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Mina R, Petrucci MT, Bonello F, Bongarzoni V, Saccardi R, Bertuglia G, Mengarelli A, Spadaro A, Lisi C, Curci P, Lemoli RM, Ballanti S, Floris R, Cupelli L, Tosi P, Olivieri A, Rota-Scalabrini D, Cangialosi C, Nozzoli C, Anaclerico B, Fazio F, Bruno B, Mancuso K, Corradini P, Milone G, Boccadoro M. A prospective, multicenter study on hematopoietic stemcell mobilization with cyclophosphamide plus granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and 'on-demand' plerixafor in multiple myeloma patients treated with novel agents. Haematologica 2024; 109:1525-1534. [PMID: 37981892 PMCID: PMC11063849 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2023.284023] [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: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023] Open
Abstract
High-dose melphalan plus autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is a standard of care for transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), and adequate hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) collection is crucial to ensure hematologic recovery after ASCT. In this prospective, observational study we evaluated HSC mobilization with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), cyclophosphamide, and 'on-demand' plerixafor (in patients with <20×106 CD34+ cells/L after at least 4 days of G-CSF or failing to collect ≥1×106 CD34+ cells/kg after the first apheresis) in NDMM patients treated with novel agent-based induction therapy. The primary endpoint was the rate of poor mobilizers (patients collecting <2×106 CD34+ cells/kg or requiring plerixafor rescue to reach an adequate HSC harvest). Secondary endpoints included the rate of patients collecting ≥2×106 CD34+ cells/kg after plerixafor administration and the identification of factors predicting mobilization failure or plerixafor need. Overall, 301 patients (median age 60 years) were enrolled. Two hundred and eighty-seven of 301 (95%) and 274 of 301 (93%) patients collected ≥2×106 and ≥4×106 CD34+ cells/kg, respectively, with a median of 9.9×106 CD34+ cells/kg collected. Poor mobilizers were 48 of 301 (16%): 34 of 301 (11%) required plerixafor rescue, and 14 of 301 (5%) failed HSC collection regardless of plerixafor. Thirty-four of 38 (90%) patients receiving plerixafor collected ≥2×106 CD34+ cells/kg. Bone marrow plasmacytosis at diagnosis >60% (odds ratio [OR]=4.14), lenalidomide use (OR=4.45), and grade 3-4 hematologic toxicities during induction (OR=3.53) were independently associated with a higher risk of mobilization failure or plerixafor need. Cyclophosphamide plus G-CSF and 'on-demand' plerixafor is an effective strategy in NDMM patients treated with novel agents, resulting in a high rate of HSC collection and high HSC yield (clinicaltrials gov. identifier: NCT03406091).
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- Roberto Mina
- Division of Hematology, AOU Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino.
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
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- Medical Oncology Department, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo
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- U.O.C. Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera "San Giovanni/Addolorata", Roma
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- Cellular Therapy and Transfusion Medicine Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence
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- Division of Hematology, AOU Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome
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- Division of Hematology, AOU Policlinico, University of Catania
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
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- Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOUC Policlinico, Bari
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- Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy; IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genova
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, localita Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Perugia
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- S.C. Ematologia e CTMO, Ospedale Oncologico "A. Businco", Cagliari
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- Department of Hematology, S. Eugenio Hospital, Rome
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- Clinica di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria delle Marche, Ancona
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- Cellular Therapy and Transfusion Medicine Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
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- Division of Hematology, AOU Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino and Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Universita di Bologna, Bologna
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milano, Universita di Milano, Milano
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- Division of Hematology, AOU Policlinico, University of Catania
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino
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Marra A, Santi A, Pucciarini A, Venanzi A, De Carolis L, Zaja F, Ascani S, Canzonieri V, Ballanti S, Falini B, Tiacci E. An unusual form of BRAF-V600E mutated hairy cell neoplasm with clinical resistance to BRAF inhibition: Challenging precision medicine. Am J Hematol 2024; 99:497-501. [PMID: 38264797 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27201] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Distinct outcomes of BRAF inhibition in BRAF-mutated hairy cell neoplasms with wild-type or mutant TP53, and alternative strategies to overcome mutant TP53.
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- Andrea Marra
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, Trieste, Italy
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria di Terni, University of Perugia, Terni, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Division of Pathology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Hematology and Center for Hemato-Oncology Research, University and Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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D'Agostino M, Bertuglia G, Rota-Scalabrini D, Belotti A, Morè S, Corradini P, Oliva S, Ledda A, Grasso M, Pavone V, Ronconi S, Vincelli ID, Ballanti S, Velluti C, Cellini C, Gozzetti A, Palmas AD, Gamberi B, Mancuso K, Paris L, Zambello R, Petrucci MT, Bruno B, Musto P, Gay F. Predictors of unsustained measurable residual disease negativity in patients with multiple myeloma. Blood 2024; 143:592-596. [PMID: 38048557 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023022080] [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: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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ABSTRACT The prognostic impact of achieving and in particular maintaining measurable residual disease (MRD) negativity in multiple myeloma is now established; therefore, identifying among MRD-negative patients the ones at higher risk of losing MRD negativity is of importance. We analyzed predictors of unsustained MRD negativity in patients enrolled in the FORTE trial (NCT02203643). MRD was performed by multiparameter flow cytometry (sensitivity of 10-5) at premaintenance and every 6 months thereafter. The cumulative incidence (CI) of MRD resurgence and/or progression was analyzed in MRD-negative patients. A total of 306 of 474 (65%) MRD-negative patients were analyzed. After a median follow-up of 50.4 months from MRD negativity, 185 of 306 (60%) patients were still MRD negative and progression free, 118 (39%) lost their MRD-negative status, and 3 patients (1%) died without progression. Amp1q vs normal (4-year CI, 63% vs 34), ≥2 concomitant high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities vs 0 (4-year CI, 59% vs 33%), circulating tumor cells at baseline (high vs low at 4-year CI, 62% vs 32%), and time-to-reach MRD negativity postconsolidation vs preconsolidation (4-year CI, 46% vs 35%) were associated with a higher risk of unsustained MRD negativity in a multivariate Fine-Gray model. During the first 2 years of maintenance, patients receiving carfilzomib-lenalidomide vs lenalidomide alone had a lower risk of unsustained MRD negativity (4-year CI, 20% vs 33%).
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- Mattia D'Agostino
- Division of Hematology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department Candiolo Cancer Institute, Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia-Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria delle Marche, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- University of Milan, Milan, Italy; and Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Ematologia/Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Ospedale A. Businco, Cagliari, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital Cardinale G. Panico, Tricase, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori, Meldola, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, località Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Perugia, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- U.O.C. Ematologia, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Policlinico S. Maria alle Scotte, Siena, Italy
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- Struttura Complessa Ematologia, Ospedale San Francesco, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia Seràgnoli, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, Aldo Moro University School of Medicine, Bari, Italy
- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Turin, Italy
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Perriello VM, Falini L, Ruggeri L, Sorcini D, Ballanti S, Flenghi L, Baffa N, Covarelli P, Sportoletti P, Pierini A, Falini B. Polatuzumab-bendamustine-rituximab as bridge to CD19-directed CAR T cells in mantle cell lymphoma refractory to ibrutinib and venetoclax. EJHaem 2023; 4:559-562. [PMID: 37206291 PMCID: PMC10188502 DOI: 10.1002/jha2.655] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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- Vincenzo Maria Perriello
- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research (CREO)University of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research (CREO)University of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research (CREO)University of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research (CREO)University of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research (CREO)University of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research (CREO)University of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Department of PET‐CT and Radiological and Laboratory ImagingHospital Santa Maria della MisericordiaPerugiaItaly
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- Section of Oncology Surgery, Department of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research (CREO)University of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research (CREO)University of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato‐Oncological Research (CREO)University of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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Trecarichi EM, Giuliano G, Cattaneo C, Ballanti S, Criscuolo M, Candoni A, Marchesi F, Laurino M, Dargenio M, Fanci R, Cefalo M, Delia M, Spolzino A, Maracci L, Bonuomo V, Busca A, Principe MID, Daffini R, Simonetti E, Dragonetti G, Zannier ME, Pagano L, Tumbarello M. Bloodstream infections due to Gram-negative bacteria in patients with hematologic malignancies: updated epidemiology and risk factors for multidrug-resistant strains in an Italian perspective survey. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2023; 61:106806. [PMID: 37030470 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2023.106806] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
Abstract
Bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) in patients with hematological malignancies (HM) have been associated with high mortality rates, especially those caused by antibiotic-resistant strains. We conducted a multicenter cohort study including all consecutive episodes of GNB BSI in HM patients to update the epidemiology and antibiotic resistance patterns (compared to our previous survey conducted between 2009 and 2012) and investigate risk factors for GNB BSI due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates. A total of 834 GNB were recovered in 811 BSI episodes from January 2016 to December 2018. Compared to the previous survey, we observed significant reduction in use of fluoroquinolone prophylaxis and a significant recovery in susceptibility rates to ciprofloxacin among P. aeruginosa, E. coli and E. cloacae isolates. Additionally, we found a shift to a significant increased susceptibility of P. aeruginosa isolates to ceftazidime, meropenem, and gentamicin. A total of 256/834 (30.7%) isolates were MDR. In multivariable analysis, MDR bacteria culture-positive surveillance rectal swabs, previous therapy with aminoglycosides and carbapenems, fluoroquinolone prophylaxis, and time at risk were independently associated with MDR GNB BSI. In conclusion, despite the persistence of a high prevalence of MDR GNB, we found a shift to a reduced use of fluoroquinolone prophylaxis and increased rates of susceptibility to fluoroquinolones in almost all isolates and to almost all antibiotics tested among P. aeruginosa isolates, compared to our previous survey. Fluoroquinolone prophylaxis and previous rectal colonization by MDR bacteria emerged among independent risk factors for MDR GNB BSI.
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- Enrico Maria Trecarichi
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, "Magna Graecia" University, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Centro Trapianti e Terapie Cellulari, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale (ASUFC), Udine, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Haematology Unit, University of Padova, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia e Trapianto di cellule staminali, Azienda Ospedaliera Vito Fazzi, Lecce, Italy
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- SOD complessa di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi e Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, AOUC Policlinico; Bari, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma & Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy; Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- U.O.C. Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Ospedale Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Unit, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Torino
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- Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione; Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Centro Trapianti e Terapie Cellulari, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale (ASUFC), Udine, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy
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Perriello VM, Falini L, Ruggeri L, Innocente A, Ballanti S, Costa C, Di Filippo M, Gargaro M, Fallarino F, Falini B. CAR T cell-driven cerebrospinal fluid cytokine storm with confounding neurological picture in chemorefractory primary cardiac lymphoma. Am J Hematol 2023; 98:212-219. [PMID: 36346356 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26777] [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] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Vincenzo Maria Perriello
- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Section of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Section of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Falini L, Venanzi A, Tini V, Innocente A, Ballanti S, Saldi S, Sivolella S, Pierini A, Aristei C, Tiacci E, Perriello VM, Falini B. Acute myeloid leukemia development soon after anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell infusion in a patient with refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and pre-existing clonal hematopoiesis. Haematologica 2022; 108:290-294. [PMID: 35899391 PMCID: PMC9827176 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Lorenza Falini
- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia,*LF and AV contributed equally as co-first authors
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia,*LF and AV contributed equally as co-first authors
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia
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- Radiation Oncology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia
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- Radiation Oncology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia,*LF and AV contributed equally as co-first authors
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- Institute of Hematology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research (CREO), University of Perugia, Perugia,*LF and AV contributed equally as co-first authors
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Morabito F, Zamagni E, Conticello C, Pavone V, Palmieri S, Bringhen S, Galli M, Mangiacavalli S, Derudas D, Rossi E, Ria R, Catalano L, Tacchetti P, Mele G, Vincelli ID, Martino EA, Vigna E, Bruzzese A, Mendicino F, Botta C, Mele A, Pantani L, Rocchi S, Garibaldi B, Cascavilla N, Ballanti S, Tripepi G, Frigeri F, Falcone AP, Cangialosi C, Reddiconto G, Farina G, Barone M, Rizzello I, Iaccino E, Mimmi S, Curci P, Gamberi B, Musto P, De Stefano V, Musso M, Petrucci MT, Offidani M, Di Raimondo F, Boccadoro M, Cavo M, Neri A, Gentile M. Survival Risk Scores for Real-Life Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients Receiving Elotuzumab or Carfilzomib In Combination With Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone as Salvage Therapy: Analysis of 919 Cases Outside Clinical Trials. Front Oncol 2022; 12:890376. [PMID: 35924160 PMCID: PMC9341470 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.890376] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The present study aimed to develop two survival risk scores (RS) for overall survival (OS, SRSKRd/EloRd) and progression-free survival (PFS, PRSKRd/EloRd) in 919 relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients who received carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (KRd)/elotuzumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (EloRd). The median OS was 35.4 months, with no significant difference between the KRd arm versus the EloRd arm. In the multivariate analysis, advanced ISS (HR = 1.31; P = 0.025), interval diagnosis–therapy (HR = 1.46; P = 0.001), number of previous lines of therapies (HR = 1.96; P < 0.0001), older age (HR = 1.72; P < 0.0001), and prior lenalidomide exposure (HR = 1.30; P = 0.026) remained independently associated with death. The median PFS was 20.3 months, with no difference between the two strategies. The multivariate model identified a significant progression/death risk increase for ISS III (HR = 1.37; P = 0.002), >3 previous lines of therapies (HR = 1.67; P < 0.0001), older age (HR = 1.64; P < 0.0001), and prior lenalidomide exposure (HR = 1.35; P = 0.003). Three risk SRSKRd/EloRd categories were generated: low-risk (134 cases, 16.5%), intermediate-risk (467 cases, 57.3%), and high-risk categories (213 cases, 26.2%). The 1- and 2-year OS probability rates were 92.3% and 83.8% for the low-risk (HR = 1, reference category), 81.1% and 60.6% (HR = 2.73; P < 0.0001) for the intermediate-risk, and 65.5% and 42.5% (HR = 4.91; P < 0.0001) for the high-risk groups, respectively. Notably, unlike the low-risk group, which did not cross the median timeline, the OS median values were 36.6 and 18.6 months for the intermediate- and high-risk cases, respectively. Similarly, three PRSKRd/EloRd risk categories were engendered. Based on such grouping, 338 (41.5%) cases were allocated in the low-, 248 (30.5%) in the intermediate-, and 228 (28.0%) in the high-risk groups. The 1- and 2-year PFS probability rates were 71.4% and 54.5% for the low-risk (HR = 1, reference category), 68.9% and 43.7% (HR = 1.95; P < 0.0001) for the intermediate-risk, and 48.0% and 27.1% (HR = 3.73; P < 0.0001) for the high-risk groups, respectively. The PFS median values were 29.0, 21.0, and 11.7 months for the low-, intermediate-, and high-risk cases. This analysis showed 2.7- and 4.9-fold increased risk of death for the intermediate- and high-risk cases treated with KRd/EloRd as salvage therapy. The combined progression/death risks of the two categories were increased 1.3- and 2.2-fold compared to the low-risk group. In conclusion, SRSKRd/EloRd and PRSKRd/EloRd may represent accessible and globally applicable models in daily clinical practice and ultimately represent a prognostic tool for RRMM patients who received KRd or EloRd.
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- Fortunato Morabito
- Biotechnology Research Unit, AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Hemato-Oncology Department, Augusta Victoria Hospital, East Jerusalem, Israel
- *Correspondence: Fortunato Morabito, ; Massimo Gentile, ; Antonino Neri,
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Policlinico-S. Marco, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital Card. G. Panico, Tricase, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale-Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Hematology Division, Department of Hematology-Oncology, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Internal Medicine “G. Baccelli”, Policlinico, University of Bari “Aldo Moro” Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Perrino, Brindisi, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Great Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli”, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Onco-Hematology, Hematology Unit AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Onco-Hematology, Hematology Unit AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Onco-Hematology, Hematology Unit AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Onco-Hematology, Hematology Unit AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital Card. G. Panico, Tricase, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Policlinico-S. Marco, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology and Stem Cell transplantation, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Center of National Research Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia a Indirizzo Oncologico, AORN “Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano”, Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- U.O.C. Ematologia A. O. Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia a Indirizzo Oncologico, AORN “Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano”, Caserta, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, “Aldo Moro” University School of Medicine and Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda USL-IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, “Aldo Moro” University School of Medicine and Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- U.O.C. OncoEmatologia e TMO, Dipartimento Oncologico, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Policlinico-S. Marco, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Scientific Directorate, Azienda USL-IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- *Correspondence: Fortunato Morabito, ; Massimo Gentile, ; Antonino Neri,
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- Department of Onco-Hematology, Hematology Unit AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
- *Correspondence: Fortunato Morabito, ; Massimo Gentile, ; Antonino Neri,
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Saldi S, Perriello VM, Falini L, Ruggeri L, Fulcheri C, Ciardelli S, Innocente A, Ballanti S, Baffa N, Flenghi L, Pierini A, Aristei C, Falini B. Case Report: Subtotal Lymphoid and Total Marrow Irradiation as Bridge Therapy to CD19-Directed CAR T Cells in a Chemorefractory DLBCL With Leukemic Involvement. Front Immunol 2022; 13:934700. [PMID: 35911683 PMCID: PMC9330448 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.934700] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
CAR T cell therapy has transformed the salvage approach for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL). Maintaining disease control before CAR T cell infusion during product manufacturing (so-called bridging therapy) is an important step to optimizing outcome. Among possible bridging therapies, radiation therapy (RT) represents a valuable option, particularly when the disease is limited. Here, we report for the first time on a patient with chemorefractory-transformed DLBCL showing nodal, extranodal, and massive bone marrow (BM) lymphoma infiltration associated with leukemic involvement, a successful bridge therapy to CD19-directed CAR T cell therapy by subtotal lymphoid/total marrow irradiation plus thiothepa followed by reinfusion of CD34+ autologous hematopoietic stem cells. Such a novel bridging regimen allowed a significant reduction of nodal and BM tumor volume while improving blood cell count before CAR T cell infusion. The PET-CT scan and BM evaluation performed at 1, 3, and 6 months after treatment showed complete remission of the disease. A relapse occurred at almost 1 year in lymph nodes because of CD19 antigen escape while the BM remained free of disease. This extended radiotherapy approach may be an effective bridging therapy for chemorefractory DLBCL patients eligible for CAR T cells who present with a high tumor burden, including massive BM involvement associated with leukemic involvement. This preliminary evidence is worth confirming in additional patients.
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- Simonetta Saldi
- Radiation Oncology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- *Correspondence: Vincenzo Maria Perriello, ; Brunangelo Falini,
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Health Physics Department, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Center for Hemato-Oncological Research, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Section, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- *Correspondence: Vincenzo Maria Perriello, ; Brunangelo Falini,
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Bruzzese A, Derudas D, Galli M, Martino EA, Rocco S, Conticello C, Califano C, Giuliani N, Mangiacavalli S, Farina G, Lombardo A, Brunori M, Rossi E, Antonioli E, Ria R, Zambello R, Di Renzo N, Mele G, Marcacci G, Pietrantuono G, Palumbo G, Cascavilla N, Cerchione C, Belotti A, Criscuolo C, Uccello G, Curci P, Vigna E, Mendicino F, Iaccino E, Mimmi S, Botta C, Vincelli D, Sgherza N, Bonalumi A, Cupelli L, Stocchi R, Martino M, Ballanti S, Gangemi D, Gagliardi A, Gamberi B, Pompa A, Tripepi G, Frigeri F, Consoli U, Bringhen S, Zamagni E, Patriarca F, De Stefano V, Di Raimondo F, Palmieri S, Petrucci MT, Offidani M, Musto P, Boccadoro M, Cavo M, Neri A, Morabito F, Gentile M. Elotuzumab plus Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Extended 3-year follow-up of a multicenter, retrospective clinical experience with 319 cases outside of controlled clinical trials. Hematol Oncol 2022; 40:704-715. [PMID: 35608183 DOI: 10.1002/hon.3031] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The combination of elotuzumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (EloRd) enhanced the clinical benefit over Rd with a manageable toxicity profile in the ELOQUENT-2 trial, leading to its approval in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). The present study is a 3-year follow-up update of a previously published Italian real-life RRMM cohort of patients treated with EloRd. This revised analysis entered 319 RRMM patients accrued in 41 Italian centers. After a median follow-up of 36 months (range 6-55), 236 patients experienced disease progression or died. Median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 18.4 and 34 months, respectively. The updated multivariate analyses showed a significant reduction of PFS and OS benefit magnitude only in cases with ISS stage III. Major adverse events included grade 3/4 neutropenia (18.5%), anemia (15.4%), lymphocytopenia (12.5%), and thrombocytopenia (10.7%), while infection rates and pneumonia were 33.9% and 18.9%, respectively. No new safety signals with longer follow-up have been observed. Of 319 patients, 245 (76.7%) reached at least a partial remission. A significantly lower response rate was found in patients previously exposed to lenalidomide. In conclusion, our study confirms that EloRd is a safe and effective regimen for RRMM patients, maintaining benefits across multiple unfavorable subgroups. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale-Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of medical and surgical specialties, Hematology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Onco-hematology Unit, Ospedale Umberto I, Nocera Inferiore, Italy
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- Hematology Division, Department of Hematology-Oncology, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia a Indirizzo Oncologico, AORN "Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano", Caserta, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, Ospedale S. Croce, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Presidio of Fano, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro" Medical School, Internal Medicine "G. Baccelli", Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Section, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Fondazione 'G. Pascale', Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS, Napoli, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital University Riuniti, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, IRCCS - Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Meldola, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Pavia, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy.,Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Hematology Unit and Pathology Department, S. Eugenio Hospital Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology and Stem Cell transplantation, University of Perugia, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fabrizio Spaziani Hospital, Frosinone, Pavia, Italy
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- Complex Operative Unit of Hematology, S. Maria di Loreto Nuovo Hospital, Napoli, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Nephrology Center of National Research Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia a Indirizzo Oncologico, AORN "Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano", Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Pavia, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della,, Scienza di Torino, Italy
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- Seràgnoli Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Department of medical and surgical specialties, Hematology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy.,Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, "Aldo Moro" University School of Medicine, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della,, Scienza di Torino, Italy
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- Seràgnoli Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Scientific Direction IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, I-42123 Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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- Hemato-Oncology department, Augusta Victoria Hospital of Jerusalem, Israel.,Biotechnology Research Unit, AO di Cosenza, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
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Morabito F, Zamagni E, Conticello C, Pavone V, Palmieri S, Bringhen S, Galli M, Mangiacavalli S, Derudas D, Rossi E, Ria R, Catalano L, Tacchetti P, Mele G, Donatella Vincelli I, Antonia Martino E, Vigna E, Botta C, Bruzzese A, Mele A, Pantani L, Rocchi S, Garibaldi B, Cascavilla N, Ballanti S, Tripepi G, Frigeri F, Pia Falcone A, Cangialosi C, Reddiconto G, Farina G, Barone M, Rizzello I, Musto P, De Stefano V, Musso M, Teresa Petrucci M, Offidani M, Neri A, Di Renzo N, Di Raimondo F, Boccadoro M, Cavo M, Gentile M. Adjusted comparison between elotuzumab and carfilzomib in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone as salvage therapy for multiple myeloma patients. Eur J Haematol 2021; 108:178-189. [PMID: 34716957 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The lack of a randomized trial comparing carfilzomib (K) versus elotuzumab (Elo) associated with lenalidomide and dexamethasone (Rd) prompted us to assess the relative usefulness of one triplet over the other. Five independent retrospective cohorts of 883 relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients, including 300 EloRd and 583 KRd cases, outside clinical trials, entered this non-randomized comparison. KRd cohort accounted for a higher incidence of younger patients, cases with ≥3 lines of therapy, already exposed to lenalidomide, International Staging System (ISS) stage III, and abnormal lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) level compared with EloRd cohort. Moreover, cytogenetic risk categories, detected in roughly one-third of cases, were equally distributed between the two therapy arms. The probability of CR+VGPR response was significantly higher in KRd (n = 314, 53.9%) than in EloRd patients (n = 111, 37.0%). Likewise, the cumulative incidence function of CR+VGPR, taking into account the competitive risk of death, was significantly higher in KRd arm patients than those in the EloRd arm (p = .003). Moreover, KRd treatment significantly reduced the progression or death risk by 46% in an adjusted multivariate analysis (HR: 0.54, 95% CI 0.42-0.69, p < .0001). Finally, in an adjusted illness-progression/death model, the effect of KRd versus EloRd was of higher magnitude among those who achieved CR+VGPR (-39% hazard ratio reduction, p = .02) than among those who achieved < VGPR (-29% hazard ratio reduction, p = .007). With limitations characteristic to any retrospective analysis, this current clinical practice study's overall results demonstrated potential benefits of KRd therapy compared with EloRd. This observation may help the daily clinical practice.
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- Fortunato Morabito
- Biothecnology Research Unit, AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy.,Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Hemato-Oncology Department, Augusta Victoria Hospital, East Jerusalem, Israel
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Policlinico-OVE, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital Card. G. Panico, Tricase (LE), Italy
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- Division of Hematology, University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale-Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Hematology Division, Department of Hematology-Oncology, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro" Medical School, Internal Medicine "G. Baccelli", Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Perrino, Brindisi, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Great Metropolitan Hospital "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital Card. G. Panico, Tricase (LE), Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Policlinico-OVE, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology and Stem Cell transplantation, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Nephrology Center of National Research Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia a Indirizzo Oncologico, AORN "Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano", Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- U.O.C. Ematologia A. O. Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia a Indirizzo Oncologico, AORN "Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano", Caserta, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- U.O.C. OncoEmatologia e TMO, Dipartimento Oncologico, La Maddalena, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Policlinico-OVE, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy.,Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Del Principe MI, Dragonetti G, Conti A, Verga L, Ballanti S, Fanci R, Candoni A, Marchesi F, Cattaneo C, Lessi F, Fracchiolla N, Spolzino A, Prezioso L, Delia M, Potenza L, Decembrino N, Castagnola C, Nadali G, Picardi M, Zama D, Orciulo E, Veggia B, Garzia M, Dargenio M, Melillo L, Manetta S, Russo D, Mancini V, Piedimonte M, Tisi MC, Toschi N, Busca A, Pagano L. Invasive aspergillosis in relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukaemia patients: Results from SEIFEM 2016-B survey. Mycoses 2021; 65:171-177. [PMID: 34695256 DOI: 10.1111/myc.13384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND In patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukaemia (R/R AML) who received salvage chemotherapy, limited and not updated studies explored the incidence of invasive aspergillosis (IA) and the role of antifungal prophylaxis (AP). The aims of this multicentre retrospective 'SEIFEM 2016-B' study were as follows: (1) to evaluate the current rate and the outcome of proven/probable IA and (2) to assess the efficacy of AP, in a large 'real life' series of patient with R/R AML submitted to salvage chemotherapy. RESULTS Of 2250 R/R AML patients, a total of 74 cases of IA (5.1%) were recorded as follows: 10 (0.7%) proven and 64 (4.3%) probable. Information about AP were available in 73/74 (99%) patients. Fifty-eight (79%) breakthrough infections occurred, mainly during AP with posaconazole [25 (43%)]. The patients who received AP during salvage chemotherapy showed a benefit from antifungal therapy (AT) than patients who did not received AP [43 (86%) vs 7 (14%); p < .033]. In a multivariate analysis, AP and absence of severe mucositis had a significant favourable effect on overall response rate. CONCLUSION Our data demonstrated that the incidence of IA during the salvage chemotherapy is similar to the past. Nevertheless, the attributable mortality rate (AMR) appears to be lower than that previously reported in R/R AML. Further prospective studies should be performed to confirm our preliminary observation and understand and the why a decreased AMR is reported in this setting of high-risk patients.
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- Maria Ilaria Del Principe
- Cattedra di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCSS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Sezione di Fisica Medica, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Roma, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Ospedale San Gerardo, ASST Monza, Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, Ospedale Careggi ed Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia e Unità di terapie Cellulari 'Carlo Melzi'-Azienda Sanitaria-Universitaria, Integrata, Udine, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Roma, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and BMT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Hematology and BMT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit-Azienda, Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale-Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Materno infantili e dell'Adulto, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- UOC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Fondazione ICRRS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata diVerona, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Unità di Ematologia, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology and Hematology 'Lalla Seràgnoli', Pediatric Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia, Trapianti e Tecnologie Avanzate, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia-Trapianto cellule staminali, Azienda Ospedaliera S.Camillo-Forlanini, Roma, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia e Trapianto di Cellule Staminali, Ospedale Vito Fazzi, Lecce, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Cattedra di Ematologia USD Trapianti di Midollo Osseo per Adulti Spedali Civili di Brescia, Università di Brescia, ASST SpedaliCivili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia ed Oncologia, Niguarda Cancer Center ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Molecolare, Ematologia Ospedale Universitario Sant'Andrea, Università la Sapienza di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Cell Therapy and Hematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.,Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy
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- Sezione di Fisica Medica, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Roma, Italy.,Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCSS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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Mina R, Bonello F, Petrucci MT, Liberati AM, Conticello C, Ballanti S, Musto P, Olivieri A, Benevolo G, Capra A, Gilestro M, Galieni P, Cavo M, Siniscalchi A, Palumbo A, Montefusco V, Gaidano G, Omedé P, Boccadoro M, Bringhen S. Carfilzomib, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone for newly diagnosed, high-risk myeloma patients not eligible for transplant: a pooled analysis of two studies. Haematologica 2021; 106:1079-1085. [PMID: 32107329 PMCID: PMC8018137 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2019.243428] [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: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite remarkable advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) in the last decades, the prognosis of patients harboring highrisk cytogenetic abnormalities remains dismal as compared to that of standard-risk patients. Proteasome inhibitors have been demonstrated to partially ameliorate the prognosis of high-risk patients. We pooled together data from two phase I/II trials on transplant-ineligible patients with MM receiving upfront carfilzomib cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone followed by carfilzomib maintenance. The aim of this analysis was to compare treatment outcomes in patients with standard-risk versus high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis. High risk was defined by the presence of at least one chromosomal abnormality, including t(4;14), del17p and t(14;16). Overall, 94 patients were included in the analysis: 57 (61%) in the standard-risk and 37 (39%) in the high-risk group. Median follow-up was 38 months. In standard- risk versus high-risk patients, we observed similar progression-free survival (PFS) (3-year PFS: 52% vs. 43%, respectively; P=0.50), overall survival (OS) (3-year OS: 78% vs. 73%; P=0.38), and overall response rate (88% vs. 95%; P=0.47), with no statistical differences between the two groups. No difference in terms of PFS was observed between patients with or without del17p. Carfilzomib, used both as induction and maintenance agent for transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed MM patients, mitigated the poor prognosis carried by high-risk cytogenetics and resulted in similar PFS and OS as in standard-risk patients. (Registered at clinicaltrials.gov identifiers: NCT01857115 [IST-CAR-561] and NCT01346787 [IST-CAR-506].)
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- Roberto Mina
- Division of Hematology,University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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- Division of Hematology,University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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- Hematology, Dept. of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, IT
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- Università degli Studi di Perugia,SCU Oncoematologia-Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria di Terni
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- Division of Hematology, AOU Policlinico-OVE, University of Catania, Catania, IT
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- Reparto di Ematologia con TMO, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, IT
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- IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture (Pz), IT
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- Clinica di Ematologia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, IT
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- Division of Hematology,University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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- Division of Hematology,University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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- Division of Hematology, Ospedale "C. e G. Mazzoni", ASUR Marche-AV5, Ascoli Piceno, IT
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- Istituto di Ematologia e Oncologia Medica Seragnoli
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- Division of Hematology,University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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- Hematology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, IT
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- Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara
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- Division of Hematology,University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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- Division of Hematology,University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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- Division of Hematology,University of Torino, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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Gentile M, Specchia G, Derudas D, Galli M, Botta C, Rocco S, Conticello C, Califano C, Giuliani N, Mangiacavalli S, Attingenti E, Lombardo A, Brunori M, Rossi E, Antonioli E, Ria R, Zambello R, Di Renzo N, Mele G, Marcacci G, Musto P, Capalbo S, Cascavilla N, Cerchione C, Belotti A, Criscuolo C, Uccello G, Curci P, Vigna E, Fraticelli V, Vincelli D, Bonalumi A, Siniscalchi A, Stocchi R, Martino M, Ballanti S, Gangemi D, Gagliardi A, Gamberi B, Pompa A, Recchia AG, Tripepi G, Pitino A, Frigeri F, Consoli U, Bringhen S, Zamagni E, Patriarca F, De Stefano V, Di Raimondo F, Palmieri S, Petrucci MT, Offidani M, Boccadoro M, Cavo M, Morabito F. Elotuzumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone as salvage therapy for patients with multiple myeloma: Italian, multicenter, retrospective clinical experience with 300 cases outside of controlled clinical trials. Haematologica 2021; 106:291-294. [PMID: 32107338 PMCID: PMC7776255 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2019.241513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Massimo Gentile
- Hematology Unit and Biotechnology Research Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera of Cosenza, Cosenza
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo
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- Hematology Unit and Biotechnology Research Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera of Cosenza, Cosenza
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- Dept of medica and surgical specialties, Hematology Section, University of Catania, Catania
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- Internal Medicine, Ospedale S. Croce, Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Fano
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- Ematologia, Università Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Bari
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- Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Fondazione 'G. Pascale', IRCCS, Napoli
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, IRCCS-CROB, Rionero in Vulture
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital University Riuniti, Foggia
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo
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- Hematology Unit, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Meldola (MO)
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- Hematology Unit and Biotechnology Research Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera of Cosenza, Cosenza
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- Hematology Unit and Biotechnology Research Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera of Cosenza, Cosenza
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- Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona
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- Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Great Metropolitan Hospital
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- Hematology, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, University of Perugia, Perugia
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- Complex Operative Unit of Hematology, S. Maria di Loreto Nuovo Hospital, Napoli
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- Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano
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- Nephrology Center of National Research Institute, Reggio Calabria
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- Hematology Department, G. Garibaldi Hospital, Catania
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- Div of Hematology,University of Torino,AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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- Seragnoli Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Bologna, Bologna
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Hematology Section, University of Catania
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- Div of Hematology,University of Torino,AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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- Seragnoli Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Bologna, Bologna
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Posteraro B, De Carolis E, Criscuolo M, Ballanti S, De Angelis G, Del Principe MI, Delia M, Fracchiolla N, Marchesi F, Nadali G, Picardi M, Piccioni AL, Verga L, Candoni A, Busca A, Sanguinetti M, Pagano L. Candidaemia in haematological malignancy patients from a SEIFEM study: Epidemiological patterns according to antifungal prophylaxis. Mycoses 2020; 63:900-910. [PMID: 32531854 DOI: 10.1111/myc.13130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Candidaemia is an important infectious complication for haematological malignancy patients. Antifungal prophylaxis reduces the incidence of candidaemia but may be associated with breakthrough candidaemia. OBJECTIVE To analyse the Candida species' distribution and relative antifungal susceptibility profiles of candidaemia episodes in relation to the use of antifungal prophylaxis among Italian SEIFEM haematology centres. METHODOLOGY This multicentre retrospective observational SEIFEM study included 133 single-species candidaemia episodes of haematological malignancy patients for whom antifungal susceptibility testing results of blood Candida isolates were available between 2011 and 2015. Each participating centre provided both clinical and microbiological data. RESULTS Non-Candida albicans Candida (NCAC) species were the mostly isolated species (89, 66.9%), which accounted for C parapsilosis (35, 26.3%), C glabrata (16, 12.0%), C krusei (14, 10.5%), C tropicalis (13, 9.8%) and uncommon species (11, 8.3%). C albicans caused the remaining 44 (33.1%) episodes. Excluding 2 C albicans isolates, 23 of 25 fluconazole-resistant isolates were NCAC species (14 C krusei, 6 C glabrata, 2 C parapsilosis and 1 C tropicalis). Fifty-six (42.1%) of 133 patients developed breakthrough candidaemia. Systemic antifungal prophylaxis consisted of azoles, especially fluconazole and posaconazole, in 50 (89.3%) of 56 patients in whom a breakthrough candidaemia occurred. Interestingly, all these patients tended to develop a C krusei infection (10/56, P = .02) or a fluconazole-resistant isolate's infection (14/50, P = .04) compared to patients (4/77 and 10/77, respectively) who did not have a breakthrough candidaemia. CONCLUSIONS Optimisation of prophylactic strategies is necessary to limit the occurrence of breakthrough candidaemia and, importantly, the emergence of fluconazole-resistant NCAC isolates' infections in haematological malignancy patients.
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- Brunella Posteraro
- Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e dei Trapianti di Organo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia e Trapianti, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Medicina, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata, Roma, Italy
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- Ematologia Adulti e CTA, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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- Centro Trapianti e Terapie Cellulari, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Centro Trapianti di Midollo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biotecnologiche di Base, Cliniche Intensivologiche e Perioperatorie, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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Mina R, Belotti A, Petrucci MT, Zambello R, Capra A, Di Lullo G, Ronconi S, Pescosta N, Grasso M, Monaco F, Cellini C, Gobbi M, Ballanti S, de Fabritiis P, Mosca-Siez ML, Marchetti M, Liberati AM, Offidani M, Giuliani N, Ria R, Musto P, Romano A, Sonneveld P, Boccadoro M, Larocca A. Bortezomib-dexamethasone as maintenance therapy or early retreatment at biochemical relapse versus observation in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma patients: a randomized phase II study. Blood Cancer J 2020; 10:58. [PMID: 32424154 PMCID: PMC7234990 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-020-0326-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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- Roberto Mina
- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Padova University School of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Padova, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy
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- Reparto di Ematologia e Centro TMO, Ospedale Centrale, Bolzano, Italy
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- S.C. Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Croce - Carle, Cuneo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia e Medicina Trasfusionale, Azienda Ospedaliera 'SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo', Alessandria, Italy
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- U.O.C. EMATOLOGIA, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, Italy
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- Clinical Hematology, Ospedale Policlinico S. Martino, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Genoa, Italy
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- Ematologia con TMO, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Day Hospital Ematologico, Ospedale Cardinal Massaia, Asti, Italy.,Unità di Ematologia, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera 'Ss. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo', Alessandria, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Perugia - Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria, Terni, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Internal Medicine "G. Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro" Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Hematology, IRCCS CROB, Rionero in Vulture (Pz), Italy.,Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOU Policlinico Giovanni XXIII, School of Medicine, Aldo Moro University, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, AOU Policlinico-OVE, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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Cavo M, Gay F, Beksac M, Pantani L, Petrucci MT, Dimopoulos MA, Dozza L, van der Holt B, Zweegman S, Oliva S, van der Velden VHJ, Zamagni E, Palumbo GA, Patriarca F, Montefusco V, Galli M, Maisnar V, Gamberi B, Hansson M, Belotti A, Pour L, Ypma P, Grasso M, Croockewit A, Ballanti S, Offidani M, Vincelli ID, Zambello R, Liberati AM, Andersen NF, Broijl A, Troia R, Pascarella A, Benevolo G, Levin MD, Bos G, Ludwig H, Aquino S, Morelli AM, Wu KL, Boersma R, Hajek R, Durian M, von dem Borne PA, Caravita di Toritto T, Zander T, Driessen C, Specchia G, Waage A, Gimsing P, Mellqvist UH, van Marwijk Kooy M, Minnema M, Mandigers C, Cafro AM, Palmas A, Carvalho S, Spencer A, Boccadoro M, Sonneveld P. Autologous haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation versus bortezomib-melphalan-prednisone, with or without bortezomib-lenalidomide-dexamethasone consolidation therapy, and lenalidomide maintenance for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (EMN02/HO95): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 study. Lancet Haematol 2020; 7:e456-e468. [PMID: 32359506 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(20)30099-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The emergence of highly active novel agents has led some to question the role of autologous haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) and subsequent consolidation therapy in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. We therefore compared autologous HSCT with bortezomib-melphalan-prednisone (VMP) as intensification therapy, and bortezomib-lenalidomide-dexamethasone (VRD) consolidation therapy with no consolidation. METHODS In this randomised, open-label, phase 3 study we recruited previously untreated patients with multiple myeloma at 172 academic and community practice centres of the European Myeloma Network. Eligible patients were aged 18-65 years, had symptomatic multiple myeloma stage 1-3 according to the International Staging System (ISS), measurable disease (serum M protein >10 g/L or urine M protein >200 mg in 24 h or abnormal free light chain [FLC] ratio with involved FLC >100 mg/L, or proven plasmacytoma by biopsy), and WHO performance status grade 0-2 (grade 3 was allowed if secondary to myeloma). Patients were first randomly assigned (1:1) to receive either four 42-day cycles of bortezomib (1·3 mg/m2 administered intravenously or subcutaneously on days 1, 4, 8, 11, 22, 25, 29, and 32) combined with melphalan (9 mg/m2 administered orally on days 1-4) and prednisone (60 mg/m2 administered orally on days 1-4) or autologous HSCT after high-dose melphalan (200 mg/m2), stratified by site and ISS disease stage. In centres with a double HSCT policy, the first randomisation (1:1:1) was to VMP or single or double HSCT. Afterwards, a second randomisation assigned patients to receive two 28-day cycles of consolidation therapy with bortezomib (1·3 mg/m2 either intravenously or subcutaneously on days 1, 4, 8, and 11), lenalidomide (25 mg orally on days 1-21), and dexamethasone (20 mg orally on days 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, and 12) or no consolidation; both groups received lenalidomide maintenance therapy (10 mg orally on days 1-21 of a 28-day cycle). The primary outcomes were progression-free survival from the first and second randomisations, analysed in the intention-to-treat population, which included all patients who underwent each randomisation. All patients who received at least one dose of study drugs were included in the safety analyses. This study is registered with the EU Clinical Trials Register (EudraCT 2009-017903-28) and ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01208766), and has completed recruitment. FINDINGS Between Feb 25, 2011, and April 3, 2014, 1503 patients were enrolled. 1197 patients were eligible for the first randomisation, of whom 702 were assigned to autologous HSCT and 495 to VMP; 877 patients who were eligible for the first randomisation underwent the second randomisation to VRD consolidation (n=449) or no consolidation (n=428). The data cutoff date for the current analysis was Nov 26, 2018. At a median follow-up of 60·3 months (IQR 52·2-67·6), median progression-free survival was significantly improved with autologous HSCT compared with VMP (56·7 months [95% CI 49·3-64·5] vs 41·9 months [37·5-46·9]; hazard ratio [HR] 0·73, 0·62-0·85; p=0·0001). For the second randomisation, the number of events of progression or death at data cutoff was lower than that preplanned for the final analysis; therefore, the results from the second protocol-specified interim analysis, when 66% of events were reached, are reported (data cutoff Jan 18, 2018). At a median follow-up of 42·1 months (IQR 32·3-49·2), consolidation therapy with VRD significantly improved median progression-free survival compared with no consolidation (58·9 months [54·0-not estimable] vs 45·5 months [39·5-58·4]; HR 0·77, 0·63-0·95; p=0·014). The most common grade ≥3 adverse events in the autologous HSCT group compared to the VMP group included neutropenia (513 [79%] of 652 patients vs 137 [29%] of 472 patients), thrombocytopenia (541 [83%] vs 74 [16%]), gastrointestinal disorders (80 [12%] vs 25 [5%]), and infections (192 [30%] vs 18 [4%]). 239 (34%) of 702 patients in the autologous HSCT group and 135 (27%) of 495 in the VMP group had at least one serious adverse event. Infection was the most common serious adverse event in each of the treatment groups (206 [56%] of 368 and 70 [37%] of 189). 38 (12%) of 311 deaths from first randomisation were likely to be treatment related: 26 (68%) in the autologous HSCT group and 12 (32%) in the VMP group, most frequently due to infections (eight [21%]), cardiac events (six [16%]), and second primary malignancies (20 [53%]). INTERPRETATION This study supports the use of autologous HSCT as intensification therapy and the use of consolidation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, even in the era of novel agents. The role of high-dose chemotherapy needs to be reassessed in future studies, in particular in patients with undetectable minimal residual disease after four-drug induction regimens including a monoclonal antiboby combined with an immunomodulatory agent and a proteasome inhibitor plus dexamethasone. FUNDING Janssen and Celgene.
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- Michele Cavo
- Seràgnoli Institute of Hematology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Bologna University School of Medicine, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Seràgnoli Institute of Hematology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Bologna University School of Medicine, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Seràgnoli Institute of Hematology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Bologna University School of Medicine, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Trials and Statistics-HOVON Data Centre, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Seràgnoli Institute of Hematology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Bologna University School of Medicine, S Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Science Mediche Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate "GF Ingrassia", Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Clinical Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, S Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, DAME, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Hematology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine-Hematology, Charles University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- SC Ematologia e Dipartimento di Oncologia Clinica, AO Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands
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- SC Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera S Croce-Carle, Cuneo, Italy
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- Reparto di Ematologia con TMO, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia, AOU Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Division of Haematology, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Ospedale dell'Angelo, Mestre, Venice, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Wilhelminen Cancer Research Institute, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ematologia e Centro Trapianti, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinical Hematology, Department of Hematology, Transfusion Medicine and Biotechnology, "Spirito Santo" Civic Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, ZNA Stuivenberg, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Amphia Hospital Breda, Breda, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava and University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department Oncology/Hematology, Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Department of Hematology, St Olavs Hospital and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Haematology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Coagulation, South Elvsborg Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology, UMC Utrecht, University Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, IPOLFG, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Haematology, Alfred Hospital-Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Cattaneo C, Busca A, Gramegna D, Farina F, Candoni A, Piedimonte M, Fracchiolla N, Pagani C, Principe MID, Tisi MC, Offidani M, Fanci R, Ballanti S, Spolzino A, Criscuolo M, Marchesi F, Nadali G, Delia M, Picardi M, Sciumé M, Mancini V, Olivieri A, Tumbarello M, Rossi G, Pagano L. Isavuconazole in Hematological Patients: Results of a Real-Life Multicentre Observational Seifem Study. Hemasphere 2019; 3:e320. [PMID: 31976489 PMCID: PMC6924559 DOI: 10.1097/hs9.0000000000000320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) remain a major clinical issue in patients with hematological malignancies (HMs). To confirm the efficacy and safety of the new azole isavuconazole (ISV) in a clinical care setting, we planned a multicenter retrospective study; we collected data on all possible/probable/proven IFDs in patients with HMs treated with ISV in 17 centers. Between July 2016 and November 2018, 128 patients were enrolled, and 122 were fully evaluable. ISV was employed as the 1st line therapy in 43 (35%) patients and as a subsequent therapy in 79 (65%) patients. The response rate was 82/122 patients (67.2%); it was similar when using ISV as a 1st or 2nd line treatment (60.5% vs 70.9%, respectively; p = 0.24). In multivariate analysis, both female sex (OR: 2.992; CI: 1.22-7.34) and induction phase of treatment (OR: 3.953; CI: 1.085-14.403) were predictive of a favorable response. At a median follow-up of 5 months, 43 (35.2%) patients were dead; the 1-year overall survival (OS) was 49.9%. In multivariate analysis, the response to ISV (OR: 0.103; CI: 0.041-0.262) and IFD refractoriness to previous antifungals (OR: 3.413; CI: 1.318-8.838) were statistically significant for OS. Adverse events (AEs) were reported in 15/122 patients (12.3%); grade 3-4 AEs were reported in 5 (4%) and led to ISV discontinuation. Our study confirms the safety and tolerability of ISV, also in diseases other than acute leukemia. Phase of hematological disease, gender and refractoriness to previous antifungals are the main predictive factors for the aforementioned response and outcome.
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- Stem Cell Transplant Center, AOU Città della Salute e Della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Hematology, “Sant’Andrea” Hospital-Sapienza, University of Rome, Roma, Italy
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- Oncoematologia, IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Careggi Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Università di Perugia, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Italy
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- Hematology, Dipartimento dell’Emergenza e dei Trapianti d’Organo-Università di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Science, AOU-Federico II Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, A.O. Ospedale Niguarda Ca’ Granda, Milano, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS Roma, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS Roma, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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Bringhen S, D'Agostino M, Paris L, Ballanti S, Pescosta N, Spada S, Pezzatti S, Grasso M, Rota-Scalabrini D, De Rosa L, Pavone V, Gazzera G, Aquino S, Poggiu M, Santoro A, Gentile M, Baldini L, Petrucci MT, Tosi P, Marasca R, Cellini C, Palumbo A, Falco P, Hájek R, Boccadoro M, Larocca A. Lenalidomide-based induction and maintenance in elderly newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients: updated results of the EMN01 randomized trial. Haematologica 2019; 105:1937-1947. [PMID: 31582542 PMCID: PMC7327625 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2019.226407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
n the EMN01 trial, the addition of an alkylator (melphalan or cyclophosphamide) to lenalidomide-steroid induction therapy was prospectively evaluated in transplant-ineligible patients with multiple myeloma. After induction, patients were randomly assigned to maintenance treatment with lenalidomide alone or with prednisone continuously. The analysis presented here (median follow-up of 71 months) is focused on maintenance treatment and on subgroup analyses defined according to the International Myeloma Working Group Frailty Score. Of the 654 evaluable patients, 217 were in the lenalidomide-dexamethasone arm, 217 in the melphalan-prednisone-lenalidomide arm and 220 in the cyclophosphamide-prednisone-lenalidomide arm. With regards to the Frailty Score, 284 (43%) patients were fit, 205 (31%) were intermediate-fit and 165 (25%) were frail. After induction, 402 patients were eligible for maintenance therapy (lenalidomide arm, n=204; lenalidomide-prednisone arm, n=198). After a median duration of maintenance of 22.0 months, progression-free survival from the start of maintenance was 22.2 months with lenalidomide-prednisone vs. 18.6 months with lenalidomide (hazard ratio 0.85, P=0.14), with no differences across frailty subgroups. The most frequent grade ≥3 toxicity was neutropenia (10% of lenalidomide-prednisone and 21% of lenalidomide patients; P=0.001). Grade ≥3 non-hematologic adverse events were rare (<15%). In fit patients, melphalan-prednisone-lenalidomide significantly prolonged progression-free survival compared to cyclophosphamide-prednisone-lenalidomide (hazard ratio 0.72, P=0.05) and lenalidomide-dexamethasone (hazard ratio 0.72, P=0.04). Likewise, a trend towards a better overall survival was noted for patients treated with melphalan-prednisone-lenalidomide or cyclophosphamide-prednisone-lenalidomide, as compared to lenalidomide-dexamethasone. No differences were observed in intermediate-fit and frail patients. This analysis showed positive outcomes of maintenance with lenalidomide-based regimens, with a good safety profile. For the first time, we showed that fit patients benefit from a full-dose triplet regimen, while intermediate-fit and frail patients benefit from gentler regimens. ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT01093196.
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- Sara Bringhen
- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, località Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Perugia, Italy
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- Reparto Ematologia e Centro TMO, Ospedale Centrale, Bolzano, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale S. Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Az. Osp. S. Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia e Trapianto, Az. Osp. C. Panico, Tricase (Lecce), Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Ematologia e Centro Trapianti, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Humanitas University, Rozzano-Milano, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- UO Ematologia, Ospedale di Rimini, AUSL della Romagna, Rimini, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- U.O. Ematologia, Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- SSD Ematologia, ASLTO4, Ospedali di Chivasso Cirié Ivrea, Italy
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- Department of Hematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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Montefusco V, Gay F, Spada S, De Paoli L, Di Raimondo F, Ribolla R, Musolino C, Patriarca F, Musto P, Galieni P, Ballanti S, Nozzoli C, Cascavilla N, Ben-Yehuda D, Nagler A, Hajek R, Offidani M, Liberati AM, Sonneveld P, Cavo M, Corradini P, Boccadoro M. Outcome of paraosseous extra-medullary disease in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients treated with new drugs. Haematologica 2019; 105:193-200. [PMID: 31221778 PMCID: PMC6939525 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2019.219139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [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: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Extramedullary disease is relatively frequent in multiple myeloma, but our knowledge on the subject is limited and mainly relies on small case series or single center experiences. Little is known regarding the role of new drugs in this setting. We performed a meta-analysis of eight trials focused on the description of extramedullary disease characteristics, clinical outcome, and response to new drugs. A total of 2,332 newly diagnosed myeloma patients have been included; 267 (11.4%) had extramedullary disease, defined as paraosseous in 243 (10.4%), extramedullary plasmocytoma in 12 (0.5%), and not classified in 12 (0.5%) patients. Median progression-free survival was 25.3 months and 25.2 in extramedullary disease and non-extramedullary disease patients, respectively. In multivariate analysis the presence of extramedullary disease did not impact on progression-free survival (hazard ratio 1.15, P=0.06), while other known prognostic factors retained their significance. Patients treated with immunomodulatory drugs, mainly lenalidomide, or proteasome inhibitors had similar progression-free survival and progression-free survival-2 regardless of extramedullary disease presence. Median overall survival was 63.5 months and 79.9 months (P=0.01) in extramedullary and non-extramedullary disease patients, respectively, and in multivariate analysis the presence of extramedullary disease was associated with a reduced overall survival (hazard ratio 1.41, P<0.001), in line with other prognostic factors. With the limits of the use of low sensitivity imaging techniques, that lead to an underestimation of extramedullary disease, we conclude that in patients treated with new drugs the detrimental effect of extramedullary disease at diagnosis is limited, that lenalidomide is effective as are proteasome inhibitors, and that these patients tend to acquire a more aggressive disease in later stages. (EUDRACT2005-004714-32, NCT01063179 NCT00551928, NCT01091831, NCT01093196, NCT01190787, NCT01346787, NCT01857115).
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- Vittorio Montefusco
- Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont and Maggiore Hospital, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Ospedale Ferrarotto, Azienda Policlinico-Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture, Italy
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- U.O.C. Ematologia e Trapianto di Cellule Staminali Emopoietiche, Ospedale Mazzoni, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Cellular therapies and Transfusion Medicine Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Fondazione IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Hadassah Ein-Kerem Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hematology Division, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-HaShomer, Israel
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- Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic and Faculty of Medicine, Ostrava University, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Hematology "L. and A. Seràgnoli", Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, "S. Orsola-Malpighi" Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Hemato-Oncology Department, University of Milan, Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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Gay F, Cerrato C, Petrucci MT, Zambello R, Gamberi B, Ballanti S, Omedè P, Palmieri S, Troia R, Spada S, Gozzetti A, Caravita T, Spadano A, Palumbo A, Montefusco V, Musto P, Cavo M, Boccadoro M. Efficacy of carfilzomib lenalidomide dexamethasone (KRd) with or without transplantation in newly diagnosed myeloma according to risk status: Results from the FORTE trial. J Clin Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.8002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [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
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8002 Background: High and comparable rates of MRD negativity were seen in NDMM pts after 4 28-day induction cycles with KRd followed by ASCT and 4 KRd consolidation (KRd_ASCT_KRd) and after 12 KRd cycles (KRd12), showing the superiority of both regimens over KCd induction-ASCT-KCd consolidation (KCd-ASCT-KCd) (Gay F ASH 2018). Here we evaluated the benefit of KRd_ASCT_KRd vs KRd12 in specific subgroups of pts. Methods: 474 NDMM pts ≤65 years were randomized to KRd_ASCT_KRd or KRd12 or KCd_ASCT_KCd. We compared rate of ≥VGPR, ≥CR, sCR, MRD negativity (centralized, second generation flow cytometry, sensitivity 10-5) after consolidation with KRd_ASCT_KRd vs KRd12 in patients with R-ISS 1 and R-ISS 2/3. Since high-risk pts may sometimes respond rapidly, but then relapse early, we also analyzed the rate of early relapse (<18 months from randomization). We performed a multivariate logistic regression analysis to evaluate factors predictive of early relapse. Results: Median follow-up was 25 months. Rates of ≥VGPR, ≥CR, sCR, MRD negativity were comparable between KRd_ASCT_KRd and KRd12 overall, in pts with R-ISS Stage 1 and with R-ISS Stage 2/3 (Table). A significantly lower number of pts experienced early relapse with KRd_ASCT_KRd vs KRd12 (12 pts [8%] vs 26 pts [17%]; P=0.015). This difference was mainly related to a significantly lower rate of early relapse in R-ISS Stage 2/3 pts receiving KRd_ASCT_KRd vs KRd12 (11 pts [12%] vs 22 pts [23%]; P=0.05); no difference was seen in R-ISS 1 (0 vs 2 pts). In multivariate regression analysis, KRd_ASCT_KRd vs KRd12 reduced the risk of early progression (OR 0.42; P=0.021); R-ISS Stage 2 (OR 3.6; P=0.001) and R-ISS Stage 3 (OR 4.85; P=0.003) increased the risk compared with R-ISS 1. Conclusions: KRd-ASCT-KRd and KRd12 were equally effective in inducing high-quality responses, with about 50% of high-risk pts achieving MRD negativity. In high-risk pts ASCT reduced the risk of early relapse. Clinical trial information: NCT02203643. [Table: see text]
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino - Currently Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co., Torino, Zurich, Italy
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Bringhen S, Mina R, Petrucci MT, Gaidano G, Ballanti S, Musto P, Offidani M, Spada S, Benevolo G, Ponticelli E, Galieni P, Cavo M, Di Toritto TC, Di Raimondo F, Montefusco V, Palumbo A, Boccadoro M, Larocca A. Once-weekly versus twice-weekly carfilzomib in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a pooled analysis of two phase I/II studies. Haematologica 2019; 104:1640-1647. [PMID: 30733270 PMCID: PMC6669142 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2018.208272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Twice-weekly carfilzomib is approved at 27 and 56 mg/m2 to treat relapsed multiple myeloma patients. In the phase III study ARROW, once-weekly 70 mg/m 2 carfilzomib prolonged the median progression-free survival of relapsed multiple myeloma patients in comparison with twice-weekly 27 mg/m2 carfilzomib, without adding significant toxicity. Data were pooled from two phase I/II studies of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who received nine induction cycles of carfilzomib (either 70 mg/m2 once-weekly or 36 mg/m2 twice-weekly), cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone, followed by carfilzomib maintenance. Overall, 121 transplant-ineligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma were analyzed (once-weekly, n=63; twice-weekly, n=58). We found no significant difference in median progression-free survival [35.7 months (95%CI: 23.7-not reached, NR) vs. 35.5 months (95%CI: 24.3-NR); HR: 1.39; P=0.26] and 3-year overall survival [70% [95%CI: 59%-84%) vs. 72% (95%CI: 60%-85%); HR: 1.27; P=0.5] between once-weekly and twice-weekly carfilzomib. From the start of maintenance, 3-year progression-free survival [47% (95%CI: 33%-68%) vs. 51% (95%CI: 38%-70%); HR: 1.04; P=0.92] and overall survival [72% (95%CI: 58%-89%) vs. 73% (95%CI: 59%-90%); HR: 0.82; P=0.71] were similar in the once- versus twice-weekly carfilzomib. The rate of grade 3-5 hematologic (24% vs. 30%; P=0.82) and non-hematologic (38% vs. 41%; P=0.83) adverse events was similar in the two groups. Once-weekly 70 mg/m2 carfilzomib as induction and maintenance therapy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients was as safe and effective as twice-weekly 36 mg/m2 carfilzomib and provided a more convenient schedule. The trials are registered at clinicaltrials.gov identifiers: 01857115 (IST-CAR-561) and 01346787 (IST-CAR-506).
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- Sara Bringhen
- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Perugia, Perugia
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- Unit of Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, IRCCS-CROB, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino
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- Division of Hematology, Ospedale "C. e G. Mazzoni", ASUR Marche-AV5, Ascoli Piceno
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- "Seràgnoli" Institute of Hematology, Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna
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- Hematology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino
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Del Principe MI, Dragonetti G, Verga L, Candoni A, Marchesi F, Cattaneo C, Delia M, Potenza L, Farina F, Ballanti S, Decembrino N, Castagnola C, Nadali G, Fanci R, Orciulo E, Veggia B, Offidani M, Melillo L, Manetta S, Tumbarello M, Venditti A, Busca A, Aversa F, Pagano L, Pepa RD, Ferrari A, Piedimonte M, Andrea OS, Fracchiolla NS, Sciumè M, Lessi F, Prezioso L, Spolzino A, Rambaldi B, Russo D, di Ematologia C, Maracci L, Sarlo C, Annibali O, Cefalo M, Zizzari A, Blasi RD, Zama D, Mancini V, Salutari P, Cesaro S, Garzia MG, Vacca A, Dargenio M, Invernizzi R, Perruccio K, Quinto AM, Chierichini A, Spadea A. ‘Real-life’ analysis of the role of antifungal prophylaxis in preventing invasive aspergillosis in AML patients undergoing consolidation therapy: Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni nelle Emopatie (SEIFEM) 2016 study. J Antimicrob Chemother 2019; 74:1062-1068. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Maria Ilaria Del Principe
- Cattedra di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Ospedale San Gerardo, ASST Monza, Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia e Unità di terapie Cellulari ‘Carlo Melzi’-Azienda Sanitaria-Universitaria, Integrata, Udine, Italy
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- Haematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Roma, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e dei Trapianti d'Organo-Università di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Materno infantili e dell’Adulto, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- UOC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento Onco-Ematologico Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Unità Funzionale di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi e Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia, Trapianti e Tecnologie Avanzate, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Ospedali Riunti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Centre, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Cattedra di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’, Roma, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant Centre, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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Gay FM, Foà R, Musto P, Cerrato C, Gamberi B, Zamagni E, Palmas AD, Spadano A, Omedè P, Caravita T, Giuliani N, Ballanti S, Patriarca F, Troia R, Gentile M, Desabbata G, Canepa L, Palumbo A, Cavo M, Boccadoro M. Updated efficacy data and MRD analysis according to risk status in newly diagnosed myeloma patients treated with carfilzomib + lenalidomide or cyclophosphamide (FORTE trial). J Clin Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.8009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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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- Italian Multiple Myeloma Network, Gimema, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino - Currently Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co., Torino, Zurich, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Offidani M, Corvatta L, Liberati AM, Pulini S, Ballanti S, Bringhen S. Updated results of a phase 2 study of panobinostat combined with melphalan, thalidomide and prednisone (MPT) in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. Leuk Lymphoma 2017; 59:1271-1273. [DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2017.1372575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Massimo Offidani
- Clinica di Ematologia, AOU Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia, AOU Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia, Medicina Trasfusionale e Biotecnologie, U.O. Ematologia Clinica, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo”, Pescara, Italy
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- Sezione di Ematologia e Immunologia Clinica, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Myeloma Unit, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda-Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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Pagano L, Dragonetti G, Cattaneo C, Marchesi F, Veggia B, Busca A, Candoni A, Prezioso L, Criscuolo M, Cesaro S, Delia M, Fanci R, Stanzani M, Ferrari A, Martino B, Melillo L, Nadali G, Simonetti E, Ballanti S, Picardi M, Castagnola C, Decembrino N, Gazzola M, Fracchiolla NS, Mancini V, Nosari A, Principe MID, Aversa F, Tumbarello M. Changes in the incidence of candidemia and related mortality in patients with hematologic malignancies in the last ten years. A SEIFEM 2015-B report. Haematologica 2017; 102:e407-e410. [PMID: 28729301 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2017.172536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Livio Pagano
- Department of Onco-Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome
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- Department of Onco-Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome
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- Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera S.Giovanni Addolorata, Rome, Italy
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- SSD Trapianto Cellule Staminali, A.O.U. Citta' della Salute, Torino, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica, Centro Trapianti e Terapie Cellulari, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Italy
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- Department of Onco-Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome
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- Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e dei Trapianti Di Organo - U.O Ematologia con Trapianto - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria - Policlinico di Bari, Italy
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- Hematology, University of Firenze, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Az. Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, Università "Sapienza" Rome, Italy
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- Hematology, Bianchi Melacrino Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Hematology, S. Giovanni Rotondo Hospital University of Verona, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Science, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Hematology Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Hematology, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology, Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Musto P, Fraticelli VL, Mansueto G, Madonna E, Nozza A, Andriani A, Mussetti A, Ballanti S, Bongarzoni V, Baraldi A, Patriarca F, Vincelli D, Falcone A, Derudas D, Califano C, Zambello R, Mele G, Fragasso A, Baldini L, Storti S. Bendamustine in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma: the "real-life" side of the moon. Leuk Lymphoma 2015; 56:1510-3. [PMID: 25651428 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2014.982644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Pellegrino Musto
- Scientific Direction, IRCCS-CROB, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata , Rionero in Vulture , Italy
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Pagano L, Verga L, Busca A, Martino B, Mitra ME, Fanci R, Ballanti S, Picardi M, Castagnola C, Cattaneo C, Nadali G, Nosari A, Candoni A, Caira M, Salutari P, Lessi F, Aversa F, Tumbarello M. Systemic antifungal treatment after posaconazole prophylaxis: results from the SEIFEM 2010-C survey. J Antimicrob Chemother 2014; 69:3142-7. [PMID: 24948702 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the incidence, treatment and outcome of breakthrough invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in adult acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients after posaconazole prophylaxis. METHODS From January 2010 to April 2012, all consecutive patients with newly diagnosed AML were prospectively registered at 33 participating Italian centres. All cases of IFIs occurring within 30 days after the end of the first induction chemotherapy were recorded. The strategy of antifungal treatment (empirical, pre-emptive or targeted) and the drugs used were analysed. ClinicalTrials.gov code: NCT01315925. RESULTS In total, 1192 patients with newly diagnosed AML were enrolled in the study, of whom 510 received posaconazole prophylaxis and were included in the present analysis. Of these patients, 140 (27%) needed systemic antifungal treatment. Among the 127 evaluable cases, an empirical approach was utilized in 102 patients (80%), a pre-emptive approach in 19 patients (15%) and targeted therapy in 6 patients (5%). Only five patients died of IFIs (three in the empirical group and two in the targeted group; 4%). A critical review of IFI diagnoses at 30 days demonstrated that among the patients treated empirically, ∼30% were not affected by IFIs but rather only by fever of unidentified origin. A comparison between the empirical and the pre-emptive groups showed no significant differences regarding the attributable and overall mortalities. CONCLUSIONS This study confirms that posaconazole prophylaxis reduces the incidence of breakthrough IFIs and does not modify the efficacy of subsequent systemic antifungal treatment, regardless of the approach (empirical or pre-emptive) or the antifungal drug used.
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- Livio Pagano
- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale S.Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia, Ospedale S.Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera 'Bianchi Melacrino Morelli', Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Unità Operativa di Ematologia, Università di Firenze, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento Onco-Ematologico, Fondazione ICRRS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia e Centro Trapianti Midollo, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia, Università di Udine, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematologia Clinica, Ospedale Santo Spirito, Pescara, Italy
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- Ematologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Dipartimento di Medicina, Università di Padova, Italy
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- Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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Bucaneve G, Micozzi A, Picardi M, Ballanti S, Cascavilla N, Salutari P, Specchia G, Fanci R, Luppi M, Cudillo L, Cantaffa R, Milone G, Bocchia M, Martinelli G, Offidani M, Chierichini A, Fabbiano F, Quarta G, Primon V, Martino B, Manna A, Zuffa E, Ferrari A, Gentile G, Foà R, Del Favero A. Results of a Multicenter, Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Combination of Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Tigecycline in High-Risk Hematologic Patients With Cancer With Febrile Neutropenia. J Clin Oncol 2014; 32:1463-71. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.51.6963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Purpose Empiric antibiotic monotherapy is considered the standard of treatment for febrile neutropenic patients with cancer, but this approach may be inadequate because of the increasing prevalence of infections caused by multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria. Patients and Methods In this multicenter, open-label, randomized, superiority trial, adult, febrile, high-risk neutropenic patients (FhrNPs) with hematologic malignancies were randomly assigned to receive piperacillin/tazobactam (4.5 g intravenously every 8 hours) with or without tigecycline (50 mg intravenously every 12 hours; loading dose 100 mg). The primary end point was resolution of febrile episode without modifications of the initial allocated treatment. Results Three hundred ninety FhrNPs were enrolled (combination/monotherapy, 187/203) and were included in the intention-to-treat analysis (ITTA). The ITTA revealed a successful outcome in 67.9% v 44.3% of patients who had received combination therapy and monotherapy, respectively (127/187 v 90/203; absolute difference in risk (adr), 23.6%; 95% CI, 14% to 33%; P < .001). The combination regimen proved better than monotherapy in bacteremias (adr, 32.8%; 95% CI, 19% to 46%; P < .001) and in clinically documented infections (adr, 36%; 95% CI, 9% to 64%; P < .01). Mortality and number of adverse effects were limited and similar in the two groups. Conclusion The combination of piperacillin/tazobactam and tigecycline is safe, well tolerated, and more effective than piperacillin/tazobactam alone in febrile, high-risk, neutropenic hematologic patients with cancer. In epidemiologic settings characterized by a high prevalence of infections because of MDR microorganisms, this combination could be considered as one of the first-line empiric antibiotic therapies.
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve
- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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- Giampaolo Bucaneve, Stelvio Ballanti, and Albano Del Favero, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy; Alessandra Micozzi, Giuseppe Gentile, and Robin Foà, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma; Marco Picardi, A. O. Universitaria “Federico II,” Napoli; Nicola Cascavilla, Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo; Prassede Salutari, Ospedale Civile “Spirito Santo,” Pescara; Giorgina Specchia, Università di Bari, Bari; Rosa Fanci, A. O. Universitaria “Careggi,” Firenze
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Offidani M, Corvatta L, Maracci L, Liberati AM, Ballanti S, Attolico I, Caraffa P, Alesiani F, Caravita di Toritto T, Gentili S, Tosi P, Brunori M, Derudas D, Ledda A, Gozzetti A, Cellini C, Malerba L, Mele A, Andriani A, Galimberti S, Mondello P, Pulini S, Coppetelli U, Fraticelli P, Olivieri A, Leoni P. Efficacy and tolerability of bendamustine, bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed-refractory multiple myeloma: a phase II study. Blood Cancer J 2013; 3:e162. [PMID: 24270324 PMCID: PMC3880441 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2013.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Bendamustine demonstrated synergistic efficacy with bortezomib against multiple myeloma (MM) cells in vitro and seems an effective treatment for relapsed-refractory MM (rrMM). This phase II study evaluated bendamustine plus bortezomib and dexamethasone (BVD) administered over six 28-day cycles and then every 56 days for six further cycles in patients with rrMM treated with ⩽4 prior therapies and not refractory to bortezomib. The primary study end point was the overall response rate after four cycles. In total, 75 patients were enrolled, of median age 68 years. All patients had received targeted agents, 83% had 1–2 prior therapies and 33% were refractory to the last treatment. The response rate⩾partial response (PR) was 71.5% (16% complete response, 18.5% very good PR, 37% partial remission). At 12 months of follow-up, median time-to-progression (TTP) was 16.5 months and 1-year overall survival was 78%. According to Cox regression analysis, only prior therapy with bortezomib plus lenalidomide significantly reduced TTP (9 vs 17 months; hazard ratio=4.5; P=0.005). The main severe side effects were thrombocytopenia (30.5%), neutropenia (18.5%), infections (12%), neuropathy (8%) and gastrointestinal and cardiovascular events (both 6.5%). The BVD regimen is feasible, effective and well-tolerated in difficult-to-treat patients with rrMM.
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- M Offidani
- Clinica di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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Balducci M, Chiesa S, De Filippo L, Falcinelli L, Hohaus S, Ballanti S, Aristei C. PO-0657: Radiotherapy plus dose escalation temozolomide in primary central nervous system lymphoma: final report. Radiother Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)32963-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Di Ianni M, Ballanti S, Iodice G, Reale A, Falzetti F, Minelli O, Serio G, Martelli MF, Dammacco F, Vacca A, Ria R. High-dose thiotepa, etoposide and carboplatin as conditioning regimen for autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with high-risk Hodgkin's lymphoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 17:23-7. [PMID: 22549444 DOI: 10.1179/102453312x13221316477534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) generally provides good results in Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). We studied a high-dose chemotherapy regimen based on thiotepa, etoposide and carboplatin (TECA). METHODS Fifty-eight patients with advanced HL were treated with thiotepa, etoposide and carboplatin for transplant induction. RESULTS The overall response rate was 79·3% (39 CR: 67·2%; and 7 PR: 12·1%); 12 patients (20·1%) were non-responders. The 5-year overall survival rate was 77·6%; five initially responder patients relapsed within the first 5 years of follow-up and underwent salvage therapy. CONCLUSION The TECA conditioning regimen for ASCT in HL results in a good anti-HL effect, positive response to treatment and high 5-year overall survival rate. It was also well tolerated and did not induce excessive toxicity, suggesting that TECA may be a very useful conditioning regimen for HL.
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- Mauro Di Ianni
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University of Perugia Medical School, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
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Offidani M, Polloni C, Cavallo F, Marina Liberati A, Ballanti S, Pulini S, Catarini M, Alesiani F, Corvatta L, Gentili S, Caraffa P, Boccadoro M, Leoni P, Palumbo A. Phase II study of melphalan, thalidomide and prednisone combined with oral panobinostat in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. Leuk Lymphoma 2012; 53:1722-7. [DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.664844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Gozzetti A, Cerase A, Lotti F, Rossi D, Palumbo A, Petrucci MT, Patriarca F, Nozzoli C, Cavo M, Offidani M, Floridia M, Berretta S, Vallone R, Musto P, Lauria F, Marchini E, Fabbri A, Oliva S, Zamagni E, Sapienza FG, Ballanti S, Mele G, Galli M, Pirrotta MT, Di Raimondo F. Extramedullary intracranial localization of multiple myeloma and treatment with novel agents: A retrospective survey of 50 patients. Cancer 2011; 118:1574-84. [PMID: 21932386 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2011] [Revised: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Alessandro Gozzetti
- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico "Santa Maria alle Scotte", Siena, Italy.
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Falini B, Gionfriddo I, Cecchetti F, Ballanti S, Pettirossi V, Martelli MP. Acute myeloid leukemia with mutated nucleophosmin (NPM1): any hope for a targeted therapy? Blood Rev 2011; 25:247-54. [PMID: 21724308 DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) carrying nucleophosmin (NPM1) mutations displays distinct molecular and clinical-pathological features that led to its inclusion as provisional entity in 2008 WHO classification of myeloid neoplasms. Since NPM1 mutations behave as a founder genetic lesion in AML, they could be an attractive target for therapeutic intervention. Here, we discuss the potential for developing targeted therapies for NPM1-mutated AML with focus on: (i) interfering with the abnormal traffic of the NPM1 leukemic mutant, i.e., its cytoplasmic dislocation; (ii) disrupting the nucleolar structure/function by interfering with residual wild-type nucleophosmin and other nucleolar components acting as hub proteins; and (iii) evaluating the activity of epigenetic drugs (e.g., 5-azacytidine) or agents acting on differentiation and apoptosis. As quantitative assessment of NPM1 mutated transcript copies now provides the means to measure minimal residual disease, we also discuss the potential for intervening in NPM1-mutated AML before overt hematological relapse occurs (so-called pre-emptive therapy).
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- Brunangelo Falini
- Institute of Hematology, Strada Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, University of Perugia, 06122 Perugia, Italy.
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Offidani M, Leoni P, Corvatta L, Polloni C, Gentili S, Liberati AM, Pulini S, Gozzetti A, Ballanti S, Nozzoli C, Palumbo A. Outcome and toxicity in the modern era of new drugs for multiple myeloma: a reappraisal for comparison with future investigational trials. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 2011; 10:353-60. [PMID: 21030348 DOI: 10.3816/clml.2010.n.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The introduction of new drugs such as thalidomide, lenalidomide, and bortezomib has led to novel treatment strategies and significantly improved the outcome of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). The enhanced knowledge of myeloma pathogenesis has allowed the identification of new therapeutic targets and many clinical trials are either planned or in progress to evaluate these more selective drugs in the near future. The results of these studies, however, will have to be compared with the results of existing novel therapies for the treatment of MM in order to define whether new protocols do not duplicate current new standards and constitute a real improvement. We reviewed the results of a series of phase I, II, III studies with thalidomide, lenalidomide, and bortezomib combinations for newly diagnosed MM in order to define a reasonable standard in terms of activity, efficacy, and toxicity and to have a potentially useful starting point for comparisons with future investigational trials. Three-drug regimens appear to double the complete remission (CR) rate (20%), though regimens containing 4 drugs triple the CR rate (30%), compared with those containing only 2 agents (10%). These improvements in the depth and quality of response translate into a progressive increase in the progression-free survival rate at 2 years (from approximately 54%-62% to 75%, respectively). Conversely, by using additional agents, a marked increase in hematologic toxicity has been described (8%, 28%, and 28% respectively), whereas nonhematologic toxicity appears to be similar (26%, 24%, and 27%, respectively). These results suggest that new trials in the future will constitute significant progress if they can improve on the current relatively favorable efficacy/toxicity ratio. Nonetheless, exciting new combinations in development do hold promise and results from these studies are eagerly awaited.
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- Massimo Offidani
- Clinica di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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Ria R, Scarponi AM, Falzetti F, Ballanti S, Di Ianni M, Sportoletti P, Cimminiello M, Gasbarrino C, Pallone B, Vacca A, Dammacco F, Mannarino E, Tabilio A. Loss of bone mineral density and secondary hyperparathyroidism are complications of autologous stem cell transplantation. Leuk Lymphoma 2007; 48:923-30. [PMID: 17487736 DOI: 10.1080/10428190701268775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Patients who underwent autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) are prone to decreased bone mineral density (BMD). We measured BMD in 180 patients who underwent ASCT for hematologic malignancies. Patients were evaluated with a median of 6.2 years after ASCT. Twenty patients who received only chemotherapy were evaluated as controls. The loss of bone mass was greater during the first year after ASCT, since majority of patients recover BMD and normalize bone turnover markers during the following years. After ASCT, over half of the patients show osteopenia or osteoporosis independent of the sex. According to the results of other groups, our results emphasize the potential usefulness of antiresorptive agents to prevent or treat post-ASCT osteopenia or osteoporosis, and the importance of the measurement of BMD as an integral component to the follow-up of ASCT.
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- Roberto Ria
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
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Crescenzi B, Berchicci L, Aversa F, Ballanti S, La Starza R, Lupattelli G. PO022 Autoimmune phenomena, myelodysplastic syndromes, cytogenetics: a case report. Leuk Res 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(07)70252-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Roti G, La Starza R, Ballanti S, Crescenzi B, Romoli S, Foá R, Tartaglia M, Aversa F, Fabrizio Martelli M, Mecucci C. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Noonan syndrome. Br J Haematol 2006; 133:448-50. [PMID: 16643459 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06092.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tabilio A, Falzetti F, Zei T, De Ioanni M, Bonifacio E, Battelli F, Iacucci Ostini R, Ballanti S, Cimminiello M, Capponi M, Silvani C, Minelli O, Fettucciari K, Marconi P, Rosati E, Santucci A, Di Ianni M, Aversa F, Martelli MF. Graft engineering for allogeneic haploidentical stem cell transplantation. Blood Cells Mol Dis 2005; 33:274-80. [PMID: 15528144 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2004.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 08/04/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Haploidentical stem cell transplantation has became a clinical reality in the last 10 years as it provides the chance of transplant for about 50% of patients with hematological malignancies who do not have a matched related or unrelated donor. Proper graft preparation for this type of transplant is crucial and this paper analyses our work over the past decade in the search for the optimal graft processing procedure moving from E-rosetting and soybean agglutination, through a combination of negative or positive selection of hematopoietic stem cells to the current method of one-step positive selection. In preparing a graft for haploidentical transplant, three essential requisites must be met. It must contain (1) a megadose (>10 x 10(6) x kg recipient b.w.) of hematopoietic stem cells to overcome the HLA histocompatibility barrier; (2) very few T-lymphocytes (CD3+ cells < 3 x 10(4)/kg recipient b.w.) to prevent severe acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD); (3) very few B-lymphocytes to prevent Epstein-Barr virus-related lymphoproliferative disorders. With current graft processing technologies based on positive selection of hematopoietic stem cells, these requirements can be met. A 70-80% hematopoietic stem cell recovery ensures the target megadose is achieved in over 70% of cases with a T-cell depletion of more than 4 logs and a B-cell depletion of over 3 logs. Progress in graft processing has ensured primary, sustained engraftment rates of over 90% and has significantly reduced the incidence of severe acute GvHD and EBV-related lymphoproliferative disorders. Modern time-saving automated graft processing devices ensure reproducibility, reliability, and biological safety, which make widespread application of the haploidentical transplant currently feasible.
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- Antonio Tabilio
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
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Aversa F, Terenzi A, Tabilio A, Falzetti F, Carotti A, Ballanti S, Felicini R, Falcinelli F, Velardi A, Ruggeri L, Aloisi T, Saab JP, Santucci A, Perruccio K, Martelli MP, Mecucci C, Reisner Y, Martelli MF. Full haplotype-mismatched hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: a phase II study in patients with acute leukemia at high risk of relapse. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23:3447-54. [PMID: 15753458 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.09.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 539] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Establishment of hematopoietic stem-cell (HSC) transplantation from mismatched relatives is feasible for patients with acute leukemia. As our original method of graft processing was unsuitable for large-scale clinical studies, we use automated devices for CD34+ cell purification. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-seven patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML; 19 complete remission [CR] 1, 14 CR 2, nine CR > 2, 25 in relapse) and 37 with acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL; 14 CR 1, eight CR 2, two CR > 2, 13 in relapse) were conditioned with total-body irradiation, thiotepa, fludarabine, and antithymocyte globulin. Peripheral-blood progenitor cells were mobilized with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and depleted of T-cells using CD34+ cell immunoselection. No post-transplantation graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis was administered. RESULTS Primary engraftment was achieved in 94 of 101 assessable patients. Six of the seven patients who rejected the primary graft, engrafted after a second transplantation. Overall, 100 of 101 patients engrafted. Acute GvHD developed in eight of 100 patients, and chronic GvHD, in five of 70 assessable patients. Thirty-eight patients died of nonleukemic causes. Relapse occurred in nine of 66 patients receiving transplantation in remission and in 17 of 38 receiving transplantation in relapse. Median follow-up of the 40 patients who survived event-free was 22 months (range, 1 to 65 months). Event-free survival (+/- standard deviation) rate was 48% +/- 8% and 46% +/- 10%, respectively, for the 42 AML and 24 ALL patients receiving transplantation in remission. CONCLUSION Our transplantation procedure provides reliable, reproducible CD34+ cell purification, high engraftment rates, and prevention of GvHD. The mismatched-related transplant emerges as a viable, alternative source of stem cells for acute leukemia patients without matched donors and/or those who urgently need transplantation.
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- Franco Aversa
- HSCT Unit, Hematology Section, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy.
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Ria R, Falzetti F, Ballanti S, Minelli O, Di Ianni M, Cimminiello M, Vacca A, Dammacco F, Martelli MF, Tabilio A. Melphalan versus melphalan plus busulphan in conditioning to autologous stem cell transplantation for low-risk multiple myeloma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 5:118-22. [PMID: 15048061 DOI: 10.1038/sj.thj.6200369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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INTRODUCTION High-dose chemotherapy conditioning regimens for autologous stem cell transplantation generally give similar results in multiple myeloma. We compared two regimens: melphalan versus melphalan plus busulphan. METHODS In all, 30 untreated patients with stage III low-risk multiple myeloma were studied. After induction with three VAD courses and mobilization with cyclophosphamide 7 g/m(2) and recombinant human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (rHuG-CSF) (10 microg/kg b.w./die), they received melphalan 200 mg/m(2) (arm A) or busulphan 16 mg/kg plus melphalan 100 mg/m(2) (arm B) for conditioning for transplantation. All patients received maintenance therapy with Interferon 3 MU x 3/week. RESULTS Time to engraftment after transplantation was similar in both groups. All patients received rHuG-CSF after reinfusion of peripheral stem cells. No differences emerged in transplant-related infective and noninfective complications. There were no transplant-related deaths. A better response was observed in the melphalan plus busulphan regimen (85 versus 75%, P<0.05). The 5-year overall survival with this regimen was 56 versus 49% with melphalan, and the median survival was 126 months versus 108 months for melphalan (P=0.7). The median progression-free survival was 121 months for melphalan plus busulphan versus 97 months for melphalan (P=0.05). CONCLUSION These two conditioning regimens showed similar overall response rate and overall survival, though progression-free survival was better with busulphan plus melphalan.
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- Roberto Ria
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Aversa F, Terenzi A, Ballanti S, Felicini R, Carotti A, Falcinelli F, Tabilio A, Falzetti F, Velardi A, Santucci A, Reisner Y, Martelli M. 9Improving outcomes of haploidentical transplants for acute leukemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1083-8791(03)80010-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pasticci MB, Papili R, Menichetti F, Ballanti S, Ottaviani L, Tabilio A, Stagni G. Diagnostic considerations about visceral leishmaniasis. Two case report. Infez Med 2002; 10:176-8. [PMID: 12704269] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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UNLABELLED Two cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in immunocompetent patients have been described. Both patients lived in endemicic areas for leishmaniasis in the south of Italy, tested positive for anti-Leishmania antibodies. A definitive diagnosis of VL was delayed by false negative microscopic examinations. Both patients were treated successfully with liposomal amphotericin B. CONCLUSIONS Immuno Fluorescent Assay (IFA) performed as an available test. It helped to pursue the correct diagnosis and therapy. Microscopy is reported to be highly sensitive and specific in the diagnosis of VL, nevertheless it may yield false negative results when examined in laboratories without good expertness.
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- Maria Bruna Pasticci
- Dipartimento Medicina Sperimentale e Scienze Biochimiche, Sezione Clinica di Malattie Infettive, Universita degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia
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Tiacci E, Luppi M, Barozzi P, Gurdo G, Tabilio A, Ballanti S, Torelli G, Aversa F. Fatal herpesvirus-6 encephalitis in a recipient of a T-cell-depleted peripheral blood stem cell transplant from a 3-loci mismatched related donor. Haematologica 2000; 85:94-7. [PMID: 10629599] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6), like all the other herpes viruses, remains latent in host cells after primary infection but can be reactivated in immunocompromised patients causing fever, skin rash, bone marrow (BM) suppression, pneumonitis, sinusitis and meningoencephalitis. We describe the case of a man with chronic myelogenous leukemia who developed encephalitis associated with acute graft-versus-host disease two months after a T-cell-depleted mismatched peripheral blood stem cell transplant. Magnetic resonance images of the brain revealed multiple bilateral foci of signal abnormality. HHV-6 was the only pathogen detected in cerebrospinal fluid by PCR. Treatment with both ganciclovir and foscarnet was unsuccessful and the patient gradually deteriorated and died. Other cases of HHV-6 encephalitis after bone marrow transplantation are reviewed.
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- E Tiacci
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Hematology and Immunology Section, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Aristei C, Tabilio A, Scarpelli N, Raymondi C, Marafioti L, Marsella AR, Panizza BM, Ballanti S, Falzetti F, Latini P. Single dose total body irradiation and high-dose thiotepa followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell rescue in low-grade non-hodgkin's lymphomas: Single institution experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(98)80536-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Filipponi P, Mannarelli C, Gubbiotti G, Blass A, Moretti I, Tini S, Giuseppetti N, Ballanti S, Morucci P. The effects of calcitonin on idiopathic nephrolithiasis. Evidence of bone involvement in fasting hypercalciuria. J Endocrinol Invest 1988; 11:509-13. [PMID: 3171110 DOI: 10.1007/bf03350171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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This study was performed to evaluate the antihypercalciuric effect of calcitonin (CT), a potent inhibitor of bone osteoclastic activity, on idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH). Forty-two stone formers were studied: 18 suffered from fasting hypercalciuria (FH), 12 from nonfasting hypercalciuria (NFH) and 12 were normocalciuric stone formers (NSF). All patients received CT, 25 U/day sc for a period of 15 days. CT caused a statistically significant drop in urine calcium, phosphorus and hydroxyproline (OH-proline) excretion in FH patients and a concomitant increase in serum PTH levels. In this group the percentage variation (D%) of urine calcium decrease was linearly correlated with D% decrease in urine OH-proline. These results support the hypothesis that pathological bone reabsorption might be involved in the genesis of FH.
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- P Filipponi
- Istituto di Clinica Medica I, University of Perugia, Italy
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