Twenty years of MOPP therapy for Hodgkin's disease

J Clin Oncol. 1986 Sep;4(9):1295-306. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1986.4.9.1295.

Abstract

The results of treatment of 198 patients with MOPP (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone) for Hodgkin's disease were analyzed after a median of 14 years of follow-up. Throughout the period of follow-up, 103 patients have remained continuously free of disease. Review of biopsy specimens of 43 patients originally classified as Hodgkin's disease, lymphocyte-depleted type, revealed that ten of these patients actually had diffuse immunoblastic or large cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Of the 188 patients with Hodgkin's disease, 157 achieved a complete response (CR) (84%), and 66% of them (101 patients) have remained disease-free more than 10 years from the end of treatment. Absence of B symptoms and receiving higher doses of vincristine were factors associated with a higher CR rate and longer survival. Patients entering complete remission in five cycles or less had significantly longer remissions than those requiring six or more cycles. Forty-eight percent of the Hodgkin's disease patients have survived between 9 and 21 years (median, 14 years) from the end of treatment. Nineteen percent of the CRs have died of intercurrent illnesses, free of Hodgkin's disease.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hodgkin Disease / drug therapy*
  • Hodgkin Disease / mortality
  • Humans
  • Mechlorethamine / administration & dosage
  • Mechlorethamine / adverse effects
  • Middle Aged
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Prednisone / adverse effects
  • Procarbazine / administration & dosage
  • Procarbazine / adverse effects
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage
  • Vincristine / adverse effects

Substances

  • Procarbazine
  • Mechlorethamine
  • Vincristine
  • Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

  • MOPP protocol