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. 2024 Nov 16;104(3):1427–1442. doi: 10.1007/s00277-024-06079-y

Table 1.

Differences in prognosis between patients with early versus late disease progression under different treatment regimens for FL patients

Study Number
of patients
Definition of POD24 Treatment POD24 rate Pod24 OS non-POD24 OS HR/P
Casulo 11 N=588 POD24: POD occurred within 24 months after diagnosis R-CHOP 19%

50%

(5years)

90%

(5years)

HR = 19.8
Maurer23 MER(N = 920) EFS12/24: EFS24 was defined as EFS status 24 months from diagnosis. WW(n = 326), R -mon(n = 111); immunochemotherapy (n = 349); Other therapies(n = 134)

17%

(EFS12)

SMR = 13.2

(no

EFS12:17.63)

SMR = 0.37

(EFS12:0.74)

-
Lyon(N = 412) WW(n = 82), R -mon(n = 43); immunochemotherapy (n = 243); Other therapies(n = 44)

18%

(EFS12)

SMR = 7.22

(EFS12:19.1)

SMR = 0.90

(EFS12:1.03)

-
Jurinovic18 GLSG (n = 151) POD24: POD occurred within 24 months after first-line treatment initiation R-CHOP + IFN Maintenance 17%

41%

(5years)

91%

(5years)

HR = 9.72
BCCA (n = 107) R-CVP + R maintenance 13%

26%

(5years)

86%

(5years)

HR = 11.93
Provencio24 1074

EFS12/EFS24: EFS12 /24indicates event-free survival

at 12 months or 24 months

CT with anthracyclines(n = 155 )

CT without anthracyclines (n = 96 )

With anthracyclines and rituximab (n = 610)

Without anthracyclines and rituximab (n = 109 )

Rituximab monotherapy (n = 34)

Surgery (n = 13)

Observation(n = 18)

-

SMR = 8.42

(no EFS12:10.27)

SMR = 1.3

(EFS12:1.75)

-
Bachy16 1135 EFS24: EFS24 was defined as EFS status 24 months from diagnosis R-CHOP (n = 840); R-CVP(253); R-FCM(n = 42) 25%

63%

(5years)

92%

(5years)

P < 0.0001,
Freeman15 N = 296 POD24: POD occurred within 24 months after initiation of systemic therapy BR 13%

38%

(2 years)

92%

(2years)

-
Sortais14 N = 317 POD24:POD or death from POD occurred within 24 months after diagnosis

R-based(n = 259); radiotherapy alone (n = 9); anthracycline based

regimens without R(n = 15); GR(n = 3); other regimens (n = 7)

18.9%

82

(5years)

93.3%

(5years)

Yoon20 N = 324 POD24: POD occurred within 24 months after treatment, R-CVP (n = 152), 16.4% - - P = 0.192
R-CHOP (n = 111), 25.2%
BR ( n = 61) 8.2%
Moccia38 N = 318 POD24: POD occurred within 24 months after chemoimmunotherapy

R monotherapy(n = 244)

R2(n = 74)

27%

69%

(5years)

92%

(5years)

P < 0·0001

59%

(10 years)

77% (10years)
Casulo17 N = 5225 - Chemo(n = 2545); R-Chemo(n = 2410); R monotherapy(n = 270) 29.3%

71.2%

(5years)

93.6%

(5years)

-
Weibull22 N = 948 POD12: POD occurred within 12 months after first-line treatment initiation R-chemo (R-CHOP (308), BR (105), R-CVP, R-FC (n = 519); R monotherapy (n = 156); other treatments (n = 156) 28%

34%

(5years)

78%

(5years)

-
P0D24 : POD occurred within 24 months after first-line treatment initiation

46%

(5years)

82%

(5years)

-
POD60: POD occurred within 60 months after first-line treatment initiation

57%

(5years)

83%

(5years)

-

FL: follicular lymphoma; POD = Progression of disease; event-free survival (EFS) = defined as time from diagnosis until relapse or progression, unplanned retreatment of lymphoma after initial management; The standardized mortality ratio (SMR) = the ratio of observed to expected deaths, based on the age and sex-matched general population; HR = hazard ratio; R-CHOP = rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone; IFN = interfern ; R-CVP = rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone; RFCM = rituximab plus fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and mitoxantrone; BR = bendamustine, Rituximab; R2 = Lenalidomide rituximab; GR = Obinutuzumab Lenalidomide; Chemo = chemotherapy ; CT = chemotherapy