Table 2.

2L treatment choices and response rate in MER and LEO cohorts


2L therapy
MER (N = 949)LEO (N = 2755)
PPD (n = 40)EOT PR (n = 40)Early relapse (n = 52)Total (n = 132)PPPD (n = 145)EOT PR (n = 66)Early relapse (n = 97)Total (n = 308)P
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)
Platinum-based chemotherapy 33 (82.5) 29 (76.3) 27 (52.9) 89 (69.0) .002 91 (64.5) 34 (59.6) 41 (45.6) 166 (57.6) .011 
Other systemic chemotherapy 4 (10.0) 2 (5.3) 11 (21.6) 17 (13.2)  6 (4.2) 4 (7.0) 11 (12.2) 21 (7.3)  
Primarily CNS directed 3 (7.5) 1 (2.6) 11 (21.6) 15 (11.6)  7 (4.9) 9 (15.8) 17 (18.9) 33 (11.5)  
Radiation/resection 0 (0) 6 (15.8) 2 (3.9) 8 (6.2)  12 (8.5) 3 (5.3) 7 (7.8) 22 (7.7)  
Targeted therapies N/A  11 (7.8) 3 (5.3) 11 (12.2) 25 (8.7)  
CAR-T (no bridging) N/A  10 (7.0) 4 (7.0) 2 (2.2) 16 (5.6)  
No treatment N/A  4 (2.8) 0 (0) 1 (1.1) 5 (1.7)  
Missing/unknown  20  

2L therapy
MER (N = 949)LEO (N = 2755)
PPD (n = 40)EOT PR (n = 40)Early relapse (n = 52)Total (n = 132)PPPD (n = 145)EOT PR (n = 66)Early relapse (n = 97)Total (n = 308)P
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)
Platinum-based chemotherapy 33 (82.5) 29 (76.3) 27 (52.9) 89 (69.0) .002 91 (64.5) 34 (59.6) 41 (45.6) 166 (57.6) .011 
Other systemic chemotherapy 4 (10.0) 2 (5.3) 11 (21.6) 17 (13.2)  6 (4.2) 4 (7.0) 11 (12.2) 21 (7.3)  
Primarily CNS directed 3 (7.5) 1 (2.6) 11 (21.6) 15 (11.6)  7 (4.9) 9 (15.8) 17 (18.9) 33 (11.5)  
Radiation/resection 0 (0) 6 (15.8) 2 (3.9) 8 (6.2)  12 (8.5) 3 (5.3) 7 (7.8) 22 (7.7)  
Targeted therapies N/A  11 (7.8) 3 (5.3) 11 (12.2) 25 (8.7)  
CAR-T (no bridging) N/A  10 (7.0) 4 (7.0) 2 (2.2) 16 (5.6)  
No treatment N/A  4 (2.8) 0 (0) 1 (1.1) 5 (1.7)  
Missing/unknown  20  
Response rate to 2L therapy n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)Pn (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)P
CR 3 (7.9) 3 (10.3) 16 (35.6) 21 (20.0) .009 25 (20.8) 16 (32.7) 40 (52.6) 81 (33.1) <.001 
PR 12 (31.6) 15 (51.7) 15 (33.3) 42 (40.0)  27 (22.5) 16 (32.7) 15 (19.7) 58 (23.7)  
Stable disease 2 (5.3) 3 (10.3) 3 (6.7) 8 (7.6)  9 (7.5) 4 (8.2) 4 (5.3) 17 (6.9)  
PD 21 (55.3) 8 (27.5) 11 (24.4) 34 (32.4)  59 (49.2) 13 (26.4) 17 (22.4) 89 (36.3)  
Not applicable/missing  11 27  25 17 21 63  
Response rate to 2L therapy n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)Pn (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)P
CR 3 (7.9) 3 (10.3) 16 (35.6) 21 (20.0) .009 25 (20.8) 16 (32.7) 40 (52.6) 81 (33.1) <.001 
PR 12 (31.6) 15 (51.7) 15 (33.3) 42 (40.0)  27 (22.5) 16 (32.7) 15 (19.7) 58 (23.7)  
Stable disease 2 (5.3) 3 (10.3) 3 (6.7) 8 (7.6)  9 (7.5) 4 (8.2) 4 (5.3) 17 (6.9)  
PD 21 (55.3) 8 (27.5) 11 (24.4) 34 (32.4)  59 (49.2) 13 (26.4) 17 (22.4) 89 (36.3)  
Not applicable/missing  11 27  25 17 21 63  

Early relapse defined as patients relapsing within 12 months after EOT.

N/A, not applicable; ESHAP-R, Rituximab, etoposide, cisplatin, cytarabine and prednisone; CEPP- cyclophosphamide, etoposide, procarbazine and prednisone; axi-cel, axicabtagene ciloleucel; tisa-cel, tisagenlecleucel.

Treatment groups/Abbreviations: Platinum-based chemotherapy: R-ICE (n = 172), R-DHAP (n = 46), R- guanosine diphosphate (n = 17), R-DHAX (n = 9), HyperCVAD (n = 3), DA-EPOCH-(R)(n = 4), ESHAP-(R) (n = 4); other systemic chemotherapy: CEPP (n = 2), ROAD (n = 5), R-GemOx (n = 16), R-cyclophosphamide(n = 1), R-Bendamustine(n = 1); primarily CNS-directed: single-agent high-dose methotrexate (HD MTX; n = 16), HDMTX, rituximab and temozolomide (MRT; n = 21), cytarabine/HD MTX (n = 7); MATRIX (n = 3), ibrutinib + intrathecal MTX (n = 1). Targeted therapies: ibrutinib (n = 2); polatuzumab vedotin, rituximab with and without bendamustin (n = 2); rituximab-lenalidomide (n = 10); rituximab-lenalidomide-ibrutinib (n = 2); venetoclax (n = 2); loncastuximab tesirine (n = 1); selinexor (n = 1); pembrolizumab (n = 2); and single-agent rituximab with and without prednisone (n = 3). CAR-T: cellular therapy with axi-cel, tisa-cel directly without bridging therapy (n = 15), and mosunetuzumab (n = 1).

Response rate determined by 2014 Lugano response criteria.21 

Includes patients who received radiation/resection or no treatment as 2L therapy; in the LEO cohort, also includes patients with no imaging assessment (n = 9).

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