Długotrwała odpowiedź na leczenie brentuksymabem vedotin u pacjenta z nawrotem chłoniaka Hodgkina po auto-HSCT

The standard of care for patients with refractory or relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma is salvage chemotherapy followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This method is not always effective, however. For patient who do not respond or those who relapse again treatment opportunities are limited. Before of the brentuximab vedotin ”era” the prognosis of such patients was poor, with a 5-year overall survival not exceeding 30%. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) may be curative, but its success is highly dependent on prior good disease control. Brentuximab vedotin can be effective bridging treatment before allo-HSCT because 34% of patients can achive complete remission. In addition, in some patients, used as monotherapy without additional consolidation treatment allows for long-term responses.