PURPOSE: The introduction of BEACOPP(escalated) (escalated-dose bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone) has significantly improved tumor control and overall survival in patients with advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma. However, this regimen has also been associated with higher treatment-related mortality (TRM). Thus, we analyzed clinical course and risk factors associated with TRM during treatment with BEACOPP(escalated). PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this retrospective analysis, we investigated incidence, clinical features, and risk factors for BEACOPP(escalated)-associated TRM in the German Hodgkin Study Group trials HD9, HD12, and HD15. RESULTS: Among a total of 3,402 patients, TRM of 1.9% (64 of 3,402) was mainly related to neutropenic infections (n = 56; 87.5%). Twenty of 64 events occurred during the first course of BEACOPP(escalated) (31.3%). Higher risk of TRM was seen in patients age ≥ 40 years with poor performance status (PS) and in patients age ≥ 50 years. PS and age were then used to construct a new risk score; those with a score ≥ 2 had TRM of 7.1%, whereas patients who scored 0 or 1 had TRM of 0.9%. CONCLUSION: The individual risk of TRM associated with BEACOPP(escalated) can be predicted by a simple algorithm based on age and PS. High-risk patients should receive special clinical attention.
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PURPOSE: The introduction of BEACOPP(escalated) (escalated-dose bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone) has significantly improved tumor control and overall survival in patients with advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma. However, this regimen has also been associated with higher treatment-related mortality (TRM). Thus, we analyzed clinical course and risk factors associated with TRM during treatment with BEACOPP(escalated). PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this retrospective analysis, we investigated incidence, clinical features, and risk factors for BEACOPP(escalated)-associated TRM in the German Hodgkin Study Group trials HD9, HD12, and HD15. RESULTS: Among a total of 3,402 patients, TRM of 1.9% (64 of 3,402) was mainly related to neutropenic infections (n = 56; 87.5%). Twenty of 64 events occurred during the first course of BEACOPP(escalated) (31.3%). Higher risk of TRM was seen in patients age ≥ 40 years with poor performance status (PS) and in patients age ≥ 50 years. PS and age were then used to construct a new risk score; those with a score ≥ 2 had TRM of 7.1%, whereas patients who scored 0 or 1 had TRM of 0.9%. CONCLUSION: The individual risk of TRM associated with BEACOPP(escalated) can be predicted by a simple algorithm based on age and PS. High-risk patients should receive special clinical attention.
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