ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: High-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) improves outcomes for patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), but relapse ultimately occurs in most patients. Recently presented interim results from a phase III prospective trial suggest maintenance rituximab (MR) after ASCT for MCL improves progression-free survival (PFS). The maturation of these data and any benefit of MR on overall survival (OS) remain to be defined. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this retrospective study, we examined a cohort of consecutive patients with MCL that underwent ASCT for MCL at our center and evaluated their outcomes according to whether they received MR after ASCT (n = 50) or did not (n = 107). MR was treated as a time-dependent covariate to account for variation in timing of its initiation. RESULTS: MR was associated with an improved PFS [hazard ratio (HR) 0.44; confidence interval (CI) (0.24-0.80), P = 0.007] and overall survival (OS; HR 0.46; CI 0.23-0.93, P = 0.03) following a multivariate adjustment for confounding factors with a median follow-up of â¼5 years. Grade 4 neutropenia was increased (34% versus 18%, P = 0.04) in the MR group, but no effect on the rate of mortality unrelated to relapse was observed. CONCLUSIONS: These data support that MR after ASCT for MCL confers a benefit in PFS and additionally suggest it may improve OS. General application of this strategy will require confirmation of benefit in prospective randomized trials.
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/trends , Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/diagnosis , Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/therapy , Maintenance Chemotherapy/trends , Rituximab/administration & dosage , Adult , Aged , Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage , Cohort Studies , Combined Modality Therapy/methods , Combined Modality Therapy/trends , Disease-Free Survival , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/methods , Humans , Maintenance Chemotherapy/methods , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Transplantation, Autologous/methods , Transplantation, Autologous/trendsABSTRACT
Intracranial pseudotumour has rarely been reported in haemophilia. We present the fourth case describing this complication.
