Table 3.

Properties of randomized trials testing chemotherapy alone in patients with limited stage Hodgkin lymphoma.

Author/ReferenceChemotherapy/Efficacy Equivalence to ABVDRadiation Therapy/Part of Combined Modality TherapySample Size/Power to Detect Important DifferencesOther
Abbreviations: MOPP, nitrogen mustard, Oncovin® (vincristine), prednisone, procarbazine; CVPP, cyclophosphamide, vinblastine, prednisone, procarbazine; EBVP, epirubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, prednisone; COPP, cyclophosphamide, Oncovin® (vincristine), prednisone, procarbazine; ABVD, doxorubicin (Adriamycin®), bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine; (S)TNI, (sub) total nodal irradiation; IF, involved field; EF, extended field 
Longo16  MOPP / no STNI or TNI / no 106 / no Includes Stages I–IIIA, I–IIB and patients with bulky disease 
Biti17  MOPP / no EF / no 99 / no  
Pavlovsky18  CVPP / no IF / yes 277 / yes Includes Stages I–IIA+B and patients with bulky disease 
Noordijk14  EBVP / no IF / yes 619 / yes  
Laskar19  ABVD / yes Predominantly IF / yes 99 / no Subset analysis 
Nachman20  COPP-ABV / yes IF / yes 215 / uncertain Subset analysis; included pediatric patients only 
Straus21  ABVD / yes EF (n = 54) and IF (n = 11) in an “as treated” analysis / yes 152 / no Includes Stages I–IIIA and I–IIB 
Meyer22  ABVD / yes EF / no (n = 64) and yes (n = 139) 399 / yes  
Author/ReferenceChemotherapy/Efficacy Equivalence to ABVDRadiation Therapy/Part of Combined Modality TherapySample Size/Power to Detect Important DifferencesOther
Abbreviations: MOPP, nitrogen mustard, Oncovin® (vincristine), prednisone, procarbazine; CVPP, cyclophosphamide, vinblastine, prednisone, procarbazine; EBVP, epirubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, prednisone; COPP, cyclophosphamide, Oncovin® (vincristine), prednisone, procarbazine; ABVD, doxorubicin (Adriamycin®), bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine; (S)TNI, (sub) total nodal irradiation; IF, involved field; EF, extended field 
Longo16  MOPP / no STNI or TNI / no 106 / no Includes Stages I–IIIA, I–IIB and patients with bulky disease 
Biti17  MOPP / no EF / no 99 / no  
Pavlovsky18  CVPP / no IF / yes 277 / yes Includes Stages I–IIA+B and patients with bulky disease 
Noordijk14  EBVP / no IF / yes 619 / yes  
Laskar19  ABVD / yes Predominantly IF / yes 99 / no Subset analysis 
Nachman20  COPP-ABV / yes IF / yes 215 / uncertain Subset analysis; included pediatric patients only 
Straus21  ABVD / yes EF (n = 54) and IF (n = 11) in an “as treated” analysis / yes 152 / no Includes Stages I–IIIA and I–IIB 
Meyer22  ABVD / yes EF / no (n = 64) and yes (n = 139) 399 / yes  

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