Abstract
Background: One key clinical challenge remains in how to sequence treatments in follicular lymphoma (FL). The chemoimmunotherapy rituximab cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine (Oncovin), and prednisone (R-CHOP) has been a standard treatment option for two decades. However, there are limited data to suggest in which line R-CHOP should be used for older patients. Patients and Methods: We leveraged population-based surveillance, epidemiology, and end results-medicare data and identified 675 patients aged ≥65 years newly diagnosed with FL from 2000 to 2009 who received R-CHOP in either the first or second line. We estimated restricted mean survival time using Kaplan-Meier curves, propensity scores (PS), and regression models comparing patients who received R-CHOP as a first versus second line. Results: We found that patients who received R-CHOP as first line had significantly longer 9-year RMST than those who received R-CHOP in the second line using Kaplan-Meier curves (P = .01), PS stratification (P = .002), PS matching (P = .005), and the inverse of PS as the treatment weight (P < .0001). The subgroup analyses using linear regression models showed that the 9-year restricted mean survival time of patients who received R-CHOP as the first line was longer in patients aged ≥80 years (P = .002) and with histological grade 1 or 2 (P = .02), compared to those who received R-CHOP as second line. Conclusion: R-CHOP given in the first line was associated with longer overall survival compared to R-CHOP given as second line for older patients with FL.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | e938-e946 |
Journal | Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2022 |
Keywords
- Elderly
- Propensity score matching
- R-CHOP
- Restricted mean survival time
- Treatment sequence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Oncology
- Cancer Research
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