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ArticleBritish journal of haematology2025

Reduced incidence of relapse after checkpoint inhibitors relative to brentuximab vedotin as salvage therapy before allogeneic stem cell transplantation for refractory/relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma: A retrospective analysis.

Jacopo Mariotti, Chiara Pinton, Laura Giordano, Daniela Taurino, Barbara Sarina, Chiara De Philippis, Daniele Mannina, Cristina Tentori, Armando Santoro, Stefania Bramanti

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Article in British journal of haematology, 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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  2. Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma Today.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Jacopo MariottiDepartment of Oncology/Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6528-9296
Chiara PintonDepartment of Oncology/Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Laura GiordanoBiostatistic Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Daniela TaurinoDepartment of Oncology/Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Barbara SarinaDepartment of Oncology/Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Chiara De PhilippisDepartment of Oncology/Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Daniele ManninaDepartment of Oncology/Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1378-6896
Cristina TentoriDepartment of Oncology/Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Armando SantoroDepartment of Oncology/Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Stefania BramantiDepartment of Oncology/Hematology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.

Funding

IRCCS Humanitas Research HospitalItalian Ministry of Health's 'Ricerca Corrente'
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eighty-two patients were eligible for allogeneic transplantation (Allo-SCT) at our Institution between April 2014 and August 2022. Of these, 72 actually received Allo-SCT, n = 44 after checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) containing salvage therapy (CPI cohort) and n = 28 with brentuximab-vedotin (BV) containing therapy without CPI (BV cohort). With a median follow-up of 63 months, the CPI cohort had improved cumulative incidence of relapse (5% vs. 37%, p = 0.002) and progression-free survival (PFS) (79% and 56%, p = 0.049) relative to the BV group. By multivariable analysis, pretransplant CPI resulted in the only independent predictor of relapse (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.124, 95% confidence interval 0.270-0.570, p = 0.007) and a strong predictor for PFS (HR 0.43, 95% CI 0.18-1.02, p = 0.057). Our findings support the use of CPI over BV as the first-line salvage therapy for R/R HL patients relapsing after autologous stem cell transplantation when consolidation with Allo-SCT is planned.

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Brentuximab VedotinHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHodgkin DiseaseImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsSalvage TherapyAdolescentAdultAgedAllograftsFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesBrentuximab VedotinImmune Checkpoint InhibitorscytomegalovirusGVHDHodgkins lymphomatransplantation

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PMID40887735
PMCPMC12512095

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