Abstract:
Objective To improve the therapeutic regimen for mantle cell lymphoma, we investigated the efficacy and safety of adding a BTK inhibitor to a regimen including rituximab, bendamustine, cytarabine, and prednisone to treat patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Methods Twenty-six patients newly diagnosed with MCL who were admitted to The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from March 2021 to November 2023 were treated with a regimen of rituximab, bendamustine, cytarabine and prednisone combined with a BTK inhibitor, and the efficacy and adverse effects of this regiment were retrospectively analyzed.
Results The median age of the 26 newly diagnosed MCL patients was 59 (41-72) years. The cohort included 22 males and 4 females, and the median follow-up time was 12 (3-28) months. The overall response rate (ORR) was 92.3% and the complete response rate (CRR) was 88.5%. Median progression-free survival (PFS) and median overall survival (OS) endpoints were not achieved, with a 1-year PFS rate of 81.25% and a 1-year OS rate of 92.3%. A better PFS was achieved in the low mantle cell lymphoma International Prognostic Index (MIPI) score (0-3 points) group than in the high MIPI score (4-11 points) group (P=0.020). PFS was better in the group without B symptoms than in the group with B symptoms (P=0.002). PFS was better in the classical group than in the pleomorphic-blastoid subtype group (P=0.009). The main adverse effects were lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia. No treatment-related serious adverse events were observed during the follow-up period.
Conclusions The regimen of rituximab, bendamustine, cytarabine, and prednisone in combination with BTK inhibitors is safe and effective for the treatment of newly diagnosed patients with MCL.