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PET-adaptive beacopp- versus ABVD-based therapies for advanced-stage (AS) classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL): Survival comparisons leveraging a multi-state model and analyzing the impact of a-hipi scores across the disease course
Zhu, Cui , Counsell, Nicholas , Upshaw, Jenica , Kirkwood, Amy A. , Advani, Ranjana H. , Gallamini, Andrea , Ghesquières, Hervé , Hutchings, Martin , Johnson, Peter , Advani, Ranjana H , Cui, Zhu, Rodday, Angie Mae , Tighiouart, Hocine , Rossetti, Sára , Li, Hongli , Casasnovas, Olivier , Cerhan, James R. , Federico, Massimo , Hawkes, Eliza A. , Hodgson, David , Link, Brian K. , Mou, Eric , Radford, John , Savage, Kerry J. , Stephens, Deborah M. , Zinzani, Pier Luigi , Maurer, Matthew J. , Rossi, Cédric , Evens, Andrew M. , Parsons, Susan K.

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Blood | December 5, 2025 | Volume: 146 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 129-129

10.1182/blood-2025-129 Get It

Abstract Background: Despite recent therapeutic advances in AS cHL, PET-adaptive chemotherapy-based regimens remain a first-line treatment option, especially for patients (pts) without access to novel agents. Most PET-adaptive regiments start with either 2 cycles of escBEACOPP (escBEACOPP2) or ABVD (ABVD2) prior to interim PET assessment (iPET), followed by treatment de-escalation or intensification by iPET result. There have been no direct comparisons of escBEACOPP2 vs ABVD2 PET-adaptive regimens. Additionally, the AS-Hodgkin Lymphoma International Prognostication Index (A-HIPI) score (Rodday JCO 2023) has not been fully explored in escBEACOPP2 regimens. Therefore, we utilized multiple analytic approaches to compare outcomes of PET-adaptive escBEACOPP2 and ABVD2 regimens, while adjusting for and assessing the effect of the baseline A-HIPI score. Methods: Through the global HoLISTIC Consortium (www.hodgkinconsortium.com), we obtained individual patient data from 4 AS clinical trials of newly diagnosed cHL pts treated with PET-adaptive escBEACOPP2 (AHL2011) or ABVD2 (SWOG0816, RATHL, HD0607) regimens. Pts were restricted to age 18 to 65 years (y), stage IIB-IV, and PET-adapted treatment arms. Positive iPET was based on Deauville score >3. Treatment effects of escBEACOPP2 vs ABVD2 (reference) on 5y progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were first evaluated using Cox models. Importantly, baseline disease risk was adjusted for using the 5y PFS or OS A-HIPI score (including stage, sex, age, bulk, lymphocyte count, albumin, white blood cell count), where higher scores indicate higher predicted risk (scale 1-100). The A-HIPI was modeled per 1 standard deviation (SD) increase. Our multistate model (MSM) comprised 4 health states: diagnosis, sustained remission at 1yr, treatment failure, and death from any cause. Pts all started in the diagnosis state and transitioned to other states without return to prior states. We assessed the impact of treatment on transitions (except binary sustained remission at 1y) that involved ≥5 pts per treatment group, adjusting for A-HIPI for all transitions. All effects are reported as adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: 2,381 AS cHL pts were included (n=372 for escBEACOPP2, n=2009 for ABVD2). For escBEACOPP2 and ABVD2 groups (median follow-up 60 and 56 months), respectively, the mean baseline A-HIPI scores (i.e., predicted 5y PFS event rate) were 25.1 (SD=6.3) and 22.9 (SD=6.5), the rates of positive iPET were 11.3% and 17.0%, 5y PFS was 87.0% and 79.5%, and 5y OS was 96.3% and 94.6%. In Cox models, escBEACOPP2 was associated with significantly improved PFS compared to ABVD2 (aHR=0.54, 95% CI=0.39-0.73); the aHR for OS was 0.67 (95% CI=0.37-1.19). Notably, higher risk A-HIPI score was associated with significantly worse PFS (aHR=1.42, 95% CI=1.31-1.54) and OS (aHR=1.60, 95% CI=1.47-1.76), independent of treatment. In the MSM, the effect of escBEACOPP2 compared to ABVD2 regimens was modeled in 3 transitions with adjustment for A-HIPI score: those treated with escBEACOPP2 had lower likelihood of treatment failure with (aHR=0.38, 95% CI=0.22-0.66) or without (aHR=0.61, 95% CI=0.40-0.92) sustained remission at 1y; the aHR for treatment failure to death was 0.55 (95% CI=0.25-1.22). Higher risk baseline A-HIPI score was associated with higher likelihood of treatment failure and death without sustained remission at 1y (aHR=1.43, 95% CI=1.28-1.61 and aHR=2.50, 95% CI=1.80-3.49, respectively). Furthermore, higher risk baseline A-HIPI score was associated with higher likelihood of treatment failure after achieving sustained remission at 1y (aHR=1.29, 95% CI=1.12-1.48) as well as death after treatment failure (aHR=1.54, 95% CI=1.27-1.86). Conclusions: Comparing newly diagnosed adult AS cHL PET-adaptive regimens with adjustment for baseline A-HIPI score, we found pts treated with escBEACOPP2 on AHL2011 had improved PFS versus pooled pt data from 3 ABVD2 trials. Using MSM, we further demonstrated that escBEACOPP2 was associated with a lower likelihood of treatment failure with or without achieving sustained remission at 1yr. In addition, baseline A-HIPI score was associated with PFS and OS, which was independent of treatment. Finally, higher baseline A-HIPI scores maintained prognostic impact throughout the disease course, including increased risk of treatment failure for pts in remission at 1yr and death after treatment failure.
External validation of the early-stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) international prognostication index (E-HIPI) in the german Hodgkin study group (GHSG) unfavorable clinical trials
Jablonski, Janina , Borchmann, Sven , Upshaw, Jenica , Counsell, Nicholas , Zhu, Cui , Advani, Ranjana H. , André, Marc, Federico, Massimo, Hoppe, Richard T. , Hutchings, Martin , Borchmann, Peter , Advani, Ranjana H , Hoppe, Richard T , Rodday, Angie Mae , Eichenauer, Dennis A. , Tighiouart, Hocine , Hodgson, David , Maurer, Matthew J. , Rossetti, Sára , Cui, Zhu, Hay, Annette E. , Johnson, Peter , Link, Brian K. , Mou, Eric , Savage, Kerry J. , Radford, John , Cerhan, James R. , Evens, Andrew M. , Parsons, Susan K.

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Blood | December 4, 2025 | Volume: 146 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 1845-1845

10.1182/blood-2025-1845 Get It

Abstract Background: Although progression-free survival (PFS) in early-stage (ES) classic Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL) is high, there remains a subset of patients (pts) at higher risk of worse outcomes, particularly in those with unfavorable risk disease. Leveraging pt-level data from within the HoLISTIC (Hodgkin Lymphoma International STudy for Individual Care) Consortium, the E-HIPI was developed in clinical trial pts and validated in real-world registry pts to predict 2-year (y) PFS (Rodday. NEJM Evidence 2025). Continuous, objective, and readily measurable pre-treatment variables were considered, with sex, maximum tumor diameter, albumin, and hemoglobin included as significant predictors. Using the E-HIPI, interactive calculators for pt risk, comparison, and stratification were created (https://rtools.mayo.edu/holistic_ehipi/). Although the E-HIPI was developed and validated in both unfavorable and favorable ES cHL pts, the clinical predictors are primarily markers of unfavorable disease. In the development and initial validation cohorts, 2y PFS was 93.7% and 90.3%, respectively, the C-statistic was 0.63 in both cohorts, calibration was strong with slight underprediction of events in the validation cohort, and the E-HIPI outperformed the historic binary classification of patients as favorable or unfavorable using EORTC criteria. However, since pts in the original E-HIPI development and validation were primarily treated with ABVD chemotherapy protocols, additional validation is needed, particularly among pts with unfavorable ES cHL who were treated initially with more intensive chemotherapeutic platforms (e.g., BEACOPP-based). Thus, we conducted an external validation of the E-HIPI in pts treated on recent unfavorable ES cHL GHSG trials. Methods: The validation cohort included 2367 adults (ages 18 to 60y) with newly-diagnosed unfavorable cHL from randomized phase 3 trials conducted by the GHSG (HD14 von Tresckow. JCO 2012; and HD17 Borchmann. Lancet 2021). We calculated the predicted probability of 2y PFS events based on the E-HIPI model equation (scale 1-100%). Model performance was assessed using discrimination and calibration. Discrimination, which is the model's ability to separate high and low risk pts, was assessed using Harrell's C-statistic. Calibration, which is the model's ability to accurately predict absolute risk, was assessed by comparing observed and predicted probabilities of 2y PFS events within quintiles of predicted probabilities and estimating calibration-in-the-large (predicted minus observed event rate) and the calibration slope. Results: For pts treated on unfavorable GHSG trials, mean age was 33y, 95% had stage II disease, mean baseline E-HIPI score (i.e., predicted 2y PFS event rate) was 6.0% (SD=2.3%), and the observed 2y PFS rate was 96.2% (95%CI: 95.4-97.0%). The C-statistic was 0.65 (95% CI: 0.59-0.70), calibration-in-the-large was 0.02, and the calibration slope was 1.08 (95% CI: 0.52, 1.64). Within the lowest risk E-HIPI quintile, the observed 2y PFS event rate was 1.6%, compared with 6.1% in the highest risk quintile. Conclusions: In external validation of the recently published E-HIPI in pts with cHL treated on unfavorable GHSG trials using more intensive BEACOPP-based protocols, discrimination was similar to the original development and validation cohorts. Collectively, the E-HIPI is a treatment-agnostic prediction tool across varied treatment regimens for unfavorable ES cHL pts. Better 2y PFS in the GHSG trials than in the E-HIPI development and initial validation cohorts may have contributed to mild misclassification, likely reflecting differences in treatment regimens. This may be resolved with recalibration or incorporating granular treatment variables into future models. Additional research is needed to understand E-HIPI performance in pts with favorable disease who have even lower event rates as well as to more fully predict individualized pt outcomes across varied chemotherapy platforms and radiation received for all ES cHL pts.
Primary Extranodal Follicular Lymphoma: A Retrospective Survey of the International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group (IELSG)
Conconi, Annarita , Vannata, Barbara , Ramírez‐Ibarguen, Ana Florencia, Lobetti‐Bodoni, Chiara, Pirosa, Maria Cristina , Mian, Michael , Ferreri, Andrés J.M. , Ryan, G.B., Pangalis, Gerassimos A. , Cabrera, María Elena , Aurer, Igor , Visco, Carlo , Casaluci, Gloria Margiotta , Hricko, Samuel, Stathis, Anastasios , Mazzucchelli, Luca, Ponzoni, Maurilio, Federico, Massimo, Gaïdano, Gianluca , López‐Guillermo, Armando , Pro, Barbara, Rossi, Davide, Nowakowsky, Grzegorz, Janikova, Andrea , Vannata, Barbara , Pirosa, Maria Cristina , Cabrera, Maria Elena , Luminari, Stefano , Zucca, Emanuele , Gaidano, Gianluca , Belada, David , Luminari, Stefano , Montoto, Silvia , Tsang, Richard , Procházka, Vít , Ponzoni, Maurilio, Rossi, Davide, Cascione, Luciano , Trněný, Marek , Zucca, Emanuele

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Hematological Oncology | June 22, 2025 | Volume: 43 | Issue: 4 | Pages: No page available

10.1002/hon.70111 | PMID 40544479 Get It

ABSTRACT The characteristics at diagnosis and clinical course of primary extranodal follicular lymphoma (EFL) have not been extensively described. The International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group (IELSG) conducted an international retrospective survey aimed to describe the clinical features at diagnosis and the outcomes of FL cases with a clinically dominant extranodal component. The dataset included 605 pathologically reviewed cases from 19 different countries, and their outcomes were compared to those of nodal follicular lymphomas. The two most common presentation sites for EFL were the skin ( n = 334) and the gastrointestinal tract ( n = 72), with 22 cases having primary duodenal localization. These subsets exhibited unique features at diagnosis and significantly different overall survival (OS) patterns. After a median follow‐up of 5.5 years, primary cutaneous lymphomas showed a superior outcome [10‐year OS: 89% (95% CI, 83%–93%)], while primary gastrointestinal lymphomas had an intermediate outcome [10‐year OS: 79% (95% CI, 59%–90%)]. Among the gastrointestinal lymphomas, primary duodenal lymphomas tended toward the best outcome [10‐year OS: 95% (95% CI, 69%–99%)]. Other primary extranodal sites had inferior outcomes [10‐year OS: 59% (95% CI, 48%–68%)], similar to primary nodal lymphomas [10‐year OS: 57% (95% CI, 49%–64%)]. These findings support the identification of specific primary FL localizations as distinct entities with particular clinical and biological characteristics.
Creation of a Multistate Model to Improve Prognostication across the Disease Course in Advanced Stage Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma (cHL): A Report from the Holistic Consortium
Rodday, Angie Mae , Zhu, Cui , Xiang, Qingyan , Counsell, Nicholas , Upshaw, Jenica , Kirkwood, Amy A. , Li, Hongli , Federico, Massimo, Friedberg, Jonathan W. , Gallamini, Andrea , Hutchings, Martin , Evens, Andrew M. , Evens, Andrew M , Parsons, Susan K. , Rossetti, Sára , Williams, Annalynn M , Cerhan, James R. , Hawkes, Eliza A. , Hodgson, David , Johnson, Peter , Link, Brian K. , Mou, Eric , Radford, John , Savage, Kerry J. , Stephens, Deborah M. , Zinzani, Pier Luigi , Maurer, Matthew J.

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Blood | December 5, 2024 | Volume: 144 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 567-567

10.1182/blood-2024-207439 Get It

Background: Although advanced stage cHL typically has excellent disease outcomes, 20-30% of patients (pts) experience treatment failure. In addition, decision-making is challenging given varying treatment options and incomplete prognostic data across the disease course. Pre-treatment factors, such as those incorporated into the Advanced Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma International Prognostication Index (A-HIPI), predict 5 year (y) overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) (Rodday JCO 2023). Other than interim PET (iPET) results, it is unknown what factors influence cHL disease states mid-therapy. Using multistate modeling (MSM) and individual pt data from the HoLISTIC Consortium, we refined prognostication across the cHL disease course, specifically assessing the relationships between A-HIPI, iPET and end of treatment (EOT) response, and whether the A-HIPI and iPET provide independent prognostic information. Methods: We analyzed 1240 pts aged 18-65y with newly diagnosed Stage IIB, III or IV cHL treated on 2 advanced stage PET-adapted trials (RATHL, SWOG0816). All pts first received 2 cycles of ABVD; those with a negative iPET (Deauville score (DS) ≤3) received ABVD or AVD, and those with a positive iPET (DS >3) received BEACOPP. In contrast to other methods, MSMs incorporate multiple disease states into one model, account for censoring and competing risks, and estimate transitions between disease states using different covariates. Our MSM had 6 states: diagnosis, negative iPET, positive iPET, EOT non-progression (e.g., DS ≤ 3), treatment failure, and death. Treatment failure included progression or relapse. All pts start at the diagnosis state and can transition to other states without return to prior states. Transition states with <5 events were excluded. The MSM was estimated using a multivariable Cox model with censoring at 5y. Covariates were the 5y PFS A-HIPI (comprised of stage and continuous age, lymphocyte count and albumin), which was included for all transitions, and iPET, which was included for transitions from EOT non-progression and from treatment failure. Higher scores on the 5y PFS A-HIPI indicate lower risk of progression or death; the A-HIPI was modeled for a 1 standard deviation (SD) increase. We calculated probabilities of 5y treatment failure for 4 sample pts based on low (70) and high (85) A-HIPI scores, positive and negative iPET, and EOT non-progression. Results: Median age was 33y (Q1=25, Q3=45), 56% were male, 23% were stage IIB, 40% III and 37% IV, and mean A-HIPI was 77 (SD=7). Median follow-up was 75 months (Q1=53, Q3=92). At iPET, 80% (95% CI 78%, 83%) were negative and 16% (95% CI 14%, 18%) were positive. At EOT, 90% (95% CI 89%, 92%) were in the non-progression state. At 5y, 75% (95% CI 73%, 78%) were in the non-progression state, 16% (95% CI 14%, 19%) had experienced treatment failure, and 9% (7%, 11%) had died. Better A-HIPI scores (per SD) were associated with lower rates of transitioning from diagnosis to positive iPET (HR=0.80, p<0.01) and from positive iPET to treatment failure (HR=0.58, p=0.04). Better A-HIPI scores (per SD) were also associated with lower rates of transitioning from EOT non-progression to treatment failure (HR=0.78, p<0.01) and from treatment failure to death (HR=0.64, p<0.01), adjusting for iPET. Positive iPET was associated with an increased rate of transitioning from EOT non-progression to treatment failure (HR=1.90, p<0.01), adjusting for A-HIPI. The probability of 5y treatment failure for 4 sample pts was: 25% for low A-HIPI and positive iPET; 20% for high A-HIPI and positive iPET; 13% for low A-HIPI and negative iPET; and 12% for high A-HIPI and negative iPET. Conclusions: We created a novel MSM that refines prognostication across the cHL disease course by incorporating pre- and post-treatment factors (e.g., iPET) to estimate transitions to future disease states. Although the A-HIPI was developed using pre-treatment factors to predict 5y OS and PFS, we found that it was also associated with transitions to interim disease states, including iPET and EOT response. The A-HIPI and iPET each provided independent prognostic information, supporting the use of both in estimating cHL outcomes. Future analyses will develop clinical prediction models using MSMs that also incorporate varying frontline and salvage treatments and treatment-specific late effects, with the goal of providing individualized information across the disease course.
Identification of Risk Categories from the Advanced-Stage Hodgkin International Prognostic Index (A-HIPI) Model: A Detailed Analysis from the Hodgkin Lymphoma International Study for Individual Care (HoLISTIC) Consortium
Upshaw, Jenica , Friedberg, Jonathan W. , Gallamini, Andrea , Federico, Massimo, Evens, Andrew M. , Evens, Andrew M , Maurer, Matthew J. , Parsons, Susan K. , Hawkes, Eliza A. , Hodgson, David , Johnson, Peter , Link, Brian K. , Savage, Kerry J. , Zinzani, Pier Luigi

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Blood | December 1, 2023 | Volume: 142 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 3067-3067

10.1182/blood-2023-175079 Get It

Background: Prognostic modeling allows personalized risk prediction for individual patients (pt). The A-HIPI model in advanced stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma (AS-HL), developed and validated by the HoLISTIC Consortium (www.hodgkinconsortium.org), generates the individualized probability of a progression-free survival (PFS) event or death (OS) within the first 5 years (y) from diagnosis in pts based on continuous variables (www.qxmd.com/calculate/calculator_869/a-hipi). Clinical prognostic tools in lymphoma (eg, IPS, IPI, FLIPI, etc) typically use groupings of categorical values to define risk. Grouping a continuous value often results in loss of information, and most tools are not predictive for individual pts. However, discrete groupings have clinical utility & practicality for a) defining pt populations for clinical trials & real world studies, b) stratification within clinical trials, and c) crafting treatment guidelines. We studied potential approaches for utilizing the A-HIPI model to generate risk groups with input on strengths & limitations from the HoLISTIC modeling team & clinical experts. Methods: The A-HIPI model was developed via TRIPOD guidelines on 4,022 pts treated on 8 international clinical trials for AS-HL (Rodday. JCO 2023). External validation was performed on a dataset of 1,431 pts from 4 prospective registries. The 5y PFS (PFS5) in the A-HIPI development dataset was 77% (95% CI: 76-78); the 5y OS (OS5) was 92% (95% CI: 91-93). This represented the average outcome for a pt with AS-HL pt naïve to other clinical data at presentation. The distribution of PFS5 & OS5 predictions were heavily skewed (ie, asymmetric distribution) in both the A-HIPI discovery and validation dataset. While not unexpected due to the excellent PFS & OS in this disease setting, this presents challenges in the delineation of risk groups as depicted below . Three approaches were examined for the generation of A-HIPI risk groups. Proposed cutoffs were defined using the distribution of A-HIPI risk scores and data from the model-building cohort (ie, clinical trials). Validation was done using the A-HIPI validation cohort (ie, HL registries). Results: Approach 1: Risk groups based on clinical thresholds. Clinicians were queried what estimates of PFS5 would constitute high vs low risk. The positive, right-skewed distribution of A-HIPI risk scores limited this approach ( Figure), as cutoffs of PFS5 <70 and PFS5> 90 would only identify 15% and <1% of the population, respectively. Approach 2: Risk groups based on deviation from “average” pt. The 5-y PFS was 77% (95% CI: 76-78). We explored defining “standard risk” based on this confidence interval as well as clinical boundaries, with pts above or below this classified as decreased or increased risk, respectively. Results of a +/-5% clinical boundary are presented in the Table. Approach 3: Risk groups based on “ranking” of pts. Here we ranked the A-HIPI risk scores of the 4022 AS-HL pts in the model building cohort and used the distribution of the risk scores as a benchmark. The risk profile for a future pt is then compared to this distribution (eg, how do you rank compared to your peers). Continuous results are often presented this way (eg, tertiles or quartiles). It also allows flexibility for the user to define the size of the risk groups and/or clinical threshold of interest. Application of this approach showed good alignment between the predicted model percentiles and the observed distribution of scores in the validation cohort ( Table). This is also reflected in calibration curves presented in the primary manuscript. An online application (eg, R-Shiny) will be provided at the meeting to allow users to define their own cutoffs to aid in pt prognostication as well as identify populations for clinical trial development. Conclusions: There are challenges with defining risk groups from individual risk prediction modeling in AS-HL. Different applications and purposes, the skewed distribution of events/risk estimates, as well as varying clinical definitions of high risk, make it challenging to define consensus expert-based risk groupings for AS-HL. A flexible “rank-based” approach appeared to provide the most clinical utility & data granularity, which may be leveraged for clinical trial design and pt stratification. Further analysis and discussion of how to optimally define high-risk and low-risk populations in AS-HL will be needed as new therapeutic options emerge.
A Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) of Event-Free Survival (EFS) in Follicular Lymphoma Patients Treated with Front-Line Immunochemotherapy: A Lysa, Iowa/Mayo MER, and FIL Study
Ghesquières, Hervé , Drouet, Youenn , Robinson, Dennis P. , Novak, Anne J. , Xerri, Luc , Verney, Aurélie, Slager, Susan L. , Morschhauser, Franck , Galimberti, Sara , Thomas, Emilie , Luminari, Stefano , Laurent, Camille , Rimsza, Lisa M. , Habermann, Thomas M. , Federico, Massimo , Link, Brian K. , Salles, Gilles , Cerhan, James R.

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Blood | November 28, 2022 | Volume: 140 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 1307-1309

10.1182/blood-2022-167466 Get It

End of induction positron emission tomography complete response (PET‐CR) as a surrogate for progression‐free survival in previously untreated follicular lymphoma
Dixon, Jesse G. , Dimier, Natalie , Nielsen, Tina, Zheng, Jamie , Marcus, Robert, Evens, Andrew M. , Blum, Kristie A. , Shi, Qian , Blum, Kristie A , Shi, Qian , Evens, Andrew M , Dixon, Jesse G , Morschhauser, Franck , Federico, Massimo

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British Journal of Haematology | May 2, 2022 | Volume: 198 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 333-337

10.1111/bjh.18217 | PMID 35491747 Get It

SummaryProgression‐free survival (PFS) has been the regulatory primary end‐point for recent phase III trials in first‐line follicular lymphoma (FL), but requires prolonged follow‐up. Complete response (CR) at 30 months after initiation of induction treatment was validated as surrogate end‐point for PFS. Our objective was to further evaluate surrogacy of CR measured by [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging at the end of induction (EoI). Individual patient data were analysed from 1505 patients from five randomized trials. Trial‐level surrogacy examining the association between treatment effects on EoI‐PET‐CR and PFS was evaluated using linear regression () and bivariate Copula () models. Although EoI‐PET‐CR strongly predicted PFS at a prognostic level, the trial‐level assessment did not show strong correlation (, confidence interval [CI]: 0.20–0.88; , CI: 0.0–0.82). The high uncertainty in estimation was possibly due to the small number of trials and the population of patients with available PET data. Maintenance therapy affecting PFS beyond induction treatment, but not EoI‐PET‐CR end‐point, may have distorted the association between treatment effects. However, there will probably be a number of additional trials approaching completion with available PET response data. Refined evaluation of PET‐CR based surrogate end‐points is still warranted.
PRIMARY EXTRANODAL FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA IN A LARGE RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXTRANODAL LYMPHOMA STUDY GROUP (IELSG31)
Conconi, Annarita , Vannata, Barbara , Ramírez, Ana Francisca , Bodoni, Chiara Lobetti, Nowakowski, Grzegorz S. , Mian, Michael , Ferreri, Andrés J.M. , Ryan, G.B., Pangalis, G., Cabrera, María Elena , Aurer, Igor , Visco, Carlo , Mazzucchelli, Luca, Federico, Massimo, López‐Guillermo, Armando , Pro, Barbara, Janikova, Andrea , Ramirez, A., Luminari, Stefano , Montoto, Silvia , Tsang, Richard , Trněný, Marek , Gaïdano, Gianluca , Zucca, Emanuele

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Hematological Oncology | June 17, 2021 | Volume: 39 | Issue: S2 | Pages: No page available

10.1002/hon.78_2879 Get It

Prognostication for Advanced Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) in the Modern Era: A Project from the Hodgkin Lymphoma International Study for Individual Care (HoLISTIC) Consortium
Rodday, Angie Mae , Scharman, Carlton , Friedberg, Jonathan W. , Gallamini, Andrea , Hutchings, Martin , Kelly, Kara M. , Raemaekers, John, Evens, Andrew M. , Evens, Andrew M , Parsons, Susan K. , Advani, Ranjana H. , Federico, Massimo , Hodgson, David , Hoskin, Peter , Johnson, Peter , Link, Brian K. , Radford, John , Zinzani, Pier Luigi , Cerhan, James R.

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Blood | November 4, 2020 | Volume: 136 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 16-18

10.1182/blood-2020-135935 Get It

Background: While HL is a highly curable cancer, patients (pts) with advanced stage disease experience increased risk of relapse. Delineation of prognosis is desired to compare cohorts and outcomes between trials, and to define groups of pts for whom reduction in treatment may be appropriate or where novel therapeutic approaches are needed. The International Prognostic Score (IPS), which was derived from a discovery set of 1,618 HL pts with complete data, was a seminal publication in the field (Hasenclever and Diehl NEJM 1998). However, these data were published >20 years ago with a significant minority of pts having received chemotherapy regimens no longer in clinical use. More contemporary analyses have shown altered utility of the IPS (e.g., Moccia JCO 2012; Diefenbach BJH 2015). In addition, prior studies identified bulk disease as an adverse prognostic factor in advanced stage HL (Laskar JCO 2004; Johnson JCO 2010). Our objective was to leverage individual pt data (IPD) from HoLISTIC (www.hodgkinconsortium.com) to discover a new, robust, and modern prognostication index for advanced-stage HL pts applicable to diverse settings across the world. Methods: We created a data repository of IPD from clinical trials for newly diagnosed HL pts, which includes 4,085 advanced-stage (III or IV) pts treated in 8 large, prospective studies completed in the modern era (ie, IIL HD9601: Gobbi JCO 2005; Italian HD2000: Federico JCO 2009; ECOG 2496: Gordon JCO 2013; SWOG 0816: Press JCO 2016; IIL HD0801: Zinzani JCO 2016; RATHL: Johnson NEJM 2016; GITIL HD0607: Gallamini JCO 2017; and COG AHOD 0831: Kelly BJH 2019) as well as prominent cancer registries (eg, the Mayo/Iowa Molecular Epidemiologic Resource (MER)). The discovery analysis herein included pts from the ECOG 2496, HD0801 IIL, GITIL HD0607, and SWOG 0816 studies. Furthermore, it was restricted to pts (n=1,279) on these trials with complete data for all 9 covariates of interest: age; sex; advanced stage (III vs IV); B symptoms; any bulk; and values of hemoglobin, white blood count (WBC), lymphocyte count, and albumin. Using Cox proportional hazard (PH) models, we evaluated univariate associations between 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) with the aforementioned prognostic variables. Age was categorized based on plots and optimum model fit (c statistic). Lab values were dichotomized using cut-points from the 1998 IPS. Per convention, treatment factors were not included in the model. To identify independent prognostic factors of PFS and OS, a parsimonious Cox PH model was fit using backward selection of all potential risk factors (P<0.05). Hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) were reported. Kaplan Meier (KM) plots were also reported for risk factors in the multivariable (MVA) models to visualize differences. Results: Among all pts, characteristics included: median age of 32.9 years (IQR 25.4-44, range 15-83); 55% male; 49% stage IV; 63% B symptoms; 26% bulk >10 cm; 20% hemoglobin <10.5 g/dL; 15% WBC count ≥15,000/mm3; 9% lymphocyte count <600/mm3; and 63% with albumin <4g/dL. For analysis of age, we observed a U-shaped relationship with PFS (Fig A), which helped delineate optimal cut points of 15-24 years (23.1%), 25-49 years (61.4%), and ≥50 years (15.6%). In univariate analysis: age, stage, B symptoms, bulk, anemia, low lymphocyte count, and low albumin were associated with worse survival. In the MVA model, age >50 years, stage IV disease, B symptoms, and bulky disease were associated with worse PFS; and age >50 years, stage IV disease, bulky disease, anemia, and low albumin were associated with worse OS (Fig B). KM plots for age, stage, and bulk are presented in Fig C. Conclusions. In this international, multi-study analysis of advanced stage HL in the modern era, we identified several factors that were associated with both worse PFS and OS on MVA (ie, age, stage IV disease, and bulky disease). The finding of bulky disease as a significant prognostic factor warrants further investigation. In addition, we detected an age-related U-shaped impact on PFS with inferior outcomes for pts ages 15-25 years and ≥50 years, the latter in an increasing linear fashion. Altogether, these data will serve as a training cohort for a modern HL prognostication index that will be augmented and analyzed with a large independent validation cohort (vis-à-vis the remaining HL data in the HoLISTIC consortium), which will be presented at the ASH meeting. Disclosures Parsons: Seattle Genetics: Consultancy. Advani:Astra Zeneca, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Cell Medica, Celgene, Genentech/Roche, Gilead, KitePharma, Kyowa, Portola Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi, Seattle Genetics, Takeda: Consultancy; Celgene, Forty Seven, Inc., Genentech/Roche, Janssen Pharmaceutical, Kura, Merck, Millenium, Pharmacyclics, Regeneron, Seattle Genetics: Research Funding. Federico:Spectrum: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sandoz: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Mundipharma s.r.l.: Research Funding; Takeda: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Roche: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Millennium/Takeda: Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Cephalon/Teva: Research Funding. Friedberg:Acerta Pharma - A member of the AstraZeneca Group, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals.: Other; Bayer: Consultancy; Kite Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding; Portola Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Roche: Other: Travel expenses; Seattle Genetics: Research Funding; Astellas: Consultancy. Hutchings:Genmab: Research Funding; Janssen: Research Funding; Roche: Consultancy; Genmab: Consultancy; Takeda: Consultancy; Roche: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding; Daiichi: Research Funding; Sankyo: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Sanofi: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Roche: Honoraria; Genmab: Honoraria; Takeda: Honoraria. Johnson:MorphoSys: Honoraria; Kymera: Honoraria; Kite Pharma: Honoraria; Incyte: Honoraria; Celgene: Honoraria; Epizyme: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Honoraria; Takeda: Honoraria; Oncimmune: Consultancy; Boehringer Ingelheim: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy; Oncimmune: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy; Genmab: Honoraria; Bristol-Myers: Honoraria; Epizyme: Consultancy, Research Funding. Radford:Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; ADCT: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; Seattle Genetics: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; GlaxoSmithKline: Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Other: Spouse; AstraZeneca: Current equity holder in publicly-traded company, Other: Spouse; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau. Zinzani:MSD: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Incyte: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Sanofi: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; EUSA Pharma: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Takeda: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; AbbVie: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Sandoz: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Immune Design: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Eusapharma: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Verastem: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Kyowa Kirin: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; TG Therapeutics, Inc.: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Kirin Kyowa: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Servier: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Janssen-Cilag: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Celltrion: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; ADC Therapeutics: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Portola: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Celgene: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Immune Design: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Merck: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau. Cerhan:NanoString: Research Funding; BMS/Celgene: Research Funding. Evens:Abbvie: Consultancy, Honoraria; Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; MorphoSys: Consultancy, Honoraria; Research To Practice: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria; Epizyme: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Merck: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Consultancy, Honoraria; Mylteni: Consultancy, Honoraria.