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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 6, Pages 576-+Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.20.00979
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- Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health
- Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company
- American Society of Hematology Scholar Award
- Acerta LLC, AstraZeneca Group
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This study aimed to establish a prognostic model to stratify patients into high, intermediate, and low-risk groups. The study identified TP53 aberration, prior treatment, beta-2 microglobulin level, and lactate dehydrogenase level as independent factors associated with progression-free survival and overall survival. The model was validated in internal and external validation cohorts.
PURPOSE Randomized trials established the superiority of ibrutinib-based therapy over chemoimmunotherapy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Durability of progression-free survival (PFS) with ibrutinib can vary by patient subgroup. Clinical tools for prognostication and risk-stratification are needed. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients treated with ibrutinib in phase II and III trials provided the discovery data set and were subdivided into discovery and internal validation cohorts. An external validation cohort included 84 patients enrolled in our investigator-initiated phase II trial. Univariable analysis of 18 pretreatment parameters was performed using PFS and overall survival (OS) end-points. Multivariable analysis and machine-learning algorithms identified four factors for a prognostic model that was validated in internal and external cohorts. RESULTS Factors independently associated with inferior PFS and OS were as follows: TP53 aberration, prior treatment, beta-2 microglobulin >= 5 mg/L, and lactate dehydrogenase > 250 U/L. Each of these four factors contributed one point to a prognostic model that stratified patients into three risk groups: three to four points, high risk; two points, intermediate risk; zero to one point, low risk. The 3-year PFS rates for all 804 patients combined were 47%, 74%, and 87% for the high-, the intermediate-, and the low-risk group, respectively (P < .0001). The 3-year OS rates were 63%, 83%, and 93%, respectively (P < .0001). The model remained significant when applied to treatment-naive and relapsed/refractory cohorts individually. For 84 patients in the external cohort, BTK and PLCG2 mutations were tested cross-sectionally and at progression. The cumulative incidences of mutations were strongly correlated with the model. In the external cohort, Richter's transformation occurred in 17% of the high-risk group, and in no patient in the low-risk group. CONCLUSION Patients at increased risk of ibrutinib failure can be identified at treatment initiation and considered for clinical trials. (C) 2020 by American Society of Clinical Oncology
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