Surrogate Endpoints and Risk Adaptive Strategies in Previously Untreated Follicular Lymphoma.

Surrogate Endpoints and Risk Adaptive Strategies in Previously Untreated Follicular Lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2018 May 05;: Authors: Narkhede MS, Cheson BD Abstract Follicular lymphoma is the second most common subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with an estimated 3.18 cases per 100,000 people. Despite the prolongation of survival with chemoimmunotherapy, variability in response to initial treatment and outcome still exists. Whereas prolonging overall survival is important, it is generally an unreasonable primary endpoint in the front-line setting. The long follow-up needed and the influence of subsequent therapies creates a potential bias. Thus, clinical trials require approximately 5 to 8 years from activation to completion and analysis of outcomes. This duration results in enormous cost and a delay in developing newer therapies. Thus, there is a need to identify markers or surrogate endpoints that can be used in clinical trials to expedite the development of new treatments. This review will discuss various clinical, radiologic, and laboratory measures used to assess outcomes and overall survival in patients with untreated follicular lymphoma, and gauge their utility in clinical trials as surrogate endpoints. PMID: 29773430 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Lymphoma and Myeloma - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk Source Type: research