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Post‐treatment (not interim) positron emission tomography‐computed tomography scan status is highly predictive of outcome in mantle cell lymphoma patients treated with R‐HyperCVAD
Author(s) -
Mato Anthony R.,
Svoboda Jakub,
Feldman Tatyana,
Zielonka Tania,
Agress Harry,
Panush David,
Miller Mitchell,
Toth Patrick,
Lizotte Paul M.,
Nasta Sunita,
Goldberg Stuart,
Chong Emeline,
Schuster Steven,
Pecora Andrew L.,
Goy Andre
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.26731
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , positron emission tomography , mantle cell lymphoma , retrospective cohort study , confidence interval , cohort , interim , nuclear medicine , radiology , lymphoma , archaeology , history
BACKGROUND: Although convincing data exist regarding the prognostic utility of positron emission tomographic (PET)‐computed tomographic (CT) imaging in Hodgkin lymphoma and diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma, its prognostic utility both during treatment and immediately after treatment have not been systematically evaluated in a large mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patient cohort to support its use in clinical practice. METHODS: The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study to examine the prognostic utility of PET‐CT imaging in a uniform MCL patient cohort undergoing dose‐intensive chemotherapy (R‐HyCVAD) in the frontline setting. The primary study endpoints were progression‐free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). PET‐CT images were centrally reviewed for the purposes of this study using standardized response criteria. RESULTS: Fifty‐three patients with advanced stage MCL with PET‐CT data were identified. With median follow‐up of 32 months, 3‐year PFS and OS estimates were 76% (95% confidence interval [CI], 64%‐84%) and 84% (95% CI, 72%‐90%), respectively. Interim PET‐CT status was not associated with PFS (hazard ratio [HR], 0.9; 95% CI, 0.3‐2.7; P = .8) or OS (HR, 0.6; 95% CI, 0.1‐2.9; P = .5). Post‐treatment PET‐CT status was statistically significantly associated with PFS (HR, 5.2; 95% CI, 2.0‐13.6; P = .001) and trended toward significant for OS (HR, 2.8; 95% CI, 0.8‐9.6; P = .07). CONCLUSIONS: These data do not support the prognostic utility of PET‐CT in pretreatment and interim treatment settings. A positive PET‐CT after the completion of therapy identifies a patient subset with an inferior PFS and a trend toward inferior OS. Cancer 2012;3565–3570. © 2011 American Cancer Society.