Is your standard of care for newly diagnosed advanced classical Hodgkin now nivolumab-AVD based on SWOG 1826?  

I think the new standard of care for newly diagnosed patients with advanced classical Hodgkins Lymphoma is now nivolumab-AVD based on the early data from SWOG 1826. While we often wait for more mature data, the early improvement in PFS and the more favorable toxicity profile of this regimen over BvA...

To me, yes. The magnitude of benefit seen with nivo-AVD over BV-AVD exceeds that seen in ECHELON-1, and it is also much more tolerable in elderly patients than BV-based frontline treatment. In my mind, anyone who does not have an absolute contraindication to PD-1 blockade and who has advanced-stage ...

I recommend N-AVD for most patients with newly diagnosed advanced-stage cHL. In addition to the marked efficacy of this regimen, I have found it to be better tolerated than BV-AVD in most patients. I do not use growth factor in the majority of patients, unless they have had an episode of febrile neu...