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Kontroversen in der Behandlung früher und mittlerer Stadien des klassischen Hodgkin-Lymphoms

Controversies in the treatment of early and intermediate stage Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Zusammenfassung

Hintergrund

Durch Kombination einer Polychemotherapie mit einer konsolidierenden IF-Strahlentherapie können in den frühen und intermediären Stadien des Hodgkin-Lymphoms (HL) Langzeitremissionsraten von ca. 85 % erzielt werden. International werden die Rolle der konsolidierenden Strahlentherapie und die in den intermediären Stadien des HL anzuwendende Chemotherapie kontrovers diskutiert. Aktuelle Therapieansätze widmen sich der weiteren Reduktion der Strahlentherapiefelder bzw. der Frage eines PET-basierten Strahlentherapieansatzes sowie der Optimierung der Chemotherapie-Regime, um die therapieassoziierte Toxizität bei gleicher Effektivität zu reduzieren.

Ziele

Herleitung des Standards der Deutschen Hodgkin-Studiengruppe (GHSG) und Diskussion aktueller Studien in frühen und intermediären Stadien des HL.

Ergebnisse

In den frühen Stadien des HL sind 2 Zyklen ABVD, gefolgt von 20 Gy IF-RT, in den intermediären Stadien 4 Zyklen Chemotherapie, gefolgt von 30 Gy IF-RT, nach wie vor als Standardtherapie anzusehen. Die bisherigen Daten zur Anwendung eines PET-basierten Strahlentherapieansatzes erlauben es bisher nicht, auf die Strahlentherapie zu verzichten. In den intermediären Stadien ist das „2 + 2“-Schema der Gabe von 4 Zyklen ABVD hinsichtlich der Tumorkontrolle signifikant überlegen und gilt daher als GHSG-Standard.

Schlussfolgerungen

Die Frage, ob bei PET-Negativität nach der Chemotherapie auf die Strahlentherapie verzichtet werden kann, wird voraussichtlich durch die HD16- bzw. HD17-Studie beantwortet. Durch Implementierung von Brentuximab Vedotin in die Erstlinientherapie der frühen und intermediären Stadien könnte künftig eine weitere Reduktion der therapieassoziierten Toxizität erreicht werden.

Abstract

Background

With combined modality treatment which includes a polychemotherapy regimen and a consolidating IF-radiotherapy strategy long-term remission rates of about 85% can be achieved in early favorable and unfavorable HL patients. International points of discussion are the role of the consolidating radiotherapy and the optimal chemotherapy regimen for patients with early unfavorable HL. Current treatment approaches aim at further reduction of radiotherapy field size and at optimizing of the chemotherapy regimens and additionally evaluate PET-response based radiotherapy approaches in order to reduce treatment-associated toxicity, while maintaining treatment efficacy.

Aims

Deduction of the GHSG-standard and discussion of current trials in early favorable and unfavourable HL patients.

Results

Two courses of ABVD followed by 20 Gy IF-RT have to be regarded as standard of care in early favorable HL, and four courses of chemotherapy followed by 30 Gy IF-RT are standard in early unfavorable HL. So far, the available data to a PET-response guided radiotherapy approach do not permit to omit the consolidating radiotherapy.

In early unfavorable HL, “2+2” results in a significantly improved tumor control compared to four courses of ABVD and is therefore recommended by the GHSG as standard chemotherapy regimen in patients with early unfavorable HL.

Conclusions/perspectives

The ongoing HD16 and HD17 trials are designed to answer the question whether radiotherapy can be omitted in those patients with a negative PET response after completion of chemotherapy. By implementing brentuximab vedotin in the first line treatment of early favorable and unfavorable HL we might achieve a further reduction of treatment-associated toxicity.

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Interessenkonflikt. A. Engert, S. Sasse, K. Behringer und R. Semrau geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht. Dieser Beitrag beinhaltet keine Studien an Menschen oder Tieren.

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Sasse, S., Behringer, K., Semrau, R. et al. Kontroversen in der Behandlung früher und mittlerer Stadien des klassischen Hodgkin-Lymphoms. Onkologe 20, 448–456 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00761-013-2636-4

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