Leukemia & LymphomaPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2025.2508298
Andrei Bucaloiu, Pouya Jamshidi, Karan Dixit, Madina Sukhanova, Hamza Tariq
{"title":"Diagnostic utility of plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in primary large B-cell lymphoma of the central nervous system (PCNS-LBCL): A paradigm shift?","authors":"Andrei Bucaloiu, Pouya Jamshidi, Karan Dixit, Madina Sukhanova, Hamza Tariq","doi":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2508298","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2508298","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18047,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia & Lymphoma","volume":" ","pages":"1956-1959"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144128117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leukemia & LymphomaPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-07-09DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2025.2525983
Koji Izutsu, Daigo Akahane, Tomomi Toubai, Toko Saito, Yuko Mishima, Tomoaki Fujisaki, Momoko Nishikori, Takahiro Kumode, Youko Suehiro, Kenji Ishitsuka, Rebekah Conlon, Ami Takahashi, Barbara D'Angelo Månsson, Elena Favaro, Noriko Fukuhara
{"title":"Subcutaneous epcoritamab monotherapy in Japanese patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma: primary results of the EPCORE NHL-3 trial.","authors":"Koji Izutsu, Daigo Akahane, Tomomi Toubai, Toko Saito, Yuko Mishima, Tomoaki Fujisaki, Momoko Nishikori, Takahiro Kumode, Youko Suehiro, Kenji Ishitsuka, Rebekah Conlon, Ami Takahashi, Barbara D'Angelo Månsson, Elena Favaro, Noriko Fukuhara","doi":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2525983","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2525983","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An unmet need exists for patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL) whose disease remains incurable. Epcoritamab, a subcutaneous CD3xCD20 bispecific antibody, is approved for R/R FL and different types of R/R large B-cell lymphoma after ≥2 prior lines of therapy (pLOT) in the US, Europe, and Japan. Regional data are critical to contextualize global trial data. In the Japan-specific EPCORE NHL-3 trial (phase 1/2), 21 adults with R/R FL and ≥2 pLOT received subcutaneous epcoritamab (two step-up doses, then 48-mg full doses) until progression. Median follow-up was 21.2 months. Responses were frequent and deep (overall response rate, 95.2%; complete response rate, 76.2%), including in high-risk subgroups, as well as durable. Safety was manageable; cytokine release syndrome events had predictable timing and were mostly low grade, and no fatal treatment-emergent adverse events occurred. These results support epcoritamab as a new treatment option for Japanese patients with R/R FL.<b>Clinical trial registration numbers:</b> NCT04542824; JapicCTI-205408; jRCT2080225312.</p>","PeriodicalId":18047,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia & Lymphoma","volume":" ","pages":"1913-1921"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144600923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leukemia & LymphomaPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-06-11DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2025.2516257
Miao Zhong, Hailing Liu, Renfu Gui, Jing Zhang, Sanmei Wang, Yi Miao, Chongyang Ding, Lvwen Chen, Yuxiao Zhao, Xiran Wang, Xiaoyan Qu, Zhengxu Sun, Ran Li, Jianyong Li, Lei Cao, Lei Fan
{"title":"Progression of disease within 6 months: revised early disease progression threshold for ENKTL.","authors":"Miao Zhong, Hailing Liu, Renfu Gui, Jing Zhang, Sanmei Wang, Yi Miao, Chongyang Ding, Lvwen Chen, Yuxiao Zhao, Xiran Wang, Xiaoyan Qu, Zhengxu Sun, Ran Li, Jianyong Li, Lei Cao, Lei Fan","doi":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2516257","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2516257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The progression of disease (POD) within 24 months is well-established as an early indicator in various lymphomas. However, the aggressive nature of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL) necessitates a shorter assessment period. In this study, we examined POD metrics in 170 newly diagnosed ENKTL patients receiving asparaginase-based regimens. Patients were divided into three groups based on relapse/progression timing: aggressive group (POD6), progressive group (POD6-24), and stable group (POD > 24). The median overall survival (OS) in the POD6 group was 16.5 months, while the median OS was not reached in the remaining two groups. Survival outcomes were comparable between the populations with POD6 and POD24. Cox regression analysis identified POD6 as an independent risk factor for OS, regardless of traditional risk stratification. In conclusion, POD6 is a valuable early prognostic marker for ENKTL, serving as a long-term prognosis surrogate for clinical studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18047,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia & Lymphoma","volume":" ","pages":"1893-1902"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144275297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leukemia & LymphomaPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2025.2508299
Linda Aagaard Rasmussen, Peter Vedsted, Henry Jensen, Henrik Frederiksen, Tarec Christoffer El-Galaly, Peter de Nully Brown, Line Flytkjær Virgilsen
{"title":"Lymphoma: factors associated with unplanned diagnostic pathways and survival -a nationwide Danish register-based cohort study.","authors":"Linda Aagaard Rasmussen, Peter Vedsted, Henry Jensen, Henrik Frederiksen, Tarec Christoffer El-Galaly, Peter de Nully Brown, Line Flytkjær Virgilsen","doi":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2508299","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2508299","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective was to investigate how patient characteristics, clinical characteristics and prognosis were associated with lymphoma diagnoses in unplanned pathways. We included 7,157 consecutive patients diagnosed with lymphoma in a nationwide register-based study in Denmark. An unplanned pathway was defined as an acute admission within 30 days before diagnosis and compared to all other pathways combined. A total of 21% of patients were diagnosed in unplanned pathways, varying from 13% in indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma to 32% in aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The probability of being diagnosed in an unplanned pathway was higher for patients with comorbidity, B-symptoms, abnormal blood test results, advanced disease stage and poor performance score (PS) at diagnosis. Diagnosis in an unplanned pathway was associated with higher mortality, for example, HR 2.03 (95% CI:1.74-2.38 for PS 0). Increased disease severity at diagnosis was associated with unplanned diagnostic pathways. Diagnosis in an unplanned pathway was associated with higher mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":18047,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia & Lymphoma","volume":" ","pages":"1863-1874"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144159824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leukemia & LymphomaPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-06-11DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2025.2509701
Ana Maria Meireles, Ana Carolina Dominguesde Oliveira Rodrigues Amarante, Beatriz Mota Coelho Marques Catita, Maria Teresa Pegado Barroso Abilheira Monjardino, Pedro Martinho Gonçalves de Abreu Gouveia, Cláudia Sílvia da Rocha Moreira, Luís Cláudiode Jesus Leite, Rita Coutinho, Rosa Branca Santos Ferreira, Gil Paiva Brás, Manuel Guerreiro, Carlos Pinho Vaz, José Mário Mariz
{"title":"Effects of fludarabine dosage on transplant-related outcomes in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.","authors":"Ana Maria Meireles, Ana Carolina Dominguesde Oliveira Rodrigues Amarante, Beatriz Mota Coelho Marques Catita, Maria Teresa Pegado Barroso Abilheira Monjardino, Pedro Martinho Gonçalves de Abreu Gouveia, Cláudia Sílvia da Rocha Moreira, Luís Cláudiode Jesus Leite, Rita Coutinho, Rosa Branca Santos Ferreira, Gil Paiva Brás, Manuel Guerreiro, Carlos Pinho Vaz, José Mário Mariz","doi":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2509701","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2509701","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18047,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia & Lymphoma","volume":" ","pages":"1942-1946"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144275295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leukemia & LymphomaPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-06-02DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2025.2512029
Jesamine Jany, Jan-Henrik Mikesch, Klaus Wethmar, David Baden, Irina Osiaevi, Georg Lenz, Christoph Schliemann, Alexander Pohlmann
{"title":"Prognostic impact of WBC kinetics after induction therapy in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).","authors":"Jesamine Jany, Jan-Henrik Mikesch, Klaus Wethmar, David Baden, Irina Osiaevi, Georg Lenz, Christoph Schliemann, Alexander Pohlmann","doi":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2512029","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2512029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is associated with broadly varying white blood cell (WBC) counts at the time of diagnosis and treatment. This study examined the association of WBC kinetics and outcome in 443 patients of '7 + 3' intensively treated AML patients, differentiating between leukocytosis and non-leukocytosis. WBC kinetics like WBC nadir, area under the curve (AUC) and negative slope were assessed by regression analyses adjusted for known risk factors. Leukocytosis was associated with inferior overall survival (OS: HR 1.369; 95% CI 1.066 - 1.759; <i>p</i> = 0.013), event-free survival (EFS: HR 1.286; 95% CI 1.035 - 1.599; <i>p</i> = 0.013) and increased early death (ED: <i>p</i> < 0.001) compared to the non-leukocytosis cohort. In patients with leukocytosis - regression analyses identified higher WBC nadir and higher AUC as predictors of worse outcome (WBC: HR 1.176; 95% CI 1.03-1.342; <i>p</i> = 0.017 and AUC: HR 1.001; 95% CI 1-1.003; <i>p</i> = 0.039). In contrary, non-leukocytosis patients presented an even shorter OS the lower their WBC nadir (HR 3.356; 95% CI 1.332 - 8.475; <i>p</i> = 0.01) and AUC dropped during induction (HR 1.019; 95% CI 1.001 - 1.040; <i>p</i> = 0.041). Multivariate analyses largely confirmed these effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":18047,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia & Lymphoma","volume":" ","pages":"1809-1820"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144199466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leukemia & LymphomaPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2025.2506003
Purav Mehta, Dat Ngo, Jose Tinajero, Vaibhav Agrawal, Paul Koller, Hoda Pourhassan, Shukaib Arslan, Anthony Stein, Vinod Pullarkat, Ibrahim Aldoss
{"title":"Comparison of CALGB 10403 and HyperCVAD in the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults ≥40 years old.","authors":"Purav Mehta, Dat Ngo, Jose Tinajero, Vaibhav Agrawal, Paul Koller, Hoda Pourhassan, Shukaib Arslan, Anthony Stein, Vinod Pullarkat, Ibrahim Aldoss","doi":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2506003","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2506003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18047,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia & Lymphoma","volume":" ","pages":"1937-1941"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144111105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leukemia & LymphomaPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-06-13DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2025.2514894
Catherine E Lai, Thomas P Leahy, Alex J Turner, Amber Thomassen, Lixia Wang, Aaron D Sheppard, Jorge Cortes
{"title":"Effectiveness of olutasidenib versus ivosidenib in patients with mutated isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 acute myeloid leukemia who are relapsed or refractory to venetoclax: the 2102-HEM-101 trial versus a US electronic health record-based external control arm.","authors":"Catherine E Lai, Thomas P Leahy, Alex J Turner, Amber Thomassen, Lixia Wang, Aaron D Sheppard, Jorge Cortes","doi":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2514894","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2514894","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>First-line venetoclax (VEN) treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has high relapse rates, with limited evidence guiding subsequent therapy sequencing. This study evaluated the effectiveness of olutasidenib (OLU) versus ivosidenib (IVO) for patients withIDH1 relapsed/refractory (R/R) AML previously treated with VEN based therapy. Outcomes were compared between a subcohort of OLU-treated patients from the 2102-HEM-101 trial and an external control arm of IVO-treated patients from the Loopback Analytics electronic health record database. Entropy balancing was applied to align key prognostic variables. Risk differences (RD) for response/TI were estimated <i>via</i> logistic regression, and hazard ratios (HR) for OS <i>via</i> Cox regression. Following weighting, treatment with OLU versus IVO was associated with significantly higher rates of complete response (RD: 0.25; 95%CI: 0.01, 0.49), transfusion independence (RD: 0.27; 95%CI: 0.01, 0.53), and OS (HR: 0.33; 95%CI: 0.11, 0.94). Results suggest favorable effectiveness of OLU versus IVO in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":18047,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia & Lymphoma","volume":" ","pages":"1821-1832"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144285138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leukemia & LymphomaPub Date : 2025-10-01Epub Date: 2025-06-17DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2025.2518440
Lisa Masucci, John Kuruvilla, Beate Sander, Anca Prica, William W L Wong, Kelvin K W Chan
{"title":"Real-world healthcare costs for patients treated with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in Canada.","authors":"Lisa Masucci, John Kuruvilla, Beate Sander, Anca Prica, William W L Wong, Kelvin K W Chan","doi":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2518440","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10428194.2025.2518440","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is a practice changing high-cost therapy; however, little is known about the real-world cost of CAR-T. We estimated the acute healthcare costs associated with CAR-T for patients with r/r DLBCL. We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients who received CAR-T between 1 January 2020 and 31 August 2021 at Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario. Costs were divided into distinct costing phases. Mean total costs per phase and by service category were calculated. Fifty-three patients received CAR-T. The mean age was 61 years and the majority were male (60%). The total mean costs per patient were: C$11,180 (95% CI: $7712-14,649) for the pretreatment phase (30 days), C$511,983 (average product cost C$473,127) (95% CI: $504,472-520,666) for the treatment phase, and C$41,620 (95% CI: $29,935-52,933) for the post-treatment phase (100 days). This cost information may inform cost-effectiveness analyses for CAR-T as well as reimbursement decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":18047,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia & Lymphoma","volume":" ","pages":"1875-1883"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}