Browsing by Subject "Brentuximab vedotin"

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    Pediatric relapsed/refractory ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma treatment and outcomes in the targeted-drug era
    (American Society of Hematology, 2025) Marks, Lianna J.; Ritter, Victor; Agrusa, Jennifer E.; Kamdar, Kala Y.; Rivers, Julie; Gardner, Rebecca; Ehrhardt, Matthew J.; Devine, Kaitlin J.; Phillips, Charles A.; Reilly, Anne; August, Keith; Weinstein, Joanna; Satwani, Prakash; Forlenza, Christopher J.; Moore Smith, Christine; Greer, Chelsee; Afify, Zeinab; Lin, Carol H.; Belsky, Jennifer A.; Ding, Hilda; Hoogstra, David; Toner, Keri; Link, Michael P.; Schultz, Liora M.; Lowe, Eric J.; Aftandilian, Catherine; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Treatment options for patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) have increased in the era of targeted therapies such as brentuximab vedotin (BV) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitors. However, there is no standard treatment and published data evaluating their use are limited. The goal of this retrospective study was to describe current real-world treatment and outcomes of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with R/R ALK-positive ALCL. We conducted a retrospective, multi-institutional study identifying 81 patients with R/R ALK-positive ALCL aged ≤21 years at initial diagnosis treated between 2011 and 2022 across 18 institutions. Median time from diagnosis to relapse was 8.9 months (range, 2.6-131.9). Initial reinduction regimens included ALK-inhibitor monotherapy (n = 37, 46%), BV monotherapy (n = 19, 23%), chemotherapy without targeted therapy (n = 12, 15%), chemotherapy with targeted therapy (n = 9, 11%), or vinblastine monotherapy (n = 4, 5%), with 83% of patients achieving a complete response to initial reinduction regimen. Fifty-eight patients received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), 11 autologous and 48 allogeneic, with 1 receiving both. Duration of treatment for patients receiving BV or the ALK-inhibitor crizotinib (CZ) varied widely (BV, 1-11 years; CZ, 2-10 years). Five-year event-free survival was 63% (95% confidence interval [CI], 53-75) and 5-year overall survival was 91% (95% CI, 84-98). This is, to our knowledge, the largest collection of patients with R/R ALK-positive ALCL treated in the era of targeted therapy. Patients achieved excellent responses to ALK-inhibitor or BV monotherapy, but questions remain about duration of therapy and role of HSCT.
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    A phase 2, open-label study of brentuximab vedotin in patients with CD30-expressing solid tumors
    (Springer Nature, 2019-08) Sharman, Jeffrey P.; Wheler, Jennifer J.; Einhorn, Lawrence; Dowlati, Afshin; Shapiro, Geoffrey I.; Hilton, John; Burke, John M.; Siddiqi, Tanya; Whiting, Nancy; Jalal, Shadia I.; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Purpose Brentuximab vedotin (BV) is an anti-CD30 antibody-drug conjugate used in the treatment of several types of lymphomas. Expression of the target antigen has also been reported on a variety of malignant tumors of nonlymphoid origin. This phase 2, open-label study evaluated the safety and antitumor activity of BV in patients with CD30-expressing nonlymphomatous malignancies. Methods Patients were dosed with 1.8 or 2.4 mg/kg BV once every three weeks. Antitumor activity was assessed at Cycles 2, 4, and every 4 cycles thereafter. Patients with stable disease or better were eligible to continue treatment until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or study closure. Results Of the 2693 patients screened, 3.8% had solid tumors with CD30 expression and 63 eligible patients with solid tumors enrolled in this study. The most common CD30 positive solid tumors were testicular cancer and mesothelioma. Both subtypes had more than one patient with an objective response. The median duration of BV exposure was 6.1 weeks. The disease control rate, defined as achieving stable disease or better at any point during the study, was 55%. The objective response rate was 11%, with a median duration of response of 2.92 months. The most common adverse events reported were fatigue (57%), nausea (33%), and decreased appetite (32%). Conclusion The safety profile of BV in patients with solid tumors was similar to the known safety profile of BV. In solid tumors, BV had modest activity as a single agent, which was similar to other second-line treatments already available to patients.
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    Phase II trial of brentuximab vedotin in relapsed/refractory germ cell tumors
    (Springer, 2021) Ashkar, Ryan; Feldman, Darren R.; Adra, Nabil; Zaid, Mohammad Abu; Funt, Samuel A.; Althouse, Sandra K.; Perkins, Susan M.; Snow, Christin I.; Lazzara, Kayla M.; Sego, Lina M.; Quinn, David I.; Hanna, Nasser H.; Einhorn, Lawrence H.; Albany, Costantine; Biostatistics, School of Public Health
    Background: CD-30 is highly expressed in some patients with non-seminomatous germ-cell tumors. Brentuximab vedotin is an antibody–drug conjugate directed to CD-30. We report a phase 2 trial of brentuximab vedotin in patients with chemo-refractory GCT. Patients and methods: This is a single arm, two cohort phase 2 trial investigating brentuximab vedotin 1.8 mg/kg IV every 3 weeks until disease progression or intolerable toxicities in patients with relapsed GCT who have no curative options. Patients with mGCT who progressed after first line cisplatin-based chemotherapy and after at least 1 salvage regimen (high-dose or standard-dose chemotherapy) were eligible. CD30 expression was assessed and two cohorts defined: CD30 positive and CD30 negative/unknown. Results: 18 patients were enrolled. Median age 34.7 (range, 23–56). All patients had non-seminoma. Median AFP 4.9 (range, 1–219,345) and hCG 282 (range, 0.6–172,064). Five patients had late relapse (> 2 years). Median number of previous chemotherapy regimens was 3 (range, 2–7). Ten patients received prior high-dose chemotherapy. Seven patients had positive CD30 staining. There were two grade 3 treatment-related adverse events. No partial or complete responses were observed. 6 patients achieved radiographic stable disease (range, 9–14.9 weeks), 5 had elevated AFP or hCG at trial entry and all 5 had transient > 50% decline in baseline AFP/hCG: 4 had CD30 −ve and 2 had CD30 + ve staining; 10 patients had progression of disease as their best response; 2 were not evaluable for response. Conclusion: Brentuximab vedotin does not appear to have clinically meaningful single-agent activity in patients with refractory GCT.