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Objective The efficacy of mogamulizumab in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma ( ATLL) was reported in a previous phase 2 study. Compared with patients in clinical trials, however, most patients in real-life settings have demonstrated worse outcomes. Method We retrospectively analyzed 96 patients with relapsed/refractory ATLL who received mogamulizumab treatment. Results Relapsed/refractory ATLL patients with a median age of 70 years received a median of five courses of mogamulizumab. Hematologic toxicity and skin rash were the most common adverse events, and both were manageable. Of 96 patients, 87 were evaluable for efficacy. The overall response rate was 36%, and the median progression-free survival ( PFS) and overall survival ( OS) from the start of mogamulizumab therapy were 1.8 and 4.0 months, respectively. Of the original 96 patients, only 25 fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the phase 2 study. Those who met the criteria demonstrated longer median PFS and OS durations of 2.7 and 8.5 months, respectively. The median OS from diagnosis in relapsed/refractory ATLL patients receiving mogamulizumab was 12 months, longer than the 5.8 months in a historical cohort without mogamulizumab. Conclusion In clinical practice, mogamulizumab exhibited antitumor activity in patients with relapsed/refractory ATLL, with an acceptable toxicity profile. Mogamulizumab therapy improved the OS of ATLL patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although malignancy is a fatal complication of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring haemodialysis, successful treatment of haematological malignancies has been rarely reported. We describe the case of a 64-year-old man who presented with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL; clinical stage, IVB) concomitant with ESRD. Before chemotherapy, haemodialysis was initiated, and one course of dose-adjusted CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisolone) therapy followed by eight courses of rituximab therapy were administered according to the performance status and degree of organ dysfunction. Consequently, the patient was disease free for 27 months. Thus, rituximab plus CHOP combination therapy was effective for NHL concomitant with ESRD. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

We performed a retrospective analysis of patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma treated with rituximab plus CHOP (cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine and prednisone) as a first-line therapy at 22 hospitals of the Kyushu Lymphoma Study Group. During the period 1996-2005, 1,057 patients (aged 22-90 years) were analyzed. Of these, 678 were treated with CHOP, and 379 were treated with rituximab plus CHOP (R-CHOP). The complete response rate was 59.9% in the CHOP group and 67.0% in the R-CHOP group (P < 0.001). Three-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) rates were significantly higher in the R-CHOP group than in the CHOP group (61.3 vs. 45.6% for PFS, P < 0.001; 68.3 vs. 54.5% for OS, P < 0.001). The International Prognostic Index was a good prognostic marker for both groups; a survival benefit of rituximab addition was found for each risk subgroup and also for both age groups (60 years). Among 345 patients who received localized radiation therapy, the adding rituximab to CHOP attenuated the survival difference between CHOP and R-CHOP groups (P = 0.104), compared with no radiation group (P < 0.001). Results of this large-scale, multicenter study confirm that rituximab plus CHOP provided a greater survival benefit than CHOP alone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We previously reported that monotherapy with carbapenem or cefepime exhibited efficacy equivalent to cefepime plus an aminoglycoside as initial therapy for febrile neutropenia (FN), achieving an adequate response in two-thirds of the patients. However, only one-third of the remaining poor responders to monotherapy became afebrile after an aminoglycoside was added to the initial carbapenem or cefepime. The present study was designed to evaluate the benefit of intravenous ciprofloxacin for neutropenic patients with fever who were refractory to initial therapy given for the first 3 days. Patients with FN—as defined by an axillary temperature ≥37.5°C and a neutrophil count [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]