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Guolo F, Minetto P, Pesce S, Ballerini F, Clavio M, Cea M, Frello M, Garibotto M, Greppi M, Bozzo M, Miglino M, Passannante M, Marcolin R, Tedone E, Colombo N, Mangerini R, Bo A, Ruzzenenti MR, Carlier P, Serio A, Luchetti S, Dominietto A, Varaldo R, Candiani S, Agostini V, Ravetti JL, Del Zotto G, Marcenaro E, Lemoli RM. Post-Transplant Nivolumab Plus Unselected Autologous Lymphocytes in Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Feasible and Promising Salvage Therapy Associated With Expansion and Maturation of NK Cells. Front Immunol 2021; 12:753890. [PMID: 34804039 PMCID: PMC8603402 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.753890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (CI) have demonstrated clinical activity in Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) patients relapsing after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), although only 20% complete response (CR) rate was observed. The efficacy of CI is strictly related to the host immune competence, which is impaired in heavily pre-treated HL patients. Here, we aimed to enhance the activity of early post-ASCT CI (nivolumab) administration with the infusion of autologous lymphocytes (ALI). Twelve patients with relapse/refractory (R/R) HL (median age 28.5 years; range 18-65), underwent lymphocyte apheresis after first line chemotherapy and then proceeded to salvage therapy. Subsequently, 9 patients with progressive disease at ASCT received early post-transplant CI supported with four ALI, whereas 3 responding patients received ALI alone, as a control cohort. No severe adverse events were recorded. HL-treated patients achieved negative PET scan CR and 8 are alive and disease-free after a median follow-up of 28 months. Four patients underwent subsequent allogeneic SCT. Phenotypic analysis of circulating cells showed a faster expansion of highly differentiated NK cells in ALI plus nivolumab-treated patients as compared to control patients. Our data show anti-tumor activity with good tolerability of ALI + CI for R/R HL and suggest that this setting may accelerate NK cell development/maturation and favor the expansion of the “adaptive” NK cell compartment in patients with HCMV seropositivity, in the absence of HCMV reactivation.
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- Fabio Guolo
- Department of Oncology and Hematology (DIPOE), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.,Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology (DIPOE), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology (DIPOE), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology (DIPOE), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology (DIPOE), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.,Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology (DIPOE), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.,Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- PathologIcal Anatomy and Histology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- PathologIcal Anatomy and Histology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- PathologIcal Anatomy and Histology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Stem Cell Processing Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Blood Transfusion Service and Hematology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Stem Cell Processing Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Stem Cell Processing Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology (DIPOE), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology (DIPOE), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Blood Transfusion Service and Hematology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- PathologIcal Anatomy and Histology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Core Facilities, Area Aggregazione Sevizi e Laboratori Diagnostici, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology (DIPOE), IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.,Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Liu Y, Wang C, Li X, Dong L, Yang Q, Chen M, Shi F, Brock M, Liu M, Mei Q, Liu J, Nie J, Han W. Improved clinical outcome in a randomized phase II study of anti-PD-1 camrelizumab plus decitabine in relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. J Immunother Cancer 2021; 9:jitc-2021-002347. [PMID: 33820822 PMCID: PMC8025784 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2021-002347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Programmed death-1 (PD-1) blockade monotherapy induced durable remission in a subset of patients with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). We asked whether the anti-PD-1 agent, camrelizumab, combined with the DNA demethylating agent, decitabine, improves progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with relapsed/refractory cHL over camrelizumab alone. Methods This extended follow-up of an ongoing randomized phase II trial analyzed PFS among patients enrolled from January 2017 through July 2018. Sixty-one patients with relapsed/refractory cHL who were clinically naïve to PD-1 blockade and had received ≥2 previous therapies were randomized 1:2 to receive either camrelizumab (200 mg) monotherapy or camrelizumab (200 mg, day 8) combined with decitabine (10 mg/day, days 1–5) every 3 weeks. Results With a median follow-up of 34.5 months, complete remission was 79% (95% CI 63% to 90%) in the decitabine-plus-camrelizumab group versus 32% (95% CI 13% to 57%) in the camrelizumab group (p=0.001). Median duration of response was not reached in the decitabine-plus-camrelizumab group, with an estimated 63% (95% CI 46% to 75%) of patients maintaining a response at 24 months. Median PFS with decitabine-plus-camrelizumab therapy was 35.0 months (95% CI not reached) and 15.5 months (95% CI 8.4 to 22.7 months) with camrelizumab monotherapy (HR, 0.46; 95% CI 0.21 to 1.01; p=0.02). Female gender, lower tumor burden, and fewer previous therapies were favorable prognostic factors for durable remission with camrelizumab monotherapy. The PFS benefits of decitabine-plus-camrelizumab versus camrelizumab were observed in most subgroups, especially in patients with relative larger tumor burdens and those treated with ≥3 prior therapies. After decitabine-plus-camrelizumab treatment, the percentage increase of circulating peripheral central memory T-cells correlated with both improved clinical response and PFS, suggesting a putative biomarker of decitabine-plus-camrelizumab therapy for cHL. Conclusions Decitabine-plus-camrelizumab results in longer PFS compared with camrelizumab alone in patients with relapsed/refractory cHL. Trial registration numbers NCT02961101 and NCT03250962.
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- Yang Liu
- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bio-therapeutic, the First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Voorhees TJ, Beaven AW. Therapeutic Updates for Relapsed and Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E2887. [PMID: 33050054 PMCID: PMC7601361 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12102887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a B-cell malignancy representing approximately one in ten lymphomas diagnosed in the United States annually. The majority of patients with HL can be cured with chemotherapy; however, 5-10% will have refractory disease to front-line therapy and 10-30% will relapse. For those with relapsed or refractory (r/r) HL, salvage chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) is standard of care, but half of patients will subsequently have disease progression. Relapse following ASCT has been associated with exceedingly poor prognosis with a median survival of only 26 months. However, in recent years, novel agents including brentuximab vedotin (BV) and programmed cell death protein 1 monoclonal antibodies (anti-PD-1, nivolumab and pembrolizumab) have been shown to extend overall survival in r/r HL. With the success of novel agents in relapsed disease after ASCT, these therapies are beginning to show clinically meaningful response rates prior to ASCT. Finally, a new investigation in r/r HL continues to produce promising treatment options even after ASCT including CD30 directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. In this review, we will discuss the recent advances of BV and anti-PD-1 therapy prior to ASCT, novel approaches in r/r HL after ASCT, and review active clinical trials.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA;
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Hoppe RT, Advani RH, Ai WZ, Ambinder RF, Armand P, Bello CM, Benitez CM, Bierman PJ, Boughan KM, Dabaja B, Gordon LI, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri FJ, Herrera AF, Hochberg EP, Huang J, Johnston PB, Kaminski MS, Kenkre VP, Khan N, Lynch RC, Maddocks K, McConathy J, McKinney M, Metzger M, Morgan D, Mulroney C, Rabinovitch R, Rosenspire KC, Seropian S, Tao R, Winter JN, Yahalom J, Burns JL, Ogba N. Hodgkin Lymphoma, Version 2.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2020; 18:755-781. [PMID: 32502987 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) provide recommendations for the management of adult patients with HL. The NCCN panel meets at least annually to review comments from reviewers within their institutions, examine relevant data, and reevaluate and update their recommendations. Current management of classic HL involves initial treatment with chemotherapy alone or combined modality therapy followed by restaging with PET/CT to assess treatment response. Overall, the introduction of less toxic and more effective regimens has significantly advanced HL cure rates. This portion of the NCCN Guidelines focuses on the management of classic HL.
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- 2UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- 7Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
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- 9Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
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- 13Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
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- 18Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
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- 19The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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- 22St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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- 28Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
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- 9Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
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Minetto P, Guolo F, Pesce S, Greppi M, Obino V, Ferretti E, Sivori S, Genova C, Lemoli RM, Marcenaro E. Harnessing NK Cells for Cancer Treatment. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2836. [PMID: 31867006 PMCID: PMC6908847 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In the last years, natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for solid tumors and hematological malignancies. NK cells are innate lymphocytes with an array of functional competences, including anti-cancer, anti-viral, and anti-graft-vs.-host disease potential. The intriguing idea of harnessing such potent innate immune system effectors for cancer treatment led to the development of clinical trials based on the adoptive therapy of NK cells or on the use of monoclonal antibodies targeting the main NK cell immune checkpoints. Indeed, checkpoint immunotherapy that targets inhibitory receptors of T cells, reversing their functional blocking, marked a breakthrough in anticancer therapy, opening new approaches for cancer immunotherapy and resulted in extensive research on immune checkpoints. However, the clinical efficacy of T cell-based immunotherapy presents a series of limitations, including the inability of T cells to recognize and kill HLA-Ineg tumor cells. For these reasons, new strategies for cancer immunotherapy are now focusing on NK cells. Blockade with NK cell checkpoint inhibitors that reverse their functional block may overcome the limitations of T cell-based immunotherapy, mainly against HLA-Ineg tumor targets. Here, we discuss recent anti-tumor approaches based on mAb-mediated blocking of immune checkpoints (either restricted to NK cells or shared with T cells), used either as a single agent or in combination with other compounds, that have demonstrated promising clinical responses in both solid tumors and hematological malignancies.
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- Paola Minetto
- Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.,Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genova, Italy
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- Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.,Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.,Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.,Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.,Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.,Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Lung Cancer Unit, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genova, Italy
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- Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.,Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.,Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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Abdalla A, Hammad M, Hafez H, Zaghloul MS, Taha H, El-Hennawy G, El-Wakeel M, Khaled M, Mohamed Y, El-Haddad A. Outcome predictors of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children with relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: Single-center experience in a lower-middle-income country. Pediatr Transplant 2019; 23:e13531. [PMID: 31271483 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Children and adolescents with HL have excellent long-term survival exceeding 95% after combined modality treatment. However, about 20% will either relapse or have PRF. Salvage HDCT followed by AHSCT is considered to be the preferential treatment. OBJECTIVE To describe the outcome (OS and EFS) and prognostic factors in pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory HL (r/rHL) who underwent AHSCT. METHODS We retrospectively included 43 pediatric patients with r/rHL who underwent AHSCT from July 1, 2007, till December 31, 2016, at the Children's Cancer Hospital of Egypt. MAC regimen given was CMV. RESULTS Of the whole cohort, 88.4% of patients achieved CR, while 11.6% had a positive PET scan prior to transplantation. The 3-year OS and EFS were 85% and 70.6%, respectively. The 3-year OS for patients > 10 years was 94% versus 65.5% for patients 10 years of age or younger (P = 0.046). There is strong tendency toward better 3-year OS for patients with negative PET scan as compared to those with positive PET scan before AHSCT, 89.4% vs 60%, respectively (P = 0.059). This tendency is also applicable when looking at the 3-year EFS for the two groups, 78.3% vs 40%, respectively (P = 0.069). CONCLUSION Poor predictors of OS were younger age and positive PET scan before AHSCT. The latter, along with single modality treatment before AHSCT, were poor predictors of EFS.
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- Amr Abdalla
- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Egypt
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- Department of Radiation Therapy, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Radiation Therapy, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Egypt
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- Department of Pathology, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Pathology, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Research, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Research, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Children Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE-57357), Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Egypt
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Constine LS, Yahalom J, Ng AK, Hodgson DC, Wirth A, Milgrom SA, Mikhaeel NG, Eich HT, Illidge T, Ricardi U, Dieckmann K, Moskowitz CH, Advani R, Mauch PM, Specht L, Hoppe RT. The Role of Radiation Therapy in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma: Guidelines From the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018; 100:1100-1118. [PMID: 29722655 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
Relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) challenges clinicians to devise treatment strategies that are effective and safe. This problem is particularly prominent in an era when de-escalation trials are designed to minimize therapeutic toxicities in both early- and advanced-stage disease. Radiation therapy is the single most effective treatment modality for HL, and its integration into salvage regimens, or its independent use in select patients, must be understood to maximize our success in treating these patients. The complexity of treating relapsed or refractory HL derives from the spectrum of primary treatment approaches currently in use that creates heterogeneity in both treatment exposure and the potential toxicities of salvage therapy. Patients can have relapsed or refractory disease after limited or aggressive primary therapy (with or without radiation therapy), at early or delayed time points, with limited or extensive disease volumes, and with varying degrees of residual morbidity from primary therapy. Their response to salvage systemic therapy can be partial or complete, and the use of consolidative stem cell transplantation is variably applied. New biologics and immunotherapeutic approaches have broadened but also complicated salvage treatment approaches. Through all of this, radiation therapy remains an integral component of treatment for many patients, but it must be used effectively and judiciously. The purpose of this review is to describe the different treatment scenarios and provide guidance for radiation dose, volume, and timing in patients with relapsed or refractory HL.
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- Louis S Constine
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto and Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, East Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Guy's Cancer Centre and King's College London University, London, UK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The Christie National Health Service Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Hematologic Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Died September 8, 2017
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- Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Tandem Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Patients with Primary Progressive or Recurrent Hodgkin Lymphoma: A SWOG and Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network Phase II Trial (SWOG S0410/BMT CTN 0703). Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2017; 24:700-707. [PMID: 29289757 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.12.798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Based on promising pilot data a phase II tandem autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (AHSCT) trial for relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) was performed in the US intergroup setting to determine if long-term progression-free survival (PFS) could be improved. Patients were enrolled after salvage therapy and stem cell collection. Sensitivity to salvage was defined by 1999 Standardized Response Criteria and did not include fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography. Cycle 1 consisted of melphalan 150 mg/m2 with half of the stem cells. For stable disease or better, patients received cycle 2 consisting of single doses of etoposide 60 mg/kg and cyclophosphamide 100 mg/kg and either total body radiation 12 Gy in 8 fractions over 4 days or BCNU 150 mg/m2/day for 3 days with the remaining stem cells. Of 98 enrolled patients, 89 were eligible and treated: 82 completed both cycles of AHSCT, 47 (53%) had primary refractory HL, and 72 (81%) were resistant to salvage therapy. There were no treatment-related deaths in the first year after AHSCT. With a median follow-up of 6.2 years (range, 2 to 7.7) for eligible patients who remained alive, the 2-year and 5-year PFS were 63% (95% CI, 52% to 72%) and 55% (95% CI, 44% to 64%) respectively; the 2-year and 5-year overall survival were 91% (95% CI, 83% to 95%) and 84% (95% CI, 74% to 90%), respectively. Univariate Cox regression analysis showed Zubrod performance status and lactate dehydrogenase levels > 1 times upper limit of normal at the time of enrollment were significantly associated with PFS. The observed 5-year PFS of 55% suggests the tandem approach appears to be effective in treating HL patients demonstrated to have poor prognosis in prior single AHSCT trials. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00233987.
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Karantanos T, Politikos I, Boussiotis VA. Advances in the pathophysiology and treatment of relapsed/refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma with an emphasis on targeted therapies and transplantation strategies. BLOOD AND LYMPHATIC CANCER-TARGETS AND THERAPY 2017; 7:37-52. [PMID: 28701859 PMCID: PMC5502320 DOI: 10.2147/blctt.s105458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) is highly curable with first-line therapy. However, a minority of patients present with refractory disease or experience relapse after completion of frontline treatment. These patients are treated with salvage chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), which remains the standard of care with curative potential for refractory or relapsed HL. Nevertheless, a significant percentage of such patients will progress after ASCT, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation remains the only curative approach in that setting. Recent advances in the pathophysiology of refractory or relapsed HL have provided the rationale for the development of novel targeted therapies with potent anti-HL activity and favorable toxicity profile, in contrast to cytotoxic chemotherapy. Brentuximab vedotin and programmed cell death-1-based immunotherapy have proven efficacy in the management of refractory or relapsed HL, whereas several other agents have shown promise in early clinical trials. Several of these agents are being incorporated with transplantation strategies in order to improve the outcomes of refractory or relapsed HL. In this review we summarize the current knowledge regarding the mechanisms responsible for the development of refractory/relapsed HL and the outcomes with current treatment strategies, with an emphasis on targeted therapies and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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- Theodoros Karantanos
- General Internal Medicine Section, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Rimner A, Lovie S, Hsu M, Chelius M, Zhang Z, Chau K, Moskowitz AJ, Matasar M, Moskowitz CH, Yahalom J. Accelerated Total Lymphoid Irradiation-containing Salvage Regimen for Patients With Refractory and Relapsed Hodgkin Lymphoma: 20 Years of Experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017; 97:1066-1076. [PMID: 28332991 PMCID: PMC5474094 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.01.222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE We report the long-term results of integrated accelerated involved field radiation therapy (IFRT) followed by total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) as part of the high-dose salvage regimen followed by autologous bone marrow transplantation or autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). METHODS AND MATERIALS From November 1985 to July 2008, 186 previously unirradiated patients with relapsed or refractory HL underwent salvage therapy on 4 consecutive institutional review board-approved protocols. All patients had biopsy-proven primary refractory or relapsed HL. After standard-dose salvage chemotherapy (SC), accelerated IFRT (18-20 Gy) was given to relapsed or refractory sites, followed by TLI (15-18 Gy) and high-dose chemotherapy. Overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) were analyzed by Cox analysis and disease-specific survival (DSS) by competing-risk regression. RESULTS With a median follow-up period of 57 months among survivors, 5- and 10-year OS rates were 68% and 56%, respectively; 5- and 10-year EFS rates were 62% and 56%, respectively; and 5- and 10-year cumulative incidences of HL-related deaths were 21% and 29%, respectively. On multivariate analysis, complete response to SC was independently associated with improved OS and EFS. Primary refractory disease and extranodal disease were independently associated with poor DSS. Eight patients had grade 3 or higher cardiac toxicity, with 3 deaths. Second malignancies developed in 10 patients, 5 of whom died. CONCLUSIONS Accelerated IFRT followed by TLI and high-dose chemotherapy is an effective, feasible, and safe salvage strategy for patients with relapsed or refractory HL with excellent long-term OS, EFS, and DSS. Complete response to SC is the most important prognostic factor.
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- Andreas Rimner
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Lymphoma Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Lymphoma Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Lymphoma Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
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Musso M, Messina G, Di Renzo N, Di Carlo P, Vitolo U, Scalone R, Marcacci G, Scalzulli PR, Moscato T, Matera R, Crescimanno A, Santarone S, Orciuolo E, Merenda A, Pavone V, Pastore D, Donnarumma D, Carella AM, Ciochetto C, Cascavilla N, Mele A, Lanza F, Di Nicola M, Bonizzoni E, Pinto A. Improved outcome of patients with relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma with a new fotemustine-based high-dose chemotherapy regimen. Br J Haematol 2016; 172:111-21. [PMID: 26458240 PMCID: PMC5053328 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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High-dose chemotherapy (HDT) with autologous stem cell transplantation is the standard of care for relapsed/refractory (RR) Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Given that HDT may cure a sizeable proportion of patients refractory to first salvage, development of newer conditioning regimens remains a priority. We present the results of a novel HDT regimen in which carmustine was substituted by a third-generation chloroethylnitrosourea, fotemustine, with improved pharmacokinetics and safety (FEAM; fotemustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan) in 122 patients with RR-HL accrued into a prospective registry-based study. Application of FEAM resulted in a 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) of 73·8% [95% confidence interval (CI), 0·64-0·81] with median PFS, overall survival and time to progression yet to be reached. The 2-year risk of progression adjusted for the competitive risk of death was 19·4% (95% CI, 0·12-0·27) for the entire patient population. Most previously established independent risk factors, except for fluorodeoxyglucose ((18) (F) FDG)-uptake, were unable to predict for disease progression and survival after FEAM. Although 32% of patients had (18) (F) FDG-positrin emission tomography-positive lesions before HDT, the 2-year risk of progression adjusted for competitive risk of death was 19·4% (95% CI; 0·12-0·27). No unusual acute toxicities or early/late pulmonary adverse events were registered. FEAM emerges as an ideal HDT regimen for RR-HL patients typically pre-exposed to lung-damaging treatments.
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- Maurizio Musso
- Dipartimento Oncologico “La Maddalena”UOC di Oncoematologia e TMOPalermoItaly
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- Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Bianchi Melacrino Morelli’C.T.M.O. Centro Unico Regionale Trapianti di Cellule Staminali e Terapie CellulariReggio CalabriaItaly
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- UOC di Ematologia e Trapianto di Cellule StaminaliP.O. “Vito Fazzi”LecceItaly
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- Unità Terapia Intensiva Ematologica per il Trapianto EmopoieticoOspedale CivilePescaraItaly
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia ed EmatologiaA.O. U.Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino San Giovanni BattistaS.C. EmatologiaTorinoItaly
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- Dipartimento Oncologico “La Maddalena”UOC di Oncoematologia e TMOPalermoItaly
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- Dipartimento di EmatologiaIstituto Nazionale TumoriFondazione ‘G. Pascale’IRCCSUOC di Ematologia Oncologica e Trapianto di Cellule StaminaliNapoliItaly
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- Divisione di EmatologiaIRCSS Casa Sollievo della SofferenzaSan Giovanni RotondoItaly
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- Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Bianchi Melacrino Morelli’C.T.M.O. Centro Unico Regionale Trapianti di Cellule Staminali e Terapie CellulariReggio CalabriaItaly
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- UOC di Ematologia e Trapianto di Cellule StaminaliP.O. “Vito Fazzi”LecceItaly
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- Unità Terapia Intensiva Ematologica per il Trapianto EmopoieticoOspedale CivilePescaraItaly
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia, Trapianti e Tecnologie AvanzateAzienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria PisanaPisaItaly
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- ARNAS Ospedale Civico BenfratelliU.O. di EmatologiaPalermoItaly
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- Ospedale Generale Provinciale “Cardinale G. Panico”S.C. di Ematologia e Trapianto di Cellule StaminaliTricase, LecceItaly
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- Dipartimento di EmatologiaIstituto Nazionale TumoriFondazione ‘G. Pascale’IRCCSUOC di Ematologia Oncologica e Trapianto di Cellule StaminaliNapoliItaly
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- U.O. Complessa di EmatologiaIRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino‐ISTGenovaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia ed EmatologiaA.O. U.Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino San Giovanni BattistaS.C. EmatologiaTorinoItaly
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- Divisione di EmatologiaIRCSS Casa Sollievo della SofferenzaSan Giovanni RotondoItaly
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- Ospedale Generale Provinciale “Cardinale G. Panico”S.C. di Ematologia e Trapianto di Cellule StaminaliTricase, LecceItaly
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- Unità Operativa di EmatologiaIstituti Ospitalieri di CremonaCremonaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia MedicaFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale TumoriMilanoItaly
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- Sezione di Statistica Medica e Biometria ‘GA Maccaro’Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di ComunitàUniversità di MilanoMilanoItaly
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- Dipartimento di EmatologiaIstituto Nazionale TumoriFondazione ‘G. Pascale’IRCCSUOC di Ematologia Oncologica e Trapianto di Cellule StaminaliNapoliItaly
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Sibon D, Morschhauser F, Resche-Rigon M, Ghez D, Dupuis J, Marçais A, Deau-Fischer B, Bouabdallah R, Sebban C, Salles G, Brice P. Single or tandem autologous stem-cell transplantation for first-relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: 10-year follow-up of the prospective H96 trial by the LYSA/SFGM-TC study group. Haematologica 2015; 101:474-81. [PMID: 26721893 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2015.136408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We assessed the long-term results of autologous stem-cell transplantation for patients with first-relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma included in the prospective Lymphoma Study Association/Société Française de Greffe de Moelle H96 trial. This large multicenter phase II trial evaluated a risk-adapted strategy with single or tandem autologous stem-cell transplantation for 245 Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Poor-risk patients (n=150) had primary refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (n=77) or ≥2 risk factors at first relapse (n=73) and were eligible for tandem autologous stem-cell transplantation. Intermediate-risk patients (n=95) had one risk factor at first relapse and were eligible for single autologous stem-cell transplantation. With a median follow-up of 10.3 years, 10-year freedom from second failure and overall survival rates were, respectively: 64% (95% CI, 54% to 74%) and 70% (95% CI, 61% to 80%) for the intermediate-risk group, and 41% (95% CI, 33% to 49%) and 47% (95% CI, 39% to 55%) for the poor-risk group. Considering only patients who did not relapse after completing autologous stem-cell transplantation, the 15-year cumulative incidences of second primary malignancies were 24% for the 70 intermediate-risk patients and 2% for the 75 poor-risk ones. With long-term follow-up, the risk-adapted strategy remains appropriate. Tandem autologous stem-cell transplantation can still be considered an option for poor-risk patients, but integration of positron-emission tomography findings and new drugs may help to refine the need for a second autologous stem-cell transplant and possibly improve outcomes of patients with first-relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.
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- David Sibon
- Hématologie, Hôpital Universitaire Necker - Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, France
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- Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Hôpital Henri-Mondor, AP-HP, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France
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- Hématologie, Hôpital Universitaire Necker - Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, France
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- Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon; and Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
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Martino M, Festuccia M, Fedele R, Console G, Cimminiello M, Gavarotti P, Bruno B. Salvage treatment for relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: role of allografting, brentuximab vedotin and newer agents. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2015; 16:347-64. [PMID: 26652934 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2015.1130821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Second-line, salvage chemotherapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (AUTO-SCT) is the standard of care for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Approximately 50% of patients relapse after AUTO-SCT and their prognosis is generally poor. Brentuximab Vedotin (BV) has demonstrated efficacy in this setting and allogeneic (ALLO)-SCT represents an option with curative potential in this subgroup of patients. AREAS COVERED A systematic review has been conducted to explore the actual knowledge on ALLO-SCT, BV and newer agents in R/R HL. EXPERT OPINION The introduction of BV in clinical practice has significantly improved the management of post-AUTO-SCT relapses and the drug can induce durable remissions in a subset of R/R HL. Allografting select patients has been used to improve clinical outcomes and recent case series have begun to explore BV as a potential 'bridge' to allo-SCT, even though the optimal timing of ALLO-SCT after BV response remains undetermined. However, reduced tumor burden at the time of ALLO-SCT is a key factor to decrease relapse risk. Based on the unique composition of the tumor, more recently new agents such as PD-1 inhibitors have been developed. The potential role of PD-1 inhibitors with ALLO-SCT remains to be explored.
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- Massimo Martino
- a Hematology and Stem Cells Transplantation Unit , CTMO, Azienda Ospedaliera 'BMM' , Reggio , Italy
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- b Division of Hematology, A.O.U. Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino - Presidio Molinette, and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences , University of Torino , Torino , Italy
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- a Hematology and Stem Cells Transplantation Unit , CTMO, Azienda Ospedaliera 'BMM' , Reggio , Italy
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- a Hematology and Stem Cells Transplantation Unit , CTMO, Azienda Ospedaliera 'BMM' , Reggio , Italy
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- c Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit , Azienda Ospedaliera San Carlo , Potenza , Italy
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- b Division of Hematology, A.O.U. Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino - Presidio Molinette, and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences , University of Torino , Torino , Italy
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- b Division of Hematology, A.O.U. Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino - Presidio Molinette, and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences , University of Torino , Torino , Italy
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How I treat relapsed classical Hodgkin lymphoma after autologous stem cell transplant. Blood 2015; 127:287-95. [PMID: 26576863 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-10-671826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Despite the success of standard front-line chemotherapy for classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), a subset of these patients, particularly those with poor prognostic factors at diagnosis (including the presence of B symptoms, bulky disease, advanced stage, or extranodal disease), relapse. For those patients who relapse following autologous stem cell transplant (SCT), multiple treatment options are available, including single-agent chemotherapy, combination chemotherapy strategies, radiotherapy, the immunoconjugate brentuximab, checkpoint inhibitors nivolumab and pembrolizumab, lenalidomide, everolimus, or observation in selected patients. In patients with an available donor, allogeneic SCT may also be considered. With numerous treatment options available, we advocate for a tailored therapeutic approach for patients with relapsed cHL guided by patient-specific characteristics including age, comorbidities, sites of disease (nodal or organ), previous chemosensitivity, and goals of treatment (long-term disease control vs allogeneic SCT).
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Perales MA, Ceberio I, Armand P, Burns LJ, Chen R, Cole PD, Evens AM, Laport GG, Moskowitz CH, Popat U, Reddy NM, Shea TC, Vose JM, Schriber J, Savani BN, Carpenter PA. Role of cytotoxic therapy with hematopoietic cell transplantation in the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma: guidelines from the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015; 21:971-83. [PMID: 25773017 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The role of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in the therapy of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) in pediatric and adult patients is reviewed and critically evaluated in this systematic evidence-based review. Specific criteria were used for searching the published literature and for grading the quality and strength of the evidence and the strength of the treatment recommendations. Treatment recommendations based on the evidence are included and were reached unanimously by a panel of HL experts. Both autologous and allogeneic HCT offer a survival benefit in selected patients with advanced or relapsed HL and are currently part of standard clinical care. Relapse remains a significant cause of failure after both transplant approaches, and strategies to decrease the risk of relapse remain an important area of investigation.
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- Miguel-Angel Perales
- Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia, Spain
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- Division of Hematological Malignancies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Cancer Transplant Institute, Virginia G Piper Cancer Center, Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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Patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) who relapse following effective front-line therapy are offered salvage second-line chemotherapy regimens followed by high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDT/ASCT). Randomized studies comparing HDT/ASCT with conventional chemotherapy in patients with relapsed refractory HL have shown significant improvement in progression-free survival and freedom from treatment failure but were not powered to show improvements in overall survival. For patients who relapse after salvage HDT/ASCT, novel therapies exist as a bridge to allogeneic SCT. In this article, we review indications and results of autologous and allogeneic SCT in HL.
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- Nishitha M Reddy
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 3927 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 298, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Van Den Neste E, Casasnovas O, André M, Touati M, Senecal D, Edeline V, Stamatoullas A, Fornecker L, Deau B, Gastinne T, Reman O, Gaillard I, Borel C, Brice P, Fermé C. Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma: the Lymphoma Study Association guidelines for relapsed and refractory adult patients eligible for transplant. Haematologica 2014; 98:1185-95. [PMID: 23904236 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2012.072090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The Hodgkin's Lymphoma Committee of the Lymphoma Study Association (LYSA) gathered in 2012 to prepare guidelines on the management of transplant-eligible patients with relapsing or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma. The working group is made up of a multidisciplinary panel of experts with a significant background in Hodgkin's lymphoma. Each member of the panel of experts provided an interpretation of the evidence and a systematic approach to obtain consensus was used. Grades of recommendation were not required since levels of evidence are mainly based on phase II trials or standard practice. Data arising from randomized trials are emphasized. The final version was endorsed by the scientific council of the LYSA. The expert panel recommends a risk-adapted strategy (conventional treatment, or single/double transplantation and/or radiotherapy) based on three risk factors at progression (primary refractory disease, remission duration < 1 year, stage III/IV), and an early evaluation of salvage chemosensitivity, including (18)fluorodeoxy glucose-positron emission tomography interpreted according to the Deauville scoring system. Most relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma patients chemosensitive to salvage should receive high-dose therapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation as standard. Efforts should be made to increase the proportion of chemosensitive patients by alternating non-cross-resistant chemotherapy lines or exploring the role of novel drugs.
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Hahn T, McCarthy PL, Carreras J, Zhang MJ, Lazarus HM, Laport GG, Montoto S, Hari PN. Simplified validated prognostic model for progression-free survival after autologous transplantation for hodgkin lymphoma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2013; 19:1740-4. [PMID: 24096096 PMCID: PMC3906436 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2013.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) prognostic models based on factors measured at time of autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (AHCT) are limited by small sample sizes. Models based on information at diagnosis are often not uniformly collected or available at transplantation. We propose an easily implementable prognostic model for progression-free survival (PFS) post-AHCT based on factors available at transplantation in a large international cohort of HL patients. The outcomes of 728 AHCT recipients for relapsed/refractory HL were studied. Patients were randomly selected for model development (n = 337) and validation (n = 391). The multivariate model identified 4 major adverse risk factors at the time of AHCT with the following relative weights: Karnofsky performance score <90 and chemotherapy resistance at AHCT were each assigned 1 point, whereas at least 3 chemotherapy regimens pre-AHCT and extranodal disease at AHCT were each assigned 2 points. Based on the total score summed for the 4 adverse risk factors, 3 risk groups were identified: low (score = 0), intermediate (score = 1 to 3), or high (score = 4 to 6). The 4-year PFS for the low- (n = 176), intermediate- (n = 261), and high- (n = 283) risk groups were 71% (95% confidence interval [CI], 63% to 78%), 60% (95% CI, 53% to 66%), and 42% (95% CI, 36% to 49%), respectively. The prognostic model was validated in an independent cohort. The Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research model is based on factors easily available at the time of AHCT and discriminates patients with favorable post-AHCT outcomes as well as an intermediate-risk group. This model should assist in the prospective evaluation of alternative treatment strategies.
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- Theresa Hahn
- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UNITED KINGDOM
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Prognostic factors and long-term outcome of autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation following a uniform-modified BEAM-conditioning regimen for patients with refractory or relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma: a single-center experience. MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (NORTHWOOD, LONDON, ENGLAND) 2013. [PMID: 23702734 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-013-0611y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Despite the well-defined role of autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (autoHCT) in the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), relapse remains the main cause of transplant failure. We retrospectively evaluated long-term outcome and prognostic factors affecting survival of 132 patients with refractory (n = 89) or relapsed HL (n = 43) treated with autoHCT following modified BEAM. With a median follow-up of 68 months, the 10-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were 76 and 66 %, respectively. The 10-year cumulative incidence of second malignancies was 7 %. In multivariate analysis, age ≥45 years, more than one salvage regimens and disease status at transplant worse than CR were factors predictive for poor OS. In relapsed HL, age at transplant, response duration (<12 vs. ≥12 months) and the number of salvage regimens were independent predictors for PFS. In the refractory setting, disease status at autoHCT and the number of salvage regimens impacted PFS. The number of risk factors was inversely correlated with PFS in both relapsed and refractory HL (p = 0.003 and <0.001, respectively). The median PFS for patients with >1 risk factor in the relapsed and refractory setting was 5 and 11 months, respectively, in comparison with the median PFS not reached for patients with 0-1 risk factor in both settings. We conclude that high proportion of patients with relapsed/refractory HL can be cured with autoHCT. However, the presence of two or more risk factors helps to identify poor prognosis patients who may benefit from novel treatment strategies.
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Prognostic factors and long-term outcome of autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation following a uniform-modified BEAM-conditioning regimen for patients with refractory or relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma: a single-center experience. Med Oncol 2013; 30:611. [PMID: 23702734 PMCID: PMC3755217 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-013-0611-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Despite the well-defined role of autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (autoHCT) in the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), relapse remains the main cause of transplant failure. We retrospectively evaluated long-term outcome and prognostic factors affecting survival of 132 patients with refractory (n = 89) or relapsed HL (n = 43) treated with autoHCT following modified BEAM. With a median follow-up of 68 months, the 10-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were 76 and 66 %, respectively. The 10-year cumulative incidence of second malignancies was 7 %. In multivariate analysis, age ≥45 years, more than one salvage regimens and disease status at transplant worse than CR were factors predictive for poor OS. In relapsed HL, age at transplant, response duration (<12 vs. ≥12 months) and the number of salvage regimens were independent predictors for PFS. In the refractory setting, disease status at autoHCT and the number of salvage regimens impacted PFS. The number of risk factors was inversely correlated with PFS in both relapsed and refractory HL (p = 0.003 and <0.001, respectively). The median PFS for patients with >1 risk factor in the relapsed and refractory setting was 5 and 11 months, respectively, in comparison with the median PFS not reached for patients with 0–1 risk factor in both settings. We conclude that high proportion of patients with relapsed/refractory HL can be cured with autoHCT. However, the presence of two or more risk factors helps to identify poor prognosis patients who may benefit from novel treatment strategies.
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Kirschbaum MH, Goldman BH, Zain JM, Cook JR, Rimsza LM, Forman SJ, Fisher RI. A phase 2 study of vorinostat for treatment of relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: Southwest Oncology Group Study S0517. Leuk Lymphoma 2012; 53:259-62. [PMID: 21823829 PMCID: PMC3477846 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2011.608448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We performed a phase II study of oral vorinostat (200 mg twice daily, days 1-14 of a 21-day cycle), a histone and protein deacetylase inhibitor, to examine efficacy and tolerability in patients with relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) with ≤ 5 prior therapies. The primary endpoint was the objective response rate (ORR), with secondary endpoints of progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), safety and tolerability. A two-stage design was used for patient accrual. Twenty-five eligible patients were accrued in the first stage. Median time on treatment was 3.8 months. The ORR was 4% (one partial response). Median PFS was 4.8 months. The drug was well tolerated. The second stage of accrual was not opened due to few objective responses. Oral vorinostat has limited single-agent activity in relapsed/refractory HL. There was one partial response, while seven other patients had stable disease for > 1 year, including two with stable disease for nearly 3 years, suggesting that further studies in combination with other active agents in this setting may be warranted.
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Holmberg L, Maloney DG. The role of autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Hodgkin lymphoma. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2012; 9:1060-71. [PMID: 21917627 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2011.0087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Patients with Hodgkin lymphoma are usually cured by primary therapy using chemotherapy alone or combined modality therapy with external beam radiation. Patients who do not experience a complete remission or those who experience relapse may by salvaged by high-dose therapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Success of this approach is largely dependent on the tumor being sensitive to salvage chemotherapy before transplant. More studies are showing the predictive value of functional imaging in this setting. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has greater risk of nonrelapse mortality and is generally reserved for patients who experience relapse post-ASCT, but may provide long-term survival for some patients through graft-versus-tumor immune effects.
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- Leona Holmberg
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104-1029, USA
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Keller SF, Kelly JL, Sensenig E, Andreozzi J, Oliva J, Rich L, Constine L, Becker M, Phillips G, Liesveld J, Fisher RI, Bernstein SH, Friedberg JW. Late relapses following high-dose autologous stem cell transplantation (HD-ASCT) for Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) in the ABVD therapeutic era. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2011; 18:640-7. [PMID: 21871246 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Accepted: 08/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Salvage chemotherapy followed by high-dose autologous stem cell transplantation (HD-ASCT) is the standard of care for patients who have relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). Few trials have had long-term follow-up post-HD-ASCT in the ABVD (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) era of treatment. We reviewed 95 consecutive patients who received HD-ASCT for relapsed or refractory HL following ABVD failure between 1990 and 2006 at the University of Rochester. Median follow-up for survivors was 8.2 years. All patients received HD-ASCT following upfront ABVD (or equivalent) failure. At 5 years, overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) were 54% and 37%, respectively. In total, 54 patients have died; 37 of these patients died directly of HL. Notably, there were 19 deaths >3 years post-HD-ASCT and 13 of these late deaths are directly attributable to HL. Furthermore, there were 51 documented relapses, 9 of which occurred >3 years post-HD-ASCT. In contrast to other studies, we did not observe a plateau in EFS following transplantation. Patients appear to be at continuous risk of recurrence beyond 3 years after HD-ASCT. Our results emphasize the importance of long-term follow-up for both toxicity and recurrence, and have important implications in defining success of posttransplantation maintenance strategies.
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- Sarah F Keller
- James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Rathore B, Kadin ME. Hodgkin's lymphoma therapy: past, present, and future. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2011; 11:2891-906. [PMID: 21050034 DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2010.515979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD The treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) with the use of radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy has been one of the success stories of modern oncology. HL therapy has been the paradigm for the systematic evaluation of different curative modalities, resulting in cure for the majority of patients. The current focus is on designing initial therapeutic strategies that retain efficacy and minimize long-term toxicity. Appropriate use of pathologic, clinical, biologic and radiologic prognostic factors in identification of aggressive HL is paramount in designing a successful therapeutic strategy. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW This review addresses the current and future use of prognostic tools, including PET scanning and other biomarkers, in identifying patients with aggressive HL, with reference to publications from the last two decades. The current standard approaches with the use of combined modality therapy and systemic chemotherapy as well as the promising role of future response-adapted strategies is reviewed. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN The reader will obtain a comprehensive review of risk assessment strategies as well as current and investigational therapeutic approaches in the management of HL. TAKE HOME MESSAGE In HL, appropriate utilization of risk assessment strategies is required to maximize therapeutic outcomes while minimizing toxicity, especially long-term toxicity. Response-adapted therapy utilizing PET has the potential to profoundly improve the therapeutic landscape in HL.
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- Bharti Rathore
- Department of Medicine, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence Rhode Island 02908, USA
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Chen R, Palmer JM, Popplewell L, Shen J, Smith E, Delioukina M, Kogut N, Rosenthal J, Forman S, Nademanee A. Reduced intensity allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation can induce durable remission in heavily pretreated relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma. Ann Hematol 2011; 90:803-8. [PMID: 21210120 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-010-1146-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 12/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) can be aggressive and intractable in some cases. Patients who relapse after autologous HCT (auto-HCT) have limited treatment options. City of Hope reports our experience in the use of reduced intensity allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in 24 heavily pretreated patients with relapsed HL, between January 2003 and December 2008. The median number of prior therapies was 5; 20/24 patients had prior auto-HCT. The conditioning regimen for all patients was fludarabine and melphalan. With a median follow-up for living patients of 39.0 months, at 2 years the overall survival (OS) was 60% (95% CI 42, 72) and the progression-free survival was 27% (95% CI 22, 32). Non-relapse mortality was 13.1% (95% CI 5.1, 31.4) at 2 years. The incidence of grade II-IV aGVHD was 45.8% and 8.3% for grade III-IV. Allo-HCT in heavily pretreated relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma is feasible, tolerable, and can induce durable clinical remissions.
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- Robert Chen
- Department of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
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Srivastava S, Jones D, Wood LL, Schwartz JE, Nelson RP, Abonour R, Secrest A, Cox E, Baute J, Sullivan C, Kane K, Robertson MJ, Farag SS. A phase I trial of high-dose clofarabine, etoposide, and cyclophosphamide and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in patients with primary refractory and relapsed and refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2010; 17:987-94. [PMID: 20965266 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2010] [Accepted: 10/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Clofarabine has significant single-agent activity in patients with indolent and aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma and synergizes with DNA-damaging drugs. Treatment, however, may be associated with severe and prolonged myelosuppression. We conducted a phase I trial to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of clofarabine in combination with high-dose etoposide and cyclophosphamide followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in patients with refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Patients received clofarabine at 30-70 mg/m(2)/day on days -6 to -2 in successive cohorts, in combination with etoposide 60 mg/kg (day -8), and cyclophosphamide 100 mg/kg (day -6), followed by filgrastim-mobilized PBSC on day 0. Sixteen patients of median age 57 (range: 32-67) years with diffuse large B cell (n = 8), follicular (n = 5), or mantle cell (n = 3) lymphoma that was either primary refractory (n = 2) or relapsed and refractory (n = 14) were treated at 5 clofarabine dose levels: 30 (n = 3), 40 (n = 3), 50 (n = 3), 60 (n = 3), and 70 mg/m(2)/day (n = 4) in combination with etoposide and cyclophosphamide. All patients had grade 4 neutropenia and thrombocytopenia. Grade 3-4 nonhematologic toxicity was evenly distributed across all 5 dose levels, and included diarrhea (n = 3), mucositis (n = 1), nausea (n = 1), reversible elevation of alanine aminotranferease/aspartate aminotransferase (AST/ALT) (n = 1) or bilirubin (n = 1), and hemorrhagic cystitis (n = 1); all resolved by day +30 following transplantation. The MTD was not reached. No treatment-related deaths occurred. At day +30, 13 patients achieved a complete remission (CR) or unconfirmed CR (CR(U)), and 2 patients achieved a partial response, for an overall response rate of 94%. After a median follow-up of 691 days, the 1-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 63% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 43%-91%) and 68% (95% CI: 49%-96%), respectively. We recommend clofarabine 70 mg/m(2)/day × 5 days as a phase II dose in combination with high-dose etoposide and cyclophosphamide for further testing as a preparative regimen in NHL patients undergoing autologous PBSC transplantation.
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- Shivani Srivastava
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Viviani S, Di Nicola M, Bonfante V, Di Stasi A, Carlo-Stella C, Matteucci P, Magni M, Devizzi L, Valagussa P, Gianni AM. Long-term results of high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplant as first salvage treatment for relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: a single institution experience. Leuk Lymphoma 2010; 51:1251-9. [PMID: 20528244 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2010.486090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The introduction of high-dose (HD) chemotherapy (CT) and autologous stem cell (ASCT) or bone marrow transplant (ABMT) in the last two decades has improved the prognosis of patients with refractory or relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) over conventional-dose salvage CT. To evaluate the outcome of adult patients with HL treated with HD CT and ASCT or ABMT after failure or relapse from first-line treatment with CT +/- radiotherapy, we report the results of a retrospective analysis in 82 consecutive patients given HD CT and autologous transplant as second-line therapy between October 1984 and December 2006. Thirty-two patients were given sequential high-dose cytoreductive therapy while 50 received other conventional induction regimens. Seventy-three patients with chemoresponsive disease underwent the myeloablative phase, while eight patients had progressive disease during cytoreductive CT. After a median follow-up of 73 months, the 10-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 57% and 51%, respectively. According to response to first-line treatment, PFS and OS were, respectively, 54% and 82% for patients with complete remission (CR) lasting 12 months or more; 49% and 51% for patients with CR less than 12 months; and 47% and 50% for patients who never achieved CR or progressed during first-line CT (induction failure). Response to cytoreductive CT significantly influenced outcome, with PFS and OS being, respectively, 56% and 68% vs. 44% and 47% (p = 0.009) in patients in CR versus patients not in CR after induction therapy. Treatment was well tolerated, and therapy related mortality was only 3.7%. These long-term results confirm that HD CT and ASCT or ABMT was feasible, safe, and very effective. Therefore, this therapeutic strategy may represent an active salvage approach even in the unfavorable group of patients with induction failure.
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- Simonetta Viviani
- Division of Medical Oncology 3, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
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Arai S, Letsinger R, Wong RM, Johnston LJ, Laport GG, Lowsky R, Miklos DB, Shizuru JA, Weng WK, Lavori PW, Blume KG, Negrin RS, Horning SJ. Phase I/II trial of GN-BVC, a gemcitabine and vinorelbine-containing conditioning regimen for autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation in recurrent and refractory hodgkin lymphoma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2010; 16:1145-54. [PMID: 20197102 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2010] [Accepted: 02/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation with augmented BCNU regimens is effective treatment for recurrent or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL); however, BCNU-related toxicity and disease recurrence remain challenges. We designed a conditioning regimen with gemcitabine in combination with vinorelbine in an effort to reduce the BCNU dose and toxicity without compromising efficacy. In this phase I/II dose escalation study, the gemcitabine maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was determined at 1250 mg/m(2), and a total of 92 patients were treated at this dose to establish safety and efficacy. The primary endpoint was the incidence of BCNU-related toxicity. Secondary endpoints included 2-year freedom from progression (FFP), event-free survival (EFS), and overall survival (OS). Sixty-eight patients (74%) had 1 or more previously defined adverse risk factors for transplant (stage IV at relapse, B symptoms at relapse, greater than minimal disease pretransplant). The incidence of BCNU-related toxicity was 15% (95% confidence interval, 9%-24%). Only 2% of patients had a documented reduction in diffusing capacity of 20% or greater. With a median follow-up of 29 months, the FFP at 2 years was 71% and the OS at 2 years was 83%. Two-year FFP was 96%, 72%, 67%, and 14% for patients with 0 (n = 24), 1 (n = 37), 2 (n = 23), or 3 (n = 8) risk factors, respectively. Regression analysis identified PET status pretransplant and B symptoms at relapse as significant prognostic factors for FFP. This new transplant regimen for HL resulted in decreased BCNU toxicity with encouraging FFP and OS. A prospective, risk-modeled comparison of this new combination with other conditioning regimens is warranted.
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- Sally Arai
- Department of Medicine, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Alexandrescu DT, Karri S, Wiernik PH, Dutcher JP. Mitoxantrone, vinblastine and CCNU: long-term follow-up of patients treated for advanced and poor-prognosis Hodgkin's disease. Leuk Lymphoma 2009; 47:641-56. [PMID: 16690523 DOI: 10.1080/10428190500376241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Advanced-stage or relapsed/refractory Hodgkin's disease (HD) has a poor prognosis despite aggressive chemotherapy regimens and the use of high-dose therapy with autologous stem cell support. Mitoxantrone, vinblastine and CCNU (lomustine) (MVC) combines the most effective chemotherapeutic agents of previous regimens for poor prognosis HD, and eliminates marginally active agents with unnecessary toxicities, such as bleomycin and dacarbazine. Sixty-eight patients with HD (23 newly diagnosed and 45 with relapsed/refractory disease, one patient treated both de novo and years later in relapse) were treated with the MVC regimen (mitoxantrone 8 mg/m(2)/day i.v. days 1 - 3; vinblastine 8 m/m(2)/day days 1 and 22; and CCNU (lomustine) 100 mg/m(2) on day 1, repeated at 6 - 8 weeks) in a single-arm Phase II study. All patients responded to treatment in the newly diagnosed group (overall response = 100%). The median response duration was not reached, but was in the range 7.6 - 180 + months, and median survival was 94 months. Eleven complete responses are ongoing at 39 - 180 + months. In the previously-treated patients, 41 responded to MVC (OR = 91%). The median response duration for this group was 11 months, and the median survival was 34 months after initiating MVC. Four secondary myeloid leukemias occurred, three in de novo, and one in the relapsed/refractory group, at a median follow-up of 14 years. MVC regimen for HD is highly active, for both de novo and relapsed/refractory disease, with high response rates and survival that compare favourably with the results obtained by high-dose therapy with stem-cell transplantation. Although significant, the toxicities associated with this regimen were manageable.
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- Doru T Alexandrescu
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, New York Medical College, NY 10446, USA.
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- Koen van Besien
- Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
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Sirohi B, Cunningham D, Powles R, Murphy F, Arkenau T, Norman A, Oates J, Wotherspoon A, Horwich A. Long-term outcome of autologous stem-cell transplantation in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma. Ann Oncol 2008; 19:1312-1319. [PMID: 18356139 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to assess prognostic factors and outcome of patients with relapsed/refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) who received high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem-cell transplant (ASCT). PATIENTS AND METHODS Data on 195 patients who received ASCT between 1985 and June 2005 were reviewed. Median time from first treatment to ASCT was 2.6 years (0.4-27.3). Demography at ASCT was 61% stage IV, median age 31 years (18-69), median prior treatment (tx) regimens 3 (2-7), median Hasenclever index 3 (0-6); 150 patients had responding disease [54 complete remission (CR), 96 partial remission (PR)], and 45 patients had untested relapse/refractory disease. RESULTS Post-ASCT, 61% (119/195) patients attained CR with an overall response (CR + PR) of 85%. Twelve patients had nonrelapse mortality. Of 119 patients attaining CR, 27 relapsed: 3 after attaining CR for >5 years and 1 after attaining CR for >10 years. Median overall survival (OS)/progression-free survival (PFS) from ASCT was 9 years/2.9 years. Five-year OS/PFS was 55% of 44% and 10-year OS/PFS was 49.4% of 37% for whole group. Twenty (10%) patients developed second cancer (seven secondary acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)/myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)). Probability of developing second cancer at 10 years was 14.7% (95% confidence interval 8.9% to 23.8%) and 24.8% at 19 years. CONCLUSION These data provide the longest follow-up reported for patients receiving ASCT for relapsed/refractory HL. In addition to previously described prognostic factors, our data show that Hasenclever index <3 influences outcome favorably and attaining CR at ASCT leads to a better outcome.
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- B Sirohi
- Lymphoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- Lymphoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
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- Lymphoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- Lymphoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- Lymphoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- Lymphoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- Lymphoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- Lymphoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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- Lymphoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma: Transplantation Strategies and Novel Therapeutic Options. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2008; 8:352-74. [DOI: 10.1007/s11864-007-0046-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Jones JA, Qazilbash MH, Shih YCT, Cantor SB, Cooksley CD, Elting LS. In-hospital complications of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for lymphoid malignancies. Cancer 2008; 112:1096-105. [DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Benekli M, Smiley SL, Younis T, Czuczman MS, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Bambach B, Battiwalla M, Padmanabhan S, McCarthy PL, Hahn T. Intensive conditioning regimen of etoposide (VP-16), cyclophosphamide and carmustine (VCB) followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for relapsed and refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma. Bone Marrow Transplant 2007; 41:613-9. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fung HC, Stiff P, Schriber J, Toor A, Smith E, Rodriguez T, Krishnan A, Molina A, Smith D, Ivers B, Kogut N, Popplewell L, Rodriguez R, Somlo G, Forman SJ, Nademanee A. Tandem autologous stem cell transplantation for patients with primary refractory or poor risk recurrent Hodgkin lymphoma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2007; 13:594-600. [PMID: 17448919 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.01.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2006] [Accepted: 01/16/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED Although autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for patients with relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) appears to offer a survival advantage over conventional therapy, only approximately 25% to 35% of patients with primary progressive or poor-risk recurrent HL can achieve durable remission after ASCT, with disease progressive after transplant accounting for most of the treatment failures. We conducted a pilot study to evaluate the toxicities and efficacy of a tandem transplant approach in this subgroup of patients. Between April 1998 and March 2000, 46 patients were enrolled in the study. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA primary progressive (n = 28) or recurrent HL (n = 18) with at least 1 of the following poor prognostic factors: first complete remission (CR) <12 months (n = 15) or extra-nodal disease (n = 4) or B symptoms at relapse (n = 4). The first cycle consisted of melphalan (150 mg/m(2)) alone. The second cycle consisted of fractionated total body irradiation (FTBI) 1200 cGy or BCNU (450 mg/m(2)) in combination with etoposide (60 mg/kg) and cyclophosphamide (100 mg/kg). Of the 46 patients, 5 (11%) did not receive the planned tandem transplants because of inadequate stem cell collection for 2 ASCT. After a median of 64 days (25-105), 41 patients received the second ASCT. With a median follow-up of 5.3 years (1.6-8.1), the 5-year estimate of overall survival, progression-free survival, and freedom from progression were 54% (95% confidence interval [CI] 40%-69%), 49% (95% CI, 34%-63%), and 55% (95%CI, 40%-70%), respectively. Our mature results from this study suggest that in patients with primary progressive or poor risk recurrent HL, this tandem ASCT program is effective and well tolerated and compares favorably with the conventional single transplant.
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- Henry C Fung
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Hematology, Durante, California 91010, USA.
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Evens AM, Altman JK, Mittal BB, Hou N, Rademaker A, Patton D, Kaminer L, Williams S, Duffey S, Variakojis D, Singhal S, Tallman MS, Mehta J, Winter JN, Gordon LI. Phase I/II trial of total lymphoid irradiation and high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation for relapsed and refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma. Ann Oncol 2007; 18:679-88. [PMID: 17307757 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The standard approach to treatment of relapsed/refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is high-dose chemotherapy conditioning followed by autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (aHSCT). We report the results of a prospective phase I/II clinical trial of accelerated hyperfractionated total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) immediately followed by high-dose chemotherapy for relapsed/refractory HL. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty-eight patients underwent aHSCT with either sequential TLI/chemotherapy (n = 32) or chemotherapy-alone conditioning (n = 16), based on prior radiation exposure. The first 22 patients enrolled on trial received escalating doses of etoposide (1600-2100 mg/m(2)) with high-dose carboplatin and cyclophosphamide. RESULTS No dose-limiting toxicity was seen and TLI/chemotherapy was well tolerated. The 5-year event-free survival (EFS) estimate for all patients was 44% with overall survival (OS) of 48%. Five-year EFS and OS for the TLI/chemotherapy group was 63% and 61%, respectively, compared with 6% and 27%, respectively, for the chemotherapy-alone group (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.04, respectively). Patients with primary induction failure HL who received TLI/chemotherapy had 5-year EFS and OS rate of 83%. The 100-day treatment-related mortality was 4.2% and two secondary cancers were seen. Significant factors predicting survival by multivariate analysis included TLI/chemotherapy conditioning and B symptoms at relapse. CONCLUSIONS Sequential TLI/chemotherapy conditioning for relapsed/refractory HL is safe and associated with excellent long-term survival rates.
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- A M Evens
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program and Lymphoma Program, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 North St. Clair, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Nademanee A, Forman SJ. Role of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for advanced-stage diffuse large cell B-cell lymphoma-B. Semin Hematol 2006; 43:240-50. [PMID: 17027658 DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2006.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The prognosis of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large cell B-cell lymphoma-B (DLCL-B) is poor with conventional salvage chemotherapy; therefore, high-dose therapy (HDT) combined with autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) has become the treatment of choice for these patients. The outcomes of transplant are better in patients with chemosensitive relapse: those with a longer duration of first remission (>12 month) and those with an age-adjusted low-risk International Prognostic Index (IPI) at relapse. Several high-dose regimens with or without total body irradiation (TBI) have been used with similar outcomes. Relapse remains the most common cause of treatment failure, and thus the use of radioimmunotherapy (RIT) in the high-dose regimens and incorporation of rituximab in the transplant setting have been explored. Several studies have shown that RIT both at conventional dose and at high dose can be given in combination with high-dose chemotherapy regimens without additional toxicity or delay in hematopoietic recovery after ASCT. Additional studies using RIT in combination with high-dose chemotherapy and ASCT are ongoing, and preliminary results suggest that these approaches may be superior to conventional high-dose regimens. Since rituximab is an effective therapy for B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and given its limited toxicity, rituximab has been incorporated into HDT and ASCT for DLCL-B as in vivo purging, as part of high-dose regimens, and as maintenance therapy to prevent relapse. Preliminary results suggested that rituximab during ASCT and as maintenance therapy post-transplant reduces the risk of relapse and improves survival; however, these results need to be confirmed in phase III randomized trials. The role of ASCT during first remission as consolidative therapy in patients with DLCL-B remains controversial and should not be performed outside of the clinical trial setting. Allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) for patients with relapsed DLCL-B is associated with significant toxicity and should be reserved for patients who relapse after ASCT or those with persistent marrow involvement. Innovative approaches are needed for primary refractory and chemoresistant relapsed DLCL-B since these patients have very poor outcomes after ASCT.
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- Auayporn Nademanee
- Division of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
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Mabed M, Shamaa S. High-Dose Chemotherapy Plus Non-Cryopreserved Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Rescue for Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Hodgkin Disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2006; 12:942-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2005] [Accepted: 05/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Petropoulos D, Worth LL, Mullen CA, Lockhart S, Choroszy M, Chan KW. Interferon-α after autologous stem cell transplantation in pediatric patients with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma. Bone Marrow Transplant 2006; 38:345-9. [PMID: 16915224 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Thirteen children with refractory or recurrent Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) received high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (ASCT). After hematologic recovery, 10 patients were given interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) as adjuvant therapy, starting at a dose of 0.5 x 10(6) U/m2 subcutaneously, three times a week. The dose was escalated as tolerated. Patients were treated for a median of 12 (4-24) months. Transient myelosuppression was the most common toxicity and led to temporary treatment interruption in five patients. The IFN-alpha dose was increased in nine patients, to a median final dose of 3.5 x 10(6) U/m2/week. With a median follow-up of 67 (range 25-114) months, nine of the 10 patients are alive and in continuous remission. One patient relapsed. Three patients were not treated with IFN-alpha initially, two because of rapidly progressive disease. One patient received IFN-alpha for treatment of relapse after transplant, and is alive in remission 10 years later. IFN-alpha has activity in children with advanced HL, and prolonged, low-dose treatment given after ASCT can be tolerated. Its therapeutic effect as a post-transplant adjuvant warrants further investigation.
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- D Petropoulos
- Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Hahn T, Benekli M, Wong C, Moysich KB, Hyland A, Michalek AM, Alam A, Baer MR, Bambach B, Czuczman MS, Wetzler M, Becker JL, McCarthy PL. A prognostic model for prolonged event-free survival after autologous or allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation for relapsed and refractory Hodgkin's disease. Bone Marrow Transplant 2005; 35:557-66. [PMID: 15665852 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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There are several prognostic models for Hodgkin's disease (HD) patients, but none evaluating patient characteristics at time of blood and marrow transplantation (BMT). We developed a prognostic model for event-free survival (EFS) post-BMT based on HD patient characteristics measured at the time of autologous (auto) or allogeneic (allo) BMT. Between 1/1991 and 12/2001, 64 relapsed or refractory HD patients received an auto (n=46) or allo (n=18) BMT. A multivariate prognostic model was developed measuring time to relapse, progression or death. Median follow-up was 51.7 months; median EFS for auto and allo BMT was 36 and 3 months, respectively (P=0.001). Significant multivariate predictors of shorter EFS were chemotherapy-resistant disease, KPS <90 and > or =3 chemotherapy regimens pre-BMT. Patients with two to three adverse factors had significantly shorter EFS at 2 years (58 vs 11% in auto; 38 vs 0% in allo BMT patients). Despite a selection bias favoring auto BMT, the model was valid in both auto and allo BMT groups. We were able to differentiate patients at high vs low risk for adverse outcomes post-BMT. This prognostic model may prove useful in predicting patient outcomes and identifying high-risk patients for novel treatment strategies. Validation of this model in a larger cohort of patients is warranted.
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- T Hahn
- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA.
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