THE NEW PD-1 INHIBITOR PROLGOLIMAB IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED/REFRACTORY CLASSICAL HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA (EHA 2023)
At relapse, 3 patients were administered brentuximab vedotin monotherapy at 1.8 mg/kg every 21 days (median 10; range 8-14 doses), but had disease progression...Chemo mobilization with etoposide performed, the median number of collected CD34+ cells was 5.6 x10^6/kg... Previously published retrospective results indicate that immunotherapy with PD-1 inhibitors (nivolumab, pembrolizumab), which has been used in the treatment of r/refractory HL in the Russian Federation since 2017, is highly effective in combination with chemotherapy (approximately 70%) and safe in terms of toxicity. The most common grade 3-4 adverse events were increased lipase levels (up to 5% of cases), neutropenia (3%), diarrhea (1%), rash (1%), autoimmune complications (<1%). Our results demonstrate that the combination of the new PD-1 inhibitor prolgolimab and DHAP can be synergistic, highly effective, and extremely safe, serving as a potentialbridge to consolidation therapy.