# Kara M. Kelly

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## TL;DR

Leads the COG Hodgkin lymphoma committee and the trials bringing brentuximab and nivolumab to children with the disease.

## Summary

Kara Kelly chairs the Children's Oncology Group Hodgkin lymphoma committee and was study chair of AHOD1331, which showed brentuximab vedotin with chemotherapy improves event-free survival in high-risk paediatric Hodgkin lymphoma and led to the first paediatric approval, and co-leads AHOD2131 testing nivolumab with reduced therapy. Her work focuses on curing children with fewer late effects.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: paediatric; hodgkin; cooperative-group
- Role: Chair of Pediatric Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University at Buffalo
- Specialisms: Paediatric Hodgkin lymphoma; Response-adapted therapy; Cooperative-group trials; Survivorship

## Sources

- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kelly%20KM%5BAuthor%5D%20Hodgkin%20children

## Connected records

- cancers: [Hodgkin lymphoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/hodgkin-lymphoma/)
- technologies: [Antibody-drug conjugate (ADC)](https://onco.cc/technologies/adc/), [Immune checkpoint inhibitors](https://onco.cc/technologies/checkpoint-inhibitor/)
- drugs: [Brentuximab vedotin](https://onco.cc/drugs/brentuximab-vedotin/), [Nivolumab](https://onco.cc/drugs/nivolumab/)
- institutions: [Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/roswell-park/)
- trials: [AHOD2131 (COG / NCTN)](https://onco.cc/trials/ahod2131/), [SWOG S1826](https://onco.cc/trials/swog-s1826/)
- key papers: [SWOG S1826: nivolumab plus AVD chemotherapy versus brentuximab-AVD for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma in adolescents and adults](https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-swog-s1826-nivolumab-avd-nejm-2024/)

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