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SCHOLAR-1

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Outcomes in refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: results from the international SCHOLAR-1 study

Phase observationalN = 636

Population
Patients with refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: 636 of 861 patients met the refractory-disease inclusion criteria.
Design
International, multicohort retrospective study pooling patient-level data from two phase 3 trials (LYSA-CORAL and Canadian Cancer Trials Group LY.12) and two observational cohorts (MD Anderson Cancer Center; University of Iowa/Mayo Clinic Lymphoma Specialized Program of Research Excellence). Refractory disease was defined as progressive or stable disease as best response during chemotherapy (more than 4 cycles of first-line or 2 cycles of later-line therapy) or relapse within 12 months of autologous stem-cell transplantation. Response and survival were estimated from the start of salvage therapy for refractory disease. Not a randomised or treatment-assigned study.
Arms
  • Refractory DLBCL cohort (pooled) (control, n = 636): Next line of salvage therapy as given in the pooled trial and observational cohorts
People
Crump M, senior author Gisselbrecht C
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Results reported for SCHOLAR-1
EndpointAnalysisExperimentalRefractory DLBCL cohort (pooled)Effect
ORRPatients with refractory disease evaluable for response (523 of the 636 meeting the inclusion criteria)Objective response rate to the next line of therapy after refractoriness.primaryCrump 2017—26%Complete response rate 7%. Pooled retrospective data; not a trial result.
OSPatients with refractory disease evaluable for survival (603 of the 636 meeting the inclusion criteria)Overall survival from initiation of salvage therapy for refractory disease.primaryCrump 2017—median 6.3 monthsTwenty percent (20%) of patients were alive at 2 years; stated in words in the abstract, so it is not stored as a landmark.
Results reported for SCHOLAR-1
EndpointAnalysisExperimentalRefractory DLBCL cohort (pooled)Effect
ORRPatients with refractory disease evaluable for response (523 of the 636 meeting the inclusion criteria)Objective response rate to the next line of therapy after refractoriness.primaryCrump 2017—26%Complete response rate 7%. Pooled retrospective data; not a trial result.
OSPatients with refractory disease evaluable for survival (603 of the 636 meeting the inclusion criteria)Overall survival from initiation of salvage therapy for refractory disease.primaryCrump 2017—median 6.3 monthsTwenty percent (20%) of patients were alive at 2 years; stated in words in the abstract, so it is not stored as a landmark.
Illustrative — modelled from reported values, not trial data. OS, primary.
0%25%50%75%100%02468101214Months (modelled)
  • Refractory DLBCL cohort (pooled) (control)

Median-only curves assume a constant hazard (exponential) and fit plateaus, as seen with some immunotherapies, poorly.

Data table (modelled values)
MonthsRefractory DLBCL cohort (pooled)
0100.0%
464.4%
841.5%
1226.7%
1617.2%
Primary publication: Crump M, Neelapu SS, Farooq U, Van Den Neste E, Kuruvilla J, Westin J, et al. Outcomes in refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: results from the international SCHOLAR-1 study. Blood. 2017;130(16):1800-1808. PubMedDOI

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  1. Crump M, Neelapu SS, Farooq U, Van Den Neste E, Kuruvilla J, Westin J, et al. Outcomes in refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: results from the international SCHOLAR-1 study. Blood. 2017;130(16):1800-1808.

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