Obesity negatively impacts outcome in elderly female patients with aggressive B-cell lymphomas treated with R-CHOP: results from prospective trials of the German high grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma trial group.
Br J Haematol
; 180(2): 236-245, 2018 01.
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ABSTRACT
To study if obesity is a risk factor in elderly patients (>60 years) with aggressive B-cell lymphoma, the outcomes of 576 elderly patients treated with rituximab in the RICOVER-60 trial were analysed in a retrospective study with regard to body mass index (BMI) and gender. Of the 576 patients, 1% had low body weight (BMI < 18·5), 38% were normal weight (18·5 ≤ BMI < 25), 42% were overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30) and 19% were obese (BMI ≥ 30). Event-free (EFS), progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) according to BMI showed no significant differences for all and for male patients. EFS (P = 0·041), PFS (P = 0·038) and OS (P = 0·031) were significantly better for female non-obese patients. A multivariate analysis adjusted for International Prognostic Index risk factors confirmed these results, with the following hazard ratios (HR) for obesity (BMI ≥ 30) for EFS/PFS/OS all patients - 1·4/1·4/1·4 (not significant); male patients - 1·2/1·2/1·0 (not significant) and female patients - 1·7 (P = 0·032)/1·9 (P = 0·022)/2·0 (P = 0·017). In conclusion, obesity is a risk factor that influences treatment outcome in elderly female patients with aggressive B-cell lymphoma treated with R-CHOP (rituximab + cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone). The inferior outcomes in obese female patients may be due to faster rituximab clearance in obese females.
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Asunto principal:
Linfoma de Células B
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Obesidad
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
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En
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Br J Haematol
Año:
2018
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Article
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Suiza