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
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.
Outcome (95% CI) | Treatment in the 2L+ setting | Treatment in the 3L+ setting | ||||
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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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