalidomide in relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.Haematologica · 2024Trial
- Nivolumab for relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma: 5-year survival from the pivotal phase 2 CheckMate 205 study.Blood advances · 2023Trial
- Tislelizumab with gemcitabine and oxaliplatin in patients with relapsed or refractory classic Hodgkin lymphoma: a multicenter phase II trial.Haematologica · 2023Trial
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- Relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma: should all patients receive an autologous stem cell transplant? - the PRO.Haematologica · 2026Article
- Relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma: should all patients receive an autologous stem cell transplant? - the CON.Haematologica · 2026Article
- Role of radiotherapy in refractory/relapsed classical Hodgkin lymphoma in the era of targeted therapies and immunotherapy.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2026Review
- Management Patterns and Outcomes for Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma.Journal of hematology · 2026Article
- A Phase Ib Study of Chemoimmunotherapy with Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin and Pembrolizumab in Estrogen Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer.Cancer research communications · 2026Article
- Outcomes of patients with relapsed or refractory classic Hodgkin lymphoma after frontline brentuximab vedotin.Blood cancer journal · 2026Article
- Efficacy of post-transplant brentuximab vedotin maintenance by pre-transplant disease status in relapsed/refractory classic Hodgkin lymphoma.Blood cancer journal · 2026Article
- Impact of novel therapies on the efficacy of posttransplantation brentuximab vedotin maintenance in Hodgkin lymphoma.Blood advances · 2026Article
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Abstract
purposeWe conducted a phase II study evaluating pembrolizumab plus gemcitabine, vinorelbine, and liposomal doxorubicin (pembro-GVD) as second-line therapy for relapsed or refractory (rel/ref) classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03618550).
methodsTransplant eligible patients with rel/ref cHL following first-line therapy were treated with two to four cycles of pembrolizumab (200 mg intravenous [IV], day 1), gemcitabine (1,000 mg/m
resultsOf 39 patients enrolled, 41% had primary ref disease and 38% relapsed within 1 year of frontline treatment. 31 patients received two cycles of pembro-GVD, and eight received four cycles. Most adverse events were grade 1 or two, whereas few were grade 3 and included transaminitis (n = 4), neutropenia (n = 4), mucositis (n = 2), thyroiditis (n = 1), and rash (n = 1). Of 38 evaluable patients, overall and CR rates after pembro-GVD were 100% and 95%, respectively. Thirty-six (95%) patients proceeded to HDT/AHCT, two received pre-HDT/AHCT involved site radiation, and 13 (33%) received post-HDT/AHCT brentuximab vedotin maintenance. All 36 transplanted patients are in remission at a median post-transplant follow-up of 13.5 months (range: 2.66-27.06 months).
conclusionSecond-line therapy with pembro-GVD is a highly effective and well-tolerated regimen that can efficiently bridge patients with rel/ref cHL to HDT/AHCT.
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