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ArticleHaematologica2022

Dose-adjusted EPOCH and rituximab for the treatment of double expressor and double-hit diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: impact of TP53 mutations on clinical outcome.

Anna Dodero, Anna Guidetti, Fabrizio Marino, Alessandra Tucci, Francesco Barretta, Alessandro Re, Monica Balzarotti, Cristiana Carniti, Chiara Monfrini, Annalisa Chiappella and 13 more

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Article in Haematologica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Anna DoderoDepartment of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori. anna.dodero@istitutotumori.mi.it.
Anna GuidettiDepartment of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Fabrizio MarinoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University and Department of Oncology and Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milano.
Alessandra TucciDepartment of Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia.
Francesco BarrettaDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Trial Organization, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Alessandro ReDepartment of Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia.
Monica BalzarottiDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milano.
Cristiana CarnitiDepartment of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Chiara MonfriniDepartment of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Annalisa ChiappellaDepartment of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Antonello CabrasDepartment of Pathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Fabio FacchettiDepartment of Pathology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia.
Martina PennisiDepartment of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Daoud RahalDepartment of Pathology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milano.
Valentina MontiDepartment of Pathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Liliana DevizziDepartment of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Rosalba MiceliDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Trial Organization, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Federica CocitoDepartment of Hematology, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza.
Lucia FarinaDepartment of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori.
Francesca RicciDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milano.
Giuseppe RossiDepartment of Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia.
Carmelo Carlo-StellaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University and Department of Oncology and Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milano.
Paolo CorradiniDepartment of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano; Chair of Hematology University of Milano.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital · ITAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia · ITAzienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous disease, including one-third of cases overexpressing MYC and BCL2 proteins (double expressor lymphoma, DEL) and 5-10% of patients with chromosomal rearrangements of MYC, BCL2 and/or BCL-6 (double/triple-hit lymphomas, DH/TH). TP53 mutations are detected in 20- 25% of DEL. We report the efficacy of dose-adjusted EPOCH and rituximab (DA-EPOCH-R) in a series of 122 consecutive patients, including DEL (n=81, 66%), DEL-MYC (n=9, 7%), DEL-BCL2 (n=13, 11%), or high-grade lymphomas (DH/TH) (n=19, 16%). Central nervous system (CNS) prophylaxis included intravenous methotrexate (n=66), intrathecal chemotherapy (IT) (n=40) or no prophylaxis (n=16). Sixty-seven patients (55%) had highintermediate or high International Prognostic Index (IPI) and 30 (25%) had high CNS-IPI. The 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for the entire study population were 74% and 84%, respectively. There was a trend for inferior OS for DH/TH (2-year OS: 66%, P=0.058) as compared to all the others. The outcome was significantly better for the IPI 0-2 versus IPI 3-5 (OS: 98% vs. 72%, P=0.002). DA-EPOCH-R did not overcome the negative prognostic value of TP53 mutations: 2-year OS of 62% versus 88% (P=0.036) were observed for mutated as compared to wild-type cases, respectively. Systemic CNS prophylaxis conferred a better 2-year OS (94%) as compared to IT or no prophylaxis (76% and 65%, respectively; P=0.008). DA-EPOCH-R treatment resulted in a favorable outcome in patients with DEL and DEL with single rearrangement, whereas those with multiple genetic alterations such as DEL-DH/TH and TP53 mutated cases still have an inferior outcome.

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Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinEtoposideHumansMutationPrednisoneProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2RituximabTumor Suppressor Protein p53VincristineCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinEtoposidePrednisoneProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRituximabTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53Vincristine

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PMID34289655
PMCPMC9052894
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