Real-world outcomes with novel therapies in R/R DLBCL.

Authors

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Jennifer Leigh Crombie

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Jennifer Leigh Crombie , Monika P. Jun , Tongsheng Wang , Alex Mutebi , Anthony Wang , Anindit Chibber , Rajesh Kamalakar , Jon Ukropec , Julie Blædel , Anupama Kalsekar

Organizations

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Genmab US, Inc., Plainsboro, NJ, AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
This study was funded by Genmab A/S and AbbVie

Background: Outcomes have historically been poor for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Despite an increase in approved R/R DLBCL treatment options, clinical outcomes of these therapies remain less certain. Novel treatments for R/R DLBCL patients include chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy, polatuzumab vedotin plus bendamustine and rituximab (pola-BR), tafasitamab plus lenalidomide (tafa-len), loncastuximab (lonca), and selinexor. The objective of this study was to examine real-world outcomes of these novel therapies. Methods: US patient data from the COTA electronic health records database (2010–2021) were used for this retrospective study. Patients had a diagnosis of DLBCL after 1/1/2010, with ≥1 prior line of systemic antineoplastic therapy (including an anti-CD20 antibody), and treatment with any of these novel therapies. Patients receiving variations of pola-BR or tafa-len regimens were included. Outcomes included overall response rate (ORR), complete response (CR) rate, median progression-free survival (mPFS), and median overall survival (mOS). Outcomes were also analyzed for those treated with any novel therapy following prior CAR T exposure. Results: A total of 175 R/R DLBCL patients were included (median age 63 y, 60.6% male, median of 2 prior therapies); 29.1% had an international prognostic index score ≥3, 61.7% had stage III/IV disease, and 65.7% had primary refractory disease. A total of 73, 69, and 27 patients were treated with CAR T, pola-BR, and tafa-len regimens, respectively. Only 6 patients were treated with lonca and no patients received selinexor. Among 169 patients treated in the 2L+ setting with tafa-len, pola-BR, and CAR T, the CR rate was 11.1%, 18.8%, and 52.1%, respectively (Table). A total of 112 patients were treated in the 3L+ setting with CR rate of 10.0%, 13.5%, and 41.8%, for tafa-len, pola-BR, and CAR T, respectively. Outcomes in the 18% of patients treated with any novel agent following CAR T exposure were ORR of 19.1%, CR of 4.8%, and mPFS and mOS of 1.4 mo and 2.3 mo, respectively. Conclusions: Outcomes of pola-BR and tafa-len regimens in the 2L+ and 3L+ R/R DLBCL setting remain suboptimal, with worse outcomes as patients advance through lines of therapy. Outcomes are particularly poor when these agents are used following CAR T therapy.

Clinical outcomes by line of therapy and treatment type.

Outcome (95% CI)Treatment in the 2L+ settingTreatment in the 3L+ setting
CAR T (n=73)Pola-BR (n=69)Tafa-len (n=27)CAR T (n=55)Pola-BR (n=37)Tafa-len (n=20)
ORR (%)76.7
(65.4, 85.8)
59.4
(46.9, 71.1)
40.7
(22.4, 61.2)
74.6
(61.0, 85.3)
62.2
(44.8, 77.5)
35.0
(15.4, 59.2)
CR (%)52.1
(40.0, 63.9)
18.8
(10.4, 30.1)
11.1
(2.4, 29.2)
41.8
(28.7, 55.9)
13.5
(4.5, 28.8)
10.0
(1.2, 31.7)
mPFS (mo)6.7
(4.0, 10.0)
3.1
(1.9, 3.8)
1.9
(0.8, 3.5)
5.6
(2.9, 7.4)
3.4
(2.1, 4.4)
1.7
(0.7, 4.4)
mOS (mo)26.5
(13.6, NE)
7.8
(5.6, 11.4)
6.3
(1.6, 16.2)
17.8
(9.6, NE)
7.4
(4.3, 10.9)
6.3
(1.6, 16.2)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Hematologic Malignancies—Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Track

Hematologic Malignancies

Sub Track

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 7552)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.7552

Abstract #

7552

Poster Bd #

103

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