Table 2.

Large frontline trials of conventional dose therapy in MCL

PhaseChemotherapyNAge (median), yearsOR (CR), %Median PFS, monthsOSReference
3 (Randomized) FC vs FCR 370 66 68 (40) vs 74 (53) 14.9 vs 29.8 Median 37 vs 44.5 months Rule et al 
3 (Randomized) R-CHOP vs R-FC 485 70 Postinduction 86 (34) vs 78 (40) 28 (TTF) vs 26 (TTF) Postmaintenance 4 years 62% vs 4 years 47% Kluin-Nelemans et al22  
3 (Randomized) R- CHOP vs R-B 94 70 91 (30) vs 93 (40) 22 vs 35 NA Rummel et al23  
3 (Randomized) R-CHOP/CVP vs R-B 74 60 85 (27) vs 94 (50) NA NA Flinn et al24  
3 (Randomized) R-CHOP vs VR-CAP 244 61 89 (42) vs 92 (53) 14.4 vs 24.7 4 years 54% vs 4 years 64% Robak et al33  
2 (Single arm) R-BAC (AraC 500 mg/m257 71 96 (93) 2 years PFS 83% 2 years OS 91% Visco et al26  
PhaseChemotherapyNAge (median), yearsOR (CR), %Median PFS, monthsOSReference
3 (Randomized) FC vs FCR 370 66 68 (40) vs 74 (53) 14.9 vs 29.8 Median 37 vs 44.5 months Rule et al 
3 (Randomized) R-CHOP vs R-FC 485 70 Postinduction 86 (34) vs 78 (40) 28 (TTF) vs 26 (TTF) Postmaintenance 4 years 62% vs 4 years 47% Kluin-Nelemans et al22  
3 (Randomized) R- CHOP vs R-B 94 70 91 (30) vs 93 (40) 22 vs 35 NA Rummel et al23  
3 (Randomized) R-CHOP/CVP vs R-B 74 60 85 (27) vs 94 (50) NA NA Flinn et al24  
3 (Randomized) R-CHOP vs VR-CAP 244 61 89 (42) vs 92 (53) 14.4 vs 24.7 4 years 54% vs 4 years 64% Robak et al33  
2 (Single arm) R-BAC (AraC 500 mg/m257 71 96 (93) 2 years PFS 83% 2 years OS 91% Visco et al26  

CVP, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisolone; FCR, fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab; N, number; NA, not available; R-B, rituximab and bendamustine; R-BAC, rituximab, bendamustine, and cytarabine; R-FC, rituximab, fludarabine, and cyclophosphamide; TTF, time to treatment failure.