Autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma–type Richter syndrome

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  • Alex F. Herrera
  • Kwang Woo Ahn
  • Carlos Litovich
  • Yue Chen
  • Amer Assal
  • Qaiser Bashir
  • Ruthee Lu Bayer
  • Melanie Coleman
  • Zachariah DeFilipp
  • Nosha Farhadfar
  • Matthew Greenwood
  • Theresa Hahn
  • Mitchell Horwitz
  • Caron Jacobson
  • Samantha Jaglowski
  • Sylvie Lachance
  • Amelia Langston
  • Bassam Mattar
  • Richard T. Maziarz
  • Joseph McGuirk
  • Mohammad A.H. Mian
  • Sunita Nathan
  • Adrienne Phillips
  • Kevin Rakszawski
  • Shalini Shenoy
  • Robert Stuart
  • Craig S. Sauter
  • Mohamed A. Kharfan-Dabaja
  • Mehdi Hamadani

Richter syndrome (RS) represents a transformation from chronic lymphocytic leukemia/ small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) to aggressive lymphoma, most commonly diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), which is associated with a dismal prognosis. Patients with DLBCL-RS have poor outcomes with DLBCL-directed therapy; thus, consolidation with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has been used, with durable remissions observed. Studies reporting HCT outcomes in patients with DLBCL-RS have been small, have not evaluated the prognostic impact of cytogenetic risk factors, and were conducted prior to the era of novel targeted therapy of CLL/SLL. We performed a Center for International Blood and Transplant Research registry study evaluating outcomes after autologous HCT (auto-HCT; n 5 53) and allogeneic HCT (allo-HCT; n 5 118) in patients with DLBCL-RS treated in the modern era. More auto-HCT recipients were in complete response (CR) at HCT relative to allo-HCT recipients (66% vs 34%), whereas a higher proportion of allo-HCT recipients had 17p deletion (33% vs 7%) and had previously received novel agents (39% vs 10%). In the auto-HCT cohort, the 3-year relapse incidence, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) were 37%, 48%, and 57%, respectively. Among allo-HCT recipients, the 3-year relapse incidence, PFS, and OS were 30%, 43%, and 52%, respectively. In the allo-HCT cohort, deeper response at HCT was associated with outcomes (3-year PFS/OS, 66%/77% CR vs 43%/57% partial response vs 5%/15% resistant; P, .0001 for both), whereas cytogenetic abnormalities and prior novel therapy did not impact outcomes. In our study, HCT resulted in durable remissions in therapy-sensitive patients with DLBCL-RS treated in the era of targeted CLL/SLL therapy, including patients with high-risk features.

Original languageEnglish
JournalBlood advances
Volume5
Issue number18
Pages (from-to)3528-3539
Number of pages12
ISSN2473-9529
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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