Abstract

About 10–15% of patients with early-stage and 15-30% with relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma after primary conventional treatment. Despite the approval of novel therapies, autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) remains the standard of care in these patients. However, up to half of transplanted individuals may relapse. Pembrolizumab is an FDA-approved monoclonal antibody directed against programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), it has received approval for the treatment of solid cancer and showed increased progression-free survival in high-risk patients with relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma receiving autologous stem cell transplantation. This study aims to investigate the role of relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma after using Pembrolizumab. This study was conducted for 80 patients with relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma who received Pembrolizumab and 50 patients had completed treatment with 40% complete response. In conclusion, Pembrolizumab showed a good response in patients with relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma.

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