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CASE REPORT article

Front. Oncol.

Sec. Hematologic Malignancies

Case Report: Glofitamab in the Treatment of a Patient with Central Nervous System-Involved Burkitt Lymphoma

Provisionally accepted
Yuejiao  HuangYuejiao Huang1Jiawen  JiangJiawen Jiang2Jinfeng  LuJinfeng Lu1Chunfeng  SunChunfeng Sun1Juan  QianJuan Qian1Xuefen  YouXuefen You1Zenghua  LinZenghua Lin1*
  • 1Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China
  • 2Nantong University, Nantong, China

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Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a rare and highly aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. While targeted combination chemotherapy can be effective, it is associated with a high rate of relapsed or refractory disease and a pronounced propensity for central nervous system (CNS) involvement. Currently, novel therapies such as chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy have not demonstrated established efficacy in BL. Given the poor prognosis and the challenge of managing relapsed/refractory BL, the use of bispecific antibodies, specifically glofitamab, as employed in this case, has yielded a favorable therapeutic outcome. This is particularly noteworthy in the present case, given the patient's documented CNS infiltration. After the failure of first-line treatment in this case, the combination of glofitamab and a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi) was used for six cycles, which significantly improved the patient's CNS infiltration and achieved a long remission period. This provides an opportunity to try glofitamab in the treatment of CNS lymphoma, and we look forward to its confirmation in more BL patients.

Keywords: Burkitt lymphoma (BL), central nervous system (CNS), Complete metabolic response (CMR), glofitamab, Relapsed/refractory

Received: 13 Oct 2025; Accepted: 30 Jan 2026.

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* Correspondence: Zenghua Lin

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