Phase 3 SELENE study: ibrutinib plus BR/R-CHOP in previously treated patients with follicular or marginal zone lymphoma

  • Loretta J. Nastoupil
  • , Georg Hess
  • , Miguel A. Pavlovsky
  • , Iwona Danielewicz
  • , Jane Freeman
  • , Alejandro Martin García-Sancho
  • , Valeria Glazunova
  • , Andrew Grigg
  • , Jing Zhou Hou
  • , Ann Janssens
  • , Seok Jin Kim
  • , Zvenyslava Masliak
  • , Pam McKay
  • , Francesco Merli
  • , Wataru Munakata
  • , Hirokazu Nagai
  • , Muhit Özcan
  • , Meir Preis
  • , Tingyu Wang
  • , Melissa Rowe
  • Monelle Tamegnon, Rui Qin, Todd Henninger, Madeliene Curtis, Donne Bennett Caces, Catherine Thieblemont, Gilles Salles

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Abstract

The phase 3 SELENE study evaluated ibrutinib + chemoimmunotherapy (CIT; bendamustine and rituximab [BR]; or rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone [R-CHOP]) for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) follicular lymphoma (FL) or marginal zone lymphoma (MZL). Adult patients who had received ≥1 prior line of CIT were randomized 1:1 to oral ibrutinib (560 mg) or placebo daily, plus 6 cycles of BR/R-CHOP. The primary end point was investigator-assessed progression-free survival (PFS). Overall, 403 patients were randomized to ibrutinib + CIT (n = 202) or placebo + CIT (n = 201). Most patients received BR (90.3%) and had FL (86.1%). With a median follow-up of 84 months, median PFS was 40.5 months in the ibrutinib + CIT arm and 23.8 months in the placebo + CIT arm (hazard ratio [HR], 0.806; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.626-1.037; P = .0922). Median overall survival was not reached in either arm (HR, 0.980; 95% CI, 0.686-1.400). Grade ≥3 treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were reported in 85.6% and 75.4% of patients in the ibrutinib + CIT and placebo + CIT arms, respectively. In each arm, 13 patients had TEAEs leading to death. The addition of ibrutinib to CIT did not significantly improve PFS compared with placebo + CIT. The safety profile was consistent with known profiles of ibrutinib and CIT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7141-7150
Number of pages10
JournalBlood Advances
Volume7
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

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