Remission Evaluation Before Intensified Treatment in Lymphoma: Impact of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Using Fluorine-18-Floro-Deoxyglucose (FDG) in the Therapeutic Prescription. Medico-Economic Randomised Study
Remission Evaluation Before Intensified Treatment in Lymphoma: Impact of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Using Fluorine-18-Floro-Deoxyglucose (FDG) in the Therapeutic Prescription. Medico-Economic Randomised Study
This randomised study aimed at evaluating the medical and economical impact of positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorine-18-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) in the therapeutic prescription in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma or with large B and P cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The median progression free survival, the costs and the quality of life are compared between two groups : Group 1: the results of conventional staging and of the PET are known before stem cell transplantation. Group 2: only the results of conventional staging before stem cell transplantation are known before stem cell transplantation.
Inclusion Criteria:
Age over 18, with Hodgkin's lymphoma or with large B and P cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, or after a first-line chemotherapy with at least a residual mass or after induction chemotherapy or at progression.
Stem cell transplantation would be programmed. Patients were required to give their written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Progressive cancer or diagnosed less than 5 years, except cancer in situ of the cervix and basocell skin carcinoma, kidney insufficiency or diabetes. Patients would not be pregnant or lactating