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ArticleCancer science2026

Impact of Achieving Progression-Free Survival 24 on Subsequent Overall Survival in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients.

Ayumi Fujimoto, Wataru Munakata, Gakuto Ogawa, Ryunosuke Machida, Tomotaka Suzuki, Kazuyuki Shimada, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Ken Ohmachi, Tomohiro Kinoshita, Kiyoshi Ando and 2 more

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Ayumi FujimotoDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5406-9300
Wataru MunakataDepartment of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4679-0656
Gakuto OgawaJapan Clinical Oncology Group Data Center, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryunosuke MachidaJapan Clinical Oncology Group Data Center, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomotaka SuzukiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
Kazuyuki ShimadaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1075-9219
Tsutomu KobayashiDepartment of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5600-5762
Ken OhmachiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
Tomohiro KinoshitaDepartment of Hematology and Cell Therapy, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Kiyoshi AndoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
Dai MaruyamaDepartment of Hematology Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0654-6920
Hirokazu NagaiDepartment of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.

Funding

Grants-in-Aid for Cancer Research 20S-1, 20S-6, 23-A-16, 23-A-17Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare 19-20 and 22-14National Cancer Center Japan 23-A-16,23-A-17,26-A-4,29-A-3,2020-J-3,2023-J-03
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Abstract

The impact of achieving progression-free survival at 24 months (PFS24) on subsequent survival in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) relative to the general population remains debatable. We assessed the impact of achieving PFS24 in newly diagnosed DLBCL patients using data from JCOG0601, a prospective study of DLBCL patients treated with R-CHOP. Among 409 eligible patients (median follow-up: 5.3 years), 334 (82%) achieved PFS24, whereas 66 (16%) did not. Patients who achieved PFS24 had significantly better overall survival (OS) than those who did not (median OS, not reached vs. 1.3 years; p < 0.001). Similar results were observed for PFS12 and PFS60. The OS for patients after achieving PFS24 or PFS60 was not markedly different from that of the age-, sex-, and calendar period-matched Japanese general population (PFS24: standardized mortality ratio [SMR] 1.29, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.72-2.12, p = 0.39; PFS60: SMR 1.43, 95% CI 0.47-3.33, p = 0.55). Conversely, the OS for patients after achieving PFS12 was significantly worse than that of the general population (SMR 2.30, 95% CI 1.59-3.22, p < 0.001). The primary cause of death among patients who achieved PFS12 was DLBCL, whereas the mortality rate from DLBCL among those who achieved PFS24 or PFS60 was less than 5%. Multivariable analysis showed that having two or more extranodal involvements (OR 2.76 [95% CI 1.39-5.46], p = 0.004) was the only significant risk factor for failing to achieve PFS24. Our findings suggest that PFS24 can serve as an early endpoint of OS in patients with DLBCL.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-DerivedCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrednisoneProgression-Free SurvivalProspective StudiesRituximabAntibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-DerivedCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinPrednisoneR-CHOP protocolRituximabVincristinediffuse large B‐cell lymphomaoverall survivalprognosisprogression‐free survivalrisk factors

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PMID41420335
PMCPMC12951095

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