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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/03/082456 [Registered on: 17/03/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 13/03/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Biological 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Use of immune system to treat Hodgkin lymphoma in children 
Scientific Title of Study   Efficacy and safety of substitution of bleomycin by low dose nivolumab in ABVD (Doxorubicin plus Bleomycin plus Vinblastine plus Dacarbazine) backbone chemotherapy in newly diagnosed advanced stage pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma: A phase II/III, multicentric, open label, randomized controlled trial. 
Trial Acronym  NILL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Debasish Sahoo 
Designation  Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology/ Hematology 
Affiliation  AIIMS, Bhubaneswar 
Address  Room No 119, Hematology OPD, OPD Block, First Floor AIIMS, Bhubaneswar Sijua, Dist- Khordha Odisha Khordha ORISSA 751019 India

Khordha
ORISSA
751019
India 
Phone  8872028232  
Fax    
Email  debasish0712@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Debasish Sahoo 
Designation  Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology/ Hematology 
Affiliation  AIIMS, Bhubaneswar 
Address  Room No 119, Hematology OPD, OPD Block, First Floor AIIMS, Bhubaneswar Sijua, Dist- Khordha Odisha Khordha ORISSA 751019 India

Khordha
ORISSA
751019
India 
Phone  8872028232  
Fax    
Email  debasish0712@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Debasish Sahoo 
Designation  Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology/ Hematology 
Affiliation  AIIMS, Bhubaneswar 
Address  Room No 119, Hematology OPD, OPD Block, First Floor AIIMS, Bhubaneswar Sijua, Dist- Khordha Odisha Khordha ORISSA 751019 India

Khordha
ORISSA
751019
India 
Phone  8872028232  
Fax    
Email  debasish0712@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
National Cancer Grid, 10th Floor, Homi Bhabha Block,Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai India Pin: 400012 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr Debasish Sahoo 
Address  Room No 119, Hematology OPD, First Floor AIIMS, Bhubaneswar Sijua, Dist- Khordha Odisha Khordha ORISSA 751019 India 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 7  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Debasish Sahoo  AIIMS, Bhubaneswar  Room no 119, Department of Medical Oncology/ Hematology AIIMS, Bhubaneswar Sijua, Dist- Khordha Odisha Khordha ORISSA 751019 India
Khordha
ORISSA 
8872028232

debasish0712@gmail.com 
Dr Rachna Seth  AIIMS, Delhi  Room no 3043, 7th floor, Mother and Child Block, AIIMS, Delhi, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029
New Delhi
DELHI 
9971188687

drrachnaseth1967@gmail.com 
Dr Siyaram Didel  AIIMS, Jodhpur  Room No 3091, Third floor Medical College Building, Gate no 5 AIIMS, Jodhpur Basni Industrial Area, Phase 2 Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342005
Jodhpur
RAJASTHAN 
9592079797

siyaram.didel@gmail.com 
Dr Piali Mandal  LHMC, New Delhi  Room no 206, Third floor Kalawati Saran Childrens Hospital, C- 604, Connaught Circus, Bangla Sahib Rd, DIZ Area, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001
New Delhi
DELHI 
9711630356

drpiali1982@gmail.com 
Dr Shilpa Khanna Arora  RML Hospital, New Dlehi  Room no 201, Second floor,Department of Pediatrics, Guest House building, ABVIMS and RML Hospital, New Delhi Pin 110001
New Delhi
DELHI 
9810068078

drshilpakhanna@gmail.com 
Dr Sanjeev Khera  RR Hospital, New Delhi  Room no 104, first floor, Army Research and Referral Hospital Military Hospital Road, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi - 110010 (Near Dhaula Kuan Metro Station)
New Delhi
DELHI 
8192954481

KHERAKHERAKHERA@gmail.com 
Dr Prashant Prabhakar  Safdarjung Medical College, New Delhi  Pediatrics HOD Office, Ward 21, 3rd Floor, H Block, VMMAC and Safdarjung Medical College, New Delhi
New Delhi
DELHI 
8800719116

prashant15prabhakar@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 7  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
AIIMS, Bhubaneswar  Approved 
AIIMS, Delhi  Submittted/Under Review 
AIIMS, Jodhpur  Submittted/Under Review 
Army Hospital (Research and Referral)  Submittted/Under Review 
LHMC IEC  Submittted/Under Review 
RML Hospital, New Delhi  Submittted/Under Review 
Safdarjung Medical College  Submittted/Under Review 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: C819||Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Adriamycin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine  Bleomycin: 10 U/m2/dose IV, 2 weekly for 12 doses Adriamycin: 25 mg/m2/dose IV, 2 weekly for 12 doses Vinblastine: 6 mg/m2/dose IV, 2 weekly for 12 doses Dacarbazine: 375 mg/m2/dose IV, 2 weekly for 12 doses 
Intervention  Low dose nivolumab- Adriamycin, Vinblastine, Dacrabazine  Nivolumab: 0.75 mg/kg/dose IV 2 weekly for 12 doses Adriamycin: 25 mg/m2/dose IV, 2 weekly for 12 doses Vinblastine: 6 mg/m2/dose IV, 2 weekly for 12 doses Dacarbazine: 375 mg/m2/dose IV, 2 weekly for 12 doses 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  1.00 Year(s)
Age To  18.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Children aged less than 18 years with newly diagnosed classical Hodgkin lymphoma
2. Stage II B- IV disease
3. No prior treatment for disease (except steroids up to 7 days for superior mediastinal syndrome)
4. Informed consent given.
5. Patients in the reproductive age group and child bearing potential should agree for contraception or abstinence
6. Lansky performance score more than 20 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Cardiac dysfunction
2. Retroviral infection
3. Active Hepatitis B or C infection
4. Jaundice, with bilirubin more than 2 mg/dL or AST and ALT more than 5 times of upper limit of normal
5. Creatinine clearance less than 70 mL/ min/ 1.73 m2 (Calculated using Schwartz formula)
6. Past history of uveitis
7. Prior history or suspicion of autoimmune disorders
8. Underlying immunodeficiency disorders 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Stratified block randomization 
Method of Concealment   Sequentially numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Complete metabolic remission (CMR) rates  4 months (4 cycles of chemotherapy) 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
2 year event free survival  2 years 
2 year overall survival  2 years 
Safety of low dose nivolumab- AVD  6 months  
Pharmacodynamics studies (Residual PD-1 expression, IL-2, IL-6, IFN, TNF)  1 month, 6 months 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="169"
Sample Size from India="169" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2/ Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/04/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="5"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - YES
  1. What data in particular will be shared?
    Response - All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after de-identification.

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response -  Study Protocol
    Response -  Statistical Analysis Plan
    Response - Informed Consent Form
    Response - Clinical Study Report
    Response -  Analytic Code

  3. Who will be able to view these files?
    Response - Researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal.

  4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
    Response - For individual participant data meta-analysis.

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response - Proposals should be directed to [debasish0712@gmail.com].

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 08-08-2030 and end date provided 08-08-2035?
    Response - Beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication.

  7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
    Additional Information - NIL
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