Identification, risk factors, and clinical course of CNS relapse in DLBCL patients across 19 prospective phase 2 and 3 trials-a LYSA and GLA/ DSHNHL collaboration.

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Date publication

août 2024

Journal

Leukemia

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr CASASNOVAS Olivier


Tous les auteurs :
Frontzek F, Renaud L, Dührsen U, Poeschel V, Bernard S, Chartier L, Ketterer N, Récher C, Fitoussi O, Held G, Casasnovas O, Haioun C, Mounier N, Tilly H, Morschhauser F, Le Gouill S, Karsten IE, Duns G, Steidl C, Scott DW, Klapper W, Rosenwald A, Ott G, Molina T, Lenz G, Ziepert M, Altmann B, Thieblemont C, Schmitz N

Résumé

Progression or relapse in the central nervous system (CNS) remains a rare but mostly fatal event for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). In a retrospective analysis of 5189 patients treated within 19 prospective German and French phase 2/3 trials, we identified 159 patients experiencing a CNS event (relapse: 62%, progression: 38%). Intracerebral, meningeal, intraspinal, or combined involvement was reported in 44%, 31%, 3%, and 22% of patients, respectively. 62 of 155 evaluable patients (40%) showed concurrent systemic progression/ relapse. 82% of all CNS events occurred within two years after study inclusion or randomization. 87% of patients showed extranodal involvement outside the CNS. Patients generally had poor outcomes with a median overall survival (OS) of 3.4 months (95% CI 2.9-4.2) and a 2-year OS of 15% (10-22%). Outcomes did not differ depending on the site or time point of CNS events. Patients with isolated CNS events demonstrated significantly better OS (p = 0.023). Twenty-five patients were consolidated with autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation and achieved a 3-year OS of 36% (20-66%). This large study including more than 5000 DLBCL patients highlights the unmet medical need to improve the outcome of DLBCL patients suffering from CNS relapse.

Référence

Leukemia. 2024 08 16;: