Table 3.
Study | Patient | Prior Oncologic Treatment | Aspergillus Species | Time from Ibrutinib Initiation to Diagnosis of CNS Aspergillosis (months) | Antifungal Treatment | Patient Outcome at Time of Publication |
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Gaye et al. [17] | Patient 1: CLL | Obinituzumab, chlorambucil, rituximab, bendamustine | A. fumigatus | <1 | Voriconazole; ibrutinib discontinued | Alive |
Patient 2: CLL | Corticosteroids | A. fumigatus | 2 | Voriconazole and amphotericin B; ibrutinib continued | Alive | |
Ruchlemer et al. [18] | Patient 1: CLL | Corticosteroids | NR | 1 | NR | Dead |
Patient 2: CLL | Corticosteroids | NR | 2 | LAMB and voriconazole; ibrutinib discontinued | Alive | |
Patient 3: CLL | Corticosteroids | NR | 2 | NR | Alive | |
Jain et al. [19] | CLL | Rituximab | NR | 2 | NR | Deceased |
Baron et al. [3] | CLL | Fludarabine, CP, rituximab | A. nidulans | <1 | Voriconazole; ibrutinib discontinued | Alive |
Beresford et al. [20] | CLL | Fludarabine, CP, bendamustine, rituximab | A. fumigatus | 12 | Voriconazole subsequently switched to posaconazole; ibrutinib discontinued | Alive |
Ghez et al. [13] | 11 patients | Median number of prior therapies: 2 | NR | Median 3 monthsb | NR | NR: Total mortality 52% for all patients with IFI |
Ruchlemer et al. [6] | 9 patients; CLLa or NHL | Median number of prior therapies: 3 (no patients were treatment-naïve prior to starting ibrutinib) | NR | Median 1.5 monthsb | NR | NR: Total mortality 69% for all patients with IFI (including those with non-CNS disease) |
Lionakis et al. [14] | Patient 1: PCNSL | Corticosteroids | A. fumigatus | <1 | NR | Deceased |
Patient 2: PCNSL | 4 prior therapies, Corticosteroids, on TEDDi-R | A. fumigatus | <1 | Deceased | ||
Patient 3: PCNSL | 4 cycles TEDDi-R | A. fumigatus | 3 | Deceased | ||
Patient 4: PCNSL | Corticosteroids; 1 cycle TEDDi-R | A. fumigatus | <1 | Alive | ||
Present Case | 62yo M CLL | None | A. fumigatus | <1 | Voriconazole, ibrutinib discontinued | Alive |
CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia; NR not reported; LAMB liposomal amphotericin B; NHL Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma; PCNSL Primary CNS Lymphoma; CP cyclophosphamide, TEDDi-R Temozolomide, Etoposide, Doxil, Dexamethasone, Ibrutinib, and Rituximab.
2 of the patients included in this study were also included in reference [21].
Analysis included all patients with IFI on ibrutinib regardless of site of infection.