A real-world experience of combined treatment with romidepsin and azacitidine in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Authors

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Matko Kalac

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Matko Kalac , Constantine Si Lun Tam , Mendel Goldfinger , Zhengrui Xiao , Sridevi Rajeeve , Francesca Montanari , Jennifer Ann Kanakry , Owen O'Connor , Enrica Marchi

Organizations

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Department of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Mount Sinai St Luke's and West Hospital, New York, NY, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, TG Therapeutics, Inc., New York, NY, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, VA

Research Funding

No funding received

Background: Patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) lack good treatment options, particularly in the relapsed and refractory setting. Our work suggested that epigenetic therapies can be safe and effective for patients with PTCL, particularly those with T-cell lymphomas with a follicular helper (TFH) phenotype. It is thought that recurrent mutations in epigenetic factors, including Ten-Eleven Translocation-2 (TET2), DNA methyl transferase-3A (DNMT3A) and isocitrate dehydrogenase-2 (IDH2) may contribute to PTLC vulnerability to epigenetic drugs. Methods: Objective of this study was to evaluate the merits of romidepsin plus subcutaneous azacitidine in patients with PTCL when administered in a ‘real-world’ scenario. We retrospectively identified 17 PTCL patients world-wide that were treated with azacitidine and romidepsin outside of a clinical trial based upon queries regarding off study use. The study was reviewed and approved by each Medical Center Institutional Review Board. Their pretreatment characteristics are shown in Table. Results: Eleven patients had angioimmunoblastic lymphoma (AITL), 2 had adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), 2 had TFH PTCL, 1 had PTCL-NOS and 1 had composite lymphoma (TFH PTCL with diffuse large B cell lymphoma). Ten patients had next generation sequencing performed. Most common mutations found were those of TET2 (7 pts), RHOA (4pts), IDH2 (3pts) and DNMT3A (1 pt). One ATLL patient had mutations in TRAF3, FAT1 and MED12. Among these 17 patients, overall response rate (ORR) was 76% and the complete response rate (CR) was 52%. Median number of cycles was 4 (range 1-12). Treatment was well tolerated but notable adverse effects included nausea, fatigue, rash, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia. One patient experienced febrile neutropenia while another had pulmonary infiltrates (differential diagnosis included drug toxicity versus infection). In 4 patients, azacitidine and romidepsin were used to achieve remission prior to allogeneic transplant (range of cycles 1-3), with all 4 patients were in CR at their last disease assessment. Conclusions: Subcutaneous azacitidine and romidepsin administered in a ‘real-world’ situation is highly effective in patients with relapsed PTCL with tolerable toxicity, and can be used to successfully bridge patients to stem cell transplant.

Patient pretreatment characteristics.

Median age, y (range)
63, (35-78)
Sex
Female
6
Male
11
Race
White
12
Black
4
South Asian
1
ethnicity
Hispanic
7
Non-Hispanic
10
ECOG PS
0
4
1
9
2
3

3
1
PTCL subtype
AITL
11
ATLL
2

TFH-PTCL
2

PTCL-NOS
1

Composite (TFH-PTCL+DLBCLº)
1
Stage at romidepsin azacitidine start
I-II
4
III-IV
13
Median number of previous therapies (range)
1 (0-4)
Previous therapies
Anthracycline-based*
10
Platinum-based†
5
Pralatrexate
2
Rituximab
3
Brentuximab vedotin-based‡
6
Other therapy/experimental§
5
ASCT
6

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Hematologic Malignancies—Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Track

Hematologic Malignancies

Sub Track

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 16; abstr e19550)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.e19550

Abstract #

e19550

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