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. 2024 Nov 5:1–16. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.6004/jadpro.2024.15.8.21

Table 2. Safety Profile of Therapeutic Options in Follicular Lymphomaa.

Agent Most common adverse events Black box warning Contraindication
Immunomodulatory therapy
Rituximab Infusion-related reaction, fever, lymphopenia, chills, infection, asthenia Fatal infusion-related reaction, severe mucocutaneous reaction, HBV reactivation, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy None
Obinutuzumab Infusion-related reaction, fatigue, neutropenia, cough, URTI, musculoskeletal pain HBV reactivation, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy Hypersensitivity reaction to obinutuzumab or any of the excipients, including serum sickness with prior obinutuzumab use
Lenalidomide Cytopenia (neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia, leukopenia), diarrhea, constipation, nausea, fatigue, pyrexia, cough, URTI, rash Embryofetal toxicity, hematologic toxicity, venous/arterial thromboembolism Pregnancy Demonstrated severe hypersensitivity to lenalidomide
CAR T-cell therapy
Axicabtagene ciloleucel Cytopenia (neutropenia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia), CRS, fever, hypotension, encephalopathy, tachycardia, fatigue, headache, febrile neutropenia, nausea, infection with unspecified pathogens, decreased appetite, chills, diarrhea, tremor, musculoskeletal pain, cough, hypoxia, constipation, vomiting, arrhythmias, dizziness CRS, neurologic toxicity None
Tisagenlecleucel Cytopenia (neutropenia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia), CRS, infections-pathogens unspecified, fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, headache, diarrhea CRS, neurologic toxicity None
Bispecific antibody therapy
Mosunetuzumab Cytopenia (lymphopenia, anemia, leukopenia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia), CRS, fatigue, rash, pyrexia, headache CRS None
EZH2 inhibitor
Tazemetostata Fatigue, URTI, musculoskeletal pain, nausea, abdominal pain None None
PI3K inhibitor
Copanlisib Hyperglycemia, diarrhea, decreased general strength/energy, hypertension, cytopenia (leukopenia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia), nausea, lower respiratory tract infection None None

Note. CAR T-cell therapy = chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy; CRS = cytokine release syndrome; EZH2 = enhancer of zeste homolog 2; HBV = hepatitis B virus; PI3K = phosphoinositide 3 kinase; URTI = upper respiratory tract infection.

a

Includes wildtype and mutant-type EZH2.