PECAM is an effective and safe anthracycline-containing regimen for patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
PECAM is an effective and safe anthracycline-containing regimen for patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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PECAM 是一种有效且安全的含蒽环类药物治疗方案,适用于复发或难治性非霍奇金淋巴瘤患者。
DOI:
10.1080/10428194.2020.1817442
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发表时间:
2021
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Mitani K.
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Nakamura F;Arai H;Tokita K;Furuichi S;Sugita-Nagasawa F;Takahashi W;Handa T;Iso H;Tadokoro J;Tsurumi S;Nakamura Y;Nakamura Y;Sasaki K;Seo S;Ichikawa M;Mitani K.
Despite the progress in the treatment of previously untreated patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)[1, 2], 24% of patients relapse within 10years of achieving complete response (CR)[2] and approximately 10% of the patients have primary refractory disease [3]. Salvage regimens have been developed for patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive lymphomas [4-7]. In general, the overall response rate (ORR) to salvage chemotherapy is 49-74%, but durable CR is difficult to achieve. The three-year event-free or progression-free survival (PFS) rate is 17-21% for patients who received salvage treatment followed by autologous stem cell transplant [7, 8]. The prognosis of transplant-ineligible patients who received second-line treatment is dismal; they rarely have a long PFS and their median overall survival (OS) was 4.4 months [9]. There remains a need for a salvage regimen that can induce durable remission. The use of anthracycline drugs in second-line regimens is not widely accepted because of concerns about cardiotoxicity. However, EPOCH, a doxorubicin-containing salvage regimen, is highly effective with no significant cardiac toxicity [5]. In this study, we propose another anthracycline-containing salvage regimen consisting of prednisolone, etoposide, carboplatin, cytarabine and mitoxantrone (PECAM) for patients with relapsed or refractory lymphomas who failed to respond to nonanthracycline-containing second-line regimens. We retrospectively analyzed whether PECAM would be effective and not increase the risk of cardiotoxicity. We retrospectively reviewed transplant-ineligible patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL treated with at least one cycle of PECAM as a third-line regimen between September 2010 and March 2020. The median follow-up was 5.7 months (range, 1.1-74.2 months). All patients received a CHOP-like regimen (CHOP [1] or THPCOP [10]) with rituximab as first-line therapy and a nonanthracycline containing salvage regimen (DeVIC [11]) as second-line therapy. International Prognostic Index (IPI)[12] was determined at the initiation of PECAM. This retrospective study was approved by the Dokkyo Medical University Institutional Review Board. From day 1 to day 4, patients were given 75mg/m2/day of carboplatin (given at 2h intravenously) and 75 mg/m2/day of etoposide (given at 3h intravenously). Cytarabine (total 800mg/m2) was administered by a 96-hour continuous infusion from day 1 to day 4. Prednisolone (20mg/m2/day) was orally administered once daily from day 1 to day 4. Mitoxantrone (8mg/m2, up to 14mg) was given as a one-hour infusion on day 1. The dose was reduced to 50-80% based on age and complications. For patients aged over 70, the dose was reduced to 70%. Patients received rituximab (375mg/m2) on day 0. Patients were treated every four weeks for a maximum of three cycles.The primary end point was overall response rate (ORR), including CR and partial response (PR) after the last cycle of PECAM. Response was assessed by a computed tomography (CT) scan and classified according to the revised International Working Group criteria [13]. The secondary end points were OS, PFS and safety. PFS was calculated from the beginning of the first PECAM cycle until the date of relapse, progression, or death from any cause. OS was defined as the time from the beginning of the first PECAM cycle to the last follow-up or death from any cause. OS and PFS were analyzed according to the Kaplan-Meier analysis, with curve comparisons using logrank analysis. The ORR was compared using FisherLs exact test. All statistical analyses were performed using EZR version 1.37 [14]. All adverse …