OncoTargets and Therapy (Apr 2016)

Patient-reported outcomes of brentuximab vedotin in Hodgkin lymphoma and anaplastic large-cell lymphoma

  • Chen R,
  • Allibone S,
  • Bartlett NL,
  • Brice P,
  • Chen A,
  • Pose K,
  • Rich L,
  • Bonthapally V,
  • Garfin PM,
  • Fanale M

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2016, no. Issue 1
pp. 2027 – 2034

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Robert Chen,1 Suzanne Allibone,2 Nancy L Bartlett,3 Pauline Brice,4 Andy Chen,5 Katrina Pose,6 Lynn Rich,7 Vijay Bonthapally,8 Phillip M Garfin,9 Michelle Fanale10 1Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA; 2The Lymphoma Service of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; 3Department of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA; 4Department of Hemato-Oncology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France; 5Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 6Lymphoma and Cancer Survivorship Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stanford, CA, 7Lymphoma Program, James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 8Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, MA, 9Seattle Genetics, Inc., Bothell, WA, 10Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA Background: Patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) or R/R systemic anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (sALCL) treated with brentuximab vedotin (BV) experienced high remission rates in two Phase II trials. With increased response rates and survival times, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are becoming increasingly important and can help inform treatment decisions to enhance care of cancer patients.Objective: The objective was to qualitatively assess HRQoL in long-term survivors treated with BV.Methods: An eight-question survey assessing PRO-related aspects was developed and fielded to a subset of patients with HL or sALCL who remained in long-term follow-up after completing BV treatment in the two pivotal studies.Results: The survey was completed by 25 of 38 patients (12 with HL, 13 with sALCL). The majority of patients reported that their energy level, outlook on life, difficulties with daily activities, ability to participate in physical activities, and overall HRQoL improved compared to those before BV treatment.Limitations: Small sample size and lack of a baseline questionnaire or validated assessment instrument limit broad applicability of these findings to large populations of patients with HL or sALCL.Conclusion: This is the first report of BV PRO data in R/R HL and sALCL. Given the patients’ poor prognostic outcomes before stem cell transplant, these encouraging results warrant formal evaluation of PRO end points in BV trials. Keywords: patient well-being, brentuximab vedotin, health-related quality of life, pilot study, activities of daily living

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