Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Clinical Epidemiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza and Centro di Prevenzione Oncologica (CPO) Piemonte, Torino, Italy.
Blood Adv. 2021 Nov 9;5(21):4504-4514. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021005150.
The role of consolidation radiotherapy (RT) for bulky lesions is controversial in patients with advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma who achieve complete metabolic response (CMR) after doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine (ABVD)-based chemotherapy. We present the final results of the Fondazione Italiana Linfomi HD0801 trial, which investigated the potential benefit of RT in that setting. In this phase 3 randomized study, patients with a bulky lesion at baseline (a mass with largest diameter ≥5 cm) who have CMR after 2 and 6 ABVD cycles were randomly assigned 1:1 to RT vs observation (OBS) with a primary endpoint of event-free survival (EFS) at 2 years. The sample size was calculated estimating an EFS improvement for RT of 20% (from 60% to 80%). The secondary end point was progression-free survival (PFS). One hundred sixteen patients met the inclusion criteria and were randomly assigned to RT or OBS. Intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis showed a 2-year EFS of 87.8% vs 85.8% for RT vs OBS (hazard ratio [HR], 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.6-3.5; P = .34). At 2 years, ITT-PFS was 91.3% vs 85.8% (HR, 1.2; 95% CI, 0.5-3; P = .7). Patients in CMR randomly assigned to OBS had a good outcome, and the primary end point of a 20% benefit in EFS for RT was not met. However, the sample size was underpowered to detect a benefit of 10% or less, keeping open the question of a potential, more limited role of RT in this setting. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT00784537.
对于接受多柔比星、博来霉素、长春碱、达卡巴嗪(ABVD)为基础的化疗后达到完全代谢缓解(CMR)的晚期霍奇金淋巴瘤患者,巩固性放疗(RT)在大肿块病变中的作用存在争议。我们报告了意大利淋巴瘤基金会 HD0801 试验的最终结果,该试验研究了在这种情况下 RT 的潜在益处。在这项 3 期随机研究中,基线时有大肿块病变(最大直径≥5cm 的肿块)且在 2 和 6 个 ABVD 周期后达到 CMR 的患者,以 1:1 的比例随机分配至 RT 或观察(OBS)组,主要终点为 2 年时的无事件生存(EFS)。根据 RT 改善 EFS 的 20%(从 60%到 80%)来计算样本量。次要终点为无进展生存(PFS)。116 名患者符合纳入标准,并随机分配至 RT 或 OBS 组。意向治疗(ITT)分析显示,RT 组和 OBS 组的 2 年 EFS 分别为 87.8%和 85.8%(危险比[HR],1.5;95%置信区间[CI],0.6-3.5;P=.34)。在 2 年时,ITT-PFS 分别为 91.3%和 85.8%(HR,1.2;95% CI,0.5-3;P=.7)。随机分配至 OBS 的 CMR 患者结局良好,且 RT 的 EFS 获益 20%的主要终点未达到。然而,该样本量不足以检测到 10%或更低的获益,因此 RT 在这种情况下的潜在、更有限作用的问题仍然存在。该试验在 www.clinicaltrials.gov 上注册,编号为 #NCT00784537。