Zucca, Emanuele, Conconi, Annarita, Martinelli, Giovanni, Bouabdallah, Reda, Tucci, Alessandra, Vitolo, Umberto, Martelli, Maurizio, Pettengell, Ruth, Salles, Gilles, Sebban, Catherine, Guillermo, Armando Lopez, Pinotti, Graziella, Devizzi, Liliana, Morschhauser, Franck, Tilly, Hervé, Torri, Valter, Hohaus, Stefan, Ferreri, Andrés J.M., Zachée, Pierre, Bosly, André, Haioun, Corinne, Stelitano, Caterina, Bellei, Monica, Ponzoni, Maurilio, Copie-Bergman, Christiane, Jack, Andrew, Campo, Elias, Mazzucchelli, Luca, Cavalli, Franco, Johnson, Peter and Thieblemont, Catherine (2017) Final results of the IELSG-19 Randomized Trial of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma: improved event-free and progression-free survival with Rituximab plus Chlorambucil versus either Chlorambucil or Rituximab monotherapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 35 (17), 1905-1912, [JCO2016706994]. (doi:10.1200/JCO.2016.70.6994).
Abstract
Purpose
There is no consensus on the optimal systemic treatment of patients with extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. The IELSG-19 phase III study, to our knowledge, was the first such study to address the question of first-line treatment in a randomized trial.
Patients and MethodsEligible patients were initially randomly assigned (1:1 ratio) to receive either chlorambucil monotherapy (6 mg/m2/d orally on weeks 1 to 6, 9 to 10, 13 to 14, 17 to 18, and 21 to 22) or a combination of chlorambucil (same schedule as above) and rituximab (375 mg/m2 intravenously on day 1 of weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 13, 17, and 21). After the planned enrollment of 252 patients, the protocol was amended to continue with a three-arm design (1:1:6 ratio), with a new arm that included rituximab alone (same schedule as the combination arm) and with a final sample size of 454 patients. The main end point was event-free survival (EFS). Analysis of chlorambucil versus the combination arm was performed and reported separately before any analysis of the third arm.
ResultsAt a median follow-up of 7.4 years, addition of rituximab to chlorambucil led to significantly better EFS (hazard ratio, 0.54; 95% CI, 0.38 to 0.77). EFS at 5 years was 51% (95% CI, 42 to 60) with chlorambucil alone, 50% (95% CI, 42 to 59) with rituximab alone, and 68% (95% CI, 60 to 76) with the combination (P = .0009). Progression-free survival was also significantly better with the combination (P = .0119). Five-year overall survival was approximately 90% in each arm. All treatments were well tolerated. No unexpected toxicities were recorded.
ConclusionRituximab in combination with chlorambucil demonstrated superior efficacy in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma; however, improvements in EFS and progression-free survival did not translate into longer overall survival.
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