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Baden D, Zukunft S, Hernandez G, Wolgast N, Steinhauser S, Pohlmann A, Schliemann C, Mikesch JH, Steffen B, Sauer T, Hanoun M, Schafer-Eckart K, Krause SW, Hanel M, Einsele H, Jost E, Brummendorf TH, Scholl S, Hochhaus A, Neubauer A, Burchert A, Kaufmann M, Niemann D, Schaich M, Blau W, Kiani A, Gorner M, Kaiser U, Kullmer J, Weber T, Berdel WE, Ehninger G, Muller-Tidow C, Platzbecker U, Serve H, Bornhauser M, Rollig C, Baldus CD, Fransecky L. Time from diagnosis to treatment has no impact on survival in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia treated with venetoclax-based regimens. Haematologica 2024. [PMID: 38654660 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2024.285225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
Abstract
In newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia, immediate initiation of treatment is standard of care. However, deferral of antileukemic therapy may be indicated to assess comorbidities or pre-therapeutic risk factors. We explored the impact of time from diagnosis to treatment on outcomes in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia undergoing venetoclax-based therapy in two distinct cohorts. By querying the Study Alliance Leukemia database and the global health network TriNetX, we identified 138 and 717 patients respectively with an average age of 76 and 72 years who received venetoclax-based firstline therapy. When comparing patients who started treatment earlier or later than 10 days after initial diagnosis, no significant difference in median overall survival was observed - neither in the SAL cohort (7.7 vs. 9.6 months, p=.42) nor in the TriNetX cohort (7.5 vs. 7.2 months, p=.41). Similarly, severe infections, bleeding, and thromboembolic events were equally observed between early and later treatments, both in the overall patient groups and specific subgroups (age ≥75 years or leukocytes ≥20x109/L). This retrospective analysis indicates that delaying the start of venetoclax-based therapy in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia might be a safe option for selected patients, provided that close clinical monitoring is performed.
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- David Baden
- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel.
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- Medical Department I, University Hospital of TU Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
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- Medical Department II, J.-W.-Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt
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- Medical Department V, Heidelberg University Hospital
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- Department of Hematology, Essen University Hospital
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- Department for Internal Medicine III, Klinikum Chemnitz
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany and Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Dusseldorf (ABCD), Aachen
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany and Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Dusseldorf (ABCD), Aachen
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Marburg
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Marburg
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Robert-Bosch-Hospital Stuttgart
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- Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Palliative Medicine, Gemeinschaftsklinikum Mittelrhein, Koblenz
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- Department for Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Rems-Murr-Klinikum, Winnenden
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- Department for Internal Medicine III, Helios Dr Schmidt Hospital Wiesbaden
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- Department for Oncology and Hematology, Klinikum Bayreuth, and Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN
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- Department for Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld
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- Medical Department II, St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim
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- Department for Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital Halle (Saale)
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- Medical Department I, University Hospital of TU Dresden, Dresden
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- Medical Department I, Hematology and Cell Therapy, University Hospital Leipzig
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- Medical Department II, J.-W.-Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt
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- Medical Department I, University Hospital of TU Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
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Mack E, Horak P, Fröhling S, Neubauer A. [Precision oncology and molecular tumor boards]. Inn Med (Heidelb) 2024:10.1007/s00108-024-01689-0. [PMID: 38652307 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-024-01689-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
Abstract
Precision oncology is a field of personalized medicine in which tumor biology forms the basis for tailored treatments. The preferred approach currently applied in clinical practice is based on the concept of malignant tumors as genetic diseases that are caused by mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressors. On the one hand, these can be targeted by molecular drugs, while on the other hand, next-generation sequencing allows for comprehensive analysis of all relevant aberrations, thus enabling the matching of appropriate treatments across entities based on molecular information. Rational molecular therapies are developed and annotated with supporting evidence by molecular tumor boards, which have been established at various academic centers in recent years. Advancing precision oncology to a new standard of care requires improved applicability of personalized molecular therapies and thorough scientific evaluation of precision oncology programs.
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- Elisabeth Mack
- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Standort Marburg und Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland.
- Klinik für Hämatologie, Medizinische Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, St. Marienkrankenhaus Siegen, Siegen, Deutschland.
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- Abteilung für Translationale Medizinische Onkologie, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Translationale Medizinische Onkologie, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Standort Marburg und Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland
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Gremke N, Rodepeter FR, Teply-Szymanski J, Griewing S, Boekhoff J, Stroh A, Tarawneh TS, Riera-Knorrenschild J, Balser C, Hattesohl A, Middeke M, Ross P, Litmeyer AS, Romey M, Stiewe T, Wündisch T, Neubauer A, Denkert C, Wagner U, Mack EKM. NGS-Guided Precision Oncology in Breast Cancer and Gynecological Tumors-A Retrospective Molecular Tumor Board Analysis. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:1561. [PMID: 38672643 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16081561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Background: Precision oncology treatments are being applied more commonly in breast and gynecological oncology through the implementation of Molecular Tumor Boards (MTBs), but real-world clinical outcome data remain limited. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted in patients with breast cancer (BC) and gynecological malignancies referred to our center's MTB from 2018 to 2023. The analysis covered patient characteristics, next-generation sequencing (NGS) results, MTB recommendations, therapy received, and clinical outcomes. Results: Sixty-three patients (77.8%) had metastatic disease, and forty-four patients (54.3%) had previously undergone three or more lines of systemic treatment. Personalized treatment recommendations were provided to 50 patients (63.3%), while 29 (36.7%) had no actionable target. Ultimately, 23 patients (29.1%) underwent molecular-matched treatment (MMT). Commonly altered genes in patients with pan-gyn tumors (BC and gynecological malignancies) included TP53 (n = 42/81, 51.9%), PIK3CA (n = 18/81, 22.2%), BRCA1/2 (n = 10/81, 12.3%), and ARID1A (n = 9/81, 11.1%). Patients treated with MMT showed significantly prolonged progression-free survival (median PFS 5.5 vs. 3.5 months, p = 0.0014). Of all patients who underwent molecular profiling, 13.6% experienced a major clinical benefit (PFSr ≥ 1.3 and PR/SD ≥ 6 months) through precision oncology. Conclusions: NGS-guided precision oncology demonstrated improved clinical outcomes in a subgroup of patients with gynecological and breast cancers.
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- Niklas Gremke
- Department of Gynecology, Gynecological Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Gynecological Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Gynecological Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Gynecological Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Practice for Internal Medicine, Hematology and Internal Oncology, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center Marburg, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center Marburg, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Gynecological Endocrinology and Oncology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg Campus Marburg, Philipps-University, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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Zhao K, Braun M, Meyer L, Otte K, Raifer H, Helmprobst F, Möschl V, Pagenstecher A, Urban H, Ronellenfitsch MW, Steinbach JP, Pesek J, Watzer B, Nockher WA, Taudte RV, Neubauer A, Nimsky C, Bartsch JW, Rusch T. A Novel Approach for Glioblastoma Treatment by Combining Apoptosis Inducers (TMZ, MTX, and Cytarabine) with E.V.A. (Eltanexor, Venetoclax, and A1210477) Inhibiting XPO1, Bcl-2, and Mcl-1. Cells 2024; 13:632. [PMID: 38607071 PMCID: PMC11011525 DOI: 10.3390/cells13070632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Adjuvant treatment for Glioblastoma Grade 4 with Temozolomide (TMZ) inevitably fails due to therapeutic resistance, necessitating new approaches. Apoptosis induction in GB cells is inefficient, due to an excess of anti-apoptotic XPO1/Bcl-2-family proteins. We assessed TMZ, Methotrexate (MTX), and Cytarabine (Ara-C) (apoptosis inducers) combined with XPO1/Bcl-2/Mcl-1-inhibitors (apoptosis rescue) in GB cell lines and primary GB stem-like cells (GSCs). Using CellTiter-Glo® and Caspase-3 activity assays, we generated dose-response curves and analyzed the gene and protein regulation of anti-apoptotic proteins via PCR and Western blots. Optimal drug combinations were examined for their impact on the cell cycle and apoptosis induction via FACS analysis, paralleled by the assessment of potential toxicity in healthy mouse brain slices. Ara-C and MTX proved to be 150- to 10,000-fold more potent in inducing apoptosis than TMZ. In response to inhibitors Eltanexor (XPO1; E), Venetoclax (Bcl-2; V), and A1210477 (Mcl-1; A), genes encoding for the corresponding proteins were upregulated in a compensatory manner. TMZ, MTX, and Ara-C combined with E, V, and A evidenced highly lethal effects when combined. As no significant cell death induction in mouse brain slices was observed, we conclude that this drug combination is effective in vitro and expected to have low side effects in vivo.
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- Kai Zhao
- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- FACS Core Facility, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 3, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt—Marburg, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt—Marburg, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Neurooncology, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Schleusenweg 2-16, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt—Marburg, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Neurooncology, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Schleusenweg 2-16, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt—Marburg, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Neurooncology, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Schleusenweg 2-16, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Medical Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Medical Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Medical Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Medical Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt—Marburg, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt—Marburg, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt—Marburg, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt—Marburg, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Hoffmann J, Rheude A, Neubauer A, Brendel C, Thrun MC. Development of an explainable AI system using routine clinical parameters for rapid differentiation of inflammatory conditions. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1364954. [PMID: 38510238 PMCID: PMC10950914 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1364954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Introduction Inflammatory conditions in patients have various causes and require different treatments. Bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics, while these medications are ineffective against viral infections. Autoimmune diseases and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, require immunosuppressive therapies such as glucocorticoids, which may be contraindicated in other inflammatory states. In this study, we employ a combination of straightforward blood tests to devise an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) for distinguishing between bacterial infections, viral infections, and autoimmune diseases/graft-versus-host disease. Patients and methods We analysed peripheral blood from 80 patients with inflammatory conditions and 38 controls. Complete blood count, CRP analysis, and a rapid flow cytometric test for myeloid activation markers CD169, CD64, and HLA-DR were utilized. A two-step XAI distinguished firstly with C5.0 rules pruned by ABC analysis between controls and inflammatory conditions and secondly between the types of inflammatory conditions with a new bivariate decision tree using the Simpson impurity function. Results Inflammatory conditions were distinguished using an XAI, achieving an overall accuracy of 81.0% (95%CI 72 - 87%). Bacterial infection (N = 30), viral infection (N = 26), and autoimmune diseases/GVHD (N = 24) were differentiated with accuracies of 90.3%, 80.0%, and 79.0%, respectively. The most critical parameter for distinguishing between controls and inflammatory conditions was the expression of CD64 on neutrophils. Monocyte count and expression of CD169 were most crucial for the classification within the inflammatory conditions. Conclusion Treatment decisions for inflammatory conditions can be effectively guided by XAI rules, straightforward to implement and based on promptly acquired blood parameters.
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- Joerg Hoffmann
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Databionics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Neubauer A. [Precision medicine]. Inn Med (Heidelb) 2024; 65:191-193. [PMID: 38386037 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-024-01667-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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- Andreas Neubauer
- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH, Standort Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35033, Marburg, Deutschland.
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Eckardt JN, Stasik S, Röllig C, Petzold A, Sauer T, Scholl S, Hochhaus A, Crysandt M, Brümmendorf TH, Naumann R, Steffen B, Kunzmann V, Einsele H, Schaich M, Burchert A, Neubauer A, Schäfer-Eckart K, Schliemann C, Krause SW, Herbst R, Hänel M, Hanoun M, Kaiser U, Kaufmann M, Rácil Z, Mayer J, Oelschlägel U, Berdel WE, Ehninger G, Serve H, Müller-Tidow C, Platzbecker U, Baldus CD, Dahl A, Schetelig J, Bornhäuser M, Middeke JM, Thiede C. Mutated IKZF1 is an independent marker of adverse risk in acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 2023; 37:2395-2403. [PMID: 37833543 PMCID: PMC10681898 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-023-02061-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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Genetic lesions of IKZF1 are frequent events and well-established markers of adverse risk in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. However, their function in the pathophysiology and impact on patient outcome in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains elusive. In a multicenter cohort of 1606 newly diagnosed and intensively treated adult AML patients, we found IKZF1 alterations in 45 cases with a mutational hotspot at N159S. AML with mutated IKZF1 was associated with alterations in RUNX1, GATA2, KRAS, KIT, SF3B1, and ETV6, while alterations of NPM1, TET2, FLT3-ITD, and normal karyotypes were less frequent. The clinical phenotype of IKZF1-mutated AML was dominated by anemia and thrombocytopenia. In both univariable and multivariable analyses adjusting for age, de novo and secondary AML, and ELN2022 risk categories, we found mutated IKZF1 to be an independent marker of adverse risk regarding complete remission rate, event-free, relapse-free, and overall survival. The deleterious effects of mutated IKZF1 also prevailed in patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (n = 519) in both univariable and multivariable models. These dismal outcomes are only partially explained by the hotspot mutation N159S. Our findings suggest a role for IKZF1 mutation status in AML risk modeling.
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- Jan-Niklas Eckardt
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Dresden-Concept Genome Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Cell Therapy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Cell Therapy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III, St. Marien-Hospital Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Rems-Murr-Hospital Winnenden, Winnenden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität and University Hospital Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III, Chemnitz Hospital AG, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III, Chemnitz Hospital AG, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic II, St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Clinic I Hematology and Celltherapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Dresden-Concept Genome Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
- DKMS Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
- German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Disease (NCT), Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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Hoffmann J, Schliesser G, Neubauer A. Abatacept as salvage therapy for life-threatening refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a case report. Hematology 2023; 28:2208010. [PMID: 37133319 DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2023.2208010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
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Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) can be life-threatening, if hemoglobin (Hb) levels continue to decline after established treatments with glucocorticoids, rituximab, intravenous immunoglobulins, and plasmapheresis. Impaired regulatory T cells (Treg) are proposed to alleviate AIHA development through decreased binding of CTLA-4 to antigen-presenting cells. Abatacept is a fusion protein with a CTLA-4 domain and is approved for use in rheumatoid arthritis. It mimics the immunosuppressive CTLA-4 effect of Treg. Thus, application of abatacept in refractory AIHA might be reasonable. A 54-year-old woman with known AIHA was admitted to our clinic due to therapy-refractory hemoglobin decrease to 4.0 g/dl. Previously, multiple courses of glucocorticoids, rituximab, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and a splenectomy failed to stop or stabilize hemoglobin levels and hemolysis. A new immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporine was initiated and erythropoiesis was stimulated with darbepoetin alfa. Again, therapy failed even though we tried to support immunosuppressive therapy by reducing the amount of pathogenic antibody through plasmapheresis. We stopped the treatment with cyclosporine and applied abatacept instead. After seven days hemoglobin stabilized at 4.3 g/dl and no further red blood cells transfusions were necessary. About one month later hemolysis aggravated again and azathioprine was added to the ongoing abatacept treatment. Finally, the combination of abatacept and azathioprine led to a long-lasting increase of the Hb level above 11 g/dl six months later. Abatacept can be applied to overcome therapy refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia but should be combined with an additional immunosuppressive medication such as azathioprine.
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- Joerg Hoffmann
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Kröger N, Wulf G, Hegenbart U, Burchert A, Stelljes M, Gagelmann N, Brecht A, Kaufmann M, Müller L, Ganser A, Wolf D, Bethge W, Bornhäuser M, Kiehl M, Wagner EM, Schmid C, Reinhardt HC, Kobbe G, Salwender H, Heinicke T, Kropff M, Heinzelmann M, Ayuk F, Trümper L, Neubauer A, Völp A, Kluychnikov E, Schönland S, Wolschke C. Autologous-allogeneic versus autologous tandem stem cell transplantation and maintenance therapy with thalidomide for multiple myeloma patients less than 60 years of age: a prospective phase II study. Haematologica 2023. [PMID: 37941409 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2023.282920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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The role of autologous-allogeneic tandem stem cell transplantation (alloTSCT) followed by maintenance as upfront treatment for multiple myeloma (MM) is controversial. Between 2008 and 2014 a total of 217 MM patients with a median age of 51 years were included by 20 German centers within an open-label, parallel-group, multi-center clinical trial to compare alloTSCT to auto tandem transplantation TSCT (autoTSCT) followed by a 2-year maintenance therapy with thalidomide (100 mg/d) in both arms with respect to relapse/progression-free survival (PFS) and other relevant outcomes. A total of 178 patients underwent second SCT (allo n = 132 and auto n = 46). PFS at 4 years after the second SCT was 47% (CI: 38-55%) for alloTSCT and 35% (CI: 21-49%) for autoTSCT (p = 0.26). This difference increased to 22% at 8 years (p = 0.10). The cumulative incidences of non-relapse mortality (NRM) and of relapse at 4 years were 13% (CI: 8-20%) and 2% (CI: 0.3-2%) (p = 0.044) and 40% (CI: 33-50%) and 63% (CI: 50-79%) for alloTSCT and autoTSCT (p = 0.04), respectively. The difference for relapse/progression increased to 33% (alloTSCT: 44%, autoTSCT: 77%) at a median follow-up of 82 months (p = 0.002). Four-year OS was 66% (CI: 57-73%) for alloTSCT and 66% (CI: 50-78%) for auto TSCT (p = 0.91) and 8-year OS was 52% and 50% (p = 0.87), respectively. AlloTSCT followed by thalidomide maintenance reduced the rate of recurrence or progression during a follow-up period of up to 10 years but failed to improve PFS significantly.
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology, and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster
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- DKD HELIOS Hospital Wiesbaden, Germany, and HELIOS Dr. Horst Schmidt Hospitals Wiesbaden
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- Internal Medicine 3, University Hospital Bonn, Germany and Depart. Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Innsbruck (CCCI), Medical University Innsbruck (MUI), Innsbruck
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Eckardt JN, Bill M, Rausch C, Metzeler K, Spiekermann K, Stasik S, Sauer T, Scholl S, Hochhaus A, Crysandt M, Brümmendorf TH, Krug U, Wörmann B, Hiddemann W, Görlich D, Sauerland C, Steffen B, Einsele H, Neubauer A, Burchert A, Schäfer-Eckart K, Berdel WE, Schliemann C, Krause SW, Hänel M, Hanoun M, Kaufmann M, Fransecky L, Braess J, Ruhnke L, Schetelig J, Middeke JM, Serve H, Baldus CD, Platzbecker U, Müller-Tidow C, Bornhäuser M, Herold T, Thiede C, Röllig C. Secondary-type mutations do not impact outcome in NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia - implications for the European LeukemiaNet risk classification. Leukemia 2023; 37:2282-2285. [PMID: 37679502 PMCID: PMC10624615 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-023-02016-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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- Jan-Niklas Eckardt
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Mildred Scheel Early Career Center, Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, University Hospital of the Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden (NCT/UCC), Medical Faculty and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic I Hematology and Cell Therapy, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Cell Therapy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Cell Therapy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, Hospital Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute for Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität and University Hospital Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III, Chemnitz Hospital AG, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Hospital Barmherzige Brueder Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic I Hematology and Cell Therapy, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Mildred Scheel Early Career Center, Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, University Hospital of the Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden (NCT/UCC), Medical Faculty and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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Lübbert M, Wijermans PW, Kicinski M, Chantepie S, Van der Velden WJFM, Noppeney R, Griškevičius L, Neubauer A, Crysandt M, Vrhovac R, Luppi M, Fuhrmann S, Audisio E, Candoni A, Legrand O, Foà R, Gaidano G, van Lammeren-Venema D, Posthuma EFM, Hoogendoorn M, Giraut A, Stevens-Kroef M, Jansen JH, de Graaf AO, Efficace F, Ammatuna E, Vilque JP, Wäsch R, Becker H, Blijlevens N, Dührsen U, Baron F, Suciu S, Amadori S, Venditti A, Huls G. 10-day decitabine versus 3 + 7 chemotherapy followed by allografting in older patients with acute myeloid leukaemia: an open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Haematol 2023; 10:e879-e889. [PMID: 37914482 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(23)00273-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many older patients with acute myeloid leukaemia die or cannot undergo allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) due to toxicity caused by intensive chemotherapy. We hypothesised that replacing intensive chemotherapy with decitabine monotherapy could improve outcomes. METHODS This open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial was conducted at 54 hospitals in nine European countries. Patients aged 60 years and older who were newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and had not yet been treated were enrolled if they had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 2 or less and were eligible for intensive chemotherapy. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive decitabine or standard chemotherapy (known as 3 + 7). For the decitabine group, decitabine (20 mg/m2) was administered for the first 10 days in the first 28-day cycle, followed by 28-day cycles consisting of 5 days or 10 days of decitabine. For the 3 + 7 group, daunorubicin (60 mg/m2) was administered over the first 3 days and cytarabine (200 mg/m2) over the first 7 days, followed by 1-3 additional chemotherapy cycles. Allogeneic HSCT was strongly encouraged. Overall survival in the intention-to-treat population was the primary endpoint. Safety was assessed in all patients who received the allocated treatment. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02172872, and is closed to new participants. FINDINGS Between Dec 1, 2014, and Aug 20, 2019, 606 patients were randomly assigned to the decitabine (n=303) or 3 + 7 (n=303) group. Following an interim analysis which showed futility, the IDMC recommended on May 22, 2019, that the study continued as planned considering the risks and benefits for the patients participating in the study. The cutoff date for the final analysis presented here was June 30, 2021. At a median follow-up of 4·0 years (IQR 2·9-4·8), 4-year overall survival was 26% (95% CI 21-32) in the decitabine group versus 30% (24-35) in the 3 + 7 group (hazard ratio for death 1·04 [95% CI 0·86-1·26]; p=0·68). Rates of on-protocol allogeneic HSCT were similar between groups (122 [40%] of 303 patients for decitabine and 118 [39%] of 303 patients for 3+7). Rates of grade 3-5 adverse events were 254 (84%) of 302 patients in the decitabine group and 279 (94%) of 298 patients in the 3 + 7 group. The rates of grade 3-5 infections (41% [125 of 302] vs 53% [158 of 298]), oral mucositis (2% [seven of 302] vs 10% [31 of 298]) and diarrhoea (1% [three of 302] vs 8% [24 of 298]) were lower in the decitabine group than in the 3 + 7 group. Treatment-related deaths were reported for 12% (35 of 302) of patients in the decitabine group and 14% (41 of 298) in the 3 + 7 group. INTERPRETATION 10-day decitabine did not improve overall survival but showed a better safety profile compared with 3 + 7 chemotherapy in older patients with acute myeloid leukaemia eligible for intensive chemotherapy. Decitabine could be considered a better-tolerated and sufficiently efficacious alternative to 3 + 7 induction in fit older patients with acute myeloid leukaemia without favourable genetics. FUNDING Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
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- Michael Lübbert
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Department of Hematology, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands
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- The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France
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- Klinik für Hämatologie und Stammzelltransplantation, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Center, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg and University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Campus Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostasiology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical Clinic IV, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Materno-Infantili e dell'Adulto, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino-Ospedale Molinette, Torino, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Service d'Hématologie Clinique et de Thérapie cellulaire, Hôpital Saint Antoine, APHP, Paris, France
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- Ematologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale e di Precisione, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
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- The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA), Data Center and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie und Stammzelltransplantation, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- GIGA-I3 and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
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Enßle JC, Wolf S, Scheich S, Weber S, Kramer M, Ruhnke L, Schliemann C, Mikesch JH, Krause S, Sauer T, Hanoun M, Reinhardt HC, Kraus S, Kaufmann M, Hänel M, Fransecky L, Burchert A, Neubauer A, Crysandt M, Jost E, Niemann D, Schäfer-Eckart K, Held G, Kaiser U, Wass M, Schaich M, Müller-Tidow C, Platzbecker U, Baldus CD, Bornhäuser M, Röllig C, Serve H, Steffen B. Impact of BMI on patient outcome in acute myeloid leukaemia patients receiving intensive induction therapy: a real-world registry experience. Br J Cancer 2023; 129:1126-1133. [PMID: 37542108 PMCID: PMC10539505 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-023-02362-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is treated with intensive induction chemotherapy (IT) in medically fit patients. In general, obesity was identified as a risk factor for all-cause mortality, and there is an ongoing debate on its impact on outcome and optimal dosing strategy in obese AML patients. METHODS We conducted a registry study screening 7632 patients and assessed the impact of obesity in 1677 equally IT treated, newly diagnosed AML patients on the outcome (OS, EFS, CR1), comorbidities, toxicities and used dosing strategies. RESULTS Obese patients (BMI ≥ 30) displayed a significant inferior median OS (29.44 vs. 47.94 months, P = 0.015) and CR1 rate (78.7% vs. 84.3%, P = 0.015) without differences in median EFS (7.8 vs. 9.89 months, P = 0.3) compared to non-obese patients (BMI < 30). The effect was predominantly observed in older (≥60 years) patients. Obesity was identified as an independent risk factor for death, and obese patients demonstrated higher rates of cardiovascular or metabolic comorbidities. No differences for OS, EFS, CR1 or treatment-related toxicities were observed by stratification according to used dosing strategy or dose reduction. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, this study identifies obesity as an independent risk factor for worse OS in older AML patients undergoing curative IT most likely due to obesity-related comorbidities and not to dosing strategy.
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- Julius C Enßle
- Department of Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Chemnitz Hospital, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Ev. Stift St. Martin, Koblenz, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hospital Nürnberg, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Nürnberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Westpfalz Klinik, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Rems-Murr-Kliniken, Winnenden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department for Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Ruhnke L, Röllig C, Herold S, Sauer T, Brandts CH, Steffen B, Schäfer-Eckart K, Krause SW, Hänel M, Reichle A, Scholl S, Neubauer A, Mikesch JH, Schetelig J, Stölzel F, Kramer M, Haake A, Frimmel J, Krämer A, Schlenk R, Platzbecker U, Serve H, Baldus CD, Müller-Tidow C, Aust D, Bornhäuser M, Ehninger G, Thiede C. Midostaurin in addition to intensive chemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21) and KIT and/or FLT3- ITD mutations: results of the SAL MIDOKIT trial. Haematologica 2023; 108:2520-2525. [PMID: 36779591 PMCID: PMC10483343 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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- Leo Ruhnke
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden.
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Dresden, Dresden, Germany and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Nuremberg Hospital North, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Chemnitz Hospital, Chemnitz
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Hematology and Internal Oncology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Hematology and Internal Oncology, University Hospital Jena, Jena
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; DKMS Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Dresden, Dresden, Germany and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Dresden, Dresden, Germany and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Hematology and Cellular Therapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site Dresden, Dresden, Germany and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Agendix GmbH, Dresden
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Hasenfuß G, Hallek M, Neubauer A. [Cardiac amyloidosis]. Inn Med (Heidelb) 2023; 64:820-822. [PMID: 37612568 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-023-01575-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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- G Hasenfuß
- Herzzentrum Göttingen, Klinik für Kardiologie und Pneumologie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Georg-August-Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Deutschland.
- Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung, Standort Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland.
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- Klinik I für Innere Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Köln (AöR), Köln, Deutschland
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- Zentrum Innere Medizin, Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland
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Bauer C, Mack E, Hefter V, Fischer A, Volland K, Skevaki C, Neubauer A, Gress T, Becker S, Keller C. Impaired systemic nucleocapsid antigen clearance in severe COVID-19. J Med Virol 2023; 95:e29032. [PMID: 37581876 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.29032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
Abstract
The circulating nucleocapsid (NCP) antigen of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is detectable in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients. To better understand the biology of disease severity, we investigated NCP clearance kinetics in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Serum NCP was quantified using a commercial NCP-specific enzyme-linked immunoassay in hospitalized COVID-19 patients (n = 63) during their hospital stay. Results were correlated to COVID-19 disease severity, inflammation parameters, antibody response, and results of SARS-CoV-2 PCR from nasopharyngeal swabs. We demonstrate that NCP antigen levels in serum remained elevated in 21/45 (46.7%) samples from patients in intensive care units (ICU) after >8 days postdiagnosis. The proportion of ICU patients with detectable antigenemia declined only gradually from 84.6% to 25.0% over several weeks. This was in contrast to complete NCP clearance in all non-ICU patients after 8 days, and also in contrast to mucosal clearance of the virus as measured by PCR. Antigen clearance was associated with higher IgG against S1 but not NCP. Clearance of NCP antigenemia is delayed in >40% of severely ill COVID-19 patients. Thus, NCP antigenemia detected after 8 days post COVID-19 diagnosis is a characteristic of patients requiring intensive care. Prospective trials should further investigate NCP antigen clearance kinetics as a mechanistic biomarker.
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- Christian Bauer
- Department of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Infectiology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Philipps University Marburg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL) Marburg, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Infectiology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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Schubert ML, Schmitt A, Hückelhoven-Krauss A, Neuber B, Kunz A, Waldhoff P, Vonficht D, Yousefian S, Jopp-Saile L, Wang L, Korell F, Keib A, Michels B, Haas D, Sauer T, Derigs P, Kulozik A, Kunz J, Pavel P, Laier S, Wuchter P, Schmier J, Bug G, Lang F, Gökbuget N, Casper J, Görner M, Finke J, Neubauer A, Ringhoffer M, Wolleschak D, Brüggemann M, Haas S, Ho AD, Müller-Tidow C, Dreger P, Schmitt M. Treatment of adult ALL patients with third-generation CD19-directed CAR T cells: results of a pivotal trial. J Hematol Oncol 2023; 16:79. [PMID: 37481608 PMCID: PMC10363324 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-023-01470-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Third-generation chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered T cells (CARTs) might improve clinical outcome of patients with B cell malignancies. This is the first report on a third-generation CART dose-escalating, phase-1/2 investigator-initiated trial treating adult patients with refractory and/or relapsed (r/r) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). METHODS Thirteen patients were treated with escalating doses of CD19-directed CARTs between 1 × 106 and 50 × 106 CARTs/m2. Leukapheresis, manufacturing and administration of CARTs were performed in-house. RESULTS For all patients, CART manufacturing was feasible. None of the patients developed any grade of Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) or a higher-grade (≥ grade III) catokine release syndrome (CRS). CART expansion and long-term CART persistence were evident in the peripheral blood (PB) of evaluable patients. At end of study on day 90 after CARTs, ten patients were evaluable for response: Eight patients (80%) achieved a complete remission (CR), including five patients (50%) with minimal residual disease (MRD)-negative CR. Response and outcome were associated with the administered CART dose. At 1-year follow-up, median overall survival was not reached and progression-free survival (PFS) was 38%. Median PFS was reached on day 120. Lack of CD39-expression on memory-like T cells was more frequent in CART products of responders when compared to CART products of non-responders. After CART administration, higher CD8 + and γδ-T cell frequencies, a physiological pattern of immune cells and lower monocyte counts in the PB were associated with response. CONCLUSION In conclusion, third-generation CARTs were associated with promising clinical efficacy and remarkably low procedure-specific toxicity, thereby opening new therapeutic perspectives for patients with r/r ALL. Trial registration This trial was registered at www. CLINICALTRIALS gov as NCT03676504.
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- Maria-Luisa Schubert
- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Stem Cells and Cancer, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) and DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
- Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Stem Cells and Cancer, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) and DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
- Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy (IKTZ), German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy (IKTZ), German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, of the Heidelberg University, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Giessen und Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Center of Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Medical Center, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Stem Cells and Cancer, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) and DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)/National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)/National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)/National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)/National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)/National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Abou Dalle I, Labopin M, Kröger N, Schroeder T, Finke J, Stelljes M, Neubauer A, Blaise D, Yakoub-Agha I, Salmenniemi U, Forcade E, Itäla-Remes M, Dreger P, Bug G, Passweg J, Heuser M, Choi G, Brissot E, Giebel S, Nagler A, Ciceri F, Bazarbachi A, Mohty M. Impact of disease burden on clinical outcomes of AML patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a study from the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2023; 58:784-790. [PMID: 37041215 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-023-01961-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
Abstract
Pre-transplant detectable measurable residual disease (MRD) is still associated with high risk of relapse and poor outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We aimed at evaluating the impact of disease burden on prediction of relapse and survival in patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in first remission (CR1). We identified a total of 3202 adult AML patients, of these 1776 patients were in CR1 and MRD positive and 1426 patients were primary refractory at time of transplant. After a median follow-up of 24.4 months, non-relapse mortality and relapse rate were significantly higher in the primary refractory group compared to the CR1 MRD positive group (Hazards Ratio (HR) = 1.82 (95% CI: 1.47-2.24) p < 0.001 and HR = 1.54 (95% CI: 1.34-1.77), p < 0.001), respectively. Leukemia-free survival (LFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly worse in the primary refractory group (HR = 1.61 (95% CI: 1.44-1.81), p < 0.001 and HR = 1.71 (95% CI: 1.51-1.94), p < 0.001, respectively). Our real-life data suggest that patients in CR1 and MRD positive at time of transplant could still be salvaged by allo-HCT with a 2-year OS of 63%, if negative MRD cannot be obtained and their outcomes are significantly better than patients transplanted with active disease.
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- Iman Abou Dalle
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Haematology, Hopital Saint-Antoine, INSERM, Paris, France
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Dept. of Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Hospital, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A/Hematology and Oncology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin mit SP Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Helsinki University Hospital, Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- CHU Bordeaux, Service d'hématologie Clinique et Thérapie Cellulaire, 33000, Pessac, France
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- Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, PL 52, Turku, Finland
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- Department Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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- EBMT Activity Survey Office, Hematology Division, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Saint Antoine, Paris, France
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Oncohematology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute, Oncology Center-Gliwice, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center-Tel-Hashomer, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Ospedale San Raffaele s.r.l., Haematology and BMT, Milano, Italy
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
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- Department of Haematology, Hopital Saint-Antoine, INSERM, Paris, France
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Held G, Thurner L, Poeschel V, Ott G, Schmidt C, Christofyllakis K, Viardot A, Borchmann P, Engel-Riedel W, Frickhofen N, Nickelsen M, Shpilberg O, Witzens-Harig M, Griesinger F, Krammer-Steiner B, Neubauer A, de Nully Brown P, Federico M, Glass B, Schmitz N, Wulf G, Truemper L, Bewarder M, Murawski N, Stilgenbauer S, Rosenwald A, Altmann B, Engelhard M, Schmidberger H, Fleckenstein J, Berdel C, Loeffler M, Ziepert M. Radiation and Dose-densification of R-CHOP in Primary Mediastinal B-cell Lymphoma: Subgroup Analysis of the UNFOLDER Trial. Hemasphere 2023; 7:e917. [PMID: 37427145 PMCID: PMC10325764 DOI: 10.1097/hs9.0000000000000917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
Abstract
UNFOLDER (NCT00278408, EUDRACT 2005-005218-19) is a phase-3 trial in patients with aggressive B-cell lymphoma and intermediate prognosis, including primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL). In a 2 × 2 factorial design, patients were randomized to 6× R-CHOP-14 or R-CHOP-21 (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prediso(lo)ne) and to consolidation radiotherapy to extralymphatic/bulky disease or observation. Response was assessed according to the standardized criteria from 1999, which did not include F-18 fluordesoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET) scans. Primary end point was event-free survival (EFS). A subgroup of 131 patients with PMBCLs was included (median age, 34 y; 54% female, 79% elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), 20% LDH >2× upper limit of normal [ULN], and 24% extralymphatic involvement). Eighty-two (R-CHOP-21: 43 and R-CHOP-14: 39) patients were assigned to radiotherapy and 49 (R-CHOP-21: 27, R-CHOP-14: 22) to observation. The 3-year EFS was superior in radiotherapy arm (94% [95% confidence interval (CI), 89-99] versus 78% [95% CI, 66-89]; P = 0.0069), due to a lower rate of partial responses (PRs) (2% versus 10%). PR triggered additional treatment, mostly radiotherapy (n = 5; PR: 4; complete response/unconfirmed complete response: 1). No significant differences were observed in progression-free survival (PFS) (95% [95% CI, 90-100] versus 90% [95% CI, 81-98]; P = 0.25) nor in overall survival (OS) (98% [95% CI, 94-100] versus 96% [95% CI, 90-100]; P = 0.64). Comparing R-CHOP-14 and R-CHOP-21, EFS, PFS, and OS were not different. A prognostic marker for adverse outcome was elevated LDH >2× ULN (EFS: P = 0.016; PFS: P = 0.0049; OS: P = 0.0014). With the limitation of a pre-PET-era trial, the results suggest a benefit of radiotherapy only for patients responding to R-CHOP with PR. PMBCL treated with R-CHOP have a favorable prognosis with a 3-year OS of 97%.
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- Gerhard Held
- Department of Internal Medicine 1, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus and Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Helios Dr.Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tiqwa, Israel
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- Department of Internal Oncology, Pius-Hospital, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Marburg, Germany
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- CHIMOMO Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Wuerzburg, and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Radiooncology and Radiotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Germany
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Georgi JA, Stasik S, Eckardt JN, Zukunft S, Hartwig M, Röllig C, Middeke JM, Oelschlägel U, Krug U, Sauer T, Scholl S, Hochhaus A, Brümmendorf TH, Naumann R, Steffen B, Einsele H, Schaich M, Burchert A, Neubauer A, Schäfer-Eckart K, Schliemann C, Krause SW, Hänel M, Noppeney R, Kaiser U, Baldus CD, Kaufmann M, Müller-Tidow C, Platzbecker U, Berdel WE, Serve H, Ehninger G, Bornhäuser M, Schetelig J, Kroschinsky F, Thiede C. UBTF tandem duplications are rare but recurrent alterations in adult AML and associated with younger age, myelodysplasia, and inferior outcome. Blood Cancer J 2023; 13:88. [PMID: 37236968 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-023-00858-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Tandem-duplication mutations of the UBTF gene (UBTF-TDs) coding for the upstream binding transcription factor have recently been described in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and were found to be associated with particular genetics (trisomy 8 (+8), FLT3-internal tandem duplications (FLT3-ITD), WT1-mutations) and inferior outcome. Due to limited knowledge on UBTF-TDs in adult AML, we screened 4247 newly diagnosed adult AML and higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients using high-resolution fragment analysis. UBTF-TDs were overall rare (n = 52/4247; 1.2%), but significantly enriched in younger patients (median age 41 years) and associated with MDS-related morphology as well as significantly lower hemoglobin and platelet levels. Patients with UBTF-TDs had significantly higher rates of +8 (34% vs. 9%), WT1 (52% vs. 7%) and FLT3-ITD (50% vs. 20.8%) co-mutations, whereas UBTF-TDs were mutually exclusive with several class-defining lesions such as mutant NPM1, in-frame CEBPAbZIP mutations as well as t(8;21). Based on the high-variant allele frequency found and the fact that all relapsed patients analyzed (n = 5) retained the UBTF-TD mutation, UBTF-TDs represent early clonal events and are stable over the disease course. In univariate analysis, UBTF-TDs did not represent a significant factor for overall or relapse-free survival in the entire cohort. However, in patients under 50 years of age, who represent the majority of UBTF-mutant patients, UBTF-TDs were an independent prognostic factor for inferior event-free (EFS), relapse-free (RFS) and overall survival (OS), which was confirmed by multivariable analyses including established risk factors such as age and ELN2022 genetic risk groups (EFS [HR: 2.20; 95% CI 1.52-3.17, p < 0.001], RFS [HR: 1.59; 95% CI 1.02-2.46, p = 0.039] and OS [HR: 1.64; 95% CI 1.08-2.49, p = 0.020]). In summary, UBTF-TDs appear to represent a novel class-defining lesion not only in pediatric AML but also younger adults and are associated with myelodysplasia and inferior outcome in these patients.
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- Julia-Annabell Georgi
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik 3, Klinikum Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany
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- Universität Heidelberg, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Abteilung Innere Medizin V, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik III, St. Marien-Krankenhaus Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik 2, Hämatologie/Onkologie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, Rems-Murr-Klinikum Winnenden, Winnenden, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinikum Nürnberg, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Medizinische Klinik 5, Nürnberg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik 5, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Klinikum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik II, St. Bernward Krankenhaus, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Universität Heidelberg, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Abteilung Innere Medizin V, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Hämatologie, Zelltherapie und Hämostaseologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik A, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik 2, Hämatologie/Onkologie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases NCT, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
- DKMS Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
- AgenDix GmbH, Dresden, Germany.
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Völkel S, Tarawneh TS, Sacher L, Bhagwat AM, Karim I, Mack HID, Wiesmann T, Beutel B, Hoyer J, Keller C, Renz H, Burchert A, Neubauer A, Graumann J, Skevaki C, Mack EKM. Serum proteomics hint at an early T-cell response and modulation of SARS-CoV-2-related pathogenic pathways in COVID-19-ARDS treated with Ruxolitinib. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1176427. [PMID: 37293294 PMCID: PMC10244732 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1176427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in corona virus disease 19 (COVID-19) is triggered by hyperinflammation, thus providing a rationale for immunosuppressive treatments. The Janus kinase inhibitor Ruxolitinib (Ruxo) has shown efficacy in severe and critical COVID-19. In this study, we hypothesized that Ruxo's mode of action in this condition is reflected by changes in the peripheral blood proteome. Methods This study included 11 COVID-19 patients, who were treated at our center's Intensive Care Unit (ICU). All patients received standard-of-care treatment and n = 8 patients with ARDS received Ruxo in addition. Blood samples were collected before (day 0) and on days 1, 6, and 10 of Ruxo treatment or, respectively, ICU admission. Serum proteomes were analyzed by mass spectrometry (MS) and cytometric bead array. Results Linear modeling of MS data yielded 27 significantly differentially regulated proteins on day 1, 69 on day 6 and 72 on day 10. Only five factors (IGLV10-54, PSMB1, PGLYRP1, APOA5, WARS1) were regulated both concordantly and significantly over time. Overrepresentation analysis revealed biological processes involving T-cells only on day 1, while a humoral immune response and complement activation were detected at day 6 and day 10. Pathway enrichment analysis identified the NRF2-pathway early under Ruxo treatment and Network map of SARS-CoV-2 signaling and Statin inhibition of cholesterol production at later time points. Conclusion Our results indicate that the mechanism of action of Ruxo in COVID-19-ARDS can be related to both known effects of this drug as a modulator of T-cells and the SARS-CoV-2-infection.
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- Sara Völkel
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Translational Proteomics, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Diakonie-Klinikum Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Member of the Universities of Gießen and Marburg Lung Center, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Member of the Universities of Gießen and Marburg Lung Center, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Translational Proteomics, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Member of the Universities of Gießen and Marburg Lung Center, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Alkhayer R, Ponath V, Frech M, Adhikary T, Graumann J, Neubauer A, von Strandmann EP. KLF4-mediated upregulation of the NKG2D ligand MICA in acute myeloid leukemia: a novel therapeutic target identified by enChIP. Cell Commun Signal 2023; 21:94. [PMID: 37143070 PMCID: PMC10157933 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-023-01118-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The immunoreceptor NKG2D, which is expressed on NK cells and T cell subsets is critically involved in tumor immune surveillance. This applies in particular to acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which evades immune detection by downregulation of NKG2D ligands (NKG2D-L), including MICA. The absence of NKG2D-L on AML cells is moreover associated with leukemia stem cell characteristics. The NKG2D/NKG2D-L system thus qualifies as an interesting and promising therapeutic target.Here we aimed to identify transcription factors susceptible to pharmacological stimulation resulting in the expression of the NKG2D-L MICA in AML cells to restore anti-tumor activity. Using a CRISPR-based engineered ChIP (enChIP) assay for the MICA promoter region and readout by mass spectrometry-based proteomics, we identified the transcription factor krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) as associated with the promoter. We demonstrated that the MICA promoter comprises functional binding sites for KLF4 and genetic as well as pharmacological gain- and loss-of-function experiments revealed inducible MICA expression to be mediated by KLF4.Furthermore, induction in AML cells was achieved with the small compound APTO253, a KLF4 activator, which also inhibits MYC expression and causes DNA damage. This induction in turn yielded increased expression and cell surface presentation of MICA, thus rendering AML cells more susceptible to NK cell-mediated killing. These data unravel a novel link between APTO253 and the innate anti-tumor immune response providing a rationale for targeting AML cells via APTO253-dependent KFL4/MICA induction to allow elimination by endogenous or transplanted NK and T cells in vivo. Video Abstract.
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- Reem Alkhayer
- Institute for Tumor Immunology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Clinic for Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Tumor Immunology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Clinic for Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Biology and Tumor Research, Institute for Medical Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Translational Proteomics, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Clinic for Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Tumor Immunology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
- Clinic for Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology, Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Greve G, Andrieux G, Schlosser P, Blagitko-Dorfs N, Rehman UU, Ma T, Pfeifer D, Heil G, Neubauer A, Krauter J, Heuser M, Salih HR, Döhner K, Döhner H, Hackanson B, Boerries M, Lübbert M. In vivo kinetics of early, non-random methylome and transcriptome changes induced by DNA-hypomethylating treatment in primary AML blasts. Leukemia 2023; 37:1018-1027. [PMID: 37024521 PMCID: PMC10169639 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-023-01876-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
Abstract
Despite routine use of DNA-hypomethylating agents (HMAs) in AML/MDS therapy, their mechanisms of action are not yet unraveled. Pleiotropic effects of HMAs include global methylome and transcriptome changes. We asked whether in blasts and T-cells from AML patients HMA-induced in vivo demethylation and remethylation occur randomly or non-randomly, and whether gene demethylation is associated with gene induction. Peripheral blood AML blasts from patients receiving decitabine (20 mg/m2 day 1-5) were serially isolated for methylome analyses (days 0, 8 and 15, n = 28) and methylome-plus-transcriptome analyses (days 0 and 8, n = 23), respectively. T-cells were isolated for methylome analyses (days 0 and 8; n = 16). We noted massive, non-random demethylation at day 8, which was variable between patients. In contrast, T-cells disclosed a thousand-fold lesser, random demethylation, indicating selectivity of the demethylation for the malignant blasts. The integrative analysis of DNA demethylation and transcript induction revealed 87 genes displaying a significant inverse correlation, e.g. the tumor suppressor gene IFI27, whose derepression was validated in two AML cell lines. These results support HMA-induced, non-random early in vivo demethylation events in AML blasts associated with gene induction. Larger patient cohorts are needed to determine whether a demethylation signature may be predictive for response to this treatment.
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- Gabriele Greve
- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Klinikum Lüdenscheid, Lüdenscheid, Germany
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- Philipps University Marburg, and University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Klinikum Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, University Medical Center Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner site Freiburg; and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner site Freiburg; and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Perl AE, Larson RA, Podoltsev NA, Strickland S, Wang ES, Atallah E, Schiller GJ, Martinelli G, Neubauer A, Sierra J, Montesinos P, Recher C, Yoon SS, Maeda Y, Hosono N, Onozawa M, Kato T, Kim HJ, Hasabou N, Nuthethi R, Tiu R, Levis MJ. Outcomes in Patients with FLT3-Mutated Relapsed/ Refractory Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Who Underwent Transplantation in the Phase 3 ADMIRAL Trial of Gilteritinib versus Salvage Chemotherapy. Transplant Cell Ther 2023; 29:265.e1-265.e10. [PMID: 36526260 PMCID: PMC10189888 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) inhibitor gilteritinib improved the survival of patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) FLT3-mutated acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in the phase 3 ADMIRAL trial. In this study, we assessed survival and relapse rates of patients in the ADMIRAL trial who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), as well as safety outcomes in patients who received post-transplantation gilteritinib maintenance therapy. ADMIRAL was a global phase 3 randomized controlled trial that enrolled adult patients with FLT3-mutated R/R AML. Patients with R/R AML who harbored FLT3 internal tandem duplication mutations in the juxtamembrane domain or D835/I836 point mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain were randomized (2:1) to gilteritinib (120 mg/day) or to preselected high- or low-intensity salvage chemotherapy (1 or 2 cycles). Patients in the gilteritinib arm who proceeded to HSCT could receive post-transplantation gilteritinib maintenance therapy if they were within 30 to 90 days post-transplantation and had achieved composite complete remission (CRc) with successful engraftment and no post-transplantation complications. Adverse events (AEs) during HSCT were recorded in the gilteritinib arm only. Survival outcomes and the cumulative incidence of relapse were assessed in patients who underwent HSCT during the trial. Treatment-emergent AEs were evaluated in patients who restarted gilteritinib as post-transplantation maintenance therapy. Patients in the gilteritinib arm underwent HSCT more frequently than those in the chemotherapy arm (26% [n = 64] versus 15% [n = 19]). For all transplantation recipients, 12- and 24-month overall survival (OS) rates were 68% and 47%, respectively. Despite a trend toward longer OS after pretransplantation CRc, post-transplantation survival was comparable in the 2 arms. Patients who resumed gilteritinib after HSCT had a low relapse rate after pretransplantation CRc (20%) or CR (0%). The most common AEs observed with post-transplantation gilteritinib therapy were increased alanine aminotransferase level (45%), pyrexia (43%), and diarrhea (40%); grade ≥3 AEs were related primarily to myelosuppression. The incidences of grade ≥III acute graft-versus-host disease and related mortality were low. Post-transplantation survival was similar across the 2 study arms in the ADMIRAL trial, but higher remission rates with gilteritinib facilitated receipt of HSCT. Gilteritinib as post-transplantation maintenance therapy had a stable safety and tolerability profile and was associated with low relapse rates. Taken together, these data support a preference for bridging therapy with gilteritinib over chemotherapy in transplantation-eligible patients.
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- Alexander E Perl
- Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- Division of the Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- IRCCS Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" IRST S.r.l, Meldola, Italy
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole, Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Hemato Oncology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Okayama University Hospital, Okoyama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Catholic Hematology Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois
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- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Feng A, Yang EY, Moore AR, Dhingra S, Chang SE, Yin X, Pi R, Mack EK, Völkel S, Geßner R, Gündisch M, Neubauer A, Renz H, Tsiodras S, Fragkou PC, Asuni AA, Levitt JE, Wilson JG, Leong M, Lumb JH, Mao R, Pinedo K, Roque J, Richards CM, Stabile M, Swaminathan G, Salagianni ML, Triantafyllia V, Bertrams W, Blish CA, Carette JE, Frankovich J, Meffre E, Nadeau KC, Singh U, Wang TT, Luning Prak ET, Herold S, Andreakos E, Schmeck B, Skevaki C, Rogers AJ, Utz PJ. Autoantibodies are highly prevalent in non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infections and critical illness. JCI Insight 2023; 8:e163150. [PMID: 36752204 PMCID: PMC9977421 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.163150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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The widespread presence of autoantibodies in acute infection with SARS-CoV-2 is increasingly recognized, but the prevalence of autoantibodies in non-SARS-CoV-2 infections and critical illness has not yet been reported. We profiled IgG autoantibodies in 267 patients from 5 independent cohorts with non-SARS-CoV-2 viral, bacterial, and noninfectious critical illness. Serum samples were screened using Luminex arrays that included 58 cytokines and 55 autoantigens, many of which are associated with connective tissue diseases (CTDs). Samples positive for anti-cytokine antibodies were tested for receptor blocking activity using cell-based functional assays. Anti-cytokine antibodies were identified in > 50% of patients across all 5 acutely ill cohorts. In critically ill patients, anti-cytokine antibodies were far more common in infected versus uninfected patients. In cell-based functional assays, 11 of 39 samples positive for select anti-cytokine antibodies displayed receptor blocking activity against surface receptors for Type I IFN, GM-CSF, and IL-6. Autoantibodies against CTD-associated autoantigens were also commonly observed, including newly detected antibodies that emerged in longitudinal samples. These findings demonstrate that anti-cytokine and autoantibodies are common across different viral and nonviral infections and range in severity of illness.
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- Allan Feng
- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Philipps University Marburg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Philipps University Marburg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Philipps University Marburg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Philipps University Marburg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Study Group for Respiratory Viruses (ESGREV), Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Institute for Lung Research, UGMLC, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
- Department of Medicine, Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and
- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, UKGM, Justus Liebig University, and Institute for Lung Health (ILH), Giessen, Germany
- DZL and UGMLC, Giessen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Institute for Lung Research, UGMLC, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- DZL, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Philipps University Marburg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
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Hoffmann J, Eminovic S, Wilhelm C, Krause SW, Neubauer A, Thrun MC, Ultsch A, Brendel C. Prediction of Clinical Outcomes with Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Curr Oncol 2023; 30:1903-1915. [PMID: 36826109 PMCID: PMC9955184 DOI: 10.3390/curroncol30020148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The International Prognostic Index (IPI) is applied to predict the outcome of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with five prognostic factors, including genetic analysis. We investigated whether multiparameter flow cytometry (MPFC) data of CLL samples could predict the outcome by methods of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI). Further, XAI should explain the results based on distinctive cell populations in MPFC dot plots. METHODS We analyzed MPFC data from the peripheral blood of 157 patients with CLL. The ALPODS XAI algorithm was used to identify cell populations that were predictive of inferior outcomes (death, failure of first-line treatment). The diagnostic ability of each XAI population was evaluated with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. RESULTS ALPODS defined 17 populations with higher ability than the CLL-IPI to classify clinical outcomes (ROC: area under curve (AUC) 0.95 vs. 0.78). The best single classifier was an XAI population consisting of CD4+ T cells (AUC 0.78; 95% CI 0.70-0.86; p < 0.0001). Patients with low CD4+ T cells had an inferior outcome. The addition of the CD4+ T-cell population enhanced the predictive ability of the CLL-IPI (AUC 0.83; 95% CI 0.77-0.90; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS The ALPODS XAI algorithm detected highly predictive cell populations in CLL that may be able to refine conventional prognostic scores such as IPI.
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- Joerg Hoffmann
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 5, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Maximiliansplatz 2, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Databionics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Databionics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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Bajwa AA, Neubauer A, Schwerter M, Schilling L. 23Na chemical shift imaging in the living rat brain using a chemical shift agent, Tm[DOTP] 5. MAGMA 2023; 36:107-118. [PMID: 36053432 PMCID: PMC9992022 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-022-01040-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE It is well known that the use of shift reagents (SRs) in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies is substantially limited by an intact blood-brain barrier (BBB). The current study aims to develop a method enabling chemical shift imaging in the living rat brain under physiological conditions using an SR, Tm[DOTP]5-. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hyperosmotic mannitol bolus injection followed by 60 min infusion of a Tm[DOTP]5- containing solution was administered via a catheter inserted into an internal carotid artery. We monitored the homeostasis of physiological parameters, and we measured the thulium content in brain tissue post mortem using total reflection fluorescence spectroscopy (T-XRF). The alterations of the 23Na resonance spectrum were followed in a 9.4T small animal scanner. RESULTS Based on the T-XRF measurements, the thulium concentration was estimated at 2.3 ± 1.8 mM in the brain interstitial space. Spectroscopic imaging showed a split of the 23Na resonance peak which became visible 20 min after starting the infusion. Chemical shift imaging revealed a significant decrease of the initial intensity level to 0.915 ± 0.058 at the end of infusion. CONCLUSION Our novel protocol showed bulk accumulation of Tm[DOTP]5- thus enabling separation of the extra-/intracellular 23Na signal components in the living rat brain while maintaining physiological homeostasis.
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- Awais A Bajwa
- Division of Neurosurgical Research, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-4), Medical Imaging Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Division of Neurosurgical Research, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany. .,European Center of Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
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Eckardt JN, Stasik S, Röllig C, Sauer T, Scholl S, Hochhaus A, Crysandt M, Brümmendorf TH, Naumann R, Steffen B, Kunzmann V, Einsele H, Schaich M, Burchert A, Neubauer A, Schäfer-Eckart K, Schliemann C, Krause SW, Herbst R, Hänel M, Hanoun M, Kaiser U, Kaufmann M, Rácil Z, Mayer J, Cerqueira T, Kroschinsky F, Berdel WE, Serve H, Müller-Tidow C, Platzbecker U, Baldus CD, Schetelig J, Siepmann T, Bornhäuser M, Middeke JM, Thiede C. Alterations of cohesin complex genes in acute myeloid leukemia: differential co-mutations, clinical presentation and impact on outcome. Blood Cancer J 2023; 13:18. [PMID: 36693840 PMCID: PMC9873811 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-023-00790-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Functional perturbations of the cohesin complex with subsequent changes in chromatin structure and replication are reported in a multitude of cancers including acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Mutations of its STAG2 subunit may predict unfavorable risk as recognized by the 2022 European Leukemia Net recommendations, but the underlying evidence is limited by small sample sizes and conflicting observations regarding clinical outcomes, as well as scarce information on other cohesion complex subunits. We retrospectively analyzed data from a multi-center cohort of 1615 intensively treated AML patients and identified distinct co-mutational patters for mutations of STAG2, which were associated with normal karyotypes (NK) and concomitant mutations in IDH2, RUNX1, BCOR, ASXL1, and SRSF2. Mutated RAD21 was associated with NK, mutated EZH2, KRAS, CBL, and NPM1. Patients harboring mutated STAG2 were older and presented with decreased white blood cell, bone marrow and peripheral blood blast counts. Overall, neither mutated STAG2, RAD21, SMC1A nor SMC3 displayed any significant, independent effect on clinical outcomes defined as complete remission, event-free, relapse-free or overall survival. However, we found almost complete mutual exclusivity of genetic alterations of individual cohesin subunits. This mutual exclusivity may be the basis for therapeutic strategies via synthetic lethality in cohesin mutated AML.
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- Jan-Niklas Eckardt
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany. .,Division of Health Care Sciences, Dresden International University, Dresden, Germany.
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- grid.412282.f0000 0001 1091 2917Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- grid.412282.f0000 0001 1091 2917Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- grid.5253.10000 0001 0328 4908German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.275559.90000 0000 8517 6224Department of Internal Medicine II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- grid.275559.90000 0000 8517 6224Department of Internal Medicine II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- grid.412301.50000 0000 8653 1507Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Cell Therapy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- grid.412301.50000 0000 8653 1507Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Cell Therapy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III, St. Marien-Hospital Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- grid.411088.40000 0004 0578 8220Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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- grid.411760.50000 0001 1378 7891Medical Clinic and Policlinic II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- grid.411760.50000 0001 1378 7891Medical Clinic and Policlinic II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- grid.459932.0Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Rems-Murr-Hospital Winnenden, Winnenden, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.10253.350000 0004 1936 9756Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- grid.511981.5Department of Internal Medicine V, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität and University Hospital Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
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- grid.16149.3b0000 0004 0551 4246Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.411668.c0000 0000 9935 6525Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- grid.459629.50000 0004 0389 4214Medical Clinic III, Chemnitz Hospital AG, Chemnitz, Germany
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- grid.459629.50000 0004 0389 4214Medical Clinic III, Chemnitz Hospital AG, Chemnitz, Germany
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- grid.410718.b0000 0001 0262 7331Department of Hematology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- grid.460019.aMedical Clinic II, St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany
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- grid.416008.b0000 0004 0603 4965Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- grid.412554.30000 0004 0609 2751Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- grid.412554.30000 0004 0609 2751Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- grid.440925.e0000 0000 9874 1261Division of Health Care Sciences, Dresden International University, Dresden, Germany
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- grid.412282.f0000 0001 1091 2917Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- grid.16149.3b0000 0004 0551 4246Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.411088.40000 0004 0578 8220Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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- grid.5253.10000 0001 0328 4908German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.411339.d0000 0000 8517 9062Medical Clinic I Hematology and Celltherapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.412468.d0000 0004 0646 2097Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- grid.412282.f0000 0001 1091 2917Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany ,DKMS Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany
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- grid.440925.e0000 0000 9874 1261Division of Health Care Sciences, Dresden International University, Dresden, Germany ,grid.4488.00000 0001 2111 7257Department of Neurology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- grid.412282.f0000 0001 1091 2917Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany ,grid.7497.d0000 0004 0492 0584German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research DKTK, Heidelberg, Germany ,National Center for Tumor Disease (NCT), Dresden, Germany
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- grid.412282.f0000 0001 1091 2917Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- grid.412282.f0000 0001 1091 2917Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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Rummelt C, Grishina O, Schmoor C, Crysandt M, Heuser M, Götze KS, Schlenk RF, Döhner K, Salih HR, Heil G, Müller-Tidow C, Brugger W, Kündgen A, De Wit M, Giagounidis A, Scholl S, Neubauer A, Krauter J, Bug G, Al-Ali HK, Wäsch R, Becker H, May AM, Duyster J, Hackanson B, Ganser A, Döhner H, Lübbert M. Activity of decitabine combined with all-trans retinoic acid in oligoblastic AML: Results from a randomized 2x2 phase II trial (DECIDER). Haematologica 2023. [PMID: 36601981 PMCID: PMC10388266 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.282258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- Christoph Rummelt
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg
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- Clinical Trials Unit, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg
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- Clinical Trials Unit, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover
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- Department of Medicine III, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Munich, München
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; National Center of Tumor Diseases, NCT-Trial Center, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm
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- Clinical Collaboration Unit Translational Immunology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Tübingen, Tuebingen
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Klinikum Luedenscheid, Luedenscheid
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Medicine A, University Hospital of Münster, Münster
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen-Schwenningen
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich- Heine-University, Faculty of Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln, Berlin
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- Clinic for Oncology, Hematology and Palliative Medicine, Marien-Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Jena
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Clinic Gießen/Marburg, Marburg
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Städtisches Klinikum Braunschweig, Braunschweig
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- Department of Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Frankfurt, Frankfurt
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Freiburg, Freiburg
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- Institute for Surgical Pathology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Freiburg, Freiburg
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Hematology/Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Augsburg, Augsburg
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg.
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Maurer E, Eilsberger F, Wächter S, Riera Knorrenschild J, Pehl A, Holzer K, Neubauer A, Luster M, Bartsch DK. Mutation-based, short-term "neoadjuvant" treatment allows resectability in stage IVB and C anaplastic thyroid cancer. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2023; 280:1509-1518. [PMID: 36637521 PMCID: PMC9899736 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-023-07827-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Few available data indicate that a mutation-based "neoadjuvant" therapy in advanced anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) might convert an initially unresectable primary tumor to resectable and optimize local tumor control. We evaluated a preoperative short-term "neoadjuvant" therapy with a BRAF-directed therapy or, in case of BRAF non-mutated tumors, an mKI/checkpoint inhibitor combination in three patients with ATC stage IVB and C. METHODS In the context of preoperative diagnostics, immunohistochemistry (IHC) assessment and genetic analysis was started as soon as possible. The antiangiogenetic therapy with lenvatinib was immediately after diagnosis of ATC started as bridging therapy. In case of a BRAF-mutated ATC, a combination therapy of dabrafenib and trametinib, in case of BRAF-wildtype ATC a combination of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib was given for 4 weeks. If re-staging has shown a significant therapy response due to a decrease in size of > 50%, surgical resection was reconsidered. A primary tumor resection was performed first. As a second step, limited distant metastasis have been resected approximately 4 weeks after thyroid surgery. After postoperative recovery, the targeted systemic therapy was continued. PATIENTS Two patients presented with BRAF-wildtype ATC stage IVC, one with BRAF-mutated ATC stage IVB. All patients were evaluated by surgery, nuclear medicine and oncology upon diagnosis of ATC. RESULTS In all three cases, the "neoadjuvant" therapy induced a dramatic response and led to local resectability in primarily non-resectable ATC stage IVB or C. We have chosen for the first time a short-term "neoadjuvant" treatment period to reduce the risk of bleeding and/or fistula due to potential rapid tumor shrinkage. The results of surgery after only short-term "neoadjuvant" therapy showed two R0 und one R1 resections. Postoperative histopathological findings confirmed an extent of tumor necrosis or regressive fibrotic tissue between 60 and > 95% in our patients. CONCLUSIONS A short-term mutation-based "neoadjuvant" therapy can achieve local resectability in initially unresectable ATC stage IVB or C. A neoadjuvant treatment period of about 4 weeks seems to show similar response as a treatment duration of at least 3 months.
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- Elisabeth Maurer
- Department of Visceral-, Thoracic- and Vascular Surgery, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Visceral-, Thoracic- and Vascular Surgery, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Visceral-, Thoracic- and Vascular Surgery, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Visceral-, Thoracic- and Vascular Surgery, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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Hoffmann J, Roesner S, Neubauer A. Rituximab induces a flare-up of activated neutrophil extracellular traps under in vitro conditions. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol 2022; 44:860-867. [PMID: 35695816 DOI: 10.1080/08923973.2022.2088386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Purpose: During neutrophil extracellular traps (NET) formation granulocytes release a decondensed chromatin web that is studded with antimicrobial proteins. These NET engulf and kill pathogens like bacteria and fungi. NET formation is part of the innate immune response but can also contribute to the aggravation of autoimmune diseases, thrombosis, and cancer metastasis. Anti-NET therapeutics to prevent potentially harmful consequences of excessive NET formation are warranted.Materials and methods: Therefore, we stimulated NET formation with ionomycin in the peripheral blood of 25 healthy individuals and quantified NET with flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy after exposure to five different anti-inflammatory and cytostatic drugs. NET were identified by their expression of myeloperoxidase, citrullinated histone H3, and (extracellular) DNA release.Results: The preliminary in vitro drug screening indicated that acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) might suppress (-3.82%), and rituximab might enhance (+10.52%) NET formation. To consolidate the screening results, we quantified NET after exposure to rituximab and ASA in the blood of nine additional healthy subjects. Rituximab showed a significant increased NET formation compared to the neutrophils treated with ASA (a mean of differences 3.96%; 95% CI 1.90-6.03%; p < .01) or compared to neutrophils without treatment (a mean of differences 4.39%; 95% CI 1.17-7.61%; p = .01). Contrary to the screening results ASA showed no significant suppression of NET formation in the consolidation experiments (a mean of differences 0.43%; 95% CI -1.27 to 2.12%; p = .58).Conclusions: We conclude that rituximab therapy might further trigger activated NET formation and should be applied with caution in patients with pro-inflammatory state and underlying autoimmune disease, thrombosis, or cancer.
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- Joerg Hoffmann
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Tarawneh TS, Rodepeter FR, Teply-Szymanski J, Ross P, Koch V, Thölken C, Schäfer JA, Gremke N, Mack HID, Gold J, Riera-Knorrenschild J, Wilhelm C, Rinke A, Middeke M, Klemmer A, Romey M, Hattesohl A, Jesinghaus M, Görg C, Figiel J, Chung HR, Wündisch T, Neubauer A, Denkert C, Mack EKM. Combined Focused Next-Generation Sequencing Assays to Guide Precision Oncology in Solid Tumors: A Retrospective Analysis from an Institutional Molecular Tumor Board. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:4430. [PMID: 36139590 PMCID: PMC9496918 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14184430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Increasing knowledge of cancer biology and an expanding spectrum of molecularly targeted therapies provide the basis for precision oncology. Despite extensive gene diagnostics, previous reports indicate that less than 10% of patients benefit from this concept. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed all patients referred to our center's Molecular Tumor Board (MTB) from 2018 to 2021. Molecular testing by next-generation sequencing (NGS) included a 67-gene panel for the detection of short-sequence variants and copy-number alterations, a 53- or 137-gene fusion panel and an ultra-low-coverage whole-genome sequencing for the detection of additional copy-number alterations outside the panel's target regions. Immunohistochemistry for microsatellite instability and PD-L1 expression complemented NGS. RESULTS A total of 109 patients were referred to the MTB. In all, 78 patients received therapeutic proposals (70 based on NGS) and 33 were treated accordingly. Evaluable patients treated with MTB-recommended therapy (n = 30) had significantly longer progression-free survival than patients treated with other therapies (n = 17) (4.3 vs. 1.9 months, p = 0.0094). Seven patients treated with off-label regimens experienced major clinical benefits. CONCLUSION The combined focused sequencing assays detected targetable alterations in the majority of patients. Patient benefits appeared to lie in the same range as with large-scale sequencing approaches.
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- Thomas S. Tarawneh
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Endocrinology and Oncology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstraße, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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Kunadt D, Stasik S, Metzeler KH, Röllig C, Schliemann C, Greif PA, Spiekermann K, Rothenberg-Thurley M, Krug U, Braess J, Krämer A, Hochhaus A, Scholl S, Hilgendorf I, Brümmendorf TH, Jost E, Steffen B, Bug G, Einsele H, Görlich D, Sauerland C, Schäfer-Eckart K, Krause SW, Hänel M, Hanoun M, Kaufmann M, Wörmann B, Kramer M, Sockel K, Egger-Heidrich K, Herold T, Ehninger G, Burchert A, Platzbecker U, Berdel WE, Müller-Tidow C, Hiddemann W, Serve H, Stelljes M, Baldus CD, Neubauer A, Schetelig J, Thiede C, Bornhäuser M, Middeke JM, Stölzel F. Impact of IDH1 and IDH2 mutational subgroups in AML patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. J Hematol Oncol 2022; 15:126. [PMID: 36064577 PMCID: PMC9442956 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-022-01339-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The role of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with mutated IDH1/2 has not been defined. Therefore, we analyzed a large cohort of 3234 AML patients in first complete remission (CR1) undergoing alloHCT or conventional chemo-consolidation and investigated outcome in respect to IDH1/2 mutational subgroups (IDH1 R132C, R132H and IDH2 R140Q, R172K). Methods Genomic DNA was extracted from bone marrow or peripheral blood samples at diagnosis and analyzed for IDH mutations with denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography, Sanger sequencing and targeted myeloid panel next-generation sequencing, respectively. Statistical as-treated analyses were performed using R and standard statistical methods (Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables, Chi-square test for categorical variables, Cox regression for univariate and multivariable models), incorporating alloHCT as a time-dependent covariate. Results Among 3234 patients achieving CR1, 7.8% harbored IDH1 mutations (36% R132C and 47% R132H) and 10.9% carried IDH2 mutations (77% R140Q and 19% R172K). 852 patients underwent alloHCT in CR1. Within the alloHCT group, 6.2% had an IDH1 mutation (43.4% R132C and 41.4% R132H) and 10% were characterized by an IDH2 mutation (71.8% R140Q and 24.7% R172K). Variants IDH1 R132C and IDH2 R172K showed a significant benefit from alloHCT for OS (p = .017 and p = .049) and RFS (HR = 0.42, p = .048 and p = .009) compared with chemotherapy only. AlloHCT in IDH2 R140Q mutated AML resulted in longer RFS (HR = 0.4, p = .002). Conclusion In this large as-treated analysis, we showed that alloHCT is able to overcome the negative prognostic impact of certain IDH mutational subclasses in first-line consolidation treatment and could pending prognostic validation, provide prognostic value for AML risk stratification and therapeutic decision making. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13045-022-01339-8.
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- Desiree Kunadt
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,Klinik und Poliklinik für Hämatologie, Zelltherapie und Hämostaseologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik III, Klinikum Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany
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- Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik Und Poliklinik, Abteilung Innere Medizin V, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik IV, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik 2, Hämatologie/Onkologie, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik 2, Hämatologie/Onkologie, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biometrie und Klinische Forschung, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Biometrie und Klinische Forschung, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin 5, Klinikum Nürnberg, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik 5, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik III, Klinikum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Hämatologie, Zelltherapie und Hämostaseologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik A, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik Und Poliklinik, Abteilung Innere Medizin V, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Leukemia Diagnostics, Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik 2, Hämatologie/Onkologie, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik A, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.,DKMS Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases, Dresden (NCT/UCC), Dresden, Germany.,German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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Otte K, Zhao K, Braun M, Neubauer A, Raifer H, Helmprobst F, Barrera FO, Nimsky C, Bartsch JW, Rusch T. Eltanexor Effectively Reduces Viability of Glioblastoma and Glioblastoma Stem-Like Cells at Nano-Molar Concentrations and Sensitizes to Radiotherapy and Temozolomide. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10092145. [PMID: 36140245 PMCID: PMC9496210 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10092145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Current standard adjuvant therapy of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) using temozolomide (TMZ) frequently fails due to therapy resistance. Thus, novel therapeutic approaches are highly demanded. We tested the therapeutic efficacy of the second-generation XPO1 inhibitor Eltanexor using assays for cell viability and apoptosis in GBM cell lines and GBM stem-like cells. For most GBM-derived cells, IC50 concentrations for Eltanexor were below 100 nM. In correlation with reduced cell viability, apoptosis rates were significantly increased. GBM stem-like cells presented a combinatorial effect of Eltanexor with TMZ on cell viability. Furthermore, pretreatment of GBM cell lines with Eltanexor significantly enhanced radiosensitivity in vitro. To explore the mechanism of apoptosis induction by Eltanexor, TP53-dependent genes were analyzed at the mRNA and protein level. Eltanexor caused induction of TP53-related genes, TP53i3, PUMA, CDKN1A, and PML on both mRNA and protein level. Immunofluorescence of GBM cell lines treated with Eltanexor revealed a strong accumulation of CDKN1A, and, to a lesser extent, of p53 and Tp53i3 in cell nuclei as a plausible mechanism for Eltanexor-induced apoptosis. From these data, we conclude that monotherapy with Eltanexor effectively induces apoptosis in GBM cells and can be combined with current adjuvant therapies to provide a more effective therapy of GBM.
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- Katharina Otte
- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- FACS Core Facility, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 3, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology & Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-6421-58-65625
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Hoffmann J, Thrun MC, Röhnert MA, von Bonin M, Oelschlägel U, Neubauer A, Ultsch A, Brendel C. Identification of critical hemodilution by artificial intelligence in bone marrow assessed for MRD analysis in acute myeloid leukemia: the Cinderella method. Cytometry A 2022; 103:304-312. [PMID: 36030398 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.24686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Minimal residual disease (MRD) detection is a strong predictor for survival and relapse in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). MRD can be either determined by molecular assessment strategies or via multiparameter flow cytometry. The degree of bone marrow (BM) dilution with peripheral blood (PB) increases with aspiration volume causing consecutive underestimation of the residual AML blast amount. In order to prevent false-negative MRD results, we developed Cinderella, a simple automated method for one-tube simultaneous measurement of hemodilution in BM samples and MRD level. The explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) Cinderella was trained and validated with the digital raw data of a flow cytometric "8-color" AML-MRD antibody panel in 126 BM and 23 PB samples from 35 patients. Cinderella predicted PB dilution with high accordance compared to the results of the Holdrinet formula (Pearson's correlation coefficient r = 0.94, R2 = 0.89, p < 0.001). Unlike conventional neuronal networks Cinderella calculated the distributions of 12 different cell populations that were assigned to true hematopoietic counterparts as a Human in the Loop (HIL) approach. Besides characteristic BM cells such as myelocytes and myeloid progenitor cells the XAI identified discriminating populations, which were not specific for BM or PB (e.g., T cell/ NK cell subpopulations, CD45 negative cells) and considered their frequency differences. Thus, Cinderella represents a HIL-XAI algorithm capable to calculate the degree of hemodilution in bone marrow samples with an AML MRD immunophenotype panel. It is explicable, transparent and paves a simple way to prevent false negative MRD reports. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Joerg Hoffmann
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany.,Databionics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Databionics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Trenker C, Kümpel J, Michel C, Safai Zadeh E, Dietrich CF, Timmesfeld N, Neubauer A, Burchert A, Görg C. Assessment of Early Therapy Response of Non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's Lymphoma Using B-Mode Ultrasound and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound. J Ultrasound Med 2022; 41:2033-2040. [PMID: 34846074 DOI: 10.1002/jum.15887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Here we asked, whether contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) enables to judge early treatment response in malignant lymphoma as a potential guidance for further treatment. METHODS From May 2017 to May 2018, 21 patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of lymphoma were examined by B-mode ultrasound (B-US) and CEUS at fixed early time points after commencing therapy (days [d] 0, 15 and 30 after therapy start) and contrast enhancement patterns in target lymphoma lesions were quantified using Bracco-VUE Box® (DCE-US). To estimate the potential value of CEUS-enhancement patterns for early response prediction, patients were grouped according to their best achieved actual response into complete remission (CR) patients, partial remission (PR) patients or progressive disease (PD) patients. RESULTS Between d0, d15 and d30, CR-patients showed a median lymphoma shrinking by 34% in B-US. PD-patients experienced a median lymphoma size reduction by 44% on day 15, but lymphoma mass again increased by 20% between d15 and d30. In contrast, the median CEUS enhancement intensity, as assessed by the area under the curve (AUC) was increasing at d15 in CR and PD patients (CR to 152%, PD: to 126%), but decreased at d30 to 14% in CR patients and 22% in PD patients. CONCLUSIONS While early response assessment using B-US might be useful to predict treatment response in lymphoma, CEUS and DCE-US-although often feasible-do not provide additional value in this regard.
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- Corinna Trenker
- Hospital of Internal Medicine: Haematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Infectiology; Interdisciplinary Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Hospital of Internal Medicine: Haematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Infectiology; Interdisciplinary Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department Allgemeine Innere Medizin (DAIM), Kliniken Hirslanden Beau Site, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Hospital of Internal Medicine: Haematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Hospital of Internal Medicine: Haematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Infectiology; Interdisciplinary Center of Ultrasound Diagnostics, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Kayser S, Martínez-Cuadrón D, Hanoun M, Stölzel F, Gil C, Reinhardt HC, Aguiar E, Schäfer-Eckart K, Burgues JMB, Steffen B, Bernal T, Krause SW, Riaza R, Schliemann C, Cervera J, Kaufmann M, Torres-Miñana L, Hänel M, Acuña-Cruz E, Jost E, Algarra JL, Crysandt M, Fransecky L, Cornago-Navascues J, Kraus S, Martinez-Lopez J, Einsele H, Niemann D, Neubauer A, Seggewiss-Bernhardt R, Scholl S, Klein SA, Schmid C, Schaich M, Schmidt-Hieber M, Zukunft S, Ho AD, Platzbecker U, Baldus CD, Müller-Tidow C, Thiede C, Bornhäuser M, Serve H, Levis MJ, Montesinos P, Röllig C, Schlenk RF. Characteristics and outcome of patients with acute myeloid leukemia and trisomy 4. Haematologica 2022; 108:34-41. [PMID: 35678031 PMCID: PMC9827151 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We retrospectively studied 125 patients with acute myeloid leukemia and trisomy 4 (median age at diagnosis, 58 years; range, 16-77 years) treated between 2000 and 2019 within a multicenter study. Trisomy 4 was the sole abnormality in 28 (22%) patients and additional abnormalities were present in 97 (78%) patients. Twenty-two (22%) and 15 (15%) of 101 tested patients harbored NPM1 and FLT3-ITD mutations. Two (3%) of 72 tested patients had double CEBPA mutations. Data on response to intensive anthracycline-based induction therapy were available for 119 patients. Complete remission was achieved in 67% (n=80) and the early death rate was 5% (n=6). Notably, patients with trisomy 4 as sole abnormality had a complete remission rate of 89%. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation was performed in 40 (34%) patients, of whom 19 were transplanted in first complete remission. The median follow-up of the intensively treated cohort was 5.76 years (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 2.99-7.61 years). The 5-year overall survival and relapse-free survival rates were 30% (95% CI: 22-41%) and 27% (95% CI: 18-41%), respectively. An Andersen-Gill regression model on overall survival revealed that favorable-risk according to the European LeukemiaNet classification (hazard ratio [HR]=0.34; P=0.006) and trisomy 4 as sole abnormality (HR=0.41; P=0.01) were favorable factors, whereas age with a difference of 10 years (HR=1.15; P=0.11), female gender (HR=0.74; P=0.20) and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HR=0.64; P=0.14) did not have an significant impact. In our cohort, patients with trisomy 4 as their sole abnormality had a high complete remission rate and favorable clinical outcome. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation did not seem to improve overall survival.
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- Sabine Kayser
- Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, Hematology and Cellular Therapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany,NCT Trial Center, National Center of Tumor Diseases, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany,S. Kayser
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic, La Fe, València, Spain,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Carl-Gustav-Carus, Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Clinical Haematology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Oporto, Portugal
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- Department of Internal Medicine 5, Paracelsus Medical Private University Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Frankfurt Main, Frankfurt Main, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 5 – Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic, La Fe, València, Spain,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic, La Fe, València, Spain,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic, La Fe, València, Spain,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Gemeinschaftsklinikum Mittelrhein gGmbH, Koblenz, Germany
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- Philipps University Marburg, and University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Augsburg University Hospital, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Rems-Murr-Hospital Winnenden, Winnenden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Carl-Gustav-Carus, Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, Hematology and Cellular Therapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Carl-Gustav-Carus, Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Carl-Gustav-Carus, Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Frankfurt Main, Frankfurt Main, Germany
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- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic, La Fe, València, Spain,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Carl-Gustav-Carus, Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- NCT Trial Center, National Center of Tumor Diseases, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany,Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany,Department of Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Perl AE, Larson RA, Podoltsev NA, Strickland S, Wang ES, Atallah E, Schiller GJ, Martinelli G, Neubauer A, Sierra J, Montesinos P, Récher C, Yoon SS, Hosono N, Onozawa M, Chiba S, Kim HJ, Hasabou N, Lu Q, Tiu R, Levis MJ. Follow-up of patients with R/R FLT3-mutation-positive AML treated with gilteritinib in the phase 3 ADMIRAL trial. Blood 2022; 139:3366-3375. [PMID: 35081255 PMCID: PMC9197557 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2021011583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The phase 3 ADMIRAL (NCT02421939; Study ID: 2215-CL-0301) trial showed superior overall survival in patients with relapsed/refractory FLT3-mutation-positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) randomized 2:1 to receive the oral FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 inhibitor gilteritinib vs those randomized to receive salvage chemotherapy (SC). Here we provide a follow-up of the ADMIRAL trial 2 years after the primary analysis to clarify the long-term treatment effects and safety of gilteritinib in these patients with AML. At the time of this analysis, the median survival follow-up was 37.1 months, with deaths in 203 of 247 and 97 of 124 patients in the gilteritinib and SC arms, respectively; 16 gilteritinib-treated patients remained on treatment. The median overall survival for the gilteritinib and SC arms was 9.3 and 5.6 months, respectively (hazard ratio, 0.665; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.518, 0.853; two-sided P = .0013); 2-year estimated survival rates were 20.6% (95% CI, 15.8, 26.0) and 14.2% (95% CI, 8.3, 21.6). The gilteritinib-arm 2-year cumulative incidence of relapse after composite complete remission was 75.7%, with few relapses occurring after 18 months. Overall, 49 of 247 patients in the gilteritinib arm and 14 of 124 patients in the SC arm were alive for ≥2 years. Twenty-six gilteritinib-treated patients remained alive for ≥2 years without relapse; 18 of these patients underwent transplantation (hematopoietic stem cell transplantation [HSCT]) and 16 restarted gilteritinib as post-HSCT maintenance therapy. The most common adverse events of interest during years 1 and 2 of gilteritinib therapy were increased liver transaminase levels; adverse event incidence decreased in year 2. Thus, continued and post-HSCT gilteritinib maintenance treatment sustained remission with a stable safety profile. These findings confirm that prolonged gilteritinib therapy is safe and is associated with superior survival vs SC. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT02421939.
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- Alexander E Perl
- Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Cancer Center-Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
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- IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori," IRST S.r.l., Meldola, Italy
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau and Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire du Cancer deToulouse Oncopole, Université de Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Hematology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Catholic Hematology Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Northbrook, IL; and
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- Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Northbrook, IL; and
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- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Eckardt JN, Stölzel F, Kunadt D, Röllig C, Stasik S, Wagenführ L, Jöhrens K, Kuithan F, Krämer A, Scholl S, Hochhaus A, Crysandt M, Brümmendorf TH, Naumann R, Steffen B, Kunzmann V, Einsele H, Schaich M, Burchert A, Neubauer A, Schäfer-Eckart K, Schliemann C, Krause SW, Herbst R, Hänel M, Hanoun M, Kaiser U, Kaufmann M, Rácil Z, Mayer J, Kroschinsky F, Berdel WE, Ehninger G, Serve H, Müller-Tidow C, Platzbecker U, Baldus CD, Schetelig J, Bornhäuser M, Thiede C, Middeke JM. Molecular profiling and clinical implications of patients with acute myeloid leukemia and extramedullary manifestations. J Hematol Oncol 2022; 15:60. [PMID: 35562747 PMCID: PMC9107142 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-022-01267-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background Extramedullary manifestations (EM) are rare in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and their impact on clinical outcomes is controversially discussed. Methods We retrospectively analyzed a large multi-center cohort of 1583 newly diagnosed AML patients, of whom 225 (14.21%) had EM. Results AML patients with EM presented with significantly higher counts of white blood cells (p < 0.0001), peripheral blood blasts (p < 0.0001), bone marrow blasts (p = 0.019), and LDH (p < 0.0001). Regarding molecular genetics, EM AML was associated with mutations of NPM1 (OR: 1.66, p < 0.001), FLT3-ITD (OR: 1.72, p < 0.001) and PTPN11 (OR: 2.46, p < 0.001). With regard to clinical outcomes, EM AML patients were less likely to achieve complete remissions (OR: 0.62, p = 0.004), and had a higher early death rate (OR: 2.23, p = 0.003). Multivariable analysis revealed EM as an independent risk factor for reduced overall survival (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.43, p < 0.001), however, for patients who received allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) survival did not differ. For patients bearing EM AML, multivariable analysis unveiled mutated TP53 and IKZF1 as independent risk factors for reduced event-free (HR: 4.45, p < 0.001, and HR: 2.05, p = 0.044, respectively) and overall survival (HR: 2.48, p = 0.026, and HR: 2.63, p = 0.008, respectively). Conclusion Our analysis represents one of the largest cohorts of EM AML and establishes key molecular markers linked to EM, providing new evidence that EM is associated with adverse risk in AML and may warrant allogeneic HCT in eligible patients with EM. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13045-022-01267-7.
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- Jan-Niklas Eckardt
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Care Center, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Cell Therapy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Cell Therapy, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III, St. Marien-Hospital Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Medical Clinic and Policlinic II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Rems-Murr-Hospital Winnenden, Winnenden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität and University Hospital Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III, Chemnitz Hospital AG, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Medical Clinic III, Chemnitz Hospital AG, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Clinic II, St. Bernward Hospital, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Medical Clinic V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Clinic I Hematology and Celltherapy, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany.,DKMS Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany.,German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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Stasik S, Kramer M, Zukunft S, Röllig C, Baldus CD, Platzbecker U, Serve H, Müller-Tidow C, Schäfer-Eckart K, Kaufmann M, Krause S, Sauer T, Hänel M, Neubauer A, Ehninger G, Bornhäuser M, Schetelig J, Middeke JM, Thiede C. Point Mutations in the FLT3-ITD Region Are Rare but Recurrent Alterations in Adult AML and Associated With Concomitant KMT2A-PTD. Front Oncol 2022; 12:862991. [PMID: 35387132 PMCID: PMC8977490 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.862991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
FLT3-ITD mutations are common druggable alterations in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and associated with poor prognosis. Beside typical ITD mutations, point mutations and deletions in the juxtamembrane domain (JMD) have been observed. However, due to the low frequency of these alterations, there is only limited information on molecular and clinical associations. To evaluate the prognostic impact of non-ITD mutations in the FLT3 JMD region, we analyzed a large cohort of 1,539 adult AML patients treated in different protocols of the Study Alliance Leukemia, using next-generation sequencing. Non-ITD point mutations and deletions within the FLT3 JMD were identified with a prevalence of ~1.23% (n = 19). Both FLT3-ITD and non-ITD mutations were associated with a higher rate of NPM1 (42%-61%; p < 0.001) and DNMT3A mutations (37%-43%; p < 0.001), as well as an increased percentage of peripheral blood (54%-65%) and bone marrow blast cells (74%; p < 0.001), compared to FLT3-wild-type patients. Most significantly, AML patients with FLT3 non-ITD mutations had a higher rate of concomitant KMT2A-PTD mutations (37.5%; p < 0.001) as compared to FLT3-ITD (7%) or FLT3-wild-type cases (4.5%). In a multivariable analysis, FLT3 non-ITD mutations were not an independent prognostic factor. However, patients with dual FLT3 non-ITD and KMT2A-PTD mutations showed a trend for inferior outcome, which points at a functional interaction in this subset of AML.
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- Sebastian Stasik
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Dresden, and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Hämatologie und Onkologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Hämatologie und Zelltherapie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt, and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik III, Klinikum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.,Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei (DKMS) Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany.,AgenDix GmbH, Dresden, Germany
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Mack EKM, Hartmann S, Ross P, Wollmer E, Mann C, Neubauer A, Brendel C, Hoffmann J. Monitoring multiple myeloma in the peripheral blood based on cell-free DNA and circulating plasma cells. Ann Hematol 2022; 101:811-824. [PMID: 35106639 PMCID: PMC8913458 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-022-04771-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
With the advent of novel, highly effective therapies for multiple myeloma (MM), classical serologic monitoring appears insufficient for response assessment and prediction of relapse. Moreover, serologic studies in MM are hampered by interference of therapeutic antibodies. The detection of malignant plasma cell clones by next generation sequencing (NGS) or multiparameter flow cytometry (MFC) circumvents these difficulties and can be performed in the peripheral blood (pB) by targeting circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) or circulating plasma cells (CPCs), thus also avoiding an invasive sampling procedure. Here, we applied NGS of VJ light chain (LC) rearrangements in cfDNA and MFC of magnetically-enriched CD138-positive CPCs (me-MFC) to investigate disease burden in unselected MM patients. Sequencing was successful for 114/130 (87.7%) cfDNA samples and me-MFC results were analyzable for 196/205 (95.6%) samples. MM clones were detectable in 38.9% of samples taken at initial diagnosis or relapse (ID/RD), but only in 11.8% of samples taken during complete remission (CR). Circulating MM plasma cells were present in 83.3% of ID/RD samples and 9.9% of CR samples. Residual disease assessment by NGS or me-MFC in samples taken during very good partial remission or CR was 80% concordant. Notably, 4/4 (NGS) and 5/8 (me-MFC) positive CR samples were from patients with oligo- or non-secretory myeloma. The time to progression was shorter if there was evidence of residual myeloma in the pB. Together, our findings indicate that our two novel analytical approaches accurately indicate the course of MM and may be particularly valuable for monitoring patients with serologically non-trackable disease.
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- Elisabeth K M Mack
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, 35032, Baldingerstraße, Marburg, Germany.
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, 35032, Baldingerstraße, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, 35032, Baldingerstraße, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, 35032, Baldingerstraße, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, 35032, Baldingerstraße, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, 35032, Baldingerstraße, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, 35032, Baldingerstraße, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg and University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, 35032, Baldingerstraße, Marburg, Germany.
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Feng A, Yang E, Moore A, Dhingra S, Chang S, Yin X, Pi R, Mack E, Völkel S, Geßner R, Gundisch M, Neubauer A, Renz H, Tsiodras S, Fragkou P, Asuni A, Levitt J, Wilson J, Leong M, Lumb J, Mao R, Pinedo K, Roque J, Richards C, Stabile M, Swaminathan G, Salagianni M, Triantafyllia V, Bertrams W, Blish C, Carette J, Frankovich J, Meffre E, Nadeau KC, Singh U, Wang T, Prak EL, Herold S, Andreakos E, Schmeck B, Skevaki C, Rogers A, Utz P. Autoantibodies targeting cytokines and connective tissue disease autoantigens are common in acute non-SARS-CoV-2 infections. Res Sq 2022:rs.3.rs-1233038. [PMID: 35075455 PMCID: PMC8786233 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1233038/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The widespread presence of autoantibodies in acute infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is increasingly recognized, but the prevalence of autoantibodies in infections with organisms other than SARS-CoV-2 has not yet been reported. We used protein arrays to profile IgG autoantibodies from 317 samples from 268 patients across a spectrum of non-SARS-CoV-2 infections, many of whom were critically ill with pneumonia. Anti-cytokine antibodies (ACA) were identified in > 50% of patients infected with non-SARS-CoV-2 viruses and other pathogens, including patients with pneumonia attributed to bacterial causes. In cell-based functional assays, some ACA blocked binding to surface receptors for type I interferons (Type I IFN), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Autoantibodies against traditional autoantigens associated with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) were also commonly observed in these cohorts, including newly-detected antibodies that emerged in longitudinal samples from patients infected with influenza. We conclude that autoantibodies, some of which are functionally active, may be much more prevalent than previously appreciated in patients who are symptomatically infected with diverse pathogens.
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- Stanford University School of Medicine
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- Stanford University School of Medicine
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- Stanford University School of Medicine
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Ferguson G, Pasquini G, Neubauer A, Scott S. Assessing Personality in Daily Life: Variability Between and Within Persons. Innov Aging 2021. [PMCID: PMC8679519 DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igab046.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Trait personality measures may not be able to detect subtle personality changes and fluctuations which may be indicative of cognitive impairment. Measuring personality in daily life may allow sufficient sensitivity to capture this within-person variability. Eighty-six older adults from the Einstein Aging Study completed items assessing daily extraversion and neuroticism for a median of 17 days. Using separate unconditional models, we calculated the proportions of variance in daily extraversion and neuroticism that were due to between-person and within-person variability. Variability in daily extraversion was relatively evenly related to between-person differences and within-person fluctuation (Intra-Class Correlation [ICC] = 0.576), but the majority of variability in daily neuroticism was at the between-person level (ICC = 0.730). Thus, although these daily assessments were sensitive enough to capture within-person variability in personality in daily life, different traits may exhibit more or less of this variability.
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- Giselle Ferguson
- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook University, New York, United States
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- Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Frankfurt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States
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Pasquini G, Neubauer A, Eaton N, Clouston S, Graham E, Mroczek D, Scott S. Can Ecological Momentary Assessments Be Used as Daily Markers of Personality Traits? Innov Aging 2021. [PMCID: PMC8681943 DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igab046.963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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This study hypothesized that select ecological momentary assessment (EMA) survey items are sensitive to day-to-day fluctuations in personality traits Extraversion (E) and Neuroticism (N). As part of the Einstein Aging Study, 312 older adults (Mage=76.96 years, SD=4.85 years, range=70-90 years) completed up to 5 EMA surveys per day for 16 days and a Big Five trait personality measure. Parallel two-factor multilevel confirmatory factor analyses were conducted for E (Daily-E; Trait-E) and N (Daily-N; Trait-N). The E model showed good fit (CFI=.95; TLI=.94; RMSEA=.02) and a significant correlation of .20 between Daily-E and Trait-E factors. The N model showed poor fit (CFI=.68; TLI=.61; RMSEA=.06). Results suggest EMA items can be used as daily markers of Extraversion, yet results are unclear for Neuroticism due to poor model fit. Daily markers of Extraversion can be used to detect fluctuations in personality traits across days that may predict long-term personality change.
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- Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Frankfurt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States
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- Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, New York, United States
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- Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States
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Goppold R, Trenker C, Dietrich CF, Neubauer A, Görg C. Der Stellenwert der Sonografie in der Hämatologie und Onkologie – Eine retrospektive Studie von Sonografie-Zuweisungen in einem universitären Ultraschallzentrum. TumorDiagnostik & Therapie 2021; 42:725-731. [DOI: 10.1055/a-1282-8288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
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Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund In den Leitlinien onkologischer Krankheitsbilder wird zur bildgebenden Diagnostik vorrangig ein PET-CT, CT und MRT gefordert. Der Stellenwert der Sonografie ist unklar.
Fragestellung Ziel der Arbeit ist es, den Stellenwert des Ultraschalls in der Hämatologie und Onkologie in einem universitären interdisziplinären Ultraschallzentrum zu analysieren.
Material und Methoden Von Januar bis April 2017 wurden 5019 Ultraschalluntersuchungen durchgeführt. In n = 1506 (30 %) Fällen lag eine hämatologische (H) oder onkologische (O) Problemstellung vor. Die retrospektive Auswertung der Ultraschallanforderungen und Ultraschallbefunde erfolgte hinsichtlich: 1. H/O-Fragestellung, 2. Zuweiser, 3. Untersuchungsmodalität, 4. Organuntersuchung, und 5. Klinischer Hintergrund.
Ergebnisse H/O-Fragestellung betrafen: Screeninguntersuchungen (165; 11 %), Primärdiagnostik (508; 34 %), Ausbreitungsdiagnostik (92; 6 %), Therapieansprechen (264; 18 %), Nachsorge (100; 7 %) und akute Probleme (377; 25 %). Die untersuchten Fälle waren ambulant (675; 44,8 %) oder stationär (831; 55,2 %). Neben dem B-Bild Ultraschall (100 %) kamen kontrastmittelunterstützte Sonografie (162; 11 %) und Interventionen (79; 5 %) zum Einsatz. Ultraschalluntersuchungen des Abdomens wurden am häufigsten angefordert (1033; 69 %).
Diskussion Diese unizentrische Studie zeigt, dass Ultraschalldiagnostik einen breiten Einsatz bei hämatologischen und onkologischen Patienten einnimmt. Die größte Bedeutung des Ultraschalls liegt in der primären Tumordiagnostik und bei akuten Therapie- und/oder erkrankungsassoziierten Komplikationen.
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- Ramona Goppold
- Universitätsklinikum Marburg, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Interdisziplinäres Ultraschallzentrum
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- Universitätsklinikum Marburg, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie
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- Universitätsklinikum Marburg, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie
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- Universitätsklinikum Marburg, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Interdisziplinäres Ultraschallzentrum
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Chang SE, Feng A, Meng W, Apostolidis SA, Mack E, Artandi M, Barman L, Bennett K, Chakraborty S, Chang I, Cheung P, Chinthrajah S, Dhingra S, Do E, Finck A, Gaano A, Geßner R, Giannini HM, Gonzalez J, Greib S, Gündisch M, Hsu AR, Kuo A, Manohar M, Mao R, Neeli I, Neubauer A, Oniyide O, Powell AE, Puri R, Renz H, Schapiro J, Weidenbacher PA, Wittman R, Ahuja N, Chung HR, Jagannathan P, James JA, Kim PS, Meyer NJ, Nadeau KC, Radic M, Robinson WH, Singh U, Wang TT, Wherry EJ, Skevaki C, Luning Prak ET, Utz PJ. New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5417. [PMID: 34521836 PMCID: PMC8440763 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25509-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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COVID-19 is associated with a wide range of clinical manifestations, including autoimmune features and autoantibody production. Here we develop three protein arrays to measure IgG autoantibodies associated with connective tissue diseases, anti-cytokine antibodies, and anti-viral antibody responses in serum from 147 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Autoantibodies are identified in approximately 50% of patients but in less than 15% of healthy controls. When present, autoantibodies largely target autoantigens associated with rare disorders such as myositis, systemic sclerosis and overlap syndromes. A subset of autoantibodies targeting traditional autoantigens or cytokines develop de novo following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Autoantibodies track with longitudinal development of IgG antibodies recognizing SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins and a subset of non-structural proteins, but not proteins from influenza, seasonal coronaviruses or other pathogenic viruses. We conclude that SARS-CoV-2 causes development of new-onset IgG autoantibodies in a significant proportion of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and are positively correlated with immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 proteins.
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- Sarah Esther Chang
- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Stanford CROWN Clinic, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Molecular Pathology and Imaging Core, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- ChEM-H, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Member of the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), and the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany
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- TPMG Regional Reference Laboratory, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- ChEM-H, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Institute for Medical Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
- Member of the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), and the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Stasik S, Eckardt JN, Kramer M, Röllig C, Krämer A, Scholl S, Hochhaus A, Crysandt M, Brümmendorf TH, Naumann R, Steffen B, Kunzmann V, Einsele H, Schaich M, Burchert A, Neubauer A, Schäfer-Eckart K, Schliemann C, Krause S, Herbst R, Hänel M, Frickhofen N, Noppeney R, Kaiser U, Baldus CD, Kaufmann M, Rácil Z, Platzbecker U, Berdel WE, Mayer J, Serve H, Müller-Tidow C, Ehninger G, Bornhäuser M, Schetelig J, Middeke JM, Thiede C. Impact of PTPN11 mutations on clinical outcome analyzed in 1529 patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv 2021; 5:3279-3289. [PMID: 34459887 PMCID: PMC8525221 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The tyrosine-protein phosphatase nonreceptor type 11 (PTPN11) is an important regulator of RAS signaling and frequently affected by mutations in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Despite the relevance for leukemogenesis and as a potential therapeutic target, the prognostic role is controversial. To investigate the prognostic impact of PTPN11 mutations, we analyzed 1529 adult AML patients using next-generation sequencing. PTPN11 mutations were detected in 106 of 1529 (6.93%) patients (median VAF: 24%) in dominant (36%) and subclonal (64%) configuration. Patients with PTPN11 mutations were associated with concomitant mutations in NPM1 (63%), DNMT3A (37%), and NRAS (21%) and had a higher rate of European LeukemiaNet (ELN) favorable cytogenetics (57.8% vs 39.1%; P < .001) and higher white blood cell counts (P = .007) compared with PTPN11 wild-type patients. In a multivariable analysis, PTPN11 mutations were independently associated with poor overall survival (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.75; P < .001), relapse-free survival (HR: 1.52; P = .013), and a lower rate of complete remission (odds ratio: 0.46; P = .008). Importantly, the deleterious effect of PTPN11 mutations was confined predominantly to the ELN favorable-risk group and patients with subclonal PTPN11 mutations (HR: 2.28; P < .001) but not found with dominant PTPN11 mutations (HR: 1.07; P = .775), presumably because of significant differences within the rate and spectrum of associated comutations. In conclusion, our data suggest an overall poor prognostic impact of PTPN11 mutations in AML, which is significantly modified by the underlying cytogenetics and the clonal context in which they occur.
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- Sebastian Stasik
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Hämostasiologie und Stammzelltransplantation , Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Hämostasiologie und Stammzelltransplantation , Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik III, St. Marien-Krankenhaus Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, Rems-Murr-Klinikum Winnenden, Winnenden, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin V, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Klinikum Nürnberg Nord, Nürnberg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik V, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik III, Klinikum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik III, Klinikum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Klinik für Hämatologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik II, St. Bernward Krankenhaus, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Hämatologie und Onkologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Masaryk University and University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Hämatologie und Zelltherapie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik A, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Masaryk University and University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases, Dresden, Germany; and
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
- DKMS Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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Neubauer A, Johow J, Mack E, Burchert A, Meyn D, Kadlubiec A, Torje I, Wulf H, Vogelmeier CF, Hoyer J, Skevaki C, Muellenbach RM, Keller C, Schade-Brittinger C, Rolfes C, Wiesmann T. The janus-kinase inhibitor ruxolitinib in SARS-CoV-2 induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Leukemia 2021; 35:2917-2923. [PMID: 34385593 PMCID: PMC8358255 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-021-01374-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), which is associated with high morbidity and mortality, especially in elder patients. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening complication of COVID-19 and has been linked with severe hyperinflammation. Dexamethasone has emerged as standard of care for COVID-19 associated respiratory failure. In a non-randomized prospective phase II multi-center study, we asked whether targeted inhibition of Janus kinase-mediated cytokine signaling using ruxolitinib is feasible and efficacious in SARS-CoV-2- induced ARDS with hyperinflammation. Sixteen SARS-CoV-2 infected patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for ARDS were treated with ruxolitinib in addition to standard treatment. Ruxolitinib treatment was well tolerated and 13 patients survived at least the first 28 days on treatment, which was the primary endpoint of the trial. Immediate start of ruxolitinib after deterioration was associated with improved outcome, as was a lymphocyte-to-neutrophils ratio above 0.07. Together, treatment with the janus-kinase inhibitor ruxolitinib is feasible and might be efficacious in COVID-19 induced ARDS patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. The trial has been registered under EudraCT-No.: 2020-001732-10 and NCT04359290.
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- Andreas Neubauer
- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Marburg, Germany.
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- Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, Philipps Universität, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Immunologie, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Marburg, Germany.,Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, Philipps Universität, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Pneumologie, Intensiv- und Schlafmedizin, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin, Nephrologie, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Labormedizin, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Philipps Universität Marburg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Kassel, Kassel, Germany.,Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Marburg, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Philipps Universität and UKGM, Marburg, Germany
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Perl AE, Larson RA, Podoltsev NA, Strickland S, Wang ES, Schiller GJ, Martinelli G, Neubauer A, Sierra J, Montesinos P, Recher C, Yoon SS, Hosono N, Onozawa M, Chiba S, Kim HJ, Hasabou N, Lu Q, Tiu RV, Levis MJ. Follow-up of patients with FLT3-mutated R/R AML in the phase 3 ADMIRAL trial. J Clin Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.7013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
7013 Background: The phase 3 ADMIRAL trial demonstrated the superiority of gilteritinib to salvage chemotherapy (SC) in patients (pts) with FLT3-mutated ( FLT3mut+) R/R AML. Aim/Objective: A follow-up of ADMIRAL assessed long-term survivors, transplant (HSCT) outcomes. and gilteritinib safety beyond 1 year. Methods: A data cut was performed on September 20, 2020—2 years after the primary analysis. Patients who were alive without relapse, pts who underwent HSCT, and adverse events of interest (AEIs) in Years 1 (≤12 months) and 2 ( > 12 months) of gilteritinib therapy were evaluated. Results: As of September 20, 2020, 17% (n = 63/371) of pts in the intention-to-treat (ITT) population were alive (gilteritinib, n = 49; SC, n = 14); 16 pts assigned to gilteritinib remained on treatment. After a median follow-up of 37.1 months, 26 of the 49 pts in the gilteritinib arm who were alive were also without relapse; 18 of these 26 pts underwent HSCT, with 16 receiving post-HSCT gilteritinib maintenance therapy. Nineteen of the 26 pts in the gilteritinib arm without relapse continued gilteritinib beyond 1 year and remained in CR. Of the 371 ITT pts, 83 (22%) underwent HSCT during the study (gilteritinib, n = 64; SC, n = 19). Pre-HSCT CRc rates were similar across arms (gilteritinib: n = 40/64; 63%; SC: n = 11/19; 58%); 10 of 11 pts preselected for low-intensity SC achieved pre-HSCT CRc (gilteritinib, n = 9; SC, n = 1). Forty of 64 (63%) transplanted pts in the gilteritinib arm received post-HSCT gilteritinib maintenance after achieving pre-HSCT CRc; the 24-month relapse rate in pts who resumed gilteritinib after pre-HSCT CRc was 19%. Post-HSCT treatment with chemotherapy or other tyrosine kinase inhibitors was administered in 26 pts who received gilteritinib before transplantation. Cumulative 24-month relapse rates in gilteritinib-treated pts who achieved pre-HSCT CR and CRc were 20% and 45%, respectively. Median post-HSCT overall survival (landmarked to HSCT date), was similar across arms (gilteritinib, 16.1 months; SC, 15.3 months; HR = 1.076; 95% CI: 0.536, 2.160). Overall, 10.2% (n = 25/246) had ≥24 months of gilteritinib exposure. Most common AEIs during Years 1 and 2 of gilteritinib therapy were elevated ALT/AST levels. Incidences of all AEIs declined in Year 2. Cardiac AEIs in Year 2 were nonfatal cardiorespiratory arrest (n = 1) and ventricular tachycardia (n = 1). One case of differentiation syndrome and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma occurred in Years 1 and 2, respectively. Conclusions: A high proportion of gilteritinib-treated R/R FLT3mut+ AML pts who were alive without relapse had received HSCT followed by gilteritinib maintenance. Among all transplanted pts in ADMIRAL, pre-HSCT remission rates and post-HSCT survival were similar across arms. Post-HSCT gilteritinib maintenance may relate to the low post-HSCT relapse rate in the gilteritinib arm. The safety profile of gilteritinib is stable at 2 years with no new or significant safety signals. Clinical trial information: NCT02421939.
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- Alexander E. Perl
- Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau and Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Asahikawa University School of Medicine, Asahikawa, Japan
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- Catholic Hematology Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Hoffmann J, Klameth A, Russwurm M, Neubauer A, Brendel C. Peripheral T-cell lymphoma immunophenotype in a patient with a history of Muromonab-CD3 therapy: A case report and a diagnostic dilemma. Cytometry B Clin Cytom 2021; 102:77-78. [PMID: 33955673 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.22004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Joerg Hoffmann
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, Marburg, Germany
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Burchert A, Metzelder SK, Neubauer A, Wittenberg M, Schade-Brittinger C. Reply to S. Fuji. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:1412-1413. [PMID: 33621111 DOI: 10.1200/jco.20.02891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Andreas Burchert
- Andreas Burchert, MD, Stephan K. Metzelder, MD, and Andreas Neubauer, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg and University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Marburg, Marburg, Germany and Michael Wittenberg, PhD, and Carmen Schade-Brittinger, Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Andreas Burchert, MD, Stephan K. Metzelder, MD, and Andreas Neubauer, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg and University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Marburg, Marburg, Germany and Michael Wittenberg, PhD, and Carmen Schade-Brittinger, Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Andreas Burchert, MD, Stephan K. Metzelder, MD, and Andreas Neubauer, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg and University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Marburg, Marburg, Germany and Michael Wittenberg, PhD, and Carmen Schade-Brittinger, Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Andreas Burchert, MD, Stephan K. Metzelder, MD, and Andreas Neubauer, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg and University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Marburg, Marburg, Germany and Michael Wittenberg, PhD, and Carmen Schade-Brittinger, Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Andreas Burchert, MD, Stephan K. Metzelder, MD, and Andreas Neubauer, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Philipps University Marburg and University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Marburg, Marburg, Germany and Michael Wittenberg, PhD, and Carmen Schade-Brittinger, Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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