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Li D, Xu Z, Wen S, Ananthakrishnan R, Kim Y, Rantell KR, Anderson P, Whitmore J, Chiang A. Challenges and Lessons Learned in Autologous Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy Development from a Statistical Perspective. Ther Innov Regul Sci 2024:10.1007/s43441-024-00652-3. [PMID: 38704515 DOI: 10.1007/s43441-024-00652-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
Abstract
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a human gene therapy product where T cells from a patient are genetically modified to enable them to recognize desired target antigen(s) more effectively. In recent years, promising antitumor activity has been seen with autologous CAR T cells. Since 2017, six CAR T-cell therapies for the treatment of hematological malignancies have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Despite the rapid progress of CAR T-cell therapies, considerable statistical challenges still exist for this category of products across all phases of clinical development that need to be addressed. These include (but not limited to) dose finding strategy, implementation of the estimand framework, use of real-world data in contextualizing single-arm CAR T trials, analysis of safety data and long-term follow-up studies. This paper is the first step in summarizing and addressing these statistical hurdles based on the development of the six approved CAR T-cell products.
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- Daniel Li
- Bristol Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ, USA
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Aydilek E, Wulf G, Schwarz F, Bacher U, Rummel M, Stiefel O, Kerkhoff A, Maulhardt M, Melchardt T, Pabst T, Lenz G, Shumilov E. Outcomes of pirtobrutinib for relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma in compassionate use program in Europe. Cancer Med 2024; 13:e7289. [PMID: 38770551 PMCID: PMC11106640 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.7289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a type of B-cell lymphoma that is currently incurable. Pirtobrutinib shows promising response rates in heavily pretreated MCL patients according to the approval study, but the real-world data are scarce. METHODS In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the efficacy and safety profile of pirtobrutinib in 10 relapsed/refractory MCL patients from compassionate use program (CUP). RESULTS On average, the patients underwent three lines of systemic therapy prior to pirtobrutinib and were predominantly BTKi exposed (9/10). The best overall response rate (BORR) was 67%. In a median follow-up of 8.6 months, the mean duration of response (DOR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) were not reached. No new safety signals were documented. CONCLUSIONS In summary, pirtobrutinib represented a safe and effective treatment option in a small real-world population.
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- Enver Aydilek
- Department for Hematology and Medical OncologyUniversity Medical Center GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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- Department for Hematology and Medical OncologyUniversity Medical Center GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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- Department for Hematology and Medical OncologyUniversity Medical Center GöttingenGöttingenGermany
- Campus Institute for Dynamics of Biological Networks, Georg August UniversityGöttingenGermany
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- Department of Hematology, InselspitalUniversity Hospital Bern, University of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Department of Hematology, Clinic for Haematology and Medical OncologyJustus Liebig University HospitalGießenGermany
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- Division of Hematology With Stem Cell Transplantation, Hemostaseology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine IOrdensklinikum LinzLinzAustria
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and PneumologyUniversity Hospital MuensterMuensterGermany
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- Department for Hematology and Medical OncologyUniversity Medical Center GöttingenGöttingenGermany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III with Haematology, Medical Oncology, Haemostaseology, Infectiology and RheumatologyParacelsus Medical UniversitySalzburgAustria
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- Department of Medical OncologyInselspital Bern University HospitalBernSwitzerland
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and PneumologyUniversity Hospital MuensterMuensterGermany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and PneumologyUniversity Hospital MuensterMuensterGermany
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Salles G, Chen JMH, Zhang I, Kerbauy F, Wu JJ, Wade SW, Nunes A, Feng C, Kloos I, Peng W, Snider JT, Maciel D, Chan K, Keeping S, Shah B. Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison of Brexucabtagene Autoleucel (ZUMA-2) and Pirtobrutinib (BRUIN) in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma Previously Treated with a Covalent Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor. Adv Ther 2024; 41:1938-1952. [PMID: 38494543 PMCID: PMC11052850 DOI: 10.1007/s12325-024-02822-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) often require multiple lines of treatment and have a poor prognosis, particularly after failing covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (cBTKi) therapy. Newer treatments such as brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel, chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy) and pirtobrutinib (non-covalent BTKi) show promise in improving outcomes. METHODS Without direct comparative evidence, an unanchored matching-adjusted indirect comparison was conducted to estimate the relative treatment effects of brexu-cel and pirtobrutinib for post-cBTKi R/R MCL. Using logistic propensity score models, individual patient-level data from ZUMA-2 brexu-cel-infused population (N = 68) were weighted to match pre-specified clinically relevant prognostic factors based on study-level data from the BRUIN cBTKi pre-treated cohort (N = 90). The base-case model incorporated the five most pertinent factors reported in ≥ 50% of both trial populations: morphology, MCL International Prognostic Index, number of prior lines of therapy, disease stage, and prior autologous stem cell transplant. A sensitivity analysis additionally incorporated TP53 mutation and Ki-67 proliferation. Relative treatment effects were expressed as odds ratios (ORs) or hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS In the base-case model, brexu-cel was associated with higher rates of objective response (OR 10.39 [95% CI 2.81-38.46]) and complete response (OR 10.11 [95% CI 4.26-24.00]), and improved progression-free survival (HR 0.44 [95% CI 0.25-0.75]), compared to pirtobrutinib. Overall survival and duration of response favored brexu-cel over pirtobrutinib but the differences crossed the bounds for statistical significance. Findings were consistent across the adjusted and unadjusted analyses. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that brexu-cel may offer clinically and statistically significant benefits regarding objective response, complete response, and progression-free survival compared to pirtobrutinib among patients with R/R MCL after prior cBTKi therapy. Given the short follow-up and high degree of censoring in BRUIN, an analysis incorporating updated BRUIN data may provide more definitive overall survival results.
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- Gilles Salles
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Federal University of Sao Paulo and Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Kite, a Gilead Company, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Wade Outcomes Research and Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Kite, a Gilead Company, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Kite, a Gilead Company, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Kite, a Gilead Company, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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Minson A, Hamad N, Cheah CY, Tam C, Blombery P, Westerman D, Ritchie D, Morgan H, Holzwart N, Lade S, Anderson MA, Khot A, Seymour JF, Robertson M, Caldwell I, Ryland G, Saghebi J, Sabahi Z, Xie J, Koldej R, Dickinson M. CAR T cells and time-limited ibrutinib as treatment for relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma: the phase 2 TARMAC study. Blood 2024; 143:673-684. [PMID: 37883795 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023021306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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ABSTRACT CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) achieve high response rates in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). However, their use is associated with significant toxicity, relapse concern, and unclear broad tractability. Preclinical and clinical data support a beneficial synergistic effect of ibrutinib on apheresis product fitness, CAR-T expansion, and toxicity. We evaluated the combination of time-limited ibrutinib and CTL019 CAR-T in 20 patients with MCL in the phase 2 TARMAC study. Ibrutinib commenced before leukapheresis and continued through CAR-T manufacture for a minimum of 6 months after CAR-T administration. The median prior lines of therapy was 2; 50% of patients were previously exposed to a Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi). The primary end point was 4-month postinfusion complete response (CR) rate, and secondary end points included safety and subgroup analysis based on TP53 aberrancy. The primary end point was met; 80% of patients demonstrated CR, with 70% and 40% demonstrating measurable residual disease negativity by flow cytometry and molecular methods, respectively. At 13-month median follow-up, the estimated 12-month progression-free survival was 75% and overall survival 100%. Fifteen patients (75%) developed cytokine release syndrome; 12 (55%) with grade 1 to 2 and 3 (20%) with grade 3. Reversible grade 1 to 2 neurotoxicity was observed in 2 patients (10%). Efficacy was preserved irrespective of prior BTKi exposure or TP53 mutation. Deep responses correlated with robust CAR-T expansion and a less exhausted baseline T-cell phenotype. Overall, the safety and efficacy of the combination of BTKi and T-cell redirecting immunotherapy appears promising and merits further exploration. This trial was registered at www.ClinicalTrials.gov as #NCT04234061.
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- Adrian Minson
- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Haematology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Haematology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia
- School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Haematology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Ip A, Della Pia A, Goy AH. SOHO State of the Art Updates and Next Questions: Treatment Evolution of Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Navigating the Different Entities and Biological Heterogeneity of Mantle Cell Lymphoma in 2024. CLINICAL LYMPHOMA, MYELOMA & LEUKEMIA 2024:S2152-2650(24)00082-X. [PMID: 38493059 DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2024.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Progress in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) has led to significant improvement in outcomes of patients even in the real world (RW) setting albeit to a lesser degree. In parallel to the demonstration of benefit using combination therapy with rituximab plus high-dose cytarabine (R-AraC) as well as dose intensive therapy-autologous stem cell transplantation (DIT-ASCT) consolidation and maintenance, it became clear over the last 2 decades that MCL is a highly heterogenous disease at the molecular level, explaining differences observed in clinical behavior and response to therapy. While clinical prognostic factors and models have helped stratify patients with distinct outcomes, they failed to help guide therapy. The identification of molecular high-risk (HR) features, in particular, but not only, p53 aberrations (including mutations and deletions [del]), as well as complex karyotype (CK), has allowed to identify subsets of patients with poorer outcomes (median overall survival [OS] <2 years) regardless of conventional therapies used. The constant pattern of relapse seen in MCL has fueled sustained and productive efforts, with 7 novel agents approved in the United States (US), showing high and durable efficacy even in HR and chemo-refractory patients and likely curing a subset of patients in the relapsed or refractory (R/R) setting. Progress in diagnostics, in particular next-generation sequencing (NGS), which is accessible in routine practice nowadays, can help recognize patients with HR features, well beyond MIPI or Ki-67 prognostication, although the impact on decision making is still unclear. The era of integrating novel agents into our prior standard of care (SOC) has begun with a confirmed benefit, for example, ibrutinib (Ib) in the TRIANGLE study, defining the first new potential SOC in younger patients in over 30 years. Expanding on novel agents, either in combination, sequentially or to replace chemotherapy altogether, using biological doublets or triplets has led to a median progression-free survival (PFS) in excess of 72 months, certainly competitive with prior SOC and will continue to reshape the management of MCL patients. Achieving minimal residual disease negative (MRD-ve) status is becoming a new endpoint in MCL, and customizing maintenance and/or de-escalation/consolidation strategies is within reach, although it will require prospective, built-in MRD-based approaches, with the goal of eliminating subclinical disease and not simply delaying time to relapse. Taking into account the biological diversity of MCL is now feasible in routine clinical practice and has already helped recognize what not to do for HR patients (i.e., avoid intensive induction chemotherapy and/or ASCT for p53 mutated patients) as well as identify promising novel options. Ongoing and future work will help expand on these dedicated approaches, to further improve the management and outcomes of all MCL patients.
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- Andrew Ip
- Lymphoma Division, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ
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- Lymphoma Division, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ
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- Lymphoma Division, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ.
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Minson A, Hamad N, Di Ciaccio P, Talaulikar D, Ku M, Ratnasingam S, Cheah C, Yannakou CK, Bishton M, Ng ZY, Agrawal S, McQuillan A, Johnston A, Choong E, Wong K, McQuillan J, Beekman A, Hawkes E, Dickinson M. Death from mantle cell lymphoma limits sequential therapy, particularly after first relapse: Patterns of care and outcomes in a series from Australia and the United Kingdom. Br J Haematol 2024; 204:548-554. [PMID: 37904342 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
Abstract
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterised by a heterogeneous clinical course. Patients can often receive sequential treatments, yet these typically yield diminishing periods of disease control, raising questions about optimal therapy sequencing. Novel agents, such as chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies and bispecific antibodies, show promise in relapsed MCL, but are often reserved for later treatment lines, which may underserve patients with aggressive disease phenotypes who die early in the treatment journey. To assess the problem of patient attrition from lymphoma-related death limiting sequential treatment, we performed a multicentre retrospective cohort analysis of 389 patients treated at Australian and UK centres over a 10-year period. Deaths from MCL increased after each treatment line, with 7%, 23% and 26% of patients dying from uncontrolled MCL after first, second and third lines respectively. Patients with older age at diagnosis and early relapse after induction therapy were at particular risk of death after second-line treatment. This limitation of sequential treatment by lymphoma-related death provides support for the trial of novel therapies in earlier treatment lines, particularly in high-risk patient populations.
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- Adrian Minson
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital & Linear Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute at Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute at Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute at Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Hollywood Private Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute at Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Hess G, Dreyling M, Oberic L, Gine E, Zinzani PL, Linton K, Vilmar A, Jerkeman M, Chen JMH, Ohler A, Stilgenbauer S, Thieblemont C, Lambert J, Zilioli VR, Sancho JM, Jimenez-Ubieto A, Fischer L, Eyre TA, Keeping S, Park JE, Wu JJ, Nunes A, Reitan J, Wade SW, Salles G. Indirect treatment comparison of brexucabtagene autoleucel (ZUMA-2) versus standard of care (SCHOLAR-2) in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 2024; 65:14-25. [PMID: 37840282 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2268228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
Abstract
The SCHOLAR-2 retrospective study highlighted poor overall survival (OS) with standard of care (SOC) regimens among patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who failed a covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi). In the ZUMA-2 single-arm trial, brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel; autologous anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy) demonstrated high rates of durable responses in patients with R/R MCL who had previous BTKi exposure. Here, we compared OS in ZUMA-2 and SCHOLAR-2 using three different methods which adjusted for imbalances in prognostic factors between populations: inverse probability weighting (IPW), regression adjustment (RA), and doubly robust (DR). Brexu-cel was associated with improved OS compared to SOC across all unadjusted and adjusted comparisons. Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 0.38 (0.23, 0.61) for IPW, 0.45 (0.28, 0.74) for RA, and 0.37 (0.23, 0.59) for DR. These results suggest a substantial survival benefit with brexu-cel versus SOC in patients with R/R MCL after BTKi exposure.
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- Georg Hess
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Medical School of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Centre Toulouse, Service d'Hématologie, Toulouse, France
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- GELTAMO, Hematology Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- The Manchester Cancer Research Center, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Skane University Hospital and Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Medical School of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- GELTAMO, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Medizinische Klinik III, LMU Klinikum, Munich, Germany
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- Kite, a Gilead Company, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Kite, a Gilead Company, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Wade Outcomes Research & Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Eyre TA, Bishton MJ, McCulloch R, O'Reilly M, Sanderson R, Menon G, Iyengar S, Lewis D, Lambert J, Linton KM, McKay P. Diagnosis and management of mantle cell lymphoma: A British Society for Haematology Guideline. Br J Haematol 2024; 204:108-126. [PMID: 37880821 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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- Toby A Eyre
- Department of Haematology, Cancer and Haematology Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Haematology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Translational Medical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Haematology, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Department of Haematology, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Haematology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Haematology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Department of Haematology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK
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Pinto A, Ladetto M, Martelli M, Visco C, Zaja F, Guardalben E, Zinzani PL. Unmet needs in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma after failure of covalent Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors: An Italian scenario. Hematol Oncol 2024; 42:e3246. [PMID: 38287533 DOI: 10.1002/hon.3246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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- Antonio Pinto
- Department of Hematology and Developmental Therapeutics, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione 'G. Pascale', IRCCS, Naples, Italy
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- Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy
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Wallace DS, Rowland C, Hill BT, Baran AM, Casulo C, Reagan PM, Winter A, Karmali R, Winter JN, Gordon LI, Bui A, Sportelli P, Miskin HP, Weiss MS, Friedberg JW, Ma S, Barr PM. Phase 2 trial of umbralisib, ublituximab, and venetoclax in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 2023; 64:1579-1582. [PMID: 37341984 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2223743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Danielle S Wallace
- Wilmot Cancer Institute and the Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Wilmot Cancer Institute and the Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Wilmot Cancer Institute and the Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Wilmot Cancer Institute and the Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Wilmot Cancer Institute and the Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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McCulloch R. Post-BTK inhibitor mantle cell lymphoma: When is CAR-T not the answer? Br J Haematol 2023; 202:718-719. [PMID: 37188352 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
In a large multicentre retrospective real-world analysis, Hess and colleagues describe outcomes in post-Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi) mantle cell lymphoma patients managed in clinical practice prior to availability of brexucabtagene autoleucel (Tecartus). Outcome data not only provide a useful benchmark for future studies but also highlight the great challenges that still lie ahead in managing this challenging patient cohort. Commentary on: Hess et al. Real-world experience among patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma after Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor failure in Europe: The SCHOLAR-2 retrospective chart review study. Br J Haematol 2023;202:749-759.
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- Rory McCulloch
- Department of Haematology, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK
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Minson A, Dickinson M. CAR T-cells in MCL: mind the gap. Leuk Lymphoma 2023; 64:1359-1360. [PMID: 37300452 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2023.2220456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Adrian Minson
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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