Long Term Follow-up Data and Health-Related Quality of Life in Frontline Therapy of Fit Patients Treated With FCR Versus BR (CLL10 Trial of the GCLLSG)

Abstract. Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab (FCR) was compared to bendamustine and rituximab (BR) in an international, randomized, open label, phase 3 trial in 561 previously untreated, fit patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) without del (17p). Primary endpoint was progression...

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Main Authors: Nadine Kutsch, Jasmin Bahlo, Sandra Robrecht, Jeremy Franklin, Can Zhang, Christian Maurer, Nisha De Silva, Elisabeth Lange, Rudolf Weide, Michael G. Kiehl, Martin Sökler, Rudolf Schlag, Ursula Vehling-Kaiser, Georg Köchling, Christoph Plöger, Michael Gregor, Torben Plesner, Marco Herling, Kirsten Fischer, Hartmut Döhner, Michael Kneba, Clemens-Martin Wendtner, Wolfram Klapper, Karl-Anton Kreuzer, Sebastian Böttcher, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Anna Maria Fink, Michael Hallek, Barbara Eichhorst
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Published: Wiley 2020-02-01
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Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/HS9.0000000000000336
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author Nadine Kutsch
Jasmin Bahlo
Sandra Robrecht
Jeremy Franklin
Can Zhang
Christian Maurer
Nisha De Silva
Elisabeth Lange
Rudolf Weide
Michael G. Kiehl
Martin Sökler
Rudolf Schlag
Ursula Vehling-Kaiser
Georg Köchling
Christoph Plöger
Michael Gregor
Torben Plesner
Marco Herling
Kirsten Fischer
Hartmut Döhner
Michael Kneba
Clemens-Martin Wendtner
Wolfram Klapper
Karl-Anton Kreuzer
Sebastian Böttcher
Stephan Stilgenbauer
Anna Maria Fink
Michael Hallek
Barbara Eichhorst
author_facet Nadine Kutsch
Jasmin Bahlo
Sandra Robrecht
Jeremy Franklin
Can Zhang
Christian Maurer
Nisha De Silva
Elisabeth Lange
Rudolf Weide
Michael G. Kiehl
Martin Sökler
Rudolf Schlag
Ursula Vehling-Kaiser
Georg Köchling
Christoph Plöger
Michael Gregor
Torben Plesner
Marco Herling
Kirsten Fischer
Hartmut Döhner
Michael Kneba
Clemens-Martin Wendtner
Wolfram Klapper
Karl-Anton Kreuzer
Sebastian Böttcher
Stephan Stilgenbauer
Anna Maria Fink
Michael Hallek
Barbara Eichhorst
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description Abstract. Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab (FCR) was compared to bendamustine and rituximab (BR) in an international, randomized, open label, phase 3 trial in 561 previously untreated, fit patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) without del (17p). Primary endpoint was progression free survival (PFS). The final primary endpoint analysis after 37.1 months median follow up failed to show the non-inferiority of BR as compared with FCR. With extended median follow up of 58.2 months, median PFS was 42.3 months in BR-treated patients versus 57.6 months for FCR-treated patients (Hazard Ratio [HR] 1.593; 95% CI 1.271–1.996; p < 0.0001). For patients > 65 years, median PFS was 48.5 months with BR versus 57.9 months with FCR without reaching statistical significance (HR 1.352; 95% CI 0.912–2.006; p = 0.134). Median OS was not reached for both arms with 5-year OS rates of 80.1% vs 80.9%, respectively (HR 1.108; 95% CI 0.755–1.627; p = 0.599). No statistically significant difference was found in the time to secondary malignancy between the 2 groups (at 5 years, 86.6% free from secondary malignancies in the BR group vs 83.8% in the FCR group [HR 0.801; 95% CI 0.507–1.267; p = 0.344]). In patients >65 years secondary neoplasia occurred more frequently after FCR treatment [28 of 86 (32.6%) patients] as compared with BR [18 of 107 (16.8%) patients; p = 0.011]. Health-related quality of life was similar in both treatments. Despite the improved PFS for FCR, OS did not differ. These results also suggest an increase in secondary neoplasia associated with FCR in elderly fit CLL patients.
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spelling doaj.art-9ab624e05ae342d4ae618cb2980e0b9d2024-03-02T11:34:38ZengWileyHemaSphere2572-92412020-02-0141e33610.1097/HS9.0000000000000336202002000-00012Long Term Follow-up Data and Health-Related Quality of Life in Frontline Therapy of Fit Patients Treated With FCR Versus BR (CLL10 Trial of the GCLLSG)Nadine KutschJasmin BahloSandra RobrechtJeremy FranklinCan ZhangChristian MaurerNisha De SilvaElisabeth LangeRudolf WeideMichael G. KiehlMartin SöklerRudolf SchlagUrsula Vehling-KaiserGeorg KöchlingChristoph PlögerMichael GregorTorben PlesnerMarco HerlingKirsten FischerHartmut DöhnerMichael KnebaClemens-Martin WendtnerWolfram KlapperKarl-Anton KreuzerSebastian BöttcherStephan StilgenbauerAnna Maria FinkMichael HallekBarbara EichhorstAbstract. Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab (FCR) was compared to bendamustine and rituximab (BR) in an international, randomized, open label, phase 3 trial in 561 previously untreated, fit patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) without del (17p). Primary endpoint was progression free survival (PFS). The final primary endpoint analysis after 37.1 months median follow up failed to show the non-inferiority of BR as compared with FCR. With extended median follow up of 58.2 months, median PFS was 42.3 months in BR-treated patients versus 57.6 months for FCR-treated patients (Hazard Ratio [HR] 1.593; 95% CI 1.271–1.996; p < 0.0001). For patients > 65 years, median PFS was 48.5 months with BR versus 57.9 months with FCR without reaching statistical significance (HR 1.352; 95% CI 0.912–2.006; p = 0.134). Median OS was not reached for both arms with 5-year OS rates of 80.1% vs 80.9%, respectively (HR 1.108; 95% CI 0.755–1.627; p = 0.599). No statistically significant difference was found in the time to secondary malignancy between the 2 groups (at 5 years, 86.6% free from secondary malignancies in the BR group vs 83.8% in the FCR group [HR 0.801; 95% CI 0.507–1.267; p = 0.344]). In patients >65 years secondary neoplasia occurred more frequently after FCR treatment [28 of 86 (32.6%) patients] as compared with BR [18 of 107 (16.8%) patients; p = 0.011]. Health-related quality of life was similar in both treatments. Despite the improved PFS for FCR, OS did not differ. These results also suggest an increase in secondary neoplasia associated with FCR in elderly fit CLL patients.http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/HS9.0000000000000336
spellingShingle Nadine Kutsch
Jasmin Bahlo
Sandra Robrecht
Jeremy Franklin
Can Zhang
Christian Maurer
Nisha De Silva
Elisabeth Lange
Rudolf Weide
Michael G. Kiehl
Martin Sökler
Rudolf Schlag
Ursula Vehling-Kaiser
Georg Köchling
Christoph Plöger
Michael Gregor
Torben Plesner
Marco Herling
Kirsten Fischer
Hartmut Döhner
Michael Kneba
Clemens-Martin Wendtner
Wolfram Klapper
Karl-Anton Kreuzer
Sebastian Böttcher
Stephan Stilgenbauer
Anna Maria Fink
Michael Hallek
Barbara Eichhorst
Long Term Follow-up Data and Health-Related Quality of Life in Frontline Therapy of Fit Patients Treated With FCR Versus BR (CLL10 Trial of the GCLLSG)
HemaSphere
title Long Term Follow-up Data and Health-Related Quality of Life in Frontline Therapy of Fit Patients Treated With FCR Versus BR (CLL10 Trial of the GCLLSG)
title_full Long Term Follow-up Data and Health-Related Quality of Life in Frontline Therapy of Fit Patients Treated With FCR Versus BR (CLL10 Trial of the GCLLSG)
title_fullStr Long Term Follow-up Data and Health-Related Quality of Life in Frontline Therapy of Fit Patients Treated With FCR Versus BR (CLL10 Trial of the GCLLSG)
title_full_unstemmed Long Term Follow-up Data and Health-Related Quality of Life in Frontline Therapy of Fit Patients Treated With FCR Versus BR (CLL10 Trial of the GCLLSG)
title_short Long Term Follow-up Data and Health-Related Quality of Life in Frontline Therapy of Fit Patients Treated With FCR Versus BR (CLL10 Trial of the GCLLSG)
title_sort long term follow up data and health related quality of life in frontline therapy of fit patients treated with fcr versus br cll10 trial of the gcllsg
url http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/HS9.0000000000000336
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