Long-lasting efficacy and safety of lenalidomide maintenance in patients with relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who are not eligible for or failed autologous transplantation.


Journal

Hematological oncology
ISSN: 1099-1069
Titre abrégé: Hematol Oncol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8307268

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Historique:
received: 10 03 2020
revised: 22 04 2020
accepted: 22 04 2020
pubmed: 2 5 2020
medline: 1 9 2020
entrez: 2 5 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We report final results of a phase II trial addressing efficacy and feasibility of lenalidomide maintenance in patients with chemosensitive relapse of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not eligible for or failed after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Patients with relapsed DLBCL who achieved at least a partial response to salvage chemoimmunotherapy were enrolled and treated with lenalidomide 25 mg/day for 21 of 28 days for 2 years or until progression or unacceptable toxicity. Primary endpoint was 1-year PFS. Forty-six of 48 enrolled patients were assessable. Most patients had IPI ≥2, advanced stage and extranodal disease before the salvage treatment that led to trial registration; 28 (61%) patients were older than 70 years. Lenalidomide was well tolerated. With the exception of neutropenia, grade-4 toxicities occurred in <1% of courses. Three patients died of complications during maintenance and three died due to second cancers at 32 to 64 months. There were 13 SAEs recorded in 12 patients; all these patients but two recovered. Lenalidomide was interrupted due to toxicity in other 6 patients, and 25 patients required dose reduction (transient in 21). At 1 year from registration, 31 patients were progression free. After a median follow-up of 65 (range 39-124) months, 22 patients remain progression free, with a 5-year PFS of 48% ± 7%. The duration of response to lenalidomide was longer than response to prior treatment in 30 (65%) patients. Benefit was observed both in de novo and transformed DLBCL, germinal-center-B-cell and nongerminal-center-B-cell subtypes. Twenty-six patients are alive (5-year OS 62% ± 7%). With the limitations of a nonrandomized design, these long-term results suggest that lenalidomide maintenance might bring benefit to patients with chemosensitive relapse of DLBCL not eligible for or failed after ASCT. Lenalidomide was associated with durable disease control and was well tolerated in this elderly population. Further investigations on immunomodulatory drugs as maintenance in these high-risk patients are warranted.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32356913
doi: 10.1002/hon.2742
doi:

Substances chimiques

Angiogenesis Inhibitors 0
Lenalidomide F0P408N6V4

Types de publication

Clinical Trial, Phase II Journal Article Multicenter Study

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

257-265

Subventions

Organisme : Celgene

Informations de copyright

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Auteurs

Andrés J M Ferreri (AJM)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Marianna Sassone (M)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Piera Angelillo (P)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Francesco Zaja (F)

SC Ematologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata, Trieste, Italy.

Alessandro Re (A)

Division of Hematology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.

Alice Di Rocco (A)

Division of Hematology, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

Michele Spina (M)

Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy.

Alberto Fabbri (A)

Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera Università Senese, Siena, Italy.

Caterina Stelitano (C)

Division of Hematology, AO Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Maurizio Frezzato (M)

Division of Hematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.

Stefano Volpetti (S)

Clinica Ematologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata, Udine, Italy.

Renato Zambello (R)

Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padua, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Chiara Rusconi (C)

Division of Hematology, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.

Daniela De Lorenzo (D)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Eloise Scarano (E)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Annalisa Arcari (A)

Department of Oncology and Hematology, G. da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy.

Giovanni Bertoldero (G)

U.O. di Oncologia ed Ematologia Oncologica, Ospedale di Mirano, Mirano, Italy.

Alessandro Nonis (A)

University Center for Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences (CUSSB), Ateneo Vita-Salute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Teresa Calimeri (T)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Salvatore Perrone (S)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Caterina Cecchetti (C)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Vittoria Tarantino (V)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Sara Steffanoni (S)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Marco Foppoli (M)

Lymphoma Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Fabio Ciceri (F)

Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Department of Onco-Hematology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

Maurilio Ponzoni (M)

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Pathology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

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