Rituximab Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Safety and Efficacy of Re-Treatment

作者：Thomas A. Davis, Antonio J Grillo-López, Christine A. White, Peter Joseph McLaughlin, Myron Stefan Czuczman, Brian K. Link, David G. Maloney, Robin L. Weaver, Jay A. Rosenberg, Ronald Levy · 发表于：Journal of Clinical Oncology · 年份：2000 · DOI：10.1200/jco.2000.18.17.3135 · 被引用次数：690 · 研究领域：Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment、CAR-T cell therapy research、Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research

PURPOSE: This phase II trial investigated the safety and efficacy of re-treatment with rituximab, a chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, in patients with low-grade or follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who relapsed after a response to rituximab therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-eight patients were enrolled onto this study, and two were re-treated within the study. Patients received an intravenous infusion of 375 mg/m(2) of rituximab weekly for 4 weeks. All patients had at least two prior therapies and had received at least one prior course of rituximab, with a median interval of 14.5 months between rituximab courses. RESULTS: Most adverse experiences (AEs) were transient grade 1 or 2 events occurring during the treatment period. Clinically significant myelosuppression was not observed; hematologic toxicity was generally mild and reversible. No patient developed human antichimeric antibodies after treatment. The type, frequency, and severity of AEs in this study were not apparently different from those reported in the phase III trial of rituximab. The overall response rate in 57 assessable patients was 40% (11% complete response and 30% partial responses). Median time to progression (TTP) in responders and median duration of response (DR) have not been reached, but Kaplan-Meier estimated medians are 17.8 months (range, 5.4+ to 26.6 months) and 16.3 months (range, 3.7+ to 25.1 months), respectively. These estimated medians are longer than the medians achieved in the patien...