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Table 3 Novel Targeted Therapies for CNS Lymphoma

From: Current and emerging therapies for primary central nervous system lymphoma

Author

Year

Diagnosis

N

Study

Age (year)

Regimen

Outcome

BTKi

 Grommes C. et al [70]

2017

PCNSL/SCNSL, r/r

20

phase I

21-85

ibrutinib monotherapy

ORR: 10/13, CR 5, PR 5

 Lionakis MS. et al [14]

2017

PCNSL, ND and r/r

18

phase Ib

49-87

ibrutinib + DA-TEDDi-R

CR+CRu 16/18

 Soussain C. et al [71]

2019

PCNSL/PVRL, r/r

52

phase II

47-82

ibrutinib monotherapy

ORR: 59%, mean PFS 4.8m, mean OS 19.2m

 Grommes C. et al [72]

2019

PCNSL/SCNSL, r/r

15

phase Ib

23-74

ibrutinib + MTX+R

ORR: 12/15

 Chen F. et al [73]

2020

PCNSL, ND

11

retrospective

41-68

Ibrutinib+MTX

ORR 81.8%

 Narita Y. et al [74]

2021

PCNSL, r/r

44

phase I/II

29-86

tirabrutinib monotherapy

>60% at 320 mg, 100% at 480 mg, and 53% at 480 mg (fasted)

IMids

 Rubenstein JL. et al [42]

2018

PCNSL/SCNSL, r/r

14

phase I

47-79

lenalidomide or lenalidomide +R

ORR: 64%

 Tun HW. et al [15]

2018

PCNSL/PVRL, r/r

25

phase I

adults

pomalidomide+DXM

ORR: 48%

 Vu K. et al [75]

2019

PCNSL/SCNSL

13

retrospective

70-86

lenalidomide in maintenance

mean PFS: not reached

 Ghesquieres H.et al [76]

2019

PCNSL/PVRL, r/r

50

phase II

46-86

lenalidomide+R

ORR: 35.6%

PD-1 antibody

 Nayak L. et al [77]

2017

PCNSL/SCNSL, r/r

5

case report

54-85

nivolumab+R/WBRT

CR 4, PR 1

BBB permeabilization

 Ferreri AJM. et al [78]

2020

PCNSL, r/r

28

phase II

26-78

NGR-hTNF/R-CHOP

ORR: 75%; CR 11, PR 10

CAR-T

 Tu S. et al [79]

2019

PCNSL, r/r

1

case report

67

CD19-CD70 dual CART

CR

 Abbasi A. et al [80]

2020

SCNSL, r/r

2

retrospective

NA

axicabtagene ciloleucel

CR 2

 Abramson JS. et al [81]

2020

SCNSL, r/r

7

prospective

NA

lisocabtagene maraleucel

CR 3 (of 6 evaluated)

  1. Abbreviations: CART chimeric antigen receptor T cells; CNS central nervous system; CR complete remission; CRu complete remission unconfirmed; DA-TEDDi-R etoposide, temozolomide, liposomal doxorubicin, dexamethasone, intrathecal cytarabinem; DXM dexamethasone; MTX methotrexate; NA not available; ND newly diagnosed; NGR-hTNF tumor necrosis factor-α coupled with CNGRCG peptide; ORR overall response rate, OS overall survival, PCNSL primary central nervous system lymphoma; PFS progression-free survival; PR partial remission, PVRL primary vitreoretinal lymphoma; R rituximab; r/r refractory/relapse; SCNSL secondary central nervous system lymphoma; WBRT whole brain radiotherapy