Review Article

Prognostication and Risk-Adapted Therapy of Hodgkin's Lymphoma Using Positron Emission Tomography

Table 3

Selected studies of pretransplantation PET in relapsed/refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

StudyProspectiveType of FINo.No. FI+ (%)PPVNPVEFS, FI+EFS, FI–Median follow-up

Spaepen et al. 2003 [81]noPET199 (47%)78%90%

Schot et al. 2007 [82]yesPET235 (22%) NMR, 10 (43%) PMR60% if NMR, 70% if PMR75% if CMR, 30% if PMR40% (2 y) if NMR, 37% if PMR73% (2 y) if CMR

Jabbour et al. 2007 [83]no67Ga or PET21157 (27%)74%68%23% (3 y)69% (3 y)34 mo for nonrelapsed pts
PET6825 (37%)72%77%

Castagna et al. 2009 [84]noPET, after 2 cycles2410 (42%)90%93%10% (2 y)93% (2 y)24 mo
PET, after 4 cycles246 (25%)0% (2 y)78% (2 y)24 mo

Moskowitz et al. 2010 [45]yes67Ga or PET10541 (39%)33% (4 y)77% (4 y)7 y in surviving pts

CMR: complete metabolic remission; EFS: event-free survival; FI: functional imaging; Ga: Gallium; NMR: no metabolic remission; NPV: negative predictive value; PMR: partial metabolic remission (residual intensity above background level); PPV: positive predictive value; pts, patients.