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Li W, Chang Y, Liu X, Chen Z, Sun J, Geng Z, Zhang M, Zhang L. Modified R-BAC plus BTK inhibitor regimen in newly diagnosed young patients with mantle cell lymphoma: a real-world retrospective study. Ann Hematol 2024; 103:2003-2012. [PMID: 38308020 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-024-05648-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
Abstract
To explore the optimal treatment for young patients with untreated mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), we compared the efficacy and safety of R-CHOP/R-DHAP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone/rituximab, dexamethasone, cytarabine and cisplatin) and R-BAP (rituximab, bendamustine, cytarabine, and prednisone) plus BTK (Bruton's tyrosine kinase) inhibitors in newly diagnosed patients. Eighty-three young patients (≤ 65 years old) with newly diagnosed MCL admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 1, 2014, to June 1, 2023, using R-CHOP/R-DHAP or R-BAP plus BTK inhibitor were assessed in this study. The median age at presentation was 60 (42-65) years in 83 patients, including 64 males and 19 females; 59 were treated with R-CHOP/R-DHAP regimen chemotherapy, and 24 were treated with R-BAP in combination with the BTK inhibitor regimen. The median follow-up was 17 months (2-86 months) in 83 patients, and the median PFS (progression-free survival) time was not reached. The CRR (complete response rate) of the R-BAP group was higher than that of the R-CHOP/R-DHAP group (87.5% vs. 54.2%, P = 0.005). The ORR (overall response rate) was not significantly different between the two groups (ORR: 91.7% vs. 84.7%, P = 0.497). The PFS (progression-free survival) of the R-BAP group was longer than that of the R-CHOP/R-DHAP group (P = 0.013), whereas OS was not significantly different between the two groups (P = 0.499). The most common adverse effect in both groups was hematotoxicity, with a higher incidence of grade 3-4 lymphopenia and grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia in the R-BAP group than in the R-CHOP/R-DHAP group (P = 0.015 and P = 0.039). Male sex (HR = 4.257, P = 0.013), LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) ≥ 245 U/L (HR = 3.221, P = 0.012), pleomorphic-blastoid (HR = 2.802, P = 0.043) and R-CHOP/R-DHAP regimen (HR = 7.704, P = 0.047) were independent risk factors for PFS. Ki67 ≥ 30% (HR = 8.539, P = 0.005) was an independent risk factor for OS. First-line treatment with R-BAP in combination with BTK inhibitor improved CRR and prolonged PFS in young patients with mantle cell lymphoma and adverse events were tolerable.
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- Wenqi Li
- Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China.
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450000, China.
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Cramer P, von Tresckow J, Fink AM, Robrecht S, Giza A, Tausch E, Müller L, Knauf W, Zingerle M, Al-Sawaf O, Langerbeins P, Fischer K, Kreuzer KA, Kneba M, Wendtner CM, Stilgenbauer S, Eichhorst B, Hallek M. Bendamustine, followed by obinutuzumab and idelalisib in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL2-BCG): Final analysis of a multicenter, open-label phase-II-trial. Am J Hematol 2024; 99:1192-1195. [PMID: 38578022 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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- Paula Cramer
- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Clinic for Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Practice for Hematology and Oncology UnterEms, Leer, Germany
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- Practice for Hematology and Oncology Bethanien, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Practice for Hematology and Oncology Pasing and Fürstenfeldbruck, Munich, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Campus Kiel, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Palliative Care, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Munich Clinic Schwabing, Munich, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine and German CLL Study Group; Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Ghilardi G, Paruzzo L, Patel V, Svoboda J, Chong ER, Fardella E, Chong EA, Gabrielli G, Nasta SD, Landsburg DJ, Carter J, Pajarillo R, Barta SK, White G, Weber E, Napier E, Porter DL, Garfall AL, Schuster SJ, Ruella M. Efficacy and safety of bendamustine for lymphodepletion before lisocabtagene maraleucel. J Hematol Oncol 2024; 17:19. [PMID: 38644469 PMCID: PMC11034069 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-024-01542-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Bendamustine has been retrospectively shown to be an effective and safe lymphodepletion regimen prior to the anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CART) products tisagenlecleucel and axicabtagene ciloleucel, as well as the anti-BCMA CART products idecabtagene vicleucel and ciltacabtagene autoleucel. However, bendamustine as lymphodepletion prior to lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel), a 4-1BB co-stimulated, fixed CD4:CD8 ratio anti-CD19 CART product, has not been described yet. Thus, we studied a cohort of sequentially-treated patients with large B-cell lymphomas who received bendamustine lymphodepletion before liso-cel at the University of Pennsylvania between 5/2021 and 12/2023 (n = 31). Patients were evaluated for toxicities and responses. Of note, 7 patients (22.6%) would have dnot met the inclusion criteria for the registrational liso-cel clinical trials, mostly due to older age. Overall and complete response rates were 76.9% and 73.1%, respectively. At a median follow-up of 6.3 months, the 6-month progression-free and overall survival were 59.9% and 91.1%, respectively. Rates of cytokine-release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity (ICANS) of any grade were 9.7% and 9.7%, respectively, with no grade ≥ 3 events. No infections were reported during the first 30 days following liso-cel infusion. Neutropenia ≥ grade 3 was observed in 29.0% of patients; thrombocytopenia ≥ grade 3 occurred in 9.7%. In conclusion, bendamustine lymphodepletion before liso-cel appears to be a strategy that can drive tumor responses while ensuring a mild toxicity profile.
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- Guido Ghilardi
- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Woyach JA, Perez Burbano G, Ruppert AS, Miller C, Heerema NA, Zhao W, Wall A, Ding W, Bartlett NL, Brander DM, Barr PM, Rogers KA, Parikh SA, Stephens DM, Brown JR, Lozanski G, Blachly J, Nattam S, Larson RA, Erba H, Litzow M, Luger S, Owen C, Kuzma C, Abramson JS, Little RF, Dinner S, Stone RM, Uy G, Stock W, Mandrekar SJ, Byrd JC. Follow-up from the A041202 study shows continued efficacy of ibrutinib regimens for older adults with CLL. Blood 2024; 143:1616-1627. [PMID: 38215395 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023021959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT A041202 (NCT01886872) is a phase 3 study comparing bendamustine plus rituximab (BR) with ibrutinib and the combination of ibrutinib plus rituximab (IR) in previously untreated older patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The initial results showed that ibrutinib-containing regimens had superior progression-free survival (PFS) and rituximab did not add additional benefits. Here we present an updated analysis. With a median follow-up of 55 months, the median PFS was 44 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 38-54) for BR and not yet reached in either ibrutinib-containing arm. The 48-month PFS estimates were 47%, 76%, and 76% for BR, ibrutinib, and IR, respectively. The benefit of ibrutinib regimens over chemoimmunotherapy was consistent across subgroups of patients defined by TP53 abnormalities, del(11q), complex karyotype, and immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IGHV). No significant interaction effects were observed between the treatment arm and del(11q), the complex karyotype, or IGHV. However, a greater difference in PFS was observed among the patients with TP53 abnormalities. There was no difference in the overall survival. Notable adverse events with ibrutinib included atrial fibrillation (afib) and hypertension. Afib was observed in 11 patients (pts) on BR (3%) and 67 pts on ibrutinib (18%). All-grade hypertension was observed in 95 pts on BR (27%) and 263 pts on ibrutinib (55%). These data show that ibrutinib regimens prolong PFS compared with BR for older patients with treatment-naïve CLL. These benefits were observed across subgroups, including high-risk groups. Strikingly, within the ibrutinib arms, there was no inferior PFS for patients with abnormalities in TP53, the highest risk feature observed in CLL. These data continue to demonstrate the efficacy of ibrutinib in treatment-naïve CLL.
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
- Alliance Statistics and Data Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- Alliance Statistics and Data Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- First Health of the Carolinas Cancer Center, Southeast Clinical Oncology Research Consortium, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL
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- Alliance Statistics and Data Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- University of Cincinnati Cancer Center, Cincinnati, OH
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Wadhera S, Jain A, Mitra S, Malhotra P. Extramedullary relapse of multiple myeloma presenting as space-occupying lesion in liver treated with daratumumab, pomalidomide, dexamethasone and bendamustine. BMJ Case Rep 2024; 17:e257346. [PMID: 38627054 PMCID: PMC11029303 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-257346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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Extramedullary relapse in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) is often associated with loss of biochemical response and the appearance of measurable residual disease in the bone marrow. Fever is an unusual presenting manifestation of MM. Treatment of extramedullary relapse in patients progressing on proteasome inhibitors, anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies and immunomodulatory drugs is challenging, as access to chimeric antigen receptor T-cells and bispecific antibodies is limited. We report a case of relapsed MM who presented with fever and hepatic space-occupying lesion mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma. In this case report, we also present our experience of using a novel combination regimen comprising Dara-Pom-Benda-Dexa (daratumumab, pomalidomide, dexamethasone and bendamustine) for relapsed MM.
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- Sarthak Wadhera
- Clinical Hematology and Medical Oncology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Clinical Hematology and Medical Oncology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Pathology(Histopathology), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Clinical Hematology and Medical Oncology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Shah G, Giralt S, Dahi P. Optimizing high dose melphalan. Blood Rev 2024; 64:101162. [PMID: 38097487 DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2023.101162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
Abstract
Melphalan, has been a major component of myeloma therapy since the 1950s. In the context of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), high dose melphalan (HDM) is the most common conditioning regimen used due to its potent anti-myeloma effects and manageable toxicities. Common toxicities associated with HDM include myelosuppression, gastrointestinal issues, and mucositis. Established approaches to reduce these toxicities encompass dose modification, nausea prophylaxis with 5HT3 receptor antagonists, cryotherapy, amifostine use, and growth factors. Optimization of melphalan exposure through personalized dosing and its combination with other agents like busulfan, or bendamustine show promise. Propylene glycol-free melphalan (Evomela) represents a novel formulation aiming to enhance drug stability and reduce adverse effects. This review explores strategies to enhance the efficacy and mitigate the toxicity of HDM in multiple myeloma. Future directions involve exploring these strategies in clinical trials to improve the safety and efficacy of HDM, thereby enhancing outcomes for multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous HCT.
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- Gunjan Shah
- Adult BMT Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 530 East 74th Street, New York, NY 10021, United States of America.
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- Adult BMT Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 530 East 74th Street, New York, NY 10021, United States of America.
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- Adult BMT Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 530 East 74th Street, New York, NY 10021, United States of America.
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Ramsower CA, Rosenthal A, Robetorye RS, Mwangi R, Maurer M, Villa D, McDonnell T, Feldman A, Cohen JB, Habermann T, Campo E, Clot G, Bühler MM, Kulis M, Martin-Subero JI, Giné E, Cook JR, Hill B, Raess PW, Beiske KH, Reichart A, Hartmann S, Holte H, Scott D, Rimsza L. Evaluation of clinical parameters and biomarkers in older, untreated mantle cell lymphoma patients receiving bendamustine-rituximab. Br J Haematol 2024; 204:160-170. [PMID: 37881141 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is clinically and biologically heterogeneous. While various prognostic features have been proposed, none currently impact therapy selection, particularly in older patients, for whom treatment is primarily dictated by age and comorbidities. Herein, we undertook a comprehensive comparison of clinicopathological features in a cohort of patients 60 years and older, uniformly treated with bendamustine and rituximab, with a median survival of >8 years. The strongest prognostic indicators in this cohort were a high-risk call by a simplified MCL international prognostic index (s-MIPI) (HR: 3.32, 95% CI: 1.65-6.68 compared to low risk), a high-risk call by MCL35 (HR: 10.34, 95% CI: 2.37-45.20 compared to low risk) and blastoid cytology (HR: 4.21, 95% CR: 1.92-9.22 compared to classic). Patients called high risk by both the s-MIPI and MCL35 had the most dismal prognosis (HR: 11.58, 95% CI: 4.10-32.72), while those with high risk by either had a moderate but clinically relevant prognosis (HR: 2.95, 95% CI: 1.49-5.82). A robust assay to assess proliferation, such as MCL35, along with stringent guidelines for cytological evaluation of MCL, in combination with MIPI, may be a strong path to risk-stratify older MCL patients in future clinical trials.
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Arizona, Phoenix, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Hematopathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Hematopathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University-Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Lymphoid Neoplasms Program, Institute for Biomedical Research August Pi I Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
- Laboratory of Pathology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Lymphoid Neoplasms Program, Institute for Biomedical Research August Pi I Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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- Lymphoid Neoplasms Program, Institute for Biomedical Research August Pi I Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Lymphoid Neoplasms Program, Institute for Biomedical Research August Pi I Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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- Lymphoid Neoplasms Program, Institute for Biomedical Research August Pi I Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clinic of the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic-Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Hematology and Oncology, Medical Office of Dres. Brudler/Reichart, Ausburg, Germany
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- Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- KG Jebsen Center for B Cell Malignancies, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Lymphoid Cancer Research, BC Cancer Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Hong Y, Chen X, Hong Y, Xiao X, Wang Y, You X, Mi J, Zhou T, Zheng P, Huang Z. Ibrutinib versus bendamustine plus rituximab for first-line treatment of 65 or older patients with untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia without del(17p)/TP53 mutation in China: a lifetime economic research study. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:1355. [PMID: 38049834 PMCID: PMC10696775 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10402-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The incidence and mortality rates of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in China have recently increased. This study performed a long-term economic evaluation of the first-line treatment strategies ibrutinib (IB) or bendamustine (BE) plus rituximab (RI) for previously untreated older patients with CLL without the del(17p)/TP53 mutation in China. METHODS Based on clinical data from large, randomized trials, a Markov model including four disease states (event-free survival, treatment failure, post-treatment failure, and death) was used to estimate the incremental costs per quality adjusted-life year (QALY) gained from the first-line IB strategy versus the BE plus RI strategy over a 10-year period. All costs were adjusted to 2022 values based on the Chinese Consumer Price Index, and all costs and health outcomes were discounted at an annual rate of 5%. Sensitivity analysis was performed to confirm the robustness of base-case results. RESULTS Compared to the first-line BE plus RI strategy, first-line IB treatment achieved 1.17 additional QALYs, but was accompanied by $88,046.78 (estimated in 2022 US dollars) in decremental costs per patient over 10 years. Thus, first-line treatment with IB appeared to have absolute dominance compared to the BE plus RI strategy. Sensitivity analysis confirmed the robustness of these results. CONCLUSIONS The first-line treatment with IB is absolutely cost-effective compared to the first-line BE plus RI treatment strategy for 65 or older patients with CLL without the del (17p)/TP53 mutation from the Chinese payer perspective. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that Chinese health authorities select the former strategy for these CLL patients.
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- Yuan Hong
- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Children's Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi Children's Hospital), Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wuxi Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University (Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital), Liangxi Road 999, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214062, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wuxi Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University (Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital), Liangxi Road 999, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214062, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wuxi Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University (Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital), Liangxi Road 999, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214062, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Children's Hospital of Jiangnan University (Wuxi Children's Hospital), Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wuxi Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University (Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital), Liangxi Road 999, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214062, China
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- Department of Sports Medicine, Wuxi Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University (Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital), Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Wuxi Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University (Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital), Liangxi Road 999, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214062, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ningbo No. 6 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Oncology, Wuxi Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University (Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital), Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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Ma J, Zhao D, Zhen B, Xia Y, Gong Q, Chen W. Cost-effectiveness of obinutuzumab plus bendamustine in Chinese patients with relapse and refractory follicular lymphoma. J Comp Eff Res 2023; 12:e230073. [PMID: 37916709 PMCID: PMC10734320 DOI: 10.57264/cer-2023-0073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
Abstract
A decision analytic model was constructed to assess the cost-effectiveness of obinutuzumab plus bendamustine followed by obinutuzumab maintenance therapy (O-B-O) in Chinese patients with relapsed and refractory follicular lymphoma (rrFL). O-B-O was associated with a dominant or more favorable cost-effectiveness than the conventional therapies. Survival outcomes, quality of life of progression-free survival, and subsequent treatment costs for progressive disease were the main drivers of the cost-effectiveness of O-B-O. The cost-effectiveness proportions of O-B-O relative to conventional therapies under the recommended cost-effectiveness threshold ranged from 61.0% to 99.9%. Thus, O-B-O was highly cost-effective for treating patients with rrFL in China compared with conventional therapies.
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- Jun Ma
- Harbin Institute of Hematology & Oncology, Harbin, China
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- Harbin Institute of Hematology & Oncology, Harbin, China
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- Shanghai Roche Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Roche Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Changsha Normin Health Technology Ltd, Changsha, China
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- Changsha Normin Health Technology Ltd, Changsha, China
- Normin Health Consulting Ltd, Toronto, Canada
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Nie J, Wu H, Wu Q, Liu Q, Liu L, Wu J. Cost-effectiveness of BTK inhibitors vs bendamustine and rituximab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients. Future Oncol 2023; 19:2525-2536. [PMID: 38059348 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2023-0574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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Background: We aimed to compare the cost-effectiveness of bruton tyrosine kinase inhibors (BTKis) versus bendamustine-rituximab (R-bendamustine) as a first-line treatment for Chinese patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Methods: A partitioned survival model was constructed using TreeAge Pro 2022 software and transition probabilities were estimated from the reported survival probabilities using parametric survival modeling. One-way analysis and probabilistic sensitivity analysis were performed to explore the uncertainty of the modeling results. In addition, several scenario analyses were evaluated. Results: In comparison to R-bendamustine, zanubrutinib had an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER; life years) and ICER (quality-adjusted life years) of US$12,173.38 and $17,983.40, respectively. While ibrutinib had a higher ICER relative to R-bendamustine. Conclusion: Zanubrutinib was cost-effective for patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia in China.
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- Jing Nie
- Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Vanni A, Salvati L, Mazzoni A, Lamacchia G, Capone M, Francalanci S, Kiros ST, Cosmi L, Puccini B, Ciceri M, Sordi B, Rossolini GM, Annunziato F, Maggi L, Liotta F. Bendamustine impairs humoral but not cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in rituximab-treated B-cell lymphoma-affected patients. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1322594. [PMID: 38106404 PMCID: PMC10722279 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1322594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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Background Patients with B-cell lymphoma are a fragile category of subjects, particularly exposed to infections and characterized by an impaired vaccination response due to the disease itself and, even more, to the chemotherapy regimen. For this reason, extensive knowledge of the immune response status of these subjects is of fundamental importance to obtain possible indications for a tailored immunization strategy. Methods We enrolled two cohorts of patients with B-cell lymphoma under rituximab treatment or 3-24 months after treatment. In all patients, we evaluated both humoral and cellular immunological memory toward SARS-CoV-2, after standard vaccination and upon one booster dose. Results We observed no Spike-specific IgG production in patients (n = 25) under anti-CD20 treatment, whereas patients (n = 16) vaccinated after the completion of chemotherapy showed a higher humoral response. Evaluating SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell response, we found that patients in both cohorts had developed robust cellular immunity after vaccination. Of the 21 patients (51%) that experienced a breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection, only six patients developed severe disease. Interestingly, these six patients had all been treated with rituximab plus bendamustine. Notably, we observed that Spike-specific IgG levels in patients treated with rituximab plus bendamustine were absent or lower compared with those in patients treated with rituximab plus other chemotherapy, whereas Spike-specific T-cell response was not different based on chemotherapy regiment. Discussion Our results show that, in patients with B-cell lymphoma under rituximab therapy, anti-SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination induces a weak or absent humoral response but a consistent T-cell response. In addition, chemotherapy regimens with bendamustine further reduce patients' ability to mount a Spike-specific humoral response even after a long time period from chemotherapy discontinuation. These results provide evidence that different chemotherapeutics display different immunosuppressive properties that could be taken in to account in the choice of the right drug regimen for the right patient. Moreover, they question whether immunocompromised patients, particularly those treated with bendamustine, need interventions to improve vaccine-induced immune response.
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- Anna Vanni
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Flow Cytometry Diagnostic Center and Immunotherapy, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Flow Cytometry Diagnostic Center and Immunotherapy, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Immunoallergology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Flow Cytometry Diagnostic Center and Immunotherapy, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Immunology and Cell Therapy Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Abalo KD, Smedby KE, Ekberg S, Eloranta S, Pahnke S, Albertsson-Lindblad A, Jerkeman M, Glimelius I. Secondary malignancies among mantle cell lymphoma patients. Eur J Cancer 2023; 195:113403. [PMID: 37952281 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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PURPOSE With modern treatments, mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients more frequently experience long-lasting remission resulting in a growing population of long-term survivors. Follow-up care includes identification and management of treatment-related late-effects, such as secondary malignancies (SM). We conducted a population-based study to describe the burden of SM in MCL patients. METHODS All patients with a primary diagnosis of MCL, aged ≥ 18 years and diagnosed between 2000 and 2017 in Sweden were included along with up to 10 individually matched population comparators. Follow-up was from twelve months after diagnosis/matching until death, emigration, or December 2019, whichever occurred first. Rates of SM among patients and comparators were estimated using the Anderson-Gill method (accounting for repeated events) and presented as hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) adjusted for age at diagnosis, calendar year, sex, and the number of previous events. RESULTS Overall, 1 452 patients and 13 992 comparators were followed for 6.6 years on average. Among patients, 230 (16%) developed at least one SM, and 264 SM were observed. Relative to comparators, patients had a higher rate of SM, HRadj= 1.6 (95%CI:1.4-1.8), and higher rates were observed across all primary treatment groups: the Nordic-MCL2 protocol, R-CHOP, R-bendamustine, ibrutinib, lenalidomide, and R-CHOP/Cytarabine. Compared to Nordic-MCL2, treatment with R-bendamustine was independently associated with an increased risk of SM, HRadj= 2.0 (95%CI:1.3-3.2). Risk groups among patients were those with a higher age at diagnosis (p < 0.001), males (p = 0.006), and having a family history of lymphoma (p = 0.009). Patients had preferably higher risk of melanoma, other neoplasms of the skin and other hematopoietic and lymphoid malignancies. CONCLUSIONS MCL survivors have an increased risk of SM, particularly if treated with R-bendamustine. The intensive treatments needed for long-term remissions are a concern, and transition to treatment protocols with sustained efficacy but with a lower risk of SM is needed.
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- Kossi D Abalo
- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Cancer Precision Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden; Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Cancer Precision Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Cancer Precision Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden; Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Dameri M, Garlaschi A, Cuccarolo P, Ceccardi A, Stabile M, Valente I, Gristina L, Calabrese M, Ballestrero A, Tagliafico A, Zoppoli G. Complete pathological response of hormone receptor positive invasive breast cancer in a patient with multiple myeloma treated with ixazomib. Tumori 2023; 109:NP14-NP20. [PMID: 37265183 DOI: 10.1177/03008916231176586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Multiple myeloma is a hematological cancer characterized by relapse after treatment and poor prognosis. Ixazomib, a second-generation protease inhibitor, is one of the most recently available treatments for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, while it has also shown good potential as antitumoral agent in preclinical solid tumor models such as breast cancer cell lines. Here we report the case of a 68-year-old female with multiple myeloma and an incidental cT1b (9 mm) hormone receptor positive breast cancer lesion that showed a complete pathological response to a three-month combination therapy with Ixazomib, bendamustine and dexamethasone and no signs of disease relapse during the later follow-up. This is the first case report describing such clinical outcome in breast cancer following Ixazomib, bendamustine and dexamethasone combination therapy. To investigate the potential antitumoral activity of Ixazomib in breast cancer, we performed in vitro experiments using two hormone receptor positive breast cancer cell lines. We assessed the synergism between Ixazomib and bendamustine and the antiproliferative effect of Ixazomib. We found no synergistic interaction between the two drugs, while Ixazomib alone showed an antiproliferative effect against tumoral cells, suggesting that this drug has been responsible for tumor regression in our case.
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- Martina Dameri
- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Radiology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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Nastoupil LJ, Hess G, Pavlovsky MA, Danielewicz I, Freeman J, García-Sancho AM, Glazunova V, Grigg A, Hou JZ, Janssens A, Kim SJ, Masliak Z, McKay P, Merli F, Munakata W, Nagai H, Özcan M, Preis M, Wang T, Rowe M, Tamegnon M, Qin R, Henninger T, Curtis M, Caces DB, Thieblemont C, Salles G. Phase 3 SELENE study: ibrutinib plus BR/R-CHOP in previously treated patients with follicular or marginal zone lymphoma. Blood Adv 2023; 7:7141-7150. [PMID: 37722354 PMCID: PMC10709678 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
Abstract
The phase 3 SELENE study evaluated ibrutinib + chemoimmunotherapy (CIT; bendamustine and rituximab [BR]; or rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone [R-CHOP]) for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL) or marginal zone lymphoma (MZL). Adult patients who had received ≥1 prior line of CIT were randomized 1:1 to oral ibrutinib (560 mg) or placebo daily, plus 6 cycles of BR/R-CHOP. The primary end point was investigator-assessed progression-free survival (PFS). Overall, 403 patients were randomized to ibrutinib + CIT (n = 202) or placebo + CIT (n = 201). Most patients received BR (90.3%) and had FL (86.1%). With a median follow-up of 84 months, median PFS was 40.5 months in the ibrutinib + CIT arm and 23.8 months in the placebo + CIT arm (hazard ratio [HR], 0.806; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.626-1.037; P = .0922). Median overall survival was not reached in either arm (HR, 0.980; 95% CI, 0.686-1.400). Grade ≥3 treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were reported in 85.6% and 75.4% of patients in the ibrutinib + CIT and placebo + CIT arms, respectively. In each arm, 13 patients had TEAEs leading to death. The addition of ibrutinib to CIT did not significantly improve PFS compared with placebo + CIT. The safety profile was consistent with known profiles of ibrutinib and CIT. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT01974440.
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- Loretta J. Nastoupil
- Department of Lymphoma-Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Hematology Department, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Maritime Hospital in Gdynia, Gdynia, Poland
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- Northern Haematology and Oncology Arm, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer de Salamanca-Instituto Universitario de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Haematology, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Hematology, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Hematology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, China
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- Janssen Research & Development, High Wycombe, United Kingdom
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- Janssen Research & Development, Raritan, NJ
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Fariman S, Momeni Nasab F, Faraji H, Afzali M. Cost-Effectiveness of Ibrutinib as First-line Treatment for Older Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Iran. Value Health Reg Issues 2023; 38:93-100. [PMID: 37806264 DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2023.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of ibrutinib versus chemoimmunotherapy for frontline treatment of elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Iran. METHODS We developed a partitioned survival model with 3 health states (progression-free survival, post-progression survival, and death) and a lifetime horizon. State memberships were determined by parametric survival analysis of the ALLIANCE (A041202) randomized controlled trial's results, comparing first-line ibrutinib with bendamustine plus rituximab. Direct medical costs were calculated from an Iranian health system perspective. Utility values were extracted from the literature to calculate the incremental costs and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) associated with each strategy. To address parameter uncertainties, deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were also performed. RESULTS In the base-case analysis, ibrutinib and bendamustine plus rituximab were associated with $3739.72 and $3991.20 costs per patient as the first-line treatment strategy, respectively. They resulted in an average of 2.86 and 2.66 QALYs per patient. Thus, first-line ibrutinib was associated with 0.20 incremental QALY and $251.48 cost-saving per patient and was therefore the "dominant" strategy. In deterministic sensitivity analysis, drug prices were the key drivers of model outputs. However, none of the resulting incremental cost-effectiveness ratios exceeded the currently accepted threshold by the Iranian Food and Drug Administration ($1550 per QALY). In probabilistic sensitivity analysis, 63.3% of iterations were cost-saving and 77.4% were cost-effective. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that ibrutinib as a first-line treatment appears to be the dominant strategy, compared with the standard of care, for unselected older adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Iran.
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- Soroush Fariman
- Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical administration, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Pharmaceutical Strategic Analysis and Research (PASAR), Tehran, Iran; Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical administration, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Pharmaceutical Strategic Analysis and Research (PASAR), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical administration, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Pharmaceutical Strategic Analysis and Research (PASAR), Tehran, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Strategic Analysis and Research (PASAR), Tehran, Iran.
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Aubrais R, Bouabdallah K, Chartier L, Herbaux C, Banos A, Brice P, Sibon D, Schiano JM, Cluzeau T, Laribi K, Le Calloch R, Bellal M, Delapierre B, Daguindau N, Amorim S, Agbetiafa K, Chauchet A, Besson C, Durot E, Bonnet C, Fouillet L, Bijou F, Tournilhac O, Gaulard P, Parrens MC, Damaj G. Salvage therapy with brentuximab-vedotin and bendamustine for patients with R/R PTCL: a retrospective study from the LYSA group. Blood Adv 2023; 7:5733-5742. [PMID: 36477770 PMCID: PMC10539874 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL) have a poor prognosis. Bendamustine (B) and brentuximab-vedotin (Bv) have shown interesting results in this setting. However, little information is available about their efficacy in combination. This multicenter and retrospective study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination of BBv in patients with noncutaneous R/R PTCL among 21 LYSA centers in France and Belgium. The primary objective was the overall response rate. A total of 82 patients with R/R PTCL were included. The best overall response rate (ORR) was 68%, with 49% of patients in complete response (CR). In multivariable analysis, only the disease status after the last regimen (relapse vs refractory) was associated with the response with an ORR of 83% vs 57%. Median duration of response was 15.4 months for patients in CR. With a median follow-up of 22 months, the median progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 8.3 and 26.3 months respectively. Moreover, patients in CR, who underwent an allogeneic transplant, had a better outcome than patients who did not with a median PFS and OS of 19.3 vs 4.8 months and not reached vs 12.4 months, respectively. Fifty-nine percent of patients experienced grade 3/4 adverse events that were mainly hematologic. BBv is highly active in patients with R/R PTCL and should be considered as a one of the best options of immunochemotherapy salvage combination in this setting and particularly as a bridge to allogeneic transplant for eligible patients.
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- Raphaelle Aubrais
- Department of Hematology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Pessac, France
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- Department of Hematology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Pessac, France
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- Department of Biostatistics, The Lymphoma Academic Research Organization, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Department of Hematology, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier de la Cote Basque Bayonne, Bayonne, France
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- Department of Hematology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Department of Hematology, Hôpital Necker-Enfants maladies, Paris, France
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- Department of Hematology, Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France
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- Department of Hematology, Nice University Hospital, Nice, France
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- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier du Mans, Le-Mans, France
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- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier de Cornouaille, Quimper, France
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- Hematology Institute, University Hospital, Normandy University, Caen, France
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- Hematology Institute, University Hospital, Normandy University, Caen, France
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- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois, Annecy, France
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- Department of Hematology, Hopital Saint-Vincent, Lille, France
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- Department of Hematology, Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France
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- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
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- Department of Hematology, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France
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- Department of Hematology, Liège University Hospital, Liège, Belgique
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- Department of Hematology, Institut de Cancérologie Lucien Neuwirth, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Department of Hematology, Institut Bergonie, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Hematology, Estaing University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Pathology, Henri Mondor Hospital, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France
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- Hematology Institute, University Hospital, Normandy University, Caen, France
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- Department of Hematology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Pessac, France
- Department of Biostatistics, The Lymphoma Academic Research Organization, Pierre-Bénite, France
- Department of Hematology, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier de la Cote Basque Bayonne, Bayonne, France
- Department of Hematology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
- Department of Hematology, Hôpital Necker-Enfants maladies, Paris, France
- Department of Hematology, Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France
- Department of Hematology, Nice University Hospital, Nice, France
- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier du Mans, Le-Mans, France
- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier de Cornouaille, Quimper, France
- Hematology Institute, University Hospital, Normandy University, Caen, France
- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois, Annecy, France
- Department of Hematology, Hopital Saint-Vincent, Lille, France
- Department of Hematology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- Department of Hematology, Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France
- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
- Department of Hematology, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France
- Department of Hematology, Liège University Hospital, Liège, Belgique
- Department of Hematology, Institut de Cancérologie Lucien Neuwirth, Saint-Etienne, France
- Department of Hematology, Institut Bergonie, Bordeaux, France
- Department of Hematology, Estaing University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Department of Pathology, Henri Mondor Hospital, Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France
- Department of Pathology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Pessac, France
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Paikaray SK, Gogia A, Kumar L, Sharma A, Biswas AA, Vishnubhatla S, Mallick S. A Phase III open-label randomized study to compare the efficacy of lenalidomide-rituximab with bendamustine-rituximab in treatment-naïve follicular lymphoma. Indian J Cancer 2023; 60:501-504. [PMID: 38185869 DOI: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_633_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Bendamustine-rituximab (BR) is the preferred regimen for the treatment of naïve follicular lymphoma (FL). Recently, lenalidomide-rituximab (LR), a chemotherapy-free protocol, has shown a good response rate in advanced FL. These regimens have never been compared in a randomized controlled trial for treatment-naïve FL in Indian patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This Phase III open-label randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of BR and LR. Treatment-naïve patients older than 18 years of age, ECOG PS (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status) ≤2, who were diagnosed with FL (Stages II-IV) were included in this study. Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive six cycles of BR (bendamustine 90 mg/m 2 Days 1-2 and rituximab 375 mg/m 2 Day 1) every 4 weeks or LR (lenalidomide 20 mg Days 1-21 and rituximab 375 mg/m 2 ) every 4 weeks. The primary end point was complete response (CR) and secondary end points were overall response rate (ORR) and toxicity. RESULT We enrolled 40 patients, 20 in each group with a median age of 53 years. The CR rate was 60% and 20% in BR and LR arms, respectively ( P = 0.01); however, the ORR was 88.8% and 87.3% in BR and LR arms, respectively ( P = 1.0). Anemia (35% versus 10%), skin rash (35% versus 30%), diarrhea (30% versus 10%), vomiting (20% versus 10%), nephrotoxicity (15% versus 0%), and transaminitis (10% versus 0%) were more in LR than in BR, and thrombocytopenia was higher in the BR than in the LR group but statistically not different. All grade toxicities were seen in 90% and 45% in LR and BR, respectively ( P = 0.05), but there was no significant difference in Grade 3 or 4 toxicity between the BR and the LR regimens (20% versus 25%). CONCLUSION The ORR was similar in both the arms; however, the CR rate was significantly higher in the BR arm. BR was better tolerated than LR.(CTRI/2016/05/006904).
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- Department of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Franceschini E, Pellegrino M, Todisco V, Dolci G, Bettelli F, Meschiari M, Bedini A, Fregni-Serpini G, Grottola A, Guaraldi G, Pecorari M, Sarti M, Luppi M, Perno CF, Mussini C. Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection with multiple clinical relapses in two patients with follicular lymphoma treated with bendamustine and obinutuzumab or rituximab. Infection 2023; 51:1577-1581. [PMID: 37076752 PMCID: PMC10115373 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-023-02039-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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PURPOSE People with hematologic malignancies have a significantly higher risk of developing severe and protracted forms of SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to immunocompetent patients, regardless of vaccination status. RESULTS We describe two cases of prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection with multiple relapses of COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with follicular lymphoma treated with bendamustine and obinutuzumab or rituximab. The aim is to highlight the complexity of SARS-CoV-2 infection in this fragile group of patients and the necessity of evidence-based strategies to treat them properly. CONCLUSIONS Patients with hematological malignancies treated with bendamustine and anti-CD20 antibodies had a significant risk of prolonged and relapsing course of COVID-19. Specific preventive and therapeutic strategies should be developed for this group of patients.
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- Erica Franceschini
- Infectious Disease Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy.
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy
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- Hematology Unit and Chair, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy
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- Molecular Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Molecular Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy
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- Molecular Microbiology and Virology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Clinical Microbiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Hematology Unit and Chair, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Unit of Diagnostic Microbiology and Immunology and Multimodal Medicine Area, Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Largo del Pozzo 71, 41124, Modena, Italy
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Nizzoli ME, Manni M, Ghiggi C, Pulsoni A, Musuraca G, Merli M, Califano C, Bari A, Massaia M, Conconi A, Musto P, Mannina D, Perrone T, Re F, Galimberti S, Gini G, Capponi M, Vitolo U, Usai SV, Stefani PM, Ballerini F, Liberati AM, Pennese E, Pastore D, Skrypets T, Catellani H, Marcheselli L, Federico M, Luminari S. Impact of immunochemotherapy with R-bendamustine or R-CHOP for treatment naïve advanced-stage follicular lymphoma: A subset analysis of the FOLL12 trial by Fondazione Italiana Linfomi. Hematol Oncol 2023; 41:655-662. [PMID: 37246287 DOI: 10.1002/hon.3184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
We conducted a post hoc analysis of the FOLL12 trial to determine the impact of different initial immunochemotherapy (ICT) regimens on patient outcomes. Patients were selected from the FOLL12 trial, which included adults with stage II-IV follicular lymphoma (FL) grade 1-3a and high tumor burden. Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive either standard ICT followed by rituximab maintenance (RM) or the same ICT followed by a response-adapted approach. ICT consisted of rituximab-bendamustine (RB) or rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone (R-CHOP), per physician's decision. A total of 786 patients were included in this analysis, 341 of whom received RB and 445 R-CHOP. RB was more frequently prescribed to older subjects, females, patients without bulky disease, and those with grade 1-2 FL. After a median of 56 months of follow-up, R-CHOP and RB had similar progression-free survival (PFS) (Hazard Ratio for RB 1.11, 95% CI 0.87-1.42, p = 0.392). Standard RM was associated with improved PFS compared to response-adapted management both after R-CHOP and RB. Grade 3-4 hematologic adverse events were more frequent with R-CHOP during induction treatment and more frequent with RB during RM. Grade 3-4 infections were more frequent with RB. RB was also associated with a higher incidence of transformed FL. R-CHOP and RB showed similar activity and efficacy, but with different safety profiles and long-term events, suggesting that the treating physician should carefully select the most appropriate chemotherapy regimen for each patient based on patient's individual characteristics, choices, and risk profile.
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- Maria E Nizzoli
- Hematology Unit, Azienda Unitа Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Surgical, Medical and Dental Department of Morphological Sciences Related to Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University - UOC Ematologia, S.M. Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy
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- Hematology, University Hospital Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi-ASST Sette Laghi, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Materno-Infantili e dell'Adulto, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- SC Ematologia, AO S. Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
- Centro di Biotecnologie Molecolari, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Hematology, IRCCS CROB of Rionero in Vulture, Rionero in Vulture, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Papardo-UOC di Ematologia, Messina, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Division od Immuno-Haematology, AOU Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Clinic of Hematology AOU delle Marche- Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco, Cagliari, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, General Hospital Ca' Foncello, Treviso, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Oncohematology Unit, University of Perugia, Azienda Ospedaliera S.Maria Terni, Messina, Italy
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- Lymphoma Unit, Department of Hematology, Ospedale Spirito Santo, Pescara, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Bari, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Surgical, Medical and Dental Department of Morphological Sciences Related to Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Unitа Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Surgical, Medical and Dental Department of Morphological Sciences Related to Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Suleman A, Aktar SJ, Ante Z, Liu N, Chan KKW, Cheung MC, Prica A. Outcomes of patients with indolent lymphoma treated with bendamustine plus rituximab compared to rituximab plus CVP or CHOP chemoimmunotherapy in Ontario. Br J Haematol 2023; 202:1104-1118. [PMID: 37474340 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
Abstract
Bendamustine (B) with rituximab (R) has become the preferred regimen for patients with indolent lymphoma in Ontario, Canada, compared to R with cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone (CVP) or cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone (CHOP). We conducted a propensity-matched retrospective cohort population-based study of patients treated with R-CVP/CHOP from 2005 to 2012 and patients treated with BR from 2013 to 2018. The primary outcome was 5-year overall survival (OS), and secondary outcomes included toxicities and healthcare utilization. The 5-year OS for patients treated with BR (n = 2023) and R-CVP/CHOP (n = 2023) was 80% and 75% respectively. Treatment with BR was associated with improved OS (HR 0.79, 95% CI 0.69-0.91). During the first 9 months, patients treated with BR versus R-CVP/CHOP had a higher number of admissions for infection (22% compared to 17%, p < 0.01) and a higher number of mean ED visits (mean 1.01 ± 1.68 visits vs. 0.85 ± 1.51 visits, p < 0.01). This trend persisted for 3 years. The adjusted 5-year OS for patients 75 years and older did not differ based on treatment regimen (55.5% for BR vs. 55.4% for R-CVP/CHOP). Our study supports the use of BR for patients with indolent lymphoma requiring treatment but suggests increased risk of certain toxicities warranting careful patient selection.
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- Adam Suleman
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Puckrin R, Owen C, Street L, Perry S, Peters A, Stewart D. Estimating the impact of early bendamustine failure on feasibility of subsequent CAR-T cell therapy in mantle cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 2023; 64:1596-1599. [PMID: 37337751 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2226278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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- Robert Puckrin
- 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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- 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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Geiger AJ, Yasar DG, Sitwala KV. HLH and TET2 Mutation Presenting after First Cycle of CLL Treatment. Clin Med Res 2023; 21:155-158. [PMID: 37985171 PMCID: PMC10659132 DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2023.1804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
Abstract
Here we report development of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), along with unmasking of a TET2-mutated myeloid neoplasm, after initial doses of bendamustine and rituximab for longstanding chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). After many years of CLL showing minimally progressive lymphocytosis, the patient's white blood cell count began to decline in parallel with neutrophil count, hemoglobin, and platelet count. Bone marrow biopsy showed partial CLL involvement; bendamustine+rituximab therapy was augmented with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (g-CSF) and romiplostim to mitigate worsening pancytopenia, without response. Laboratory evaluation revealed a pattern supportive of the clinical impression of HLH, while bone marrow biopsy showed persistent CLL, new reticulin fibrosis, megakaryocytic proliferation, and 32% mutated TET2, but no compelling morphologic evidence of hemophagocytosis. The patient recovered with dexamethasone and g-CSF support.
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MESH Headings
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic/drug therapy
- Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic/pathology
- Rituximab/therapeutic use
- Bendamustine Hydrochloride/therapeutic use
- Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/therapeutic use
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Dioxygenases
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield, Wisconsin
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield, Wisconsin
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Wu HY, Zhou X, Chu XX, Deng XZ, Yuan CL, Ran XH, Liu GQ, Fan CB, Hao HY, Zhong YP. [Bendamustine combined with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in relapsed multiple myeloma with extramedullary disease: a multicenter study]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:667-671. [PMID: 37803841 PMCID: PMC10520229 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2023.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of bendamustine combined with pomalidomide and dexamethasone (BPD regimen) in the treatment of relapsed multiple myeloma (MM) with extramedullary disease. Methods: This open, single-arm, multicenter prospective cohort study included 30 relapsed MM patients with extramedullary disease diagnosed in seven hospitals including Qingdao Municipal Hospital. The patients were treated with BPD regimen from February 2021 to November 2022. This study analyzed the efficacy and adverse reactions of the BPD regimen. Results: The median age of the 30 patients was 62 (47-72) years, of which 18 (60% ) had first-time recurrence. The overall response rate (ORR) of the 18 patients with first-time recurrence was 100%, of which three (16.7% ) achieved complete remission, 10 (55.5% ) achieved very good partial remission (VGPR), and five (27.8% ) achieved partial remission (PR). The ORR of 12 patients with recurrence after second-line or above treatment was 50%, including zero patients with ≥VGPR and six patients (50% ) with PR. Three cases (25% ) had stable disease, and three cases (25% ) had disease progression. The one-year progression free survival rate of all patients was 65.2% (95% CI 37.2% -83.1% ), and the 1-year overall survival rate was 90.0% (95% CI 76.2% -95.4% ). The common grade 3-4 hematology adverse reactions included two cases (6.7% ) of neutropenia and one case (3.3% ) of thrombocytopenia. The overall adverse reactions are controllable. Conclusions: The BPD regimen has good efficacy and tolerance in relapsed MM patients with extramedullary disease.
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- H Y Wu
- Qingdao Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Qingdao Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai 264099, China
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- Weihai Municipal Hospital, Weihai 264299, China
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- Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Qingdao 266035, China
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- Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang 261044, China
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- Shengli Oilfield Center Hospital, Dongying 257099, China
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- Qingdao Haici Medical Group, Qingdao 266033, China
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- Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Qingdao 266035, China
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- Qingdao Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266071, China
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Vuolio T, Kuittinen O, Väyrynen JP, Teppo HR, Prusila REI, Rämet M, Kuitunen H, Paloneva T, Kuusisto MEL. R-bendamustine in the treatment of nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma-An extended follow-up. Br J Haematol 2023; 202:e24-e26. [PMID: 37282360 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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- Tero Vuolio
- University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
- Faculty of Health Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Faculty of Health Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
- Kuopio University Hospital Cancer Center, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Central Ostrobothnian Central Hospital, Kokkola, Finland
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- University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
- Faculty of Health Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Länsi-Pohja Central Hospital, Kemi, Finland
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Wang H, He Q, Liu D, Deng XZ, Ma J, Xie LN, Sun ZL, Liu C, Zhao RR, Lu K, Chu XX, Gao N, Wei HC, Sun YH, Zhong YP, Xing LJ, Zhang HY, Zhang H, Xu WW, Li ZJ. [Efficacy and safety of bendamustine-rituximab combination therapy for newly diagnosed indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and elderly mantle cell lymphoma: a multi-center prospective phase II clinical trial in China]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:550-554. [PMID: 37749033 PMCID: PMC10509620 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2023.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Objectives: This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of bendamustine in combination with rituximab (BR regimen) for the treatment of newly diagnosed indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-iNHL) and elderly mantle cell lymphoma (eMCL) . Methods: From December 1, 2020 to September 10, 2022, a multi-center prospective study was conducted across ten Grade A tertiary hospitals in Shandong Province, China. The BR regimen was administered to evaluate its efficacy and safety in newly diagnosed B-iNHL and eMCL patients, and all completed at least four cycles of induction therapy. Results: The 72 enrolled patients with B-iNHL or MCL were aged 24-74 years, with a median age of 55 years. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status scores of 0-1 were observed in 76.4% of patients, while 23.6% had scores of 2. Disease distribution included follicular lymphoma (FL) (51.4% ), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) (33.3% ), eMCL (11.1% ), and the unknown subtype (4.2% ). According to the Ann Arbor staging system, 16.7% and 65.3% of patients were diagnosed with stage Ⅲ and stage Ⅳ lymphomas, respectively. Following four cycles of BR induction therapy, the overall response rate was 98.6%, with a complete response (CR) rate of 83.3% and a partial response (PR) rate of 15.3%. Only one eMCL patient experienced disease progression during treatment, and only one FL patient experienced a relapse. Even when evaluated using CT alone, the CR rate was 63.9%, considering the differences between PET/CT and CT assessments. The median follow-up duration was 11 months (range: 4-22), with a PFS rate of 96.8% and an OS rate of 100.0%. The main hematologic adverse reactions included grade 3-4 leukopenia (27.8%, with febrile neutropenia observed in 8.3% of patients), grade 3-4 lymphopenia (23.6% ), grade 3-4 anemia (5.6% ), and grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia (4.2% ). The main non-hematologic adverse reactions such as fatigue, nausea/vomiting, rash, and infections occurred in less than 20.0% of patients. Conclusion: Within the scope of this clinical trial conducted in China, the BR regimen demonstrated efficacy and safety in treating newly diagnosed B-iNHL and eMCL patients.
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- H Wang
- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Weihai Municipal Hospital, Weihai 264200, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Jining First People's Hospital, Jining 272000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai 264000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Binzhou 256600, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang 261000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi 276000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining 272000, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250000, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250000, China
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Johnson PC, Woyach JA, Ulrich A, Marcotte V, Nipp RD, Lage DE, Nelson AM, Newcomb RA, Rice J, Lavoie MW, Ritchie CS, Bartlett N, Stephens DM, Ding W, Owen C, Stone R, Ruppert AS, Mandrekar SJ, Byrd JC, El-Jawahri A, Le-Rademacher J, Rosko A. Geriatric assessment measures are predictive of outcomes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. J Geriatr Oncol 2023; 14:101538. [PMID: 37329769 PMCID: PMC10599966 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2023.101538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) commonly affects older adults. However, few studies have examined the relationship between baseline geriatric domains and clinical outcomes in this population. Here, we aim to evaluate the use of a comprehensive geriatric assessment in older (>65 years) untreated patients with CLL to predict outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a planned analysis of 369 patients with CLL age 65 or older treated in a phase 3 randomized trial of bendamustine plus rituximab versus ibrutinib plus rituximab versus ibrutinib alone (A041202). Patients underwent evaluations of geriatric domains including functional status, psychological status, social activity, cognition, social support, and nutritional status. We examined associations among baseline geriatric domains with grade 3+ adverse events using multivariable logistic regression and overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) using multivariable Cox regression models. RESULTS In this study, the median age was 71 years (range: 65-87). In the combined multivariable model, the following geriatric domains were significantly associated with PFS: Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) - social activities survey score (hazard ratio [HR] [95% confidence interval (CI)] 0.974(0.961, 0.988), p = 0.0002) and nutritional status (≥5% weight loss in the preceding six months: (HR [95% CI] 2.717[1.696, 4.354], p < 0.001). MOS - social activities score [HR (95% CI) 0.978(0.958, 0.999), p = 0.038] was associated with OS. No geriatric domains were significantly associated with toxicity. There were no statistically significant interactions between geriatric domains and treatment. DISCUSSION Geriatric domains of social activity and nutritional status were associated with OS and/or PFS in older adults with CLL. These findings highlight the importance of assessing geriatric domains to identify high-risk patients with CLL who may benefit from additional support during treatment.
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- P Connor Johnson
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Alliance Statistics and Data Management Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Alliance Statistics and Data Management Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Washington University - Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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Jing C, Zhao A, Wang J, Niu T. Efficacy of front-line immunochemotherapy for transplant-ineligible mantle cell lymphoma: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Cancer Med 2023; 12:15107-15116. [PMID: 37264757 PMCID: PMC10417079 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is no standard first-line immunochemotherapy regimen for transplant-ineligible patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) currently, and the efficacy of various treatment remains unclear. METHODS We conducted a Bayesian network meta-analysis (NMA) of all eligible randomized controlled trials. Pairwise comparisons and ranking of different first-line treatment options were performed. RESULTS Nine studies were included in the NMA, involving a total of 2897 MCL patients. The BR-Ibrutinib+R regimen showed the best progression-free survival (PFS), with a surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) of 0.89 and probability of being the best treatment (PbBT) of 69%. The VR-CAP regimen was the most potential intervention to improve overall survival (OS), with a SUCRA of 0.89 and PbBT of 63%. Compared with the R-CHOP regimen, the BR regimen achieved a better PFS (hazard ratio [HR] 0.45 [95% credible interval 0.2-0.96]). The BR-Ibrutinib+R regimen (HR 0.14 [0.02-0.99]), BR+R regimen (HR 0.19 [0.034-0.99]), and BR regimen (HR 0.3 [0.08-1.03]) were superior to CHOP regimen with better PFS. The R-FC regimen (HR 2.27 [1.01-5.21]) or FC regimen (HR 3.17 [1.15-8.71]) was inferior to the VR-CAP regimen with a worse OS. CONCLUSIONS Our study presents the most promising first-line treatment strategy for transplant-ineligible MCL patients in terms of PFS and OS, which provides innovative treatment strategy for MCL treatment.
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- Caixia Jing
- Department of Hematology, West China HospitalSichuan UniversityChengduChina
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- Department of Hematology, West China HospitalSichuan UniversityChengduChina
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- Department of Hematology, West China HospitalSichuan UniversityChengduChina
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- Department of Hematology, West China HospitalSichuan UniversityChengduChina
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Nichols MM, Ondrejka SL, Patil S, Durkin L, Hill BT, Hsi ED. Ki67 proliferation index in follicular lymphoma is associated with favorable outcome in patients treated with R-CHOP. Leuk Lymphoma 2023; 64:1433-1441. [PMID: 37226602 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2214651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Follicular lymphoma (FL) is a common, indolent small B-cell lymphoma. While the Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index is widely used, reliable prognostic and predictive biomarkers are needed. A recent study suggested that architectural patterns of CD10, BCL6, and Ki67 expression may correlate with progression-free survival (PFS) in FL patients treated with chemotherapy-free regimens. We examined the prognostic and predictive utility of architectural patterns of CD10, BCL6, Ki67, and FOXP1 in 90 patients treated with immunochemotherapy (bendamustine-rituximab [BR] and R-cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone [CHOP]). We found that high follicular Ki67 (≥30%) was associated with longer PFS in the subgroup of patients treated with R-CHOP but not among those treated with BR. Validation of this biomarker may support routine use of Ki67 as a predictive marker in FL.
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- Meredith M Nichols
- Robert Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Robert Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Lerner Research Institute, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Robert Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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Nowakowski GS, Yoon DH, Mondello P, Joffe E, Peters A, Fleury I, Greil R, Ku M, Marks R, Kim K, Zinzani PL, Trotman J, Sabatelli L, Waltl EE, Winderlich M, Sporchia A, Kurukulasuriya NC, Cordoba R, Hess G, Salles G. RE-MIND2: comparative effectiveness of tafasitamab plus lenalidomide versus polatuzumab vedotin/bendamustine/rituximab (pola-BR), CAR-T therapies, and lenalidomide/rituximab (R2) based on real-world data in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Ann Hematol 2023; 102:1773-1787. [PMID: 37171597 PMCID: PMC10261238 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-023-05196-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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RE-MIND2 (NCT04697160) compared patient outcomes from the L-MIND (NCT02399085) trial of tafasitamab+lenalidomide with those of patients treated with other therapies for relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who are autologous stem cell transplant ineligible. We present outcomes data for three pre-specified treatments not assessed in the primary analysis. Data were retrospectively collected from sites in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Patients were aged ≥18 years with histologically confirmed DLBCL and received ≥2 systemic therapies for DLBCL (including ≥1 anti-CD20 therapy). Patients enrolled in the observational and L-MIND cohorts were matched using propensity score-based 1:1 nearest-neighbor matching, balanced for six covariates. Tafasitamab+lenalidomide was compared with polatuzumab vedotin+bendamustine+rituximab (pola-BR), rituximab+lenalidomide (R2), and CD19-chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies. The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS). Secondary endpoints included treatment response and progression-free survival. From 200 sites, 3,454 patients were enrolled in the observational cohort. Strictly matched patient pairs consisted of tafasitamab+lenalidomide versus pola-BR (n = 24 pairs), versus R2 (n = 33 pairs), and versus CAR-T therapies (n = 37 pairs). A significant OS benefit was observed with tafasitamab+lenalidomide versus pola-BR (HR: 0.441; p = 0.034) and R2 (HR: 0.435; p = 0.012). Comparable OS was observed in tafasitamab+lenalidomide and CAR-T cohorts (HR: 0.953, p = 0.892). Tafasitamab+lenalidomide appeared to improve survival outcomes versus pola-BR and R2, and comparable outcomes were observed versus CAR-T. Although based on limited patient numbers, these data may help to contextualize emerging therapies for R/R DLBCL. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT04697160 (January 6, 2021).
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy, Montreal University, Montreal, Canada
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- Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg Cancer Research Institute-CCCIT, and Cancer Cluster Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Haematology, St Vincent's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- University Hospital Freiburg Internal Medicine I, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Haematology Department, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, University of Sydney, Concord, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Hematology, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Health Research Institute IISFJD, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical School of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Wang J, Yao Y, Shang JJ, Ma X, Fu CC, Wu DP, Jin S. [Efficacy and safety of bendamustine combined with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma]. Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 2023; 44:504-507. [PMID: 37550209 PMCID: PMC10450555 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-2727.2023.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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- J Wang
- Department of Hematology, Soochow Hopes Hematology Hospital, Suzhou 215128, China
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- Department of Hematology, Soochow Hopes Hematology Hospital, Suzhou 215128, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou 215006, China
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Wang Y, Jain P, Locke FL, Maurer MJ, Frank MJ, Munoz JL, Dahiya S, Beitinjaneh AM, Jacobs MT, Mcguirk JP, Vose JM, Goy A, Andreadis C, Hill BT, Dorritie KA, Oluwole OO, Deol A, Paludo J, Shah B, Wang T, Banerjee R, Miklos DB, Rapoport AP, Lekakis L, Ghobadi A, Neelapu SS, Lin Y, Wang ML, Jain MD. Brexucabtagene Autoleucel for Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma in Standard-of-Care Practice: Results From the US Lymphoma CAR T Consortium. J Clin Oncol 2023; 41:2594-2606. [PMID: 36753699 PMCID: PMC10489553 DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.01797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel) is an autologous CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy approved for relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). This therapy was approved on the basis of the single-arm phase II ZUMA-2 trial, which showed best overall and complete response rates of 91% and 68%, respectively. We report clinical outcomes with brexu-cel in the standard-of-care setting for the approved indication. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients who underwent leukapheresis between August 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021, at 16 US institutions, with an intent to manufacture commercial brexu-cel for relapsed/refractory MCL, were included. Patient data were collected for analyses of responses, outcomes, and toxicities as per standard guidelines. RESULTS Of 189 patients who underwent leukapheresis, 168 (89%) received brexu-cel infusion. Of leukapheresed patients, 79% would not have met ZUMA-2 eligibility criteria. Best overall and complete response rates were 90% and 82%, respectively. At a median follow-up of 14.3 months after infusion, the estimates for 6- and 12-month progression-free survival (PFS) were 69% (95% CI, 61 to 75) and 59% (95% CI, 51 to 66), respectively. The nonrelapse mortality was 9.1% at 1 year, primarily because of infections. Grade 3 or higher cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity occurred in 8% and 32%, respectively. In univariable analysis, high-risk simplified MCL international prognostic index, high Ki-67, TP53 aberration, complex karyotype, and blastoid/pleomorphic variant were associated with shorter PFS after brexu-cel infusion. Patients with recent bendamustine exposure (within 24 months before leukapheresis) had shorter PFS and overall survival after leukapheresis in intention-to-treat univariable analysis. CONCLUSION In the standard-of-care setting, the efficacy and toxicity of brexu-cel were consistent with those reported in the ZUMA-2 trial. Tumor-intrinsic features of MCL, and possibly recent bendamustine exposure, may be associated with inferior efficacy outcomes.
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL
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- Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, St Louis, MO
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Buffett Cancer Center, Omaha, NE
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- John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ
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- Wayne State University, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL
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- Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, St Louis, MO
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- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS. Enhancing prognostication and personalizing treatment of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma. Expert Rev Hematol 2023; 16:333-348. [PMID: 37086394 PMCID: PMC10183153 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2023.2206557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma (EMZL) of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue is an indolent lymphoma originating from marginal zone B-cells and associated with chronic inflammation. EMZL demonstrates distinct genomic alterations according to the primary extranodal site of disease but commonly affects signaling pathways including NF-ĸB, B-cell receptor, and NOTCH. Treatment with radiation therapy is commonly implemented in localized diseases, and multiple agents are available for patients with advanced-stage diseases in need of therapy. Bendamustine with rituximab is a frontline platform associated with high efficacy. AREAS COVERED Clinical features, diagnosis, genomics, models enabling risk stratification, treatment options, and future directions. EXPERT OPINION The lack of consistent genotyping profile in EMZL precludes the development of tissue and circulatory biomarkers for the diagnosis, risk stratification, and monitoring of minimal residual disease. Furthermore, the biological heterogeneity observed in extranodal sites associated with overall limited genomic data prevents the testing of druggable pathways aiming for a personalized treatment approach. Future clinical trials should focus on EMZL considering the unique clinical characteristics in the eligibility criteria and response assessment to better inform efficacy of novel agents and delineate sequences of therapies.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Harker-Murray P, Mauz-Körholz C, Leblanc T, Mascarin M, Michel G, Cooper S, Beishuizen A, Leger KJ, Amoroso L, Buffardi S, Rigaud C, Hoppe BS, Lisano J, Francis S, Sacchi M, Cole PD, Drachtman RA, Kelly KM, Daw S. Nivolumab and brentuximab vedotin with or without bendamustine for R/R Hodgkin lymphoma in children, adolescents, and young adults. Blood 2023; 141:2075-2084. [PMID: 36564047 PMCID: PMC10646780 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022017118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Children, adolescents, and young adults (CAYA) with relapsed/refractory (R/R) classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) without complete metabolic response (CMR) before autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (auto-HCT) have poor survival outcomes. CheckMate 744, a phase 2 study for CAYA (aged 5-30 years) with R/R cHL, evaluated a risk-stratified, response-adapted approach with nivolumab plus brentuximab vedotin (BV) followed by BV plus bendamustine for patients with suboptimal response. Risk stratification was primarily based on time to relapse, prior treatment, and presence of B symptoms. We present the primary analysis of the standard-risk cohort. Data from the low-risk cohort are reported separately. Patients received 4 induction cycles with nivolumab plus BV; those without CMR (Deauville score >3, Lugano 2014) received BV plus bendamustine intensification. Patients with CMR after induction or intensification proceeded to consolidation (high-dose chemotherapy/auto-HCT per protocol). Primary end point was CMR any time before consolidation. Forty-four patients were treated. Median age was 16 years. At a minimum follow-up of 15.6 months, 43 patients received 4 induction cycles (1 discontinued), 11 of whom received intensification; 32 proceeded to consolidation. CMR rate was 59% after induction with nivolumab plus BV and 94% any time before consolidation (nivolumab plus BV ± BV plus bendamustine). One-year progression-free survival rate was 91%. During induction, 18% of patients experienced grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events. This risk-stratified, response-adapted salvage strategy had high CMR rates with limited toxicities in CAYA with R/R cHL. Most patients did not require additional chemotherapy (bendamustine intensification). Additional follow-up is needed to confirm durability of disease control. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT02927769.
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- University Hospital Justus Liebig University, Giessen, and Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Hôpital Robert-Debré Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology and Pediatric Radiotherapy Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Timone Enfants Hospital and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, and Erasmus Medical Centre–Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Département de Cancérologie de l’Enfant et de l’Adolescent, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
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- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
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- University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Muthumanickam S, Ramachandran B, Boomi P, Jeyakanthan J, Prabu HG, Jegatheswaran S, Premkumar K. Combination of bendamustine-azacitidine against Syk target of breast cancer: an in silico study. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:13950-13962. [PMID: 37098715 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2203259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Breast cancer (BC) is the most serious and second leading cause of death in women worldwide. When breast cancer is diagnosed and treated early, the chance of long-term survival is up to 90%. On the other hand, 90% of BC patient deaths are due to metastasis and a lack of effective early diagnosis. The existing conventional chemotherapy provides negative feedback due to transportation barriers towards the action sites, multidrug resistance, poor bio-availability, non-specific delivery and systemic side effects on the healthy tissue. Syk protein Kinase has been reported in BC, as a tumor modulator, providing a pro-survival signal and also by restricting epithelial-mesenchymal transition, enhancing cell-cell interactions and inhibiting migration. In the present study, we explored the possibility of targeting BC by attenuating Syk protein Kinase. Hence, we have conjugated the hydrophobic Bendamustine (BEN) and hydrophilic Azacitidine (AZA) anticancer drugs to evaluate their efficacy against BC. The native drugs (BEN and AZA) and designed drug-drug conjugate (BEN-AZA) were docked with Syk protein. Then, the docked complex was performed for Binding Free Energy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Furthermore, DFT and ADME properties were carried out. The results revealed that the designed drug-drug conjugate has a better docking score, ΔGbind and admirable stability throughout the simulation when compared with native drugs. In DFT and ADME analyses, the designed drug-drug conjugate has shown good stereo electronic features and pharmaceutical relevant parameters than that of native drugs. The overall results suggested that the designed drug-drug conjugate may be a suitable candidate for BC treatment.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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Buske C, Castillo JJ, Abeykoon JP, Advani R, Arulogun SO, Branagan AR, Cao X, D'Sa S, Hou J, Kapoor P, Kastritis E, Kersten MJ, LeBlond V, Leiba M, Matous JV, Paludo J, Qiu L, Tam CS, Tedeschi A, Thomas SK, Tohidi-Esfahani I, Varettoni M, Vos JM, Garcia-Sanz R, San-Miguel J, Dimopoulos MA, Treon SP, Trotman J. Report of consensus panel 1 from the 11 th International Workshop on Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia on management of symptomatic, treatment-naïve patients. Semin Hematol 2023; 60:73-79. [PMID: 37099027 DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2023.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Consensus Panel 1 (CP1) of the 11th International Workshop on Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (IWWM-11) was tasked with updating guidelines for the management of symptomatic, treatment-naïve patients with WM. The panel reiterated that watchful waiting remains the gold standard for asymptomatic patients without critically elevated IgM or compromised hematopoietic function. For first-line treatment, chemoimmunotherapy (CIT) regimens such as dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, rituximab (DRC), or bendamustine, rituximab (Benda-R) continue to play a central role in managing WM, as they are effective, of fixed duration, generally well-tolerated, and affordable. Covalent BTK inhibitors (cBTKi) offer a continuous, generally well-tolerated alternative for the primary treatment of WM patients, particularly those unsuitable for CIT. In a Phase III randomized trial updated at IWWM-11, the second-generation cBTKi, zanubrutinib, was less toxic than ibrutinib and induced deeper remissions, thus categorizing zanubrutinib as a suitable treatment option in WM. While the overall findings of a prospective, randomized trial updated at IWWM-11 did not show superiority of fixed duration rituximab maintenance over observation following attainment of a major response to Benda-R induction, a subset analysis showed benefit in patients >65 years and those with a high IPPSWM score. Whenever possible, the mutational status of MYD88 and CXCR4 should be determined before treatment initiation, as alterations in these 2 genes predict sensitivity towards cBTKi activity. Treatment approaches for WM-associated cryoglobulins, cold agglutinins, AL amyloidosis, Bing-Neel syndrome (BNS), peripheral neuropathy, and hyperviscosity syndrome follow the common principle of reducing tumor and abnormal protein burden rapidly and deeply to improve symptoms. In BNS, ibrutinib can be highly active and produce durable responses. In contrast, cBTKi are not recommended for treating AL amyloidosis. The panel emphasized that continuous improvement of treatment options for symptomatic, treatment-naïve WM patients critically depends on the participation of patients in clinical trials, whenever possible.
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- Christian Buske
- University Hospital Ulm, Institute of Experimental Cancer Research, Ulm, Germany.
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- Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam/LYMMCARE, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Sorbonne University, Paris France
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- Faculty of Health Science, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Assuta Ashdod University Hospital; Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Negev, Israel Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Denver, CO
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- National Clinical Medical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam/LYMMCARE, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Research Biomedical Institute of Salamanca, CIBERONC and Center for Cancer Research-IBMCC (University of Salamanca-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
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- Concord Repatriation General Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Tam CS, Kapoor P, Castillo JJ, Buske C, Ansell SM, Branagan AR, Kimby E, Li Y, Palomba ML, Qiu L, Shadman M, Abeykoon JP, Sarosiek S, Vos J, Yi S, Stephens D, Roos-Weil D, Roccaro AM, Morel P, Munshi NC, Anderson KC, San-Miguel J, Garcia-Sanz R, Dimopoulos MA, Treon SP, Kersten MJ. Report of consensus panel 7 from the 11th international workshop on Waldenström macroglobulinemia on priorities for novel clinical trials. Semin Hematol 2023; 60:118-124. [PMID: 37099031 DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2023.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Recent advances in the understanding of Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) biology have impacted the development of effective novel agents and improved our knowledge of how the genomic background of WM may influence selection of therapy. Consensus Panel 7 (CP7) of the 11th International Workshop on WM was convened to examine the current generation of completed and ongoing clinical trials involving novel agents, consider updated data on WM genomics, and make recommendations on the design and prioritization of future clinical trials. CP7 considers limited duration and novel-novel agent combinations to be the priority for the next generation of clinical trials. Evaluation of MYD88, CXCR4 and TP53 at baseline in the context of clinical trials is crucial. The common chemoimmunotherapy backbones, bendamustine-rituximab (BR) and dexamethasone, rituximab and cyclophosphamide (DRC), may be considered standard-of-care for the frontline comparative studies. Key unanswered questions include the definition of frailty in WM; the importance of attaining a very good partial response or better (≥VGPR), within stipulated time frame, in determining survival outcomes; and the optimal treatment of WM populations with special needs.
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- C S Tam
- Alfred Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston. MA
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- Institute of Experimental Cancer Research, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- National National Clinical Medical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston. MA
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- Department of Hematology, Cancer Center Amsterdam/LYMMCARE, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- National National Clinical Medical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China; Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin 301600, China
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- University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Sorbonne University, Hematology Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Hematologie Clinique et Therapie Cellulaire, University Hospital Amiens Picardie, University of Picardie Jules Verne, France
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- Institute of Experimental Cancer Research, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Cancer Research, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinica Universidad de Navarra, CCUN, CIMA, IDISNA, CIBERONC, Navarra, Spain
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- Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Research Biomedical Institute of Salamanca, CIBERONC and Center for Cancer Research-IBMCC (University of Salamanca-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Experimental Cancer Research, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin 301600, China
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Gertz MA. Waldenström macroglobulinemia: 2023 update on diagnosis, risk stratification, and management. Am J Hematol 2023; 98:348-358. [PMID: 36588395 PMCID: PMC10249724 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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DISEASE OVERVIEW Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal protein. Clinical features include anemia, thrombocytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, and rarely hyperviscosity. DIAGNOSIS Presence of IgM monoclonal protein associated with ≥10% clonal lymphoplasmacytic cells in bone marrow confirms the diagnosis. The L265P mutation in MYD88 is detectable in more than 90% of patients and is found in most IgM MGUS patients. MYD88 is not required for the diagnosis. RISK STRATIFICATION Age, hemoglobin level, platelet count, β2 microglobulin, LDH, and monoclonal IgM concentrations are characteristics that are predictive of outcomes. RISK-ADAPTED THERAPY Not all patients who fulfill WM criteria require therapy; these patients can be observed until symptoms develop. Rituximab-monotherapy is inferior to regimens that combine it with bendamustine, an alkylating agent, a proteosome inhibitor, or a BTK inhibitor. The preferred Mayo Clinic induction is either rituximab and bendamustine (without rituximab maintenance) or zanubrutinib. MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY DISEASE Bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, thalidomide, everolimus, Bruton Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, bendamustine, and venetoclax have all been shown to have activity in relapsed WM. Given WM's natural history, the reduction of therapy toxicity is an important part of treatment selection.
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- Morie A Gertz
- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Morita Y, Yagi Y, Kanemasa Y, Sasaki Y, Ishimine K, Hayashi Y, Mino M, Ohigashi A, Tamura T, Nakamura S, Okuya T, Shimizuguchi T, Shingai N, Toya T, Shimizu H, Najima Y, Kobayashi T, Haraguchi K, Doki N, Okuyama Y, Ohashi K, Shimoyama T. [Polatuzumab vedotin, bendamustine, and rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, including the outcome as a bridging treatment to CAR-T cell therapy or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2023; 64:586-595. [PMID: 37544717 DOI: 10.11406/rinketsu.64.586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Pola-BR (polatuzumab vedotin, bendamustine, and rituximab) therapy received approval for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL) in Japan in March 2021. There have been few reports on the efficacy and safety of Pola-BR therapy in Japanese clinical practice. A retrospective analysis was performed on twenty-nine patients with R/R DLBCL who received Pola-BR therapy at our institution (intent to cellular immunotherapy cohort: 20 patients, stand-alone treatment cohort: nine patients). The overall response rate was 69.0% (complete response 27.6%). The median progression-free survival was 5.1 months, with a 9.5-month median overall survival. In the intent to cellular immunotherapy cohort, 11 of 19 patients received chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) infusions, and one patient received allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Four patients received Pola-BR therapy, including bendamustine before leukapheresis, and all produced CAR-T products successfully. 3 of the 28 patients experienced grade3 or higher adverse events, and two required treatment discontinuation. Our single institution, a real-world cohort of R/R DLBCL patients showed high efficacy outcomes and a tolerable toxicity profile for Pola-BR therapy, which is comparable to previous studies. More cases are needed to determine its impact on CAR-T therapy and stem cell transplantation.
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- Yuka Morita
- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Division of Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Division of Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital
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Merli M, Arcaini L. Management of marginal zone lymphomas. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 2022; 2022:676-687. [PMID: 36485086 PMCID: PMC9901419 DOI: 10.1182/hematology.2022000362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Marginal zone lymphomas (MZLs) represent about 7% of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas and include 3 different subtypes-namely, extranodal (EMZL), nodal, and splenic (SMZL). The initial assessment requires specific diagnostic and staging procedures depending on organ-related peculiarities. In particular, although positron emission tomography/computed tomography was not initially recommended, recent data have reassessed its role in the routine staging of MZL, especially when only localized treatment is planned or there is a suspicion of histologic transformation. Recent findings have improved the risk stratification of MZL patients, highlighting the association of early progression after frontline therapy with worse overall survival. A significant fraction of MZL cases may be related to specific bacterial (ie, Helicobacter pylori in gastric EMZL) or viral infections (hepatis C virus), and in the earlier phases of disease, a variable percentage of patients may respond to anti-infective therapy. Involved-site radiotherapy has a central role in the management of localized EMZL not amenable to or not responding to anti-infective therapy. Although rituximab-based treatments (bendamustine- rituximab in advanced EMZL or rituximab monotherapy in SMZL) have demonstrated favorable results, the current therapeutic scenario is predicted to rapidly change as emerging novel agents, especially Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors, have demonstrated promising efficacy and safety profiles, leading to their approval in the relapsed setting. Moreover, a large variety of novel agents (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors, chimeric antigen receptor T-cells, bispecific antibodies) are being tested in MZL patients with encouraging preliminary results.
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- Michele Merli
- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, ASST Sette Laghi, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Ramasamy K, Iqbal G, Brouwer R, Stalker V, Akhtar S, Varghese S, Lindsay J, Schey S, Drayson M, Dunn J. Bortezomib, Bendamustine and Dexamethasone vs Thalidomide, Bendamustine and Dexamethasone in Myeloma patients presenting with renal failure (OPTIMAL): a randomised, multi-centre phase II trial. Blood Cancer J 2022; 12:162. [PMID: 36446771 PMCID: PMC9708638 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-022-00758-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Karthik Ramasamy
- Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
- Radcliffe department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
- Oxford Translational Myeloma Centre, Oxford, UK.
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- Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Oxford Translational Myeloma Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Oxford Translational Myeloma Centre, Oxford, UK
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- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Immunity & Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Kaedbey R, Forward N, Sehn LH, Shafey M, Doucette S, Chen CI. A Canadian Perspective on the Treatment of Waldenström Macroglobulinemia. Curr Oncol 2022; 29:7122-7139. [PMID: 36290837 PMCID: PMC9600063 DOI: 10.3390/curroncol29100560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Revised: 09/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a slowly progressing B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by monoclonal IgM gammopathy in the blood and infiltration of the bone marrow by clonal lymphoplasmacytic cells. As an incurable disease, the goals for therapy for WM are to relieve symptoms, slow disease progression, prevent organ damage, and maintain quality of life. However, given the rarity of WM, clinical trials comparing treatments for WM are limited and there is no definitive standard of care. The selection of first-line WM therapy is thus based on patient factors, disease characteristics, and drug access, with bendamustine-rituximab and Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor therapy considered preferred treatments. Other treatments such as proteasome inhibitor- or purine analogue-based therapy, alternative chemoimmunotherapy, and autologous stem cell transplantation are generally reserved for the relapsed setting but may be used in rare circumstances in earlier lines of therapy. This paper summarizes the efficacy and safety of these WM therapies and discusses considerations for treatment from a Canadian perspective.
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- Rayan Kaedbey
- Department of Hematology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University/Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS B3H 2Y9, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, BC Cancer Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Foothills Medical Centre and University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 610 University Avenue, Suite 6-225, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9, Canada
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Ghilardi G, Chong EA, Svoboda J, Wohlfarth P, Nasta SD, Williamson S, Landsburg JD, Gerson JN, Barta SK, Pajarillo R, Myers J, Chen AI, Schachter L, Yelton R, Ballard HJ, Hodges Dwinal A, Gier S, Victoriano D, Weber E, Napier E, Garfall A, Porter DL, Jäger U, Maziarz RT, Ruella M, Schuster SJ. Bendamustine is safe and effective for lymphodepletion before tisagenlecleucel in patients with refractory or relapsed large B-cell lymphomas. Ann Oncol 2022; 33:916-928. [PMID: 35690221 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.05.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell immunotherapy (CAR-T) is now a standard treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas; however, a significant portion of patients do not respond to CAR-T and/or experience toxicities. Lymphodepleting chemotherapy is a critical component of CAR-T that enhances CAR-T-cell engraftment, expansion, cytotoxicity, and persistence. We hypothesized that the lymphodepletion regimen might affect the safety and efficacy of CAR-T. PATIENTS AND METHODS We compared the safety and efficacy of lymphodepletion using either fludarabine/cyclophosphamide (n = 42) or bendamustine (n = 90) before tisagenlecleucel in two cohorts of patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphomas treated consecutively at three academic institutions in the United States (University of Pennsylvania, n = 90; Oregon Health & Science University, n = 35) and Europe (University of Vienna, n = 7). Response was assessed using the Lugano 2014 criteria and toxicities were assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 and, when possible, the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) consensus grading. RESULTS Fludarabine/cyclophosphamide led to more profound lymphocytopenia after tisagenlecleucel infusion compared with bendamustine, although the efficacy of tisagenlecleucel was similar between the two groups. We observed significant differences, however, in the frequency and severity of adverse events. In particular, patients treated with bendamustine had lower rates of cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity. In addition, higher rates of hematological toxicities were observed in patients receiving fludarabine/cyclophosphamide. Bendamustine-treated patients had higher nadir neutrophil counts, hemoglobin levels, and platelet counts, as well as a shorter time to blood count recovery, and received fewer platelet and red cell transfusions. Fewer episodes of infection, neutropenic fever, and post-infusion hospitalization were observed in the bendamustine cohort compared with patients receiving fludarabine/cyclophosphamide. CONCLUSIONS Bendamustine for lymphodepletion before tisagenlecleucel has efficacy similar to fludarabine/cyclophosphamide with reduced toxicities, including cytokine release syndrome, neurotoxicity, infectious and hematological toxicities, as well as reduced hospital utilization.
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- G Ghilardi
- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Medical University of Vienna, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Department of Medicine I Wien, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna, Austria
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program, Portland, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program, Portland, USA
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- Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program, Portland, USA
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- Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program, Portland, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program, Portland, USA
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- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Medical University of Vienna, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Department of Medicine I Wien, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Vienna, Austria
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- Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program, Portland, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Lymphoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Cellular Therapy and Transplant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Division of Hematology-Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
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A patient with follicular lymphoma treated with obinutuzumab and bendamustine experienced prolonged coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). One month after the symptoms transiently improved, the patient experienced exacerbated COVID-19 symptoms. The patient recovered from COVID-19 with remdesivir and dexamethasone and was discharged 77 days after the disease onset. The patient completed a primary series of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations on day 176, but the anti-spike protein IgG was not detected later. A careful observation to detect any subsequent relapse of COVID-19 symptoms is necessary in immunocompromised patients. Chemotherapy should be based on the disease status and type of lymphoma.
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- Yayoi Ueda
- Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Rosai Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Rosai Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okayama Rosai Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Okayama Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Rosai Hospital, Japan
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Sermer D, Sarosiek S, Branagan AR, Treon SP, Castillo JJ. SOHO State of the Art Updates and Next Questions: Targeted therapies and emerging novel treatment approaches for Waldenström Macroglobulinemia. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2022; 22:547-556. [PMID: 35339405 DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2022.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare hematologic malignancy characterized by the presence of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma cells involving the bone marrow and production of a monoclonal IgM paraprotein. Recurrent somatic mutations in MYD88L265P and CXCR4 have been reported in 90% to 95% and 30% to 40% of patients with WM, respectively. Standard treatment regimens combine the anti-CD20 antibody rituximab with alkylating agents (eg, bendamustine, cyclophosphamide), nucleoside analogs (eg, fludarabine, cladribine), or proteasome inhibitors (eg, bortezomib, carfilzomib, and ixazomib). Covalent BTK inhibitors (eg, ibrutinib, acalabrutinib, zanubrutinib) have shown to be safe and highly effective in patients with WM. Novel and promising agents in this disease include next-generation covalent BTK inhibitors (eg, tirabrutinib, orelabrutinib), non-covalent BTK inhibitors (eg, pirtobrutinib, ARQ531), BCL-2 antagonists (eg, venetoclax), and CXCR4-targeted agents (eg, mavorixafor, ulocuplumab), among others. Future studies will focus on developing fixed-duration combinations regimens with these novel agents aimed at increasing durable responses while minimizing toxicity and cost.
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- David Sermer
- Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Bing Center for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Bing Center for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Bing Center for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
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Gouni S, Rosenthal AC, Crombie JL, Ip A, Kamdar MK, Hess B, Feng L, Watson G, Ayers A, Neelapu SS, Khurana A, Lin Y, Iqbal M, Merryman RW, Strati P. A multicenter retrospective study of polatuzumab vedotin in patients with large B-cell lymphoma after CAR T-cell therapy. Blood Adv 2022; 6:2757-2762. [PMID: 35240681 PMCID: PMC9092406 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Polatuzumab vedotin (PV) is an antibody-drug conjugate targeting CD79b that is approved for patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). Patients who relapse after chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy were not included in the registration study, and reports of PV use after CAR T cells are limited. This multicenter retrospective analysis included patients with LBCL who relapsed or progressed after CAR T-cell therapy and subsequently received PV with or without rituximab and bendamustine between July 2019 and May 2021. Response to treatment and progression were assessed based on the 2014 Lugano criteria. Fifty-seven patients were included in the study: 18 (32%) patients were primary refractory to CAR T-cell therapy, and 34 (60%) patients received PV-based therapy immediately after CAR T-cell therapy. PV was combined with rituximab in 54 (95%) patients and administered with bendamustine in 35 (61%) patients. A response was achieved in 25 (44%) patients, including complete remission in 8 (14%). No significant association between baseline characteristics and response was observed. After a median follow-up of 47 weeks (95% confidence interval [CI], 40-54), 46 (81%) patients had disease progression or died, and the median progression-free survival was 10 weeks (95% CI, 5-15). On a multivariate analysis, bone marrow involvement (hazard ratio, 5.2; 95% CI, 1.8-15; P = .003) and elevated lactate dehydrogenase levels (hazard ratio, 5.0; 95% CI, 1.4-16; P = .01) were associated with shorter progression-free survival. Studies aimed at better characterizing the intrinsic mechanism of resistance and identifying optimal consolidation strategies for these patients are warranted.
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- Sushanth Gouni
- Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
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- Division of Haematology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and
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- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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Moreno-Martínez E, De la Serna-Torroba J, Escudero-Vilaplana V, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Sánchez-Cuervo M, Sánchez-Hernández R. Cost-utility analysis of venetoclax in combination with obinutuzumab as first-line treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in Spain. Farm Hosp 2022; 46:121-132. [PMID: 36183205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Venetoclax in combination with obinutuzumab has significantly improved efficacy versus immunochemotherapy (progression-free survival) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia who have not received prior treatment. The objective of this study was to evaluate its efficiency in Spain using a cost-utility analysis. METHOD Using a partitioned-survival analysis model adapted to the Spanish context and based on three health states (progression-free survival, survival after progression, and death), a simulation of the evolution of patients who were candidates for initiating first-line treatment was conducted for a lifetime time horizon. Venetoclax in combination with obinutuzumab was compared to the most commonly used therapeutic options for these patients at the time of study design: chlorambucil in combination with obinutuzumab, ibrutinib, fludarabine in combination with cyclophosphamide and rituximab, and bendamustine in combination with rituximab. In order to estimate survival curves, efficacy data were derived from the CLL14 trial and a network meta- analysis. The analysis was conducted from the perspective of the Spanish National Healthcare System and included direct healthcare costs (i.e. pharmacological costs and their administration), and those associated with the management of the disease and adverse events. The resource use was validated by an expert group. Quality of life data were used to estimate the quality-adjusted life years obtained for each alternative. A threshold of €25,000/quality-adjusted life years was used. The robustness of the model was evaluated using deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses. RESULTS Venetoclax in combination with obinutuzumab was shown to be a dominant alternative compared to the rest of the treatment alternatives, with a lower cost per patient (€-67,869 compared to chlorambucil in combination with obinutuzumab, €-375,952 compared to ibrutinib, €-61,996 compared to fludarabine in combination with cyclophosphamide and rituximab, and €- 77,398 compared to bendamustine in combination with rituximab). It also had a greater gain in quality-adjusted life years (0.551 quality-adjusted life years gained compared to chlorambucil in combination with obinutuzumab and ibrutinib, 1.639 quality-adjusted life years gained compared to fludarabine in combination with cyclophosphamide and rituximab, and 1.186 quality-adjusted life years gained compared to bendamustine in combination with rituximab). Between 68% and 85% of the simulations performed in the sensitivity analysis showed that venetoclax in combination with obinutuzumab had lower costs and more quality-adjusted life years gained. CONCLUSIONS Venetoclax in combination with obinutuzumab is an efficient and dominant alternative for treating previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia compared to the available alternatives and from the perspective of the Spanish National Health System.
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Pratt G, El-Sharkawi D, Kothari J, D'Sa S, Auer R, McCarthy H, Krishna R, Miles O, Kyriakou C, Owen R. Diagnosis and management of Waldenström macroglobulinaemia-A British Society for Haematology guideline. Br J Haematol 2022; 197:171-187. [PMID: 35020191 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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SCOPE The objective of this guideline is to provide healthcare professionals with clear guidance on the management of patients with Waldenström macroglobulinaemia. In individual patients, circumstances may dictate an alternative approach. METHODOLOGY This guideline was compiled according to the British Society for Haematology (BSH) process at http://www.b-s-h.org.uk/guidelines/proposing-and-writing-a-new-bsh-guideline/. Recommendations are based on a review of the literature using Medline, Pubmed, Embase, Central, Web of Science searches from beginning of 2013 (since the publication of the previous guidelines) up to November 2021. The following search terms were used: Waldenström('s) macroglobulin(a)emia OR lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, IgM(-related) neuropathy OR cold h(a)emagglutinin disease OR cold agglutinin disease OR cryoglobulin(a)emia AND (for group a only) cytogenetic OR molecular OR mutation OR MYD88 OR CXCR4, management OR treatment OR transfusion OR supportive care OR plasma exchange OR plasmapheresis OR chemotherapy OR bendamustine OR bortezomib OR ibrutinib OR fludarabine OR dexamethasone OR cyclophosphamide OR rituximab OR everolimus, bone marrow transplantation OR stem cell transplantation. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) nomenclature was used to evaluate levels of evidence and to assess the strength of recommendations. The GRADE criteria can be found at http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org. Review of the manuscript was performed by the British Society for Haematology (BSH) Guidelines Committee Haemato-Oncology Task Force, the BSH Guidelines Committee and the Haemato-Oncology sounding board of BSH. It was also on the members section of the BSH website for comment. It has also been reviewed by UK Charity WMUK; these organisations do not necessarily approve or endorse the contents.
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- Guy Pratt
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Dorset, UK
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- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK
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- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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Edina BC, Rinaldi I. Effectiveness of Bendamustine-Rituximab Compared to R-CHOP/R-CVP as a First-Line Treatment of Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma or Mantle-Cell Lymphoma. Acta Med Indones 2022; 54:316-323. [PMID: 35818660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND R-CHOP/R-CVP is the only recommended first-line treatment for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). Limited treatment alternatives often lead to relapse and refractory NHL, which increases disease progressivity and worsens prognosis. Bendamustine-rituximab is being studied for its potential as a superior first-line therapy for indolent NHL and mantle-cell NHL (MCL); however, it is not in the national guidelines. Evidence-based research is needed to demonstrate the effectivity of bendamustine-rituximab compared to R-CHOP/R-CVP for a complete response of indolent NHL and MCL. METHODS A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Scopus, EBSCOHost, and Cochrane. Studies consistent with clinical question and eligibility criteria were included and critically appraised using the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) tool. RESULTS Two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included in this study, both concluding that bendamustine-rituximab is superior to R-CHOP/R-CVP with a complete response, with RR values of 0.90 (95% CI 0.80 - 1.01) and 0.86 (95% CI 0.76 - 0.98). CONCLUSION Bendamustine-rituximab is more effective than R-CHOP/R-CVP as a first-line treatment of indolent NHL or MCL.
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Zhou Z, Wu P, Wang F, Tao H, Chen Y, Gao J, Chen D, Jia Y. Treatment of refractory MALT lymphoma by lenalidomide plus bendamustine: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e28938. [PMID: 35244050 PMCID: PMC8896437 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000028938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Marginal zone B cell lymphoma of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) has an indolent natural course and disseminates slowly. However, there is currently no consensus regarding the optimal treatment strategy for relapsed/refractory MALT lymphomas. Lenalidomide-bendamustine may be an effective regimen for such cases. PATIENT CONCERNS A 48-year-old Chinese male patient with MALT lymphoma and API2/MALT received 2 courses of standard-dose rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone regimen chemotherapy combined with Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy. However, this disease was not effectively managed. DIAGNOSIS MALT lymphoma. INTERVENTIONS The patient received lenalidomide-bendamustine (lenalidomide 25 mg on days 1-21 and bendamustine 90 mg/m2 on days 1-2) for 6 courses. OUTCOMES Lenalidomide-bendamustine was a safe and effective chemotherapy. No serious adverse events occurred during the treatment period. Ultrasound gastroscopy revealed that the tumor gradually shrank and eventually disappeared to complete remission. LESSONS The lenalidomide-bendamustine scheme might be a potentially effective option for patients with refractory or relapsed MALT lymphoma.
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- Zhencang Zhou
- Department of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Zunyi ), Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Hematology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Zunyi ), Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Hematology and Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Kameoka Y. [Standard treatment and future perspectives for follicular lymphoma]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2022; 63:1135-1144. [PMID: 36198539 DOI: 10.11406/rinketsu.63.1135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common type of low-grade, non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Although FL is generally a chemo-sensitive disease, current treatment strategies cannot cure patients with advanced-stage FL. Therefore, FL patients experience remission and relapse many times and generally have a long clinical course. The treatment goals for FL focus on improving subjective symptoms, recovery of cytopenia, and improvement in the quality of life. Careful watch and wait is an important treatment for asymptomatic FL with a low tumor burden. Rituximab monotherapy is also an important option for patients who have mild symptoms. The standard treatment for FL with a high tumor burden includes a combination of anti-CD20 antibodies, like rituximab or obinutuzumab, and chemotherapy like bendamustine and CHOP. The group with poor prognosis FL, such as POD24, should be considered for high-intensity therapies that include hematopoietic cell transplantation. In recent years, the development of molecular targeted therapies for recurrent FL has been vigorously promoted. Recently, lenalidomide and tazemetostat have been approved in Japan. This manuscript outlines the treatment strategy for untreated and relapsed FL and discusses future issues.
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- Yoshihiro Kameoka
- Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine
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