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Cheah, Chan Y.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7988-1565

Mayo Clinic

The University of Western Australia

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High-Dose Methotrexate as CNS Prophylaxis in Ultra High-Risk Large B-Cell Lymphoma: An International Multicenter Analysis
Wilson, Matthew R. , Lewis, Katharine L. , Kirkwood, Amy A., Cwynarski, Kate , Cheah, Chan Y. , El-Galaly, Tarec C., Villa, Diego , Savage, Kerry J. , Bobillo, Sabela , Smedby, Karin E. , Puckrin, Robert , Fox, Christopher P. , Bishton, Mark, Thanarajasingam, Gita , Hapgood, Greg , Soussain, Carole , Choquet, Sylvain , Mel, Sanjay De , Preston, Gavin, Hawkes, Eliza A. , Clavert, Aline, Ku, Matthew , Narkhede, Mayur , Durot, Éric , Smith, Jeffrey , Eyre, Toby A. , Ghione, Paola , E Smedby, Karin , Harrysson, Sara , Trnĕný, Marek , Puckrin, Robert , Fox, Christopher P , Thanarajasingam, Gita , Doo, Nicole Wong , Hapgood, Greg , Soussain, Carole , Choquet, Sylvain , Dickinson, Michael , Talaulikar, Dipti , Preston, Gavin , Ahearne, Matthew , Hawkes, Eliza , Schorb, Elisabeth , Clavert, Aline , Ku, Matthew , Narkhede, Mayur S , Calimeri, Teresa , Durot, Eric , Smith, Jeffrey , Renaud, Loïc , McKay, Pamela , Eyre, Toby A , Savage, Kerry J , Cheah, Chan Yoon , Lewis, Katharine L , Kirkwood, Amy, El‐Galaly, Tarec Christoffer , Ghione, Paola , Trněný, Marek , Klánová, Magdalena , Bishton, Mark , Doo, Nicole Wong , Dickinson, Michael , Talaulikar, Dipti , Guidetti, Anna

Journal of Clinical Oncology | June 11, 2026 | Volume: 44 | Issue: 24 | Pages: 2290-2302

10.1200/jco-26-00947 Get It

PURPOSE In large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), use of high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) to prevent CNS relapse (so-called CNS prophylaxis) remains controversial. International guidelines continue to recommend HD-MTX in patients deemed ultra high risk (UHR) because of a lack of robust data specific to these subgroups. This study was designed to examine the impact of HD-MTX specifically in UHR patients. METHODS Data from two previous retrospective analyses were combined to produce a cohort of UHR patients (≥1 of the following criteria: CNS international prognostic index score 5-6; testicular, renal/adrenal, or breast involvement; ≥3 extranodal sites), treated with or without HD-MTX. The primary outcome was CNS relapse rate (isolated or concurrent with systemic relapse) measured from diagnosis with additional landmark analysis of all responding patients with no progression event at 6 months. RESULTS Analyses were performed on 1,923 patients meeting UHR criteria. No significant difference in 3-year CNS relapse rate was observed between no HD-MTX (n = 1,051) versus HD-MTX patients (n = 872), including in multivariable analyses adjusting for baseline characteristics (3-year rate, 9.3% v 8.1%; adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.13 [95% CI, 0.82 to 1.57]). Analyses restricted to isolated CNS relapse also confirmed no difference (5.9% v 5.7%; adjusted HR, 1.03 [95% CI, 0.69 to 1.53]). In the landmark analysis (no HD-MTX n = 782, HD-MTX n = 773), no difference in 3-year CNS relapse was observed (6.7% v 6.6%, adjusted HR, 0.95 [95% CI, 0.62 to 1.44]). CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the largest international comparative data set of patients with LBCL with UHR features showing no significant reduction in CNS relapse with HD-MTX in all UHR or in any individual subgroup. Despite inherent limitations of retrospective analyses, the data strongly support previous studies in suggesting HD-MTX prophylaxis has no meaningful benefit for most patients.
Safety and efficacy of allogeneic CD19-directed CAR-T therapy CTX110 in relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
McGuirk, Joseph P. , Ghobadi, Armin , Bachier, Carlos, Shaughnessy, Paul , Awan, Farrukh T. , Maakaron, Joseph E., Bishop, Michael R. , Ho, P. Joy , Tam, Constantine S., Dickinson, Michael J., Darrah, Justin , Ross, Ainsley, Williams, Leah M., Pan, Chenyi , Stevens, William N., Serwer, Laura, Nguyen, Thao, Terrett, Jonathan, Kalaitzidis, Demetrios, Ma, Anna, Xu, Huansheng, Benton, Mark, Weaver, Annie, Cohen, S, Awan, Farrukh T , Dickinson, Michael , Waller, Edmund K , Murthy, Hemant S , Maziarz, Richard Thomas , Cheah, Chan Yoon , Bishop, Michael Russell , McGuirk, Joseph , Ghobadi, Armin , Maakaron, Joseph E. , Dickinson, Michael , Waller, Edmund K. , Murthy, Hemant S. , Williams, Leah M. , Serwer, Laura , Terrett, Jonathan A. , Weaver, Alana M., Beaussant, Sarah cohen , Cheah, Chan Y.

Blood Advances | May 5, 2026 | Volume: No volume available | Issue: No issue available | Pages: No page available

10.1182/bloodadvances.2026020123 Get It

This multicenter, single-arm, phase 1/2 study evaluated the safety and efficacy of CD19-directed allogeneic chimeric-antigen-receptor (CAR) immunotherapy CTX110 in adult patients with relapsed/refractory (r/r) B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Patients received 1 or 2 treatment courses: standard lymphodepletion, followed by 1 CTX110 infusion at dose levels (DLs) 1-4 (3-60 × 107 CAR T-cells; dose escalation, N=32), or 2 infusions at DL4 on days 1 and 35 (cohort expansion, N=31). Primary endpoints in dose escalation and cohort expansion were incidence of dose-limiting toxicities and objective response rate, respectively. CTX110 was administered to 63 heavily pretreated patients: 59% primary refractory, 43% with ≥3 prior treatment lines. Among 57 patients whose first infusion was DL≥3, rates of objective and complete response (CR) were 65% and 39%, respectively. Among 22 patients achieving CR, 5 (23%) had ongoing CR at data cutoff, with 15-50 (median 34) months follow-up. The 2-infusion regimen appeared to prolong response duration compared to 1 infusion (hazard ratio 0.65). Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) were reported in 54% and 13% of treated patients, respectively, including 2 grade ≥3 cases each. The most common grade ≥3 adverse events were neutropenia (59%), and anemia and thrombocytopenia (35% each). Serious adverse events occurred in 32% of treated patients, including CRS (14%), ICANS (8%), and febrile neutropenia (6%). In this r/r NHL population, CTX110 was well-tolerated, resulting in clinically meaningful responses at DL≥3, with a second infusion demonstrating evidence of further clinical benefit. This trial (NCT04035434) was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov.
Diagnosis-to-treatment interval is associated with outcomes in follicular lymphoma treated with immunochemotherapy
Vodička, Prokop , El-Galaly, Tarec C, Procházka, Vít , Flowers, Christopher R. , Villa, Diego, Dietrich, Caroline E. , Jakobsen, Lasse Hjort , Ghesquieres, Hervé, Clausen, Michael Roost , Kridel, Robert , Hawkes, Eliza A. , Gandhi, Maher K. , Larson, Melissa C, Cahn, Elliot J, Friedberg, Jonathan W. , Martin, Peter, Cohen, Jonathon B. , Habermann, Thomas M, Wang, Y, Mou, Eric , Belada, David, Mocikova, Heidi, Lossos, Izidore S. , Smedby, Karin E, Sehn, Laurie H, Villa, Diego , Jakobsen, Lasse H , Clausen, Michael Roost , Cheah, Chan Yoon , Hawkes, Eliza , Wahlin, Björn , Chihara, Dai , Cohen, Jonathon B , Casulo, Carla , Wang, Yucai , de Nully Brown, Peter , Mou, Eric , Burack, W Richard , Lossos, Izidore S , Kahl, Brad S , Trnĕný, Marek , Cerhan, James R , Maurer, Matthew , Prochazka, Vit , Kridel, Robert , Gandhi, Maher K , El‐Galaly, Tarec Christoffer , Villa, Diego , Ghesquières, Hervé , Cheah, Chan Y. , Larson, Melissa C. , Cahn, Elliot, Chihara, Dai , Habermann, Thomas M. , Casulo, Carla , Brown, Peter de Nully , Belada, David , Janikova, Andrea , Móciková, Heidi , Burack, Richard , Kahl, Brad S. , Smedby, Karin E. , Sehn, Laurie H. , Trněný, Marek , Cerhan, James R. , Maurer, Matthew J.

Blood | April 14, 2026 | Volume: 147 | Issue: 26 | Pages: 3248-3252

10.1182/blood.2026033090 Get It

Abstract A short diagnosis-to-treatment interval independently predicts inferior outcomes in follicular lymphoma. Using international discovery and validation cohorts, we demonstrate its prognostic value beyond established prognostic indices, with implications for risk stratification, clinical trial design, and interpretation.
Historical outcomes for patients with stage IA NLPHL: Global NLPHL One Working Group retrospective analyses
Flerlage, Jamie E. , Eichenauer, Dennis A. , Fuchs, Michael, Hartmann, Sylvia , Eich, Hans Theodor, Savage, Kerry J. , Skinnider, Brian, Akhtar, Saad , Steiner, R., Milgrom, Sarah A., Vega, Francisco, Alomari, Mohammed , Zhang, Xiaoyin , Collins, Graham P., Advani, Ranjana H, Kumar, Priyadarshini , Wirth, Andrew, Tsang, Richard, Smith, SD, Hendrickson, Peter G. , Hopkins, David, McKay, Pamela, Ng, Andrea K. , Koenig, Julie L. , Sakthivel, Gukan, Baron, Jonathan A, Roberts, Kenneth B. , Gao, Sarah, Alkendi, Jalila , Rahbi, Nasser Al, Balogh, Alexander George, Ricardi, Umberto, Sridhar, Akshay, Torka, Pallawi , Specht, Lena , Silva, Ravi De , Shah, Nimish, Osborne, Wendy , Henry, Michael, Chang, Isabela , Halperin, Daniel, Miall, Fiona , Brady, J.L. , Mikhaeel, G., Brennan, Bernadette , Penn, Anthony, Reeves, Marie, Terezakis, Stephanie A, Pepa, R Della, Picardi, Marco, Kirova, Youlia, Fergusson, Paige, Hawkes, Eliza A. , Lee, Denise , Ku, Matthew , Hamad, Nada, Mutsando, Howard , Tedjaseputra, Aditya , Gilbertson, Michael, Marconi, Tamara , Viiala, Nicholas , Palese, Monica , Kelly, Kara M, Borchmann, P, Hoppe, Richard T. , Advani, Ranjana H. , Hopkins, David , Baron, Jonathan , Vega, Francisco , Kumar, Priyadarshini , Dickinson, Michael , Smith, Sonali M , McKay, Pamela , Koenig, Julie , Casulo, Carla , Al Kendi, Jalila , Levis, Mario , Torka, Pallawi , Specht, Lena , De Silva, Ravindu , Pickard, Keir , Smith, Christine M , Brady, Jessica , Senchenko, Maria Anatolevna , Volchkov, Egor Vasilevich , Hoppe, Bradford S , Hawkes, Eliza , Lee, Denise , Doo, Nicole Wong , Barraclough, Allison , Cheah, Chan Yoon , Salvaris, Ross , Ku, Matthew , Hamad, Nada , Tedjaseputra, Aditya , Shankar, Ananth , Maurer, Matthew , Natkunam, Yasodha , Hoppe, Richard T , Binkley, Michael Sargent , Savage, Kerry J , Advani, Ranjana H , Hopkins, David , Baron, Jonathan , Eichenauer, Dennis A , Flerlage, Jamie E , Fuchs, Michael, Eich, Hans Theodor, Hodgson, David C. , Skinnider, Brian, Rauf, M. Shahzad , Maghfoor, Irfan , Pinnix, Chelsea C. , Alomari, Mohammed, Collins, Graham P. , Dickinson, Michael , Tsang, Richard , Prica, Anca A. , Major, Ajay , Kelsey, Chris R. , Constine, Louis S , Casulo, Carla , Plastaras, John Peter , Balogh, Alexander G., Levis, Mario , Ricardi, Umberto , Sridhar, Akshay, Shah, Nimish , Pickard, Keir , Blazin, Lindsay , Henry, Michael, Smith, Christine M. , Hoppe, Bradford S. , Talaulikar, Dipti , Pepa, Roberta Della , Picardi, Marco , Kirova, Youlia , Northend, Michael , Doo, Nicole Wong , Barraclough, Allison , Opat, Stephen , Cheah, Chan Y. , Hamad, Nada , Gilbertson, Michael , Maurer, Matthew J. , Natkunam, Yasodha , Kelly, Kara M. , Borchmann, Peter , Binkley, Michael S.

Blood Advances | April 14, 2026 | Volume: 10 | Issue: 15 | Pages: 5338-5347

10.1182/bloodadvances.2026020012 Get It

Abstract We evaluated outcomes by management type for patients with stage IA nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) in the Global NLPHL One Working Group retrospective database of 2243 patients with stages I to IV disease diagnosed from 1992 to 2021 at 38 international institutions. A total of 779 patients had stage IA disease with median age of 35 years (range, 3-89) and median follow-up of 6.1 years. The 6-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival were 86.3% and 97.7%, respectively. Outcomes were analyzed for the 2 groups: complete resection and unresected disease. Patients with a complete resection and observation alone (n = 99) had a 6-year PFS of 65.5% vs 90.5% for those who received radiotherapy (RT) (n = 53). Patients with unresected disease (n = 627; 80.5%) had a 6-year PFS of 62.0% for rituximab alone (n = 31), 89.6% for RT alone (n = 325), 76.8% for ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) alone (n = 40), and 94.3% for ABVD plus RT (n = 130). A total of 127 patients relapsed (16.3%), of which 25 (19.7%) had transformation. Our analysis suggests the following: (1) RT improves the PFS in patients with completely resected disease; (2) rituximab or ABVD alone does not appear to achieve a durable response; and (3) chemotherapy was not observed to add additional PFS benefit when used in combination with RT. Thus, for stage IA NLPHL, RT alone is likely sufficient for definitive treatment.
MRD-guided therapy of sonrotoclax (BGB-11417) + obinutuzumab (O) in patients with treatment-naive CLL: Initial results from an ongoing phase 1/1b study, BGB-11417-101
Hoffmann, Marc , Eradat, Herbert, Lasica, Masa , Hampel, Paul J. , Verner, Emma , Leslie, Lori A. , D’Angelo, Christopher R. , Soumerai, Jacob D. , Tani, Monica , Fang, Yiqian, Patel, Sheel , Vezan, Remus, Soumerai, Jacob D , Hoffmann, Marc, Ma, Shuo , Tam, Constantine S. , Shadman, Mazyar , Cheah, Chan Y. , Wu, Binghao, Man, Gabriel, Opat, Stephen

Blood | December 4, 2025 | Volume: 146 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 793-793

10.1182/blood-2025-793 Get It

Abstract Introduction: The first-generation BCL2 inhibitor,venetoclax, is an effective treatment for CLL/SLL, but its usage may be limited by toxicity. Sonrotoclax, a next-generation BCL2 inhibitor, is a more selective and pharmacologically potent inhibitor of BCL2 than venetoclax, with a shorter half-life and no drug accumulation. BGB-11417-101 (NCT04277637) is an ongoing, phase 1/1b, dose-escalation/expansion study in patients with B-cell malignancies. Presented here are preliminary data for sonrotoclax + obinutuzumab in patients with treatment-naive (TN) CLL/SLL in BGB-11417-101. Methods: Obinutuzumab is administered intravenously at 100 mg on day (D) 1, 900 mg on D2, 1,000 mg on D8 and D15 of cycle (C) 1, and then 1,000 mg on D1 of C2-6 of each 28-day cycle. Beginning on C2D1, sonrotoclax is administered orally once daily with ramp-up to the target doses, 160 or 320 mg. Patients can continue treatment until progressive disease (PD), unacceptable toxicity, or undetectable minimal residual disease (uMRD4; <1 CLL cell per 10,000 leukocytes [<0.01%]) in peripheral blood (PB) by next-generation sequencing (NGS; ClonoSEQ) after 15 treatment cycles. Study endpoints include safety per NCI-CTCAE v5.0, overall response rate (ORR) per iwCLL guidelines, and MRD status in PB per modified ERIC flow cytometry (FC) assay or NGS, depending on the timepoint. Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is assessed per Howard (2011) criteria. Results: As of May 16, 2025, 55 patients with TN CLL/SLL were enrolled (160 mg, n=20; 320 mg, n=35), and 21 patients (all 320 mg) have discontinued sonrotoclax + obinutuzumab (due to uMRD4 per NGS as protocol-mandated [n=17], PI decision uMRD4 per FC [n=2], and PD [n=2]). Four patients discontinued obinutuzumab only per PI decision (160 mg, n=1), thrombocytopenia (320 mg, n=2), and prostate cancer prior to starting sonrotoclax (160 mg, n=1). For all patients, the median age was 62 y, 65% were male, and 89% were White. At baseline, 14% of patients (8/55) had high tumor burden and 58% (31/53) had unmutated IGHV. Median study follow-up was 8.9 months (range, 0.4-25.4 months) for all patients; 6.4 months (range, 0.4-9.0 months) for 160 mg; and 16.0 months (range, 2.9-25.4 months) for 320 mg. Maximum tolerated dose was not reached. The most common any-grade treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) were thrombocytopenia (56%), infusion-related reaction (56%), and neutropenia (49%). Neutropenia was the most common grade ≥3 TEAE (38%). No deaths due to TEAEs occurred, and no TEAEs led to sonrotoclax discontinuation. Two cases of laboratory TLS occurred after C1D1 of obinutuzumab prior to starting sonrotoclax; no clinical or laboratory TLS occurred during sonrotoclax ramp up. No meaningful safety differences were observed among sonrotoclax dose cohorts. In 37 efficacy-evaluable patients (160 mg, n=7; 320 mg, n=30), the ORR was 89%; for the 320-mg cohort, ORR was 93% (28/30). Complete response (CR) rates (CR + CR with incomplete marrow recovery [CRi]) were 46% (all patients) and 43% (320 mg). For 23 patients in the 320 mg cohort who reached the C15 MRD assessment, the best C15 uMRD4 rate per FC was 87% (20/23; 2 not evaluable; 1 missing); per NGS, the uMRD4 rate at C15 was 78% (18/23; 5 missing). All patients with an available C15 MRD assessment achieved uMRD4 and remain in remission as of the data cutoff date. The median time from reaching sonrotoclax target dose to uMRD4 was 2.3 months (range, 1.4-5.6 months) in the 320-mg cohort. Three patients experienced PFS events: 1 died from an indeterminate cause (160 mg, discontinued treatment after C1D9 of obinutuzumab) and 2 had PD (320 mg; both Richter's transformation at C6 and C2). Conclusions: Sonrotoclax + obinutuzumab was generally well tolerated in patients with TN CLL/SLL, with no sonrotoclax discontinuations or deaths due to TEAEs. No laboratory or clinical TLS events occurred during sonrotoclax ramp-up. Encouraging antitumor activity was observed with sonrotoclax 320 mg. High rates of blood uMRD4 occurred early and deepened over time. All patients with an available C15 MRD assessment by NGS or FC achieved uMRD4 and remain in remission. A registrational phase 3 study (CELESTIAL-RRCLL, BGB-11417-303) assessing this combination with sonrotoclax 320 mg is currently recruiting.
Updated efficacy and safety results of the Bruton tyrosine kinase degrader BGB-16673 in patients with relapsed/refractory Waldenström macroglobulinemia from the ongoing phase 1 CaDAnCe-101 study
Seymour, John F. , Eichhorst, Barbara , Eradat, Herbert, Xu, Linlin , By, Kunthel , Fabre, Shannon, Takai, Motohisa, Tam, Constantine S. , Cheah, Chan Y. , Parrondo, Ricardo D , Shadman, Mazyar , Roos-Weil, Damien , Stilgenbauer, Stephan , Treon, Steven P. , Zhang, Yanan , Agarwal, Amit, Frustaci, Anna Maria

Blood | December 4, 2025 | Volume: 146 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 3583-3583

10.1182/blood-2025-3583 Get It

Abstract Introduction: BGB-16673 is an orally available protein degrader that blocks BTK signaling by tagging BTK for degradation through the cell's proteasome pathway, leading to tumor regression. CaDAnCe-101 (BGB-16673-101; NCT05006716) is an ongoing open-label, phase 1/2 study evaluating BGB-16673 monotherapy in patients with B-cell malignancies. Here, updated safety and efficacy results of BGB-16673 are presented in patients with WM in the phase 1 portion of the study. Methods Eligible patients had confirmed relapsed/refractory (R/R) WM (≥2 prior therapies), an ECOG performance status of 0-2 (0-1 in the EU), and previous treatment with an anti-CD20 antibody and, in the US, Japan, and EU, a covalent BTK inhibitor. BGB-16673 was dosed once daily orally. The primary objectives of this phase 1 study were to evaluate safety and tolerability (NCI-CTCAE v5.0) and establish the maximum tolerated dose and recommended dose for expansion. A secondary objective was to evaluate the overall response rate (ORR; modified IWWM-6 consensus criteria), with the first assessment after 4 weeks of treatment. Results As of May 23, 2025, 42 patients with WM were enrolled and treated (100 mg, n=15; 200 mg, n=14; 350 mg, n=13). Median age was 72.0 years (range, 46-81 years), and the median number of prior therapies was 3 (range, 2-11), including prior covalent BTK inhibitors (n=42 [100%]), BCL2 inhibitors (n=10 [23.8%]), noncovalent BTK inhibitors (n=7 [16.7%]), anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (n=42 [100%]), and chemotherapy (n=39 [92.9%]). In total, 33.3% of patients (12/36) had WM with BTK mutations, 85.7% (36/42) with MYD88 mutations, 51.3% (20/39) with CXCR4 mutations, 52.8% (19/36) with TP53 mutations, and 5.6% (2/36) with PLCG2 mutations. Median follow-up was 8.8 months (range, 0.8-31.0 months). Overall, 97.6% of patients experienced treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) of any grade (grade ≥3, 59.5%; serious TEAEs, 35.7%). The most common (≥20% incidence) TEAEs (any grade; grade ≥3) were neutropenia (38.1%; grade ≥3, 33.3%, most common grade ≥3 TEAE), diarrhea (26.2%; no grade ≥3), contusion/bruising (26.2%; no grade ≥3), and thrombocytopenia (21.4%; grade ≥3, 7.1%). No atrial fibrillation was observed. Grade 3 febrile neutropenia and major hemorrhage (grade 3 hematemesis caused by concurrent gastritis/duodenitis unrelated to treatment) occurred in 1 patient (2.4%) each. Seven patients (16.7%) had a grade ≥3 infection, including 2 patients with fungal infections. Three patients (7.1%) had TEAEs that led to treatment discontinuation (anemia, cerebral aspergillosis, pericardial effusion/pleural effusion; n=1 each), and 2 patients (4.8%) had a TEAE that led to dose reduction. Two patients (4.8%) died due to TEAEs (septic shock in the context of progressive disease [PD] and cerebral aspergillosis; n=1 each). All 42 patients were response-evaluable and the ORR (minor response [MR] or better) was 83.3% (n=35), the major response rate (partial response [PR] or better) was 64.3% (n=27), and the very good partial response (VGPR) rate was 26.2% (n=11). Median time to first overall response was 1.0 months (range, 0.9-3.8 months) and to best overall response was 1.9 months (range, 0.9-7.4 months). Responses deepened over time: of 9 patients with stable disease at first disease assessment, 3 transitioned to MR and 2 to PR; of 20 patients with initial MR, 10 transitioned to PR and 2 to VGPR; and of 13 patients with initial PR, 7 transitioned to VGPR. Thirty patients (71.4%) remain on treatment. Two deaths were due to PD. Responses were seen in patients previously treated with a covalent BTK inhibitor (35/42 [83.3%]) and a noncovalent BTK inhibitor (7/7 [100%]) and in patients who discontinued a prior BTK inhibitor due to PD (28/35 [80%]). Responses were independent of mutations in BTK (with, 12/12; without, 17/24), MYD88 (with, 30/36; without, 5/6), CXCR4 (with, 18/20; without, 14/19), TP53 (with, 16/19; without, 13/17), and PLCG2 (with, 1/2; without, 28/34). The 9-month duration of response rate was 84.1% (95% CI, 63.1%-93.7%). Conclusions Data from this ongoing phase 1 study demonstrate that the novel BTK degrader BGB-16673 was well tolerated and continued to show substantial antitumor activity in patients with heavily pretreated BTK inhibitor–exposed R/R WM, including those with BTK, MYD88, CXCR4, and TP53 mutations. Enrollment is ongoing in the phase 2 portion of the study.
Prognostic impact of diagnosis-to-treatment interval in follicular lymphoma patients treated with immunochemotherapy: Evidence from an international cohort with independent validation
Vodička, Prokop , Flowers, Christopher R. , Villa, Diego , Dietrich, Caroline, Ghesquières, Hervé , Cahn, Elliot, Friedberg, Jonathan W. , Martin, Peter , Cohen, Jonathon B. , Móciková, Heidi , Lossos, Izidore S. , Smedby, Karin Ekstroem, El‐Galaly, Tarec Christoffer , Procházka, Vít , Dietrich, Caroline, Clausen, Michael Roost , Kridel, Robert , Cheah, Chan Y. , Hawkes, Eliza A. , Wahlin, Björn , Gandhi, Maher K. , Larson, Melissa C. , Martin, Peter, Chihara, Dai , Habermann, Thomas M. , Casulo, Carla , Wang, Yucai , Brown, Peter de Nully , Mou, Eric , Belada, David , Janikova, Andrea , Burack, Richard , Kahl, Brad S. , Sehn, Laurie H. , Trněný, Marek , Cerhan, James R. , Maurer, Matthew J.

Blood | December 4, 2025 | Volume: 146 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 3601-3601

10.1182/blood-2025-3601 Get It

Abstract Introduction Short diagnosis-to-treatment interval (DTI) is associated with aggressive disease biology and inferior outcomes in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and is recognized as a potential source of selection bias in clinical trials if not properly addressed. However, its prognostic significance in follicular lymphoma (FL) remains poorly characterized. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of DTI in newly diagnosed FL patients who received frontline (1L) immunochemotherapy (IC), using a large international dataset and an independent external validation cohort. Methods For the discovery dataset, we evaluated patients diagnosed between 2002 and 2018 from ten observational cohorts as part of the FLIPI24 Consortium. External validation was conducted using data from patients enrolled in the Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes (LEO) Cohort between 2010 and 2015. All patients had FL grade 1–3A and received 1L IC within 100 days of diagnosis. Patients with a concurrent DLBCL were excluded. Missing baseline laboratory values were addressed via multiple imputation. The primary endpoint was event-free survival at 24 months (EFS24); secondary endpoint was 5-year overall survival (OS), both calculated from treatment initiation. DTI was analyzed as continuous (via splines) and dichotomized variable (≤14 vs >14 days; as defined in DLBCL). Results In the discovery cohort (n=3,907), median age was 61 years (IQR 53–69), and 50% were male; 49% of patients were high-risk according to FLIPI, 26% according to PRIMA-PI, and 38% according to FLIPI24. Included patients received R-CHOP (54%), R-CVP (26%), or B-R (20%) as 1L treatment, followed by anti-CD20 maintenance in 60%. The median DTI was 30 days (IQR 17–48). Using the 14-day cut-off, 851 patients (22%) had short DTI. These patients had more adverse baseline characteristics, including B symptoms (42% vs 32%, P<0.01), ECOG performance status ≥2 (15% vs 8%, P<0.01), elevated LDH (51% vs 40%, P<0.01), hemoglobin <12 g/dL (30% vs 17%, P<0.01), and elevated β2-microglobulin (56% vs 44%, P<0.01). Prognostic indices (PIs) were also more frequently high-risk in the short-DTI group: FLIPI (56% vs 47%), PRIMA-PI (36% vs 24%), and FLIPI24 (51% vs 34%, all P<0.01). Spline modeling showed a decreasing EFS24 rate with increasing DTI, reaching a plateau at 30–40 days. In logistic regression model, each additional week of DTI improved EFS24 (OR 0.92, P<0.01). DTI attenuated but remained prognostic after adjusting for PIs (OR 0.93 for FLIPI, 0.95 for PRIMA-PI, 0.96 for FLIPI24, all P<0.01). When analyzed as a dichotomized variable, short DTI was associated with inferior EFS24: OR 1.74 adjusted for FLIPI, 1.63 for PRIMA-PI, and 1.53 for FLIPI24 (all P<0.01). The 2-year EFS of short vs long DTI groups was 71% vs 82% (HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.34–1.67, P<0.01), 5-year OS was 80% vs 86% (HR 1.38, 95% CI 1.21–1.56, P<0.01), and the 5-year cumulative risk of histologic transformation was 7.7% vs. 5.4% (P<0.01). In the validation cohort (n=516), median age was 61 years (IQR 52–69 years), 55% were male; 36% of patients were high-risk according to FLIPI; 29% according to PRIMA-PI, and 33% according to FLIPI24. Patients received B-R (59%) or R-CHOP (41%) as 1L treatment. The median DTI was 31 days (IQR 19–48), 84 patients (16%) had DTI ≤14 days. Similar patterns were observed; patients with short DTI had adverse baseline characteristics, PIs, and shorter 2-year EFS (72% vs 84%, HR 1.69, 95% CI 1.13–2.55, P=0.01). DTI remained associated with EFS24 when analyzed as a continuous variable (per week: OR 0.88 unadjusted, 0.90 with FLIPI, 0.89 with PRIMA-PI, and 0.89 with FLIPI24), and dichotomized (≤14 vs >14 days: OR 1.83 adjusted for FLIPI, 1.88 for PRIMA-PI, and 1.73 for FLIPI24). Conclusion Short DTI, defined as ≤14 days (observed in 22% of FL patients vs 46% in DLBCL), is a strong and independent predictor of inferior outcomes in newly diagnosed FL patients treated with IC. While DTI correlates with adverse baseline features and established PIs, it retains independent prognostic value. Although a 14-day threshold is reasonable for risk modeling, DTI contains greater informational value when modeled as a continuous variable. Among PIs, FLIPI24 most strongly attenuated the DTI effect, underscoring its superior discriminative power over FLIPI and PRIMA-PI. Clinical trials designs should mitigate any potential barriers to enrollment of FL patients requiring urgent therapy.
Pirtobrutinib in Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL): Final update from the Phase 1/2 BRUIN study
Cohen, Jonathon B. , Shah, Nirav N. , Ujjani, Chaitra S. , Kim, Won Seog , Alencar, Alvaro J. , Lewis, David , Woyach, Jennifer A. , Maddocks, Kami J. , Seymour, John F. , Nagai, Hirokazu, Vose, Julie, Fakhri, Bita , Hoffmann, Marc , Hernandez‐Ilizaliturri, Francisco J. , Kumar, Anita , Munir, Talha, Tsai, Donald E. , Abada, Paolo, Balbas, Minna, Eyre, Toby A. , Fakhri, Bita , Wang, Michael , Jurczak, Wojciech , Zinzani, Pier Luigi , Cheah, Chan Y. , Koh, Youngil , Nasta, Sunita , Flinn, Ian W. , Tessoulin, Benoit , Ma, Shuo , Patel, Krish , Wang, Yucai , Rhodes, Joanna , Tam, Constantine S. , Hoffmann, Marc, Zelenetz, Andrew D. , Li, Jian , Wang, Ying , Roeker, Lindsey E.

Blood | December 4, 2025 | Volume: 146 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 665-665

10.1182/blood-2025-665 Get It

Abstract Background: Despite the efficacy of covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors (cBTKi) in R/R MCL, patients (pts) ultimately discontinue treatment due to intolerance or development of resistance and disease relapse. Pirtobrutinib is a highly selective, non-covalent BTKi that inhibits BTK with low nM potency throughout the daily dosing interval. Pirtobrutinib was safe and effective in the phase 1/2 BRUIN study in pts with R/R B-cell malignancies, including those previously treated with a BTKi. Pirtobrutinib is approved in the EU for adults with R/R MCL after prior treatment with a BTKi (EMA Conditional Approval, Oct 2023), and in the USA for adults with R/R MCL after ≥ 2 lines of systemic therapy, including a BTKi (FDA Accelerated Approval, Jan 2023).Here, we report the final results from the phase 1/2 BRUIN study (NCT03740529), with a follow-up period of up to 5 yrs, focusing on the efficacy and safety of pirtobrutinib in all R/R MCL pts. Methods: Pts with R/R MCL who received ≥1 prior lines of therapy (including BTKi) were eligible for treatment with pirtobrutinib monotherapy. Key endpoints included overall response rate (ORR), duration of response (DOR) and progression-free survival (PFS), all assessed by independent review committee (IRC) per Lugano 2014 criteria (presented here) and investigator, overall survival (OS), and safety. Pts were included across the range of doses evaluated in dose escalation and expansion (25-300 mg/day). A data cutoff on 27 January 2025 was utilized, with a median study follow-up of 17.5 months (range, 0.5-69.6). Results: Among the 166 pts with R/R MCL, 153 (92%) received the pirtobrutinib approved dose of 200 mg/day, 152 (92%) had received prior cBTKi, of which 128 (84.2%) discontinued any prior cBTKi due to progressive disease (PD), and 15 (9.9%) due to toxicity. The cBTKi-pre-treated pts had a median age of 70 yrs (range, 46-88), 52% had intermediate-risk and 28.3% had high-risk sMIPI scores. The median number of prior lines of therapy was 3 (range 1-9), with most pts having received a prior anti-CD20 antibody (96.7%) and chemotherapy (90.1%). Additional prior therapies included hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (21.7%; 19.7% auto and 4.6% allo), BCL-2 inhibitor (15.8%), CAR-T cell therapy (8.6%). As of the data cutoff, 11 (7.2%) pts who received a prior cBTKi and 6 (42.9%) cBTKi naïve pts remained on treatment. The cBTKi pre-treated pts had an ORR of 49.3% (95% CI, 41.1-57.6), including 15.8% complete responses (CR) (n=24) and 33.6% partial responses (PR) (n=51). The 75 responding pretreated pts had a median DOR of 21.6 months (95% CI, 9.2-27.2) at a median follow-up of 24 months. The ORR among 128 pts who had discontinued any prior cBTKi due to PD and 15 pts who discontinued due to toxicity was 43.0% and 93.3%, respectively. The median PFS and OS for cBTKi pre-treated pts were 5.6 months (95% CI, 5.3-9.2) and 23.9 months (95% CI, 17.3-51.5), respectively. Fourteen pts (9.2%) were censored for PFS due to subsequent anticancer therapy without documented PD, including 8 pts who received CAR-T. The cBTKi naïve pts (n=14) had an ORR of 85.7% (95% CI, 57.2-98.2), including 50.0% CR (n=7) and 35.7% PR (n=5). The 12 responding naïve pts had a median DOR of 42.7 months (95% CI, 25.8-NE) at a median follow-up of 43 months. The median PFS and OS in the cBTKi naïve pts were 44.6 months (95% CI, 16.7-NE) and not reached (95% CI, 33.5-NE), respectively. Among all R/R MCL pts (n=166), the most frequent treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE), regardless of attribution, were fatigue (31.9%), diarrhea (22.9%), anemia (18.1%), and dyspnea (18.1%). The most common Grade ≥3 TEAE was neutropenia/neutrophil count decreased (13.3%), and the rate of Grade ≥3 infections was 21.1%. Grade ≥3 hemorrhage/hematoma (2.4%) and all-grade atrial fibrillation/flutter (3.6%) were infrequent. In total, 13 (7.8%) pts had a fatal TEAE, with 4 (2.4%) classified as infections. Overall, 8 pts (4.8%) had treatment-related AE leading to dose reductions, and 6 (3.6%) had treatment-related AE leading to pirtobrutinib discontinuation. Conclusion: Pirtobrutinib continues to demonstrate efficacy in pts with heavily pre-treated R/R MCL including both those who previously received a cBTKi and those who were BTKi-naïve. The safety profile of pirtobrutinib remained favorable with a low-rate of dose reductions/discontinuations due to drug-related toxicity. No new safety signals were identified after up to 5 yrs of follow-up.
FLIPI24: A Modern Prognostic Model and Clinical Trial Enrichment Tool for Newly Diagnosed Follicular Lymphoma
Maurer, Matthew J. , Procházka, Vít , Flowers, Christopher R. , Villa, Diego , Bachy, Emmanuel , Cahn, Elliot, Fournier, Marguerite , Larson, Melissa C. , Dietrich, Caroline E. , Ghesquières, Hervé , Gandhi, Maher K. , Cheah, Chan Y. , Hawkes, Eliza A. , Seymour, John F. , Freeman, Ciara L. , Friedberg, Jonathan W. , Casulo, Carla , Móciková, Heidi , Fürst, Tomáš, Feugier, Pierre, Tilly, Hervé , Davies, Andrew , Martin, Peter , Cohen, Jonathon B. , Lossos, Izidore S. , Smedby, Karin E. , Prochazka, Vit , Flowers, Christopher R , Villa, Diego , Bachy, Emmanuel , Cahn, Elliot J, Fournier, Marguerite , Larson, Melissa C , Dietrich, Caroline E , Kridel, Robert , Gandhi, Maher K , Cheah, Chan Yoon , Hawkes, Eliza , Seymour, John F , Clausen, Michael Roost , Casulo, Carla , Habermann, Thomas , Wang, Yucai , Nastoupil, Loretta J , de Nully Brown, Peter , Janikova, Andrea , Tilly, Hervé , Davies, Andrew , Cartron, Guillaume , Burack, W Richard , Chihara, Dai , Martin, Peter , Cohen, Jonathon B , Lossos, Izidore S , Kahl, Brad S , Sehn, Laurie H , E Smedby, Karin , Salles, Gilles A , Trnĕný, Marek , Link, Brian K , Morschhauser, Franck , Cerhan, James R , Maurer, Matthew , El‐Galaly, Tarec Christoffer , Jakobsen, Lasse Hjort , Clausen, Michael Roost , Wahlin, Björn , Casulo, Carla , Habermann, Thomas M. , Wang, Yucai , Nastoupil, Loretta J. , Brown, Peter de Nully , Belada, David , Feugier, Pierre , Haïoun, Corinne , Burack, Richard , Chihara, Dai , Kahl, Brad S. , Sehn, Laurie H. , Salles, Gilles , Trněný, Marek , Link, Brian K. , Morschhauser, Franck , Cerhan, James R.

Journal of Clinical Oncology | December 2, 2025 | Volume: 44 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 117-128

10.1200/jco-25-00892 Get It

PURPOSE Although most patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) can expect an indolent course, progressive lymphoma remains the primary cause of death during the first decade after diagnosis. Progression of disease within 24 months (POD24) of starting first-line (1L) immunochemotherapy defines a high-risk population with poor survival, but better risk stratification at diagnosis is needed. METHODS The FLIPI24 model was developed and internally validated to predict 24-month event rates using individual data from 4,485 patients treated with 1L immunochemotherapy from 10 observational cohorts of FL. Overall and cause-specific survival was further evaluated in FLIPI24 risk groups. External validation in the 1L immunochemotherapy setting was performed using the prospective observational Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes (LEO) cohort (N = 565) and three randomized phase III trials (N = 3,192); extension to all patients with FL (any 1L therapy) was performed in the LEO cohort (N = 1,445) and its Molecular Epidemiology Resource subcohort (N = 1,074). RESULTS The FLIPI24 model uses age and four blood-based variables (hemoglobin, lactate dehydrogenase, beta-2 microglobulin, and WBC count). FLIPI24 showed consistent performance across validation and extension data sets, which was superior to existing prognostic tools. Across the four external immunochemotherapy validation data sets, patients with high-risk FLIPI24 (23%-32% of patients) had significantly higher 24-month event rates (22%-35%) and inferior 5-year overall survival (77%-83%) compared with patients with low-risk FLIPI24 (29%-31% of patients, 24-month event rates: 10%-12%; 5-year OS: 96%-97%). Results were consistent when evaluating lymphoma-related death and when extended to all patients with FL. CONCLUSION The FLIPI24 model robustly stratifies, at diagnosis, patients with FL at increased risk of lymphoma-related death versus patients with very low lymphoma-related mortality during the first decade after diagnosis. FLIPI24 can be used to enrich future clinical trial designs in newly diagnosed FL.
147 | UPDATED EFFICACY & SAFETY OF BTK DEGRADER BGB‐16673 IN PATIENTS (PTS) WITH RELAPSED/REFRACTORY WALDENSTRÖM MACROGLOBULINEMIA (R/R WM): ONGOING PHASE 1 CaDAnCe‐101 RESULTS
Seymour, J.F., Allan, J. N., Shadman, M., Eradat, Herbert, Lasica, Masa , Tchernonog, Emmanuelle, Treon, S P, By, Kunthel, Fabre, Shannon, Takai, Mika, Frustaci, Anna Maria , Cheah, Chan Y. , Parrondo, Ricardo D , Trotman, Judith , Advani, Ranjana H. , Zinzani, Pier Luigi , Xu, Liang , Agarwal, A., Tam, Constantine S.

Hematological Oncology | June 16, 2025 | Volume: 43 | Issue: S3 | Pages: No page available

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