Own experience in the treatment of primary refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma. Case report

Abstract

Despite significant progress made in recent decades in the treatment of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma, in 1030% of patients develop a refractory course or relapse of the disease. The effectiveness of therapy of the second and subsequent lines is about 50%. A significant breakthrough in the treatment of recurrent/refractory forms of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma has been the introduction of targeted drugs. The inclusion of new drugs in previously standard rescue therapy regimens significantly improves the effectiveness of the therapy. A clinical case of treating a patient with the progression of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma after first-line therapy, the use of brentuximab vedotin in combination with bendamustine as a rescue therapy with the achievement of complete remission, followed by high-dose consolidation with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is presented.