Data from Prespecified Candidate Biomarkers Identify Follicular Lymphoma Patients Who Achieved Longer Progression-Free Survival with Bortezomib–Rituximab Versus Rituximab

Autor: Deborah Ricci, George Mulligan, Dixie-Lee Esseltine, Andrew Cakana, Pier Luigi Zinzani, Ofer Shpilberg, Michael Crump, Sven de Vos, Joanna Romejko-Jarosinska, Adriana Teixeira, Simon Rule, Fritz Offner, Jiri Mayer, Adriana Scheliga, Xiaonan Hong, Evgenii A. Osmanov, Michael E. Schaffer, Helgi van de Velde, Yusri A. Elsayed, Panteli Theocharous, Alice Shapiro, Dana Gaffney, Reyna Favis, Jayaprakash D. Karkera, Erin D. Henitz, Weimin Li, Bertrand Coiffier
Rok vydání: 2023
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.c.6521496
Popis: Purpose: Identify subgroups of patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma deriving substantial progression-free survival (PFS) benefit with bortezomib–rituximab versus rituximab in the phase III LYM-3001 study.Experimental Design: A total of 676 patients were randomized to five 5-week cycles of bortezomib–rituximab or rituximab. The primary end point was PFS; this prespecified analysis of candidate protein biomarkers and genes was an exploratory objective. Archived tumor tissue and whole blood samples were collected at baseline. Immunohistochemistry and genetic analyses were completed for 4 proteins and 8 genes.Results: In initial pairwise analyses, using individual single-nucleotide polymorphism genotypes, one biomarker pair (PSMB1 P11A C/G heterozygote, low CD68 expression) was associated with a significant PFS benefit with bortezomib–rituximab versus rituximab, controlling for multiple comparison corrections. The pair was analyzed under dominant, recessive, and additive genetic models, with significant association with PFS seen under the dominant model (G/G+C/G). In patients carrying this biomarker pair [PSMB1 P11A G allele, low CD68 expression (≤50 CD68-positive cells), population frequency: 43.6%], median PFS was 14.2 months with bortezomib–rituximab versus 9.1 months with rituximab (HR 0.47, P < 0.0001), and there was a significant overall survival benefit (HR 0.49, P = 0.0461). Response rates were higher and time to next antilymphoma therapy was longer in the bortezomib–rituximab group. In biomarker-negative patients, no significant efficacy differences were seen between treatment groups. Similar proportions of patients had high-risk features in the biomarker-positive and biomarker-negative subsets.Conclusions: Patients with PSMB1 P11A (G allele) and low CD68 expression seemed to have significantly longer PFS and greater clinical benefit with bortezomib–rituximab versus rituximab. Clin Cancer Res; 19(9); 2551–61. ©2013 AACR.
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