Phase 3 Trial of ADCETRIS® (brentuximab vedotin) with Modified Chemo Regimen Shows Non-Inferiority with Unprecedented 3-Year Progression Free Survival of 94.9% vs Less Tolerable International Standard of Care in Advanced Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Jun 20, 2023

Seagen Inc. (NASDAQ: SGEN) today announced that the clinical research cooperative German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG) presented results showing that a phase 3 trial of ADCETRIS® in combination with chemotherapy – a regimen called BrECADD (brentuximab vedotin [ADCETRIS], etoposide, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin [Adriamycin], dacarbazine, and dexamethasone) – met its co-primary endpoints of non-inferior efficacy and superior tolerability versus a highly efficacious yet chemotherapy-intense treatment regimen of escalated BEACOPP (bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone), which is an international standard of care in the frontline advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) setting and commonly used in Europe. Both study arms used PET scans to guide treatment decisions. The data results of the HD21 study were presented in a late-breaking session at the 17th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma (ICML) in Lugano, Switzerland on June 17.