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In the pre-novel agent era, the median postprogression overall survival (PPS) of patients with classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) who progress after autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) was 2 to 3 years. Recently, checkpoint inhibitors (CPI) and brentuximab vedotin (BV) have improved the depth and durability of response in this population. Here, we report the estimate of PPS in patients with relapsed cHL after ASCT in the era of CPI and BV. In this multicenter retrospective study of 15 participating institutions, adult patients with relapsed cHL after ASCT were included. Study objective was postprogression overall survival (PPS), defined as the time from posttransplant progression to death or last follow-up. Of 1158 patients who underwent ASCT, 367 had progressive disease. Median age was 34 years (range, 27-46) and 192 were male. Median PPS was 114.57 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 91-not achieved) or 9.5 years. In multivariate analysis, increasing age, progression within 6 months, and pre-ASCT positive positron emission tomography scan were associated with inferior PPS. When adjusted for these features, patients who received CPI, but not BV, as first treatment for post-ASCT progression had significantly higher PPS than the no CPI/no BV group (hazard ratio, 3.5; 95% CI, 1.6-7.8; P = .001). Receipt of allogeneic SCT (Allo-SCT) did not improve PPS. In the era of novel agents, progressive cHL after ASCT had long survival that compares favorably with previous reports. Patients who receive CPI as first treatment for progression had higher PPS. Receipt to Allo-SCT was not associated with PPS in this population.
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Doença de Hodgkin , Imunoconjugados , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Brentuximab Vedotin , Doença de Hodgkin/terapia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Transplante de Células-Tronco , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Ibrutinib revolutionized therapy for relapsed/refractory (R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Real-world data on the outcome of unselected patients are still limited. We analyzed 77 R/R MCL patients receiving ibrutinib with at least one prior systemic anti-lymphoma therapy. After a median follow-up of 14.0 months, 56 patients relapsed/progressed, and 45 died. The overall response rate was 66%, with 31% of complete metabolic remissions on PET/CT. The median progression-free and overall survival (OS) rates were 10.3 and 23.1 months, respectively. The median OS from ibrutinib failure was 3.7 months. High proliferation rate by Ki67 (≥ 30%) and two or more previous therapy lines both negatively correlated with outcome (HR = 2.2, p = 0.04, and HR = 2.06, p = 0.08, respectively). Female gender borderline correlated with better outcome (HR = 0.53, p = 0.08). In multivariate analysis, Ki67 and response to ibrutinib both correlated with OS (p < 0.05). Importantly, ibrutinib appeared to better control nodal and extranodal lymphoma than bone marrow (BM) involvement. From 20 patients with detectable BM infiltration (before ibrutinib initiation) achieving complete (n = 13) or partial (n = 7) metabolic remission, none achieved remission in BM. We confirmed good efficacy of ibrutinib in unselected heavily pre-treated MCL patients. Our findings support the use of a combination of ibrutinib and rituximab in patients with BM involvement.
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Linfoma de Célula do Manto , Adulto , Humanos , Feminino , Linfoma de Célula do Manto/patologia , Antígeno Ki-67 , República Tcheca , Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons combinada à Tomografia ComputadorizadaRESUMO
Introduction: We analyzed the incidence, risk factors of central nervous system (CNS) relapse, and outcome of CNS involvement in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL) from the Czech Lymphoma Study Group Registry NiHiL (Clinical Trial gov. NCT03199066). Materials and Methods: Out of 1,040 patients with PTCL, we identified 29 patients (2.79%) with CNS involvement: 2 patients with primary CNS T cell lymphoma, 11 patients with CNS and systemic disease at diagnosis, and 16 patients (1.54%) at CNS relapse. The most common histology with CNS disease was PTCL, not otherwise specified. Progression-free survival (PFS) was defined as the time interval from diagnosis to progression or death. PFS-2 was defined as the interval from the date of a new relapse until the next relapse. Results: Patients with testicular involvement received intrathecal prophylaxis with methotrexate. High-dose methotrexate-based treatment was administered in 44.8% of patients with CNS disease. Median follow-up was 71.3 months. The difference between the median PFS of 1,027 patients without initial CNS disease (32.6 months) and 11 patients with initial CNS and systemic disease (4.8 months) was significant (p = 0.04). The difference between the median PFS2 in CNS relapses (10.1 months) and 493 relapses outside of CNS (9.1 months) was not significant (p = 0.6). Risk factors for CNS relapses included the following: involvement of more than one extranodal site (p = 0.008), soft tissue involvement (p = 0.003), testicular involvement (p = 0.046), and the presence of B symptoms (p = 0.035). The difference between the median OS of 1,027 patients without initial CNS disease (46.0 months) and 11 patients with initial CNS and systemic disease (18.2 months) was significant (p = 0.02). The median OS2 in CNS relapses was 11.8 months and that in relapses outside of CNS was 21.3 months. CNS involvement was not associated with a significantly worse OS compared to relapsed/refractory patients without CNS involvement (p = 0.1). Conclusions: The incidence of CNS disease at the time of diagnosis and at relapse in PTCL is low and usually associated with other systemic involvement. The prognosis of PTCL with initial CNS involvement is significantly worse when compared to patients without CNS disease at diagnosis. The outcome of CNS relapse is comparable with relapsed PTCL outside of CNS. The optimal treatment is not defined yet.
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OBJECTIVES: Polatuzumab vedotin with bendamustine and rituximab (Pola-BR) was approved for treatment of transplant-ineligible patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL (R/R DLBCL). However, the number of patients treated in the GO29365 trial including the extension cohort was limited, and more data evaluating the efficacy of this treatment regimen is needed. METHODS: We analyzed 21 patients with R/R DLBCL to determine real-life efficacy and safety of Pola-BR regimen. Data of all patients entered the database of the NiHiL project (NCT03199066). RESULTS: Median overall survival was 8.7 months, and progression-free survival 3.8 months. The overall response rate was 33%. Grade 3-4 neutropenia was detected in 29%, thrombocytopenia in 38%, anemia in 19%, infections in 24% cases, and peripheral neuropathy in 5%. Discontinuation of treatment was caused by progression in 50%, adverse events in 31%, and intended bridging to CAR-T therapy in 19%. CONCLUSION: Although the outcome of patients is worse than in GO29365 trial, the use of Pola-BR regimen in the real world demonstrates tolerable toxicity profile and efficacy in transplant-ineligible patients with R/R DLBCL. Moreover, this regimen might represent a perspective option as a bridge to CAR-T therapy.
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Imunoconjugados , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B , Linfoma não Hodgkin , Receptores de Antígenos Quiméricos , Anticorpos Monoclonais , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Cloridrato de Bendamustina , Humanos , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B/diagnóstico , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B/tratamento farmacológico , Linfoma não Hodgkin/tratamento farmacológico , RituximabRESUMO
Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a rare subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with an aggressive course. To refine the individual patient's prognosis, the International Prognostic Index for BL (BL-IPI) was recently developed and 4 risk factors (RF) were determined as optimal prognostic cut-off by multivariate analysis: age ≥40 years, lactate dehydrogenase >3× upper limit of normal, ECOG performance status ≥2, and central nervous system involvement. The BL-IPI distinguishes 3 prognostic groups, low (without RF), intermediate (1 RF), and high risk (2-4 RF), with significant differences in survival. The aim of the current project was to perform an external validation of the BL-IPI in 101 patients from the Registry of Czech Lymphoma Study Group diagnosed between 1999 and 2016 (median age, 45 years). The median follow-up was 50.4 months. The induction treatment included rituximab plus chemotherapy in 82% and chemotherapy alone in 18%. The overall response rate was 78% and the complete remission rate was 73%. According to BL-IPI, low/intermediate/high risk was present in 21/35/45% of patients, showing high similarity to the training BL-IPI US (United States) dataset (18/36/46%). There were significant differences in progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) between patients with high vs. intermediate risk (PFS: hazard ratio 0.16, 95% confidence interval 0.08-0.31, p<0.0001; OS: hazard ratio 0.17, 95% confidence interval 0.09-0.35, p<0.0001) but not between patients with low vs. intermediate risk. The 3-year OS probability according to BL-IPI with low/intermediate/high risk was 96/76/59% in the BL-IPI training dataset vs. 95/85/45% in our external validation cohort; the 3-year PFS probability with low/intermediate/high risk was 92/72/53% in the BL-IPI training dataset vs. 95/85/42% in our cohort. In summary, our external validation of the BL-IPI confirmed a good separation of high-risk patients, who have a poor prognosis and for whom the new therapeutic approaches are needed; patients with low and intermediate risk had favorable clinical outcomes, and differences between these groups were not significant, likely due to a small number of patients.
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Linfoma de Burkitt , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto , Linfoma de Burkitt/tratamento farmacológico , Prognóstico , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B/tratamento farmacológico , Estudos Retrospectivos , República Tcheca/epidemiologia , Sistema de Registros , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
Approximately one-third of patients diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with Stage IV disease do not survive past 5 years. We present updated efficacy and safety analyses in high-risk patient subgroups, defined by Stage IV disease or International Prognostic Score (IPS) of 4-7, enrolled in the ECHELON-1 study that compared brentuximab vedotin plus doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (A + AVD) versus doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (ABVD) as first-line therapy after a median follow-up of 37.1 months. Among patients treated with A + AVD (n = 664) or ABVD (n = 670), 64% had Stage IV disease and 26% had an IPS of 4-7. Patients with Stage IV disease treated with A + AVD showed consistent improvements in PFS at 3 years as assessed by investigator (hazard ratio [HR], 0.723; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.537-0.973; p = 0.032). Similar improvements were seen in the subgroup of patients with IPS of 4-7 (HR, 0.588; 95% CI, 0.386-0.894; p = 0.012). The most common adverse events (AEs) in A + AVD-treated versus ABVD-treated patients with Stage IV disease were peripheral neuropathy (67% vs. 40%) and neutropenia (71% vs. 55%); in patients with IPS of 4-7, the most common AEs were peripheral neuropathy (69% vs. 45%), neutropenia (66% vs. 55%), and febrile neutropenia (23% vs. 9%), respectively. Patients in high-risk subgroups did not experience greater AE incidence or severity than patients in the total population. This updated analysis of ECHELON-1 shows a favorable benefit-risk balance in high-risk patients.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Brentuximab Vedotin/uso terapêutico , Dacarbazina/uso terapêutico , Doxorrubicina/uso terapêutico , Doença de Hodgkin/tratamento farmacológico , Estadiamento de Neoplasias/métodos , Vimblastina/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacologia , Brentuximab Vedotin/farmacologia , Dacarbazina/farmacologia , Doxorrubicina/farmacologia , Feminino , Doença de Hodgkin/patologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , Vimblastina/farmacologiaRESUMO
High doses of corticosteroids in combination with rituximab remain an alternative in the treatment in relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in the current era of targeted therapies. This study retrospectively evaluates the efficacy of an RCD (rituximab, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone) regimen in the treatment of 51 patients with relapsed CLL (median age, 72 years). Unfavourable prognostic features, such as Rai stage III/IV, unmutated IGHV, del11q, TP53 mutation/deletion, complex karyotype and bulky lymphadenopathy, were frequent. The overall response or complete remission was of 57% and 7%, respectively, and the median progression-free survival (PFS) was of 12.3 months, median time to next treatment 23.1 months and median overall survival 39.2 months. Significant independent predictors of shorter PFS were TP53 deletion/mutation, advanced Rai stage and ≥2 previous lines of treatment. The incidence of neutropenia grade ≥ 3 was of 13%. Serious (CTCAE grade 3-5) infections were found in 20% of patients. Steroid-induced diabetes or diabetes decompensation occurred in 20% patients. Treatment-related adverse events resulted in RCD dose reduction in 35% of patients. In comparison with a historical R-Dex patient group, the treatment response and/or toxicity in our group was largely similar. However, the substantial differences in the baseline clinical characteristics of the groups may affect this comparison. In conclusion, the RCD regimen is an active, time-limited therapeutic strategy for elderly patients with relapsed CLL. Further, the results of our analysis indicate that the addition of cyclophosphamide to the R-Dex regimen maintains a similar efficacy, even after 50% reduction in the dexamethasone dose.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/tratamento farmacológico , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/tratamento farmacológico , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Ciclofosfamida/administração & dosagem , Dexametasona/administração & dosagem , Diabetes Mellitus/induzido quimicamente , Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiologia , Redução da Medicação , Feminino , Humanos , Infecções/epidemiologia , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/genética , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/genética , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Neutropenia/induzido quimicamente , Neutropenia/epidemiologia , Intervalo Livre de Progressão , Indução de Remissão , Estudos Retrospectivos , Rituximab/administração & dosagem , Taxa de Sobrevida , Resultado do Tratamento , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genéticaRESUMO
Twenty percent of patients with high-tumor-burden (HTB) follicular lymphoma (FL) develop progression/relapse of disease (POD) within 24 months of frontline immunochemotherapy. Unfortunately, about 50% of these patients die within 5 years since POD event. Rituximab maintenance was proven to reduce relapse rate in responding FL, but its role on preventing POD was not defined. We analyzed 1360 HTB-FL patients from the Czech Lymphoma Study Group registry treated with frontline rituximab-containing regimen. Of those, 950 cases received rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) and achieved complete or partial remission: 712 patients received rituximab maintenance (MAINT) and 238 were a historical observational cohort (OBS). We have proposed a modified POD24 (mPOD24) endpoint for the chemosensitive patients calculated from the end-of-induction (EOI). Survival rates since EOI were as follows: 5-year overall survival (OS) 86.2% versus 94.5% in the OBS and MAINT groups, respectively (P < .001) and 5-year progression-free survival 58.5% (OBS) and 75.4% (MAINT) (P < .001). The Cox proportional hazards model showed a decrease in mPOD24 incidence in the MAINT group with the overall hazard rate reduced by 56% (hazard ratio = 0.44; P < .001). The cumulative incidence of mPOD24 was reduced from 24.1% in OBS to 10.1% in MAINT (P < .001). Comparison of non-mPOD24 cases showed OS similar to that in the general population. Rituximab maintenance given after R-CHOP resulted in a 2.4-fold reduction in mPOD24 incidence. Once the non-POD24 status is achieved, FL does not shorten the patients' life expectancy.
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Introduction: Clinical trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of the CD30-targeted antibody-drug conjugate brentuximab vedotin (BV) for the treatment of relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (R/R HL). In this study, we report on outcomes with BV in a real-world setting using data collected in clinics in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Patients and Methods: Clinical and epidemiological data for patients with R/R HL who received treatment with BV at eight centers across the Czech Republic and Slovakia were examined. Data were amalgamated and analyzed retrospectively. Results: Clinical data for 58 patients (median age: 30.5 years) with R/R HL who received BV during the course of their treatment were collected and analyzed. Patients had received a median of 3 prior treatment regimens and most (91%) were treated with BV after relapse following autologous stem cell transplantation. Therapeutic responses after BV included 19 (33%) complete responses (CRs) and 8 (14%) partial responses. CRs occurred more frequently in patients who had received fewer prior treatment regimens. The 1-, 2-, and 3-year overall survival (OS) rates from initiation of BV were 78%, 62%, and 41%, respectively. Conclusion: Response rates and OS in this analysis of BV in real-world settings in the Czech Republic and Slovakia were consistent with those reported for pivotal clinical trials and from previous studies outside the clinical trial setting. The results support the efficacy of BV for treatment of R/R HL in real-life clinical practice.
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BACKGROUND: Chylothorax is a rare condition which can be associated with malignant lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs). We retrospectively analyzed the results of the conservative treatment of 10 patients with persistent non-traumatic malignant chylothorax. RESULTS: Conservative treatment lead to a decline of chylothorax after mean of 66 days and consisted of the treatment of the underlying disease and of simultaneous long-term supportive care (drainage of the thoracic cavity, dietary measures and nutrition management). In most cases (80%), chylothorax disappeared only after a successful therapeutic response of the underlying disease. Low-dose radiotherapy had very good effects in two patients. CONCLUSION: Conservative treatment of malignant chylothorax can be considered a suitable method. Based on our results, successful treatment of the lymphoproliferative disorder seems to be a very important factor for the disappearance of chylothorax.
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Quilotórax/radioterapia , Quilotórax/terapia , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/radioterapia , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/terapia , Idoso , Quilotórax/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Humanos , Leucemia Linfoide/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Linfoide/radioterapia , Leucemia Linfoide/terapia , Linfoma não Hodgkin/tratamento farmacológico , Linfoma não Hodgkin/radioterapia , Linfoma não Hodgkin/terapia , Transtornos Linfoproliferativos/tratamento farmacológico , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Ducto Torácico/efeitos dos fármacos , Ducto Torácico/efeitos da radiaçãoRESUMO
We analyzed 495 MCL patients from the Czech Lymphoma Study Group data registry. With the median follow-up of 4.4 years, 51.7% patients progressed or relapsed and 34.1% died. Five-year overall survival reached 65.3% and five-year progression free survival 44.1% of the patients. Maintenance rituximab (MR) after first line therapy improved overall and progression free survival compared to the patients under observation only (both p < .001). Elevated beta-2-microglobulin (p = .003), presence of systemic symptoms (p = .002), ECOG >0 (p = .003), age (p = .014), and MIPI (p < .001) were associated with MR failure. Patients who did not achieve complete remission have had two-fold higher risk of MR failure (p < .001). Autologous stem cell transplant reduced the risk of MR failure by 69% (p < .001). The MIPI and the beta-2-microglobulin were identified as independent predictors of MR failure (p = .02 and p = .03, respectively). Patients who relapsed/progressed on MR reached shorter OS calculated from the MR start compared to patients without failure (HR = 15.0; p < .001).
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Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/uso terapêutico , Linfoma de Célula do Manto/tratamento farmacológico , Linfoma de Célula do Manto/epidemiologia , Rituximab/efeitos dos fármacos , Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/efeitos adversos , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica , Terapia Combinada , Ciclofosfamida , República Tcheca/epidemiologia , Doxorrubicina , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Linfoma de Célula do Manto/diagnóstico , Linfoma de Célula do Manto/mortalidade , Quimioterapia de Manutenção , Masculino , Prednisona , Prognóstico , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Sistema de Registros , Rituximab/administração & dosagem , Rituximab/efeitos adversos , Análise de Sobrevida , Falha de Tratamento , Resultado do Tratamento , VincristinaRESUMO
The rituximab maintenance (RM) therapy for follicular lymphoma is effective and clinically well tolerated, however there is limited data regarding this from the elderly segment of the population. This analysis was performed to evaluate the efficacy of RM in elderly patients 65 years of age and older and to assess the influence of the induction therapy with immunochemotherapy (R-CHEMO) on the treatment outcome in a real world setting. A total of 232 consecutive patients treated with first-line R-CHEMO and RM (RM1 group; n = 158) or observation (RM0 group; n = 74) were analyzed. The effect of which induction therapy (R-CHOP vs. R-CVP) and the response of the patients to the first-line therapy were also evaluated. The addition of RM improved the treatment results in elderly patients. The 5- year overall survival rate in patients receiving R-CHEMO + RM1 compared to patients receiving R-CHEMO + RM0, was 83.7% (95% CI 76.1-89%) and 64.3% (95% CI 51.8-74.3%), respectively, p = 0.0012. The induction therapy with R-CHOP was found to be more effective than R-CVP but it is necessary to point out higher age of patients in the R-CVP arm. The 5- year overall survival rate in patients using R-CHOP ± RM and R-CVP ± RM was 84.9% (95% CI 77.5-90%), and 65.0% (95% CI 50.1-76.4%), respectively, p = 0.0008. The patients who achieved CR + uCR after having received first-line therapy had better outcomes compared to patients in PR. The 5- year overall survival rate in uCR + CR patients treated with R-CHEMO + RM1 and PR patients treated with R-CHEMO + RM1 was 90.6% and 68.3%, respectively, p = 0.0019. Rituximab maintenance treatment in patients 65 years and older yielded improved survival rates in a real world clinical setting. The R-CHOP regimen seems to be a more effective induction agent than R-CVP but the outcome of less intensively treated patients with R-CVP + RM is also acceptable. The achievement of uCR + CR after first-line therapy is associated with a better outcome.
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Linfoma Folicular/tratamento farmacológico , Linfoma Folicular/mortalidade , Quimioterapia de Manutenção , Rituximab/administração & dosagem , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , República Tcheca/epidemiologia , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Estudos Retrospectivos , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
Optimal frontline treatment in younger high tumor-burden risk follicular lymphoma patients remains a challenge given the reduced efficacy of standard immunochemotherapy (R-CHOP) in widespread disease and unclear role of intensive induction. The retrospective non-randomized pair-matched (1:3) analysis compared 48 intermediate/high Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) patients receiving intensive rituximab sequential chemotherapy (R-SQ) with 144 random controls (R-CHOP) matched for age, FLIPI score, and maintenance delivery. Complete response rates were 91.7% and 74.1%, respectively (p = .038). After a median follow-up of 8.8 (R-SQ) and 6.5 years (R-CHOP), 5-year time to treatment failure, progression-free survival, and overall survival were 80.9%, 83.2%, and 100% and 57.5%, 60.3%, and 92.1% (p = .0044; p = .0047; p = .22), respectively. Intensive treatment was accompanied by higher acute hematologic toxicity and infections, comparable non-hematologic toxicity, and incidence of secondary malignancies. Intensive induction demonstrates superior long-term disease control compared to R-CHOP, with higher acute hematologic toxicity, but without acute treatment-related mortality. Further studies are needed to define ultra-high-risk FL patients benefiting most from treatment intensity.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Linfoma Folicular/tratamento farmacológico , Linfoma Folicular/mortalidade , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , República Tcheca/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Linfoma Folicular/diagnóstico , Linfoma Folicular/epidemiologia , Quimioterapia de Manutenção , Masculino , Análise por Pareamento , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Gradação de Tumores , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Vigilância da População , Indução de Remissão , Resultado do Tratamento , Carga TumoralRESUMO
We have investigated whether the addition of rituximab to methotrexate, procarbazine, vincristine, radiotherapy and cytarabine was associated with improved outcome of primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL). Of 164 patients, 49 received rituximab. Median age was 63 years, median Karnofsky performance score (KPS) was 60 and median follow-up of living patients was 59.5 months. 1- and 2-year PFS were 49.7 and 37.9%, 1- and 2-year OS were 57.0 and 45.3%. Median progression-free survival (PFS), but not overall survival (OS) was significantly better for patients treated with rituximab (22.9 vs. 10.9 months, p = 0.037). In multivariate analysis, age ≤70 years and KPS ≥90 were predictive for PFS and OS, rituximab was an independent prognostic factor for PFS only. In landmark analyses, rituximab was not found beneficial for long-term survivors and no group particularly benefited from rituximab. In conclusion, addition of rituximab was associated with improved PFS, but not OS in this unselected cohort of PCNSL patients.
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Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Central/tratamento farmacológico , Linfoma/tratamento farmacológico , Rituximab/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Idoso , Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/administração & dosagem , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Biomarcadores , Biópsia , Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Central/diagnóstico , Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Central/mortalidade , República Tcheca , Feminino , Humanos , Linfoma/diagnóstico , Linfoma/mortalidade , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Prognóstico , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Sistema de Registros , Estudos Retrospectivos , Rituximab/administração & dosagem , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
We have studied the feasibility and efficacy of intensified R-MegaCHOP-ESHAP-BEAM therapy in high-risk aggressive B-cell lymphomas. Altogether 105 patients (19-64 years) with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBL) or follicular lymphoma grade 3 (FL3) with an age-adjusted International Prognostic Index of 2-3 were recruited. Treatment consisted of three cycles of high-dose R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone), followed by three cycles of R-ESHAP (rituximab, etoposide, methylprednisolone, cytarabine, cisplatin) and high-dose consolidation with BEAM (BCNU, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan) and autologous stem cell transplant. The 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 72% (DLBCL 60%, PMBL 89%) and overall survival (OS) was 74% (DLBCL 61%, PMBL 89%) after a median follow-up of 85 months. However, an independent prognostic factor was age only, with patients ≤ 45 years having 5-year PFS 90% and patients > 45 years having PFS 54%. PMBL had better prognosis than DLBCL/FL3 in patients > 45 years (PFS, 88% vs. 48%), but not in younger patients (PFS, 91% vs. 94%).
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Linfoma de Células B/tratamento farmacológico , Linfoma de Células B/patologia , Adulto , Anticorpos Monoclonais Murinos/efeitos adversos , Anticorpos Monoclonais Murinos/uso terapêutico , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Carmustina/efeitos adversos , Carmustina/uso terapêutico , Cisplatino/efeitos adversos , Cisplatino/uso terapêutico , Quimioterapia de Consolidação , Ciclofosfamida/efeitos adversos , Ciclofosfamida/uso terapêutico , Citarabina/efeitos adversos , Citarabina/uso terapêutico , Progressão da Doença , Doxorrubicina/efeitos adversos , Doxorrubicina/uso terapêutico , Etoposídeo/efeitos adversos , Etoposídeo/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Quimioterapia de Indução , Linfoma de Células B/mortalidade , Masculino , Melfalan/efeitos adversos , Melfalan/uso terapêutico , Metilprednisolona/efeitos adversos , Metilprednisolona/uso terapêutico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Metástase Neoplásica , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Podofilotoxina/efeitos adversos , Podofilotoxina/uso terapêutico , Prednisona/efeitos adversos , Prednisona/uso terapêutico , Prognóstico , Rituximab , Resultado do Tratamento , Vincristina/efeitos adversos , Vincristina/uso terapêutico , Adulto JovemRESUMO
The HD-9 trial showed that eight cycles of BEACOPP (bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, procarbazine)-escalated led to significant improvements in response rate, progression-free survival and overall survival over COPP/ABVD (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, procarbazine/doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) therapy. This monocentric retrospective study was performed to evaluate 10 years of experience with four cycles of BEACOPP-escalated and four cycles of BEACOPP-baseline outside of clinical trials. The outcomes were assessed in 78 patients with newly diagnosed advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma. A complete response after chemotherapy ± radiotherapy was achieved in 75 patients (96%). At the median follow-up of 74 months, the actuarial 5- and 10-year freedom from treatment failure (FFTF) rates were 91% and 89%, and actuarial 5- and 10-year overall survival rates for the entire group were 93% and 90%, respectively. These results suggest that the combination of escalated and baseline BEACOPP chemotherapy is feasible in routine practice with good efficacy and acceptable toxicity.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Doença de Hodgkin/tratamento farmacológico , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/tratamento farmacológico , Adolescente , Adulto , Bleomicina/uso terapêutico , Ciclofosfamida/uso terapêutico , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Doxorrubicina/uso terapêutico , Etoposídeo/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Seguimentos , Doença de Hodgkin/mortalidade , Doença de Hodgkin/patologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/mortalidade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Prednisona/uso terapêutico , Procarbazina/uso terapêutico , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Taxa de Sobrevida , Fatores de Tempo , Vincristina/uso terapêutico , Adulto JovemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LyG) is a rare multisystemic angiocentric and angiodestructive B lymphoproliferative disease that was first described by Liebow in 1972. Disease was then in the "gray zone" between vasculitis and lymphoproliferative disease. LyG is currently categorized as a primary B lymphoproliferative disease associated with Epstein-Barr (EB) virus according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumours. EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL COURSE AND TREATMENT: Lymphomatoid granulomatosis is a rare disease with unknown prevalence. It occurs more often in males (male : female ratio 2 : 1) between the 5th to 6th decade of life and is more frequent in Europe than in Asia. Lungs are typically the predominantly affected organ; the disease spreads predominantly by extralymphatic manner. Spleen and lymph nodes are affected at an advanced stage. The clinical features are often nonspecific. Dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, chest pain are the most common features with/without B symptoms (fever, night sweats, weight loss) in the pulmonary involvement. The radiographic finding of the lung is very diverse, but when there are multiple bilateral nodular lesions with basal predominance in perilymphatic distribution, we should think of this disease, although LyG rarely occurs. The histopathologic examination of affected tissue (most commonly the lung) is necessary to confirm the diagnosis. The thoracoscopy is used mainly. When the pulmonary findings are without any response to antibiotics, the autoimmune cause and other granulomatous inflammations (tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, etc.) are excluded, this diagnostic performance is indicated. Prognosis is variable - from spontaneous remission to progressive disease, often with aggressive behavior. Median survival is 14 months from diagnosis and mortality rate is 60% in the first year - despite the treatment. Treatment strategy is chosen depending on the histological grade. The therapy is not yet standardized. Interferon α, rituximab, glucocorticoids, cyclophosphamide and combined immunochemotherapy have been used for the treatment. The disease may lead to pulmonary failure, fatal CNS (central nervous system) involvement and sometimes develops into progressive EB virus positive lymphoproliferative disorder. CONCLUSION: Improvements in understanding of the biology of LyG, especially in determining the precise role of EB virus infection in its pathogenesis may lead to optimization of treatment strategies for this disease. Novel treatment modalities are urgently needed due to unfavourable prognosis. Adoptive immunotherapy appeals to be a promising approach.