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PET-CT for staging & early response: results from 'Response Adapted Therapy in Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma' (RATHL) (CRUK/07/033).

Barrington, Sally F ; Kirkwood, Amy A ; Franceschetto, Antonella ; Fulham, Michael J ; Roberts, Thomas H ; Almquist, Helén LU ; Brun, Eva LU ; Hjorthaug, Karin ; Viney, Zaid N and Pike, Lucy C , et al. (2016) In Blood 127(12). p.1531-1538
Abstract
International guidelines recommend PET-CT should replace CT in Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL). The aims of this study were to i) compare PET-CT with CT for staging and ii) measure agreement between expert and local readers, using a five-point scale (Deauville criteria), to adapt treatment in a clinical trial 'Response Adapted Therapy in Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma' (RATHL) www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials, reference NCT00678327. Patients were staged for the trial using clinical assessment, CT and bone marrow biopsy (RATHL stage). PET-CT was performed at baseline (PET0) and after 2 chemotherapy cycles (PET2) in a response-adapted design. PET-CT was reported centrally by experts at 5 national core labs. Local readers optionally scored PET2 scans. The... (More)
International guidelines recommend PET-CT should replace CT in Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL). The aims of this study were to i) compare PET-CT with CT for staging and ii) measure agreement between expert and local readers, using a five-point scale (Deauville criteria), to adapt treatment in a clinical trial 'Response Adapted Therapy in Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma' (RATHL) www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials, reference NCT00678327. Patients were staged for the trial using clinical assessment, CT and bone marrow biopsy (RATHL stage). PET-CT was performed at baseline (PET0) and after 2 chemotherapy cycles (PET2) in a response-adapted design. PET-CT was reported centrally by experts at 5 national core labs. Local readers optionally scored PET2 scans. The RATHL and PET-CT stages were compared. Agreement amongst experts and between expert and local readers was measured. RATHL and PET0 stage were concordant in 938 (80%) patients. PET-CT upstaged 159 (14%) and downstaged 74 (6%) patients. Upstaging by extranodal disease in bone marrow (92), lung (11) or multiple sites (12) on PET-CT accounted for most discrepancies. Follow-up of discrepant findings confirmed the PET characterisation of lesions in the vast majority. Five patients were upstaged by marrow biopsy; 7 by contrast-enhanced CT in bowel and/or liver or spleen. PET2 agreement amongst experts (140 scans) with kappa (95% CI) of 0.84 (0.76 - 0.91) was very good and between experts and local readers (300 scans) at 0.77 (0.68-0.86) was good. These results confirm PET-CT as the modern standard for staging HL and that response assessment using Deauville criteria is robust enabling translation of RATHL results into clinical practice. (Less)
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Blood
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127
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1531 - 1538
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American Society of Hematology
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1528-0020
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10.1182/blood-2015-11-679407
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English
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  abstract     = {{International guidelines recommend PET-CT should replace CT in Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL). The aims of this study were to i) compare PET-CT with CT for staging and ii) measure agreement between expert and local readers, using a five-point scale (Deauville criteria), to adapt treatment in a clinical trial 'Response Adapted Therapy in Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma' (RATHL) www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials, reference NCT00678327. Patients were staged for the trial using clinical assessment, CT and bone marrow biopsy (RATHL stage). PET-CT was performed at baseline (PET0) and after 2 chemotherapy cycles (PET2) in a response-adapted design. PET-CT was reported centrally by experts at 5 national core labs. Local readers optionally scored PET2 scans. The RATHL and PET-CT stages were compared. Agreement amongst experts and between expert and local readers was measured. RATHL and PET0 stage were concordant in 938 (80%) patients. PET-CT upstaged 159 (14%) and downstaged 74 (6%) patients. Upstaging by extranodal disease in bone marrow (92), lung (11) or multiple sites (12) on PET-CT accounted for most discrepancies. Follow-up of discrepant findings confirmed the PET characterisation of lesions in the vast majority. Five patients were upstaged by marrow biopsy; 7 by contrast-enhanced CT in bowel and/or liver or spleen. PET2 agreement amongst experts (140 scans) with kappa (95% CI) of 0.84 (0.76 - 0.91) was very good and between experts and local readers (300 scans) at 0.77 (0.68-0.86) was good. These results confirm PET-CT as the modern standard for staging HL and that response assessment using Deauville criteria is robust enabling translation of RATHL results into clinical practice.}},
  author       = {{Barrington, Sally F and Kirkwood, Amy A and Franceschetto, Antonella and Fulham, Michael J and Roberts, Thomas H and Almquist, Helén and Brun, Eva and Hjorthaug, Karin and Viney, Zaid N and Pike, Lucy C and Federico, Massimo and Luminari, Stefano and Radford, John and Trotman, Judith and Fosså, Alexander and Berkahn, Leanne and Molin, Daniel and D'Amore, Francesco and Sinclair, Donald A and Smith, Paul and O'Doherty, Michael J and Stevens, Lindsey and Johnson, Peter W}},
  issn         = {{1528-0020}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{12}},
  pages        = {{1531--1538}},
  publisher    = {{American Society of Hematology}},
  series       = {{Blood}},
  title        = {{PET-CT for staging & early response: results from 'Response Adapted Therapy in Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma' (RATHL) (CRUK/07/033).}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2015-11-679407}},
  doi          = {{10.1182/blood-2015-11-679407}},
  volume       = {{127}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}