scholarly journals Open-Labeled, Multicenter Phase II Study of Bortezomib for Maintenance Therapy in Patients with High Risk Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL): Borma Trial from Consortium for Improving Survival of Lymphoma (CISL)

Blood ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 2884-2884
Author(s):  
Jae-Cheol Jo ◽  
Ho Sup Lee ◽  
Cheolwon Suh ◽  
Hye Jin Kang ◽  
Won Seog Kim ◽  
...  

Background: High-intermediate or high risk in international prognostic index (IPI) has a long-term chance of cure in the range about 50% in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) treated by R-CHOP. These high risk patients should be considered for additional new treatment to standard R-CHOP or investigational approaches in the context of clinical trials that are designed to ensure that potentially curative therapy. Bortezomib inhibits NF-κB activation through proteasome inhibition, providing rationale for its use in cells that constitutively express NF-κB. Non-germinal center B cell (GCB) DLBCL has a worse survival after upfront chemotherapy and is characterized by constitutive activation of the antiapoptotic NF-κB pathway, which can inhibit chemotherapy. There is no study of bortezomib as maintenance therapy after treated with R-CHOP in high risk patients with DLBCL. So we applied additional bortezomib as maintenance therapy in order to assess improving efficacy and survival rates in high risk patients with non-GCB DLBCL who had been confirmed complete response (CR) after treated with R-CHOP. Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed stage II(bulky)-IV DLBCL with high or high intermediate IPI score of 3 to 5, and patients achieving a CR at the end of 6 or 8 cycles of R-CHOP21 were eligible for enrollment. Non-GCB DLBCL according to Hans criteria confirmed by central review was need before enrollment. Bortezomib maintenance treatment was consisted of bortezomib 1.3mg/m2 subcutaneously administration day 1 and day 15 per 28-day cycle with a total of 12 cycles. The primary endpoint was 3-year progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoints were 3-year overall survival (OS), and toxicites. Toxicity was graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0. Results: Fifty-nine patients were enrolled between May 2014 and Oct 2018. The type of Non-GCB DLBCL in all patients was confirmed by the central pathology review. The median age was 65 years (range: 27-86 years), and 60% were > 61 years. The baseline clinical features were as follows: female sex, 45.8%; ECOG >1, 10.2%; stage II bulky (>10cm), 6.8%; stage III/IV, 93.2%. At the time of analysis, 29 patients completed 12-cycles of bortezomib maintenance, and 3 patients is ongoing. Seven patients did not finished maintenance therapy due to toxicities (fatigue, atrial flutter, neuropathy, pleural effusion, thrombocytopenia), and withdrawal of informed consent (n=4). Sixteen patients experienced disease progression during bortezomib maintenance treatment. With a median follow-up of 25.1 months, 3-year PFS rate was 56.9% and 3-year OS rate was 86.4% (Figure 1). Toxicity was assessed in 489 cycles of bortezomib maintenance in all 59 patients. There was no treatment-related death and febrile neutropenia. Conclusion: Bortezomib maintenance showed 3-year PFS rate of 56.9% with acceptable toxicities in patients with high risk DLBCL achieving a CR at the end of 6 or 8 cycles of R-CHOP21. Figure 1 Disclosures Kim: Celltrion: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; J + J: Research Funding; Donga: Research Funding; Kyowa-Kirin: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd: Research Funding.

Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (22) ◽  
pp. 404-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert Schmitz ◽  
Maike Nickelsen ◽  
Marita Ziepert ◽  
Matthias Haenel ◽  
Peter Borchmann ◽  
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Abstract Abstract 404 Comparison of conventional chemotherapy with high-dose therapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (HDT/ASCT) administered to young, high-risk patients with aggressive B-cell lymphoma as part of first-line therapy gave conflicting results; none of the randomized studies used rituximab (R) in combination with conventional or HDT. In March 2003 we started a randomized phase III study for young (18-60 years), high-risk (age-adjusted IPI 2 or 3) patients with aggressive lymphoma. For patients with B-cell lymphomas this study compared 8 cycles of CHOEP-14 (CHOP + etoposide 300 mg/m2 given every 2 weeks) with MegaCHOEP. The MegaCHOEP program used cyclophoshamide (1500 mg/m2 in cycle 1; 4500 mg/m2 in cycles 2 and 3; 6000 mg/m2 in cycle 4), doxorubicin (70 mg/m2 in all cycles), vincristine (2 mg, all cycles), etoposide (600 mg/m2 , cycle 1; 960 mg/m2 , cycles 2 and 3; 1480 mg/m2, cycle 4), and prednisone (500 mg, all cycles) to be administered every 21 days. Hematopoietic stem cells were harvested after cycles 1 and 2 and reinfused after HDT cycles 2, 3, and 4. Feasibility, safety, and efficacy of MegaCHOEP + / - R have been described (Glass et al. Blood 2006 and BMT 2006). The phase III study originally had four arms (8 × CHOEP – 14, 8 × CHOEP – 14 and 6 × R, MegaCHOEP, and MegaCHOEP and 6 × R). Treatment arms without R were closed in June 2004 because other studies (e.g the MInT study) had shown major improvement in outcome parameters when R was added to chemotherapy. The study continued comparing 8 × CHOEP – 14 and 6 × R (375 mg/m2) with MegaCHOEP and 6 × R (375 mg/m2). At the time of this analysis 346 patients (pts) had been recruited; 216 pts. (median age 48 years, LDH > N 97 %, stage III or IV 96%, ECOG > 1 35%) had been randomized until 07 / 07 and were availabel for this planned interim analysis ( 8 × CHOEP – 14 + 6 × R, n = 91; MegaCHOEP + 6 × R, n = 94; 8 × CHOEP – 14, n = 15; MegaCHOEP, n = 16). Major toxicities included mucositis, diarrhea, and infections all of which were significantly more frequent in the MegaCHOEP arm of the study. Treatment – related deaths occurred in 5 / 94 pts. ( 5.3%) in the MegaCHOEP arm and in 1 / 91 pts. (1.1 %) in the R – CHOEP arm (p = 0.211). Surprisingly, the 3 – year event – free survival ( EFS : time from randomization to either disease progression, no CR / CRu at the end of treatment, initiation of salvage therapy, relapse or death from any cause) was better after conventional than after HDT / ASCT: 71.0% after 8 × CHOEP-14 + 6 × R vs. 56.7 % after MegaCHOEP + 6 × R (p = 0.050). After a median observation time of 29 months the estimated 3-year overall survival was 83.8 % after 8 × CHOEP – 14 + 6 × R and 75.3 % after MegaCHOEP + 6 × R (p = 0.142). Progression – free survival was 76.0 % after 8 × CHOEP – 14 + 6 × R and 64.6 % after MegaCHOEP + 6 × R (p = 0.119). A comparison of the rituximab-containing treatment arms (8 × CHOEP 14 + 6 × R and Mega CHOEP + 6 × R) with the chemotherapy – only arms (8 × CHOEP -14 and MegaCHOEP) revealed a 27.1 % difference in the 3-year EFS-rate ( p = 0.003 ) pointing to the unexpectedly high efficacy of R particularly in untreated, young, high-risk patients with aggressive B-NHL. These data were presented to the members of the study group and the data safety and monitoring committee who decided to stop the MegaCHOEP arm of the study. In conclusion, 8 × CHOEP -14 + 6 × R gave excellent results in young, high-risk patients with untreated aggressive B cell lymphoma. The 3-year EFS and OS are the best ever reported for this group of patients. MegaCHOEP + 6 × R was no better than aggressive conventional chemotherapy regarding any of the study endpoints; EFS (primary endpoint of the study) was significantly worse. Because of higher toxicity and inferior survival the MegaCHOEP arm was discontinued. HDT / ASCT has no role to play as part of first-line therapy for patients with high-risk aggressive B cell lymphoma if rituximab is combined with aggressive conventional chemotherapy. Disclosures: Schmitz: Roche: Honoraria, Research Funding. Nickelsen:Roche: Honoraria. Trümper:Roche: Honoraria, Research Funding. Pfreundschuh:Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding. Glass:Roche: Honoraria, Research Funding.


Blood ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 120 (21) ◽  
pp. 3668-3668
Author(s):  
Nishitha M. Reddy ◽  
Rhea M Simons ◽  
Meghan E Caldwell ◽  
Heidi Chen ◽  
Madan Jagasia ◽  
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Abstract Abstract 3668 Background: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients with an intermediate/high to high risk international prognostic index (IPI) score are at an increased risk of disease relapse in the first year after completion of standard therapy with R-CHOP. Lenalidomide (LEN), an immunomodulatory drug, enhances the natural-killer cell mediated antibody-dependant cellular cytotoxicity of rituximab in lymphoma cell lines, inhibits angiogenesis, alters cytokine production, and has been shown to have clinical activity against B-cell lymphoma including relapsed DLBCL. Methods: DLBCL patients with high risk features (IPI scores of 3 or greater) who achieved CR after R-CHOP were randomized to LEN (arm A) alone or LEN and rituximab maintenance therapy (arm B) within 12 weeks of last dose of R-CHOP. The primary endpoint of the study was to assess the one year relapse-free survival. We expected that a 25% difference of relapse compared with current standard therapy will have clinical significance. Patients in arm A received LEN at a dose of 25 mg daily for 21 days of 28 days. Patients in arm B received LEN at a dose of 20mg daily for 21 days of 28 days along with rituximab (375mg/m2) on day 8 of even cycles. Treatment on both arms was continued for one year. Treatment was discontinued for disease progression. LEN dose adjustments were incorporated in the protocol. Results: Thirty five patients, 19 arm A/16 arm B, 20 female/15 male, with a median age of 59 yrs were enrolled. The median IPI was 3 for all patients. For patients over the age of 60 the median IPI score was 4 and the median aa-IPI was 3. Two patients received XRT to areas of bulky disease at the completion of R-CHOP prior to start of maintenance. At a median follow up of 22 months, the 2 yr PFS and DFS was 86% and 96% respectively. For patients in arm A and arm B the 2 yr PFS was 92% vs.77% and the 2 yr DFS was 100% vs. 92% respectively (p=0.52). Two patients discontinued treatment due to adverse events. Grade 3–4 toxicities include neutropenia (25%), fatigue (17%), diarrhea (8%), DVT (3%), rash (3%), febrile neutropenia (3%). Related grade 1–2 toxicities include hypothyroidism (11%) and rash (47%). There were no treatment related deaths. Conclusions: Lenalidomide as maintenance therapy demonstrates encouraging clinical activity following standard chemotherapy and results in superior survival outcomes in DLBCL patients with high risk prognostic features. The 2-yr OS was 90% in our study as compared with historical controls of 70%. Our study suggests that maintenance strategy with lenalidomide based therapy may increase cure rate and needs to be prospectively evaluated in a phase III study. Disclosures: Reddy: Celgene: Research Funding. Off Label Use: Lenalidomide in Lymphoma. Park:Seattle Genetics, Inc.: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Teva: Research Funding.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 181-182
Author(s):  
P. Reagan ◽  
K.P. Loh ◽  
A. Baran ◽  
J. Hu ◽  
C. Casulo ◽  
...  

Hematology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 578-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry J. Savage

Abstract Despite improvement in survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with the introduction of rituximab, central nervous system (CNS) relapse continues to represent a clinical challenge. A number of studies have evaluated clinical risk factors in an attempt to identify high-risk patients to direct CNS staging investigations and consider prophylaxis strategies. The CNS International Prognostic Index is a robust and reproducible risk model that can identity patients at high risk of CNS relapse, but its specificity remains limited. Studies are emerging of biomarkers that predict CNS relapse that can be integrated with clinical risk models to better identify high-risk patients for CNS-directed prophylaxis strategies. Because CNS parenchymal disease is the predominant compartment, prophylaxis should include deeply penetrant drugs such as high-dose methotrexate. However, this has been associated with toxicity and has limited use in older patients. Novel therapies are being tested in primary CNS lymphoma with encouraging results and may represent rational strategies to be further explored in the prophylaxis setting.


Blood ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1485-1485
Author(s):  
Kathrine T. Isaksen ◽  
Klaus Beiske ◽  
Erlend B. Smeland ◽  
Judit Jørgensen ◽  
Marianne Brodtkorb ◽  
...  

Background: High-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements (HGBL-DH/TH) occurs in approximately 8% of de novo diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) cases, with BCL2 translocations (HGBL-DH/TH-BCL2) being a germinal center B-cell like (GCB) phenomenon (Scott et al. Blood 2018). HGBL-DH/TH is associated with poor outcome when treated with standard R-CHOP-therapy, but retrospective studies suggest that more aggressive treatment may improve outcome (Petrich et al. Blood 2014; Oki et al. BJH 2014). To overcome limitations with identification of HGBL-DH/TH by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), Ennishi et al. developed a gene expression signature (DHITsig) that identified tumors with a HGBL-DH/TH-BCL2 gene expression phenotype. This DHITsig was translated into a new assay (DLBCL90) for application on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) biopsies (Ennishi et al. J Clin Oncol 2019), and included identification of cell-of-origin (COO) and primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (Scott et al. Blood 2014; Mottok et al. Blood 2018). The DHITsig roughly doubled the number of cases in the HGBL-DH/TH-group compared with FISH, and was associated with a poor prognosis in patients treated with R-CHOP. In our study we aimed to validate the DLBCL90 assay in an independent cohort of young high-risk patients treated with dose-intensive immunochemotherapy within two Nordic trials. Patients and methods: RNA was extracted from pretreatment FFPE biopsies from 88 high-risk de novo DLBCL patients treated with dose-dense immunochemotherapy with systemic CNS prophylaxis in two Nordic trials (Holte et al. Ann. Oncol. 2013; Leppä et al. 15-ICML 2019). In the first trial patients received 6 courses of R-CHOEP-14 followed by 1 course of HD-Mtx and HD-Ara-C. In the second trial 2 courses of HD-Mtx were given in combination with R-CHOP-14 at the start of treatment, followed by 4 courses of R-CHOEP-14 and 1 course of R-HD-Ara-C at the end. Liposomal Ara-C was also administered intrathecally at courses 1, 3 and 5. Digital gene expression was performed, applying the DLBCL90 assay on the NanoString platform (NanoString Technologies, Seattle, WA) and FISH break-apart probes for MYC, BCL2 and BCL6 were used for identification of HGBL-DH/TH. Results: The COO assay assigned 54%, 31% and 15% of the tumors to the GCB, activated B-cell like (ABC) and unclassified group, respectively. The ABC- and unclassified DLBCLs showed a trend towards inferior outcome when compared to the GCB-group (OS: 59%, 66%, 91%, p=0.076, PFS: 74%, 59%, 85%, p=0.122, FFS: 63%, 51%, 83%, p=0.052, respectively). The DHITsig was only seen in the GCB subtype. Of the patients with the GCB subtype, 5 (10%) and 11 patients (23%) were assigned to the DHITsig-positive and DHITsig-indeterminate group, respectively. FISH results were available for 71 samples, and 6 were identified as HGBL-DH/TH-BCL2. Four of them were assigned to the DHITsig-positive group, while 1 case was assigned to the DHITsig-indeterminate group with a 79% probability of belonging to the DHITsig-positive group (cut-off 80%). The last case was a triple-hit tumor that was assigned to the DHITsig-negative group. This patient had a favorable outcome with a complete remission after first line therapy, and was still in remission at the last follow-up 45 months after diagnosis. Overall, after a median follow-up of 64 months, 17 patients (19%) experienced relapse and 13 patients (15%) had died. Within the GCB subgroup, there were no significant differences in clinical outcome (OS, PFS, FFS) between the DHITsig positive, negative and indeterminate groups when analyzed as separate groups, or when the positive/indeterminate groups were merged (figure). Conclusion: We confirm that the DLBCL90 gene expression assay identifies HGBL-DH/TH-BCL2 in FFPE biopsies. This, together with a rapid turnaround time, makes it an attractive alternative to FISH for double-hit assignment in the clinical setting. In our cohort of young-high risk patients treated with dose-dense immunochemotherapy, the DHITsig was not associated with inferior survival. Of note, neither was the HGBL-DH/TH defined by FISH. This may be due to the intensified treatment, overcoming the poor prognostic impact of the double-hit biology. Disclosures Jørgensen: Gilead: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Roche: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Jerkeman:Roche: Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Gilead: Honoraria, Research Funding; Acerta: Honoraria, Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria, Research Funding. Scott:Roche/Genentech: Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy, Research Funding; NanoString: Patents & Royalties: Named inventor on a patent licensed to NanoSting [Institution], Research Funding. Holte:Novartis: Honoraria, Other: Advisory board.


Blood ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 122 (21) ◽  
pp. 371-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Crump ◽  
Sirpa Leppä ◽  
Luis E Fayad ◽  
Je-Jung Lee ◽  
Alice Di Rocco ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Despite improvements in outcome following the addition of rituximab (R) to CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) (R-CHOP), patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and International Prognostic Index (IPI) scores of 3-5 at diagnosis have a poor outcome. Enzastaurin is a potent inhibitor of PKCβ, a component of the B-cell receptor signaling complex, with preclinical activity and clinical activity in a phase II trial in patients with relapsed DLBCL, providing the rationale for this study in the primary therapy setting. Methods PRELUDE was a multi-national, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study. Patients were required to have a histologic diagnosis of DLBCL, pre-treatment IPI score ≥3, and a complete response (CR) or CRu by International Working Group Criteria, or a negative FDG-PET scan after 6–8 cycles of R-CHOP. Patients were randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to receive either enzastaurin 500 mg daily or an identical placebo as maintenance therapy, for a planned treatment duration of 3 years. The primary endpoint was DFS, defined as lack of disease progression or death. Assuming a 2-year DFS rate in the control group of 70%, the primary analysis had 80% power to detect a HR of 0.67, eg, a 2-year DFS rate of 79% in the enzastaurin group. Secondary endpoints included overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS). Data were analyzed 3 years after the last enrolled patient initiated treatment. Results From May 2006–April 2010, 758 patients were enrolled (enzastaurin, n=504; placebo, n=254). Median age at enrollment was 64 years (range 21-89); at diagnosis, 65% of patients had stage IV disease, 48% had B symptoms, and 25% had a mass >10 cm; baseline disease and patient characteristics were well balanced between treatment arms. Fifty-seven percent had a negative PET scan following completion of R-CHOP. Median follow-up time for all patients was 48 months (range 0.03–80). At the time of analysis, 209 events had occurred. The DFS HR for enzastaurin vs. placebo was 0.92 (95% CI: 0.69, 1.22; 2-sided log-rank p=0.54). DFS at 24 and 48 months were 79% and 70% for the enzastaurin arm, and 75% and 71% for placebo, respectively. OS at 24 and 48 months was 87% and 81% for enzastaurin, and 89% and 82% for placebo; HR for enzastaurin vs. placebo was 1.04 (95% CI: 0.74, 1.47; 2-sided log-rank p=0.81). Percent of ITT population patients on therapy at 12, 24, and 36 months was 70.6%, 60.6%, and 20.1% for enzastaurin; 72.3%, 60.6%, and 22.1% for placebo. Biomarker subgroup analysis was performed and will be available at time of presentation. Treatment emergent AEs (all grades) that were possibly study drug-related and significantly different between enzastaurin and placebo included chromaturia (18.5% vs. 0.4%), QTc prolongation (10.8% vs. 3.6%), and diarrhea (10.3% vs. 2.8%). There were no significant differences in number of patients with at least 1 grade 3 or higher AE between treatment arms. No significant differences were observed in the frequency of deaths while on therapy. Conclusion Enzastaurin did not improve DFS, EFS, or OS in patients with high-risk DLBCL and CR following R-CHOP treatment. Disclosures: Crump: Roche: Honoraria; Jansen-Ortho: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria; Lundbeck: Honoraria; Novartis: Research Funding; Seattle Genetics: Honoraria. Off Label Use: rituximab for maintenance therapy post autolgous transplant for lymphoma. Leppä:Eli Lilly: Research Funding. Ogura:Eli Lilly: Research Funding. Rifkin:Millenium, Celgene, ONYX: Membership on an entity’s Board of Directors or advisory committees. Mackensen:Eli Lilly: Consultancy. Offner:Eli Lilly: Membership on an entity’s Board of Directors or advisory committees. Smith:Genentech, Celgene, Spectrum, Seattle Genetics, Gilead, Amgen/Micronet: Consultancy. Tobinai:Eli Lilly: Research Funding. Hahka-Kemppinen:Eli Lilly: Employment. Thornton:Eli Lilly: Employment. Shi:Eli Lilly: Employment. Lin:Eli Lilly: Employment. Kahl:Genentech: Consultancy. Savage:Eli Lilly: Consultancy.


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