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An open-label phase 2 trial of entospletinib in indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma.

David J Andorsky1, Kathryn S Kolibaba2, Sarit Assouline3, Andres Forero-Torres4, Vicky Jones5, Leonard M Klein6, Dipti Patel-Donnelly7, Mitchell Smith8, Wei Ye9, Wen Shi9, Christopher A Yasenchak10, Jeff P Sharman10.   

Abstract

Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) mediates B-cell receptor signalling in normal and malignant B cells. Entospletinib is an oral, selective Syk inhibitor. Entospletinib monotherapy was evaluated in a multicentre, phase 2 study of patients with relapsed or refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma or mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Subjects received 800 mg entospletinib twice daily. Forty-one follicular lymphoma (FL), 17 lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (LPL/WM), 17 marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) and 39 MCL patients were evaluated. The primary endpoint was a progression-free survival (PFS) rate (defined as not experiencing progression or death) at 16 weeks for patients with MCL and at 24 weeks for patients with FL, LPL/WM and MZL. The most common treatment-emergent adverse events were fatigue, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, headache and cough. Common laboratory abnormalities were anaemia, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia; aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, total bilirubin and serum creatinine were all increased. PFS at 16 weeks in the MCL cohort was 63·9% [95% confidence interval (CI) 45-77·8%]; PFS at 24 weeks in the FL, LPL/WM, MCL and MZL cohorts was 51·5% (95% CI 32·8-67·4%), 69·8% (95% CI 31·8-89·4%), 56·6% (95% CI 37·5-71·8%) and 46·2% (95% CI 18·5-70·2%), respectively. Entospletinib had limited single-agent activity with manageable toxicity in these patient populations.
© 2018 The Authors. British Journal of Haematology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and British Society for Haematology.

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Keywords:  B-cell receptor signalling inhibitors; entospletinib; indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma; mantle cell lymphoma; spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitors

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Year:  2018        PMID: 30183069      PMCID: PMC6585960          DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15552

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Br J Haematol        ISSN: 0007-1048            Impact factor:   6.998


Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) is a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase which acts upstream of both Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) and phosphoinositide3‐kinase (PI3K) in the B‐cell receptor (BCR) signalling pathway (Stevenson & Caligaris‐Cappio, 2004; Kipps, 2007; Gobessi et al, 2009). Expression of Syk occurs predominantly in cells of the haematopoietic lineages. Phosphorylation of Syk creates docking sites for signalling proteins that activate BCR pathway signals. Syk signalling elicits a range of diverse biological functions, including cellular development, function, proliferation, migration and survival (Chiorazzi & Ferrarini, 2003; Quiroga et al, 2009; Buchner et al, 2010; Friedberg et al, 2010). These findings have implicated Syk and the BCR pathway as essential for proliferation, migration, and survival of lymphoma cells in a variety of B‐cell malignancies, including lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (LPL/WM), follicular lymphoma (FL), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) (Fowler & Davis, 2013). There remains a significant unmet need with regard to the treatment of relapsed/refractory (R/R) indolent non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (iNHL) and MCL. FL is the most common subtype of iNHL, characterized by recurrent relapses and progressively shorter remissions (Anastasia & Rossi, 2016). A recent study found that approximately 20% of patients with FL who received first‐line R‐CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone) progress within 2 years and have a poor prognosis (Casulo et al, 2015). Despite recent advances in therapy for LPL/WM, including the approval of ibrutinib (Treon et al, 2015), complete responses (CRs) are rarely achieved. Finally, MCL is a rare subtype of NHL with an aggressive clinical course that usually responds to first‐line chemotherapy but remains incurable with an overall poor prognosis (Williams et al, 2010; Fakhri & Kahl, 2017; Spurgeon et al, 2017). Entospletinib (GS‐9973) is a competitive inhibitor of Syk that has excellent selectivity (dissociation constant, K d of 7·6 nmol/l) in a broad kinase panel screening without the off‐target adverse events (AEs) observed with fostamatinib (Ramanathan et al, 2013; Currie et al, 2014; Sharman & Di Paolo, 2016). Entospletinib at BID dosing higher than 200 mg has demonstrated inhibition of Syk activity, as measured by CD63 expression and phospho‐Syk, in healthy subjects (Ramanathan et al, 2013; Sharman & Di Paolo, 2016). The safety, tolerability and efficacy of entospletinib was evaluated in a single‐agent, open‐label, multi‐centre Phase 2 trial which enrolled separate cohorts of subjects with R/R haematological malignancies including chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), FL, other iNHL [including LPL/WM, small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) and MZL], MCL or diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL) (NCT01799889). This article reports the safety, tolerability and efficacy of entospletinib as a single agent in cohorts of subjects with R/R iNHL (FL, LPL/WM or MZL) and MCL. The results from the CLL cohort have been previously published (Sharman et al, 2015).

Patients and methods

Patients with a diagnosis of B‐cell iNHL [FL (grades 1, 2, 3a), MZL and LPL/WM] or MCL (mantle cell‐ nodal, diffuse or blastoid), based on World Health Organization criteria (Swerdlow et al, 2008) were included. Patients had to have performance status 0–1 and received 2 or more prior treatments with cytotoxic chemotherapy and an anti‐CD20 monoclonal antibody or radioimmunotherapy. The presence of radiographically‐measurable lymphadenopathy or extranodal lymphoid malignancy [defined as the presence of ≥1 lesion that measures ≥2·0 cm in the longest diameter and ≥1·0 cm in the longest perpendicular diameter as assessed by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)] was required in patients with FL, MCL or MZL. Subjects with LPL/WM who did not have radiographically‐measurable progressive disease were required to have a measurable monoclonal serum IgM on serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) with lymphoplasmacytic marrow involvement. Key exclusion criteria included known transformation from iNHL to an aggressive form of NHL, known active central nervous system or leptomeningeal lymphoma and the presence of known intermediate‐ or high‐grade myelodysplastic syndrome. After informed consent, all patients received 800 mg of the original monomesylate formulation of entospletinib orally twice daily as the starting dose under fasting conditions for 28 days, which was considered as one cycle. Subjects were treated until progression of disease, unacceptable toxicity or withdrawal of consent. Dose reductions to 600 mg, 400 mg and 200 mg BID were permitted due to toxicities. The primary endpoint was a progression‐free survival (PFS) rate (defined as not experiencing progression or death) at 16 weeks for patients with MCL and at 24 weeks for patients with FL, LPL/WM and MZL. Secondary endpoints included evaluation of safety, overall response rate (ORR), duration of response and time to response. An independent review committee (IRC) assessed PFS and other tumour control endpoints. Tumour response was assessed by CT/MRI every 8 weeks during the first 24 weeks on study and then every 12 weeks up to 72 weeks. After 72 weeks, scans were performed at least every 6 months. A bone marrow biopsy and aspirate were required for all subjects who achieved a CR for confirmatory purposes and at the time of disease progression. In LPL/WM patients, in addition to nodal and marrow assessments, serial measurements of serum monoclonal IgM both by SPEP and immunoelectrophoresis were required. Tumour response was assessed per the revised response criteria for malignant lymphoma (Cheson et al, 2007). AEs were graded using National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4·03 (https://www.eortc.be/services/doc/ctc/CTCAE_403_2010-06-14_QuickReference_5x7.pdf). A Bayesian, continuous data review approach using a Beta‐Binomial model was applied to FL and MCL cohorts separately for futility assessment. The review began when the first 10 subjects’ primary endpoints (PFS at 24 weeks for FL or PFS at 16 weeks for MCL) became available in each cohort. If the probability of PFS at 24 weeks or 16 weeks being less than 0·2 is greater than 0·9 given the data in a cohort, enrolment can be terminated, taking into account other clinical data and drug exposure. Otherwise, enrolment would continue until a total of 40 subjects were enrolled in each cohort. With the decision rule employed, and assuming that enrolment would be terminated once the futility criterion is met, a sample size of 40 subjects in a cohort gives a high probability (~84%) of claiming futility when the true PFS rate is low (0·1). When the true PFS rate is high (0·5), this design has a low probability (0·15%) of claiming futility. Subjects with LPL/WM or MZL were enrolled into a non‐FL iNHL cohort without a futility analysis. This non‐FL iNHL cohort was planned to continue to a maximum total of 45 subjects with LPL/WM, MZL or SLL (the SLL group is not included in this report). No futility analysis was planned because of the rarity of these lymphoma subtypes and the relative dearth of standard of care therapies to set a threshold for a meaningful response rate. The study protocol, amendments, informed consent according to the Declaration of Helsinki and other information that required pre‐approval were approved by the relevant institutional review boards. A more detailed description of the methods has been previously published (Sharman et al, 2015).

Results

Patient characteristics and disposition

There were 41, 17, 17 and 39 patients included in the FL, LPL/WM, MZL and MCL cohorts respectively. Baseline characteristics and disposition are listed by cohort in Table 1. The median number of prior treatment regimens was 3 (range 1–14) across cohorts. Prior treatments included anti‐CD20 antibodies, alkylating agents, bendamustine and anthracyclines. The most common reasons for discontinuation of study drug across cohorts were progressive disease and treatment‐emergent adverse events (TEAEs). As of 3 April 2017, >95% of patients in all cohorts had discontinued treatment with entospletinib. The median duration on treatment was 16·6 weeks (range 0·7–182·6 weeks) across cohorts.
Table 1

Baseline characteristics by cohort

FL = 41LPL/WM = 17MZL = 17MCL = 39Total = 114
Male, n (%)20 (48·8)11 (64·7)11 (64·7)25 (64·1)67 (58·8)
Median age, years (range)67 (41–89)72 (47–89)65 (52–83)72 (49–92)71 (41–92)
Median prior therapies, n (range)3 (1–14)3 (1–8)3 (1–8)2 (1–6)3 (1–14)
Anti‐CD20 antibody, n (%)41 (100)17 (100)16 (94·1)37 (94·9)111 (97·4)
Any alkylating agent, n (%)39 (95·1)12 (70·6)14 (82·4)37 (94·9)102 (89·5)
Bendamustine21 (51·2)4 (23·5)10 (58·8)17 (43·6)52 (45·6)
Any purine analogue, n (%)2 (4·9)4 (23·5)6 (35·3)4 (10·3)16 (14)
Fludarabine2 (4·9)3 (17·6)6 (35·3)3 (7·7)14 (12·3)
Anthracyclines, n (%)21 (51·2)1 (5·9)3 (17·6)30 (76·9)55 (48·2)

FL, Follicular lymphoma; LPL/WM, Lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinaemia; MCL, Mantle cell lymphoma; MZL, Marginal zone lymphoma.

Baseline characteristics by cohort FL, Follicular lymphoma; LPL/WM, Lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinaemia; MCL, Mantle cell lymphoma; MZL, Marginal zone lymphoma.

Safety

Almost all patients (99%) across disease cohorts experienced a TEAE, with grade ≥3 TEAEs ranging from 65% to 82%. Serious adverse events (SAEs) occurred at rates ranging from 22% to 41%, TEAEs leading to interruption of entospletinib occurred at rates ranging from 49% to 65%, and TEAEs leading to discontinuation of entospletinib occurred at rates of 8% to 29% across cohorts. TEAEs leading to death within 30 days of the last dose occurred in 1 patient (6%) in the LPL/WM cohort and 4 patients (13%) in the MCL cohort (Table 2).
Table 2

Summary of adverse events (AEs) and deaths across all cohorts

Patient, n (%)Total (= 114)
AE
Any113 (99·1)
Grade ≥384 (73·7)
Grade ≥3 related to entospletinib49 (43·0)
Serious37 (32·5)
Serious related to entospletinib6 (5·3)
AE leading to
Study drug dose reduction9 (7·9)
Study drug interruption61 (53·5)
Study drug discontinuation17 (14·9)
Death
Within 30 days of last dose9 (7·9)
Cause of death
Progressive disease5 (4·4)
Other4 (3·5)
Summary of adverse events (AEs) and deaths across all cohorts Rates of TEAEs in each cohort are listed in Tables 2, 3, 4. The most common TEAEs regardless of causality occurring in ≥20% of patients across cohorts were fatigue, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, constipation, pyrexia and decreased appetite. Common laboratory abnormalities were anaemia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, increased aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and total bilirubin.
Table 3

TEAEs, SAEs, and laboratory abnormalities across all cohorts

TEAE of any grade ≥15%, n (%)Total (N = 114)
Fatigue65 (57·0)
Nausea55 (48·2)
Diarrhoea52 (45·6)
Constipation30 (26·3)
Decreased appetite28 (24·6)
Cough27 (23·7)
Pyrexia27 (23·7)
Vomiting25 (21·9)
Anaemia21 (18·4)
Headache21 (18·4)
Dizziness20 (17·5)
Dyspepsia20 (17·5)
ALT increased19 (16·7)
Dyspnoea18 (15·8)
Upper respiratory tract infection18 (15·8)
SAE of any grade ≥2%
Dyspnoea5 (4·4)
Acute kidney injury4 (3·5)
Anaemia3 (2·6)
Febrile neutropenia3 (2·6)
Pneumonia3 (2·6)
Laboratory abnormalities of any grade ≥20%: serum chemistry
Creatinine increased66 (57·9)
ALT increased50 (43·9)
AST increased41 (36·0)
Hyperglycaemia37 (32·5)
Alkaline phosphatase increased34 (29·8)
Hypoalbuminaemia30 (26·3)
Total bilirubin increased30 (26·3)
Hyponatraemia28 (24·6)
Indirect blood bilirubin increased23 (20·2)
Laboratory abnormalities of any grade ≥20%: haematology
Anaemia42 (36·8)
Neutropenia35 (30·7)
Lymphocytes decreased34 (29·8)
Leucocytes decreased33 (28·9)

SAE, serious adverse event; TEAE, treatment‐emergent adverse event.

Table 4

Grade ≥3 TEAEs, SAEs, and laboratory abnormalities across all cohorts

TEAE grade ≥3 (≥5%), n (%)Total (N = 114)
ALT increased18 (15·8)
Anaemia13 (11·4)
Fatigue12 (10·5)
AST increased10 (8·8)
Neutropenia10 (8·8)
Dyspnoea9 (7·9)
SAE grade ≥3 (≥2%), n (%)
Dyspnoea5 (4·4)
Acute kidney injury4 (3·5)
Anaemia3 (2·6)
Febrile neutropenia3 (2·6)
Pneumonia3 (2·6)
Laboratory abnormalities ≥grade 3 (≥5%): serum chemistry
ALT increased21 (18·4)
AST increased15 (13·2)
Hyperglycaemia13 (11·4)
Hyponatraemia10 (8·8)
Laboratory abnormalities ≥grade 3 (≥5%): haematology
Lymphocyte count decreased16 (14·0)
Anaemia12 (10·5)
Neutropenia10 (8·8)

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; SAE, serious adverse event; TEAE, treatment‐emergent adverse event.

TEAEs, SAEs, and laboratory abnormalities across all cohorts SAE, serious adverse event; TEAE, treatment‐emergent adverse event. Grade ≥3 TEAEs, SAEs, and laboratory abnormalities across all cohorts ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; SAE, serious adverse event; TEAE, treatment‐emergent adverse event. There were 3 (7%), 1 (6%) and 5 (13%) deaths within 30 days of the last dose in the FL, LPL/WM and MCL cohorts respectively. The deaths in the FL cohort were attributed to progressive disease. In the LPL/WM cohort, the death was attributed to progressive disease and a TEAE (acute respiratory distress). In the MCL cohort, 1 patient died of progressive disease and 4 patients died due to other causes [cardiac arrest (n = 1), febrile neutropenia (n = 1), gastrointestinal haemorrhage (n = 1) and intestinal obstruction (n = 1)] judged by the investigator not to be related to study drug (Table 2).

Efficacy

In patients with FL, LPL/WM or MZL, the rates of PFS at 24 weeks were 51·5% (95% CI: 32·8–67·4%), 69·8% (95% CI 31·8–89·4%) and 46·2% (95% CI 18·5–70·2%), respectively (Fig 1A–C). PFS at 16 weeks in the MCL cohort was 63·9% (45–77·8%) and 56·6% (95% CI 37·5–71·8%) at 24 weeks (Fig 1 D). Median PFS was 5·7 months (95% CI: 3·6–11·2 months), 10·9 months (95% CI 2·1–13·7), 5·5 months (95% CI 3·5–22·1) and 5·6 months (95% CI 3·6–8·9) in the FL, LPL/WM, MZL and MCL cohorts respectively.
Figure 1

Independent review committee‐assessed progression‐free survival (PFS). (A) Follicular lymphoma (FL, n = 41). PFS rate at 24 weeks: 51·5% [95% confidence interval (CI) 32·8–67·4]; Median follow‐up: 3·6 months (1·6–5·6); Median PFS: 5·7 months (95% CI 3·6–11·2). (B) Lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (LPL/WM; n = 17). PFS rate at 24 weeks: 69·8% (95% CI 31·8–89·4); Median follow‐up: 2·1 months (0–8·5); Median PFS: 10·9 months (95% CI 2·1–13·7). (C) Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL; n = 17). PFS rate at 24 weeks: 46·2% (95% CI 18·5–70·2); Median follow‐up: 3·6 months (1·9–6·9); Median PFS: 5·5 months (95% CI 3·5–22·1). (D) Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL; n = 39). Median PFS: 5·6 months (95% CI 3·6–8·9; Median follow‐up: 3·7 months (1·7–7·4).

Independent review committee‐assessed progression‐free survival (PFS). (A) Follicular lymphoma (FL, n = 41). PFS rate at 24 weeks: 51·5% [95% confidence interval (CI) 32·8–67·4]; Median follow‐up: 3·6 months (1·6–5·6); Median PFS: 5·7 months (95% CI 3·6–11·2). (B) Lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (LPL/WM; n = 17). PFS rate at 24 weeks: 69·8% (95% CI 31·8–89·4); Median follow‐up: 2·1 months (0–8·5); Median PFS: 10·9 months (95% CI 2·1–13·7). (C) Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL; n = 17). PFS rate at 24 weeks: 46·2% (95% CI 18·5–70·2); Median follow‐up: 3·6 months (1·9–6·9); Median PFS: 5·5 months (95% CI 3·5–22·1). (D) Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL; n = 39). Median PFS: 5·6 months (95% CI 3·6–8·9; Median follow‐up: 3·7 months (1·7–7·4). ORRs were 17·1% (95% CI 8·3–29·7%), 35·3% (95% CI 16·6–58·0%), 11·8% (95% CI 2·1–32·6%) and 17·9% (95% CI 8·7–31·1%) in the FL, LPL/WM, MZL and MCL cohorts, respectively. All responders achieved partial responses or minor responses (for LPL/WM). No patient achieved a CR. Stable disease was achieved in 21 (51%), 5 (29%), 12 (71%) and 22 (56%) patients with FL, LPL/WM, MZL and MCL, respectively (Table 5). Eleven (27%), 1 (6%), 2 (12%) and 7 (18%) patients with FL, LPL/WM, MZL and MCL, respectively, had progressive disease. No assessments were conducted in 2 cases (5%) of FL, 5 cases (29%) of LPL/WM, 1 case (6%) of MZL and 3 cases (8%) of MCL.
Table 5

Independent review committee‐assessed best overall responses

FL n = 41LPL/WM n = 17MZL n = 17MCL n = 39
Best overall response, n (%)
Complete response0000
Partial response7 (17)2 (11·8)2 (11·8)7 (17·9)
Minor response04 (23·5)00
Stable disease21 (51·2)5 (29·4)12 (70·6)22 (56·4)
Progressive disease11 (26·8)1 (5·9)2 (11·8)7 (17·9)
Assessment not done2 (4·9)5 (29·4)1 (5·9)3 (7·7)
Overall response rate, n (%)7 (17·1)6 (35·3)2 (11·8)7 (17·9)
90% CI, %8·3‐29·716·6‐58·02·1‐32·68·7‐31·1

CI, confidence interval; FL, follicular lymphoma; LPL, lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma; MCL, mantle cell lymphoma; MZL, marginal zone lymphoma.

Independent review committee‐assessed best overall responses CI, confidence interval; FL, follicular lymphoma; LPL, lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma; MCL, mantle cell lymphoma; MZL, marginal zone lymphoma. Nodal response (≥50% decrease in the sum of the products in the index nodal lesions from baseline) as assessed by the IRC is illustrated in Fig 2. The median duration of response to entospletinib treatment was 7·6 months in FL, 9 months in LPL/WM and 7·5 months in MCL. Median duration of response was not reached in patients with MZL.
Figure 2

Nodal responses (≥50% decrease from baseline in sum of product diameters) in the cohorts of patients with (A) indolent non‐Hodgkin lymphoma and (B) MCL. FL, follicular lymphoma; LPL, lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma; MCL, mantle cell lymphoma; MZL, marginal zone lymphoma; SPD, sum of product diameters.

Nodal responses (≥50% decrease from baseline in sum of product diameters) in the cohorts of patients with (A) indolent non‐Hodgkin lymphoma and (B) MCL. FL, follicular lymphoma; LPL, lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma; MCL, mantle cell lymphoma; MZL, marginal zone lymphoma; SPD, sum of product diameters.

Discussion

Recently, there has been a significant expansion of new therapies for B‐cell malignancies that target the BCR pathway. Constitutive BCR signalling is a critical survival pathway for malignant B cells, and interruption of this pathway by inhibition of its various components has emerged as a productive strategy in the treatment of these disorders. The approval of agents that target BTK (ibrutinib, acalabrutinib) and PI3K (idelalisib, copanlisib) has improved the range of therapeutic options and the natural history of these disorders. Syk is positioned upstream from BTK and PI3K in the BCR signalling pathway and is a target for inhibition. Indeed, the first report of successful therapeutic targeting of BCR signalling in B‐cell malignancies was with the Syk inhibitor fostamatinib (Friedberg et al, 2010). Although activity of this particular agent was limited, it demonstrated the feasibility of this approach and ushered in the age of targeted therapy for B‐cell malignancies. In this report, we describe the efficacy and safety of the Syk inhibitor entospletinib as monotherapy in patients with haematological malignancies. Activity as a single agent was modest, with ORRs of 17·1% in FL, 35·3% in LPL/WM, 11·8% in MZL and 17·9% in MCL. The most common toxicities reported for entospletinib were fatigue, nausea and diarrhoea (any grade). Grade 3–4 neutropenia was seen in approximately 9% of subjects; grade 3–4 AST and ALT elevation without any clinically significant increase of bilirubin was seen in approximately 15% of patients. Grade ≥3 TEAEs ranged from 65% to 82% across the cohorts. Entospletinib was dose reduced in 28% of patients and discontinued due to toxicity in 15% of patients. The relatively low response rate as a single agent suggests that entospletinib should be investigated in combination with other agents. In vitro and in vivo studies show synergistic activity with vincristine in a broad panel of NHL cell lines (Axelrod et al, 2015) and a model of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (Loftus et al, 2017). Syk inhibition may also reduce resistance to venetoclax, a BCL2 inhibitor, through downregulation of Mcl1 (Bojarczuk et al, 2016). Clinical trials are underway studying combinations of entospletinib with vincristine and with obinutuzumab in a variety of B‐cell malignancies. A number of other Syk inhibitors are also in clinical development. These include cerdulitinib, a dual Syk/JAK inhibitor, and TAK‐659, a dual Syk/FLT3 inhibitor. In small phase I studies, both of these molecules showed promising results in iNHL. Cerdulitinib resulted in partial responses in 3 of 6 (50%) of subjects with FL (Hamlin et al, 2017); TAK‐659 induced a partial response in 3 of 3 FL subjects (Kaplan et al, 2016). These results, although quite preliminary, lend support to the hypothesis that Syk inhibition may be most successful when other relevant signalling pathways are inhibited simultaneously. In conclusion, entospletinib demonstrated modest single agent activity in iNHL and had a toxicity profile that was manageable and comparable to other BCR pathway small‐molecule inhibitors, such as idelalisib and ibrutinib. Further study of entospletinib in rational combinations with other therapeutic agents is warranted.

Authorship contributions

J.P.S. designed the research study; V.J. contributed essential reagents or tools; D.J.A., M.S., K.S.K., V.J., S.A., L.M.K., W.S., D.P.D., C.A.Y. and J.P.S. performed research; D.J.A., M.S., A.F.T., K.S.K., S.A., W.S., W.Y. and J.P.S. analysed data; D.J.A., M.S. and A.F.T. interpreted data; All authors participated in drafting and/or critically revising the manuscript, and its final approval.

Conflict‐of‐interest disclosures

D.J.A., A.F.T., V.J., and L.M.K. declared no conflicts of interest. K.S.K. has been a consultant and received research funding from Gilead Science Inc.; received honoraria from TG Therapeutics. S.A. has consulted for Roche Canada Pharmaceuticals and Lundbeck Inc.; conducted research projects funded by Epizyme, Genentech, Inc., Gilead Sciences, Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Novartis AG and AbbVie; received honoraria from Janssen, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck Inc., Novartis AG; and served on the Board of Directors/advisory committee for Knight Therapeutics Inc.. D.P.D. has consulted and served on the Board of Directors/advisory committee for Juno Therapeutics. M.S. has received remunerations from AstraZeneca, Seattle Genetics, Merck, and Kite. W.Y. is a current or former employee of, and has owned stock/held ownership interests in Gilead Sciences, Inc. W.S. is a current employee of, has conducted research for, and has owned stock/held ownership interests in Gilead Sciences, Inc. C.A.Y. has received research funding from Gilead Sciences, Inc; has received research funding and been a consultant for Seattle Genetics and Bristol‐Myers Squib. J.P.S. a current or former employee of US Oncology, Inc.; has consulted and conducted research for Gilead Sciences, Inc., Genentech, Inc., Pharmacyclics LLC, AbbVie Inc., TG Therapeutics, Inc., and Seattle Genetics. Entospletinib monotherapy had limited activity and acceptable tolerability in patients with relapsed or refractory iNHL and MCL Entospletinib is currently being evaluated in iNHL and MCL in combination with chemotherapy and BCR‐targeted agents
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5.  Early Relapse of Follicular Lymphoma After Rituximab Plus Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone Defines Patients at High Risk for Death: An Analysis From the National LymphoCare Study.

Authors:  Carla Casulo; Michelle Byrtek; Keith L Dawson; Xiaolei Zhou; Charles M Farber; Christopher R Flowers; John D Hainsworth; Matthew J Maurer; James R Cerhan; Brian K Link; Andrew D Zelenetz; Jonathan W Friedberg
Journal:  J Clin Oncol       Date:  2015-06-29       Impact factor: 44.544

Review 6.  B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: lessons learned from studies of the B cell antigen receptor.

Authors:  Nicholas Chiorazzi; Manlio Ferrarini
Journal:  Annu Rev Immunol       Date:  2001-12-19       Impact factor: 28.527

7.  Inhibition of constitutive and BCR-induced Syk activation downregulates Mcl-1 and induces apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells.

Authors:  S Gobessi; L Laurenti; P G Longo; L Carsetti; V Berno; S Sica; G Leone; D G Efremov
Journal:  Leukemia       Date:  2008-12-18       Impact factor: 11.528

8.  BCR signaling inhibitors differ in their ability to overcome Mcl-1-mediated resistance of CLL B cells to ABT-199.

Authors:  Kamil Bojarczuk; Binu K Sasi; Stefania Gobessi; Idanna Innocenti; Gabriele Pozzato; Luca Laurenti; Dimitar G Efremov
Journal:  Blood       Date:  2016-04-19       Impact factor: 22.113

Review 9.  Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: revelations from the B-cell receptor.

Authors:  Freda K Stevenson; Federico Caligaris-Cappio
Journal:  Blood       Date:  2004-02-12       Impact factor: 22.113

Review 10.  Targeting B-cell receptor signaling kinases in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: the promise of entospletinib.

Authors:  Jeff Sharman; Julie Di Paolo
Journal:  Ther Adv Hematol       Date:  2016-03-17
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Review 1.  Pathogenic B-cell receptor signaling in lymphoid malignancies: New insights to improve treatment.

Authors:  Ryan M Young; James D Phelan; Wyndham H Wilson; Louis M Staudt
Journal:  Immunol Rev       Date:  2019-09       Impact factor: 12.988

Review 2.  Management of Older Adults with Mantle Cell Lymphoma.

Authors:  Jason T Romancik; Jonathon B Cohen
Journal:  Drugs Aging       Date:  2020-07       Impact factor: 3.923

Review 3.  Novel Treatments for Mantle Cell Lymphoma: From Targeted Therapies to CAR T Cells.

Authors:  Danielle Wallace; Patrick M Reagan
Journal:  Drugs       Date:  2021-03-30       Impact factor: 9.546

4.  Src family kinases inhibition by dasatinib blocks initial and subsequent platelet deposition on collagen under flow, but lacks efficacy with thrombin generation.

Authors:  Yiyuan Zhang; Scott L Diamond
Journal:  Thromb Res       Date:  2020-05-13       Impact factor: 3.944

5.  CXCR4 upregulation is an indicator of sensitivity to B-cell receptor/PI3K blockade and a potential resistance mechanism in B-cell receptor-dependent diffuse large B-cell lymphomas.

Authors:  Linfeng Chen; Jing Ouyang; Kirsty Wienand; Kamil Bojarczuk; Yansheng Hao; Bjoern Chapuy; Donna Neuberg; Przemyslaw Juszczynski; Lee N Lawton; Scott J Rodig; Stefano Monti; Margaret A Shipp
Journal:  Haematologica       Date:  2019-08-30       Impact factor: 9.941

Review 6.  Targeted Agents in the Treatment of Indolent B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas.

Authors:  Adrian Minson; Constantine Tam; Michael Dickinson; John F Seymour
Journal:  Cancers (Basel)       Date:  2022-03-01       Impact factor: 6.639

Review 7.  A Deep Insight Into CAR-T Cell Therapy in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Application, Opportunities, and Future Directions.

Authors:  Faroogh Marofi; Heshu Sulaiman Rahman; Muhammad Harun Achmad; Klunko Nataliya Sergeevna; Wanich Suksatan; Walid Kamal Abdelbasset; Maria Vladimirovna Mikhailova; Navid Shomali; Mahboubeh Yazdanifar; Ali Hassanzadeh; Majid Ahmadi; Roza Motavalli; Yashwant Pathak; Sepideh Izadi; Mostafa Jarahian
Journal:  Front Immunol       Date:  2021-06-23       Impact factor: 7.561

Review 8.  Advances in Molecular Biology and Targeted Therapy of Mantle Cell Lymphoma.

Authors:  Pavel Klener
Journal:  Int J Mol Sci       Date:  2019-09-08       Impact factor: 5.923

9.  Spleen tyrosine kinase activity regulates epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway in ovarian cancer.

Authors:  Yu Yu; Yohan Suryo Rahmanto; Yao-An Shen; Laura Ardighieri; Ben Davidson; Stephanie Gaillard; Ayse Ayhan; Xu Shi; Jianhua Xuan; Tian-Li Wang; Ie-Ming Shih
Journal:  EBioMedicine       Date:  2019-09-03       Impact factor: 8.143

10.  The Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Entospletinib (GS-9973) Restores Chemosensitivity in Lung Cancer Cells by Modulating ABCG2-mediated Multidrug Resistance.

Authors:  Silpa Narayanan; Zhuo-Xun Wu; Jing-Quan Wang; Hansu Ma; Nikita Acharekar; Jagadish Koya; Sabesan Yoganathan; Shuo Fang; Zhe-Sheng Chen; Yihang Pan
Journal:  Int J Biol Sci       Date:  2021-06-22       Impact factor: 6.580

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