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The study included patients with HL relapsing or refractory after three lines of chemotherapy (including brentuximab-vedotin) and autoHSCT, or four lines of chemotherapy if the patient was not eligible for HSCT. To assess whether some patients might be cured with nivolumab alone as systemic treatment, we analysed the 19 patients who achieved a CR and did not receive a consolidation (concomitant radiotherapy was performed in five patients). Can nivolumab alone cure patients with relapse or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma?. [Extracted from the article]

Summary: The treatment of low‐tumour burden follicular lymphoma (LTBFL) remains a challenge. Rituximab‐based strategies may be improved by adding chemotherapy. This Lymphoma Study Association multicentre phase II study assessed rituximab and bendamustine in 63 patients with untreated LTBFL who were aged over 60 years old and had a follicular lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) score ≥2. Induction comprised 4 weekly cycles of rituximab 375 mg/m2 intravenously combined with 2 cycles of bendamustine 90 mg/m2 days 1–2 with a 28‐day interval, followed by twelve cycles of 375 mg/m2 rituximab maintenance therapy every 8 weeks. The primary endpoint was complete response (CR)/unconfirmed CR (CRu), at 12 weeks. Median age was 67·4 years and median FLIPI was 3. Ultimately, 18 patients (29%) had high tumour burden according to Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes Folliculaires criteria. The 12‐week CR/CRu rate was 54·0% and the overall response rate was 93·7%. Surprisingly, 3 patients died during maintenance (2 sepsis, 1 neoplasm). Progression‐free survival was 85·4% at 24 months. In LTBFL patients with FLIPI ≥2, two cycles of rituximab and bendamustine result in a CR rate of 54·0%. However, the treatment‐related deaths observed do not allow this regimen to be recommended for LTBFL patients aged over 60 years. EudraCT: 2010‐020757‐14; ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01313611. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the use of doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine (ABVD) chemotherapy in the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients. Topics discussed include investigation of positron emission tomography (PET) driven dose-reduction strategy in patients, oral administration of etoposide, and adjustment of chemotherapy intensity.

The article discusses the results of a retrospective cohort of patients with nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL), ineligible for radiation therapy, treated with the monoclonal antibody Rituximab and standard adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine (ABVD). Topics covered include the effectivity and safety of combination drug therapy with Rituximab and ABVD, risk of pulmonary events, and Rituximab's use as a single agent in front-line therapy in advanced NLPHL.