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Parovichnikova EN, Troitskaya VV, Sokolov AN, Bondarenko SN, Gavrilina OA, Baskhaeva GA, Biderman BV, Lukyanova IA, Kuz'mina LA, Klyasova GA, Kravchenko SK, Gribanova EO, Zvonkov EE, Akhmerzaeva ZK, Baranova OY, Kaporskaya TS, Ryltsova TV, Zotina EN, Zinina EE, Samoilova OS, Kaplanov KD, Gavrilova LV, Konstantinova TS, Lapin VA, Pristupa AS, Eluferyeva AS, Obukhova TN, Piskunova IS, Gal'tseva IV, Dvirnyk VN, Rusinov MA, Kulikov SM, Savchenko VG. [Adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias: Conclusions of the Russian prospective multicenter study ALL-2009]. TERAPEVT ARKH 2017; 89:10-17. [PMID: 28766535 DOI: 10.17116/terarkh201789710-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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AIM To analyze the efficiency and reproducibility of the ALL-2009 protocol within the Russian prospective multicenter study based on different principles of cytostatic effects (non-intensive, but continuous cytotoxic treatment and a small number of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells). SUBJECTS AND METHODS The ALL-2009 (NCT01193933) study conducted in April 2009 to December 2016 included 194 patients (95 males and 99 females) aged 15 to 55 years (median age 28 years) with Ph-negative B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). There was early pre-B-cell ALL in 54 patients, common ALL in 101, pre-B ALL in 39, initial leukocytosis in 9.4·109/l (0.4-899.0), lactate dehydrogenase in 901 IU (31-13 059), an initial central nervous system lesion in 17 (8.7%), mediastinal injury in 3 (1.5%), and splenomegaly in 111 (57.2%). The results of standard cytogenetic analysis are known in 113 (60.4%) patients. Normal karyotypes were detected in 49 (54.5%) out of the patients; t(4;11) in 9 (5.4%), t(1;19) in 2 (1.2%), and other karyotypic abnormalities in 53 (46.9%). Thirteen (7.8%) patients underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in first complete remission (CR); their proportion did not differ in the federal and regional centers. RESULTS The frequency of CR achievement was the same in the federal and regional centers and generally amounted to 87.5%. Early (8.8%) and CR (9.6%) mortality rates remained high despite the low aggressiveness of cytotoxic action, necessitating the improvement of auxiliary treatment. The five-year overall survival (OS) rates vary considerably in the federal and regional centers (72.6 and 43.8%), the relapse-free survival (RFS) (70.2 and 53.4%) and recurrence risk (23.1 and 36.5%) are comparable. This suggests that the non-intensive, but continuous exposure principle built in the ALL-2009 protocol makes it possible to reproduce the envisaged treatment program and to achieve satisfactory results. CONCLUSION The ALL-2009 protocol allows both the federal and regional centers to obtain the long-term results comparable with those of current foreign studies: OS (54.2%), RFS (56.5%); and relapse risk (35.4%). Multivariate analysis has identified age (over 30 years), initial leukocytosis (30·109/l and more) and t(4;11) among the main clinical prognostic factors. Gene mutation detection evaluated in a small number of patients (8/36) is not a poor prognostic sign. There is a need for further investigations with centralized evaluation of the mutation status of leukemic cells and the clearance of minimal residual disease.
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- E N Parovichnikova
- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- I.P. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia
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- Order of the Badge of Honor Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Russia
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- Kirov Research Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Federal Biomedical Agency of Russia, Kirov, Russia
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- Surgut District Clinical Hospital, Surgut, Russia
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- N.A. Semashko Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Volgograd Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary One, Volgograd, Russia
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- Mordovian Republican Clinical Hospital, Saransk, Russia
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- Yaroslavl Regional Clinical Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia
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- V.D. Seredavin Samara Regional Clinical Hospital, Samara, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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Parovichnikova EN, Sokolov AN, Troitskaya VV, Klyasova GA, Rusinov MA, Akhmerzaeva ZK, Kuzmina LA, Bondarenko SN, Baranova OY, Kaporskaya TS, Zotina EN, Zinina EE, Samoilova OS, Gavrilova LV, Kaplanov KD, Konstantinova TS, Lapin VA, Kravchenko SK, Gribanova EO, Zvonkov EE, Gavrilina OA, Baskhaeva GA, Galstyan GM, Obukhova TN, Galtseva IV, Kulikov SM, Savchenko VG. [Acute Ph-negative lymphoblastic leukemias in adults: Risk factors in the use of the ALL-2009 protocol]. TERAPEVT ARKH 2017; 88:15-24. [PMID: 27459610 DOI: 10.17116/terarkh201688715-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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AIM to analyze well-known risk factors (RFs), such as age, immunophenotype, baseline leukocytosis, enhanced lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, time to achieve complete remission, a risk group, and cytogenetic abnormalities) in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the use of the ALL-2009 protocol. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The protocol covered 298 patients (137 women (including 13 pregnant women) and 161 men) aged 15 to 55 years (median age 28 years) with Ph-negative ALL. The phenotype was unknown in 6 patients. Three (1%) were ascertained to have a biphenotypic variant. 182 (62.4%) patients were found to have B-cell ALL (early pre-B ALL (n=51); common ALL (n=92), and pre-B ALL (n=39); 107 (36.6%) patients had T-cell ALL (early T-ALL (n=56); thymic T-ALL (n=41), and mature T-ALL (n=10). According to the baseline clinical and laboratory parameters (leukocytosis of 30·109/l and more for B-ALL; and that of 100·109/l and more for T-ALL; phenotype В-I for B-ALL, phenotype Т-I-II-IV for T-ALL; LDH activity was more than twice the normal values; the presence of translocation t(4;11)), the high-risk group included most patients with B-ALL (n=110 (72.8%)) and T-ALL (n=76 (76%)). Thirty-five patients with T-ALL underwent autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Allogeneic BMT was performed in 18 (7%) of the 258 patients who had undergone an induction phase. RESULTS Five-year overall survival for all the patients included in the investigation was 59%; relapse-free survival was 65%, which was significantly different in the patients with B-ALL and in those with T-ALL: the overall survival rates were 53.3 and 67.5% (p=0.1); the relapse-free survival was 56 and 79% (p=0.005), respectively. Multivariate analysis including the well-known RFs demonstrated that the latter for T-ALL were of no independent prognostic value and only the patient's age was identified for B-ALL (p=0.013). CONCLUSION A lower chemotherapeutic load and a small number of allogeneic BMTs did not affect total positive treatment results in adult patients with ALL, by complying with the principle achieving the continuity of cytostatic effects and by preserving the total cytostatic loading dose. The results of the Russian investigation casts some doubt on the necessity of using very intensive consolidation cycles and performing a large number of allogeneic BMTs in adult patients with ALL.
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- E N Parovichnikova
- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Institute of Pediatric Hematology and Transplantology, I.P. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia
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- Order of the Badge of Honor Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Russia
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- Kirov Research Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Federal Biomedical Agency of Russia, Kirov, Russia
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- Surgut District Clinical Hospital, Surgut, Russia
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- N.A. Semashko Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Mordovian Republican Clinical Hospital, Saransk, Russia
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- Volgograd Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary One, Volgograd, Russia
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- Regional Clinical Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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San Miguel JF, Schlag R, Khuageva NK, Dimopoulos MA, Shpilberg O, Kropff M, Spicka I, Petrucci MT, Palumbo A, Samoilova OS, Dmoszynska A, Abdulkadyrov KM, Delforge M, Jiang B, Mateos MV, Anderson KC, Esseltine DL, Liu K, Deraedt W, Cakana A, van de Velde H, Richardson PG. Persistent overall survival benefit and no increased risk of second malignancies with bortezomib-melphalan-prednisone versus melphalan-prednisone in patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma. J Clin Oncol 2012; 31:448-55. [PMID: 23233713 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.41.6180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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PURPOSE This final analysis of the phase III VISTA trial (Velcade As Initial Standard Therapy in Multiple Myeloma: Assessment With Melphalan and Prednisone) was conducted to determine whether the overall survival (OS) benefit with bortezomib-melphalan-prednisone (VMP) versus melphalan-prednisone (MP) in patients with myeloma who were ineligible for transplantation was maintained after 5 years of follow-up and to explore the risk of second primary malignancies. PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 682 patients received up to nine 6-week cycles of VMP or MP and were then observed every 12 weeks or less. Data on second primary malignancies were collected by individual patient inquiries at all sites from 655 patients. RESULTS After median follow-up of 60.1 months (range, 0 to 74 months), there was a 31% reduced risk of death with VMP versus MP (hazard ratio [HR], 0.695; P < .001; median OS 56.4 v 43.1 months). OS benefit with VMP was seen across prespecified patient subgroups (age ≥ 75 years, stage III myeloma, creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min). Sixty-three percent of VMP patients and 73% of MP patients had received subsequent therapy. Time to next therapy (median, 30.7 v 20.5 months; HR, 0.557; P < .001) was longer with VMP than with MP. Among patients who received subsequent therapies, survival from start of subsequent therapy was similar following VMP (median, 28.1 months) or MP (median, 26.8 months; HR, 0.914). Following VMP/MP, incidence proportions of hematologic malignancies (1%/1%) and solid tumors (5%/3%) and exposure-adjusted incidence rates (0.017/0.013 per patient-year) were similar and were consistent with background rates. CONCLUSION VMP resulted in a significant reduction in risk of death versus MP that was maintained after 5 years' follow-up and despite substantial use of novel-agent-based salvage therapies. There is no emerging safety signal for second primary malignancies following VMP.
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- Jesús F San Miguel
- Hospital Universitario Salamanca, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
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Orlowski RZ, Gercheva L, Williams C, Sutherland HJ, Robak T, Masszi T, Goranova-Marinova V, Dimopoulos MA, Cavenagh JD, Spicka I, Maiolino A, Suvorov A, Blade J, Samoilova OS, Van De Velde H, Bandekar R, Kranenburg B, Xie H, Rossi JF. Phase II, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study comparing siltuximab plus bortezomib versus bortezomib alone in pts with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. J Clin Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.8018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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8018^ Background: Preclinical studies of siltuximab (S), a chimeric anti-IL-6 mAb, in combination with bortezomib (B) indicate an additive to synergistic effect in multiple myeloma (MM) cell lines. This randomized study evaluated the safety and efficacy of S+B compared with placebo (plc)+B in pts with relapsed/refractory MM after 1−3 prior tx lines, measurable disease but no prior B exposure. Methods: 286 pts were randomized 1:1 to S+B: B+plc. S 6 mg/kg or plc was given IV q2w. B 1.3 mg/m2 was given IV on d 1, 4, 8, 11, 22, 25, 29, 32 for a max of 4 of 42-d cycles and then reduced to q1w for 35-d cycles. B was stopped for pts with PD/intolerability, and high dose oral dexamethasone (dex) 40 mg could then be started qd on d 1−4, 9−12, 17−20 for a max of 4 of 28-d cycles and on d 1−4 of subsequent cycles until PD, while S/plc continued. Primary endpoint was PFS by EBMT criteria censored at the start of dex/subsequent tx. Secondary endpoints included overall response rate (ORR), OS, and safety before dex. Results: 142 and 144 pts received S+B and B+plc, respectively. Baseline demographics and disease characteristics were well balanced across S+B and B+plc, except for age (median 64 vs. 61 yrs) and myeloma type (IgG 65 vs. 71%, IgA 27 vs. 20%). Median tx duration was 5.1 mo in both grps. Median PFS was 8.1 mo in S+B and 7.6 mo in B+plc (HR 0.869, p = 0.345). ORR (CR+PR) was 55% in pts on S+B and 47% on B+plc (p = 0.213); CR rates were 11 and 7% (p = 0.342), respectively. With 24.5 mo median follow up, median OS was 30.8 mo for S+B and 36.9 mo for B+plc (HR 1.353 for S+B, p = 0.103). Fewer pts on S+B than B+plc moved to dex (23 vs. 31%) and had subsequent SCT (5 vs. 11%). Gr ≥3 AEs occurred in 91% on S+B and 74% on B+plc. Common gr ≥3 AEs in S+B were neutropenia (49%), thrombocytopenia (48%), leukopenia (14%). SAEs occurred in 29% on S+B and 24% on B+plc. Death occurred within 30 d of last study agent administration pre-dex in 8% on S+B and 5% on B+plc. Conclusions: The combination of S+B had higher response rates but did not prolong survival compared with B+plc. A negative survival trend heavily influenced by differences in dex and SCT rescue was noted. S+B appears to be generally well tolerated but had a higher incidence of hematologic AEs.
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- University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment, Varna, Bulgaria
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- Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical University of Lodz and Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland
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- St. István and St. László Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nizhnii Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia
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- Janssen Research & Development, Spring House, PA
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Delforge M, Terpos E, Richardson PG, Shpilberg O, Khuageva NK, Schlag R, Dimopoulos MA, Kropff M, Spicka I, Petrucci MT, Samoilova OS, Mateos MV, Magen-Nativ H, Goldschmidt H, Esseltine DL, Ricci DS, Liu K, Deraedt W, Cakana A, van de Velde H, San Miguel JF. Fewer bone disease events, improvement in bone remodeling, and evidence of bone healing with bortezomib plus melphalan-prednisone vs. melphalan-prednisone in the phase III VISTA trial in multiple myeloma. Eur J Haematol 2011; 86:372-84. [PMID: 21366694 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2011.01599.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Bone disease is a key presenting feature of myeloma. This post hoc analysis of the phase III VISTA trial of bortezomib plus melphalan-prednisone (VMP) vs. MP in previously untreated myeloma patients assessed clinical bone disease events and changes in alkaline phosphatase (ALP), a marker for osteoblast activation, and serum Dickkopf-1 (DKK-1), an inhibitor of osteoblast differentiation, during treatment. METHODS Patients received nine 6-wk cycles of VMP (bortezomib 1.3 mg/m(2) , days 1, 4, 8, 11, 22, 25, 29, 32, cycles 1-4, days 1, 8, 22, 29, cycles 5-9, plus melphalan 9mg/m(2) and prednisone 60mg/m(2) , days 1-4, cycles 1-9; N=344) or MP alone (N=338). RESULTS Rates of bisphosphonates use during treatment (73% vs. 82%), progression because of worsening bone disease (3% vs. 11%), and requirement for subsequent radiotherapy (3% vs. 8%) were lower with VMP vs. MP. Median maximum ALP increase was significantly higher with VMP vs. MP overall (49.7% vs. 30.3%, P=0.029), and higher by response group (complete response [CR]: 68.7% vs. 43.9%; partial response [PR]: 41.5% vs. 31.2%). Greater maximum ALP increase was strongly associated with achievement of CR (P≤0.0001) and CR/PR (P≤0.01). Median DKK-1 decreased with VMP by 694.4pg/mL and increased with MP by 1273.3pg/mL from baseline to day 4 (P=0.0069). Available radiologic data revealed evidence of bone healing in 6/11 VMP-treated patients, who achieved best responses of three CR, one PR, and two stable disease. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest a positive effect of bortezomib on bone metabolism and potentially bone healing in myeloma.
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- Michel Delforge
- Myeloma Study Group, Belgian Hematological Society, Belgium.
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Mateos MV, Richardson PG, Schlag R, Khuageva NK, Dimopoulos MA, Shpilberg O, Kropff M, Spicka I, Petrucci MT, Palumbo A, Samoilova OS, Dmoszynska A, Abdulkadyrov KM, Schots R, Jiang B, Esseltine DL, Liu K, Cakana A, van de Velde H, San Miguel JF. Bortezomib plus melphalan and prednisone compared with melphalan and prednisone in previously untreated multiple myeloma: updated follow-up and impact of subsequent therapy in the phase III VISTA trial. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:2259-66. [PMID: 20368561 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.26.0638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 319] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to confirm overall survival (OS) and other clinical benefits with bortezomib, melphalan, and prednisone (VMP) versus melphalan and prednisone (MP) in the phase III VISTA (Velcade as Initial Standard Therapy in Multiple Myeloma) trial after prolonged follow-up, and evaluate the impact of subsequent therapies. PATIENTS AND METHODS Previously untreated symptomatic patients with myeloma ineligible for high-dose therapy received up to nine 6-week cycles of VMP (n = 344) or MP (n = 338). RESULTS With a median follow-up of 36.7 months, there was a 35% reduced risk of death with VMP versus MP (hazard ratio, 0.653; P < .001); median OS was not reached with VMP versus 43 months with MP; 3-year OS rates were 68.5% versus 54.0%. Response rates to subsequent thalidomide- (41% v 53%) and lenalidomide-based therapies (59% v 52%) appeared similar after VMP or MP; response rates to subsequent bortezomib-based therapy were 47% versus 59%. Among patients treated with VMP (n = 178) and MP (n = 233), median survival from start of subsequent therapy was 30.2 and 21.9 months, respectively, and there was no difference in survival from salvage among patients who received subsequent bortezomib, thalidomide, or lenalidomide. Rates of adverse events were higher with VMP versus MP during cycles 1 to 4, but similar during cycles 5 to 9. With VMP, 79% of peripheral neuropathy events improved within a median of 1.9 months; 60% completely resolved within a median of 5.7 months. CONCLUSION VMP significantly prolongs OS versus MP after lengthy follow-up and extensive subsequent antimyeloma therapy. First-line bortezomib use does not induce more resistant relapse. VMP used upfront appears more beneficial than first treating with conventional agents and saving bortezomib- and other novel agent-based treatment until relapse.
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- Maria-Victoria Mateos
- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Paseo San Vicente 58-182, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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San Miguel JF, Schlag R, Khuageva NK, Dimopoulos MA, Shpilberg O, Kropff M, Spicka I, Petrucci MT, Palumbo A, Samoilova OS, Dmoszynska A, Abdulkadyrov KM, Schots R, Jiang B, Mateos MV, Anderson KC, Esseltine DL, Liu K, Cakana A, van de Velde H, Richardson PG. Bortezomib plus melphalan and prednisone for initial treatment of multiple myeloma. N Engl J Med 2008; 359:906-17. [PMID: 18753647 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0801479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1409] [Impact Index Per Article: 88.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The standard treatment for patients with multiple myeloma who are not candidates for high-dose therapy is melphalan and prednisone. This phase 3 study compared the use of melphalan and prednisone with or without bortezomib in previously untreated patients with multiple myeloma who were ineligible for high-dose therapy. METHODS We randomly assigned 682 patients to receive nine 6-week cycles of melphalan (at a dose of 9 mg per square meter of body-surface area) and prednisone (at a dose of 60 mg per square meter) on days 1 to 4, either alone or with bortezomib (at a dose of 1.3 mg per square meter) on days 1, 4, 8, 11, 22, 25, 29, and 32 during cycles 1 to 4 and on days 1, 8, 22, and 29 during cycles 5 to 9. The primary end point was the time to disease progression. RESULTS The time to progression among patients receiving bortezomib plus melphalan-prednisone (bortezomib group) was 24.0 months, as compared with 16.6 months among those receiving melphalan-prednisone alone (control group) (hazard ratio for the bortezomib group, 0.48; P<0.001). The proportions of patients with a partial response or better were 71% in the bortezomib group and 35% in the control group; complete-response rates were 30% and 4%, respectively (P<0.001). The median duration of the response was 19.9 months in the bortezomib group and 13.1 months in the control group. The hazard ratio for overall survival was 0.61 for the bortezomib group (P=0.008). Adverse events were consistent with established profiles of toxic events associated with bortezomib and melphalan-prednisone. Grade 3 events occurred in a higher proportion of patients in the bortezomib group than in the control group (53% vs. 44%, P=0.02), but there were no significant differences in grade 4 events (28% and 27%, respectively) or treatment-related deaths (1% and 2%). CONCLUSIONS Bortezomib plus melphalan-prednisone was superior to melphalan-prednisone alone in patients with newly diagnosed myeloma who were ineligible for high-dose therapy. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00111319.)
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Affiliation(s)
- Jesús F San Miguel
- Hospital Universitario Salamanca, CIC, IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain.
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