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ABSTRACT: Purpose
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) is the standard for staging aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Limited data from prospective studies is available to determine whether initial staging by FDG PET/CT provides treatment-relevant information of bone marrow (BM) involvement (BMI) and thus could spare BM biopsy (BMB).Methods
Patients from PETAL (NCT00554164) and OPTIMAL>60 (NCT01478542) with aggressive B-cell NHL initially staged by FDG PET/CT and BMB were included in this pooled analysis. The reference standard to confirm BMI included a positive BMB and/or FDG PET/CT confirmed by targeted biopsy, complementary imaging (CT or magnetic resonance imaging), or concurrent disappearance of focal FDG-avid BM lesions with other lymphoma manifestations during immunochemotherapy.Results
Among 930 patients, BMI was detected by BMB in 85 (prevalence 9%) and by FDG PET/CT in 185 (20%) cases, for a total of 221 cases (24%). All 185 PET-positive cases were true positive, and 709 of 745 PET-negative cases were true negative. For BMB and FDG PET/CT, sensitivity was 38% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 32-45%) and 84% (CI: 78-88%), specificity 100% (CI: 99-100%) and 100% (CI: 99-100%), positive predictive value 100% (CI: 96-100%) and 100% (CI: 98-100%), and negative predictive value 84% (CI: 81-86%) and 95% (CI: 93-97%), respectively. In all of the 36 PET-negative cases with confirmed BMI patients had other adverse factors according to IPI that precluded a change of standard treatment. Thus, the BMB would not have influenced the patient management.Conclusion
In patients with aggressive B-cell NHL, routine BMB provides no critical staging information compared to FDG PET/CT and could therefore be omitted.Trial registration
NCT00554164 and NCT01478542.
SUBMITTER: Kaddu-Mulindwa D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8440256 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaddu-Mulindwa Dominic D Altmann Bettina B Held Gerhard G Angel Stephanie S Stilgenbauer Stephan S Thurner Lorenz L Bewarder Moritz M Schwier Maren M Pfreundschuh Michael M Löffler Markus M Menhart Karin K Grosse Jirka J Ziepert Marita M Herrmann Ken K Dührsen Ulrich U Hüttmann Andreas A Barbato Francesco F Poeschel Viola V Hellwig Dirk D
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<h4>Purpose</h4>Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) is the standard for staging aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Limited data from prospective studies is available to determine whether initial staging by FDG PET/CT provides treatment-relevant information of bone marrow (BM) involvement (BMI) and thus could spare BM biopsy (BMB).<h4>Methods</h4>Patients from PETAL (NCT00554164) and OPTIMAL>60 (NCT01478542) with aggressiv ...[more]