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Background: Newly drugs access for MM treatment still a challenge in some countries. One of the most available inductions for TE NDMM patients (pts) worldwide is cyclophosphamide (C), thalidomide (T) and dexamethasone (d)-(CTd). Dara the first anti- CD38, had been combined with VCd, VTd and VRd and markedly increased the depth and duration of the response. We hypothesized that Dara and CTd combination could be safe and allow deeper activity as an alternative protocol. Aims: The aims of this analysis were to evaluate Progression Free Survival (PFS) of Dara-CTd treatment and minimal residual disease (MRD) after one year of Dara maintenance. Primary endpoint of the study was to evaluate the VGPR after two consolidation cycles post-autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Methods: This is a phase II, open-label single-center clinical trial. The main inclusion criteria were: TE NDMM, creatinine clearance > 30 ml/min, normal cardiac, renal and liver function and the Easter Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status = 0 - 2. The protocol was Dara-CTd for up to four 28-day induction cycles: C-500mg oral (PO) on days 1,8 and 15, T at 100-200mg PO on days 1 to 28, (d) at 40mg PO on days 1,8,15 and 22 and Dara at 16mg/Kg/dose intravenous (IV) on days 1,8,15 and 22 during cycles 1 - 2 and every other week in cycles 3 - 4, followed by ASCT. All pts received up to four 28-day consolidation cycles that was started at D+30 after ASCT: Dara at 16mg/Kg and (d) at 40mg every other week, associated with T at 100mg PO on days 1 - 28. Dara at 16mg/Kg was used monthly as maintenance until progression or limiting toxicity. G-CSF was used for stem cell (SC) mobilization and plerixafor had been allowed whenever the pts need. The MRD was evaluated by next-generation flow (NGF) based and PET-CT was performed when the patient obtained NGF negativity or finished consolidation. PFS outcome was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method. All pts received antiviral, anti-pneumocystis and anti-thrombotic prophylaxis. Data cut-off was June 15, 2021. Results: The first pts was enrolled in November 2018. A total of 24 pts were included, the median age being 60 (range 37- 67 years), 23 (92%) were non-white, 5 (21%) had an R-ISS = 1, 12 (54%) had an R-ISS = 2 and 4 (16%), an R-ISS = 3. Six (25%) pts had high-risk chromosomal abnormalities [del17p, t(4;14) or t(14;16)]. To date, all pts have completed induction, 20 have received transplant and 17 have completed D+90 post-transplant assessment. No SC mobilization failure was observed, and six (30%) pts needed plerixafor use. By ITT analysis after a median follow up of 20 months the PFS at 12 and 18 months was 86%. No PFS difference was observed between different subgroups. Regarding response rates, after the end of induction (cycle 4), 19 (90%) of the pts obtained > PR and 8 (38%) obtained >VGPR, including three MRD negativity by NGF. 17 pts have completed two consolidation cycles after transplant and 94% obtained > VGPR as best response, 13 (76%) obtained MRD negativity by NGF and 10 (58%) had negative PET-CT. Seven (41%) pts had both flow and PET-CT negativity. Six pts completed one year of maintenance and five of them (83%) still MRD negativity by NGF. Four pts died from infection, two of them related with covid infection (one before transplant and one during maintenance). Another case post-transplant, considered not related to the investigational agent and one after consolidation, related to the investigational agent. Two pts have discontinued treatment due to progression - 1 before ASCT e 1 during maintenance. The most common adverse events (AEs) grades 3 and 4 were neutropenia (n = 12), infusion reaction (n = 7), neuropathy (n = 6), lymphopenia (n = 4), infection (n = 3), hypertension (n = 1) and rash (n = 1). Summary/Conclusion: The Daratumumab - CTd protocol is an active regimen capable of producing deep and sustainable responses and improve the PFS of NDMM TE pts with a favorable safety profile. Clinical trial information: NCT03792620. Disclosures De Queiroz Crusoe: Janssen: Research Funding. Hungria: Sanofi: Honoraria, Other: Support for attending meetings/travel ; Takeda: Honoraria; Abbvie: Honoraria; Amgen, BMS, Celgene, Janssen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Support for attending meetings/travel .

Introduction: Nodal PTCL constitute a rare group of aggressive malignancies with heterogeneous clinical-biological presentation and outcomes. In the last decade, its pathophysiological knowledge has been improved, with descriptions of gene mutations associated with epigenetic phenomena (IDH2, TET2 and DNMT3A) and of the RHOA G17V mutation playing a fundamental role in the lymphomagenesis. However, the prognostic impact of these alterations is still controversial, and particularly, in the case of the RHOA mutation, it has never been previously accessed in the literature. Our group has described and validated biomarkers with potential prognostic impact in nPTCL patients, including overexpression of the genes CCNA2, GATA3 and monocytosis in peripheral blood [1,2,3]. The identification of new potential molecular biomarkers can refine the prognostic stratification of these tumors and allow identification of targets for future specific therapies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and prognostic impact of mutations in the IDH2, TET2, DNMT3 and RHOA genes in Brazilian patients with nPTCL. Methods: In this observational, retrospective and unicentric study, we analyzed the clinical-epidemiological characteristics, outcomes and mutational profile of 59 Brazilian patients with nPTCL treated at the HC-FMUSP, from January 2000 to December 2017. All cases were submitted to centralized histopathological review and were classified according to the criteria proposed by WHO-2008. Cases initially categorized as PTCL/NOS were later reclassified according to WHO-2016 criteria. FFPE-tumor samples from patients with PTCL/NOS, AITL, ALK+/ALCL and ALK-/ALCL were submitted to DNA extraction using QIAmp DNA FFPE kit. For amplification of specific products of target-genes primers flanking the hot spots regions were designed. After this step, the PCR products were submitted to first generation sequencing in 3500 Genetic Analyzer. Absolute and relative frequencies of mutations were accessed for the total cohort and its pathological subtypes. OS and PFS curves were constructed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Log-rank test was used to estimate the prognostic impact of mutations. Results: The clinical-epidemiological characteristics of the 59 Brazilian-patients with nPTCL are summarized in Table 1. With a median follow-up of 3.70 years (0.90-12.4 years), the estimated 2-years OS and PFS were 59.1% and 47.2%, respectively. ORR was 55.9% (33/59), with early relapse rate (< 12 months) of 14.3% (5/59) and global death rate of 52.5% (31/59). In the total cohort, we found a mutation frequency of 3.4% (2/59) for the IDH2 gene, 62.7% (37/59) for DNMT3A, 23.7% (14/59) for RHOA and 50.8% (30/59) for TET2. There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency distribution of IDH2, DNMT3A and TET2 mutations between the different histological subtypes of nPTCL. However, there was a statistical trend towards a higher occurrence of the RHOA mutation in the AITL and PTCL/NOS subtypes (3/9-33.3% and 7/16-43.7%, respectively; p=0.07). Among 7 cases with RHOA mutation classified as PTCL/NOS according WHO-2008 criteria, 6/7 (85.7%) expressed the PD-1 marker in immunohistochemistry, being reclassified as nPTCL with THf phenotype according to WHO-2016 criteria. So, the mutation RHOA was predominantly found in THf cell-derived neoplasms in our cohort. The mutational status of DNMT3A, RHOA and TET2 genes had no prognostic impact on OS, with p=0.85, p=0.13 and p=0.95, respectively. The same was observed in relation to PFS for the DNMT3A (p=0.70) and TET2 (p=0.52) mutations. However, the presence of the RHOA mutation was associated with the unfavorable PFS in our cohort (HR:1.98, p=0.05). We observed 2-year PFS of 28.6% (95% CI: 8.8-52.4%) for mutated-RHOA cases versus 52.9% (95% CI: 37.3-66.3%) for wild-type-RHOA patients (p=0.05) [Figure 1]. We also demonstrated that RHOA mutation was a predictor of lower ORR to first-line therapy (p=0.01) and was associated with high tumor burden (p=0.03) [Figure 2]. Conclusion: In this study, for the first time was demonstrated the unfavorable prognostic impact of the RHOA mutation in patients with nPTCL-Thf (AITL and nPTCL-THf), making it a potential molecular biomarker predictor of poor-PFS, associated with resistance to primary therapy and with high tumor burden. Such results are preliminary and will need to be validated in series with a larger number of cases. Figure 1 Figure 1. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Background: The inclusion of the CD38-targeting antibody daratumumab (Dara) increases the depth and duration of the response, as demonstrated by Dara-VTd and Dara-VRd protocols to treat NDMM - TE patients (pts). However, the access to new drugs is a challenge for some countries in Latin America. There are many induction protocols and one of the most used inductions worldwide is cyclophosphamide (C), thalidomide (T) and dexamethasone (d)- (CTd). We hypothesized that the combination of daratumumab and CTd (Dara-CTd) could be safe and allow deeper activity in NDMM TE pts. Objective: The primary endpoint was the attainment of VGPR after two consolidation cycles post-autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Secondary endpoints were the overall response rate during all treatment phases and minimal residual disease (MRD), based on the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria that includes the next-generation flow by the EuroFlow® and PET-CT and the safety profile. An exploratory endpoint was the analysis of the immunologic change in the lymphocyte profile during the treatment. Methods: This is a phase II, open-label single-center clinical trial. The main inclusion criteria were: NDMM TE, creatinine clearance > 30 ml/min, normal cardiac, renal and liver function and the Easter Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status = 0 - 2. The protocol scheme was Dara-CTd for up to four 28-day induction cycles: C-500mg oral (PO) on days 1,8 and 15, T at 100-200mg PO on days 1 to 28, Dex at 40mg PO on days 1,8,15 and 22 and Dara at 16mg/Kg/dose intravenous (IV) on days 1,8,15 and 22 during cycles 1 - 2 and every other week in cycles 3 - 4, followed by ASCT. Consolidation was started at D+30 after transplant and all patients received up to four 28-day consolidation cycles: Dara at 16mg/Kg and (d) at 40mg every other week, associated with T at 100mg PO on days 1 - 28. Dara at 16mg/Kg was used monthly as maintenance until progression or limiting toxicity. All patients received antiviral, anti-pneumocystis and anti-thrombotic prophylaxis. Results: The first patient was enrolled in November 2018. A total of 21 pts were included, the median age being 56 (range 38 - 67 years), 18 (85%) were non-white, 3 (14%) had an R-ISS = 1, 12 (57%) had an R-ISS = 2 and 3 (14%), an R-ISS = 3. Five (24%) pts had high-risk chromosomal abnormalities [del17p, t(4;14) or t(14;16)]. To date, 18 pts have completed induction, 12 have received transplants and 10 have completed D+90 post-transplant assessment. In an intention to treatment analysis, after the end of induction (cycle 4), 17 (95%) of the pts obtained > PR and 7 (33%) obtained VGPR or better. Ten patients have completed two consolidation cycles after transplant and 100% obtained > VGPR as best response, 8 (80%) obtained MRD = -10-5 negative remission by flow cytometry and 6 (60%) had negative PET-CTs. Five (50%) patients had both flow and PET-CT negativity. Two patients died from infection, one post-transplant, considered not related to the investigational agent, and another after consolidation, related to the investigational agent. The most common non-hematological adverse events (AEs) grades 3 and 4 before ASCT were neuropathy (n = 6), infusion reaction (n = 6), infection (n = 2), hypertension (n = 1) and rash (n = 1). Conclusion: This is the first study that combined daratumumab with CTd as induction for NDMM TE patients. This preliminary data has shown that the association of Dara-CTd achieved a deep response with a safety profile. Clinical trial information: NCT03792620. Disclosures De Queiroz Crusoe: Janssen: Research Funding.