New Reference: Bretuximab Vedotin in Stage III-IV Hdogkin Lymphoma


  • Study

    Multicenter, randomized, open-label trial
    Stage 3 or 4 advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma
    A+AVD (n:664) or ABVD (n:670)



  • Efficacy

    OS favored A+AVD over ABVD (HR: 0.59; P=0.009)
    6 year OS: 93.9% (95% CI, 91.6 to 95.5) vs 89.4% (95% CI, 86.6 to 91.7)
    6 year PFS: 82.3% and 74.5%, HR:0.68; 95% CI, 0.53 to 0.86)



  • Safety

    Completed all treatment: 89.3% vs 90.7%
    Any cause related death: 39 vs 64 patients
    Hodgkin Lymphoma related death: 32 vs 45 patients
    Second cancer related death: 1 vs 11 patients



  • N Engl J Med 2022; 387:310-320

    Overall Survival with Brentuximab Vedotin in Stage III or IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

    http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2206125

    Reviewed by Hasan Cagri Yildirim, MD on Nov 26, 2022