The aim of this trial is to develop an effective and well-tolerated regimen for treatment of r/r cHL by introducing the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab and adding it to well-established chemotherapy regimens (ICE, DHAP). Synergistic effects of conventional agents with checkpoint inhibition may facilitate a highly effective therapy with limited toxicity, which might eventually substitute the very toxic high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
29
Pembrolizumab (200mg) alone or in combination with ICE (or DHAP in case of PET positive findings after P-ICE) will be admistered. 6 additional courses of pembrolizumab will be administered after the completion P-ICE or P-DHAP
1st Department of Medicine, Cologne University Hospital
Cologne, Germany
RECRUITINGComplete Metabolic Response Rate (CMR)
The proportion of patients with a Deauville score of 1-3 in the centrally reviewed restaging after treatment with 1 x pembrolizumab + 4 cycles of pembrolizumab and chemotherapy combined (4x P-ICE or 2x P-ICE + 2x P-DHAP)
Time frame: after completion of P+chemotherapy, an average of 3 months
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