Mosunetuzumab With Response-Adapted Polatuzumab Vedotin and Obinutuzumab in Untreated Indolent B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
PURPOSE: Chemoimmunotherapy has been the standard approach for untreated indolent B-cell lymphoma. We hypothesized that initial use of the CD3/CD20 bispecific mosunetuzumab followed by response-adapted polatuzumab vedotin and obinutuzumab would yield an optimized chemotherapy-free approach. METHODS: Previously untreated patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) and marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) with indication for treatment received eight cycles of mosunetuzumab. Those not achieving a complete response (CR) by positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) following mosunetuzumab could go on to receive six cycles of polatuzumab vedotin and obinutuzumab. The primary end point was best overall response rate (ORR) of CR by fluorodeoxyglucose-PET-CT. RESULTS: The 42 enrolled patients had a median age of 60 years (range, 36-83), 39 were stage III to IV (93%), 37 (88%) had FL, and 13 (31%) had bulk >7 cm. The end-of-treatment ORR and CR rates were 100% and 86%, respectively. The ORR and CR to mosunetuzumab alone were 100% and 71%, respectively. With a median follow-up of 34 months, the 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 89% (95% CI, 80 to 100) and the 2-year overall survival was 100%. The four progression events included CD20 loss (2) and histologic transformation (2). Cytokine release syndrome occurred in 27 patients (64%), but all were grade 1. No patients required tocilizumab. CONCLUSION: Single-agent mosunetuzumab as well as response-adapted polatuzumab vedotin and obinutuzumab yield encouraging CR rates and PFS with limited toxicity among previously untreated patients with FL and MZL. This chemotherapy-free strategy may provide a template for larger study designs for personalized approaches in this population that balances efficacy with safety.
Authors
- Ajay K. Gopal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-6834)
- Ryan C. Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6703-0894)
- Ash A. Alizadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5153-5625)
- Todd A. Fehniger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8705-2887)
- David A. Russler‐Germain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-2247)
- Brian G. Till (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4718-8288)
- Daria Gausman
- Mazyar Shadman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3365-6562)
- Christina Poh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3120-712X)
- Mengyang Di (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6165-2617)
- David M. Kurtz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6382-4651)
- Stephen D. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-7593)
- Vikram Raghunathan
- Jenna Voutsinas
- David Maloney
- Heather Rasmussen
- Chaitra S. Ujjani
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- City of Hope (US)
- Foresight Science & Technology (United States) (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Published
- 2026-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-02906
- Primary Topic
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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