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FDA approves brentuximab vedotin for untreated stage III or IV classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) in combination with chemotherapy

3/20/2018

 
On March 20, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris, Seattle Genetics, Inc.) to treat adult patients with previously untreated stage III or IV classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) in combination with chemotherapy.

Approval was based on a randomized, open-label, two-arm, multicenter trial, ECHELON-1, that randomized 1,334 patients to receive either Adcetris plus doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (Adcetris + AVD) or bleomycin plus AVD (ABVD). Patients were randomized to receive up to 6 cycles of Adcetris + AVD or ABVD on Days 1 and 15 of each 28-day cycle.

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