brentuximab vedotin

The Efficacy of Brentuximab Vedotin in Relapsed/Refractory Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Quality of Life: Results of a Multi-Center Observational Prospective Study in the Context of Real Clinical Practice

AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA , ,

TI Ionova1,2, AA Amdiev3, MI Andrievskikh4, EA Baryakh5, EV Vasilev6, MV Volkov7, EM Volodicheva8, VV Ivanov9, OV Kaverina10, KD Kaplanov11, TYu Klitochenko12, VI Kurakin13, DG Lazareva10, OG Larionova7, KV Lepik14, IB Lysenko15, VYa Melnichenko16, RI Minullina17, OV Mironov18, EN Misyurina5, NB Mikhailova14, NE Mochkin16, TP Nikitina1,2, TS Petrova17, NM Porfireva1, OA Rukavitsyn19, AA Samoilova16, RN Safin17, PI Simashova19, EG Smirnova16, NA Trenina13, NV Fadeeva4, GN Khusainova17, VL Chang18, TV Shelekhova20, DG Sherstnev20

1 Multinational Center for Quality of Life Research, 1 Artilleriiskaya str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 191014

2 NI Pirogov Clinic for High Medical Technology, Saint Petersburg State University, 154 Fontanki emb., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 198103

3 VM Efetov Crimea Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary, 49A Bespalova str., Simferopol, Russian Federation, 295007

4 Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Center for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, 42 Blyukhera str., Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, 454087

5 Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 52, 5 Marshala Katukova str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 123181

6 Krasnoyarsk Krai Clinical Hospital, 3A Partizana Zheleznyaka str., Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation, 660022

7 Primorsky Krai Oncology Dispensary, 59 Russkaya str., Vladivistok, Russian Federation, 690105

8 Tula Regional Clinical Hospital, 1A bld. 1 Yablochkova str., Tula, Russian Federation, 300053

9 VA Almazov National Medical Research Center, 2 Akkuratova str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197341

10 Altai Krai Oncology Dispensary, 110 Zmeinogorskii passage, Barnaul, Russian Federation, 656045

11 SP Botkin Municipal Clinical Hospital, 5 2-i Botkinskii pr-d, Moscow, Russian Federation, 125284

12 Volgograd Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary, 78 Zemlyachki str., Volgograd, Russian Federation, 400138

13 Clinical Oncology Dispensary, 9 bld. 1 Zavertyaeva str., Omsk, Russian Federation, 644013

14 RM Gorbacheva Scientific Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation; IP Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, 6/8 L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022

15 National Medical Cancer Research Center, 63 bld. 8 14th line str., Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation, 344037

16 NI Pirogov Russian National Medical Center of Surgery, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203

17 Tatarstan Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary, 29 bld. A Sibirskii passage, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420029

18 Tambov Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary, 29B Moskovskaya str., Tambov, Russian Federation, 392000

19 NN Burdenko Central Military Clinical Hospital, 3 Gospital’naya sq., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105229

20 VI Razumovskii Saratov State Medical University, 6/9 53rd Strelkovoi Divizii str., Saratov, Russian Federation, 410028

For correspondence: Tatyana Pavlovna Nikitina, MD, PhD, 1 Artilleriiskaya str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 191014; e-mail: qolife@mail.ru

For citation: Ionova TI, Amdiev AA, Andrievskikh MI, et al. The Efficacy of Brentuximab Vedotin in Relapsed/Refractory Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Quality of Life: Results of a Multi-Center Observational Prospective Study in the Context of Real Clinical Practice. Clinical oncohematology. 2022;15(1):42–53. (In Russ).

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2022-15-1-42-53

ABSTRACT

Aim. To study the quality of life and symptoms, to assess the clinical effect and treatment safety in relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma (r/r cHL) patients treated with brentuximab vedotin (BV) as ≥ 3rd-line therapy in the context of real clinical practice.

Materials & Methods. The study enrolled 62 r/r cHL patients after the second- and subsequent-line chemotherapies, who are either ineligible for autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) at the time of their enrollment into the study or after the failure of high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with auto-HSCT. The median age was 31 years; 46.8 % of patients were women. The patients received BV 1.8 mg/kg intravenously every 3 weeks. Clinical parameters, quality of life, and symptoms were assessed prior to BV therapy and in 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 months after therapy onset. The RAND SF-36 form was used to assess the quality of life, and the ESAS-R tool was applied to report on symptoms.

Results. Objective response was observed in 68.3 % of patients, 40 % out of them showed complete response. The median progression-free survival was 10.6 months (95% confidence interval 7.4–12.9 months). Safety profile corresponded to the published data. Adverse events of grade 3/4 were identified in 1.6 % of patients. In the period of 15 months after therapy onset, quality of life improvement or stabilization was reported based on all the scales of RAND SF-36 (GEE, p < 0.001), and symptom abatement was proved based on ESAS-R total score (GEE, p < 0.001).

Conclusion. In the context of real clinical practice, BV appeared to be effective in r/r cHL patients either after the second- or subsequent-line chemotherapies or after the failure of HDCT with auto-HSCT. The study demonstrated that BV was well tolerated by the patients. BV therapy contributes to the improvement of r/r cHL patients’ quality of life. Positive changes in quality of life and symptoms on BV therapy testify to its patient-assessed efficacy.

Keywords: classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma, relapsed/refractory form, brentuximab vedotin, quality of life, real clinical practice.

Received: June 29, 2021

Accepted: November 19, 2021

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Long-Term Outcomes of Nivolumab Therapy in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Classic Hodgkin’s Lymphoma after High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Real Clinical Practice

AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA , ,

KV Lepik1, NP Volkov1, NB Mikhailova1, EV Kondakova1, LA Tsvetkova1, YuR Zalyalov1, EE Lepik1, LV Fedorova1, AV Beinarovich1, MV Demchenkova2, OG Smykova1, PV Kotselyabina1, IS Moiseev1, VV Baikov1, BV Afanasyev1

1 RM Gorbacheva Scientific Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation; IP Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, 6/8 L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022

2 Regional Oncologic Dispensary, 32 Frunze str., Irkutsk, Russian Federation, 664035

For correspondence: Kirill Viktorovich Lepik, MD, PhD, 6/8 L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022; е-mail: lepikkv@gmail.com

For citation: Lepik KV, Volkov NP, Mikhailova NB, et al. Long-Term Outcomes of Nivolumab Therapy in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Classic Hodgkin’s Lymphoma after High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Real Clinical Practice. Clinical oncohematology. 2020;13(3):280–8 (In Russ).

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2020-13-3-280-288

ABSTRACT

Aim. To assess prognostic factors and to analyze the outcomes of nivolumab therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory classic Hodgkin’s lymphoma (cHL) after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT).

Materials & Methods. The retrospective analysis included 42 patients treated with nivolumab 3 mg/kg after auto-HSCT in the period from 2016 to 2020. The response to nivolumab therapy was assessed every three months by whole-body PET/CT based on LYRIC criteria. Toxicity profile was assessed by establishing adverse events (AE) based on NCI CTCAE 4.03 criteria.

Results. The study included 42 patients with relapsed/refractory cHL: 21 (50 %) men and 21 (50 %) women. The median age was 32.5 years (range 22–43 years). At diagnosis the following cHL stages were identified: stage II in 14 pts (33.3 %), stage III in 12 pts (28.6 %), and stage IV in 16 pts (38.1 %). Primary chemoresistance after the first-line therapy was observed in 26 pts (61.9 %) and early relapse in 4 pts (9.52 %). The median follow-up was 38 months, 3-year overall survival was 97 % (95% confidence interval, 95% CI, 83.2–99.6 %), 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 34.8 % (95% CI 20.3–49.9 %; median 12.9 months). Objective response was reported in 69 % of patients, complete response (CR) in 33.3 %, partial response in 35.7 %, stable disease in 7.1 %, indeterminate response in 14.3 %, and progression in 9.5 % of patients. The analysis of factors affecting PFS revealed significant differences in patients who reached CR after 6 nivolumab cycles: 3-year PFS 56.2 % (95% CI 24.4–79.1 %) vs. 25.2 % (95% CI 10.46–43.1 %) in patients who did not reach CR (p = 0.054). If extranodal lesions were identified at nivolumab therapy onset, PFS was 29 % (95% CI 7.8–37.5 %) vs. 68 % (95% CI 35.9–86.8 %) in their absence (p = 0.0079). The overall rate of AEs on nivolumab therapy was 92.9 %, severe AEs of grade 3–4 were observed in 19.1 % of patients.

Conclusion. Nivolumab shows high efficacy in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory cHL after the failure of auto-HSCT and considerably improves prognosis compared with historical control. The efficacy of nivolumab is independent of brentuximab vedotin use and duration of prior therapy. Throughout the follow-up period the toxicity level of nivolumab was acceptable and controlled. Clinical factors that affect prognosis for patients on immunotherapy were identified.

Keywords: Hodgkin’s lymphoma, nivolumab, brentuximab vedotin, auto-HSCT, immunotherapy.

Received: March 24, 2020

Accepted: June 15, 2020

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The Use of Brentuximab Vedotin in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the Kransnodar Region

NOVEL DRUGS , , ,

OD Serdyuk, DA Yaskul’skii

Clinical Oncology Dispensary No. 1 of the Krasnodar region, 146 Dimitrova str., Krasnodar, Russian Federation, 350040

For correspondence: Ol’ga Dmitrievna Serdyuk, 146 Dimitrova str., Krasnodar, Russian Federation, 350040; Tel.: +7(918)441-08-33; e-mail: 7-18@mail.ru

For citation: Serdyuk OD, Yaskul’skii DA. The Use of Brentuximab Vedotin in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the Kransnodar Region. Clinical oncohematology. 2018;11(1):50-3.

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2018-11-1-50-53

ABSTRACT

The treatment of relapsed/refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) remains to be a challenging issue. The morbidity of HL is reported to increase in the Krasnodar region. While considerable progress in the treatment of HL has been achieved, the relapse rate still remains high. The standard second-line treatment allows for the disease control in only half of cases of relapsed HL. Until recently, however, relapses after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (autoHSCT) could be treated only by polychemotherapy aimed at slowing the tumor growth. The use of anti-CD30 conjugated monoclonal antibodies and cytotoxic agent was shown to control the relapsed disease after high dose chemotherapy followed by autoHSCT. The present study provides pharmacological characteristics of brentuximab vedotin, its antineoplastic mechanism as well as the author’s own clinical experience in the management of a female patient with HL after autoHSCT.

Keywords: Hodgkin’s lymphoma, brentuximab vedotin, targeted therapy, relapse.

Received: November 25, 2017

Accepted: January 8, 2018

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  8. Younes A, Gopal AK, Smith SE, et al. Results of a pivotal phase II study of brentuximab vedotin for patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2012;30(18):2183–9. doi: 10.1200/jco.2011.38.0410.
  9. Gopal AK, Chen R, Smith SE, et al. Durable remissions in a pivotal phase 2 study of brentuximab vedotin in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 2015;125(8):1236–43. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-08-595801.

Brentuximab Vedotin: New Possibilities for Treatment of Relapses and Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphomas

LYMPHOID TUMORS , , ,

EA Demina

NN Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, 24 Kashirskoye sh., Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478

For correspondence: Elena Andreevna Demina, DSci, Professor, 24 Kashirskoye sh., Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478; Tel: +7 (499)324-90-89; e-mail: drdemina@yandex.ru

For citation: Demina EA. Brentuximab Vedotin: New Possibilities for Treatment of Relapses and Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphomas. Clinical oncohematology. 2016;9(4):398–405 (In Russ).

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2016-9-4-398-405

ABSTRACT

The concept of total curability of Hodgkin’s lymphoma was introduced as early as in 1970s. However, 10–30 % of patients develop relapses; in addition, resistant tumors cannot be excluded. A high-dose chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a modern treatment standard for relapses and refractory Hodgkin’s lymphomas. However, long-term remissions are achieved only in a half of these patients. The toxicity of effective first-line treatment regimens and insufficient effectiveness of regimens prescribed for relapses and refractory disease are the reason for further search of new therapeutic options for this malignant tumor. Invention of an immunoconjugate, brentuximab vedotin, became one of the new steps in the treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphomas. This review presents data on the pharmacological properties of the drug, the mechanism of the anti-tumor effect, as well as results of large international, randomized clinical trials.

Keywords: brentuximab vedotin, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, relapse, treatment.

Received: June 14, 2016

Accepted: June 17, 2016

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  1. De Vita VT. The consequences of the chemotherapy of Hodgkin’s disease: the 10th David A. Karnofsky memorial lecture. Cancer. 1981;47(1):1–13. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810101)47:1<1::AID-CNCR2820470102>3.0.co;2-2.
  2. Engert A, Younes A, eds. Hematologic malignancies: Hodgkin lymphoma. 2nd edition. A Comprehensive Update on Diagnostics and Clinics. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer; 2015. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-12505-3.
  3. Horning S, Fanale M, deVos S, et al. Defining a population of Hodgkin lymphoma patients for novel therapeutics: An international effort. Ann Oncol. 2008;19(Suppl 4): Abstract 118.
  4. Falini B, Pileri S, Pizzolo G, et al. CD30 (Ki-1) molecule: A new cytokine receptor of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily as a tool for diagnosis and immunotherapy. Blood. 1995;85(1):1–14.
  5. Matsumoto K, Terakawa M, Miura K, et al. Extremely rapid and intense induction of apoptosis in human eosinophils by anti-CD30 antibody treatment in vitro. J Immunol. 2004;172(4):2186–93. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.4.2186.
  6. Ansell SM, Horwitz SM, Engert A, et al. Phase I/II study of an anti-CD30 monoclonal antibody (MDX-060) in Hodgkin’s lymphoma and anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2007;25(19):2764–9. doi: 10.1200/jco.2006.07.8972.
  7. Forero-Torres A, Leonard JP, Younes A, et al. A Phase II study of SGN-30 (anti-CD30 mAb) in Hodgkin lymphoma or systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2009;146(2):171–9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2009.07740.x.
  8. Dosio F, Brusa P and Cattel L Immunotoxins and Anticancer Drug Conjugate Assemblies: The Role of the Linkage between Components. 2011;3(12):848–83. doi: 10.3390/toxins3070848.
  9. Francisco JA, Cerveny CG, Meyer DL, et al. cAC10-vcMMAE, an anti-CD30–monomethyl auristatin E conjugate with potent and selective antitumor activity. 2003;102(4):1458–65. doi: 10.1182/blood-2003-01-0039.
  10. Sutherland MSK, Sanderson RJ, Gordon KA, et al. Lysosomal Trafficking and Cysteine Protease Metabolism Confer Target-specific Cytotoxicity by Peptide-linked Anti-CD30-Auristatin Conjugates. J Biol Chem. 2006;281(15):10540–7. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M510026200.
  11. Katz J, Janik JA, Yones A. Brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35). Clin Cancer Res. 2011;17(20):6428–36. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-0488.
  12. Chen R, Gopal AK, Smith SE, et al. Five-year survival data demonstrating durable responses from a pivotal phase 2 study of brentuximab vedotin in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 2015;126(Suppl 23): Abstract 2736. doi: 10.1182/blood-2016-02-699850.
  13. Gardai SJ, Epp A, Law C-L. Brentuximab vedotin-mediated immunogenic cell death. Cancer Res. 2015;75(15): Abstract 2469. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2015-2469.
  14. Oflazoglu E, Stone IJ, Gordon KA. Macrophages contribute to the antitumor activity of the anti-CD30 antibody SGN-30. Blood. 2007;110(13):4370–2. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-06-097014.
  15. Fu L, Xinqun Z, Kim E, et al. Relationship between in vivo antitumor activity of ADC and payload release in preclinical models. Cancer Res. 2014;74(19): Abstract 3694. doi: 10.1158/1538-am2014-3694.
  16. Kim YH, Tavallaee M, Sundram U, et al. Phase II Investigator-Initiated Study of Brentuximab Vedotin in Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome With Variable CD30 Expression Level: A Multi-Institution Collaborative Project. J Clin Oncol. 2015;33(32):3750–8. doi: 10.1200/jco.2014.60.3969.
  17. Younes A, Gopal AK, Smith SE, et al. Results of a pivotal phase II study of brentuximab vedotin for patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2012;30(18):2183–9. doi: 10.1200/jco.2011.38.0410.
  18. Arai S, Fanale M, DeVos S, et al. Defining a Hodgkin lymphoma population for novel therapeutics after relapse from autologous hematopoietic cell Leuk Lymphoma. 2013;54(11):2531–3. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2013.798868.
  19. Gopal AK, Chen R, Smith SE, et al. Durable remissions in a pivotal phase 2 study of brentuximab vedotin in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 2015;125(8):1236–43. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-08-595801.
  20. Lee JJ, Swain SM. Peripheral neuropathy induced by microtubule-stabilizing agents. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24(10):1633–42. doi: 10.1200/jco.2005.04.0543.
  21. Swain SM, Arezzo JC. Neuropathy associated with microtubule inhibitors: Diagnosis, incidence, and management. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2008;6(6):455–67.
  22. Zinzani PL, Corradini P, Gianni AM, et al. Brentuximab Vedotin in CD30-Positive Lymphomas: A SIE, SIES, and GITMO Position Paper. Clin Lymph Myel Leuk. 2015;15(9):507–13. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2015.06.008.
  23. Rothe A, Sasse S, Goergen H, et al. Brentuximab vedotin for relapsed or refractory CD30 hematologic malignancies: the German Hodgkin Study Group experience. Blood. 2012;120(7):1470–2. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-05-430918.
  24. Gibb A, Jones C, Bloor A, et al. Brentuximab vedotin in refractory CD30 lymphomas: a bridge to allogeneic transplantation in approximately one quarter of patients treated on a Named Patient Programme at a single UK center. Haematologica. 2013;98(4):611–4. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.069393.
  25. Zinzani PL, Viviani S, Anastasia A, et al. Brentuximab vedotin in relapsed/refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma: the Italian experience and results of its use in daily clinical practice outside clinical trials. Haematologica. 2013;98(8):1232–6. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.083048.
  26. Perrot A, Monjanel H, Bouabdallah R, et al. Brentuximab vedotin as single agent in refractory or relapsed CD30-positive Hodgkin lymphoma: the French name patient program experience in 241 patients. Haematologica. 2014;99(s1):498, abstr. S1293.
  27. Perrot A, Monjanel H, Bouabdallah R, et al. Lymphoma Study Association (LYSA). Impact of post-brentuximab vedotin consolidation on relapsed/refractory CD30+ Hodgkin lymphomas: a large retrospective study on 240 patients enrolled in the French Named-Patient Program. 2016;101(4):466–73. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2015.134213. Epub 2016 Jan 14.
  28. Moskowitz CH, Yahalom J, Zelenetz AD, et al. High-Dose Chemo-Radiotherapy for Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma and the Significance of Pre-transplant Functional Imaging. Br J Haematol. 2010;148(6):890–7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08037.x.
  29. Moskowitz AJ, Schoder H, Gerecitano JF. FDG-PET Adapted Sequential Therapy with Brentuximab Vedotin and Augmented ICE Followed By Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts). 2013;122(21): Abstract 2099.
  30. Moskowitz AJ, Hamlin PA Jr, Perales M-A, et al. Phase II Study of Bendamustine in Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2013;31(4):456–60. doi: 10.1200/jco.2012.45.3308.
  31. LaCasce A, Sawas A, Bociek RG, et al. A phase 1/2 single-arm, open-label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of brentuximab vedotin in combination with bendamustine for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma in the first salvage setting: interim results. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2014;20(2):S161. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2013.12.257.
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  33. Garcia-Sanz R, Sureda A, Alonso-Alvarez S, et al. Evaluation of the Regimen Brentuximab Vedotin Plus ESHAP (BRESHAP) in Refractory or Relapsed Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients: Preliminary Results of a Phase I-II Trial from the Spanish Group of Lymphoma and Bone Marrow Transplantation (GELTAMO). Blood. 2015: Abstract 582.
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Brentuximab Vedotin: New Possibilities for Treatment of Relapses and Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphomas

LYMPHOID TUMORS , , ,

EA Demina

NN Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, 24 Kashirskoye sh., Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478

For correspondence: Elena Andreevna Demina, DSci, Professor, 24 Kashirskoye sh., Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478; Tel: +7 (499)324-90-89; e-mail: drdemina@yandex.ru

For citation: Demina EA. Brentuximab Vedotin: New Possibilities for Treatment of Relapses and Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphomas. Clinical oncohematology. 2016;9(4):398–405 (In Russ).

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21320/2500-2139-2016-9-4-398-405

ABSTRACT

The concept of total curability of Hodgkin’s lymphoma was introduced as early as in 1970s. However, 10–30 % of patients develop relapses; in addition, resistant tumors cannot be excluded. A high-dose chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a modern treatment standard for relapses and refractory Hodgkin’s lymphomas. However, long-term remissions are achieved only in a half of these patients. The toxicity of effective first-line treatment regimens and insufficient effectiveness of regimens prescribed for relapses and refractory disease are the reason for further search of new therapeutic options for this malignant tumor. Invention of an immunoconjugate, brentuximab vedotin, became one of the new steps in the treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphomas. This review presents data on the pharmacological properties of the drug, the mechanism of the anti-tumor effect, as well as results of large international, randomized clinical trials.

Keywords: brentuximab vedotin, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, relapse, treatment.

Received: June 14, 2016

Accepted: June 17, 2016

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REFERENCES

  1. De Vita VT. The consequences of the chemotherapy of Hodgkin’s disease: the 10th David A. Karnofsky memorial lecture. Cancer. 1981;47(1):1–13. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810101)47:1<1::AID-CNCR2820470102>3.0.co;2-2.
  2. Engert A, Younes A, eds. Hematologic malignancies: Hodgkin lymphoma. 2nd edition. A Comprehensive Update on Diagnostics and Clinics. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer; 2015. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-12505-3.
  3. Horning S, Fanale M, deVos S, et al. Defining a population of Hodgkin lymphoma patients for novel therapeutics: An international effort. Ann Oncol. 2008;19(Suppl 4): Abstract 118.
  4. Falini B, Pileri S, Pizzolo G, et al. CD30 (Ki-1) molecule: A new cytokine receptor of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily as a tool for diagnosis and immunotherapy. Blood. 1995;85(1):1–14.
  5. Matsumoto K, Terakawa M, Miura K, et al. Extremely rapid and intense induction of apoptosis in human eosinophils by anti-CD30 antibody treatment in vitro. J Immunol. 2004;172(4):2186–93. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.4.2186.
  6. Ansell SM, Horwitz SM, Engert A, et al. Phase I/II study of an anti-CD30 monoclonal antibody (MDX-060) in Hodgkin’s lymphoma and anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2007;25(19):2764–9. doi: 10.1200/jco.2006.07.8972.
  7. Forero-Torres A, Leonard JP, Younes A, et al. A Phase II study of SGN-30 (anti-CD30 mAb) in Hodgkin lymphoma or systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Br J Haematol. 2009;146(2):171–9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2009.07740.x.
  8. Dosio F, Brusa P and Cattel L Immunotoxins and Anticancer Drug Conjugate Assemblies: The Role of the Linkage between Components. 2011;3(12):848–83. doi: 10.3390/toxins3070848.
  9. Francisco JA, Cerveny CG, Meyer DL, et al. cAC10-vcMMAE, an anti-CD30–monomethyl auristatin E conjugate with potent and selective antitumor activity. 2003;102(4):1458–65. doi: 10.1182/blood-2003-01-0039.
  10. Sutherland MSK, Sanderson RJ, Gordon KA, et al. Lysosomal Trafficking and Cysteine Protease Metabolism Confer Target-specific Cytotoxicity by Peptide-linked Anti-CD30-Auristatin Conjugates. J Biol Chem. 2006;281(15):10540–7. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M510026200.
  11. Katz J, Janik JA, Yones A. Brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35). Clin Cancer Res. 2011;17(20):6428–36. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-0488.
  12. Chen R, Gopal AK, Smith SE, et al. Five-year survival data demonstrating durable responses from a pivotal phase 2 study of brentuximab vedotin in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 2015;126(Suppl 23): Abstract 2736. doi: 10.1182/blood-2016-02-699850.
  13. Gardai SJ, Epp A, Law C-L. Brentuximab vedotin-mediated immunogenic cell death. Cancer Res. 2015;75(15): Abstract 2469. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2015-2469.
  14. Oflazoglu E, Stone IJ, Gordon KA. Macrophages contribute to the antitumor activity of the anti-CD30 antibody SGN-30. Blood. 2007;110(13):4370–2. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-06-097014.
  15. Fu L, Xinqun Z, Kim E, et al. Relationship between in vivo antitumor activity of ADC and payload release in preclinical models. Cancer Res. 2014;74(19): Abstract 3694. doi: 10.1158/1538-am2014-3694.
  16. Kim YH, Tavallaee M, Sundram U, et al. Phase II Investigator-Initiated Study of Brentuximab Vedotin in Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome With Variable CD30 Expression Level: A Multi-Institution Collaborative Project. J Clin Oncol. 2015;33(32):3750–8. doi: 10.1200/jco.2014.60.3969.
  17. Younes A, Gopal AK, Smith SE, et al. Results of a pivotal phase II study of brentuximab vedotin for patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2012;30(18):2183–9. doi: 10.1200/jco.2011.38.0410.
  18. Arai S, Fanale M, DeVos S, et al. Defining a Hodgkin lymphoma population for novel therapeutics after relapse from autologous hematopoietic cell Leuk Lymphoma. 2013;54(11):2531–3. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2013.798868.
  19. Gopal AK, Chen R, Smith SE, et al. Durable remissions in a pivotal phase 2 study of brentuximab vedotin in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 2015;125(8):1236–43. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-08-595801.
  20. Lee JJ, Swain SM. Peripheral neuropathy induced by microtubule-stabilizing agents. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24(10):1633–42. doi: 10.1200/jco.2005.04.0543.
  21. Swain SM, Arezzo JC. Neuropathy associated with microtubule inhibitors: Diagnosis, incidence, and management. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2008;6(6):455–67.
  22. Zinzani PL, Corradini P, Gianni AM, et al. Brentuximab Vedotin in CD30-Positive Lymphomas: A SIE, SIES, and GITMO Position Paper. Clin Lymph Myel Leuk. 2015;15(9):507–13. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2015.06.008.
  23. Rothe A, Sasse S, Goergen H, et al. Brentuximab vedotin for relapsed or refractory CD30 hematologic malignancies: the German Hodgkin Study Group experience. Blood. 2012;120(7):1470–2. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-05-430918.
  24. Gibb A, Jones C, Bloor A, et al. Brentuximab vedotin in refractory CD30 lymphomas: a bridge to allogeneic transplantation in approximately one quarter of patients treated on a Named Patient Programme at a single UK center. Haematologica. 2013;98(4):611–4. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.069393.
  25. Zinzani PL, Viviani S, Anastasia A, et al. Brentuximab vedotin in relapsed/refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma: the Italian experience and results of its use in daily clinical practice outside clinical trials. Haematologica. 2013;98(8):1232–6. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.083048.
  26. Perrot A, Monjanel H, Bouabdallah R, et al. Brentuximab vedotin as single agent in refractory or relapsed CD30-positive Hodgkin lymphoma: the French name patient program experience in 241 patients. Haematologica. 2014;99(s1):498, abstr. S1293.
  27. Perrot A, Monjanel H, Bouabdallah R, et al. Lymphoma Study Association (LYSA). Impact of post-brentuximab vedotin consolidation on relapsed/refractory CD30+ Hodgkin lymphomas: a large retrospective study on 240 patients enrolled in the French Named-Patient Program. 2016;101(4):466–73. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2015.134213. Epub 2016 Jan 14.
  28. Moskowitz CH, Yahalom J, Zelenetz AD, et al. High-Dose Chemo-Radiotherapy for Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma and the Significance of Pre-transplant Functional Imaging. Br J Haematol. 2010;148(6):890–7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08037.x.
  29. Moskowitz AJ, Schoder H, Gerecitano JF. FDG-PET Adapted Sequential Therapy with Brentuximab Vedotin and Augmented ICE Followed By Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma. Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts). 2013;122(21): Abstract 2099.
  30. Moskowitz AJ, Hamlin PA Jr, Perales M-A, et al. Phase II Study of Bendamustine in Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2013;31(4):456–60. doi: 10.1200/jco.2012.45.3308.
  31. LaCasce A, Sawas A, Bociek RG, et al. A phase 1/2 single-arm, open-label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of brentuximab vedotin in combination with bendamustine for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma in the first salvage setting: interim results. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2014;20(2):S161. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2013.12.257.
  32. Aparicio J, Segura A. Garcera S, et al. ESHAP is an Active Regimen for Relapsing Hodgkin’s Disease. Ann Oncol. 1999;10(5):593–5. doi: 10.1023/A:1026454831340.
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