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Refractory Transformed Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

MedGen UID:
1646098
Concept ID:
C4682697
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Refractory Transformed Lymphoma

Definition

An indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma which has undergone histologic transformation to an aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma and has become resistant to treatment. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Lutfi F, Patel A, Mehta J, Goyal A, Dahiya S
Clin Adv Hematol Oncol 2023 Apr;21(4):170-178. PMID: 37039724
Casulo C, Larson MC, Lunde JJ, Habermann TM, Lossos IS, Wang Y, Nastoupil LJ, Strouse C, Chihara D, Martin P, Cohen JB, Kahl BS, Burack WR, Koff JL, Mun Y, Masaquel A, Wu M, Wei MC, Shewade A, Li J, Cerhan J, Flowers CR, Link BK, Maurer MJ
Lancet Haematol 2022 Apr;9(4):e289-e300. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(22)00033-3. PMID: 35358443Free PMC Article
Kahl B
Hematol Oncol 2021 Jun;39 Suppl 1:94-99. doi: 10.1002/hon.2853. PMID: 34105813

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Kamdar M, Solomon SR, Arnason J, Johnston PB, Glass B, Bachanova V, Ibrahimi S, Mielke S, Mutsaers P, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Izutsu K, Morschhauser F, Lunning M, Maloney DG, Crotta A, Montheard S, Previtali A, Stepan L, Ogasawara K, Mack T, Abramson JS; TRANSFORM Investigators
Lancet 2022 Jun 18;399(10343):2294-2308. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00662-6. PMID: 35717989
Caimi PF, Ai W, Alderuccio JP, Ardeshna KM, Hamadani M, Hess B, Kahl BS, Radford J, Solh M, Stathis A, Zinzani PL, Havenith K, Feingold J, He S, Qin Y, Ungar D, Zhang X, Carlo-Stella C
Lancet Oncol 2021 Jun;22(6):790-800. Epub 2021 May 11 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00139-X. PMID: 33989558
Abramson JS, Palomba ML, Gordon LI, Lunning MA, Wang M, Arnason J, Mehta A, Purev E, Maloney DG, Andreadis C, Sehgal A, Solomon SR, Ghosh N, Albertson TM, Garcia J, Kostic A, Mallaney M, Ogasawara K, Newhall K, Kim Y, Li D, Siddiqi T
Lancet 2020 Sep 19;396(10254):839-852. Epub 2020 Sep 1 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31366-0. PMID: 32888407
Locke FL, Ghobadi A, Jacobson CA, Miklos DB, Lekakis LJ, Oluwole OO, Lin Y, Braunschweig I, Hill BT, Timmerman JM, Deol A, Reagan PM, Stiff P, Flinn IW, Farooq U, Goy A, McSweeney PA, Munoz J, Siddiqi T, Chavez JC, Herrera AF, Bartlett NL, Wiezorek JS, Navale L, Xue A, Jiang Y, Bot A, Rossi JM, Kim JJ, Go WY, Neelapu SS
Lancet Oncol 2019 Jan;20(1):31-42. Epub 2018 Dec 2 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30864-7. PMID: 30518502Free PMC Article
Fischer T, Zing NPC, Chiattone CS, Federico M, Luminari S
Ann Hematol 2018 Jan;97(1):17-29. Epub 2017 Oct 18 doi: 10.1007/s00277-017-3151-2. PMID: 29043381

Diagnosis

Casulo C, Larson MC, Lunde JJ, Habermann TM, Lossos IS, Wang Y, Nastoupil LJ, Strouse C, Chihara D, Martin P, Cohen JB, Kahl BS, Burack WR, Koff JL, Mun Y, Masaquel A, Wu M, Wei MC, Shewade A, Li J, Cerhan J, Flowers CR, Link BK, Maurer MJ
Lancet Haematol 2022 Apr;9(4):e289-e300. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(22)00033-3. PMID: 35358443Free PMC Article
Kahl B
Hematol Oncol 2021 Jun;39 Suppl 1:94-99. doi: 10.1002/hon.2853. PMID: 34105813
Casulo C
Hematol Oncol 2021 Jun;39 Suppl 1:88-93. doi: 10.1002/hon.2852. PMID: 34105811
Cheah CY, Fowler NH
Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2018 Mar;31(1):41-48. Epub 2017 Nov 16 doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2017.11.003. PMID: 29452665
Rao AV, Akabani G, Rizzieri DA
Clin Med Res 2005 Aug;3(3):157-65. doi: 10.3121/cmr.3.3.157. PMID: 16160070Free PMC Article

Therapy

Abramson JS, Palomba ML, Gordon LI, Lunning MA, Wang M, Arnason J, Mehta A, Purev E, Maloney DG, Andreadis C, Sehgal A, Solomon SR, Ghosh N, Albertson TM, Garcia J, Kostic A, Mallaney M, Ogasawara K, Newhall K, Kim Y, Li D, Siddiqi T
Lancet 2020 Sep 19;396(10254):839-852. Epub 2020 Sep 1 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31366-0. PMID: 32888407
Huang R, Li X, He Y, Zhu W, Gao L, Liu Y, Gao L, Wen Q, Zhong JF, Zhang C, Zhang X
J Hematol Oncol 2020 Jul 2;13(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s13045-020-00910-5. PMID: 32616000Free PMC Article
Liu E, Marin D, Banerjee P, Macapinlac HA, Thompson P, Basar R, Nassif Kerbauy L, Overman B, Thall P, Kaplan M, Nandivada V, Kaur I, Nunez Cortes A, Cao K, Daher M, Hosing C, Cohen EN, Kebriaei P, Mehta R, Neelapu S, Nieto Y, Wang M, Wierda W, Keating M, Champlin R, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K
N Engl J Med 2020 Feb 6;382(6):545-553. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1910607. PMID: 32023374Free PMC Article
Locke FL, Ghobadi A, Jacobson CA, Miklos DB, Lekakis LJ, Oluwole OO, Lin Y, Braunschweig I, Hill BT, Timmerman JM, Deol A, Reagan PM, Stiff P, Flinn IW, Farooq U, Goy A, McSweeney PA, Munoz J, Siddiqi T, Chavez JC, Herrera AF, Bartlett NL, Wiezorek JS, Navale L, Xue A, Jiang Y, Bot A, Rossi JM, Kim JJ, Go WY, Neelapu SS
Lancet Oncol 2019 Jan;20(1):31-42. Epub 2018 Dec 2 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30864-7. PMID: 30518502Free PMC Article
Neelapu SS, Locke FL, Bartlett NL, Lekakis LJ, Miklos DB, Jacobson CA, Braunschweig I, Oluwole OO, Siddiqi T, Lin Y, Timmerman JM, Stiff PJ, Friedberg JW, Flinn IW, Goy A, Hill BT, Smith MR, Deol A, Farooq U, McSweeney P, Munoz J, Avivi I, Castro JE, Westin JR, Chavez JC, Ghobadi A, Komanduri KV, Levy R, Jacobsen ED, Witzig TE, Reagan P, Bot A, Rossi J, Navale L, Jiang Y, Aycock J, Elias M, Chang D, Wiezorek J, Go WY
N Engl J Med 2017 Dec 28;377(26):2531-2544. Epub 2017 Dec 10 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1707447. PMID: 29226797Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Hutchings M, Morschhauser F, Iacoboni G, Carlo-Stella C, Offner FC, Sureda A, Salles G, Martínez-Lopez J, Crump M, Thomas DN, Morcos PN, Ferlini C, Bröske AE, Belousov A, Bacac M, Dimier N, Carlile DJ, Lundberg L, Perez-Callejo D, Umaña P, Moore T, Weisser M, Dickinson MJ
J Clin Oncol 2021 Jun 20;39(18):1959-1970. Epub 2021 Mar 19 doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.03175. PMID: 33739857Free PMC Article
Locke FL, Ghobadi A, Jacobson CA, Miklos DB, Lekakis LJ, Oluwole OO, Lin Y, Braunschweig I, Hill BT, Timmerman JM, Deol A, Reagan PM, Stiff P, Flinn IW, Farooq U, Goy A, McSweeney PA, Munoz J, Siddiqi T, Chavez JC, Herrera AF, Bartlett NL, Wiezorek JS, Navale L, Xue A, Jiang Y, Bot A, Rossi JM, Kim JJ, Go WY, Neelapu SS
Lancet Oncol 2019 Jan;20(1):31-42. Epub 2018 Dec 2 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30864-7. PMID: 30518502Free PMC Article
Xu-Monette ZY, Zhou J, Young KH
Blood 2018 Jan 4;131(1):68-83. Epub 2017 Nov 8 doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-07-740993. PMID: 29118007Free PMC Article
Fischer T, Zing NPC, Chiattone CS, Federico M, Luminari S
Ann Hematol 2018 Jan;97(1):17-29. Epub 2017 Oct 18 doi: 10.1007/s00277-017-3151-2. PMID: 29043381
Neelapu SS, Locke FL, Bartlett NL, Lekakis LJ, Miklos DB, Jacobson CA, Braunschweig I, Oluwole OO, Siddiqi T, Lin Y, Timmerman JM, Stiff PJ, Friedberg JW, Flinn IW, Goy A, Hill BT, Smith MR, Deol A, Farooq U, McSweeney P, Munoz J, Avivi I, Castro JE, Westin JR, Chavez JC, Ghobadi A, Komanduri KV, Levy R, Jacobsen ED, Witzig TE, Reagan P, Bot A, Rossi J, Navale L, Jiang Y, Aycock J, Elias M, Chang D, Wiezorek J, Go WY
N Engl J Med 2017 Dec 28;377(26):2531-2544. Epub 2017 Dec 10 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1707447. PMID: 29226797Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Goto H, Kitawaki T, Fujii N, Kato K, Onishi Y, Fukuhara N, Yamauchi T, Toratani K, Kobayashi H, Yoshida S, Shimo M, Onodera K, Senjo H, Onozawa M, Hirata K, Yokota I, Teshima T
Int J Clin Oncol 2023 Jun;28(6):816-826. Epub 2023 Apr 18 doi: 10.1007/s10147-023-02334-w. PMID: 37071252
Kamdar M, Solomon SR, Arnason J, Johnston PB, Glass B, Bachanova V, Ibrahimi S, Mielke S, Mutsaers P, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Izutsu K, Morschhauser F, Lunning M, Maloney DG, Crotta A, Montheard S, Previtali A, Stepan L, Ogasawara K, Mack T, Abramson JS; TRANSFORM Investigators
Lancet 2022 Jun 18;399(10343):2294-2308. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00662-6. PMID: 35717989
Casulo C, Larson MC, Lunde JJ, Habermann TM, Lossos IS, Wang Y, Nastoupil LJ, Strouse C, Chihara D, Martin P, Cohen JB, Kahl BS, Burack WR, Koff JL, Mun Y, Masaquel A, Wu M, Wei MC, Shewade A, Li J, Cerhan J, Flowers CR, Link BK, Maurer MJ
Lancet Haematol 2022 Apr;9(4):e289-e300. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(22)00033-3. PMID: 35358443Free PMC Article
Hutchings M, Morschhauser F, Iacoboni G, Carlo-Stella C, Offner FC, Sureda A, Salles G, Martínez-Lopez J, Crump M, Thomas DN, Morcos PN, Ferlini C, Bröske AE, Belousov A, Bacac M, Dimier N, Carlile DJ, Lundberg L, Perez-Callejo D, Umaña P, Moore T, Weisser M, Dickinson MJ
J Clin Oncol 2021 Jun 20;39(18):1959-1970. Epub 2021 Mar 19 doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.03175. PMID: 33739857Free PMC Article
Xu-Monette ZY, Zhou J, Young KH
Blood 2018 Jan 4;131(1):68-83. Epub 2017 Nov 8 doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-07-740993. PMID: 29118007Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Fergusson NJ, Adeel K, Kekre N, Atkins H, Hay KA
Front Immunol 2023;14:1178403. Epub 2023 Apr 27 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1178403. PMID: 37180149Free PMC Article
Kanters S, Ball G, Kahl B, Wiesinger A, Limbrick-Oldfield EH, Sudhindra A, Snider JT, Patel AR
BMC Cancer 2023 Jan 23;23(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-10546-6. PMID: 36690960Free PMC Article
Proudman D, Nellesen D, Gupta D, Adib D, Yang J, Mamlouk K
Adv Ther 2022 Apr;39(4):1678-1696. Epub 2022 Feb 14 doi: 10.1007/s12325-022-02054-z. PMID: 35157216Free PMC Article
Grover P, Veilleux O, Tian L, Sun R, Previtera M, Curran E, Muffly L
Blood Adv 2022 Mar 8;6(5):1608-1618. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003482. PMID: 34610109Free PMC Article
Cheung MC, Haynes AE, Stevens A, Meyer RM, Imrie K; Members of the Hematology Disease Site Group of the Cancer Care Ontario Program in Evidence-Based Care
Leuk Lymphoma 2006 Jun;47(6):967-77. doi: 10.1080/10428190600572582. PMID: 16840185

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