Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2013
Disabling immune tolerance by programmed death-1 blockade with pidilizumab after autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: results of an international phase II trial.
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Phase Ib-IIA Study of Combined Check Point Inhibition After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients at High Risk for Post-transplant Recurrence
Phase I Study of Single-agent and Combined Checkpoint Inhibition After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients at High Risk for Post-transplant Recurrence
A Pilot Study of Blinatumomab in Combination With a PD1 Inhibitor, Pembrolizumab, in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Relapsed/Refractory CD19 Positive B-cell Acute Leukemia or Lymphoma
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218 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Efficacy of nivolumab as checkpoint inhibitor drug on survival rate of patients with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma: a meta-analysis of prospective clinical study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2019Pooled it
- The prognostic and clinicopathological significance of PD-L1 expression in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2019Pooled it
- Prognostic value of PD-L1 expression in patients with pancreatic cancer: A PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- The efficacy and safety of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies for treatment of advanced or refractory cancers: a meta-analysis.Oncotarget · 2016Pooled it
- Risk of pneumonitis in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease · 2016Pooled it
- Gene expression meta-analysis reveals immune response convergence on the IFNγ-STAT1-IRF1 axis and adaptive immune resistance mechanisms in lymphoma.Genome medicine · 2015Pooled it
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- Atezolizumab consolidation in patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in complete remission after R-CHOP.Blood advances · 2025Trial
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- Avelumab in Combination Regimens for Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL: Results from the Phase Ib JAVELIN DLBCL Study.Targeted oncology · 2021Trial
- PD-1 blockade for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after autologous stem cell transplantation.Blood advances · 2020Trial
- Safety and activity of ibrutinib in combination with durvalumab in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.American journal of hematology · 2020Trial
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- Preliminary results of immune modulating antibody MDV9300 (pidilizumab) treatment in children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2018Trial
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- A phase II study of belinostat (PXD101) in relapsed and refractory aggressive B-cell lymphomas: SWOG S0520.Leukemia & lymphoma · 2016Trial
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- The role of CD26 in breast cancer and its pan-cancer analysis.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Immunotherapy of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: from monoclonal antibodies to cellular therapies. A narrative review.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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Abstract
purposeThe Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint pathway may be usurped by tumors, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), to evade immune surveillance. The reconstituting immune landscape after autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (AHSCT) may be particularly favorable for breaking immune tolerance through PD-1 blockade. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe conducted an international phase II study of pidilizumab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, in patients with DLBCL undergoing AHSCT, with correlative studies of lymphocyte subsets. Patients received three doses of pidilizumab beginning 1 to 3 months after AHSCT.
resultsSixty-six eligible patients were treated. Toxicity was mild. At 16 months after the first treatment, progression-free survival (PFS) was 0.72 (90% CI, 0.60 to 0.82), meeting the primary end point. Among the 24 high-risk patients who remained positive on positron emission tomography after salvage chemotherapy, the 16-month PFS was 0.70 (90% CI, 0.51 to 0.82). Among the 35 patients with measurable disease after AHSCT, the overall response rate after pidilizumab treatment was 51%. Treatment was associated with increases in circulating lymphocyte subsets including PD-L1E-bearing lymphocytes, suggesting an on-target in vivo effect of pidilizumab.
conclusionThis is the first demonstration of clinical activity of PD-1 blockade in DLBCL. Given these results, PD-1 blockade after AHSCT using pidilizumab may represent a promising therapeutic strategy in this disease.
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