Evaluation of Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Temsirolimus in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma (REL/REFR MCL) in the Usual Health Care Setting

ABSTRACT Background Temsirolimus (TEMS), an mTOR-inhibitor, is approved the EU for the treatment of patients (pts) with relapsed or refractory MCL (rel/refr). A pivotal study demonstrated significantly longer progression free survival with TEMS (175mg weekly for 3 weeks followed by 75mg weekly) in rel/refr MCL pts compared to investigatoŕs choice therapy (4.8 mo vs 1.9 mo; P = .0009). To better identify safety and efficacy of TEMS in an unselected patient population during clinical routine a prospective non-interventional study with TEMS in rel/refr MCL-pts was started. Here we report on interim results of the study. Methods A registry for rel/refr MCL pts treated with TEMS was started in G…