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Refractory_relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma
Management: Relapsed Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma
- salvage chemotherapy such as
- pre-SCT predictor of outcomes
- PET-negative CR regardless of whether 1 or 2 salvage regimens is required
- Single agent Brentuximab can achieve CRs in 25–30% of pts & avoid multiagent chemotherapy in a subset of pts
(JCO 1993;11:1062) (Blood 2012;119:1665) (Lancet Oncol 2015;16:284)
RFs for adverse outcome post relapse
- Remission duration <12 mos
- B-sx
- Extranodal disease
Rx In these pts,
- maintenance Brentuximab q3w × 12 mos improves PFS
(Blood 2001;97:616) (AETHERA, Lancet Oncol 2015)
In pts relapsing after autologous SCT,
2 strategies are particularly effective:
- Brentuximab vedotin
- 75% RR in post-ASCT setting
- achieves long-term remissions about 20% CR
- PD-1 blockade w/ nivolumab or pembrolizumab
- 65–70% RR
- achieves long-term (>1 y) remissions in at least 40% of pt
- increased risk of post-allo SCT GVHD in pts w/ prior anti-PD-1
(Chen, Blood 2016) (Lancet Oncol 2016:17:1283; JCO 2016;34:2698)