ASH 2022 | Feasibility of biomarker-driven strategy in high-risk LBCL: final results from Nordic Phase II study

Sirpa Leppa, MD, PhD, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, describes and outlines results from a Nordic Phase II trial which evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a biological risk-adapted treatment strategy in young patients with high-risk aggressive B-cell lymphoma (NCT032931730). Biological high-risk was defined as the presence of at least one of the following factors: C-MYC translocation, BCL2 translocation, 17p/TP53 deletion, co-expression of MYC and BCL2, P53+ and/or CD5+. Patients who did not have high-risk biological factors were treated with four courses of biweekly R-CHOP with etoposide (R-CHOEP), and patients with high-risk factors were treated with four courses of dose-adjusted etoposide, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, and rituximab (DA-EPOCH-R). Overall, the study found that DA-EPOCH-R did not provide a benefit when compared to R-CHOEP. This interview took place at the 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition congress in New Orleans, LA.

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