Long-term responses in patients with recurring or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma treated with yttrium 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan

Thomas E. Witzig*, Arturo Molina, Leo I. Gordon, Christos Emmanouilides, Russell J. Schilder, Ian W. Flinn, Mohamed Darif, Roger Macklis, Katie Vo, Gregory A. Wiseman

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Abstract

BACKGROUND. Radioimmunotherapy with radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies to CD20 produces a high response rate in patients with recurring non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), but the durability of those remissions is not well defined. METHODS. Data on patients with recurring NHL treated with yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan in 4 clinical trials were reviewed to identify patients with a long-term response, defined as a time to progression of 12 months or longer. RESULTS. Long-term responses were seen in 37% (78/211) of patients. At a median follow-up of 53.5 months (range, 12.7-88.9) the median duration of response was 28.1 months and the median time to progression was 29.3 months. A third of these patients had been treated with at least 3 previous therapies, and 37% of them had not responded to their last therapy. The findings in patients with follicular lymphoma (n = 59) were similar to those in the overall population of long-term responders. The estimated overall survival at 5 years was 53% for all patients treated with 90Y ibritumomab tiuxetan and 81% for long-term responders. CONCLUSIONS. A single dose of 90Y ibritumomab tiuxetan can produce durable responses and prolonged overall survival in a substantial number of patients in whom previous therapies have failed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1804-1810
Number of pages7
Journalcancer
Volume109
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2007

Funding

This work is supported in part by NASA's Cooperative Agreement NCCI-112; the Hypersonic Aerodynamic Program Grant NAGW-1022 funded jointly by NASA, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Office of Naval Re-search, and the Mars Mission Center funded by NASA Grant NAGW-1331. The authors thank G. A. Bird for his guidance and advice.

Keywords

  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)
  • Radioimmunotherapy
  • Time to progression (TTP)
  • Y ibritumomab tiuxetan

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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