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Puckrin R, Chua N, Chin K, Peters A, Duggan P, Shafey M, Storek J, Jamani K, Owen C, Stewart D. Long-term follow-up demonstrates curative potential of autologous stem cell transplantation for relapsed follicular lymphoma. Br J Haematol 2023; 201:319-325. [PMID: 36625160 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Although autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) can achieve durable responses in eligible patients with follicular lymphoma (FL), long-term follow-up is needed to determine if it has curative potential. This retrospective, multicenter study included 162 patients who received ASCT for relapsed FL in Alberta, Canada. With a median (range) follow-up time of 12.5 years (0.1-27.9), the 12-year time-to-progression (TTP) was 57% (95% confidence interval [CI] 49%-65%), time-to-next-treatment was 61% (95% CI 52%-69%), progression-free survival was 51% (95% CI 42%-59%) and overall survival was 69% (95% CI 60%-76%). A plateau emerged on the TTP curve at 57% starting 9 years after ASCT with no relapses occurring beyond this timepoint. Ten patients remained in remission 20 years or more after ASCT. Patients undergoing ASCT at first or second relapse had superior outcomes compared to third or later relapse (12-year TTP 61% vs. 34%), as did patients without progression of disease within 24 months (POD24) of frontline treatment versus those with POD24 (12-year TTP 67% vs. 50%). ASCT achieves high rates of durable remission in relapsed FL, with long-term follow-up revealing that more than 50% of transplanted patients may be functionally cured of their lymphoma. The optimal timing to consider ASCT is at first or second relapse, regardless of POD24 status.
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- Robert Puckrin
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Cross Cancer Institute and University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Cross Cancer Institute and University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Jacobsen E. Follicular lymphoma: 2023 update on diagnosis and management. Am J Hematol 2022; 97:1638-1651. [PMID: 36255040 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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DISEASE OVERVIEW Follicular lymphoma (FL) is generally an indolent B cell lymphoproliferative disorder of transformed follicular center B cells. FL is characterized by diffuse lymphadenopathy, bone marrow involvement, and splenomegaly. Extranodal involvement is less common. Cytopenias are relatively common but constitutional symptoms of fever, night sweats, and weight loss are uncommon in the absence of transformation to diffuse large B cell lymphoma. DIAGNOSIS The diagnosis is based on histology from a biopsy of a lymph node or other affected tissue. Incisional biopsy is preferred over needle biopsies in order to give adequate tissue to assign grade and assess for transformation. Immunohistochemical staining is positive in virtually all cases for cell surface CD19, CD20, CD10, and monoclonal immunoglobulin, as well as cytoplasmic expression of bcl-2 protein. The overwhelming majority of cases have the characteristic t(14;18) translocation involving the IgH/bcl-2 genes. RISK STRATIFICATION The Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) uses five independent predictors of inferior survival: age >60 years, hemoglobin <12 g/dL, serum LDH > normal, Ann Arbor stage III/IV, number of involved nodal areas >4. The presence of 0-1, 2, and ≥3 adverse factors defines low, intermediate, and high-risk disease. There are other clinical prognostic models but the FLIPI remains the most common. Other factors such as time to relapse of less than 2 years from chemoimmunotherapy and specific gene mutations may also be useful for prognosis. Regardless of the prognostic model used, modern therapies have demonstrably improved prognosis. RISK-ADAPTED THERAPY Observation continues to be appropriate for asymptomatic patients with low bulk disease and no cytopenias. There is no overall survival (OS) advantage for early treatment with either chemotherapy or single-agent rituximab. For patients needing therapy, most patients are treated with chemoimmunotherapy, which has improved overall response rates (ORR), DOR, and OS. Randomized studies have shown additional benefits for maintenance of rituximab. Lenalidomide was non-inferior to chemoimmunotherapy in a randomized front-line study and, when combined with rituximab, was superior to rituximab alone in relapsed FL. Kinase inhibitors, stem cell transplantation (SCT), and chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) are also considered for recurrent disease.
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- Eric Jacobsen
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Tsaplina NS, Valiev TT, Petrova GD, Kirgizov KI, Varfolomeeva SR. Modern approaches in relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma treatment: literature review and own experience. JOURNAL OF MODERN ONCOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.26442/18151434.2022.3.201816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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An advance of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) diagnostic and treatment protocols promoted between fatal and high-curative disease. Modern treatment programs can reach many-year survival rate in 8097% even in patients with advanced (IIIIV) HL stages and unfavorable prognostic factors pre- sence. Nevertheless, relapses and refractory (r/r) HL appears in 830% patients and depend on treatment scheme, prognostic factors and comorbi- dity. Second-line therapy (ViGePP and ICE) is a common platform for r/r HL treatment in pediatric patients, but results of 3-year relapse-free survival (RFS) not to exceed 7075%. For increase RFS rate in patients with r/r HL as combinatorial partners to schemes ViGePP and ICE add monoclonal antibodies (brentuximab vedotine) and immune chekpoint inhibitors (nivolumab), cell (auto-/allogenic stem cell transplantation) and genetically engineered (CAR-T) products. In the current issue literature and own experience in r/r HL treatment presented. It is showed, that inclusion a brentuximab vedotine in ViGePP scheme increased 3-year RFS up to 8311.2%.
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Casulo C, Larson MC, Lunde JJ, Habermann TM, Lossos IS, Wang Y, Nastoupil LJ, Strouse C, Chihara D, Martin P, Cohen JB, Kahl BS, Burack WR, Koff JL, Mun Y, Masaquel A, Wu M, Wei MC, Shewade A, Li J, Cerhan J, Flowers CR, Link BK, Maurer MJ. Treatment patterns and outcomes of patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma receiving three or more lines of systemic therapy (LEO CReWE): a multicentre cohort study. Lancet Haematol 2022; 9:e289-e300. [PMID: 35358443 PMCID: PMC9297334 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(22)00033-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Novel therapies for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma are commonly evaluated in single-arm studies without formal comparison with other treatments or historical controls. Consequently, rigorously defined treatment outcomes informing expectations for novel therapeutic strategies in this population are sparse. To inform outcome expectations, we aimed to describe treatment patterns, survival outcomes, and duration of response in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma receiving three or more lines of systemic therapy. METHODS In this multicentre cohort study, we developed a database of patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma from eight academic centres in the USA using data collected in the LEO Cohort study (NCT02736357) and the LEO Consortium. For this analysis, eligible patients were aged at least 18 years, had non-transformed grade 1-3a follicular lymphoma, and were receiving systemic therapy in the third line or later after previous therapy with an anti-CD20 antibody and an alkylating agent. Clinical data and patient outcomes were abstracted from medical records by use of a standard protocol. The index therapy for the primary analysis was defined as the first line of systemic therapy after the patient had received at least two previous systemic therapies that included an alkylating agent and an anti-CD20 therapy. The main endpoints of interest were overall response rate, progression-free survival, and overall survival. Outcomes were also evaluated in subsets of clinical interest (index therapy characteristics, patient and disease characteristics, treatment history, and best response assessment). FINDINGS We screened 933 patients with follicular lymphoma, of whom 441 were included and diagnosed between March 6, 2002, and July 20, 2018. Index therapies included immunochemotherapy (n=133), anti-CD20 antibody monotherapy (n=53), lenalidomide with or without anti-CD20 (n=37), and phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitors with or without anti-CD20 (n=25). 57 (13%) of 441 patients received haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation and 98 (23%) of 421 patients with complete data received therapy on clinical trials. After a median follow-up of 71 months (IQR 64-79) from index therapy, 5-year overall survival was 75% (95% CI 70-79), median progression-free survival was 17 months (15-19), and the overall response rate was 70% (65-74; 280 of 400 patients evaluable for response). Patients who were refractory to therapy with an alkylating agent had a lower overall response rate (170 [68%] of 251 patients vs 107 [77%] of 139 patients) and a significantly lower 5-year overall survival (72%, 95% CI 66-78 vs 81%, 73-89; hazard ratio 1·60, 95% CI 1·04-2·46) than patients who were not refractory to therapy with an alkylating agent. INTERPRETATION Patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma receive heterogeneous treatments in the third-line setting or later. We observed high response rates to contemporary therapies that were of short duration. These data identify unmet needs among patients with follicular lymphoma, especially those who are refractory to alkylating agents, and might provide evidence by which clinical trials evaluating novel treatments could be assessed. FUNDING Genentech and the National Cancer Institute.
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- Carla Casulo
- Department of Medicine, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Comprehensive Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Steffanoni S, Calimeri T, Anzalone N, Mastaglio S, Bernardi M, Ferreri AJ. A narrative review of consolidation strategies for young and fit patients with newly-diagnosed primary central nervous system lymphoma. Expert Rev Hematol 2021; 15:33-43. [PMID: 34904506 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2022.2018297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The modern treatment of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) consists of two phases: induction, currently represented by a high-dose-methotrexate-based polychemotherapy, and consolidation. The optimal consolidation therapy has not been defined yet, but several strategies, such as whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT), high-dose chemotherapy supported by autologous stem cell transplantation (HDC/ASCT) or non-myeloablative chemotherapy, have been addressed in important randomized trials. AREAS COVERED This review provides an overview of the current role of consolidation strategies in young and fit patients with newly-diagnosed PCNSL. Publications in English language, peer-reviewed, from high-quality international journals, edited from 2003 to 2021 were identified on PubMed. EXPERT OPINION Consolidation treatment significantly improved outcomes of PCNSL. Radiotherapy had represented for years the only choice in the consolidation therapy, but large randomized trials have demonstrated that HDC/ASCT is equally effective and associated with lower neurotoxicity risk in patients younger than 65-70 years. Encouraging results have been obtained using reduced-dose WBRT, while a recent randomized trial failed to demonstrate that consolidation with non-myeloablative chemotherapy is more effective than HDC/ASCT in PCNSL patients. A personalized consolidation treatment, driven also by a response prediction model based on radiological and molecular details, may improve the management of PCNSL patients.
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- Sara Steffanoni
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Valduce Hospital, Como, Italy
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- Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and BMT Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and BMT Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Luo C, Li Q, Li X, Wu G, Huang X, Zhang Y, Ma Y, Xie M, Sun Y, Huang Y, Huang Z, Xu S, Chen J. Prognostic Role of Serum Albumin Level in Patients with Lymphoma Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation. Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e933365. [PMID: 34635633 PMCID: PMC8518521 DOI: 10.12659/aot.933365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (HDT/ASCT) plays a crucial role in the therapy of patients with lymphoma. This retrospective study aimed to analyze prognostic factors in patients undergoing HDT/ASCT for lymphoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS We included patients with lymphoma who underwent HDT/ASCT at our center. Time-to-event outcomes, including progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), were analyzed with the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and Cox proportional hazard regression analysis were performed to explore the prognostic value of different factors. RESULTS A total of 113 patients with lymphoma were included. Patients with low serum albumin levels (<37 g/L) before transplantation had significantly lower PFS and OS (P<0.01). Albumin levels before transplantation significantly predicted early progression (progressed within 1 year) after transplantation (AUC=0.706, P=0.003). Multivariate Cox analysis indicated that low albumin level (hazard ratio [HR] 3.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.54-6.63; P=0.002) and age >60 years (HR 2.92, 95% CI 1.27-6.71; P=0.012) were independent risk factors for PFS. Total protein <60 g/L was an independent risk factor for OS (HR 3.57, 95% CI 1.45-8.78; P=0.006). CONCLUSIONS Low albumin level before transplantation was an independent risk factor in patients with lymphoma undergoing HDT/ASCT. Intense care and effective maintenance therapy after transplantation are required for patients with low albumin levels.
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- Chengxin Luo
- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Institute of Infectious Disease, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Center for Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland).,Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunotherapy of Chongqing, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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Sorigue M, Kuittinen O. Robustness and pragmatism of the evidence supporting the European Society for Medical Oncology guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of follicular lymphoma. Expert Rev Hematol 2021; 14:655-668. [PMID: 34128764 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2021.1943351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Background: Results of randomized clinical trials may not be entirely applicable to clinical practice. The present manuscript aims to explore the pragmatism and robustness of the evidence that supports the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) follicular lymphoma (FL) guidelines.Methods & design: Analysis of all trials used to support positive, therapeutic, oncological recommendations in the 2020 ESMO FL guidelines. Predefined data points were extracted from each trial. Pragmatism was assessed by means of the PRECIS-2 tool, the difference in overall survival in the interventions compared and the source of funding. Robustness was assessed by means of the fragility index and the p value.Results: 28 trials were included. The full protocol or a protocol summary was provided for 12 (43%). Based on the PRECIS-2 domains, trials were considered pragmatic in organization, analysis and flexibility and explanatory in eligibility. Robustness was high, with 4/24 (17%) trials with p values between 0.05 and 0.005 and a median fragility index of 18.Conclusions: Results of trials to support ESMO recommendations in FL were robust. Pragmatism was high in some domains but modest to low in others and the pattern was similar across trials. Transparency in the publication of trial protocols was suboptimal.
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- Marc Sorigue
- Department of Hematology, ICO-IJC-Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol, LUMN, UAB, Badalona, Spain
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Medicine, University of Eastern Finland & Department of Oncology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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Metzner B, Pott C, Müller TH, Casper J, Kimmich C, Petershofen EK, Renzelmann A, Rosien B, Thole R, Voß A, Köhne CH, Wellnitz D. Long-term outcome in patients with follicular lymphoma following high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation. Eur J Haematol 2021; 107:543-552. [PMID: 34288114 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To contribute data on long-term outcome and potential curative impact of ASCT in FL, especially following HDT with the BEAM protocol (BCNU, etoposide, cytarabine and melphalan), given very limited data on this topic in the literature. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with FL (n = 76) were treated in our institution with HDT and ASCT. In the case of long-term remission (≥8 years), peripheral blood was tested for minimal residual disease by t(14;18)- and IGH-PCR, including the last follow-up. RESULTS 10-year overall survival, progression-free survival, and freedom from progression (FFP) after first-line ASCT (n = 20) were 80%, 60%, and 69%, after second-line ASCT (n = 48, following BEAM) 66%, 38%, and 41%, after third/fourth-line ASCT (n = 8) 33%, 25%, and 25%, respectively. Prognostic factors for FFP were treatment line and FLIPI (Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index). 10-year FFP for second-line ASCT and low-risk FLIPI at relapse was 69%, intermediate-risk 28%, and high-risk 25% (P < .05). 26 patients developed sustained long-term clinical and molecular remissions of up to 27 years. CONCLUSIONS Sustained long-term clinical and molecular complete remissions up to 27 years can be achieved following ASCT (including HDT with BEAM in second treatment line), indicating a potential curative impact of ASCT in FL.
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- Bernd Metzner
- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Klinikum Oldenburg, University Clinic, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service NSTOB, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Klinikum Oldenburg, University Clinic, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Klinikum Oldenburg, University Clinic, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Klinikum Oldenburg, University Clinic, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Klinikum Oldenburg, University Clinic, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Klinikum Oldenburg, University Clinic, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Klinikum Oldenburg, University Clinic, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Klinikum Oldenburg, University Clinic, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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Dreyling M, Ghielmini M, Rule S, Salles G, Ladetto M, Tonino SH, Herfarth K, Seymour JF, Jerkeman M. Newly diagnosed and relapsed follicular lymphoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol 2021; 32:298-308. [PMID: 33249059 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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- M Dreyling
- Department of Medicine III, LMU Hospital Munich, Germany
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- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Haematology, Peninsula School of Medicine, Plymouth, UK
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- Service d'Hématologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Pierre-Benite, France
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, Peter McCallum Cancer Center & Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common form of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It is a disease characterised by a long median overall survival and high response rates to currently available chemotherapy and anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy combinations. However, for a sub-group of patients the disease behaves aggressively, fails to respond adequately to initial therapy or relapses early. For others, the disease becomes resistant following multiple lines of therapy, and despite recent advances the main cause of death for patients with FL remains their lymphoma. A wide landscape of novel therapies is emerging and the role of individual agents in the FL treatment paradigm is still being established. Some agents, including the cereblon modulator lenalidomide, the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors idelalisib, copanlisib and duvelisib, and the EZH2 inhibitor tazemetostat have received regulatory approval in the USA or European Union and have entered clinical practice for relapsed FL. Other developments, such as the emergence of immunotherapies including CAR-T cell therapy and bispecific antibodies, are expected to fundamentally change the approach to FL treatment in the future.
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Yahya A, Radhwi O, Sobh M, Huebsch L, MacDonald D. Does Up-front Autologous Stem-Cell Transplantation at First Relapse Improve Outcome in Transplant-Eligible Follicular Lymphoma Patients Whose Disease Relapses Within 24 Months? CLINICAL LYMPHOMA MYELOMA & LEUKEMIA 2021; 21:e423-e427. [PMID: 33558203 DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2020.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND In Canadian adults, follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Approximately 20% of patients with FL experience progression of disease within 2 years of first-line chemoimmunotherapy. Those patients have an expected overall survival of less than 5 years. The optimal second-line treatment for these high-risk patients is unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS We analyzed data from the Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center at Ottawa Hospital to determine whether autologous stem-cell transplantation as up-front therapy for first relapse can improve outcomes in this high-risk FL subgroup. We identified 17 patients who underwent up-front autologous stem-cell transplantation between February 2012 and February 2019. RESULTS The disease of all patients had relapsed within 24 months after receipt of their first rituximab-based chemotherapy. Overall survival at 2 and 5 years was 86.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 55-96) and 71.8% (95% CI, 31-91), respectively. The progression-free survival at 2 and 5 years was 62.6% (95% CI, 35-81) and 53.6% (95% CI, 25-75), respectively. CONCLUSION Overall survival is improved when receiving autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation as up-front therapy at first relapse in transplant-eligible FL whose disease relapses within 24 months of first-line therapy. Data from our single center look promising, but the data need to be replicated with a larger sample size.
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- Ayel Yahya
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Pettengell R, Uddin R, Boumendil A, Johnson R, Metzner B, Martín A, Romejko-Jarosinska J, Bence-Bruckler I, Giri P, Niemann CU, Robinson SP, Kimby E, Schmitz N, Dreger P, Goldstone AH, Montoto S. Durable benefit of rituximab maintenance post-autograft in patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma: 12-year follow-up of the EBMT lymphoma working party Lym1 trial. Bone Marrow Transplant 2021; 56:1413-1421. [PMID: 33452448 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-020-01182-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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We report the 12-year follow-up of the prospective randomized EBMT LYM1 trial to determine whether the benefit of brief duration rituximab maintenance (RM) on progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma (FL) receiving an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) is sustained. One hundred and thirty-eight patients received RM with or without purging. The median follow-up after random assignment is 12 years (range 10-13) for the whole series. The 10-year PFS after ASCT is 47% (95% CI 40-54) with only 4 patients relapsing after 7.5 years. RM continues to significantly improve 10-year PFS after ASCT in comparison with NM [P = 0.002; HR 0.548 (95% CI 0.38-0.80)]. Ten-year non-relapse mortality (NRM) was not significantly different between treatment groups (7% overall). 10-year overall survival (OS) after ASCT was 75% (69-81) for the whole series, with no significant differences according to treatment sub-groups. 10-year OS for patients who progressed within 24 months (POD24T) was 60%, in comparison with 85% for patients without progression. Thus the benefit of rituximab maintenance after ASCT on relapse prevention is sustained at 12 years, suggesting that RM adds to ASCT-mediated disease eradication and may enhance the curative potential of ASCT.
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- R Pettengell
- Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom.
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- EBMT Clinical Trials Office, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, London, United Kingdom
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- Statistics, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Paris, France
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- Department of Haematology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- University Clinic for Internal Medicine, Oncology and Haematology, Klinikum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, IBSAL, CIBERONC, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Lymphoproliferative Diseases, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute and Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland
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- Haematology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Southern Australia, Australia
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- Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Haematology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Hematology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine A, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haemato-oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Salles G. How do I sequence therapy for follicular lymphoma? HEMATOLOGY. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY. EDUCATION PROGRAM 2020; 2020:287-294. [PMID: 33275688 PMCID: PMC7727532 DOI: 10.1182/hematology.2020000156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the past decade, many new agents have been introduced for the management of follicular lymphoma, and therapeutic strategies have evolved over time. The clinical benefits of the different treatments vary and, at the time of progression, are influenced by patient and disease characteristics, the duration of the interval from last treatment, and the nature of the treatments previously administered. Altogether, this results in a marked heterogeneity of clinical situations encountered during the treatment of these patients. Despite numerous trials performed in the field, there is no single standard of care for patients undergoing second-line treatment or beyond. Furthermore, patients recruited in these studies have characteristics that rarely represent the full spectrum of possible clinical presentations. Therefore, to optimally individualize treatment, all of the risks (short- and long-term) and benefits of the available options should be well known. Discussing the goals of therapy with the patient at each intervention is also critical in providing an optimal sequence of therapy.
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- Gilles Salles
- Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Sureda A, André M, Borchmann P, da Silva MG, Gisselbrecht C, Vassilakopoulos TP, Zinzani PL, Walewski J. Improving outcomes after autologous transplantation in relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: a European expert perspective. BMC Cancer 2020; 20:1088. [PMID: 33172440 PMCID: PMC7657361 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-020-07561-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is a well-established approach to treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) recommended by both the European Society for Medical Oncology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network based on the results from randomized controlled studies. However, a considerable number of patients who receive ASCT will progress/relapse and display suboptimal post-transplant outcomes. Over recent years, a number of different strategies have been assessed to improve post-ASCT outcomes and augment HL cure rates. These include use of pre- and post-ASCT salvage therapies and post-ASCT consolidative therapy, with the greatest benefits demonstrated by targeted therapies, such as brentuximab vedotin. However, adoption of these new approaches has been inconsistent across different centers and regions. In this article, we provide a European perspective on the available treatment options and likely future developments in the salvage and consolidation settings, with the aim to improve management of patients with HL who have a high risk of post-ASCT failure. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that early intervention with post-ASCT consolidation improves outcomes in patients with R/R HL who require ASCT. Future approvals of targeted agents are expected to further improve outcomes and provide additional treatment options in the coming age of personalized medicine.
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- Anna Sureda
- Hematology Department, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Programme, Institut Català d'Oncologia-Hospital Duran i Reynals, Gran Via de l'Hospitalet, 199 - 203, 08908, Barcelona, Spain.
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Hematology, Université catholique de Louvain, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Instituto Português de Oncologia - Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Lymphoid Malignancies, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute Oncology Center, Warszawa, Poland
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Gardenswartz A, Cairo MS. Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplantation in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Relapsed Mature B-Cell NHL. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2020; 18:1135-1142. [PMID: 32755988 DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.7617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although children, adolescents, and young adults with newly diagnosed B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma enjoy excellent overall survival with current chemoimmunotherapy, those with relapsed and/or refractory disease have a dismal prognosis. Although most clinicians would agree that hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation after reinduction therapy is frontline therapy for these patients, there is no consensus as to what type of hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation promises the best event-free and overall survival. This review outlines the disparate types of stem cell therapy that have been used in this difficult-to-treat population as well as the role of maintenance and CAR T-cell therapy in conjunction with stem cell therapy.
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- Departments of Pediatrics.,Pathology.,Medicine.,Microbiology and Immunology, and.,Cell Biology and Anatomy, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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Soiffer RJ. Maintenance therapy for high-risk acute leukemia after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: wait a minute. Blood Adv 2020; 4:3205-3208. [PMID: 32663295 PMCID: PMC7362380 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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This article has a companion Point by Scott.
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- Robert J Soiffer
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Golfier C, Salles G. Antibody Therapy Maintenance in Follicular Lymphoma. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2020; 34:689-699. [PMID: 32586574 DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2020.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Because patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) usually experience repeated disease recurrences, maintenance treatment is an attractive option to prolong remission after induction therapy. Rituximab maintenance therapy has been shown in multiple randomized studies to significantly improve progression-free survival in FL with both low and high tumor burden after induction therapy, independently of patient and disease characteristics. Several questions regarding the use of antibody directed against CD20 (anti-CD20) maintenance remain open, including the optimal antibody administration schedule and duration, the risk/benefit ratio of maintenance in the context of previous bendamustine administration, and its cost-effectiveness.
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- Camille Golfier
- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Lyon-Sud, Department of Hematology, Pierre-Bénite France and Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, 165, chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69495 cedex, Oullins, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Lyon-Sud, Department of Hematology, Pierre-Bénite France and Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, 165, chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69495 cedex, Oullins, France.
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McNamara C, Montoto S, Eyre TA, Ardeshna K, Burton C, Illidge T, Linton K, Rule S, Townsend W, Wong WL, McKay P. The investigation and management of follicular lymphoma. Br J Haematol 2020; 191:363-381. [PMID: 32579717 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.16872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London NHS Trust London UK
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- Department of Clinical Haematology Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford UK
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- Department of Haematology University College London Hospital LondonUK
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- Department of Haematology Leeds Cancer Centre Leeds UK
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences the Christie NHS Foundation Trust University of Manchester Manchester UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology The Christie Hospital NHS Trust Manchester UK
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- Department of Haematology University of Plymouth Medical School Plymouth UK
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- Department of Haematology University College London Hospital LondonUK
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- Paul Strickland Scanner Centre Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood UK
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- Department of Haematology Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre Glasgow Scotland UK
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Zhu H, Liu F, Zhang Y, Yang J, Xu X, Guo X, Liu T, Li N, Zhu L, Kung HF, Yang Z. (2S,4R)-4-[ 18F]Fluoroglutamine as a PET Indicator for Bone Marrow Metabolism Dysfunctional: from Animal Experiments to Clinical Application. Mol Imaging Biol 2020; 21:945-953. [PMID: 30793240 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-019-01319-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Previous reports confirmed that (2S,4R)-4-[18F]Fluoroglutamine ([18F]GLN) accumulated in bone and bone marrow. This study investigates the potential of using [18F]GLN positron emission tomography (PET) to monitor changes of bone marrow activity after chemotherapy (myelosuppression). PROCEDURES Bone marrow inhibition model in mice was induced by an intravenous injection of chemotherapy drug (doxorubicin or rituximab) and the inhibition was confirmed by routine blood cell counts. Bone uptakes of these four radiotracers (2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose, [18F]GLN, 3'-dexoy-3'-[18F]fluorothymidine ([18F]FLT), and sodium [18F]fluoride) in the mice were measured after i.v. injection and dissection of femur and tibia, and the uptakes in bone-only (BO) and bone marrow (BM) were obtained after separating bone from bone marrow. Additionally, six volunteers were recruited and evaluated with [18F]GLN. The PET-/CT-guided volumes of interests (VOI) in cervical, thoracic, lumbar vertebra, and skull cortical bone were defined as bone marrow or bone for evaluation, respectively. RESULTS [18F]GLN showed a relatively high bone marrow uptake in mice (up to 9.5 ± 1.3 % ID/g) at 1 h after injection, which was 2.1 times that of [18F]FLT. The [18F]GLN uptakes in the bone marrow were substantially inhibited by chemotherapy drug. The decrease of [18F]GLN's bone marrow uptake was consistent with the reduction of white blood cells (myelosuppression). For [18F]GLN/PET imaging in humans, the SUVmean value of bone marrow (1 h after i.v. injection) was between 3.1 and 3.6 in the healthy volunteers (n = 3), and between 1.8 and 2.2 (n = 3) (P < 0.001) in myelosuppression patients, showing a clear reduction of bone marrow uptake. CONCLUSIONS Dissection experiments in mice showed that [18F]GLN displayed relatively high bone marrow uptake, and the uptake was sensitive to bone marrow inhibition induced by doxorubicin/rituximab. The same conclusion was confirmed [18F]GLN/PET imaging in humans. Therefore, [18F]GLN/PET imaging may be a useful tool to assess reduction of bone marrow activity in cancer patients, who may be at risk of myelosuppression after chemotherapy. TRIAL REGISTRATION Approved by Institutional Review Board of Peking University Cancer Hospital (No. 2017KT38). Registered 18 August 2017.
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- Hua Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiopharmaceuticals, Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute for Brain Diseases, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute for Brain Diseases, Beijing, 100069, China. .,Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3700 Market Street, Suite 305, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
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Idelalisib exposure before allogeneic stem cell transplantation in patients with follicular lymphoma: an EBMT survey. Bone Marrow Transplant 2020; 55:2335-2338. [PMID: 32444863 PMCID: PMC8497266 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-020-0946-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Culos KA, Gatwood KS, Byrne M. Maintenance Strategies After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Pharmacotherapy 2020; 40:727-740. [PMID: 32343426 DOI: 10.1002/phar.2407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an essential component of potentially curative therapy for patients with hematologic malignancies. High-dose chemotherapy with autologous (auto) stem cell rescue is used to overcome chemoresistance in multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and Hodgkin lymphoma. Alternatively, poor-risk acute leukemias rely on the graft versus leukemia effect of allogeneic (allo) products. Long-term remissions are feasible with both auto- and allo-HCT; however, disease relapse is the leading cause of death after HCT for many patients. In recognition of this, novel therapies are being investigated in the upfront, relapsed/refractory, and post-HCT maintenance settings to deepen response and maintain disease control. To date, the most robust data to support this approach are in multiple myeloma, where post-transplant maintenance therapy has improved clinical outcomes. In Hodgkin lymphoma, patients with high-risk features may benefit from post-auto-HCT vedotin (BV) regardless of pre-HCT BV exposure. Apart from mantle cell lymphoma, where rituximab maintenance is generally accepted, post-auto-HCT maintenance in other forms of NHL is less established. In patients who undergo allo-HCT, the utilization of maintenance therapy is an important component of improving post-HCT outcomes, however, an individualized approach that considers patient factors such as residual toxicity from HCT, an immature graft with poor graft function, infection, and graft-versus-host disease create a complex environment for aggressive interventions. Initiation of directed agents in patients with identified mutations prior to allo-HCT, including FLT3 in acute myeloid leukemia and Philadelphia chromosome in acute lymphoid leukemia have generally improved post-HCT outcomes. Ongoing studies are exploring the safety and efficacy of additional maintenance strategies post-allo-HCT in an effort to further improve post-HCT outcomes.
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- Kathryn A Culos
- Department of Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Durable Complete Remission and Long-Term Survival in FDG-PET Staged Patients with Stage III Follicular Lymphoma, Treated with Wide-Field Radiation Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12040991. [PMID: 32316464 PMCID: PMC7226391 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12040991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Advanced-stage follicular lymphoma (FL) is generally considered incurable with conventional systemic therapies, but historic series describe long-term disease-free survival in stage III disease treated with wide-field radiation therapy (WFRT), encompassing all known disease sites. We report outcomes for patients staged with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and treated with CT-planned WFRT, given as either comprehensive lymphatic irradiation (CLI) or total nodal irradiation (TNI). This analysis of a prospective cohort includes PET-staged patients given curative-intent WFRT as a component of initial therapy, or as sole treatment for stage III FL. Thirty-three PET-staged patients with stage III FL received WFRT to 24–30Gy between 1999 and 2017. Fifteen patients also received planned systemic therapy (containing rituximab in 11 cases) as part of their primary treatment. At 10 years, overall survival and freedom from progression (FFP) were 100% and 75%, respectively. None of the 11 rituximab-treated patients have relapsed. Nine relapses occurred; seven patients required treatment, and all responded to salvage therapies. A single death occurred at 16 years. The principal acute toxicity was transient hematologic; one patient had residual grade two toxicity at one year. With FDG-PET staging, most patients with stage III FL experience prolonged FFP after WFRT, especially when combined with rituximab.
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Freedman A, Jacobsen E. Follicular lymphoma: 2020 update on diagnosis and management. Am J Hematol 2020; 95:316-327. [PMID: 31814159 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.25696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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DISEASE OVERVIEW Follicular lymphoma (FL) is generally an indolent B cell lymphoproliferative disorder of transformed follicular center B cells. Follicular lymphoma is characterized by diffuse lymphadenopathy, bone marrow involvement, and splenomegaly. Extranodal involvement is less common. Cytopenias are relatively common but constitutional symptoms of fever, night sweats, and weight loss are uncommon in the absence of transformation to diffuse large B cell lymphoma. DIAGNOSIS The diagnosis is based on histology from a biopsy of a lymph node or other affected tissue. Incisional biopsy is preferred over needle biopsies in order to give adequate tissue to assign grade and assess for transformation. Immunohistochemical staining is positive in virtually all cases for cell surface CD19, CD20, CD10 and monoclonal immunoglobulin, as well as cytoplasmic expression of bcl-2 protein. The overwhelming majority of cases have the characteristic t(14;18) translocation involving the IgH/bcl-2 genes. RISK STRATIFICATION The Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) uses five independent predictors of inferior survival: age > 60 years, hemoglobin <12 g/dL, serum LDH > normal, Ann Arbor stage III/IV, number of involved nodal areas >4. The presence of 0-1, 2, and ≥ 3 adverse factors defines low, intermediate, and high-risk disease. There are other clinical prognostic models but the FLIPI remains the most common. Other factors such as time to relapse of less than 2 years from chemoimmunotherapy and specific gene mutations may also be useful for prognosis. Regardless of the prognostic model used, modern therapies have demonstrably improved prognosis. RISK-ADAPTED THERAPY Observation continues to be appropriate for asymptomatic patients with low bulk disease and no cytopenias. There is no overall survival advantage for early treatment with either chemotherapy or single agent rituximab. For patients needing therapy, most patients are treated with chemoimmunotherapy, which has improved response rates, duration of response and overall survival (OS). Randomized studies have shown additional benefit for maintenance rituximab. Lenalidomide was non-inferior to chemoimmunotherapy in a randomized front-line study and, when combined with rituximab, was superior to rituximab alone in relapsed FL. Kinase inhibitors, other immunotherapies, and stem cell transplantation (SCT) are also considered for recurrent disease.
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- Arnold Freedman
- Department of Medical OncologyDana‐Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts
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- Department of Medical OncologyDana‐Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts
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Kanate AS, Kumar A, Dreger P, Dreyling M, Le Gouill S, Corradini P, Bredeson C, Fenske TS, Smith SM, Sureda A, Moskowitz A, Friedberg JW, Inwards DJ, Herrera AF, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Reddy N, Montoto S, Robinson SP, Abutalib SA, Gisselbrecht C, Vose J, Gopal A, Shadman M, Perales MA, Carpenter P, Savani BN, Hamadani M. Maintenance Therapies for Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas After Autologous Transplantation: A Consensus Project of ASBMT, CIBMTR, and the Lymphoma Working Party of EBMT. JAMA Oncol 2020; 5:715-722. [PMID: 30816957 DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Importance Maintenance therapies are often considered as a therapeutic strategy in patients with lymphoma following autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (auto-HCT) to mitigate the risk of disease relapse. With an evolving therapeutic landscape, where novel drugs are moving earlier in therapy lines, evidence relevant to contemporary practice is increasingly limited. The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT), Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), and European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) jointly convened an expert panel with diverse expertise and geographical representation to formulate consensus recommendations regarding the use of maintenance and/or consolidation therapies after auto-HCT in patients with lymphoma. Observations The RAND-modified Delphi method was used to generate consensus statements where at least 75% vote in favor of a recommendation was considered as consensus. The process included 3 online surveys moderated by an independent methodological expert to ensure anonymity and an in-person meeting. The panel recommended restricting the histologic categories covered in this project to Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and follicular lymphoma. On completion of the voting process, the panel generated 22 consensus statements regarding post auto-HCT maintenance and/or consolidation therapies. The grade A recommendations included endorsement of: (1) brentuximab vedotin (BV) maintenance and/or consolidation in BV-naïve high-risk HL, (2) rituximab maintenance in MCL undergoing auto-HCT after first-line therapy, (3) rituximab maintenance in rituximab-naïve FL, and (4) No post auto-HCT maintenance was recommended in DLBCL. The panel also developed consensus statements for important real-world clinical scenarios, where randomized data are lacking to guide clinical practice. Conclusions and Relevance In the absence of contemporary evidence-based data, the panel found RAND-modified Delphi methodology effective in providing a rigorous framework for developing consensus recommendations for post auto-HCT maintenance and/or consolidation therapies in lymphoma.
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- Abraham S Kanate
- Section of Hematology and Oncology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Program for Comparative Effectiveness Research, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany
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- Service d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milano University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- The Ottawa Hospital Bone Marrow Transplant Programme, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Hematology Department, Institut Català d'Oncologia-Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Haemato-Oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Zion, Illinois
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- Division of Oncology & Hematology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
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- University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
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- University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.,Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Wisconsin
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Bachy E, Seymour JF, Feugier P, Offner F, López-Guillermo A, Belada D, Xerri L, Catalano JV, Brice P, Lemonnier F, Martin A, Casasnovas O, Pedersen LM, Dorvaux V, Simpson D, Leppa S, Gabarre J, da Silva MG, Glaisner S, Ysebaert L, Vekhoff A, Intragumtornchai T, Le Gouill S, Lister A, Estell JA, Milone G, Sonet A, Farhi J, Zeuner H, Tilly H, Salles G. Sustained Progression-Free Survival Benefit of Rituximab Maintenance in Patients With Follicular Lymphoma: Long-Term Results of the PRIMA Study. J Clin Oncol 2019; 37:2815-2824. [PMID: 31339826 PMCID: PMC6823890 DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.01073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The PRIMA study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00140582) established that 2 years of rituximab maintenance after first-line immunochemotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with follicular lymphoma compared with observation. Here, we report the final PFS and overall survival (OS) results from the PRIMA study after 9 years of follow-up and provide a final overview of safety. METHODS Patients (> 18 years of age) with previously untreated high-tumor-burden follicular lymphoma were nonrandomly assigned to receive one of three immunochemotherapy induction regimens. Responding patients were randomly assigned (stratified by induction regimen, response to induction treatment, treatment center, and geographic region) 1:1 to receive 2 years of rituximab maintenance (375 mg/m2, once every 8 weeks), starting 8 weeks after the last induction treatment, or observation (no additional treatment). All patients in the extended follow-up provided their written informed consent (data cutoff: December 31, 2016). RESULTS In total, 1,018 patients completed induction treatment and were randomly assigned to rituximab maintenance (n = 505) or observation (n = 513). Consent for the extended follow-up was provided by 607 patients (59.6%) of 1,018 (rituximab maintenance, n = 309; observation, n = 298). After data cutoff, median PFS was 10.5 years in the rituximab maintenance arm compared with 4.1 years in the observation arm (hazard ratio, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.52 to 0.73; P < .001). No OS difference was seen in patients randomly assigned to rituximab maintenance or observation (hazard ratio, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.77 to 1.40; P = .7948); 10-year OS estimates were approximately 80% in both study arms. No new safety signals were observed. CONCLUSION Rituximab maintenance after induction immunochemotherapy provides a significant long-term PFS, but not OS, benefit over observation.
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- Emmanuel Bachy
- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) 1052, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy, Université de Lorraine, INSERM 1256, Nancy, France
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- Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Frankston Hospital and Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
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- Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM U955, Créteil, France
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca-Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Haematology and INSERM 1231, University Hospital F. Mitterrand, Dijon, France
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- Hôpital de Mercy Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville, Metz, France
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- Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Saint Antoine Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes Angers, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Concord Hospital, Concord, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, Angers, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) 1052, Pierre-Bénite, France
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Dahi PB, Lazarus HM, Sauter CS, Giralt SA. Strategies to improve outcomes of autologous hematopoietic cell transplant in lymphoma. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019; 54:943-960. [PMID: 30390059 PMCID: PMC9062884 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-018-0378-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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High-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HDT-AHCT) remains an effective therapy in lymphoma. Over the past several decades, HDT with BEAM (carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan) and CBV (cyclophosphamide, carmustine, and etoposide) have been the most frequently used preparatory regimens for AHCT in Hodgkin (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). This article reviews alternative combination conditioning regimens, as well as novel transplant strategies that have been developed, to reduce transplant-related toxicity while maintaining or improving efficacy. These data demonstrate that incorporation of maintenance therapy posttransplant might be the best way to improve outcomes.
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- Parastoo B Dahi
- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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Recent advances in the treatment of follicular lymphoma (FL) have provided insight into molecular and biological influences on pathogenesis and prognosis. Additionally, numerous available treatment strategies for both newly diagnosed and relapsed disease require thoughtful consideration of patient selection to avoid the burden of overtreatment and toxicities. This review provides a broad overview on our approach to managing patients with low grade FL.
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- Carla Casulo
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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Norman JE, Schouten HC, Dreger P, Robinson SP. The role of stem cell transplantation in the management of relapsed follicular lymphoma in the era of targeted therapies. Bone Marrow Transplant 2018; 54:787-797. [DOI: 10.1038/s41409-018-0372-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2018] [Revised: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Dreyling M, Ghielmini M, Rule S, Salles G, Vitolo U, Ladetto M. Newly diagnosed and relapsed follicular lymphoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol 2018; 27:v83-v90. [PMID: 27664263 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- M Dreyling
- Department of Medicine III, University of Munich, Germany
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- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Haematology, Peninsula School of Medicine, Plymouth, UK
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Service d'Hématologie & Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Pierre-Benite, France
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- Haematology, University-Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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Jurinovic V, Metzner B, Pfreundschuh M, Schmitz N, Wandt H, Keller U, Dreger P, Dreyling M, Hiddemann W, Unterhalt M, Hoster E, Weigert O. Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Patients with Early Progression of Follicular Lymphoma: A Follow-Up Study of 2 Randomized Trials from the German Low Grade Lymphoma Study Group. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2018; 24:1172-1179. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Casulo C, Friedberg JW, Ahn KW, Flowers C, DiGilio A, Smith SM, Ahmed S, Inwards D, Aljurf M, Chen AI, Choe H, Cohen J, Copelan E, Farooq U, Fenske TS, Freytes C, Gaballa S, Ganguly S, Jethava Y, Kamble RT, Kenkre VP, Lazarus H, Lazaryan A, Olsson RF, Rezvani AR, Rizzieri D, Seo S, Shah GL, Shah N, Solh M, Sureda A, William B, Cumpston A, Zelenetz AD, Link BK, Hamadani M. Autologous Transplantation in Follicular Lymphoma with Early Therapy Failure: A National LymphoCare Study and Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Analysis. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2018; 24:1163-1171. [PMID: 29242111 PMCID: PMC5993598 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.12.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) experiencing early therapy failure (ETF) within 2 years of frontline chemoimmunotherapy have poor overall survival (OS). We analyzed data from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) and the National LymphoCare Study (NLCS) to determine whether autologous hematopoietic cell transplant (autoHCT) can improve outcomes in this high-risk FL subgroup. ETF was defined as failure to achieve at least partial response after frontline chemoimmunotherapy or lymphoma progression within 2 years of frontline chemoimmunotherapy. We identified 2 groups: the non-autoHCT cohort (patients from the NLCS with ETF not undergoing autoHCT) and the autoHCT cohort (CIBMTR patients with ETF undergoing autoHCT). All patients received rituximab-based chemotherapy as frontline treatment; 174 non-autoHCT patients and 175 autoHCT patients were identified and analyzed. There was no difference in 5-year OS between the 2 groups (60% versus 67%, respectively; P = .16). A planned subgroup analysis showed that patients with ETF receiving autoHCT soon after treatment failure (≤1 year of ETF; n = 123) had higher 5-year OS than those without autoHCT (73% versus 60%, P = .05). On multivariate analysis, early use of autoHCT was associated with significantly reduced mortality (hazard ratio, .63; 95% confidence interval, .42 to .94; P = .02). Patients with FL experiencing ETF after frontline chemoimmunotherapy lack optimal therapy. We demonstrate improved OS when receiving autoHCT within 1 year of treatment failure. Results from this unique collaboration between the NLCS and CIBMTR support consideration of early consolidation with autoHCT in select FL patients experiencing ETF.
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- Carla Casulo
- Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Society, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center & Research, Riydah, Saudi Arabia
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Texas Transplant Institute, San Antonio, Texas
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Therapeutic Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Clinical Research Sormland, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- National Cancer Research Center, East Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Hematology Department, Institut Català d'Oncologia-Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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- James Cancer Center, Ohio State Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Sureda A, Dreger P, Bishop MR, Kroger N, Porter DL. Prevention and treatment of relapse after stem cell transplantation in lymphoid malignancies. Bone Marrow Transplant 2018; 54:17-25. [PMID: 29795433 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-018-0214-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Revised: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Relapse is now the major cause of treatment failure after allogeneic HSCT (alloHSCT). Many novel strategies to address this critical issue are now being developed and tested. At the 3rd International Workshop on Biology, Prevention, and Treatment of Relapse held in Hamburg, Germany in November 2016, international experts presented and discussed recent developments in the field. Some approaches may be applicable to a wide range of patients after transplant, whereas some may be very disease-specific. We present a report from the session dedicated to issues related to prevention and treatment of relapse of lymphoid malignancies after alloHSCT. This session included detailed reviews as well as forward-looking commentaries that focused on Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma, diffuse large cell and follicular lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.
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- Anna Sureda
- Hematology Department Institut Català d'Oncologia - Hospitale Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Hematopoietic Cellular Therapy Program Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Hematology Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Pennsylvania and Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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Nagai S, Ozawa K. Drug approval based on randomized phase 3 trials for relapsed malignancy: analysis of oncologic drugs granted accelerated approval, publications and clinical trial databases. Invest New Drugs 2018; 36:487-495. [PMID: 29453626 DOI: 10.1007/s10637-018-0572-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Background As relapsed disease is frequently the first target of newly developed therapies, it is vital to address the difficulty in demonstrating the efficacy of new drugs for relapsed malignancy in randomized phase 3 trials. Methods We analyzed the approved indications, target populations, and development status of post-marketing confirmatory trials of all oncology-related drugs that were granted accelerated approval for both hematological and solid malignancies. Furthermore, we searched for randomized phase 3 trials for adult patients with relapsed lymphoid malignancy, other than chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and multiple myeloma (MM). Results Thirty-one (81.6%) of the 38 hematological indications and 23 (53.5%) of the 43 solid malignancy indications were in the relapsed settings. The target population of post-marketing studies was different from the approved indication in 18 (47.4%) of 38 hematological indications and 11 (25.6%) of 43 solid malignancy indications; all 18 hematological indications involved relapsed settings. Improved time-to-event outcome for relapsed patients was the primary endpoint in 6 (19.3%) of the 31 relapsed hematological indications. In 4 published studies of relapsed lymphoid malignancy, the medication significantly improved outcomes. From 33 trials listed at Clinicaltrials.gov , 2 were positive and 13 were negative. Five out of the 13 negative trials were terminated due to poor accrual. Conclusion Our analysis indicates that drug approval based on phase 3 trials is more challenging for relapsed hematological malignancies than for solid malignancies. Therefore, determining proper evaluation methods for the efficacy and safety of drugs for relapsed malignancy, without randomized trials, is important.
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- Sumimasa Nagai
- Division of Genetic Therapeutics, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1088639, Japan.
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- Division of Genetic Therapeutics, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 1088639, Japan
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Zhang X. [How I treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation]. ZHONGHUA XUE YE XUE ZA ZHI = ZHONGHUA XUEYEXUE ZAZHI 2018; 39:94-97. [PMID: 29562440 PMCID: PMC7342566 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2018.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- X Zhang
- Department of Hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, The Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
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Sureda A, Zhang MJ, Dreger P, Carreras J, Fenske T, Finel H, Schouten H, Montoto S, Robinson S, Smith SM, Boumedil A, Hamadani M, Pasquini MC. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for relapsed follicular lymphoma: A combined analysis on behalf of the Lymphoma Working Party of the EBMT and the Lymphoma Committee of the CIBMTR. Cancer 2018; 124:1733-1742. [PMID: 29424927 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) remains the only potentially curative treatment option for relapsed follicular lymphoma (FL), yet questions remain about the optimal timing. This study analyzed long-term outcomes and associated factors among recipients of allo-HCT with FL. METHODS Patients with relapsed FL who underwent allo-HCT from 2001 to 2011 with a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched donor were included. Outcome analyses for overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), transplant-related mortality (TRM), and disease relapse/progression were calculated. A multivariate analysis was performed to determine factors associated with outcomes, and a prognostic score for treatment failure was developed in a subset analysis of patients. RESULTS In all, 1567 patients with relapsed FL were included; the median follow-up was 55 months. The 5-year probabilities of OS and PFS were 61% and 52%, respectively. The 5-year cumulative incidences of disease progression/relapse and TRM were 29% and 19%, respectively. Chemoresistant disease, older age, heavy pretreatment, poor performance status (PS), and myeloablative protocols were predictors for worse survival. The prognostic score, using age, lines of prior therapy, disease status, and PS, stratified patients into 3 groups-low, intermediate, and high risk-with 5-year PFS rates of 68%, 53%, and 46%, respectively, and 5-year OS rates of 80%, 62%, and 50%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Allo-HCT should be considered for patients with relapsed FL and available HLA-matched donors. Outcomes are better in earlier phases of the disease, and reduced-intensity conditioning should be preferred. The prognostic score presented here can assist in counseling patients and determining the time to proceed to transplantation. Cancer 2018;124:1733-42. © 2018 American Cancer Society.
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- Anna Sureda
- Hematology Department, Institut Català d'Oncologia-Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Society, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Universitaetsklinkum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Central Registry Office, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Paris, France
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- Department of Hematology, Academische Ziekenhuis, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Haemato-Oncology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Central Registry Office, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Paris, France
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Freedman A. Follicular lymphoma: 2018 update on diagnosis and management. Am J Hematol 2018; 93:296-305. [PMID: 29314206 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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DISEASE OVERVIEW Follicular lymphoma is generally an indolent B cell lymphoproliferative disorder of transformed follicular center B cells. Follicular lymphoma (FL) is characterized by diffuse lymphadenopathy, bone marrow involvement, splenomegaly and less commonly other extranodal sites of involvement. In general, cytopenias can occur but constitutional symptoms of fever, nightsweats, and weight loss are uncommon. DIAGNOSIS Diagnosis is based on histology of preferably a biopsy of a lymph node. Immunohistochemical staining is positive in virtually all cases for cell surface CD19, CD20, CD10, and monoclonal immunoglobulin, as well as cytoplasmic expression of bcl-2 protein. The overwhelming majority of cases have the characteristic t(14;18) translocation involving the IgH/bcl-2 genes. RISK STRATIFICATION The Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index prognostic model for FL uses five independent predictors of inferior survival: age >60 years, hemoglobin <12 g/dL, serum LDH > normal, Ann Arbor stage III/IV, number of involved nodal areas > 4. The presence of 0, 1, 2, and ≥ 3 adverse factors defines low, intermediate, and high-risk disease. With the use of more modern therapies, outcomes have improved. RISK-ADAPTED THERAPY Observation continues to be adequate for asymptomatic patients with low bulk disease and no cytopenias, with no survival advantage for early treatment with either chemotherapy or rituximab alone. For patients needing therapy, most patients are treated with chemotherapy plus rituximab, which has improved response rates, duration of response and overall survival. Randomized studies have shown additional benefit for maintenance rituximab both following chemotherapy-rituximab and single agent rituximab. Experimental therapies as well as stem cell transplantation (SCT) are considered for recurrent disease.
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- Arnold Freedman
- Department of Medical Oncology; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Boston Massachusetts
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Smyth L, Buckstein R, Pennell N, Weerasinghe R, Cheung MC, Imrie K, Spaner D, Piliotis E, Chodirker L, Reis M, Ghorab Z, Zhang L, Boudreau V, Miliken A, Berinstein N. Autologous stem cell transplant and combination immunotherapy of rituximab and interferon-α induces prolonged clinical and molecular remissions in patients with follicular lymphoma. Br J Haematol 2018; 184:469-472. [PMID: 29380359 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Liam Smyth
- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory Medicine; University of Toronto, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory Medicine; University of Toronto, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory Medicine; University of Toronto, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ghione P, Cavallo F, Visco C, Chen Z, Castellino A, Tisi MC, Dogliotti I, Nicolosi M, Boccadoro M, Leonard JP, Vitolo U, Martin P. A retrospective study of R-DHAP/Ox for early progressing follicular lymphoma. Br J Haematol 2017; 183:828-831. [PMID: 29265185 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Paola Ghione
- Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, Universita' di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, Universita' di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Cell Therapy and Haematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Haematology 2, Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Cell Therapy and Haematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
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- Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, Universita' di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Haematology 2, Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Molecular Biotechnologies and Health Sciences, Universita' di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Hematology and Medical Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Haematology 2, Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Hematology and Medical Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Soiffer RJ, Chen YB. Pharmacologic agents to prevent and treat relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. HEMATOLOGY. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY. EDUCATION PROGRAM 2017; 2017:699-707. [PMID: 29222324 PMCID: PMC6142540 DOI: 10.1182/asheducation-2017.1.699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Robert J. Soiffer
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Pharmacologic agents to prevent and treat relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood Adv 2017; 1:2473-2482. [PMID: 29296897 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2017009894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Hess G. The role of stem cell transplantation in follicular lymphoma. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2017; 31:31-40. [PMID: 29452664 DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2017.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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With the introduction of novel treatments paradigms to if or when to use transplantation strategies for patients with follicular lymphoma have changed substantially. Autologous transplantation has been intensively evaluated as consolidation after first induction treatment with positive effects, however the introduction of Rituximab led to comparable improvements and HDT has been moved to relapse treatment. In this indication HDT was frequently use already at first relapse, but now is dominantly used in patients with a highrisk profile, e.g. failure of response, early or multiply relapse and/or signs of transformation. The ideal place for allogeneic transplantation is even harder to define, as the curative potential might be outweighed by the substantial side effect profile and the indication must always be discussed in the light of available alternatives. In consequence, transplantation strategies remain an important therapeutic instrument for patients with FL, however timing within the treatment course has to be defined individually.
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- Georg Hess
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Cancer Center Mainz, University Medical School of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
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Jiménez-Ubieto A, Grande C, Caballero D, Yáñez L, Novelli S, Hernández MT, Manzanares M, Arranz R, Ferreiro JJ, Bobillo S, Mercadal S, Galego A, Jiménez JL, Moraleda JM, Vallejo C, Albo C, Pérez E, Marrero C, Magnano L, Palomera L, Jarque I, Coria E, Rodriguez A, Martín A, López-Guillermo A, Salar A, Lahuerta JJ. Progression-free survival at 2 years post-autologous transplant: a surrogate end point for overall survival in follicular lymphoma. Cancer Med 2017; 6:2766-2774. [PMID: 29076254 PMCID: PMC5727300 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Overall survival (OS) is the gold‐standard end point for studies evaluating autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in follicular lymphoma (FL), but assessment may be elusive due to the lengthy disease course. We analyzed the validity of two earlier end points, proposed in the setting of first‐line chemo‐/immunotherapy, as surrogates for OS—progression‐free survival (PFS) status at 24 months (PFS24) and complete response at 30 months (CR30) post‐ASCT. We also have investigated the clinical features of patients with early progression after ASCT. Data were available for 626 chemosensitive FL patients who received ASCT between 1989 and 2007. Median follow‐up was 12.2 years from ASCT. In the PFS24 analysis, 153 (24%) patients progressed within 24 months and 447 were alive and progression‐free at 24 months post‐ASCT (26 who died without disease progressions within 24 months were excluded). Early progression was associated with shorter OS (hazard ratio [HR], 6.8; P = 0.00001). In the subgroup of patients who received an ASCT in the setting or relapse after being exposed to rituximab, the HR was 11.3 (95% CI, 3.9–30.2; P < 0.00001). In the CR30 analysis, 183 of 596 (31%) response‐evaluable patients progressed/died with 30 months post‐ASCT. The absence of CR30 was associated with shorter OS (HR, 7.8; P < 0.00001), including in patients with prior rituximab (HR, 8.2). PFS24 and CR30 post‐ASCT are associated with poor outcomes and should be primary end points. Further research is needed to identify this population to be offered alternative treatments.
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- Hospital Universitario, 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Morales de Messeguer, Murcia, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
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- Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
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Riedell PA, Bishop MR. Post-autologous transplant maintenance therapies in lymphoma: current state and future directions. Bone Marrow Transplant 2017; 53:11-21. [PMID: 28967896 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2017.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Disease relapse following high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) remains the principal cause of mortality in patients with relapsed or refractory lymphomas. In an effort to prevent post-ASCT relapse, a number of studies have evaluated the role of maintenance therapy with varying success. In diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, studies evaluating maintenance rituximab (MR) following ASCT failed to demonstrate improved outcomes. In follicular lymphoma, MR was associated with an improvement in PFS; however, no overall survival (OS) benefit was noted. Emerging data evaluating MR in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) have demonstrated improvements in PFS, although a consistent improvement in OS has yet to be demonstrated. Given the aggressive and incurable nature of MCL, it is prudent for practitioners to weigh the risks and benefits of MR in the post-ASCT setting. Similarly, post-ASCT maintenance therapy with brentuximab vedotin in Hodgkin lymphoma, has led to improved PFS and may be considered in those with a high risk of relapse. Ongoing clinical studies evaluating a multitude of novel maintenance therapies are crucial to the efforts of further defining and optimizing the role of post-transplant maintenance therapy in lymphoma.
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- P A Riedell
- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Management of Patients With Histologic Transformation. CLINICAL LYMPHOMA MYELOMA & LEUKEMIA 2017; 17S:S100-S104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2017.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zhang L, Ghielmini M, Cheson BD, Ujjani C. Pros and cons of rituximab maintenance in follicular lymphoma. Cancer Treat Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2017.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Radioimmunotherapy-augmented BEAM chemotherapy vs BEAM alone as the high-dose regimen for autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in relapsed follicular lymphoma (FL): a retrospective study of the EBMT Lymphoma Working Party. Bone Marrow Transplant 2017; 52:1120-1125. [PMID: 28530668 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2017.88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Relapse remains the most common cause of treatment failure in patients receiving autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for follicular lymphoma (FL). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of adding radioimmunotherapy or rituximab (R) to BEAM (carmustine, etoposide, ara-c, melphalan) high-dose therapy for ASCT in patients with relapsed FL. Using the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation registry, we conducted a cohort comparison of BEAM (n=1973), Zevalin-BEAM (Z-BEAM) (n=207) and R-BEAM (n=179) and also a matched-cohort analysis of BEAM vs Z-BEAM including 282 and 154 patients, respectively. BEAM, Z-BEAM and R-BEAM groups were well balanced for age, time from diagnosis to ASCT and disease status at ASCT. The cumulative incidences of relapse (IR) at 2 years were 34, 34 and 32% for Z-BEAM, R-BEAM and BEAM, respectively. By multivariate analysis, there were no significant differences with Z-BEAM or R-BEAM compared with BEAM for IR, non-relapse mortality, event-free survival or overall survival. With the caveat that the limitations of registry analyses have to be taken into account, this study does not support adding radioimmunotherapy or R to BEAM in ASCT for relapsed FL. However, we cannot rule out the existence a particular subset of patients who could benefit from Z-BEAM conditioning that cannot be identified in our series, and this should be tested in a randomized trial.
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Jiménez-Ubieto A, Grande C, Caballero D, Yáñez L, Novelli S, Hernández-Garcia MT, Manzanares M, Arranz R, Ferreiro JJ, Bobillo S, Mercadal S, Galeo A, López Jiménez J, Moraleda JM, Vallejo C, Albo C, Pérez E, Marrero C, Magnano L, Palomera L, Jarque I, Martínez-Sánchez P, Martín A, Coria E, López-Guillermo A, Salar A, Lahuerta JJ. Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Follicular Lymphoma: Favorable Long-Term Survival Irrespective of Pretransplantation Rituximab Exposure. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2017; 23:1631-1640. [PMID: 28533060 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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High-dose chemotherapy supported by autologous stem cell transplantation (HDT/ASCT) has contributed to modify the natural history of follicular lymphoma (FL); however, an overall survival (OS) benefit has been demonstrated at relapse only after a rituximab-free chemotherapy regimen. A total of 655 patients with FL were reported to the Spanish GELTAMO (Grupo Español de Linfomas y Trasplantes de Médula Ósea) registry and underwent first ASCT between 1989 and 2007. A total of 203 patients underwent ASCT in first complete response (CR1), 174 in second complete response (CR2), 28 in third complete response (CR3), 140 in first partial response (PR1), 81 in subsequent PR, and 29 with resistant/refractory disease; 184 patients received rituximab before ASCT. With a median follow-up of 12 years from ASCT, median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 9.7 and 21.3 years, respectively. Actuarial 12-year PFS and OS were 63% (95% confidence interval [CI], 58%-68%) and 73% (95% CI, 68%-78%), respectively, for patients in CR (with a plateau in the curve beyond 15.9 years), 25% (95% CI, 19%-28%) and 49% (95% CI 42%-56%), respectively, for patients in PR, and 23% (95% CI, 8%-48%) and 28% (95% CI, 9%-45%), respectively, for patients with resistant/refractory disease (P < .001). In patients who received rituximab before ASCT, the estimated 9-year PFS and OS from ASCT were 59.5% (95% CI, 51%-67%) and 75% (95% CI, 68%-83%), respectively. Interestingly, for patients who underwent transplantation in CR ≥2 or PR ≥2 who had received rituximab before ASCT (n = 90), 9-year PFS and OS were 61% (95% CI, 51%-73%) and 75% (95% CI, 65%-80%), respectively, with no relapses occurring beyond 5.1 years after ASCT. The cumulative incidence of second malignancies in the global series was 6.7% at 5 years and 12.8% at 10 years. This analysis strongly suggests that ASCT is a potentially curative option for eligible patients with FL. In the setting of relapse, it is of especial interest in pretransplantation rituximab-sensitive patients with FL.
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Morales de Messeguer, Murcia, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
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- Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
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Vidal L, Gafter-Gvili A, Salles G, Bousseta S, Oberman B, Rubin C, van Oers MHJ, Fortpied C, Ghielmini M, Pettengell R, Witzens-Harig M, Dreger P, Vitolo U, Gomes da Silva M, Evangelista A, Li H, Freedman L, Habermann TM, Shpilberg O. Rituximab maintenance improves overall survival of patients with follicular lymphoma-Individual patient data meta-analysis. Eur J Cancer 2017; 76:216-225. [PMID: 28336303 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Revised: 01/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Randomised trials of rituximab maintenance (MR) for patients with follicular lymphoma support improved progression-free survival (PFS), but the effect on overall survival has been inconclusive. To evaluate the effect of MR on overall survival according to patient and disease characteristics, and to explore certain adverse events, we performed an individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis. METHODS All investigators of randomised controlled trials that compared MR therapy with observation or treatment only at relapse (no MR) for patients with follicular lymphoma were invited to participate in an IPD meta-analysis. We obtained baseline patient and disease characteristics and time to progression and death for each patient. All analyses took into account the trial and original randomised treatment group. We analysed data in two ways: a two-stage analysis and a multivariate model including patient and disease characteristics. FINDINGS Seven trials including 2315 patients were analysed. Overall survival of patients improved with MR compared with no MR (hazard ratio [HR] 0.79, 95% CI 0.66-0.96). We could not detect any patient or disease characteristics that were associated with a survival benefit with MR. In all of the models, MR had a beneficial effect on overall survival compared with observation for all types of patients, which was not shown in a particular subgroup in which the patient had already received rituximab in the induction phase and received first-line therapy. MR improved PFS compared with observation (HR 0.57, 95% CI 0.51-0.64). The risk of adverse events was higher with MR, specifically infection of any grade and grade 3-4 infections. INTERPRETATION Based on IPD from randomised controlled trials, MR improves overall survival consistently in all patients, regardless of patient and disease characteristics when compared with observation, and should be prescribed after a successful induction with R-CVP or R-CHOP for patients with follicular lymphoma. It is still uncertain if that holds when the patient has already received rituximab in his/hers first induction. The effect of MR after bendamustine-rituximab induction compared with rituximab at progression should be further explored.
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- Liat Vidal
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Internal Medicine A, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Benite, Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Lyon, France
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- Biostatistics Department, LYSARC, Pierre-Benite, France
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- Sheba Medical Center, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Haematology, St. George's University of London, London, UK
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- Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital and University, on behalf of FIL, Turin, Italy
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- CEDOC, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE Rua Prof. Lima Basto, 1099-023 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MS, USA
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- Sheba Medical Center, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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Boltezar L, Pintaric K, Pretnar J, Pohar Perme M, Novakovic BJ. Long-term outcomes of high dose treatment and autologous stem cell transplantation in follicular and mantle cell lymphomas - a single centre experience. Radiol Oncol 2017; 51:81-87. [PMID: 28265236 PMCID: PMC5330167 DOI: 10.1515/raon-2016-0040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Advanced follicular lymphoma (FL) and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) are incurable diseases with conventional treatment. The high dose treatment (HDT) with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), however, offers a certain proportion of these patients the prospect of a prolonged disease-free and overall survival. The aim of this study was to investigate the event free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with FL and MCL treated with ASCT. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventeen patients with FL and 29 patients with MCL were included, 15 of them were transplanted to consolidate the response to second line treatment and 24 to consolidate their first remission, respectively. All were conditioned with total body irradiation (TBI) and high dose cyclophosphamide between 2006 and 2014 and all were transplanted with peripheral blood stem cells. RESULTS The estimated 5-year OS for FL was 87.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] 59.5%-96.8%) and for MCL 79.3% (95% CI 56.1%-91.1%), respectively. The estimated 5-year EFS for FL was 76.0% (95% CI 48.0%-90.3%) and for MCL 69.8% (95% CI 45.5%-84.8%), respectively. There were no secondary hematological malignancies observed in either group. CONCLUSIONS Based on above results, the ASCT with TBI is a good treatment option in terms of long-term survival for patients with follicular and mantle cell lymphoma demonstrating a relatively low rate of late toxicities and secondary malignancies.
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- Lucka Boltezar
- Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Hematology, University Clinical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Pavanello F, Zucca E, Ghielmini M. Rituximab: 13 open questions after 20years of clinical use. Cancer Treat Rev 2017; 53:38-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2016.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 11/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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