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Rajamaki A, Sorigue M, Prusila REI, Kuusisto MEL, Kuitunen H, Jantunen E, Mercadal S, Turpeenniemi-Hujanen T, Sancho JM, Sunela K, Kuittinen O. Progression-free survival after front line, second line and third line in patients with follicular lymphoma treated in clinical practice. Acta Oncol 2024; 63:267-272. [PMID: 38709114 DOI: 10.2340/1651-226x.2024.24377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The modern-day therapeutic landscape for follicular lymphoma (FL) includes a number of highly effective therapies. PATIENTS AND METHODS We set out to determine progression-free survival (PFS) after front line, second line, and third line of therapy on the basis of relevant biological characteristics and therapeutic choices. Patients (n = 743, 51% females, median 60 years old) diagnosed with grade 1-2 FL between 1997 and 2016 in nine institutions were included. RESULTS The median PFS1, PFS2, and PFS3 were 8.1 years (95% confidence interval [CI]: 7-9.3 years), 4.2 years (95% CI: 2.8-5.6 years) and 2.2 years (95% CI 1.7-2.8 years). We found longer PFS1 for (1) females, (2) younger age, (3) lower-risk follicular lymphoma international prognostic index (FLIPI), (4) standard intensity (over low intensity) regimens and (5) immunochemotherapy strategies and (6) maintenance rituximab. We found a shorter PFS2 for patients who received front-line immunochemotherapy. Older age at diagnosis correlated with a shorter PFS3. Intensity of front-line chemotherapy, maintenance, or POD24 status did not correlate with PFS2 or PFS3 in this dataset. INTERPRETATION With current immunochemotherapy strategies, the natural course of FL is characterized by shorter-lasting remissions after each relapse. It will be interesting to see whether new therapies can alter this pattern.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aino Rajamaki
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Medical Department, Trialing Health, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Länsi-Pohja Central Hospital, Kemi, Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Länsi-Pohja Central Hospital, Kemi, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Hematology, ICO-Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, IJC, UAB, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Finnish Medicines Agency FIMEA, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; Department of Oncology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Sarro R, Bisig B, Guey B, Missiaglia E, Cairoli A, Omoumi P, Letovanec I, Ferry JA, Hasserjian RP, de Leval L. Follicular Lymphoma Presenting With Symptomatic Bone Involvement: A Clinicopathologic and Molecular Analysis of 16 Cases. Mod Pathol 2024; 37:100440. [PMID: 38290600 DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2024.100440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Primary bone lymphoma (PBL) is rare and mostly represented by diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL). Follicular lymphoma (FL), albeit commonly disseminating to the bone marrow, rarely presents primarily as bone lesions. Here, we studied 16 patients (12 men:4 women, median age 60 years) who presented with bone pain and/or skeletal radiologic abnormalities revealing bone FL. Lesions were multifocal in 11 patients (spine ± appendicular skeleton), and unifocal in 5 patients (femoral, tibial, or vertebral). An infiltrate of centrocytes and centroblasts (CD20+ CD5- CD10+ BCL2+ BCL6+) with abundant reactive T cells and an increased reticulin fibrosis massively replaced the marrow spaces between preserved bone trabeculae. The pattern was diffuse ± nodular, often with paratrabecular reinforcement and/or peripheral paratrabecular extension. Ki-67 was usually <15%. Two cases had necrosis. BCL2 rearrangement was demonstrated in 14 of 14 evaluable cases (with concomitant BCL6 rearrangement in one). High-throughput sequencing revealed BCL2, KMT2D, and TNFRSF14 to be the most frequently mutated genes. After staging, 5 qualified for PBL (3 limited stage) and 11 had stage IV systemic FL. All patients received rituximab ± polychemotherapy as firstline treatment, and 7 received local therapy (6 radiotherapy and 2 surgery). Three patients experienced transformation to DLBCL. At the last follow-up (15/16, median 48 months), 11 patients achieved complete remission, including all cases with PBL and most patients with limited extraosseous disease (3-year progression-free survival 71%). One patient died of unrelated cause (3-year overall survival 91%). FL may manifest as a localized or polyostotic bone disease. A minority represent PBL, whereas most reveal systemic disease.
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- Rossella Sarro
- Institute of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland; Institute of Pathology Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Locarno, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Service of Haematology, Department of Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Pathology, Central Institute, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Institute of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Watanabe T, Tobinai K, Wakabayashi M, Maruyama D, Yamamoto K, Kubota N, Shimada K, Asagoe K, Yamaguchi M, Ando K, Ogura M, Kuroda J, Suehiro Y, Matsuno Y, Tsukasaki K, Nagai H. R-CHOP treatment for patients with advanced follicular lymphoma: Over 15-year follow-up of JCOG0203. Br J Haematol 2024; 204:849-860. [PMID: 37996986 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Anti-CD20 antibody in combination with chemotherapy extends overall survival (OS) in untreated advanced-stage follicular lymphoma (FL), yet the optimal associated therapy is unclear. Data on the cumulative incidence of secondary malignancies postrelapse after conventional immunochemotherapy are scarce. A long-term analysis of rituximab combined with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone (R-CHOP) as first-line treatment was conducted in a randomised clinical trial. A six-cycle R-CHOP regimen was administered every 2 or 3 weeks without rituximab maintenance. A prespecified evaluation was conducted 15 years after the completion of enrolment, following initial analysis results that showed no significant differences in outcomes at the 3-year mark. In-depth analyses were performed on the cohort of 248 patients with FL who were allocated to the two treatment arms. With a median follow-up period of 15.9 years, the 15-year OS was 76.2%. There were no protocol treatment-related deaths, nor were there any fatal infections attributable to subsequent lymphoma treatment. At 15 years, the cumulative incidence of non-haematological and haematological malignancies was 12.8% and 3.7% respectively. Histological transformation appeared after a median of 8 years. R-CHOP maintains safety and efficacy in patients with advanced FL over extended follow-up, making it a viable first-line option for patients with advanced-stage FL.
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- Takashi Watanabe
- Department of Haematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Haematology and Cell Therapy, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama, Japan
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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- Division of Haematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Haematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Haematology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Moriyama, Japan
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology Research National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
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Dote S, Inose R, Goto R, Kobayashi Y, Muraki Y. Risk of a second cancer and infection in patients with indolent B-cell lymphoma exposed to first-line bendamustine plus rituximab: A retrospective analysis of an administrative claims database. Hematol Oncol 2023; 41:354-362. [PMID: 36792059 DOI: 10.1002/hon.3128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Bendamustine has a potent immunosuppressive effect because it causes T-cell lymphopenia, which might lead to a second primary malignancy (SPM) and would increase the risk of infection. Using the Medical Data Vision administrative claims database, we compared the cumulative incidence of SPM, infections within 6 months, and overall survival (OS) among untreated patients with indolent B-cell lymphomas (iBCL) who received rituximab-based chemotherapy between 2009 and 2020. Patients with grade 3b follicular lymphoma or a previous history of malignancy were excluded. Eligible 5234 patients were assigned to three cohorts: rituximab monotherapy (N = 780), RCHOP/RCVP/RTHPCOP (doxorubicin replaced with pirarubicin) (N = 2298), or bendamustine/rituximab (BR) (N = 2156). There were 589 recorded SPMs, of which myelodysplastic syndromes were the most common (1.7%). The cumulative incidence of SPM was significantly higher in patients treated with BR than in those treated with rituximab monotherapy (p < 0.01) or RCHOP/RCVP/RTHPCOP (p < 0.0001): the 5-year cumulative incidence function was 18.1%, 12.5%, and 12.9%, respectively. In the Fine-Gray subdistribution hazards model, BR showed a significantly higher cumulative incidence of SPM than RCHOP/RCVP/RTHPCOP (subhazard ratio, 1.33; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10-1.61). Furthermore, in sensitivity analysis, a nested case-control study using an entire cohort showed consistent results: the SPM odds ratios (95% CI) of first-line bendamustine, bendamustine after first-line, and any-line bendamustine were 1.43 (1.14-1.78), 1.26 (0.96-1.64), and 1.33 (1.09-1.62), respectively. Regarding infections, adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) of BR compared to RCHOP/RCVP/RTHPCOP were as follows: cytomegalovirus infection, 13.7 (4.88-38.4); bacterial pneumonia, 0.63 (0.50-0.78); and pneumocystis pneumonia, 0.24 (0.11-0.53). There was no significant difference in OS between RCHOP/RCVP/RTHPCOP and BR in patients with follicular, mantle cell, marginal zone, or lymphoplasmacytic lymphomas. In conclusion, treatment strategies that consider the risk of SPM and infections after chemotherapy are warranted in patients with iBCL.
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- Satoshi Dote
- Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto-Katsura Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Clinical Pharmacoepidemiology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacoepidemiology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacoepidemiology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto-Katsura Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacoepidemiology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan
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Rajamäki A, Hujo M, Sund R, Prusila REI, Kuusisto MEL, Kuitunen H, Jantunen E, Mercadal S, Sorigue M, Sancho J, Sunela K, Kuittinen O. Mortality among patients with low-grade follicular lymphoma: A binational retrospective analysis. Cancer 2022; 128:2474-2482. [PMID: 35417924 PMCID: PMC9325396 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The life expectancy of patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) has improved considerably since the introduction of rituximab. This study examined the proportion of deaths from progressive lymphoma and the impact of FL on survival compared with that in the general population. METHODS Altogether, 749 patients with grades 1 and 2 FL in 9 institutions between 1997 and 2016 were enrolled. Competing risk models were used to estimate the cumulative incidences of deaths from progressive lymphoma and from other reasons. Excess mortality was analyzed with respect to the corresponding background populations standardized for age and sex using the excess mortality model based on the penalized spline approach. RESULTS The median follow-up duration was 69 months (range, 0-226 months). The estimated 10-year overall, disease-specific, and net survival rates were 72.4%, 86.6%, and 86.4%, respectively. The cumulative incidence of deaths from progressive lymphoma was slightly smaller than that of other causes in the study population (estimated 10-year cumulative incidences: 12.3% [95% CI, 9.6%-15.3%] and 15.4% [95% CI, 12.2%-18.8%], respectively). Excess mortality was observed for up to 10 years after diagnosis, and it slightly increased with time. CONCLUSIONS Deaths from progressive lymphoma are nearly as common as deaths from other causes in FL patients during the rituximab era. Despite the improvements in survival, there was evidence of excess mortality resulting from FL for at least 10 years after diagnosis.
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- Aino Rajamäki
- Department of OncologyCentral Finland Central HospitalJyväskyläFinland
- University of Eastern FinlandKuopioFinland
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- University of Eastern FinlandKuopioFinland
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- University of Eastern FinlandKuopioFinland
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- University of Oulu and Oulu University HospitalOuluFinland
- Department of HematologyOulu University HospitalOuluFinland
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- Department of OncologyOulu University HospitalOuluFinland
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- University of Eastern FinlandKuopioFinland
- Department of MedicineKuopio University HospitalKuopioFinland
- Department of MedicineNorth Carelia Central HospitalJoensuuFinland
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- Institut Català d'Oncologia‐Hospital Duran i ReynalsL'HospitaletSpain
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- Department of HematologyInstitut Català d'Oncologia‐Hospital Germans Trias i PujolFunctional Cytomics‐Institut Josep CarrerasBadalonaSpain
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- Department of HematologyInstitut Català d'Oncologia‐Hospital Germans Trias i PujolFunctional Cytomics‐Institut Josep CarrerasBadalonaSpain
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- Department of OncologyTampere University HospitalTampereFinland
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- University of Eastern FinlandKuopioFinland
- University of Oulu and Oulu University HospitalOuluFinland
- Department of OncologyKuopio University HospitalKuopioFinland
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