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CTRI Number  CTRI/2023/11/060108 [Registered on: 21/11/2023] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 22/10/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   In patients with the cancer called Hodgkins lymphoma we are trying to see whether adding a medicine stimulating the immune system will increase the benefit of usual treatment  
Scientific Title of Study   Chemotherapy with low dose immune therapy as salvage regimen in relapsed/ refractory Hodgkins Lymphoma: A phase II study  
Trial Acronym  CLISH 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Prasanth Ganesan 
Designation  Professor of Medical Oncology 
Affiliation  Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY SSB 3RD FLOOR Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY SSB 3RD FLOOR Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  04132296000  
Fax    
Email  p.ganesan@jipmer.edu.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Prasanth Ganesan 
Designation  Professor of Medical Oncology 
Affiliation  Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY SSB 3RD FLOOR Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY SSB 3RD FLOOR Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)

PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  04132296000  
Fax    
Email  p.ganesan@jipmer.edu.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Prasanth Ganesan 
Designation  Professor of Medical Oncology 
Affiliation  Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) 
Address  DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY SSB 3RD FLOOR Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY SSB 3RD FLOOR Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)

PONDICHERRY
605006
India 
Phone  04132296000  
Fax    
Email  p.ganesan@jipmer.edu.in  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
ICMR  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research JIPMER 
Address  Dhanvantri Nagar Gorimedu Puducherry 605006 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 3  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Deepam Pushpam  All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi  Department of Medical Oncology 1st Floor Dr BRA IRCH AIIMS Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029
New Delhi
DELHI 
9650629370

deepampushpam@gmail.com 
Dr Venkatraman Radhakrishnan   Cancer Institute WIA  Head of the Department Medical Oncology Mahaveen Jain Block Dr Krishnamurthy Campus Sardar Patel Road Guindy Chennai
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
9498082771

venkymd@googlemail.com 
Prasanth Ganesan  JIPMER Puducherry  Medical Oncology 3rd Floor SS Block JIPMER
Pondicherry
PONDICHERRY 
9940339189

pg1980@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 3  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Cancer Institute Institute Review Board  Approved 
IEC AIIMS  Approved 
INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE INTERVENTIONAL STUDIES  Approved 
 
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  NOT APPLICABLE  NOT APPLICABLE 
Intervention  Salvage chemotherapy with low dose nivolumab  3 cycles of salvage chemotherapy (investigators choice from the list) with low-dose nivolumab (40 mg X 2 doses givne 6 weeks apart). 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  5.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Relapsed/ refractory Hodgkins Lymphoma having previously received at least 1-2 lines of standard chemotherapy.
2. Demonstrated disease recurrence or progression or refractoriness by clear evidence on PET-CT or other imaging studies with or without biopsy confirmation
3. ECOG performance status 0 to 1
4. Written informed consent for adults over 18 years of age and consent from parents/ legal guardians for those below 18. Written assent for those 12-18 years and verbal assent for those 7-12 years old.
5. Negative urine/ serum pregnancy test in women of childbearing potential (WOCBP)
6. Female patients in the reproductive age group MUST AGREE TO use suitable contraception during therapy
7. Acceptable bone marrow and organ function at screening
8. Measurable disease must be present either on physical examination or imaging studies
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Any anti-cancer therapy (other than palliative radiation and steroids) within the last three weeks
2. CNS involvement by disease
3. Inter-current severe illness or medical condition such as active uncontrolled infection, uncontrolled diabetes, or significant cardiac dysfunction would preclude safe administration of the protocol treatment.
4. Prior therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors
5. Prior therapy with auto SCT/ alloSCT
6. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection/and/or Anti-retroviral therapy and/or HCV infection (patients who are anti-HCV positive but have been treated and have undetectable viral load would be permitted to be part of the study).
7. Active Hepatitis B infection (in patients who are Hepatitis B carriers, the markers of active infection such as HBeAg and HBV DNA titers must be negative, and patients would be continued on appropriate prophylaxis with antivirals throughout the study).
8. Uncontrolled medical conditions, including but not limited to uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension which may interfere with the safe delivery of salvage chemotherapy or immune therapy.
9. History of significant autoimmune or connective tissue disorders, which may be exacerbated by the use of nivolumab
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
complete response rate in all evaluable patients  9 weeks from start of treatment  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Progression Free survival  1 year  
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="37"
Sample Size from India="37" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="0" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/12/2023 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="3"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Response - NO
Brief Summary   This is a trial of salvage chemotherapy in patients with relapsed Hodgkins lymphoma. Patients will receive therapy with salvage chemotherapy (physician’s choice from one of the following regimens: (ICE, GVDex, DHAP, GDP, BeGEV) along with low dose nivolumab 40mg with first and 3rd cycles. Response will be assessed after 3 cycles.  
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