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ReviewLeukemia2025

Surrogate endpoints in mature B-cell neoplasms - meaningful or misleading?

Florian Simon, Othman Al-Sawaf, John F Seymour, Barbara Eichhorst

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Review in Leukemia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Florian SimonFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. florian.simon@uk-koeln.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2700-3717
Othman Al-SawafFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9895-0570
John F SeymourDepartment of Haematology Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2188-6835
Barbara EichhorstFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 524342988
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indolent mature B-cell neoplasms are a group of diseases in which recent therapeutic advances have led to an improved overall survival (OS) extending beyond several years. While cause of celebration for patients and caregivers, the increasingly long observation periods necessary to capture treatment effects are complicating trial design and possibly hindering swift access to more effective therapies. Surrogate endpoints are a tool with the potential of earlier study readouts, however, their validity needs to be proven in each individual disease and therapeutic setting. The validation of surrogate endpoints and available data for mature B-cell neoplasms are discussed within this perspective article, followed by an outlook on the potential of precise tools such as measurable residual disease assessment as novel surrogate candidates.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorBiomarkersHumansLymphoma, B-CellNeoplasm, ResidualPrognosisBiomarkersBiomarkers, Tumor

Identifiers

PMID39658627
PMCPMC11717702

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