TY - JOUR
T1 - SIRPa1 macrophages are increased in patients with FL who progress or relapse after frontline lenalidomide and rituximab
AU - Marques-Piubelli, Mario L.
AU - Parra, Edwin R.
AU - Feng, Lei
AU - Soto, Luisa Solis
AU - Gallardo, Mariana
AU - Gouni, Sushanth
AU - Samaniego, Felipe
AU - Noorani, Mansoor
AU - Hagemeister, Fredrick B
AU - Westin, Jason R.
AU - Lee, Hun Ju
AU - Rodriguez, Maria A.
AU - Neelapu, Sattva S.
AU - Gunther, Jillian R.
AU - Fowler, Nathan H.
AU - Flowers, Christopher R.
AU - Wistuba, Ignacio I.
AU - Nastoupil, Loretta J.
AU - Vega, Francisco
AU - Strati, Paolo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by The American Society of Hematology.
PY - 2022/6/14
Y1 - 2022/6/14
N2 - Limited data exist regarding the outcome of patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) who relapse or progress after frontline lenalidomide and rituximab (R2). Moreover, mechanisms of resistance to R2 in FL remain unclear, with increased protumoral macrophages suspected as a major contributory culprit to this phenomenon. This retrospective study analyzed the outcome of patients with advanced-stage FL grade 1 to 3A who relapsed or progressed after frontline R2. A multiplex immunofluorescence macrophage panel, including CD47, CD14, CD68, CD115 (also known as colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor [CSF1R]), CD163, CD172a (also known as signal regulatory protein a [SIRPa]), and CD274 (also known as programmed cell death-ligand 1 [PDL1]), was used to stain tissue biopsy specimens collected before initiation of R2 and at the time of progression. Among 156 patients with advanced-stage FL treated with frontline R2, 33 (21%) relapsed or progressed and required second-line therapy, after a median of 33 months (range, 1-122 months). Second-line therapy was chemoimmunotherapy in 16 (48%) patients and other therapy in 17 (52%). The overall response rate was 78%, and complete response rate was 72%. Median progression-free survival was significantly longer in patients who received chemoimmunotherapy compared with other therapy (99 vs 25 months; P 5 .004). Three macrophage populations were significantly increased in tissue samples collected at progression compared with before frontline treatment: CD681CD1151 (P 5 .02), CD681CD1151CD172a1 (P 5 .02), and CD681CD1631CD172a1 (P 5 .01). Chemoimmunotherapy is an effective treatment strategy for patients with FL who relapse after frontline R2.
AB - Limited data exist regarding the outcome of patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) who relapse or progress after frontline lenalidomide and rituximab (R2). Moreover, mechanisms of resistance to R2 in FL remain unclear, with increased protumoral macrophages suspected as a major contributory culprit to this phenomenon. This retrospective study analyzed the outcome of patients with advanced-stage FL grade 1 to 3A who relapsed or progressed after frontline R2. A multiplex immunofluorescence macrophage panel, including CD47, CD14, CD68, CD115 (also known as colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor [CSF1R]), CD163, CD172a (also known as signal regulatory protein a [SIRPa]), and CD274 (also known as programmed cell death-ligand 1 [PDL1]), was used to stain tissue biopsy specimens collected before initiation of R2 and at the time of progression. Among 156 patients with advanced-stage FL treated with frontline R2, 33 (21%) relapsed or progressed and required second-line therapy, after a median of 33 months (range, 1-122 months). Second-line therapy was chemoimmunotherapy in 16 (48%) patients and other therapy in 17 (52%). The overall response rate was 78%, and complete response rate was 72%. Median progression-free survival was significantly longer in patients who received chemoimmunotherapy compared with other therapy (99 vs 25 months; P 5 .004). Three macrophage populations were significantly increased in tissue samples collected at progression compared with before frontline treatment: CD681CD1151 (P 5 .02), CD681CD1151CD172a1 (P 5 .02), and CD681CD1631CD172a1 (P 5 .01). Chemoimmunotherapy is an effective treatment strategy for patients with FL who relapse after frontline R2.
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U2 - 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022007104
DO - 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022007104
M3 - Article
C2 - 35359004
AN - SCOPUS:85132323445
SN - 2473-9529
VL - 6
SP - 3286
EP - 3293
JO - Blood Advances
JF - Blood Advances
IS - 11
ER -