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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2021

Using etoposide + dexamethasone-based regimens to treat nasal type extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

Liqiang Wei, Lei Yang, Jia Cong, Jin Ye, Xin Li, Na Yao, Jing Yang, Jing Ding, Jingwen Wang

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Liqiang WeiDepartment of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dong Jiao Min Xiang Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Lei YangDepartment of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dong Jiao Min Xiang Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Jia CongDepartment of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dong Jiao Min Xiang Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Jin YeDepartment of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dong Jiao Min Xiang Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Xin LiDepartment of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dong Jiao Min Xiang Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Na YaoDepartment of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dong Jiao Min Xiang Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Jing YangDepartment of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dong Jiao Min Xiang Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Jing DingDepartment of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dong Jiao Min Xiang Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Jingwen WangDepartment of Hematology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dong Jiao Min Xiang Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China. wjwtrxy@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9461-2301
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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81873450Open Research Fund from Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beihang University & Capital Medical University BHTR-KFJJ-202009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeNasal type extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL) can be associated with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (NK/T-LAHLH), which is a rare and fatal disease with no effective therapy. We evaluated whether etoposide + dexamethasone-based chemotherapy regimens might be useful for treating NK/T-LAHLH.

methodsThis retrospective single-center study evaluated clinical data from 37 patients with NK/T-LAHLH who were treated between May 2008 and January 2020.

resultsAmong 363 patients with ENKTL, the cumulative incidence of HLH was 11.9%. Among 43 patients with NK/T-LAHLH, 37 patients received etoposide + dexamethasone-based chemotherapy regimens, with an overall response rate of 45.9% for the HLH. The overall response rate was substantially higher for newly diagnosed NK/T-LAHLH than it was for relapsed or refractory NK/T-LAHLH (66.7% vs. 18.8%). The median overall follow-up time was 4 months, with overall survival rates of 81.1% at 1 month, 62.2% at 2 months, 56.8% at 3 months, and 34.4% at 6 months. Significantly better overall survival (all P < 0.05) was observed for patients with newly diagnosed NK/T-LAHLH (vs. relapsed/refractory disease), stage I/II disease (vs. stage III/IV disease), and nasal disease (vs. non-nasal disease). Patients who responded to the ENKTL treatment also experienced response in their HLH; 8 patients experienced continued complete response for both HLH and ENKTL. Multivariate analysis revealed that a poor prognosis among patients with NK/T-LAHLH was independently related to relapsed/refractory ENKTL and non-nasal disease.

conclusionAlthough patients with NK/T-LAHLH generally experienced poor outcomes, etoposide + dexamethasone-based chemotherapy regimens were associated with good outcomes among select patients with newly diagnosed or stage I/II NK/T-LAHLH.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsDexamethasoneEtoposideFemaleHumansLymphohistiocytosis, HemophagocyticLymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-CellMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPrognosisRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultDexamethasoneEtoposideChemotherapyDexamethasoneEtoposideExtranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal typeHemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

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PMID33025280
PMCPMC7538035
OpenAlexW3091940347

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