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ASH 2018 | Eight-year follow up of GALGB 50403 (Alliance) phase II trial: Post-transplant bortezomib in MCL

By Sylvia Agathou

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Jan 7, 2019


On Saturday 1 December 2018, Oral Session 623 took place at the 60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. During that session, Abstract #146 with the results from the 8-year follow-up of the GALGB 50403 (Alliance) trial were presented by Lawrence Kaplan from the Helen Diller Family  Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.

GALGB 50403 (Alliance) was a phase II trial that investigated the efficacy and safety of adding post-transplant bortezomib consolidation (BC) or bortezomib maintenance (BM) in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients. The primary analysis of the trial has previously reported a five-year progression-free survival (PFS) of 70% and 69% for BM and BC, respectively. Here the results from the 8-year follow-up of this trial were presented.

Study design & baseline characteristics

  • N = 147 histologically-confirmed MCL patients with CD20+, CD5+, CD23-, aged < 70, with evidence of cyclin D1 or bcl-1, t(11;14) were included in this analysis
  • Median patient age (range): 59 (29−69) years
  • Disease stage prior randomization:
    • Stage II/III: 14%
    • Stage IV: 86%
  • Mantle Cell Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (MIPI):
    • Low: 52%
    • Intermediate: 31%
    • High: 17%
  • Dosing:
    • Induction therapy: augmented R-CHOP for 2 or 3 cycles with 2000 mg/m2 cyclophosphamide and methotrexate 300 mg/m2 followed by high-dose cytarabine, etoposide, rituximab, filgrastim (EAR) stem cell mobilization and cyclophosphamide, carmustine, etoposide (CBV) autograft
    • After two doses of post-transplant rituximab (375 mg/m2), patients were randomized ~Day 90 to either:
      • BC:3 mg/m2 intravenously (IV) on Day 1, 4, 8, and 11 of a three-week cycle, for four cycles in total
      • BM:6 mg/m2 IV four times weekly every eight weeks for 18 months
    • Follow-up CT scans were performed every six months for two years from randomization
    • Minimal residual disease (MRD) was assessed every four months during BM or BC until two years after enrollment
    • Patients that were randomized: n = 102 (68%) [BC, n = 50; BM, n = 52]
    • Patients completing randomization treatment:
      • BC: n = 33 patients (66%)
      • BM: n = 34 patients (65%)

Results

  • With a median follow-up of 7.8 years, median PFS was:
    • BC: 8.9 years (95% CI, 7.2−not reached)
    • BM: not reached (95% CI, not reached−not reached)
  • With a median follow-up of 7.8 years, median overall survival (OS) was:
    • BC: 8.2 years (95% CI, 6.6−not reached)
    • BM: not reached (95% CI, 8.5−not reached)
  • With a median follow-up of 7.8 years, MRD status (n = 42 evaluable samples):
    • MRD negative: n = 17
    • MRD positive: n = 25
  • Eight-year PFS estimates:
    • BC: 58% (95% CI, 44−76%)
    • BM: 77% (95% CI, 66−90%)
  • There were more withdrawals due to adverse events with BC than BM
  • Patients completing randomization treatment:
    • BC: n = 33 patients (66%)
    • BM: n = 34 patients (65%)
  • Patient withdrawal due to adverse events (AEs):
    • BC: 28% of patients
    • BM: 13% of patients
    • Comparison: P = 0.09
  • Most common Grade ≥ 2 AEs observed (BC versus BM):
    • Neutropenia: 68% versus 50%
    • Thrombocytopenia: 50% versus 35%
    • Sensory neuropathy: 48% versus 29%
    • Fatigue: 40% versus 25%

Conclusions

  • Post-transplant therapy with bortezomib is feasible but associated with significant toxicity
  • MRD-negative post-induction was associated with better PFS and OS
  • There was an apparent patient benefit after transplant, which should encourage the development and study of more active, less toxic agents
  • The role of ASCT in post-induction MRD-negative patients is under investigation in a randomized clinical trial (EA4151)

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