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Abstract OBJECTIVE To examine impact of time from presentation to treatment initiation (TPT) on clinical outcomes in a cohort of patients with central nervous system lymphoma (CNSL). INTRODUCTION Earlier work in our population found that multifocal disease, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sampling, and use of immunomodulatory therapies were associated with longer TPT in CNSL, but impact on clinical outcomes was not assessed. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed records of patients who were diagnosed with CNSL from 2010-2018 and treated at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). Regression models were applied to examine the impact of age, gender, response to methotrexate (MTX), use of radiation, and TPT >/= 30 days on survival 1 year from diagnosis (one-year survival), overall survival (OS), and functional independence (FI, defined as Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) > 70). RESULTS There were sixty-nine patients (51% men; median age at diagnosis 70 years, range 21-90). Median TPT was 24 days (range 7-372). TPT was < 30 days in 59 (85%) and >/= 30 days in 10 (15%). One-year survival was 77%, and FI rate was 78%. Negative prognostic factors for OS were age > 65 years (HR 5.34, CI 1.20-24.30, p=0.03) and absence of complete response to MTX (HR 2.40, CI 0.87-6.69, p=0.09). Only complete response to MTX predicted both FI (OR 4.71, CI 1.17-19.02, p=0.03) and one-year survival (OR 6.77, CI 1.98-23.13, p=0.002). Notably, OS was numerically improved among patients with TPT >/= 30 days vs. < 30 days (HR 0.31, p=0.27), though this did not meet statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS Longer TPT has been associated with worse outcomes in systemic lymphoma, but such a correlation has not always been observed in brain cancers such as glioblastoma. We found no negative impact of longer TPT on survival or FI.
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