This is the first large-scale cross-country analysis of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) aimed to evaluate the incidence, types, and key prognostic factors of secondary malignancies, and to assess the impact on overall survival based on retrospective claims data from three Central European countries. We analyzed 25,814 newly diagnosed CLL patients from Czechia, Hungary, and Poland; 10,312 (39.9%) patients were treated for CLL in study periods between 2004 and 2016. Out of the treated patients, 1986 (19.3%) received the FCR therapy in the first line and 779 (7.6%) received FCR in subsequent lines. We observed that 33.7% of treated patients developed secondary malignancies during the study. Based on country estimates, the probability to develop a secondary malignancy within 4 years since starting the first-line FCR therapy ranged between 28.0% and 36.8%. We found the age at diagnosis, male gender, any malignancy prior to the CLL diagnosis, and the CLL treatment to be the key risk factors for developing secondary malignancies. Specifically, the FCR therapy was a statistically significant (p < 0.001) prognostic factor for risk increase with the hazard ratio between 1.46 and 1.60. Across the three Central European countries, we observed consistent results indicating FCR increased the risk of secondary malignancies in CLL patients. We conclude that secondary malignancies are clearly an undervalued burden for CLL patients, caregivers, and the healthcare system. When evaluating new therapies in regulatory and reimbursement decision making, the factor of secondary malignancies deserves deeper considerations.

• MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie * farmakoterapie   epidemiologie   MeSH
• cyklofosfamid terapeutické užití   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• přežití po terapii bez příznaků nemoci MeSH
• protokoly antitumorózní kombinované chemoterapie škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• retrospektivní studie MeSH
• rituximab terapeutické užití   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Evropa MeSH

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have a high risk of poor outcomes related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This multicenter cohort study evaluated the impact of COVID-19 infection on the population of CLL patients in the Czech Republic. Between March 2020 and May 2021, 341 patients (237 males) with CLL and COVID-19 disease were identified. The median age was 69 years (range 38-91). Out of the 214 (63%) patients with the history of therapy for CLL, 97 (45%) were receiving CLL-directed treatment at diagnosis of COVID-19: 29% Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi), 16% chemoimmunotherapy (CIT), 11% Bcl-2 inhibitor, and 4% phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor. Regarding the severity of COVID-19, 60% pts required admission to the hospital, 21% pts were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), and 12% received invasive mechanical ventilation. The overall case fatality rate was 28%. Major comorbidities, age over 72, male gender, CLL treatment in history, CLL-directed treatment at COVID-19 diagnosis were associated with increased risk of death. Of note, concurrent therapy with BTKi compared to CIT was not associated with better outcome of COVID-19.

• MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie * farmakoterapie   epidemiologie   MeSH
• COVID-19 * komplikace   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• fosfatidylinositol-3-kinasy MeSH
• kohortové studie MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• testování na COVID-19 MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• multicentrická studie MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika MeSH

AIMS: This is a nation-wide survey of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients at six large hematology centers in the Czech Republic. The aim was to identify specific populations, social, and health characteristics of CLL subgroups divided according to the immunogenetic features of their B cell receptors (BCRs) and clonality. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Questionnaires directed to specific health, social, and environmental conditions were collected in a cohort of 573 CLL patients. For these patients, immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangements were also analyzed in order to gain information about their clonality, IGHV mutational status, and the presence of stereotyped BCRs. Data extracted from the questionnaires were analyzed statistically in the context of immunogenetic features of the cohort. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences in the data collected in the survey between patients with mutated and patients with unmutated IGHV. However, patients with oligoclonal CLL reported health conditions such as hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, herpes simplex, tumors, and also, separately, CLL in 1st degree relatives, more often than their monoclonal counterparts. In patients with stereotyped BCRs, we found more frequent alcohol consumption and gastric infections in subset #1 cases and frequent cholecystectomies and familial CLL in subset #2 cases. CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to investigate CLL immunogenetic features and clonality in the context of epidemiological data. We reported statistically significant associations suggesting the influence of certain health and social conditions on a number of clonal populations expanding in CLL and also on characteristic BCR features, especially stereotypy.

• MeSH
• biologické faktory * MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie epidemiologie   genetika   imunologie   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• genetická variace * MeSH
• genetika člověka MeSH
• genotyp MeSH
• imunogenetika * MeSH
• kohortové studie MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• receptory antigenů B-buněk genetika   MeSH
• rizikové faktory MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• srovnávací studie MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika MeSH

• MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie * diagnóza   epidemiologie   MeSH
• incidence MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• paraproteinemie * MeSH
• paraproteiny MeSH
• prognóza MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• komentáře MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

• MeSH
• antitumorózní látky terapeutické užití   MeSH
• chlorambucil terapeutické užití   MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie diagnóza   farmakoterapie   epidemiologie   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• humanizované monoklonální protilátky terapeutické užití   MeSH
• komorbidita MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• prognóza MeSH
• prospektivní studie MeSH
• protokoly antitumorózní kombinované chemoterapie terapeutické užití   MeSH
• reziduální nádor diagnóza   farmakoterapie   epidemiologie   MeSH
• rituximab terapeutické užití   MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Publikační typ
• dopisy MeSH
• klinické zkoušky, fáze III MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• randomizované kontrolované studie MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• Zydelig,
• MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie * epidemiologie   farmakoterapie   mortalita   MeSH
• indukce remise MeSH
• inhibitory enzymů farmakologie   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• nežádoucí účinky léčiv epidemiologie   etiologie   MeSH
• protokoly antitumorózní kombinované chemoterapie terapeutické užití   MeSH
• recidiva MeSH
• rituximab terapeutické užití   MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• terapeutický index léčiva MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH

BACKGROUND: Better risk-stratification of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and identification of subsets of ultra-high-risk (HR)-CLL patients are crucial in the contemporary era of an expanded therapeutic armamentarium for CLL. METHODS: A multivariate patient similarity network and clustering was applied to assess the prognostic values of routine genetic, laboratory, and clinical factors and to identify subsets of ultra-HR-CLL patients. The study cohort consisted of 116 HR-CLL patients (F/M 36/80, median age 63 yrs) carrying del(11q), del(17p)/TP53 mutations and/or complex karyotype (CK) at the time of diagnosis. RESULTS: Three major subsets based on the presence of key prognostic variables as genetic aberrations, bulky lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, and gender: profile (P)-I (n = 34, men/women with CK + no del(17p)/TP53 mutations), P-II (n = 47, predominantly men with del(11q) + no CK + no del(17p)/TP53 mutations), and P-III (n = 35, men/women with del(17p)/TP53 mutations, with/without del(11q) and CK) were revealed. Subanalysis of major subsets identified three ultra-HR-CLL groups: men with TP53 disruption with/without CK, women with TP53 disruption with CK and men/women with CK + del(11q) with poor short-term outcomes (25% deaths/12 mo). Besides confirming the combinations of known risk-factors, the used patient similarity network added further refinement of subsets of HR-CLL patients who may profit from different targeted drugs. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed for the first time in hemato-oncology the usefulness of the multivariate patient similarity networks for stratification of HR-CLL patients. This approach shows the potential for clinical implementation of precision medicine, which is especially important in view of an armamentarium of novel targeted drugs.

• MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie diagnóza   epidemiologie   genetika   terapie   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• hodnocení rizik MeSH
• individualizovaná medicína metody   MeSH
• kohortové studie MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• multivariační analýza MeSH
• mutační analýza DNA MeSH
• neuronové sítě (počítačové) MeSH
• prediktivní hodnota testů MeSH
• prognóza MeSH
• rozhodovací stromy MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• shluková analýza MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

Chemoimmunotherapy with bendamustine and rituximab is an alternative treatment for elderly patients with CLL. The aim of this observational multicenter study was to prospectively assess efficacy and safety of bendamustine and rituximab in front-line therapy in patients with CLL and significant comorbidities in real hematological practice. Eighty-three consecutive patients with cumulative illness rating scale (CIRS) >6 who received at least one cycle of BR as first-line treatment were included in the study. The median age was 71 years (range, 53-83), the median CIRS was 8 (range, 7-17), and 60.2% of patients had a creatinine clearance ≤70 mL/min. FISH analysis, available for 78 cases, showed a del(17p) in 11.5% and del(11q) in 20.5% of patients. Overall response rate was 88.0% with a complete response rate of 20.5%. With median follow-up time of 22 months, the estimated median progression free survival was 35.9 months. Progression free survival and overall survival rates at 2 years were 69.9% and 96.2%, respectively. Grade 3 or 4 neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and anemia were documented in 40 (48.2%), 14 (16.9%), and 8 (9.6%) patients, respectively. Grade 3 or 4 infections occurred in 14.5% of patients. Chemoimmunotherapy with BR is an effective therapeutic option with manageable toxicity for the initial treatment of CLL patients with significant comorbidities. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02381899.

• MeSH
• bendamustin hydrochlorid aplikace a dávkování   škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie komplikace   farmakoterapie   epidemiologie   MeSH
• komorbidita MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• neoadjuvantní terapie MeSH
• protokoly antitumorózní kombinované chemoterapie terapeutické užití   MeSH
• rituximab aplikace a dávkování   škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• multicentrická studie MeSH
• pozorovací studie MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

In the HOVON68 CLL trial, patients 65 to 75 years of age had no survival benefit from the addition of low-dose alemtuzumab to fludarabine and cyclophosphamide (FC) in contrast to younger patients. The reasons are explored in this 5-year trial update using both survival analysis and competing risk analysis on non-CLL-related mortality. Elderly FCA patients died more frequently from causes not related to CLL, and more often related to comorbidity (mostly cardiovascular) than to infection. In a Cox multivariate analysis, del(17p), performance status >0, and comorbidity were associated with a higher non-CLL-related mortality in the elderly independent of the treatment modality. Thus, while the 'fit' elderly with no comorbidity or performance status of 0 might potentially benefit from chemo-immunotherapy with FC, caution is warranted, when considering alemtuzumab treatment in elderly patients with cardiovascular comorbidity.

• MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie epidemiologie   mortalita   terapie   MeSH
• homologní transplantace MeSH
• klinické zkoušky jako téma MeSH
• kombinovaná terapie MeSH
• komorbidita MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mortalita MeSH
• příčina smrti MeSH
• protokoly antitumorózní kombinované chemoterapie škodlivé účinky   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• transplantace hematopoetických kmenových buněk MeSH
• věkové faktory MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

• Klíčová slova
• Ibrutinib, idelalisib,
• MeSH
• antitumorózní látky MeSH
• chinazolinony škodlivé účinky   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• chronická lymfatická leukemie * diagnóza   epidemiologie   terapie   MeSH
• cílená molekulární terapie * škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• cytochrom P-450 CYP3A MeSH
• lékové interakce MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• prognóza MeSH
• puriny škodlivé účinky   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• pyrazoly škodlivé účinky   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• pyrimidiny škodlivé účinky   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• kazuistiky MeSH