Table 1.

Selected first-line series of blastoid MCL

ReferencesBlastoid MCL, n (% of total)RegimenOR (%)/CR (%)EFS/PFSMedian OS
Conventional regimens (retrospective)      
 Bernard et al32  33 (100) Mostly CHOP, CVP n.a./36 13 mo (median) 14.5 mo 
 Bhatt et al31  32 (19) CHOP (62%), hyper-CVAD (32%) 68/58 16% (5 y) 24% (5 y) 
 Robak et al64  34 (7; Ki-67 > 30%) R-CHOP
VR-CAP 
n.a. 8.6 mo
15.0 mo 
n.a. 
Dose-intensified regimens      
 Chihara et al49  14 (14) R–hyper-CVAD, R-MTX, and Ara-C n.a./87 6.8 y 43% (8 y) 
 Geisler and colleagues41,42  31 (19) R–maxi-CHOP, alternating Ara-C, autologous SCT n.a./54 44% (10 y) 51% (10 y) 
 Damon et al45  12 (15) R-maxi-CHOP, etoposide/Ara-C, autologous SCT n.a./69 56% (5 y) 64% (5 y) 
 Hermine and colleagues6,46  28 (9) R-CHOP with or without alternating R-DHAP, autologous SCT 81/23 18 mo (median) 32 mo (median) 
 Kluin-Nelemans6,36  62 (10) R-CHOP vs R-FC → IFN vs rituximab maintenance 81/23 19 mo (median) 29 mo (median) 
ReferencesBlastoid MCL, n (% of total)RegimenOR (%)/CR (%)EFS/PFSMedian OS
Conventional regimens (retrospective)      
 Bernard et al32  33 (100) Mostly CHOP, CVP n.a./36 13 mo (median) 14.5 mo 
 Bhatt et al31  32 (19) CHOP (62%), hyper-CVAD (32%) 68/58 16% (5 y) 24% (5 y) 
 Robak et al64  34 (7; Ki-67 > 30%) R-CHOP
VR-CAP 
n.a. 8.6 mo
15.0 mo 
n.a. 
Dose-intensified regimens      
 Chihara et al49  14 (14) R–hyper-CVAD, R-MTX, and Ara-C n.a./87 6.8 y 43% (8 y) 
 Geisler and colleagues41,42  31 (19) R–maxi-CHOP, alternating Ara-C, autologous SCT n.a./54 44% (10 y) 51% (10 y) 
 Damon et al45  12 (15) R-maxi-CHOP, etoposide/Ara-C, autologous SCT n.a./69 56% (5 y) 64% (5 y) 
 Hermine and colleagues6,46  28 (9) R-CHOP with or without alternating R-DHAP, autologous SCT 81/23 18 mo (median) 32 mo (median) 
 Kluin-Nelemans6,36  62 (10) R-CHOP vs R-FC → IFN vs rituximab maintenance 81/23 19 mo (median) 29 mo (median) 

Ara-C, cytarabine; CVP, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone; EFS, event-free survival; Hyper-CVAD, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicine, dexamethasone; IFN, interferon; n.a., not available; OR, overall response; R-DHAP, dexamethasone, high dose cytarabine, cisplatinum; R-FC, rituximab, fludarabine, cyclophosphamide; R-maxi-CHOP, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicine, vincristine, prednisone; R-Mtx, rituximab-methotrexate; SCT, stem cell transplantation.

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