Long-term follow up of the FL2000 study comparing CHVP-interferon to CHVP-interferon plus rituximab in follicular lymphoma
| Autor: | Emmanuel Bachy, Roch Houot, Franck Morschhauser, Anne Sonet, Pauline Brice, Karim Belhadj, Guillaume Cartron, Bruno Audhuy, Christophe Fermé, Pierre Feugier, Catherine Sebban, Vincent Delwail, Hervé Maisonneuve, Steven Le Gouill, Sophie Lefort, Nicole Brousse, Charles Foussard, Gilles Salles |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Haematologica, Vol 98, Iss 7 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0390-6078 1592-8721 |
| DOI: | 10.3324/haematol.2012.082412 |
| Popis: | Anti-CD20-containing chemotherapy regimens have become the standard of care for patients with follicular lymphoma needing cytotoxic therapy. Four randomized trials demonstrated a clinical benefit for patients treated with rituximab. However, no long-term follow up (i.e. > 5 years) of these trials is yet available. Between May 2000 and May 2002, 358 newly diagnosed patients with high tumor burden follicular lymphoma were randomized to receive cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, etoposide and prednisolone plus interferon-α2a or a similar chemotherapy-based regimen plus rituximab, and outcome was up-dated. With a median follow up of 8.3 years, addition of rituximab remained significantly associated with prolonged event-free survival (primary end point) (P=0.0004) with a trend towards a benefit for overall survival (P=0.076). The Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index score was strongly associated with outcome for both event-free and overall survival in univariate analysis and its prognostic value remained highly significant after adjusting for other significant covariates in multivariate models (P |
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