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ArticleJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2026

FLIPI24: A Modern Prognostic Model and Clinical Trial Enrichment Tool for Newly Diagnosed Follicular Lymphoma.

Matthew J Maurer, Vit K Prochazka, Tarec Christoffer El-Galaly, Christopher R Flowers, Diego Villa, Emmanuel Bachy, Elliot J Cahn, Marguerite Fournier, Melissa C Larson, Caroline E Dietrich and 38 more

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Matthew J MaurerDivision of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.ORCID 0000-0002-1867-0526
Vit K ProchazkaDepartment of Hemato-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-9861-3117
Tarec Christoffer El-GalalyDepartment of Hematology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Christopher R FlowersDepartment of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-9524-3990
Diego VillaBC Cancer Centre for Lymphoid Cancer and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4625-3009
Emmanuel BachyDepartment of Hematology, Lyon Sud Hospital, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2694-7510
Elliot J CahnDivision of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Marguerite FournierDepartment of Biometry, Lymphoma Study Association Clinical Research (LYSARC), Hopital Lyon Sud, Pierre Benite, France.ORCID 0009-0000-3311-4782
Melissa C LarsonDivision of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.ORCID 0000-0002-5430-8161
Caroline E DietrichDivision of Clinical Epidemiology, Dept of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8231-8183
Lasse Hjort JakobsenDepartment of Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Hervé GhesquièresDepartment of Hematology, Hopital Lyon Sud, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Pierre Benite, France.
Robert KridelPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre-UHN, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0287-7124
Maher K GandhiMater Research Institute University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1000-5393
Chan Y CheahDepartment of Haematology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7988-1565
Eliza A HawkesOlivia Newton John Cancer Research Institute at Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0376-2559
John F SeymourPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital & University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2188-6835
Ciara L FreemanBC Cancer Centre for Lymphoid Cancer and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Michael R ClausenDepartment of Medicine, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-3218-3633
Björn E WahlinInstitution for Medicine at Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet and Medical Unit Hematology at Solna, Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jonathan W FriedbergWilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Carla CasuloWilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.ORCID 0000-0001-9993-5065
Thomas M HabermannDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.ORCID 0000-0003-3532-9132
Yucai WangDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.ORCID 0000-0002-1576-8341
Loretta J NastoupilSouthwest Oncology, CommonSpirit Mercy, Durango, CO.ORCID 0000-0001-6071-8610
Peter de Nully BrownRigshospitalet, Department of Hematology, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6522-4086
David Belada4th Department of Internal Medicine-Haematology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Andrea JaníkováFaculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-2647-7769
Heidi MocikovaFakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady, Department of Haematology and Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Tomáš FürstFaculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Pierre FeugierDepartment of Hematology; Nancy University Hospital, Vandoeuvre les nancy, France.
Hervé TillyDepartment of Hematology and U1245, Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7022-5246
Corinne HaiounLymphoid Malignancies Unit, Assistante Publique Hôpitaux de Paris APHP, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.
Andrew J DaviesCancer Sciences Division, Somers Cancer Research Building, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7517-6938
Guillaume CartronHematology Department, University Hospital, UMR-CNRS553, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0659-9635
Richard BurackUniversity of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rochester, NY.ORCID 0000-0002-5584-584X
Dai ChiharaDepartment of Lymphoma and Myeloma, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-1153-2294
Peter MartinDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY.ORCID 0000-0001-7813-1551
Jonathon B CohenDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine-Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA.ORCID 0000-0002-2723-6481
Izidore S LossosLymphoma Section, University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL.ORCID 0000-0002-9346-9013
Brad S KahlWashington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.ORCID 0000-0003-0459-6609
Laurie H SehnBC Cancer Centre for Lymphoid Cancer and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1860-9765
Karin E SmedbyDivision of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2104-3320
Gilles SallesMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.ORCID 0000-0002-9541-8666
Marek TrnenyFirst Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6952-6073
Brian K LinkDivision of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.ORCID 0000-0001-5084-0698
Franck MorschhauserDepartment of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Groupe de Recherche sur les Formes Injectables et les Technologies Associées, Lille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3714-9824
James R CerhanDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.ORCID 0000-0002-7482-178X

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
The Role of Monocytes in non-Hodgkin LymphomaP50CA097274 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI LENTZ, STEVEN R · 2002 to 2021
$45.7M
The Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes (LEO) Cohort Study (Supplement)U01CA195568 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI CERHAN, JAMES R, FLOWERS, CHRISTOPHER R · 2015 to 2025
$22.1M
Assay Development and Prognostic Model for Predicting Early Clinical Failure in Follicular LymphomaUH2CA292129 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI CERHAN, JAMES R, RIMSZA, LISA · 2024 to 2025
$369k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097274NCI NIH HHS U01 CA195568NCI NIH HHS UH2 CA292129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAlthough most patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) can expect an indolent course, progressive lymphoma remains the primary cause of death during the first decade after diagnosis. Progression of disease within 24 months (POD24) of starting first-line (1L) immunochemotherapy defines a high-risk population with poor survival, but better risk stratification at diagnosis is needed.

methodsThe FLIPI24 model was developed and internally validated to predict 24-month event rates using individual data from 4,485 patients treated with 1L immunochemotherapy from 10 observational cohorts of FL. Overall and cause-specific survival was further evaluated in FLIPI24 risk groups. External validation in the 1L immunochemotherapy setting was performed using the prospective observational Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes (LEO) cohort (N = 565) and three randomized phase III trials (N = 3,192); extension to all patients with FL (any 1L therapy) was performed in the LEO cohort (N = 1,445) and its Molecular Epidemiology Resource subcohort (N = 1,074).

resultsThe FLIPI24 model uses age and four blood-based variables (hemoglobin, lactate dehydrogenase, beta-2 microglobulin, and WBC count). FLIPI24 showed consistent performance across validation and extension data sets, which was superior to existing prognostic tools. Across the four external immunochemotherapy validation data sets, patients with high-risk FLIPI24 (23%-32% of patients) had significantly higher 24-month event rates (22%-35%) and inferior 5-year overall survival (77%-83%) compared with patients with low-risk FLIPI24 (29%-31% of patients, 24-month event rates: 10%-12%; 5-year OS: 96%-97%). Results were consistent when evaluating lymphoma-related death and when extended to all patients with FL.

conclusionThe FLIPI24 model robustly stratifies, at diagnosis, patients with FL at increased risk of lymphoma-related death versus patients with very low lymphoma-related mortality during the first decade after diagnosis. FLIPI24 can be used to enrich future clinical trial designs in newly diagnosed FL.

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Lymphoma, FollicularAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk Assessment

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