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Positron emission tomography/computed tomography assessment after immunochemotherapy and irradiation using the lugano classification criteria in the IELSG-26 study of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography assessment after immunochemotherapy and irradiation using the lugano classification criteria in the IELSG-26 study of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography assessment after immunochemotherapy and irradiation using the lugano classification criteria in the IELSG-26 study of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma

PURPOSE: To assess the predictive value of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for disease recurrence after immunochemotherapy (R-CHT) and mediastinal irradiation (RT), using the recently published criteria of the Lugano classification to predict outcomes for patients with primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma.

METHODS AND MATERIALS: Among 125 patients prospectively enrolled in the IELSG-26 study, 88 were eligible for central review of PET/CT scans after completion of RT. Responses were evaluated using the 5-point Deauville scale at the end of induction R-CHT and after consolidation RT. According to the Lugano classification, a complete metabolic response (CMR) was defined by a Deauville score (DS) ≤3.

RESULTS: The CMR (DS1, -2, or -3) rate increased from 74% (65 patients) after R-CHT to 89% (78 patients) after consolidation RT. Among the 10 patients (11%) with persistently positive scans, the residual uptake after RT was slightly higher than the liver uptake in 6 patients (DS4; 7%) and markedly higher in 4 patients (DS5; 4%): these patients had a significantly poorer 5-year progression-free survival and overall survival. At a median follow-up of 60 months (range, 35-107 months), no patients with a CMR after RT have relapsed. Among the 10 patients who did not reach a CMR, 3 of the 4 patients (positive predictive value, 75%) with DS5 after RT had subsequent disease progression (within the RT volume in all cases) and died. All patients with DS4 had good outcomes without recurrence.

CONCLUSIONS: All the patients obtaining a CMR defined as DS ≤3 remained progression-free at 5 years, confirming the excellent negative predictive value of the Lugano classification criteria in primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma patients. The few patients with DS4 also had an excellent outcome, suggesting that they do not necessarily require additional therapy, because the residual (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake may not reflect persistent lymphoma.

Journal Article
0360-3016
42-49
Ceriani, Luca
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Martelli, Maurizio
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Gospodarowicz, Maria K
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Ricardi, Umberto
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Ferreri, Andrés J M
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Chiappella, Annalisa
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Stelitano, Caterina
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Balzarotti, Monica
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Cabrera, Maria E
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Cunningham, David
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Zinzani, Pier Luigi
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Giovanella, Luca
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Johnson, Peter W M
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Martelli, Maurizio
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Balzarotti, Monica
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Zinzani, Pier Luigi
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Ceriani, Luca, Martelli, Maurizio, Gospodarowicz, Maria K, Ricardi, Umberto, Ferreri, Andrés J M, Chiappella, Annalisa, Stelitano, Caterina, Balzarotti, Monica, Cabrera, Maria E, Cunningham, David, Guarini, Attilio, Zinzani, Pier Luigi, Giovanella, Luca, Johnson, Peter W M and Zucca, Emanuele (2017) Positron emission tomography/computed tomography assessment after immunochemotherapy and irradiation using the lugano classification criteria in the IELSG-26 study of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology, Biology, Physics, 97 (1), 42-49. (doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.09.031).

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PURPOSE: To assess the predictive value of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for disease recurrence after immunochemotherapy (R-CHT) and mediastinal irradiation (RT), using the recently published criteria of the Lugano classification to predict outcomes for patients with primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma.

METHODS AND MATERIALS: Among 125 patients prospectively enrolled in the IELSG-26 study, 88 were eligible for central review of PET/CT scans after completion of RT. Responses were evaluated using the 5-point Deauville scale at the end of induction R-CHT and after consolidation RT. According to the Lugano classification, a complete metabolic response (CMR) was defined by a Deauville score (DS) ≤3.

RESULTS: The CMR (DS1, -2, or -3) rate increased from 74% (65 patients) after R-CHT to 89% (78 patients) after consolidation RT. Among the 10 patients (11%) with persistently positive scans, the residual uptake after RT was slightly higher than the liver uptake in 6 patients (DS4; 7%) and markedly higher in 4 patients (DS5; 4%): these patients had a significantly poorer 5-year progression-free survival and overall survival. At a median follow-up of 60 months (range, 35-107 months), no patients with a CMR after RT have relapsed. Among the 10 patients who did not reach a CMR, 3 of the 4 patients (positive predictive value, 75%) with DS5 after RT had subsequent disease progression (within the RT volume in all cases) and died. All patients with DS4 had good outcomes without recurrence.

CONCLUSIONS: All the patients obtaining a CMR defined as DS ≤3 remained progression-free at 5 years, confirming the excellent negative predictive value of the Lugano classification criteria in primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma patients. The few patients with DS4 also had an excellent outcome, suggesting that they do not necessarily require additional therapy, because the residual (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake may not reflect persistent lymphoma.

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Accepted/In Press date: 21 September 2016
Published date: 1 January 2017
Keywords: Journal Article

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Local EPrints ID: 414116
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/414116
ISSN: 0360-3016
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ORCID for Peter W M Johnson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2306-4974

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Date deposited: 14 Sep 2017 16:32
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Author: Luca Ceriani
Author: Maurizio Martelli
Author: Maria K Gospodarowicz
Author: Umberto Ricardi
Author: Andrés J M Ferreri
Author: Annalisa Chiappella
Author: Caterina Stelitano
Author: Monica Balzarotti
Author: Maria E Cabrera
Author: David Cunningham
Author: Attilio Guarini
Author: Pier Luigi Zinzani
Author: Luca Giovanella
Author: Emanuele Zucca

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