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Background: Sézary syndrome is an extremely rare and fatal cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Mogamulizumab, an anti-CCR4 monoclonal antibody, has recently been associated with increased progression-free survival in a randomized clinical trial in CTCL. We aimed to evaluate OS and prognostic factors in Sézary syndrome, including treatment with mogamulizumab, in a real-life setting. Methods: Data from patients with Sézary (ISCL/EORTC stage IV) and pre-Sézary (stage IIIB) syndrome diagnosed from 2000 to 2020 were obtained from 24 centers in Europe. Age, disease stage, plasma lactate dehydrogenases levels, blood eosinophilia at diagnosis, large-cell transformation and treatment received were analyzed in a multivariable Cox proportional hazard ratio model. This study has been registered in ClinicalTrials (SURPASSe01 study: NCT05206045). Findings: Three hundred and thirty-nine patients were included (58% men, median age at diagnosis of 70 years, Q1-Q3, 61-79): 33 pre-Sézary (9.7% of 339), 296 Sézary syndrome (87.3%), of whom 10 (2.9%) had large-cell transformation. One hundred and ten patients received mogamulizumab. Median follow-up was 58 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 53-68). OS was 46.5% (95% CI, 40.6%-53.3%) at 5 years. Multivariable analysis showed that age ≥ 80 versus <50 (HR: 4.9, 95% CI, 2.1-11.2, p = 0.001), and large-cell transformation (HR: 2.8, 95% CI, 1.6-5.1, p = 0.001) were independent and significant factors associated with reduced OS. Mogamulizumab treatment was significantly associated with decreased mortality (HR: 0.34, 95% CI, 0.15-0.80, p = 0.013). Interpretation: Treatment with mogamulizumab was significantly and independently associated with decreased mortality in Sézary syndrome. Funding: French Society of Dermatology, Swiss National Science Foundation (IZLIZ3_200253/1) and SKINTEGRITY.CH collaborative research program.
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Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) are a diverse group of malignant blood disorders characterized by initial skin infiltration, and sometimes, tumor spreading to lymph nodes, blood, and viscera. Mycosis fungoides is the most common form. Sézary syndrome is a distinctive form of CTCL marked by a significant presence of circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood. These diseases are characterized by the plasticity and heterogeneity of the tumor cells in the different tissue compartments, and a difficulty in identifying these tumor cells for diagnostic purposes and therapeutic monitoring. Progress has been made in the understanding of the pathophysiology of these diseases in recent years, and we provide here a review of these advancements.
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Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Humanos , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/diagnóstico , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/patologia , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/imunologia , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/metabolismo , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/imunologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/diagnóstico , França , Síndrome de Sézary/patologia , Síndrome de Sézary/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Sézary/imunologia , Micose Fungoide/diagnóstico , Micose Fungoide/patologia , Micose Fungoide/imunologia , Encaminhamento e ConsultaAssuntos
Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T , Receptores CCR4 , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Humanos , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias Cutâneas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Receptores CCR4/metabolismo , Receptores CCR4/antagonistas & inibidores , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/tratamento farmacológico , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/patologia , Masculino , Falha de Tratamento , Feminino , Idoso , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeAssuntos
Síndrome de Bronquiolite Obliterante , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T , Humanos , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia , Nitrilas , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/tratamento farmacológico , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/tratamento farmacológico , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Doença CrônicaAssuntos
Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Linfoma , Síndrome de Sézary , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Humanos , Síndrome de Sézary/patologia , Pele/patologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias Cutâneas/etiologia , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Advanced-stage cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCLs) are rare, usually refractory, and fatal diseases. Case series have suggested that allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) might improve the prognosis of advanced-stage CTCLs. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of allogeneic HSCT compared with non-HSCT therapy on the outcome of individuals with advanced-stage CTCLs. METHODS: In this prospective, multicentre, matched controlled trial, conducted at 30 hospitals, participants with advanced CTCLs were allocated treatment: if they had an available compatible related donor they were assigned to allogeneic HSCT, or if not they were allocated to non-allogeneic HSCT therapy. Key inclusion criteria were participants aged 18-70 years, with advanced stage mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome, and at least one poor prognostic criteria. Participants were excluded if they were not in complete or partial remission of the disease. Propensity score 1:1 matching with replacement (ie, that each participant treated with HSCT was matched to the participant with the closest propensity score treated with non-HSCT therapy, even if they had already been matched) was used to handle confounding factors, with the balance of covariate distribution between HSCT and non-HSCT groups assessed using standardised mean differences. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival in the matched intention-to-treat population. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02520908), and is currently active but not recruiting. FINDINGS: From June 1, 2016, to March 3, 2022, total of 99 participants were enrolled at 17 centres in France. Participants with a sibling or matched unrelated donor were assigned to allogeneic HSCT (HSCT group, n=55 [56%]) and participants without a donor were assigned to non-allogeneic HSCT treatment (non-HSCT group, n=44 [44%]). The median follow-up among survivors was 12·6 months (IQR 11·0-35·2). In the HSCT group, 51 participants (93%) were 1:1 matched to participants from the non-HSCT group. In the intention-to-treat analysis, median progression-free survival was significantly longer in the HSCT group (9·0 months [95% CI 6·6-30·5]) than in the non-HSCT group (3·0 months [2·0-6·3]), with a hazard ratio of 0·38 (95% CI 0·21-0·69; p<0·0001). In the per-protocol population, 40 participants (78%) in the HSCT group had 101 serious events and 29 participants (67%) in the non-HSCT group had 70 serious adverse events. The most common serious adverse event other than graft-versus-host disease in both groups was infections, occurring in 30 participants (59%) in the HSCT group and in 19 participants (44%) in the non-HSCT group. INTERPRETATION: Allogeneic HSCT was associated with significantly longer progression-free survival in participants with advanced-stage CTCLs. These results indicate that allogeneic HSCT treatment should be made available to individuals with high-risk, advanced-stage mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome who achieve pre-transplant disease remission. FUNDING: French Ministry of Health, National Cancer Institute, Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique en Cancérologie.
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Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T , Micose Fungoide , Síndrome de Sézary , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Humanos , Estudos Prospectivos , Síndrome de Sézary/terapia , Síndrome de Sézary/etiologia , Pontuação de Propensão , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/terapia , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/etiologia , Transplante Homólogo , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/métodos , Micose Fungoide/etiologia , Micose Fungoide/patologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/terapia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/etiologiaAssuntos
Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T , Micose Fungoide , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Humanos , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/diagnóstico , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/terapia , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/patologia , Micose Fungoide/patologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Cutâneas/terapia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Pele/patologia , PrognósticoRESUMO
Mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS) are the best-studied subtypes of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a rare non-Hodgkin lymphoma that primarily presents in the skin but can also involve blood, lymph nodes and viscera. The role of blood involvement in the assessment and staging of MF and SS has evolved in recent years from being classed as simply 'present' or 'absent', with no impact on staging, to full analysis of abnormal peripheral blood T cells using flow cytometry (FC) to detect and quantify aberrant T-cell phenotypes and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to characterize T-cell receptor gene rearrangements. These sensitive peripheral blood assessments are replacing manual Sézary cell counts and have become an important part of clinical workup in MF and SS, providing the potential for more accurate prognosis and appropriate management. However, although international recommendations now include guidelines for FC analysis of peripheral blood markers for staging purposes, many clinics only perform these analyses in patients with advanced-stage lymphoma, if at all, and there is still a need for standardized use of validated markers. Standardization of a single effective multiparameter FC panel would allow for accurate identification and quantification of blood tumour burden for diagnosis, staging, assessment of therapeutic response, and monitoring of disease progression at all stages of disease. Once defined, validation of an MF/SS biomarker FC panel will enable uptake into clinical settings along with associated standardization of protocols and reagents. This review discusses the evolution of the role of FC in evaluating blood involvement in MF and SS, considers recently published international guidelines and identifies evidence gaps for future research that will allow for standardization of FC in MF and SS.
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Neoplasias Hematológicas , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T , Micose Fungoide , Síndrome de Sézary , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Biomarcadores , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/diagnóstico , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/patologia , Micose Fungoide/patologia , Síndrome de Sézary/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Sézary/patologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Carga TumoralRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Mogamulizumab, an anti-CCR4 monoclonal antibody, has been shown to increase progression-free survival in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that besides the targeted depletion of Sézary cells (SCs), mogamulizumab may reshape the immune tumour microenvironment. METHODS: Both malignant and benign compartments from 26 patients with B2 stage Sézary syndrome before mogamulizumab initiation were prospectively analysed using KIR3DL2 and TCRVß markers, serological markers and molecular assessments of clonality. RESULTS: Prior to mogamulizumab, the benign subset of CD4+ T cells displayed exhausted phenotypes, with an increased gradient in programmed death-1, TIGIT, DNAM-1, CD27, CD28 and CD70 expression from age-matched controls to patients' benign CD4+ T cells and to SCs. All patients presented SCs with heterogeneous phenotypes, and differential expression of individual markers was found within distinct malignant subsets. Early complete blood response was observed in 17 of 26 patients and was associated with higher baseline CCR4 expression. A drastic decrease in benign T cells and activated regulatory T-cell counts was observed during the first 4 weeks. Long-term follow-up revealed the emergence of an immune restoration involving CD8+ and naive and stem memory CD4+ T cells, with almost complete disappearance of exhausted lymphocytes. Development of resistance or tumour escape to mogamulizumab was associated with the emergence of CCR4- SCs in blood and skin, displaying significant changes in their heterogeneity patterns, and not explained only by mutations within CCR4 coding regions. CONCLUSIONS: Mogamulizumab likely contributes to the restoration of efficient immunity and reshapes not only the malignant lymphocyte subset but also the benign subset. These results have potential implications for optimal therapeutic sequences and/or combinations. What is already known about this topic? Management of Sézary syndrome (SS) involves successive therapies that participate as cause and consequence in the emergence of resistant clones, on a background of immunodeficiency. We and others have reported the complex and dynamic heterogeneity of Sézary cells (SCs) during disease progression. Mogamulizumab therapy, by targeting the skin-homing receptor CCR4, mainly expressed by SCs, has been shown to increase progression-free survival in patients with SS. What does this study add? Using multicolour flow cytometry, we provide quantification of CCR4 and immune checkpoint molecules on malignant SCs and benign CD4+ T cells from patients with SS, separated using KIR3DL2 and TCRVß expression. Mogamulizumab is not only aimed at eradicating malignant SCs but potentially contributes to the restoration of efficient immunity. Tumour escape is associated with the emergence of CCR4- SCs, not explained only by mutations within CCR4 coding regions.
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Reconstituição Imune , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T , Síndrome de Sézary , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados , Humanos , Linfoma Cutâneo de Células T/patologia , Receptores KIR3DL2 , Síndrome de Sézary/tratamento farmacológico , Síndrome de Sézary/genética , Neoplasias Cutâneas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Cutâneas/genética , Microambiente TumoralRESUMO
Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCLs) are rare malignancies involving primarily the skin. Responses to treatment are usually short-lived in advanced CTCL. The determinants of long-term CTCL control are unclear. Mogamulizumab, an anti-human CCR4 antibody that acts by antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity against CCR4+ CTCL tumor cells and peripheral memory blood regulatory T cells, has been associated with long-lasting remissions and immune adverse events. Here, we reported skin rashes in 32% of 44 patients with CTCL treated with mogamulizumab, associated with significantly higher overall survival (hazard ratio, 0.16; 0.04-0.73; P = .01). Rash occurred in patients with Sézary syndrome and was associated with longer time to progression. These rashes were characterized by a CD163+ granulomatous and/or CD8+ lichenoid skin infiltrate. High-throughput sequencing analysis of T-cell receptor ß genes in skin and blood flow cytometry confirmed the depletion of CTCL tumor cells, as well as the recruitment of new reactive T-cell clones in skin at the time of skin rash. CXCL9 and CXCL11, two macrophage-derived chemokines that recruit CXCR3+ T cells to skin, were overexpressed in skin rashes. A higher frequency of TIGIT+ and PD1+ exhausted reactive blood T cells was observed at baseline in patients with rash, and this frequency decreased with mogamulizumab treatment. These data are consistent with mogamulizumab-induced long-term immune CTCL control by activation of the macrophage and T-cell responses in patients with rash.