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Thieblemont C, Altmann B, Frontzek F, Renaud L, Chartier L, Ketterer N, Récher C, Poeschel V, Fitoussi O, Held G, Casasnovas O, Haioun C, Morschhauser F, Glass B, Mounier N, Tilly H, Rosenwald A, Ott G, Lenz G, Molina T, Ziepert M, Schmitz N. Central nervous system relapse in younger patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a LYSA and GLA/DSHNHL analysis. Blood Adv 2023; 7:3968-3977. [PMID: 36716220 PMCID: PMC10410133 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Most patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) can be cured with immunochemotherapy such as R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone). Patients with progression or relapse in the central nervous system (CNS) face dismal outcomes. The impact of more aggressive regimens used in frontline therapy has not been systematically investigated in this context. To this end, we analyzed a large cohort of 2203 younger patients with DLBCL treated on 10 German (German Lymphoma Alliance [GLA]/The German High Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Study Group [DSHNHL]) and French (The Lymphoma Study Association [LYSA]) prospective phase 2 and 3 trials after first-line therapy with R-CHOP, R-CHOEP (R-CHOP + etoposide), dose-escalated R-CHOEP followed by repetitive stem cell transplantation (R-MegaCHOEP), or R-ACVBP (rituximab, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vindesine, bleomycine, and prednisone) followed by consolidation including multiple drugs crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Patients with DLBCL with an age-adjusted International Prognostic Index (aaIPI) of 0 to 1 showed very low cumulative incidence rates of CNS relapse regardless of first-line therapy and CNS prophylaxis (3-year cumulative incidences 0%-1%). Younger high-risk patients with aaIPI of 2 to 3 had 3-year cumulative incidence rates of 1.6% and 4% after R-ACVBP plus consolidation or R-(Mega)CHO(E)P, respectively (hazard ratio 2.4; 95% confidence interval: 0.8-7.4; P = .118). Thus, for younger high-risk patients, frontline regimens incorporating agents crossing the BBB may reduce often fatal CNS relapse.
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- Catherine Thieblemont
- Université de Paris, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Hemato-oncologie, Saint-Louis Hôpital, Paris, France
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology, and Pneumonology, Münster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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- Université de Paris, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Hemato-oncologie, Saint-Louis Hôpital, Paris, France
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- Statistique, Lymphoma Academic Research Organisation, Pierre-Benite, France
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- Centre d’Oncologie-Hématologie, Bois-Cerf Clinique, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical School, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Oncologie-Hematologie, Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France
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- Department for Hematology and Oncology, Westpfalz-Klnikum Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Service d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, INSERM UMR1231, Dijon, France
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- APHP, Hematologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France
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- Department for Hematology, Oncology, Tumor Immunology, and Palliative Care, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany
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- Hematologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire L’Archet, Nice, France
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- INSERM U1245, Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology, and Pneumonology, Münster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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- Université de Paris, APHP, Anatomo-pathologie, Necker Hôpital, Paris, France
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology, and Pneumonology, Münster University Hospital, Münster, Germany
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Vodicka P, Klener P, Trneny M. Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL): Early Patient Management and Emerging Treatment Options. Onco Targets Ther 2022; 15:1481-1501. [PMID: 36510607 PMCID: PMC9739046 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s326632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) represents a curable disease with a 60-70% chance of cure with current R-CHOP chemoimmunotherapy. However, 30-40% of patients are refractory or relapsing. Many attempts failed to improve the outcome of DLBCL patients, including the intensification of R-CHOP regimen, consolidation, or maintenance therapy since the introduction of R-CHOP in 2000. Better understanding of both molecular biology of lymphoma cells and the tumor microenvironment raised the hope for future improvement of DLBCL patients' survival. Novel molecular findings have initiated clinical trials exploring targeted therapy based on driver genetic alterations with an intent to improve survival of high-risk subsets of patients. But the preliminary results remain ambiguous. The approach "agnostic" to specific molecular alterations of lymphoma cell includes antibody-drug conjugates (especially polatuzumab vedotin), immunotherapy comprising different antibodies with immunomodulatory effect (tafasitamab, lenalidomide), and T-cell engaging therapy (bispecific antibodies, early use of CAR T-cell). This approach could increase the cure rates and change the current therapeutic paradigm. However, better prognostic stratification, smarter designs of clinical trials, modification of endpoints including the use of ctDNA are needed. This review covers the complexity of DLBCL management.
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- Prokop Vodicka
- First Department of Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Department of Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Department of Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic,Correspondence: Marek Trneny, First Department of Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, U Nemocnice 499/2, Prague, 128 08, Czech Republic, Tel +420 224 96 25 27, Fax +420 224 96 35 56, Email
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Davies A, Kater AP, Sharman JP, Stilgenbauer S, Vitolo U, Klein C, Parreira J, Salles G. Obinutuzumab in the treatment of B-cell malignancies: a comprehensive review. Future Oncol 2022; 18:2943-2966. [PMID: 35856239 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2022-0112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The type II anti-CD20 antibody obinutuzumab has structural and mechanistic features that distinguish it from the first anti-CD20 antibody, rituximab, which have translated into improved efficacy in phase III trials in indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). These gains have been shown through improvements in, and/or increased durability of, tumor response, and increases in progression-free survival in patients with CLL or follicular lymphoma (FL). Ongoing research is focusing on the use of biomarkers and the development of chemotherapy-free regimens involving obinutuzumab. phase II trials of such treatment regimens have shown promise for CLL, FL and mantle cell lymphoma, while phase III trials have highlighted obinutuzumab as the antibody partner of choice for novel agents in first-line CLL treatment.
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- Andrew Davies
- Cancer Research UK Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Willamette Valley Cancer Institute & Research Center & US Oncology, Eugene, OR 97401, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center Ulm, Early Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU), Ulm, & Division of CLL, Department of Internal Medicine III, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Medical Oncology, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, NY 10021, USA
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DLBCL 1L—What to Expect beyond R-CHOP? Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14061453. [PMID: 35326604 PMCID: PMC8946010 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14061453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. About two-thirds of patients are cured by the first-line (1L) standard of care (SOC), the R-CHOP (Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine and Prednisolone) immunochemotherapy protocol. The profound molecular heterogeneity of DLBCL is the underlying reason why many patients, despite improved next-line options, eventually succumb to the disease. Hence, enhancing the efficacy of 1L treatment is critical for improving long-term outcomes in DLBCL. A plethora of novel treatment options with potential in later lines is currently under evaluation in 1L settings. We summarize here the established and emerging strategies for newly diagnosed DLBCL and emphasize the need for individualized treatment decisions. Abstract The R-CHOP immunochemotherapy protocol has been the first-line (1L) standard of care (SOC) for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients for decades and is curative in approximately two-thirds of patients. Numerous randomized phase III trials, most of them in an “R-CHOP ± X” design, failed to further improve outcomes. This was mainly due to increased toxicity, the large proportion of patients not in need of more than R-CHOP, and the extensive molecular heterogeneity of the disease, raising the bar for “one-size-fits-all” concepts. Recently, an R-CHP regimen extended by the anti-CD79b antibody–drug conjugate (ADC) Polatuzumab Vedotin proved superior to R-CHOP in terms of progression-free survival (PFS) in the POLARIX phase III trial. Moreover, a number of targeted agents, especially the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor Ibrutinib, seem to have activity in certain patient subsets in 1L and are currently being tested in front-line regimens. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells, achieving remarkable results in ≥3L scenarios, are being exploited in earlier lines of therapy, while T-cell-engaging bispecific antibodies emerge as conceptual competitors of CAR T-cells. Hence, we present here the findings and lessons learnt from phase III 1L trials and piloting phase II studies in relapsed/refractory (R/R) and 1L settings, and survey chemotherapy-free regimens with respect to their efficacy and future potential in 1L. Novel agents and their mode of action will be discussed in light of the molecular landscape of DLBCL and personalized 1L perspectives for the challenging patient population not cured by the SOC.
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Croci GA, Au-Yeung RKH, Reinke S, Staiger AM, Koch K, Oschlies I, Richter J, Poeschel V, Held G, Loeffler M, Trümper L, Rosenwald A, Ott G, Spang R, Altmann B, Ziepert M, Klapper W. SPARC-positive macrophages are the superior prognostic factor in the microenvironment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and independent of MYC rearrangement and double-/triple-hit status. Ann Oncol 2021; 32:1400-1409. [PMID: 34438040 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous disease with respect to outcome. Features of the tumor microenvironment (TME) are associated with prognosis when assessed by gene expression profiling. However, it is uncertain whether assessment of the microenvironment can add prognostic information to the most relevant and clinically well-established molecular subgroups when analyzed by immunohistochemistry (IHC). PATIENTS AND METHODS We carried out a histopathologic analysis of biomarkers related to TME in a very large cohort (n = 455) of DLBCL treated in prospective trials and correlated with clinicopathologic and molecular data, including chromosomal rearrangements and gene expression profiles for cell-of-origin and TME. RESULTS The content of PD1+, FoxP3+ and CD8+, as well as vessel density, was not associated with outcome. However, we found a low content of CD68+ macrophages to be associated with inferior progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS; P = 0.023 and 0.040, respectively) at both univariable and multivariable analyses, adjusted for the factors of the International Prognostic Index (IPI), MYC break and BCL2/MYC and BCL6/MYC double-hit status. The subgroup of PDL1+ macrophages was not associated with survival. Instead, secreted protein acidic and cysteine rich (SPARC)-positive macrophages were identified as the subtype of macrophages most associated with survival. SPARC-positive macrophages and stromal cells directly correlated with favorable PFS and OS (both, P[log rank] <0.001, P[trend] < 0.001). The association of SPARC with prognosis was independent of the factors of the IPI, MYC double-/triple-hit status, Bcl2/c-myc double expression, cell-of-origin subtype and a recently published gene expression signature [lymphoma-associated macrophage interaction signature (LAMIS)]. CONCLUSIONS SPARC expression in the TME detected by a single IHC staining with fair-to-good interobserver reproducibility is a powerful prognostic parameter. Thus SPARC expression is a strong candidate for risk assessment in DLBCL in daily practice.
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- G A Croci
- Institute of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Division of Pathology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
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- Institute of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany; Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart and University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- DSHNHL Studiensekretariat, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Universität Würzburg and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken (CCCMF), Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart and University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Statistical Bioinformatics, Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- DSHNHL Studiensekretariat, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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R-CHOEP14 in younger high-risk patients with large B cell lymphoma: an effective front-line regimen with cardiac toxicity: a real-life, single-center experience. Ann Hematol 2020; 100:1517-1524. [PMID: 33216199 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-020-04353-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
Currently, there is no consensus regarding optimal front-line treatment for younger high-risk patients with large B cell lymphoma. American recommendations list only R-CHOP as standard, while European also include R-ACVBP and R-CHOEP14. We have been routinely using the latter regimen at our institution since 2011 and performed this retrospective real-life single-center study to analyze outcomes. Between September 2011 and April 2019, 66 newly diagnosed patients aged 18 to 60 years with B-large cell lymphoma and high-risk age-adjusted International Prognostic Index score were scheduled to receive 6 or 8 cycles of bi-weekly chemoimmunotherapy with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, etoposide, steroids, and rituximab (R-CHOEP14). After a median follow-up of 4.7 years, the estimated 3-year progression-free survival was 87% (95% CI 80-96%) and 3-year overall survival 90% (95% CI 83-98%). Grade ≥ 3 hematological side effects occurred in 83% and infectious in 41% of patients; one patient died of toxicity. Grade ≥ 2 cardiac toxicity occurred in 21% of patients, more frequently than previously reported. The cumulative 5-year risk of congestive heart failure with all-cause mortality as the competing risk was 17%. R-CHOEP14 is a very effective and manageable regimen for younger high-risk patients with B-large cell lymphoma, but the risk of cardiotoxicity warrants further investigations.
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Klein C, Jamois C, Nielsen T. Anti-CD20 treatment for B-cell malignancies: current status and future directions. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2020; 21:161-181. [PMID: 32933335 DOI: 10.1080/14712598.2020.1822318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The introduction of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy with rituximab in the 1990s greatly improved outcomes for patients with B-cell malignancies. Disease resistance or relapse after successful initial therapy and declining efficacy of subsequent rounds of treatment were the basis for the development of alternative anti-CD20-based antibody therapies. AREAS COVERED The novel anti-CD20 antibodies of atumumab, ublituximab, and obinutuzumab were developed to be differentiated via structural and mechanistic features over rituximab. We provide an overview of preclinical and clinical data, and demonstrate ways in which the pharmacodynamic properties of these novel agents translate into clinical benefit for patients. EXPERT OPINION Of the novel anti-CD20 antibodies, only obinutuzumab has shown consistently improved efficacy over rituximab in randomized pivotal trials in indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The Phase 3 GALLIUM trial demonstrated significant improvements in progression-free survival with obinutuzumab-based immunochemotherapy over rituximab-based immunochemotherapy. Novel combinations of obinutuzumab, including with chemotherapy-free options are being explored, such as with the newly approved combinations of obinutuzumab with venetoclax, ibrutinib, or acalabrutinib. The biggest unmet need remains in the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; emerging options in this field include the use of CAR-T cells and T-cell bispecific antibodies.
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- Christian Klein
- Roche Pharma Research & Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Zurich , Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel , Basel, Switzerland
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- Product Development Oncology, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd , Basel, Switzerland
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A novel lymphoma-associated macrophage interaction signature (LAMIS) provides robust risk prognostication in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma clinical trial cohorts of the DSHNHL. Leukemia 2019; 34:543-552. [PMID: 31530861 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-019-0573-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a disease with heterogeneous outcome. Stromal signatures have been correlated to survival in DLBCL. Their use, however, is hampered by the lack of assays for formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded material (FFPE). We constructed a lymphoma-associated macrophage interaction signature (LAMIS) interrogating features of the microenvironment using a NanoString assay applicable to FFPE. The clinical impact of the signature could be validated in a cohort of 466 patients enrolled in prospective clinical trials of the German High-Grade Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Study Group (DSHNHL). Patients with high expression of the signature (LAMIShigh) had shorter EFS, PFS, and OS. Multivariate analyses revealed independence from IPI factors in EFS (HR 1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.4, p-value = 0.001), PFS (HR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2-2.5, p-value = 0.001) and OS (HR 1.8, 95% CI 1.3-2.7, p-value = 0.001). Multivariate analyses adjusted for the IPI factors showed the signature to be independent from COO, MYC rearrangements and double expresser status (DE). LAMIShigh and simultaneous DE status characterized a patient subgroup with dismal prognosis and early relapse. Our data underline the importance of the microenvironment in prognosis. Combined analysis of stromal features, the IPI and DE may provide a new rationale for targeted therapy.
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