Comparison of standardized prophylactic high-dose and intrathecal methotrexate for DLBCL with a high risk of CNS relapse

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The efficacy of high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) for central nervous system (CNS) relapse prophylaxis in patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is controversial. We compared the prophylactic effects of HD-MTX and intrathecal methotrexate (IT-MTX) on CNS relapse in high-risk DLBCL, in a multicenter retrospective study. A total of 132 patients with DLBCL at high risk of CNS relapse who received frontline chemotherapy and IT-MTX from 2003 to 2013 (n = 34) or HD-MTX from 2014 to 2020 (n = 98) were included. After a median follow-up of 52 months (range: 9-174), 11 patients had isolated CNS relapse: six (6.1%) in the HD-MTX group and five (14.7%) in the IT-MTX group. The median time until CNS relapse was 38 months (range: 11-122), and the cumulative incidence of CNS relapse at 3 years was 3.9% in the HD-MTX group and 6.1% in the IT-MTX group (P = 0.93). Similar results were obtained after adjusting for background factors using propensity score-matched analysis (4.5% HD-MTX vs. 7.6% IT-MTX, P = 0.84). The CNS relapse rate in HD-MTX-treated patients was equivalent to that in IT-MTX patients, demonstrating that HD-MTX was not superior to IT-MTX in preventing CNS relapse.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:119

Enthalten in:

International journal of hematology - 119(2024), 2 vom: 17. Feb., Seite 164-172

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Akimoto, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Miyazaki, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Saigusa, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Takeda, Takaaki [VerfasserIn]
Hibino, Yuto [VerfasserIn]
Tokunaga, Mayumi [VerfasserIn]
Ohashi, Takuma [VerfasserIn]
Matsumura, Ayako [VerfasserIn]
Teshigawara, Haruka [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Taisei [VerfasserIn]
Teranaka, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Nakajima, Yuki [VerfasserIn]
Matsumoto, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Hashimoto, Chizuko [VerfasserIn]
Fujimaki, Katsumichi [VerfasserIn]
Fujita, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Sakai, Rika [VerfasserIn]
Fujisawa, Shin [VerfasserIn]
Nakajima, Hideaki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Central nervous system prophylaxis
Central nervous system relapse
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
High-dose methotrexate
Intrathecal methotrexate
Journal Article
Methotrexate
Multicenter Study
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Date Completed 01.02.2024

Date Revised 01.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12185-023-03700-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367242125