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1214 R-CHOP14 As a Standard of Care in Primary Mediastinal B Cell Lymphoma: A 10-YEARS Experience of Lysa Centers

Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Session: 627. Aggressive Lymphoma (Diffuse Large B-Cell and Other Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas)—Results from Retrospective/Observational Studies: Poster I
Hematology Disease Topics & Pathways:
Adult, therapy sequence, Diseases, Therapies, Combinations, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, B-Cell Lymphoma, Study Population, Lymphoid Malignancies, Clinically relevant
Saturday, December 5, 2020, 7:00 AM-3:30 PM

Vincent Camus1*, Alina Berriolo-Riedinger2*, Justine Lequesne3*, David Tonnelet, MD4*, Pierre Decazes4*, Cédric Rossi, MD, PhD5*, Pierre Sesques, MD6*, Corinne Haioun, MD, PhD7*, Eric Durot, MD8*, Alexandre Willaume9*, Martin Gauthier10*, Marie-Pierre Moles, MD11*, Chloe Antier12*, Julien Lazarovici, MD13*, Helene Monjanel14*, Sophie Bernard15*, Magalie Tardy16*, Caroline Besson, MD, PhD17, Laure Lebras, MD18*, Choquet Sylvain19*, Katell Le Du, MD20*, Christophe Bonnet, MD21*, Sarah Bailly, MD22*, Damaj Gandhi Laurent, MD, PhD23*, Kamel Laribi, MD24*, Herve Maisonneuve, MD25, Roch Houot, MD, PhD26*, Adrien Chauchet, MD27*, Fabrice Jardin, MD, PhD1*, Stephanie Becker, MD28* and Herve Tilly, MD, PhD4

1Department of Hematology, Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France
2CGFL, Dijon, France
3Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, FRA
4Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France
5Hematology Department, University Hospital F. Mitterrand and Inserm UMR 1231, Dijon, France
6Department of Hematology, Lyon-Sud Hospital, Pierre-Benite, France
7Lymphoid Malignancies Unit, Henri Mondor University Hospital, APHP, Créteil, France
8CHU Reims, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France
9Service des Maladies du Sang, CHU Lille, Lille, France
10Hematology Department, IUC Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France
11Hematology Department, Angers Hospital, Angers, France
12Department of Hematology, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
13Department of hematology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus Grand Paris, Villejuif CEDEX, France
14Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
15Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris - Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, Paris, France
16Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France
17Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France
18Hematology, Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, France
19Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, FRA
20Department of Hematology, Clinique du Mans, Le Mans, France
21Department of Hematology, CHU Liege, Liege, Belgium
22Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
23CHU Caen, Caen, France
24Centre Hospitalier Du Mans, Le Mans, France
25Clinical Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Départemental Vendée, La Roche-sur-Yon, France
26Hematology Department, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France
27Hematology Department, Besancon University Hospital, Besancon, France
28Department of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France

Introduction: Primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma (PMBL) is clinically and biologically distinct from the other subtypes of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), typically affecting young female patients (pts) with a bulky mediastinal mass. Standard treatment (TRT) is a combination of anti-CD20 antibody (Ab) and anthracycline-based chemotherapy. We aimed to compare patients’ outcomes after CHOP delivered every 21 days (CHOP21) or 14 days (CHOP14) or ACVBP combined with anti-CD20 Ab in real life.

Methods: All Pts treated in LYSA centers were eligible in this retrospective analysis. Inclusion criteria were as follow: age ≥18 years (yrs), newly diagnosed PMBL, TRT with CHOP or ACVBP plus anti-CD20 Ab between 2006 and 2017, and patient non-opposition statement. Primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS), secondary endpoints were: overall survival (OS), response rate (Lugano 2014) and total metabolic tumor volume (TMTV).

Results: 313 pts were enrolled from 25 LYSA centers in France and Belgium. In all, median age at diagnosis was 32 (18-88) yrs. Majority of pts were female pts (60.7%) and presented at diagnosis with a good performance status (0-1: 81.8%), stage I-II (57.5%), elevated LDH (85%), Bulk>10cm (58.5%) and low/low-intermediate aaIPI 0-1 (56.7%). Pts in the CHOP21 (n=57) group were older (median 40 yrs, vs 33 vs 29.5, p<0.001), had more frequent low/low-intermediate risk aaIPI (71.4%, vs 55.6% vs 52.5%, p=0.044) and displayed a lower proportion of elevated LDH (66.7%, vs 88.2% vs 83.9%, p=0.014) as compared to CHOP14 (n=76) and ACVBP (n=180), plus anti CD20 Ab (Rituximab: n=296, obinutuzumab: n=17). 229 pts (73.2%) received intrathecal prophylaxis. Median number of chemotherapy cycles for CHOP21, CHOP14 and ACVBP groups were: 6 (1-8), 7.5 (1-8) and 4 (1-4), respectively. Consolidation ASCT was performed for 1 (1.8%), 24 (31.6%) and 46 (25.6%) pts, (p<0.001) and mediastinal RT was delivered to 2 (3.5%), 11 (14.5%) and 4 (2.2%) pts, respectively (p<0.001). ASCT + RT was done for 0, 5 (6.6%) and 3 (1.7%) pts, respectively (p=0.043). Baseline TMTV assessment was available for 233 pts (74.4%).

Complete metabolic response rates at end of TRT were comparable between CHOP21, CHOP14 and ACVBP groups: 81.1%, 90.9%, and 85.5%, respectively (p=0.46).

37 (11.8%) pts progressed including 32 (10.2%) who displayed primary refractory disease and 6 (16.2%) pts who relapsed after consolidation ASCT. CNS relapse occurred in 9 (2.9%) pts. Median time between ASCT and relapse was 3 (2-58) months. Patients received the following salvage TRTs: high dose chemotherapy (HDC: R-ICE/R-DHAOX-like) (n=30) followed by second-line consolidation ASCT (n=11/30) and post-ASCT mediastinal RT (n=5/11); salvage RT without chemotherapy (n=1); other regimens (R-CHOP, R-GEMOX) (n=3); none (n=3). 2-yrs second PFS (PFS2) rates in pts who had previously received CHOP21, CHOP14 and ACVBP were: 20.5% vs 62.5% vs 18.8% (p=0.43). Only HDC + ASCT strategy granted disease control (2-yrs PFS2: 32.3%).

Median follow up was 44 (1-153) months and the CHOP21, CHOP14, ACVBP 5-yrs PFS and 5-yrs OS were: 74.7% (95%CI: 64-97.1%), 89.4% (82.7-96.6%), 89.4% (84.8-94.2%) (p=0.018, Figure A); and 81% (70-94.4%), 100% (100-100%), 92.4% (88.4-96.7%) (p=0.0036, Figure B), respectively. In a multivariate model including TRT group, consolidation ASCT and/or RT, aaIPI, Bulk>10cm and TMTV≥360cm3, CHOP14 was not associated with better PFS as compared to ACVBP and CHOP21 (p=0.1548). Baseline higher TMTV (≥ 360 cm3) was associated with lower PFS in multivariate analysis, independently of TRT (HR=0.41 [0.2-0.85], p=0.02).

All grades TRT-related adverse events were similar between the groups, except for an excess of febrile neutropenia (5.3% vs 5.3% vs 24.4%, p<0.001) and mucositis (1.8% vs 3.9% vs 22.8%, p<0.001) in the ACVBP group. Twenty-two pts died (CHOP21: n=8, ACVBP: n=14) mainly due to lymphoma progression (n=15; 68.2%). 2 toxic deaths were observed (CHOP21: n=1, ACVBP: n=1). Secondary malignancies appeared in 7 pts (CHOP21: n=2, ACVBP: n=5), including 3 cases of acute myeloid leukemia.

Conclusion
These results confirm the favorable outcome of PMBL pts treated with CHOP14 and ACVBP plus anti CD20 Ab. The toxicity of ACVBP was more pronounced and CHOP14 was associated with a better OS. Baseline TMTV≥360cm3 is a highly predictive factor of unfavorable outcome in PMBL pts, independently of TRT. We recommend R-CHOP14 as standard of care in PMBL.

Disclosures: Camus: ROCHE: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company); PFIZER: Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company); AMGEN: Honoraria; JANSSEN: Honoraria. Decazes: Bayer: Other: travel, accomodations, expenses. Bernard: Janssen: Other: Travel and accommodation . Gandhi Laurent: Abbevie, Pfizer, Takeda, Roche: Other: Travel; Roche, Takeda, Iqone, Accord: Consultancy; Roche, Takeda, Accord: Honoraria. Laribi: amgen: Research Funding; novartis: Honoraria, Research Funding; takeda: Research Funding; abbvie: Honoraria, Research Funding. Houot: Gilead: Honoraria; Kite: Honoraria; Roche: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria; Janssen: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria; MSD: Honoraria. Tilly: BMS: Honoraria.

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