Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Results from the phase 1/2 NP30179 trial led the European Commission to grant conditional marketing authorization to patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Epcoritamab is a treatment option for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that was approved by the FDA based on findings from the phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-1 trial.

The addition of pembrolizumab to tisagenlecleucel also appears to yield inconclusive efficacy signals and did not augment cellular expansion among patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a phase 1b study.

Patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma can now receive polatuzumab vedotin-piiq plus rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone following the FDA’s approval of the regimen.

Findings from the phase 3 TRANSFORM study support the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use’s recommendation to approve lisocabtagene maraleucel for large B-cell lymphoma.

Polatuzumab vedotin-piiq plus R-CHP was found to produce clinical efficacy in phase 3 POLARIX trial in patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leading to an 11-to-2 vote from the FDA’s Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee.

Bradford S. Hoppe, MD, MPH, and Omran Saifi, MD, offer a peer perspective on research by Gavin Jones, MD, and colleagues into radiation therapy in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Gavin Jones, MD, and colleagues explore the landscape of radiation therapy in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Referring responders with chemotherapy-sensitive relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who achieved a partial response or better to transplantation resulted in an improved overall survival vs those undergoing additional lines of therapy.

Rapcabtagene autoleucel, a novel CAR T-cell therapy, was promisingly effective and tolerable in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to findings from a phase 1 dose-escalation study.

Atezolizumab plus R-CHOP appeared to yield durable clinical benefit and a safety profile consistent with known toxicities in patients with previously untreated DLBCL, according to data from a phase 1b/2 trial.

Tafasitamab plus lenalidomide prolonged overall survival compared with systemic therapies in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to data from the retrospective RE-MIND2 study.

Circulating tumor DNA levels could be a potential prognostic tool for predicting outcomes in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

In patients with non-germinal center B cell–like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the combination of orelabrutinib plus R-CHOP revealed an overall response rate of 86.4%.

Patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma may benefit from treatment with polatuzumab vedotin-piiq plus rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone, for which a supplemental biologics license application was accepted by the FDA.

This review article written by Meghana Kesireddy, MBBS and Matthew A. Lunning, MD, reviews management and treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Subgroup analysis of the RE-MIND trial support use of tafasitamab plus lenalidomide to treat high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

High response rates were noted in a phase 1/2 trial of the bispecific antibody epcoritamab to treat first-line, high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

This review article discusses which frontline treatment are best for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

A bi-specific anti-CD19/CD20 CAR T-cell therapy, C-CAR039, received a regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation and fast track designation from the FDA for treating patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

In an interview with ONCOLOGY®, Keith Hecht, PharmD, offers a comprehensive review of real-world treatment considerations of loncastuximab tesirine as therapy for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma experienced promising responses after being treated with tafasitamab-cxix and lenalidomide plus rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristin, and prednisone.

YTB323 led to a promising safety profile and encouraging efficacy outcomes for adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

A 27% reduction in the risk of progression or death was noted when polatuzumab vedotin was added on R-CHP vs R-CHOP for patients with intermediate- or high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who received treatment in the first line.

Treatment with naratuximab emtansine and rituximab appeared to be well-tolerated with efficacious responses in a population of patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas who were ineligible for stem cell transplant or CAR-T cell therapy.

Data presented at 2021 ASH indicate that 2-year progression-free survival rates were improved when ibrutinib was added to rituximab plus mini-CHOP in an elderly cohort of patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Patients with autologous stem cell transplant–ineligible relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma appear to benefit from treatment with tafasitamab and lenalidomide.

Anti-tumor activity coupled with a manageable safety profile was noted with the combination of ibrutinib plus loncastuximab tesirine for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma at an interim analysis of the LOTIS-3 trial presented at 2021 ASH.

Polatuzumab vedotin in combination with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone helped patients to achieve a significantly improved progression-free survival over the standard of care for previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Real-world data regarding the use of tisagenlecleucel and axicabtagene ciloleucel CAR T-cell therapy are reported at 2021 EHA.