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Open Access 01.12.2021 | Letter to the Editor

Survival among patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma treated with single-agent selinexor in the SADAL study

verfasst von: Marie Maerevoet, Josee M. Zijlstra, George Follows, Rene-Olivier Casasnovas, J. S. P. Vermaat, Nagesh Kalakonda, Andre Goy, Sylvain Choquet, Eric Van Den Neste, Brian Hill, Catherine Thieblemont, Federica Cavallo, Fatima De la Cruz, John Kuruvilla, Nada Hamad, Ulrich Jaeger, Paolo Caimi, Ronit Gurion, Krzysztof Warzocha, Sameer Bakhshi, Juan-Manuel Sancho, Michael Schuster, Miklos Egyed, Fritz Offner, Theodoros P. Vassilakopoulos, Priyanka Samal, Matthew Ku, Xiwen Ma, Kelly Corona, Kamal Chamoun, Jatin Shah, Sharon Shacham, Michael G. Kauffman, Miguel Canales

Erschienen in: Journal of Hematology & Oncology | Ausgabe 1/2021

Abstract

Patients with RR DLBCL who have received ≥ 2 lines of therapy have limited treatment options and an expected overall survival (OS) of < 6 months. The SADAL study evaluated single-agent oral selinexor in patients with RR DLBCL and demonstrated an overall response rate (ORR) of 29.1% with median duration of response (DOR) of 9.3 months. The analyses described here evaluated a number of subpopulations in order to understand how response correlates with survival outcomes in order to identify patients who could most optimally benefit from selinexor treatment. Median age was 67 years; 44.8% of patients were ≥ 70 years of age. The median OS was 9.0 months (95% CI 6.2, 13.7) at a median follow-up of 14.8 months. The median OS was not reached in patients with a CR or PR, while patients who did not respond have a median OS of 4.9 months (p < 0.0001). Patients < 70 years had an OS of 11.1 months compared with 7.8 months in patients ≥ 70 years. Among patients with or without prior ASCT, the median OS was 10.9 and 7.8 months, respectively. Among patients with disease refractory to the most recent DLBCL treatment regimen, the median OS was 7.0 months compared with 11.1 months for disease not refractory to the most recent treatment. In a patient population in which survival is expected to be < 6 months, treatment with single-agent oral selinexor was associated with a median survival of 9 months. Increased median OS observed in patients responding to selinexor was consistent across subgroups regardless of age, prior ASCT therapy, or refractory status. Randomized studies of selinexor in combination with a variety of other anti-DLBCL agents are planned. This trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02227251) on August 28, 2014. https://​clinicaltrials.​gov/​ct2/​show/​NCT02227251.
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Abkürzungen
ASCT
Autologous stem cell transplant
CR
Complete response
DLBCL
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
HR
Hazard ratio
ORR
Overall response rate
OS
Overall survival
PR
Partial response
R-CHOP
Rituximab and cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone
R-ICE
Rituximab and ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide
R-IPI
Revised International Prognostic Index
RR
Relapsed/refractory
XPO1
Exportin-1

To the editor

Despite recent advances, nearly 50% of patients diagnosed with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) will succumb to their disease, with older age and comorbidities increasing risk of death and a median OS (~ 6 months) with relapsing disease after ≥ 2 prior therapies [1, 2]. XPO1 inhibition by selinexor, a first-in-class selective inhibitor of nuclear export compound results in cell cycle arrest; cells with DNA damage, including cancer cells, undergo apoptosis while sparing normal cells [3, 4]. Single-agent oral selinexor is approved for treatment of patients with DLBCL after ≥ 2 prior therapies [5]. Here, we have analyzed subgroups from the SADAL trial to understand how response correlates with survival outcomes following selinexor treatment.
Overall median OS was 9.0 months after a median follow-up of 14.8 months (95% CI: 13.2,21.7). Median OS in patients < 70 trended longer than patients > 70 (11.1 vs 7.8 months); HR 0.72 (0.46,1.13), p = 0.155. Patients with a best response of CR or PR on selinexor had a markedly longer median OS of 29.7 months, compared to those who did not respond (4.9 months) (p < 0.0001) (Table 1). Patients with lower baseline R-IPI (0–2) compared to R-IPI (3–5) had a significantly longer median OS (15.1 vs 4.6 months; HR 0.38 [0.24, 0.60], p < 0.0001) (Additional file 1: Figure S1). The majority (72%) of responding patients had lower R-IPI scores at baseline.
Table 1
Overall survival in subgroups
Patients (n)
All patients
Patients with CR or PR
Non-responders
HR (95% CI); p value*
N = 134
N = 39
N = 95
 
Median (95% CI)
 
All patients
 
NR (29.7, NR)
4.9 (4.1, 7.0)
 < 0.0001
Age
    
< 70 (n = 74)
11.1 (5.4, 28.0)
NR (NR, NR)
4.9 (3.1, 7.0)
0.0771 (0.0235,0.2527)
 < 0.0001
≥ 70 (n = 60)
7.8 (6.1, 13.7)
29.7 (9.1, NR)
4.6 (4.1, 12.2)
0.1912 (0.073,0.5003)
0.0002
Region
    
North America (n = 20)
7.6 (4.8, 32.3)
29.7 (9.0, 29.7)
4.8 (1.6, 32.3)
0.2775 (0.0744,1.0356)
0.0430
Western Europe and Australia (n = 91)
10.9 (6.6, 15.5)
NR (NR, NR)
4.6 (3.0, 7.8)
0.0994 (0.0392,0.2524)
 < 0.0001
Central and Eastern Europe and India (n = 23)
6.2 (5.2, NR)
NR (6.2, NR)
5.4(3.1, NR)
0.2248 (0.028,1.8032)
0.1241
Baseline prognosis
    
Very good (R-IPI = 0) or good (R-IPI = 1,2) (n = 69)
15.1 (10.9, NR)
NR (29.7, NR)
7.0 (5.2, 15.1)
0.1511 (0.0613,0.3724)
 < 0.0001
Poor (R-IPI = 3, 4, 5) (n = 58)
4.6 (3.0, 9.0)
NR (9.0, NR)
4.1 (2.5, 5.1)
0.2176 (0.0667,0.7099)
0.0056
Number of prior systemic treatment regimens
    
2 (n = 79)
9.1 (5.4, 15.1)
NR (NR, NR)
4.6 (3.0, 11.1)
0.131 (0.0509,0.3372)
 < 0.0001
> 2 (n = 55)
8.2 (5.1, 29.7)
29.7 (29.7, NR)
4.9 (3.9, 7.6)
0.1389 (0.0483,0.3994)
 < 0.0001
CI confidence interval, CR complete response, NR not reached, OS overall survival, PD progressive disease, PR partial response, SD stable disease
*HR and p value is comparing responder versus non-responder
Patients who received selinexor after ASCT compared to those who did not had a median OS of 10.9 and 7.8 months, respectively; HR 1.39 (0.85,2.28), p = 0.185. Regarding response to most recent systemic therapy, patients who had a CR or PR trended toward longer OS (HR 0.71 [0.44, 1.17], p = 0.18; medians 11.1 and 7 months) than those who did not respond (Fig. 1; Additional file 1: Table S2). A significantly shorter median OS was observed in patients with relapse < 1 year from diagnosis (5.2 vs 13.1 months). Median OS was 6.6 and 10.9 months in patients that had relapsed/refractory disease < 6 or ≥ 6 months from last use of rituximab, respectively (HR = 1.30, p = 0.30) (Additional file 1: Figure S2). Four patients who had not achieved CR on their most recent prior therapy achieved CR on selinexor and two patients who did not have a CR or PR to any prior therapy had a CR (n = 2) or PR (n = 2) with selinexor. Median PFS for all patients was 2.6 months (summarized for subgroups-Additional file 1: Table S1).
The median OS associated with selinexor is consistent across the majority of the analyzed subgroups and also with the novel mechanism of action and the lack of apparent cross-resistance with this and other mechanisms. Results corroborate a retrospective study on patients with RR DLBCL after ASCT, which showed that the median OS was 6.6 months with cytotoxic chemotherapy compared to 11.3 months with novel agents [6]. While combination tafasitamab and lenalidomide showed an ~ 60% ORR for relapsed/refractory DLBCL and median OS was NR after a median follow-up of 19.6 months [7], it is difficult to compare to SADAL since 50% of patients had only one prior line of therapy compared to 3% on SADAL. In addition, only 18% of patients had primary refractory disease (relapse < 6 months of frontline therapy) compared to 47% of patients with available data on SADAL. Furthermore, 44% were refractory (i.e., relapsed < 6 months) to most recent therapy compared to 66.4% of SADAL patients. Further demonstration of the efficacy and safety consistent with the novel mechanism of action and lack of cross-resistance is observed with combination treatment of selinexor with backbone chemotherapy: 100% ORR with 90% CR using R-CHOP + selinexor as frontline treatment for DLBCL and follicular lymphoma [8] and 78% ORR using R-ICE + selinexor for relapsed/refractory DLBCL [9]. These combination results are consistent with a significant anti-DLBCL contribution of selinexor to standard chemotherapy and are being further evaluated.
Single-agent oral selinexor treatment was associated with a longer OS than expected based on contemporary case series [1012] despite patient treatment, response history, age, and comorbidities. Given the beneficial impact of selinexor as a single agent and the poor prognosis of many patients, randomized studies of selinexor in combination with a variety of other anti-DLBCL agents are planned. Taken together, selinexor represents a safe, orally available option for patients whose disease has relapsed or is refractory to ≥ 2 prior therapies, including patients > 70 years old or those with significant comorbidities.

Acknowledgements

JetPub Scientific Communications, LLC supported by funding from Karyopharm, provided drafts and editorial assistance to the authors during preparation of this manuscript.

Declarations

The study was approved and performed in accordance with the International Conference on Harmonization, the Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice, appropriate regulatory requirements, and with approval of institutional review boards at individual enrolling institutions. All patients provided written informed consent before study start.
Not applicable.

Competing interests

GF reports personal fees from Karyopharm and Roche, outside the submitted work. R-OC reports grants, personal fees, and non-financial support from Roche, personal fees and non-financial support from Takeda, BMS, Amgen, Janssen, Abbvie, grants and personal fees from Gilead, and personal fees from Merck, outside the submitted work. NK reports research support from Verastem, Gilead, Celgene, and Roche, as well as honoraria from Gilead, Janssen, and Karyopharm. AG reports personal fees and honoraria from AstraZeneca, personal fees and board membership from Cota and Kite/Gilead, personal fees from Janssen, Celgene, Acerta, and research funding from Constellation, Bayer, CALBG, Genentech, Hoffman-La Roche, MD Anderson, Morphosys, Pharmacyclics, and the University of Nebraska, outside the submitted work. BH reports grants and personal fees from Karyopharm, outside the submitted work. FC reports personal fees from Takeda, Gilead, and Janssen, outside the submitted work. JK reports research support from Canadian Cancer Society, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Canada, Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, Janssen, Roche, Astra Zeneca, consultation fees from Abbvie, BMS, Gilead, Karyopharm, Merck, Roche, Seattle Genetics, honoraria from Amgen, Antengene, Astra Zeneca, BMS, Gilead, Incyte, Janssen, Karyopharm, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Seattle Genetics, TG Therapeutics, scientific advisory board member for Lymphoma Canada (Chair) and on the data safety monitoring board for Karyopharm Therapeutics. UJ reports personal fees from Karyopharm, during the conduct of the study; grants and personal fees from AbbVie, Celgene, Gilead, Janssen, Novartis, Roche, Takeda, Amgen, Miltenyi, and BMS, outside the submitted work. JMS reports honoraria from Roche, Janssen, Gilead, Celgene, and Novartis, outside the submitted work. MS reports personal fees from Karyopharm during the conduct of the study, and personal fees from Amgen, Abbvie, Gilead, Takeda, Celgene, Pharmacyclics, Astellas, Verastem, Merck, Novartis, Genentech, and Seattle Genetics, outside the submitted work. TPV reports honoraria from WinMedica, Astellas, and Gilead, honoraria, advisory board membership and research support from Takeda, honoraria and advisory board membership from Roche, Bristol, Genesis, and Novartis, advisory board membership at Janssen, honoraria and research support from Merck and Amgen, and research support from Pfizer and Karyopharm. XM, KC, JS, SS, and MK are employees of Karyopharm. MK and SS are stockholders of Karyopharm. SS holds patents (8999996, 9079865, 9714226, PCT/US12/048319, and I574957) on hydrazide containing nuclear transport modulators and uses, and pending patents (PCT/US12/048319, 499/2012, PI20102724, and 2012000928) on hydrazide-containing nuclear transport modulators and uses. MC reports personal fees from Celgene, Gilead, Janssen, Karyopharm, Novartis, Roche, Sandoz, and Servier, outside the submitted work. All other authors declare no competing interests.
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Metadaten
Titel
Survival among patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma treated with single-agent selinexor in the SADAL study
verfasst von
Marie Maerevoet
Josee M. Zijlstra
George Follows
Rene-Olivier Casasnovas
J. S. P. Vermaat
Nagesh Kalakonda
Andre Goy
Sylvain Choquet
Eric Van Den Neste
Brian Hill
Catherine Thieblemont
Federica Cavallo
Fatima De la Cruz
John Kuruvilla
Nada Hamad
Ulrich Jaeger
Paolo Caimi
Ronit Gurion
Krzysztof Warzocha
Sameer Bakhshi
Juan-Manuel Sancho
Michael Schuster
Miklos Egyed
Fritz Offner
Theodoros P. Vassilakopoulos
Priyanka Samal
Matthew Ku
Xiwen Ma
Kelly Corona
Kamal Chamoun
Jatin Shah
Sharon Shacham
Michael G. Kauffman
Miguel Canales
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2021
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Journal of Hematology & Oncology / Ausgabe 1/2021
Elektronische ISSN: 1756-8722
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-021-01122-1

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