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Dreyling M, Doorduijn J, Giné E, Jerkeman M, Walewski J, Hutchings M, Mey U, Riise J, Trneny M, Vergote V, Shpilberg O, Gomes da Silva M, Leppä S, Jiang L, Stilgenbauer S, Kerkhoff A, Jachimowicz RD, Celli M, Hess G, Arcaini L, Visco C, van Meerten T, Wirths S, Zinzani PL, Novak U, Herhaus P, Benedetti F, Sonnevi K, Hanoun C, Hänel M, Dierlamm J, Pott C, Klapper W, Gözel D, Schmidt C, Unterhalt M, Ladetto M, Hoster E. Ibrutinib combined with immunochemotherapy with or without autologous stem-cell transplantation versus immunochemotherapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation in previously untreated patients with mantle cell lymphoma (TRIANGLE): a three-arm, randomised, open-label, phase 3 superiority trial of the European Mantle Cell Lymphoma Network. Lancet 2024:S0140-6736(24)00184-3. [PMID: 38705160 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)00184-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Adding ibrutinib to standard immunochemotherapy might improve outcomes and challenge autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) in younger (aged 65 years or younger) mantle cell lymphoma patients. This trial aimed to investigate whether the addition of ibrutinib results in a superior clinical outcome compared with the pre-trial immunochemotherapy standard with ASCT or an ibrutinib-containing treatment without ASCT. We also investigated whether standard treatment with ASCT is superior to a treatment adding ibrutinib but without ASCT. METHODS The open-label, randomised, three-arm, parallel-group, superiority TRIANGLE trial was performed in 165 secondary or tertiary clinical centres in 13 European countries and Israel. Patients with previously untreated, stage II-IV mantle cell lymphoma, aged 18-65 years and suitable for ASCT were randomly assigned 1:1:1 to control group A or experimental groups A+I or I, stratified by study group and mantle cell lymphoma international prognostic index risk groups. Treatment in group A consisted of six alternating cycles of R-CHOP (intravenous rituximab 375 mg/m2 on day 0 or 1, intravenous cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 on day 1, intravenous doxorubicin 50 mg/m2 on day 1, intravenous vincristine 1·4 mg/m2 on day 1, and oral prednisone 100 mg on days 1-5) and R-DHAP (or R-DHAOx, intravenous rituximab 375 mg/m2 on day 0 or 1, intravenous or oral dexamethasone 40 mg on days 1-4, intravenous cytarabine 2 × 2 g/m2 for 3 h every 12 h on day 2, and intravenous cisplatin 100 mg/m2 over 24 h on day 1 or alternatively intravenous oxaliplatin 130 mg/m2 on day 1) followed by ASCT. In group A+I, ibrutinib (560 mg orally each day) was added on days 1-19 of R-CHOP cycles and as fixed-duration maintenance (560 mg orally each day for 2 years) after ASCT. In group I, ibrutinib was given the same way as in group A+I, but ASCT was omitted. Three pairwise one-sided log-rank tests for the primary outcome of failure-free survival were statistically monitored. The primary analysis was done by intention-to-treat. Adverse events were evaluated by treatment period among patients who started the respective treatment. This ongoing trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02858258. FINDINGS Between July 29, 2016 and Dec 28, 2020, 870 patients (662 men, 208 women) were randomly assigned to group A (n=288), group A+I (n=292), and group I (n=290). After 31 months median follow-up, group A+I was superior to group A with 3-year failure-free survival of 88% (95% CI 84-92) versus 72% (67-79; hazard ratio 0·52 [one-sided 98·3% CI 0-0·86]; one-sided p=0·0008). Superiority of group A over group I was not shown with 3-year failure-free survival 72% (67-79) versus 86% (82-91; hazard ratio 1·77 [one-sided 98·3% CI 0-3·76]; one-sided p=0·9979). The comparison of group A+I versus group I is ongoing. There were no relevant differences in grade 3-5 adverse events during induction or ASCT between patients treated with R-CHOP/R-DHAP or ibrutinib combined with R-CHOP/R-DHAP. During maintenance or follow-up, substantially more grade 3-5 haematological adverse events and infections were reported after ASCT plus ibrutinib (group A+I; haematological: 114 [50%] of 231 patients; infections: 58 [25%] of 231; fatal infections: two [1%] of 231) compared with ibrutinib only (group I; haematological: 74 [28%] of 269; infections: 52 [19%] of 269; fatal infections: two [1%] of 269) or after ASCT (group A; haematological: 51 [21%] of 238; infections: 32 [13%] of 238; fatal infections: three [1%] of 238). INTERPRETATION Adding ibrutinib to first-line treatment resulted in superior efficacy in younger mantle cell lymphoma patients with increased toxicity when given after ASCT. Adding ibrutinib during induction and as maintenance should be part of first-line treatment of younger mantle cell lymphoma patients. Whether ASCT adds to an ibrutinib-containing regimen is not yet determined. FUNDING Janssen and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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- Martin Dreyling
- Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Centre, Lund University Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden
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- Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology and Phase 1 Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oncology and Hematology, Kantonsspital Graubuenden, Chur, Switzerland
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel; Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE), Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik A, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Division of Hematology, Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Medical School of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Division of Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Hematology Department, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy; Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Center for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Istituto di Ematologia "Seràgnoli", IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Technical University Munich, Germany TU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Klinikum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, UKE Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Eastern Piedmont and SCDU Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE), Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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Friedman JS, Durham BH, Reiner AS, Yabe M, Petrova-Drus K, Dogan A, Pulitzer M, Busam KJ, Francis JH, Rampal RK, Ulaner GA, Reddy R, Yeh R, Hatzoglou V, Lacouture ME, Rotemberg V, Mazor RD, Hershkovitz-Rokah O, Shpilberg O, Goyal G, Go RS, Abeykoon JP, Rech K, Morlote D, Fidai S, Gannamani V, Zia M, Abdel-Wahab O, Panageas KS, Rosenblum MK, Diamond EL. Mixed histiocytic neoplasms: A multicentre series revealing diverse somatic mutations and responses to targeted therapy. Br J Haematol 2024. [PMID: 38613141 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
Abstract
Histiocytic neoplasms are diverse clonal haematopoietic disorders, and clinical disease is mediated by tumorous infiltration as well as uncontrolled systemic inflammation. Individual subtypes include Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), Rosai-Dorfman-Destombes disease (RDD) and Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD), and these have been characterized with respect to clinical phenotypes, driver mutations and treatment paradigms. Less is known about patients with mixed histiocytic neoplasms (MXH), that is two or more coexisting disorders. This international collaboration examined patients with biopsy-proven MXH with respect to component disease subtypes, oncogenic driver mutations and responses to conventional (chemotherapeutic or immunosuppressive) versus targeted (BRAF or MEK inhibitor) therapies. Twenty-seven patients were studied with ECD/LCH (19/27), ECD/RDD (6/27), RDD/LCH (1/27) and ECD/RDD/LCH (1/27). Mutations previously undescribed in MXH were identified, including KRAS, MAP2K2, MAPK3, non-V600-BRAF, RAF1 and a BICD2-BRAF fusion. A repeated-measure generalized estimating equation demonstrated that targeted treatment was statistically significantly (1) more likely to result in a complete response (CR), partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) (odds ratio [OR]: 17.34, 95% CI: 2.19-137.00, p = 0.007), and (2) less likely to result in progression (OR: 0.08, 95% CI: 0.03-0.23, p < 0.0001). Histiocytic neoplasms represent an entity with underappreciated clinical and molecular diversity, poor responsiveness to conventional therapy and exquisite sensitivity to targeted therapy.
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- Joshua S Friedman
- Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Hoag Family Cancer Institute, Newport Beach, California, USA
- Molecular Imaging and Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Hoag Family Cancer Institute, Newport Beach, California, USA
- Molecular Imaging and Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
- Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Hematology Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Rare Histiocytic Disorders Steering Committee of the Histiocyte Society
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- Rare Histiocytic Disorders Steering Committee of the Histiocyte Society
- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Rare Histiocytic Disorders Steering Committee of the Histiocyte Society
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- Department of Hematology Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pathology, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pathology, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pathology, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Rare Histiocytic Disorders Steering Committee of the Histiocyte Society
- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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Durham BH, Hershkovitz-Rokah O, Abdel-Wahab O, Yabe M, Chung YR, Itchaki G, Ben-Sasson M, Asher-Guz VA, Groshar D, Doe-Tetteh SA, Alano T, Solit DB, Shpilberg O, Diamond EL, Mazor RD. Mutant PIK3CA is a targetable driver alteration in histiocytic neoplasms. Blood Adv 2023; 7:7319-7328. [PMID: 37874915 PMCID: PMC10711187 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009349] [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: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is an inflammatory myeloid neoplasm characterized by the accumulation of clonal mononuclear phagocyte system cells expressing CD1a and CD207. In the past decade, molecular profiling of LCH as well as other histiocytic neoplasms demonstrated that these diseases are driven by MAPK activating alterations, with somatic BRAFV600E mutations in >50% of patients with LCH, and clinical inhibition of MAPK signaling has demonstrated remarkable clinical efficacy. At the same time, activating alterations in kinase-encoding genes, such as PIK3CA, ALK, RET, and CSF1R, which can activate mitogenic pathways independent from the MAPK pathway, have been reported in a subset of histiocytic neoplasms with anecdotal evidence of successful targeted treatment of histiocytoses harboring driver alterations in RET, ALK, and CSF1R. However, evidence supporting the biological consequences of expression of PIK3CA mutations in hematopoietic cells has been lacking, and whether targeted inhibition of PI3K is clinically efficacious in histiocytic neoplasms is unknown. Here, we provide evidence that activating mutations in PIK3CA can drive histiocytic neoplasms in vivo using a conditional knockin mouse expressing mutant PIK3CAH1047R in monocyte/dendritic cell progenitors. In parallel, we demonstrate successful treatment of PIK3CA-mutated, multisystemic LCH using alpelisib, an inhibitor of the alpha catalytic subunit of PI3K. Alpelisib demonstrated a tolerable safety profile at a dose of 750 mg per week and clinical and metabolic complete remission in a patient with PIK3CA-mutated LCH. These data demonstrate PIK3CA as a targetable noncanonical driver of LCH and underscore the importance of mutational analysis-based personalized treatment in histiocytic neoplasms.
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- Benjamin H. Durham
- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
- Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- The Institute for Pain Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- The Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
- Meuhedet Health Maintenance Organization, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
- Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Imaging, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- The Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Doe-Tetteh SA, Camp SY, Reales D, Crowdis J, Noronha AM, Wolff B, Alano T, Galle J, Duygu Selcuklu S, Viale A, Socci ND, Liu YL, Tew WP, Aghajanian C, Ladanyi M, He MX, AlDubayan SH, Mazor RD, Shpilberg O, Hershkovitz-Rokah O, Riancho JA, Hernandez JL, Gonzalez-Vela MC, Buthorn JJ, Wilson M, Webber AE, Yabe M, Petrova-Drus K, Rosenblum M, Durham BH, Abdel-Wahab O, Berger MF, Donoghue MT, Kung AL, Bender JG, Shukla NN, Funt SA, Dogan A, Soslow RA, Al-Ahmadie H, Feldman DR, Van Allen EM, Diamond EL, Solit DB. Overcoming Barriers to Tumor Genomic Profiling through Direct-to-Patient Outreach. Clin Cancer Res 2023; 29:2445-2455. [PMID: 36862133 PMCID: PMC10330105 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-3247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE To overcome barriers to genomic testing for patients with rare cancers, we initiated a program to offer free clinical tumor genomic testing worldwide to patients with select rare cancer subtypes. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Patients were recruited through social media outreach and engagement with disease-specific advocacy groups, with a focus on patients with histiocytosis, germ cell tumors (GCT), and pediatric cancers. Tumors were analyzed using the MSK-IMPACT next-generation sequencing assay with the return of results to patients and their local physicians. Whole-exome recapture was performed for female patients with GCTs to define the genomic landscape of this rare cancer subtype. RESULTS A total of 333 patients were enrolled, and tumor tissue was received for 288 (86.4%), with 250 (86.8%) having tumor DNA of sufficient quality for MSK-IMPACT testing. Eighteen patients with histiocytosis have received genomically guided therapy to date, of whom 17 (94%) have had clinical benefit with a mean treatment duration of 21.7 months (range, 6-40+). Whole-exome sequencing of ovarian GCTs identified a subset with haploid genotypes, a phenotype rarely observed in other cancer types. Actionable genomic alterations were rare in ovarian GCT (28%); however, 2 patients with ovarian GCTs with squamous transformation had high tumor mutational burden, one of whom had a complete response to pembrolizumab. CONCLUSIONS Direct-to-patient outreach can facilitate the assembly of cohorts of rare cancers of sufficient size to define their genomic landscape. By profiling tumors in a clinical laboratory, results could be reported to patients and their local physicians to guide treatment. See related commentary by Desai and Subbiah, p. 2339.
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- Seyram A. Doe-Tetteh
- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Cancer Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Cancer Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Bioinformatics Core, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Cancer Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
- Harvard Graduate Program in Biophysics, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Cancer Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
- College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
- Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital U.M. Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital U.M. Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital U.M. Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Bioinformatics Core, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Bioinformatics Core, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Cancer Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, New York, USA
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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Thurner L, Ziepert M, Berdel C, Schmidt C, Borchmann P, Kaddu-Mulindwa D, Viardot A, Witzens-Harig M, Dierlamm J, Haenel M, Metzner B, Wulf G, Lengfelder E, Keller UB, Frickhofen N, Nickelsen M, Gaska T, Griesinger F, Mahlberg R, Marks R, Shpilberg O, Lindemann HW, Soekler M, Fischer von Weikersthal L, Kiehl M, Roemer E, Bentz M, Krammer-Steiner B, Trappe R, de Nully Brown P, Federico M, Merli F, Engelhard M, Glass B, Schmitz N, Truemper L, Bewarder M, Hartmann F, Murawski N, Stilgenbauer S, Rosenwald A, Altmann B, Schmidberger H, Fleckenstein J, Loeffler M, Poeschel V, Held G. Radiation and Dose-densification of R-CHOP in Aggressive B-cell Lymphoma With Intermediate Prognosis: The UNFOLDER Study. Hemasphere 2023; 7:e904. [PMID: 37427146 PMCID: PMC10325769 DOI: 10.1097/hs9.0000000000000904] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
Abstract
UNFOLDER (Unfavorable Young Low-Risk Densification of R-Chemo Regimens) is an international phase-3 trial in patients 18-60 years with aggressive B-cell lymphoma and intermediate prognosis defined by age-adjusted International Prognostic Index (aaIPI) of 0 and bulky disease (≥7.5 cm) or aaIPI of 1. In a 2 × 2 factorial design patients were randomized to 6× R-CHOP-14 or 6× R-CHOP-21 (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prediso[lo]ne) and to consolidation radiotherapy to extralymphatic and bulky disease or observation. Response was assessed according to the standardized response criteria published in 1999, not including F-18 fluordesoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET). Primary endpoint was event-free survival (EFS). A total of 695 of 700 patients were eligible for the intention-to-treat analysis. Totally 467 patients qualified for radiotherapy of whom 305 patients were randomized to receive radiotherapy (R-CHOP-21: 155; R-CHOP-14: 150) and 162 to observation (R-CHOP-21: 81, R-CHOP-14: 81). Two hundred twenty-eight patients not qualifying for radiotherapy were randomized for R-CHOP-14 versus R-CHOP-21. After a median observation of 66 months 3-year EFS was superior in the radiotherapy-arm versus observation-arm (84% versus 68%; P = 0.0012), due to a lower rate of partial responses (PR) (2% versus 11%). PR often triggered additional treatment, mostly radiotherapy. No significant difference was observed in progression-free survival (PFS) (89% versus 81%; P = 0.22) and overall survival (OS) (93% versus 93%; P = 0.51). Comparing R-CHOP-14 and R-CHOP-21 EFS, PFS and OS were not different. Patients randomized to radiotherapy had a superior EFS, largely due to a lower PR rate requiring less additional treatment (NCT00278408, EUDRACT 2005-005218-19).
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- Lorenz Thurner
- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Küchwald Hospital Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Clinic, Klinikum Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Helios Dr. Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Brüderkrankenhaus St. Josef, Paderborn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Oncology, Pius-Hospital, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Mutterhaus der Borromaerinnen, Trier, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tiqwa, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Klinikum Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Diabeteology, Hematoloy, Internal Oncology and Internal Intensive Medical Care, Klinikum Idar-Oberstein, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Städtisches Klinikum, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Evang. Diakonie-Krankenhaus gGmbH, Bremen, Germany
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- CHIMOMO Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Wuerzburg, and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Radiooncology and Radiotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Held G, Thurner L, Poeschel V, Ott G, Schmidt C, Christofyllakis K, Viardot A, Borchmann P, Engel-Riedel W, Frickhofen N, Nickelsen M, Shpilberg O, Witzens-Harig M, Griesinger F, Krammer-Steiner B, Neubauer A, de Nully Brown P, Federico M, Glass B, Schmitz N, Wulf G, Truemper L, Bewarder M, Murawski N, Stilgenbauer S, Rosenwald A, Altmann B, Engelhard M, Schmidberger H, Fleckenstein J, Berdel C, Loeffler M, Ziepert M. Radiation and Dose-densification of R-CHOP in Primary Mediastinal B-cell Lymphoma: Subgroup Analysis of the UNFOLDER Trial. Hemasphere 2023; 7:e917. [PMID: 37427145 PMCID: PMC10325764 DOI: 10.1097/hs9.0000000000000917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
Abstract
UNFOLDER (NCT00278408, EUDRACT 2005-005218-19) is a phase-3 trial in patients with aggressive B-cell lymphoma and intermediate prognosis, including primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL). In a 2 × 2 factorial design, patients were randomized to 6× R-CHOP-14 or R-CHOP-21 (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prediso(lo)ne) and to consolidation radiotherapy to extralymphatic/bulky disease or observation. Response was assessed according to the standardized criteria from 1999, which did not include F-18 fluordesoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET) scans. Primary end point was event-free survival (EFS). A subgroup of 131 patients with PMBCLs was included (median age, 34 y; 54% female, 79% elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), 20% LDH >2× upper limit of normal [ULN], and 24% extralymphatic involvement). Eighty-two (R-CHOP-21: 43 and R-CHOP-14: 39) patients were assigned to radiotherapy and 49 (R-CHOP-21: 27, R-CHOP-14: 22) to observation. The 3-year EFS was superior in radiotherapy arm (94% [95% confidence interval (CI), 89-99] versus 78% [95% CI, 66-89]; P = 0.0069), due to a lower rate of partial responses (PRs) (2% versus 10%). PR triggered additional treatment, mostly radiotherapy (n = 5; PR: 4; complete response/unconfirmed complete response: 1). No significant differences were observed in progression-free survival (PFS) (95% [95% CI, 90-100] versus 90% [95% CI, 81-98]; P = 0.25) nor in overall survival (OS) (98% [95% CI, 94-100] versus 96% [95% CI, 90-100]; P = 0.64). Comparing R-CHOP-14 and R-CHOP-21, EFS, PFS, and OS were not different. A prognostic marker for adverse outcome was elevated LDH >2× ULN (EFS: P = 0.016; PFS: P = 0.0049; OS: P = 0.0014). With the limitation of a pre-PET-era trial, the results suggest a benefit of radiotherapy only for patients responding to R-CHOP with PR. PMBCL treated with R-CHOP have a favorable prognosis with a 3-year OS of 97%.
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- Gerhard Held
- Department of Internal Medicine 1, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus and Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Helios Dr.Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tiqwa, Israel
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- Department of Internal Oncology, Pius-Hospital, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Marburg, Germany
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- CHIMOMO Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Wuerzburg, and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Radiooncology and Radiotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Germany
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Fishov H, Muchtar E, Salmon-Divon M, Dispenzieri A, Zvida T, Schneider C, Bender B, Duek A, Leiba M, Shpilberg O, Hershkovitz-Rokah O. AL amyloidosis clonal plasma cells are regulated by microRNAs and dependent on anti-apoptotic BCL2 family members. Cancer Med 2023; 12:8199-8210. [PMID: 36694297 PMCID: PMC10134277 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Noncoding RNAs such as microRNAs (miRNAs) have attracted attention as biological pathway regulators, which differ from chromosomal translocations and gene point mutations. Their involvement in the molecular mechanisms underlying light chain (AL) amyloidosis pathogenesis is yet to be elucidated. AIMS To decipher specific miRNA expression profile in AL-amyloidosis and to examine how miRNAs are involved in AL pathogenesis. METHODS The expression profile of miRNAs and mRNA from bone marrow (BM)-derived CD138+ cells were determined using the NanoString nCounter assay and RNA-Seq, respectively. The effect of aberrantly expressed miRNAs on potential molecular targets was analyzed by qRT-PCR, Western blot, Mito-potential assay, and Annexin-PI staining. RESULTS Genes which were significantly differentially expressed between AL-amyloidosis and MM, were found to be involved in cell growth and apoptotic mechanisms. Specifically, BCL2L1, MCL1, and BCL2 were upregulated in AL-amyloidosis compared with MM and controls. The levels of miR-181a-5p and miR-9-5p, which regulate the above-mentioned genes, were lower in BM samples from AL-amyloidosis compared with controls, providing a mechanism for BCL2 family gene upregulation. When miR-9-5p and miR-181a-5p were overexpressed in ALMC1 cells, BCL2L1, MCL1, and BCL2 were downregulated and induced apoptosis. Treatment of ALMC-1 cells with venetoclax, (BCL-2 inhibitor), resulted in the upregulation of those miRNAs, the downregulation of BCL2, MCL1, and BCL2L1 mRNA and protein levels, and subsequent apoptosis. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that miR-9-5p and miR-181a-5p act as tumor-suppressors whose downregulation induces anti-apoptotic mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of AL-amyloidosis. The study highlights the post-transcriptional regulation in AL-amyloidosis and provides pathogenetic evidence for the potential use of BCL-2 inhibitors in this disease.
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- Hila Fishov
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Orthopedic Department, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Faculty of Health Science Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Faculty of Health Science Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel.,Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Kersy O, Salmon-Divon M, Shpilberg O, Hershkovitz-Rokah O. Non-Coding RNAs in Normal B-Cell Development and in Mantle Cell Lymphoma: From Molecular Mechanism to Biomarker and Therapeutic Agent Potential. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22179490. [PMID: 34502399 PMCID: PMC8430640 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179490] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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B-lymphocytes are essential for an efficient immune response against a variety of pathogens. A large fraction of hematologic malignancies are of B-cell origin, suggesting that the development and activation of B cells must be tightly regulated. In recent years, differentially expressed non-coding RNAs have been identified in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) tumor samples as opposed to their naive, normal B-cell compartment. These aberrantly expressed molecules, specifically microRNAs (miRNAs), circular RNAs (circRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), have a role in cellular growth and survival pathways in various biological models. Here, we provide an overview of current knowledge on the role of non-coding RNAs and their relevant targets in B-cell development, activation and malignant transformation, summarizing the current understanding of the role of aberrant expression of non-coding RNAs in MCL pathobiology with perspectives for clinical use.
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- Olga Kersy
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; (O.K.); (M.S.-D.)
- Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv 6971028, Israel;
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; (O.K.); (M.S.-D.)
- Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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- Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv 6971028, Israel;
- Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv 6971028, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel; (O.K.); (M.S.-D.)
- Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv 6971028, Israel;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +972-3-764-4094
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Levy I, Lavi A, Zimran E, Grisariu S, Aumann S, Itchaki G, Berger T, Raanani P, Harel R, Aviv A, Lavi N, Zuckerman T, Shvidel L, Jarchowsky O, Ellis M, Herzog Tzarfati K, Koren-Michowitz M, Sherf Y, Levi I, Sofer O, Shpilberg O, Dally N, Suriu C, Braester A, Ben Barouch S, Leiba M, Goldstein D, Sarid N, Yeganeh S, Halloun J, Mittelman M, Tadmor T. COVID-19 among patients with hematological malignancies: a national Israeli retrospective analysis with special emphasis on treatment and outcome. Leuk Lymphoma 2021; 62:3384-3393. [PMID: 34405767 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2021.1966782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [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: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
This national Israeli multicenter retrospective study aimed to characterize the clinical course of COVID-19 infection among patients with hematological malignancies, with special emphasis on treatment efficacy and outcome. Clinical and laboratory data from haemato-oncological patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 16 medical centers were centrally reported. Multivariate regression analyses were used to determine variables associated with severe disease, hospitalization, and mortality. In total, 313 patients were included: 103 (35.7%) developed severe/critical respiratory infection, 178 (61.4%) were hospitalized, and 60 (20.0%) died. Age > 70 years was associated with severe/critical disease (p = 0.036) and mortality (p = 0.023), hypertension with severe/critical disease (p = 0.046) and hospitalization (p = 0.001), active haemato-oncological treatment with hospitalization (p = 0.009), and remdesivir treatment was associated with decreased mortality (p = 0.021). Convalescent plasma, enoxaparin, and corticosteroids resulted in no clinical benefit. In conclusion, COVID-19 infection seems particularly severe in patients with hematological malignancies, and of all examined therapies, remdesivir appears to be the most effective.
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- Ilana Levy
- Hematology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.,Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Hematology Department, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.,Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hematology Department, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.,Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hematology Department, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.,Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.,Hematology Unit, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.,Hematology Unit, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.,Hematology Institute, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.,Hematology Institute, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Hematology Unit, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Hematology Department, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Hematology Department, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Hematology Department, Shamir Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Hematology Department, Shamir Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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- Hematology Department, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,Faculty of Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Hematology Department, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,Faculty of Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.,Hematology Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Hematology Unit, Assuta Ramat Hahayal Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Hematology Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.,Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan Unifersity, Safed, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan Unifersity, Safed, Israel.,Hematology Institute, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan Unifersity, Safed, Israel.,Hematology Institute, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,Hematology Unit, Assuta Ashdod Medical Center, Ashdod, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,Hematology Unit, Assuta Ashdod Medical Center, Ashdod, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Hematology Unit, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Hematology Unit, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan Unifersity, Safed, Israel.,Hematology Unit, Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriyah, Israel
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- Hematology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Internal Medicine A Department, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Hematology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.,Faculty of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Pasvolsky O, Shargian L, Rozovski U, Wolach O, Ram R, Shapira MY, Avni B, Stepensky P, Israeli M, Vidal-Fisher L, Shpilberg O, Raanani P, Yeshurun M. Eltrombopag for enhancement of platelet engraftment in patients undergoing allogeneic cord blood transplantation. Leuk Lymphoma 2021; 62:2747-2754. [PMID: 34013829 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2021.1929957] [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] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
Platelet recovery after allogeneic umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation is delayed compared to other graft sources. We conducted a multicenter phase 2a study to explore whether eltrombopag, a thrombopoietin-receptor agonist, would enhance platelet recovery after UCB transplantation. Between 02/2013 and 07/2016, 12 (10 adults, 2 children) individuals (median age 50; range 6-74 years) with hematological malignancies in complete remission were enrolled. Eltrombopag was given for a median of 76 (range 15-175) days and was safe even at doses of 300 mg/day. Median time to neutrophil engraftment was 23 (range 16-40) days. Median time to platelets >20,000/µl and >50,000/µl was 55 (range 25-199) and 66 (range 31-230) days, respectively. A historical cohort comparison did not reveal an advantage for eltrombopag. In conclusion, in the present study eltrombopag seems safe. Based on our limited data, it seems unlikely that eltrombopag could enhance platelet engraftment after UCB transplantation.
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- Oren Pasvolsky
- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Ariel University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Samara A, Shapira S, Lubin I, Shpilberg O, Avigad S, Granot G, Raanani P. Deferasirox induces cyclin D1 degradation and apoptosis in mantle cell lymphoma in a reactive oxygen species- and GSK3β-dependent mechanism. Br J Haematol 2021; 192:747-760. [PMID: 33521925 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.17284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a difficult-to-treat B-cell malignancy characterized by cyclin D1 (CD1) overexpression. Targeting CD1 in MCL has been shown to be of therapeutic significance. However, treatment of MCL remains challenging since patients are still subject to early and frequent relapse of the disease. To ensure their high proliferation rate, tumour cells have increased iron needs, making them more susceptible to iron deprivation. Indeed, several iron chelators proved to be effective anti-cancer agents. In this study, we demonstrate that the clinically approved iron chelator deferasirox (DFX) exerts an anti-tumoural effect in MCL cell lines and patient cells. The exposure of MCL cells to clinically feasible concentrations of DFX resulted in growth inhibition, cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis. We show that DFX unfolds its cytotoxic effect by a rapid induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that leads to oxidative stress and severe DNA damage and by triggering CD1 proteolysis in a mechanism that requires its phosphorylation on T286 by glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK3β). Moreover, we demonstrate that DFX mediates CD1 proteolysis by repressing the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/GSK3β pathway via ROS generation. Our data suggest DFX as a potential therapeutic option for MCL and paves the way for more treatment options for these patients.
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- Aladin Samara
- Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, and School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Dimopoulos MA, Lonial S, White D, Moreau P, Weisel K, San-Miguel J, Shpilberg O, Grosicki S, Špička I, Walter-Croneck A, Magen H, Mateos MV, Belch A, Reece D, Beksac M, Spencer A, Oakervee H, Orlowski RZ, Taniwaki M, Röllig C, Einsele H, Matsumoto M, Wu KL, Anderson KC, Jou YM, Ganetsky A, Singhal AK, Richardson PG. Elotuzumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone in RRMM: final overall survival results from the phase 3 randomized ELOQUENT-2 study. Blood Cancer J 2020; 10:91. [PMID: 32887873 PMCID: PMC7474076 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-020-00357-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [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: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Prolonging overall survival (OS) remains an unmet need in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). In ELOQUENT-2 (NCT01239797), elotuzumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone (ERd) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) versus lenalidomide/dexamethasone (Rd) in patients with RRMM and 1–3 prior lines of therapy (LoTs). We report results from the pre-planned final OS analysis after a minimum follow-up of 70.6 months, the longest reported for an antibody-based triplet in RRMM. Overall, 646 patients with RRMM and 1–3 prior LoTs were randomized 1:1 to ERd or Rd. PFS and overall response rate were co-primary endpoints. OS was a key secondary endpoint, with the final analysis planned after 427 deaths. ERd demonstrated a statistically significant 8.7-month improvement in OS versus Rd (median, 48.3 vs 39.6 months; hazard ratio, 0.82 [95.4% Cl, 0.68–1.00]; P = 0.0408 [less than allotted α of 0.046]), which was consistently observed across key predefined subgroups. No additional safety signals with ERd at extended follow-up were reported. ERd is the first antibody-based triplet regimen shown to significantly prolong OS in patients with RRMM and 1–3 prior LoTs. The magnitude of OS benefit was greatest among patients with adverse prognostic factors, including older age, ISS stage III, IMWG high-risk disease, and 2–3 prior LoTs.
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- University Medical Center of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada, IDISNA, CIBERONC, Pamplona, Spain
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- Institute of Haematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Charles University in Prague and General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Hematology Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- University Hospital of Salamanca-Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Cross Cancer Institute and University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Alfred Health-Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Universitätsklinikum der Technischen Universität, Dresden, Germany
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- National Hospital Organization Shibukawa Medical Center, Shibukawa, Japan
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- Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen Stuivenberg, Antwerp, Belgium
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PURPOSE Despite the significant increase in medical tourism worldwide, data on medical tourist (MT) clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes are lacking. Many MTs who choose Israel to receive medical services are individuals diagnosed with hematologic malignancies. The purpose of this study was to describe hemato-oncology MTs and to compare their disease characteristics and treatment outcomes to a control group of local (Israeli) hemato-oncology patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective review, we analyzed hospital records of all hemato-oncology tourists and Israeli patients diagnosed and/or treated at the Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, between 2014 and 2016. MT and local patient demographics, clinical characteristics, and treatment outcomes were compared. MT data were also analyzed according to their commitment to treatment in Israel. RESULTS Data on 110 MTs (median age, 51.0 years; 53.6% women) and 122 local patients (median age, 65.0 years; 41.8% women) diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin lymphoma, and multiple myeloma were analyzed. The most common hematologic malignancy in both MTs and local patients was NHL (54.5% and 73.0%, respectively). Among MTs, 32.7% were fully committed to treatment in Israel, 32.7% were partially committed, and 34.6% were not committed. In 25.9% of MTs, a review of their biopsy resulted in a more definitive or different diagnosis. The percentage of patients who achieved complete response to treatment was similar among MTs and local patients. CONCLUSION MTs often require a pathologic review of their initial diagnosis and are more likely to present with advanced stages of disease. Treatment of MTs according to the appropriate clinical parameters is expected to yield similar outcomes to those of local patients.
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- Keren Hod
- Department of Academy and Research, Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- School of Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Maccabi Institute for Research and Innovation, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.,Pre-Medicine Department, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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Walunj D, Egarmina K, Tuchinsky H, Shpilberg O, Hershkovitz-Rokah O, Grynszpan F, Gellerman G. Expedient synthesis and anticancer evaluation of dual-action 9-anilinoacridine methyl triazene chimeras. Chem Biol Drug Des 2020; 97:237-252. [PMID: 32772433 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
The efficient synthesis of molecular hybrids including a DNA-intercalating 9-anilinoacridine (9-AnA) core and a methyl triazene DNA-methylating moiety is described. Nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SN Ar) and electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS) reactions using readily accessible starting materials provide a quick entry to novel bifunctional anticancer molecules. The chimeras were evaluated for their anticancer activity. Chimera 7b presented the highest antitumor activity at low micromolar IC50 values in antiproliferative assays performed with various cancer cell lines. In comparison, compound 7b outperformed DNA-intercalating drugs like amsacrine and AHMA. Mechanistic studies of chimera 7b suggest a dual mechanism of action: methylation of the DNA-repairing protein MGMT associated with the triazene structural portion and Topo II inhibition by intercalation of the acridine core.
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- Dipak Walunj
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Molecular Biology, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Molecular Biology, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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Richardson PG, Nagler A, Ben‐Yehuda D, Badros A, Hari PN, Hajek R, Spicka I, Kaya H, LeBlanc R, Yoon S, Kim K, Martinez‐Lopez J, Mittelman M, Shpilberg O, Blake P, Hideshima T, Colson K, Laubach JP, Ghobrial IM, Leiba M, Gatt ME, Sportelli P, Chen M, Anderson KC. Randomized, placebo‐controlled, phase 3 study of perifosine combined with bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed, refractory multiple myeloma previously treated with bortezomib. eJHaem 2020; 1:94-102. [PMID: 35847734 PMCID: PMC9175725 DOI: 10.1002/jha2.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Perifosine, an investigational, oral, synthetic alkylphospholipid, inhibits signal transduction pathways of relevance in multiple myeloma (MM) including PI3K/Akt. Perifosine demonstrated anti‐MM activity in preclinical studies and encouraging early‐phase clinical activity in combination with bortezomib. A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled phase 3 study was conducted to evaluate addition of perifosine to bortezomib‐dexamethasone in MM patients with one to four prior therapies who had relapsed following previous bortezomib‐based therapy. The primary endpoint was progression‐free survival (PFS). The study was discontinued at planned interim analysis, with 135 patients enrolled. Median PFS was 22.7 weeks (95% confidence interval 16·0–45·4) in the perifosine arm and 39.0 weeks (18.3–50.1) in the placebo arm (hazard ratio 1.269 [0.817–1.969]; P = .287); overall response rates were 20% and 27%, respectively. Conversely, median overall survival (OS) was 141.9 weeks and 83.3 weeks (hazard ratio 0.734 [0.380–1.419]; P = .356). Overall, 61% and 55% of patients in the perifosine and placebo arms reported grade 3/4 adverse events, including thrombocytopenia (26% vs 14%), anemia (7% vs 8%), hyponatremia (6% vs 8%), and pneumonia (9% vs 3%). These findings demonstrate no PFS benefit from the addition of perifosine to bortezomib‐dexamethasone in this study of relapsed/refractory MM, but comparable safety and OS.
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- Paul G. Richardson
- Jerome Lipper Center for Multiple Myeloma Research Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Maryland Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee Wisconsin USA
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- Department of Hematooncology University Hospital, Ostrava, and Faculty of Medicine University of Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic
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- First Department of Medicine, Department of Hematology First Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General Hospital in Prague Prague Czech Republic
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- Cancer Care Northwest Spokane Washington USA
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- CIUSSS de l'est de l’île de Montréal University of Montreal Montreal Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul South Korea
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- Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Samsung Medical Center Seoul South Korea
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- Institute of Hematology Assuta Medical Centers Tel Aviv and Ariel University Ariel Israel
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- Jerome Lipper Center for Multiple Myeloma Research Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Jerome Lipper Center for Multiple Myeloma Research Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Jerome Lipper Center for Multiple Myeloma Research Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Jerome Lipper Center for Multiple Myeloma Research Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Assuta Ashdod University Hospital Faculty of Health Sciences Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev Beer‐Sheba Israel
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- Jerome Lipper Center for Multiple Myeloma Research Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts USA
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Held G, Thurner L, Poeschel V, Berdel C, Ott G, Schmidt C, Viardot A, Borchmann P, Shpilberg O, Nickelsen M, Federico M, de Nully Brown P, Murawski N, Trumper LH, Schmidberger H, Ruebe C, Fleckenstein J, Schmitz N, Loeffler M, Ziepert M. Role of radiotherapy and dose-densification of R-CHOP in primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma: A subgroup analysis of the unfolder trial of the German Lymphoma Alliance (GLA). J Clin Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.8041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
8041 Background: Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) is a distinct entity of aggressive lymphoma, which typically presents in young patients (pts) with a bulky mediastinal mass. Therapy is based on R-CHOP or similar regimens, but the role of treatment intensification and consolidative radiotherapy (RT) is controversial, because data from randomized trials are rare. Methods: The UNFOLDER trial included 18-60 year-old pts (aaIPI = 0 with Bulk [≥7.5 cm] or aaIPI = 1) qualifying for radiotherapy to Bulk or extralymphatic involvement (E). Pts were randomized in a 2 x 2 factorial design to 6xR-CHOP-14 or 6x-R-CHOP-21 without RT or with RT (39.6 Gy) to Bulk and E. Primary endpoint was event-free survival (EFS), secondary endpoints were progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Response was evaluated by the Internat Standardized Response Criteria, Cheson 1999. Results: 131 PMBCLs were included with a median age of 34 years, 54% were female, 79% had elevated LDH > UNV and 24% had E. 82 pts (R-CHOP-21: 43; R-CHOP-14: 39) were assigned to RT and 49 (R-CHOP-21: 27, R-CHOP-14: 22) to no-RT. 96% (79/82) received RT per protocol and 5 pts in the no-RT arm received unplanned RT (4 after PR and 1 after CR/CRu). Response RT vs no-RT were CR/Cru 94% vs 84%, PR 2% vs 10%, PD 2% vs 4%. 3-year EFS was superior in pts assigned to RT (94% vs. 78%; p = 0.007), mostly due to events caused by initiation of RT (n = 5) in the no-RT arm. In an as treated analysis the difference between the RT and the no-RT arm was not significant (p = 0.136). Regarding PFS and OS no difference between the RT vs no-RT arm was detected (PFS: 95% (95% CI: 90-100) vs 90% (95% CI: 81-98), p = 0.253; OS: 98% (95% CI: 94-100) vs 96% (95% CI: 90-100), p = 0.636). Dose-densification of R-CHOP-21 by R-CHOP-14 did not improve EFS, PFS nor OS. Only 4 pts died. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the largest series of PMBCLs so far, which have been treated in a prospective, randomized trial in the rituximab era. The results reveal no differences between R-CHOP-14 vs R-CHOP-21. Pts assigned to RT had a superior EFS mostly due to a higher PR rate in the no-RT arm triggering RT, with no differences in PFS and OS. The results suggest a benefit of RT only for pts, who are responding to R-CHOP with PR. Testing RT in PET-positive residual tumors in a randomized trial can solve the question, while RT in PET-negative pts is studied in the ongoing randomized IELSG 37 trial. Our results indicate a very favorable 3-year OS of 96% in PMBCL pts treated with R-CHOP. Supported by Deutsche Krebshilfe, Amgen and Roche. Clinical trial information: NCT00278408 .
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- Gerhard Held
- Department Internal Medicine I, Westpfalzklinikum Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department Internal Medicine I, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department Internal Medicine I, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Radiooncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Insitute of Pathology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Grosshadern/LMU, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Haematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Dept of Diagnostic, Clinical and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department Internal Medicine I, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Radiooncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Radiooncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department Internal Medicine A, University Medical School, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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Mazor RD, Weissman R, Luckman J, Domachevsky L, Diamond EL, Abdel-Wahab O, Shapira S, Hershkovitz-Rokah O, Groshar D, Shpilberg O. Dual BRAF/MEK blockade restores CNS responses in BRAF-mutant Erdheim-Chester disease patients following BRAF inhibitor monotherapy. Neurooncol Adv 2020; 2:vdaa024. [PMID: 32642685 PMCID: PMC7212923 DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaa024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Erdheim–Chester disease (ECD), a rare inflammatory myeloid neoplasm, is known to be fundamentally reliant on the constitutive activation of the MAPK signaling pathway in the majority of patients. Consequently, inhibition of the V600E-mutant BRAF kinase has proven to be a safe and efficacious long-term therapeutic strategy for BRAF-mutant ECD patients. Nevertheless, in a subset of patients with CNS disease, the efficacy of long-term treatment may diminish, facilitating suboptimal responses or disease progression. Methods We retrospectively describe 3 BRAF-mutant ECD patients whose treatment with Vemurafenib was upgraded to Vemurafenib/Cobimetinib due to either disease progression, insufficient response, or unacceptable toxicity. CNS response to therapy was evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and extra-cranial disease was monitored using 18F-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). Results Three patients with a mean age of 52.6 years were treated with Vemurafenib for a mean duration of 26.6 months (range: 6–52). Monotherapies were upgraded to Vemurafenib/Cobimetinib dual therapy. The combination therapy was administered for a mean duration of 21 months (range: 19–23). All patients exhibited clinical and neurological improvement. Regression of lesions on MRI was noted in 2 patients. Both patients characterized by a PET-avid disease responded to the biological treatment regimen with complete metabolic remissions. Conclusion Dual inhibition of BRAF and downstream MEK may be a safe and effective therapeutic strategy for BRAF-mutant ECD patients for whom BRAF inhibitor therapy proved insufficient and as such appropriate for the long-term management of CNS disease in ECD.
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- Roei D Mazor
- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Imaging, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Imaging, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Institute of Hematology, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.,Maccabi Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Imaging, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Clinic of Histiocytic Neoplasms, Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel.,Pre-Medicine Department, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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Poeschel V, Held G, Ziepert M, Witzens-Harig M, Holte H, Thurner L, Borchmann P, Viardot A, Soekler M, Keller U, Schmidt C, Truemper L, Mahlberg R, Marks R, Hoeffkes HG, Metzner B, Dierlamm J, Frickhofen N, Haenel M, Neubauer A, Kneba M, Merli F, Tucci A, de Nully Brown P, Federico M, Lengfelder E, di Rocco A, Trappe R, Rosenwald A, Berdel C, Maisenhoelder M, Shpilberg O, Amam J, Christofyllakis K, Hartmann F, Murawski N, Stilgenbauer S, Nickelsen M, Wulf G, Glass B, Schmitz N, Altmann B, Loeffler M, Pfreundschuh M. Four versus six cycles of CHOP chemotherapy in combination with six applications of rituximab in patients with aggressive B-cell lymphoma with favourable prognosis (FLYER): a randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. Lancet 2019; 394:2271-2281. [PMID: 31868632 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)33008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [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] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 10/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Six cycles of R-CHOP (rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) are the standard treatment for aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In the FLYER trial, we assessed whether four cycles of CHOP plus six applications of rituximab are non-inferior to six cycles of R-CHOP in a population of patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma with favourable prognosis. METHODS This two-arm, open-label, international, multicentre, prospective, randomised phase 3 non-inferiority trial was done at 138 clinical sites in Denmark, Israel, Italy, Norway, and Germany. We enrolled patients aged 18-60 years, with stage I-II disease, normal serum lactate dehydrogenase concentration, ECOG performance status 0-1, and without bulky disease (maximal tumour diameter <7·5 cm). Randomisation was computer-based and done centrally in a 1:1 ratio using the Pocock minimisation algorithm after stratification for centres, stage (I vs II), and extralymphatic sites (no vs yes). Patients were assigned to receive either six cycles of R-CHOP or four cycles of R-CHOP plus two doses of rituximab. CHOP comprised cyclophosphamide (750 mg/m2), doxorubicin (50 mg/m2), and vincristine (1·4 mg/m2, with a maximum total dose of 2 mg), all administered intravenously on day 1, plus oral prednisone or prednisolone at the discretion of the investigator (100 mg) administered on days 1-5. Rituximab was given at a dose of 375 mg/m2 of body surface area. Cycles were repeated every 21 days. No radiotherapy was planned except for testicular lymphoma treatment. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival after 3 years. The primary analysis was done in the intention-to-treat population. Safety was assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of assigned treatment. A non-inferiority margin of -5·5% was chosen. The trial, which is completed, was prospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00278421. FINDINGS Between Dec 2, 2005, and Oct 7, 2016, 592 patients were enrolled, of whom 295 patients were randomly assigned to receive six cycles of R-CHOP and 297 were assigned to receive four cycles of R-CHOP plus two doses of rituximab. Four patients in the four-cycles group withdrew informed consent before the start of treatment, so 588 patients were included in the intention-to-treat analysis. After a median follow-up of 66 months (IQR 42-100), 3-year progression-free survival of patients who had four cycles of R-CHOP plus two doses of rituximab was 96% (95% CI 94-99), which was 3% better (lower limit of the one-sided 95% CI for the difference was 0%) than six cycles of R-CHOP, demonstrating the non-inferiority of the four-cycles regimen. 294 haematological and 1036 non-haematological adverse events were documented in the four-cycles group compared with 426 haematological and 1280 non-haematological adverse events in the six-cycles group. Two patients, both in the six-cycles group, died during study therapy. INTERPRETATION In young patients with aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and favourable prognosis, four cycles of R-CHOP is non-inferior to six cycles of R-CHOP, with relevant reduction of toxic effects. Thus, chemotherapy can be reduced without compromising outcomes in this population. FUNDING Deutsche Krebshilfe.
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- Viola Poeschel
- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Klinikum Rechts der Isar der TU München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Mutterhaus der Borromaerinnen, Trier, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Klinikum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Dr Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Küchwald Hospital Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, City Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Hematology Azienda Unità Sanitarie Locali-Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Hematology Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Spedali Civili Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento Chirurgico, Medico, Odontoiatrico e di Scienze Morfologiche con Interesse Trapiantologico, Oncologico e di Medicina Rigenerativa, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Evangelisches Diakonie-Krankenhaus, Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Wuerzburg, and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiooncology, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tiqwa, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Asklepios Klinik St Georg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Asklepios Klinik St Georg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Asklepios Klinik St Georg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1 (Oncology, Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology), Saarland University Medical School, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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Dimopoulos MA, Weisel K, Lonial S, White D, Moreau P, Mateos MV, San-Miguel J, Anderson KC, Shpilberg O, Grosicki S, Spicka I, Walter-Croneck A, Magen H, Belch A, Reece D, Beksac M, Ganetsky A, Jou YM, McKiver MP, Singhal AK, Richardson PG. Elotuzumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma: Final overall survival results from the phase 3 ELOQUENT-2 trial. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2019.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bazylevich A, Tuchinsky H, Zigman-Hoffman E, Weissman R, Shpilberg O, Hershkovitz-Rokah O, Patsenker L, Gellerman G. Synthesis and Biological Studies of New Multifunctional Curcumin Platforms for Anticancer Drug Delivery. Med Chem 2018; 15:537-549. [PMID: 30501600 DOI: 10.2174/1573406415666181203112220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 11/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Scientists have extensively investigated curcumin, yielding many publications on treatments of cancer. Numerous derivatives of curcumin were synthesized, evaluated for their anti-oxidant and free-radical scavenging, SAR, ADME properties and tested in anticancer applications. OBJECTIVE We decided to exploit curcumin as a bioactive core platform for carrying anticancer drugs, which likely possesses a carboxyl moiety for potential linkage to the carrier for drug delivery. METHODS The goal of this work is to develop biolabile multifunctional curcumin platforms towards anticancer drug delivery, including determination of drug release profiling in hydrolytic media, in vitro cytotoxicity, antioxidant properties and blockage of relevant cell survival pathways. RESULTS We report on a facile synthesis of the bioactive multifunctional curcumin-based platforms linked to a variety of anticancer drugs like amonafide and chlorambucil, and release of the drugs in a hydrolytic environment. The leading curcumin-based platform has presented antioxidant activity similar to curcumin, but with much more potent cytotoxicity in vitro in agreement with the augmented blockage of the NF-kB cell survival pathway. CONCLUSION The approach presented here may prove beneficial for bioactive curcumin-based delivery applications where multiple drug delivery is required in a consecutive and controlled mode.
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- Andrii Bazylevich
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, 40700, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Pre-Medicine Department, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Translational Research Lab, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, 40700, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, 40700, Israel
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Robak T, Jin J, Pylypenko H, Verhoef G, Siritanaratkul N, Drach J, Raderer M, Mayer J, Pereira J, Tumyan G, Okamoto R, Nakahara S, Hu P, Appiani C, Nemat S, Cavalli F, Van Hoof A, Sheliga A, Teixeira A, Tomita A, Rocafiguera AO, Suvorov A, Kuzmin A, Khojasteh A, Mezlini A, Golenkov A, Bosly A, Belch A, Van De Velde A, Illes Á, Mukhopadhyay A, Meddeb B, De Prijck B, Garichochea B, Undar B, Gabarrón C, Cao C, Souza C, Farber C, Won Suh C, Burcoveanu CI, Cebotaru CL, Truica CL, Maruyama D, Belada D, Ben Yehuda D, Udovitsa D, Dolores, Morra E, Späth-Schwalbe E, Gonzalez-Barca E, Osmanov E, Capote FJ, Offner F, Cardenas G, Heß G, Manikhas G, Babu G, Rekhtman G, Rossi G, Marques H, Bumbea H, Wang H, Huang H, Choi I, Bulavina I, Lysenko I, Avivi I, Kryachok I, Zaucha JM, Novak J, Díaz J, Demeter J, Alexeeva J, Zhu J, Vilchevskaya K, Ishizawa K, Mauricio K, Tobinai K, Ando K, Abdulkadryrov K, Shih LY, Kuzina L, Gumus M, De Wit M, Capra M, Marques M, Golubeva M, Ojeda-Uribe M, Kyselyova M, Taniwaki M, Federico M, Crump M, Baccarani M, Ogura M, Egyed M, Udvardy M, Kurosawa M, Uike N, Khuageva N, Shpilberg O, Gladkov O, Samoilova O, Serduk O, Santi P, Zachee P, Kaplan P, Stoia R, Gressin R, Arranz R, Greil R, Grosicki S, Cancelado S, Nair S, Le Gouill S, Van Steenweghen S, Yoon SS, Chuncharune S, Scheider T, Shimoyama T, Liu T, Kinoshita T, Uchida T, Bunworasate U, Vitolo U, Pavlov V, Phooshkooru VR, Lima V, Merkulov V, Nawarawong W, Hong X, Ke X, Terui Y, Tee Goh Y, Maeda Y, Shi Y, Dunaev Y, Lorie Y, Wang Z, Shen Z, Borbenyi Z, Gasztonyi Z, Masliak Z. Frontline bortezomib, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone (VR-CAP) versus rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) in transplantation-ineligible patients with newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma: final overall survival results of a randomised, open-label, phase 3 study. Lancet Oncol 2018; 19:1449-1458. [DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(18)30685-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lonial S, Dimopoulos MA, Weisel K, White D, Moreau P, Mateos MV, San-Miguel J, Anderson KC, Shpilberg O, Grosicki S, Spicka I, Walter-Croneck A, Magen H, Belch A, Reece DE, Beksac M, Shelat S, Sy O, Singhal AK, Richardson PG. Extended 5-y follow-up (FU) of phase 3 ELOQUENT-2 study of elotuzumab + lenalidomide/dexamethasone (ELd) vs Ld in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). J Clin Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.8040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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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- Sagar Lonial
- Emory University, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA
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- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- University Hospital of Salamanca–Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain
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- Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada, IDISNA, CIBERONC, Pamplona, Spain
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- Institute of Haematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Charles University in Prague and General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Sheba Medical Center Hospital at Tel HaShomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Cross Cancer Institute and University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
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Bernstine H, Domachevsky L, Nidam M, Goldberg N, Abadi-Korek I, Shpilberg O, Groshar D. 18F-FDG PET/MR imaging of lymphoma nodal target lesions: Comparison of PET standardized uptake value (SUV) with MR apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e0490. [PMID: 29668631 PMCID: PMC5916693 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000010490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
To compare positron emission tomography (PET) standardized uptake value (SUV) with magnetic resonance (MR) apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of nodal target lesions in patients with F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG)-avid lymphomas by simultaneous PET/MR.Patients with histologically proven Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma underwent PET/MR limited field of view of FDG-avid target nodal lesions. For PET images, a region of interest (ROI) was drawn around the target nodal lesion and the SUVmax and SUVmean was measured. For MR ADC measurements a ROI was placed over the target nodal lesion on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and ADCmin and ADCmean (mean ADC) values within the ROI were recorded.Thirty-nine patients (19 women, 20 men; 13 patients with Hodgkin lymphoma and 26 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma) were included in the analysis. Sixty-six nodal lesions detected by PET/CT (19 PET-negative and 47 PET-positive) were analyzed by PET/MR. PET/MR quantitative assessments showed that ADCmin and ADCmean were accurate for discriminating positive from negative nodal lymphoma, with an AUC of 0.927 and 0.947, respectively. The ROC curve analysis of ADCmean versus SUVmax and SUVmean was not statistically significant (difference=0.044, P = .08 and difference = 0.045, P = .07; respectively). A substantial inverse association was observed between ADCmean with SUVmean and SUVmax (rho = -0.611; -0.607; P < .0001, respectively). A moderate inverse association was found between ADCmin with SUVmean and SUVmax (rho = -0.529, -0.520; P < .0001, respectively). Interobserver variability of quantitative assessment showed very good agreement for all variables (ICC>0.87).A significant correlation between ADCs and SUVs is found in FDG avid lymphomas. ADCmean is not inferior to PET SUV in discriminating positive and negative nodal lymphomas. Further larger studies are warranted to validate quantitative PET/MR for lymphoma patient management.
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- Hanna Bernstine
- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Kalimuthu K, Lubin BC, Bazylevich A, Gellerman G, Shpilberg O, Luboshits G, Firer MA. Gold nanoparticles stabilize peptide-drug-conjugates for sustained targeted drug delivery to cancer cells. J Nanobiotechnology 2018; 16:34. [PMID: 29602308 PMCID: PMC5877385 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-018-0362-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Peptide-drug-conjugates (PDCs) are being developed as an effective strategy to specifically deliver cytotoxic drugs to cancer cells. However one of the challenges to their successful application is the relatively low stability of peptides in the blood, liver and kidneys. Since AuNPs seem to have a longer plasma half-life than PDCs, one approach to overcoming this problem would be to conjugate the PDCs to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), as these have demonstrated favorable physico-chemical and safety properties for drug delivery systems. We set out to test whether PEG coated-AuNPs could provide a suitable platform for the non-covalent loading of pre-formed PDCs and whether this modification would affect the bioavailability of the PDCs and their cytotoxicity toward target cancer cells. Methods Peptides specifically internalized by A20 murine lymphoma cells were isolated from a phage library displaying 7mer linear peptides. Peptide specificity was validated by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. PDCs were synthesized containing a selected peptide (P4) and either chlorambucil (Chlor), melphalan (Melph) or bendamustine (Bend). Gold nanoparticles were sequentially coated with citrate, PEG-6000 and then PDC (PDC-PEG-AuNP). The physico-chemical properties of the coated particles were analyzed by electrophoresis, TEM, UV–VIS and FTIR. Stability of free and PDC-coated AuNP was determined. Results Biopanning of the phage library resulted in discovery of several novel peptides that internalized into A20 cells. One of these (P4) was used to synthesize PDCs containing either Chlor, Melph or Bend. All three PDCs specifically killed A20 target cells, however they had short half-lives ranging from 10.6 to 15.4 min. When coated to PEG-AuNPs, the half-lives were extended to 21.0–22.3 h. The PDC-PEG-AuNPs retained cytotoxicity towards the target cells. Moreover, whereas pre-incubation for 24 h of free PDCs almost completely abolished their cytotoxic activity, the PDC-PEG-AuNPs were still active even after 72 h pre-incubation. Conclusions Peptide-drug-conjugates hold potential for improving the target efficacy of chemotherapeutic drugs, however their short half-lives may limit their application. This hurdle can be overcome by easily conjugating them to gold nanoparticles. This conjugation also opens up the possibility of developing slow release formulations of targeted drug delivery systems containing PDCs. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12951-018-0362-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Dept. Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, 40700, Ariel, Israel.,Eastern R&D Center, Ariel, 40700, Israel
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- Dept. Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, 40700, Ariel, Israel
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- Tel Aviv & Pre-Med Faculty, Assuta Medical Center, Institute of Hematology, Ariel University, 40700, Ariel, Israel
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- Dept. Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, 40700, Ariel, Israel
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- Dept. Chemical Engineering, Ariel University, 40700, Ariel, Israel. .,Ariel Center for Applied Cancer Research, Ariel University, 40700, Ariel, Israel.
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Hershkovitz-Rokah O, Pulver D, Lenz G, Shpilberg O. Ibrutinib resistance in mantle cell lymphoma: clinical, molecular and treatment aspects. Br J Haematol 2018; 181:306-319. [PMID: 29359797 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [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: 12/18/2022]
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Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a lymphoproliferative disorder comprising about 6-10% of all B cell lymphoma cases. Ibrutinib is an inhibitor of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), a key component of early B-cell receptor (BCR) signalling pathways. Although treatment with ibrutinib has significantly improved the outcome of MCL patients, approximately one-third of the patients have primary drug resistance while others appear to develop acquired resistance. Understanding the molecular events leading to the primary and acquired resistance to ibrutinib is essential for achieving better outcomes in patients with MCL. In this review, we describe the biology of the BCR signalling pathway and summarize the landmark clinical trials that have led to the approval of ibrutinib. We review the molecular mechanisms underlying primary and acquired ibrutinib resistance as well as recent studies dealing with overcoming ibrutinib resistance.
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- Oshrat Hershkovitz-Rokah
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Translational Research Laboratory, Assuta Medical Centres, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Institute of Haematology, Assuta Medical Centres, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Translational Research Laboratory, Assuta Medical Centres, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Institute of Haematology, Assuta Medical Centres, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence EXC 1003, Cells in Motion, Münster, Germany
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- Translational Research Laboratory, Assuta Medical Centres, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Institute of Haematology, Assuta Medical Centres, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Pre-Medicine Department, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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Hershkovitz-Rokah O, Geva P, Salmon-Divon M, Shpilberg O, Liberman-Aronov S. Network analysis of microRNAs, genes and their regulation in diffuse and follicular B-cell lymphomas. Oncotarget 2018; 9:7928-7941. [PMID: 29487703 PMCID: PMC5814270 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRs) are short non-coding regulatory RNAs that control gene expression at the post-transcriptional level and play an important role in cancer development and progression, acting either as oncogenes or as tumor suppressors. Identification of aberrantly expressed miRs in patients with hematological malignancies as compared to healthy individuals has suggested that these molecules may serve as novel clinical diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. We conducted a systematic literature review of articles published between 2007 and 2017 and re-analyzed experimentally-validated human miR expression signatures in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL) from various biological sources (tumor tissue, peripheral blood, bone marrow and cell lines). A unique miR expression pattern was observed for each disease. Compared to healthy individuals, 61 miRs were aberrantly expressed in DLBCL and 85 in FL; 20-30% of aberrantly expressed miRs overlapped between the two lymphoma subtypes. Analysis of integrative positive and negative miRNA-mRNA relationships using the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) system revealed 970 miR-mRNA pairs for DLBCL and 90 for FL. Through gene ontology analysis, we found potential regulatory pathways that are deregulated in DLBCL and FL due to improper expression of miR target genes. By comparing the expression level of the aberrantly expressed miRs in DLBCL to their expression levels in other malignancies, we identified seven miRs that are aberrantly expressed in DLBCL tumor tissues (miR-15a, miR-16, miR-17, miR-106, miR-21, miR-155 and miR-34a-5p). This specific expression pattern may be a potential diagnostic tool for DLBCL.
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- Oshrat Hershkovitz-Rokah
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.,Translational Research Laboratory, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Institude of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Translational Research Laboratory, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Institude of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Pre-Medicine Department, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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Dimopoulos MA, Lonial S, White D, Moreau P, Palumbo A, San‐Miguel J, Shpilberg O, Anderson K, Grosicki S, Spicka I, Walter‐Croneck A, Magen H, Mateos M, Belch A, Reece D, Beksac M, Bleickardt E, Poulart V, Sheng J, Sy O, Katz J, Singhal A, Richardson P. Elotuzumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: ELOQUENT-2 follow-up and post-hoc analyses on progression-free survival and tumour growth. Br J Haematol 2017; 178:896-905. [PMID: 28677826 PMCID: PMC6084289 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The randomized phase III ELOQUENT-2 study (NCT01239797) evaluated the efficacy and safety of elotuzumab + lenalidomide/dexamethasone (ELd) versus lenalidomide/dexamethasone (Ld) in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. ELd reduced the risk of disease progression/death by 30% versus Ld (hazard ratio [HR] 0·70). Median time from diagnosis was 3·5 years. We present extended 3-year follow-up data. Endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS), overall response rate (ORR) and interim overall survival (OS). Exploratory post-hoc analyses included impact of time from diagnosis and prior lines of therapy on PFS, and serum M-protein dynamic modelling. ORR was 79% (ELd) and 66% (Ld) (P = 0·0002). ELd reduced the risk of disease progression/death by 27% versus Ld (HR 0·73; P = 0·0014). Interim OS demonstrated a trend in favour of ELd (P = 0·0257); 1-, 2- and 3-year rates with ELd versus Ld were: 91% versus 83%, 73% versus 69% and 60% versus 53%. In patients with ≥ median time from diagnosis and one prior therapy, ELd resulted in a 53% reduction in the risk of progression/death versus Ld (HR 0·47). Serum M-protein dynamic modelling showed slower tumour regrowth with ELd. Adverse events were comparable between arms. ELd provided a durable and clinically relevant improvement in efficacy, with minimal incremental toxicity.
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- Meletios A. Dimopoulos
- Department of Clinical TherapeuticsNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of MedicineAthensGreece
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- Department of Hematology and Medical OncologyWinship Cancer InstituteEmory University School of MedicineAtlantaGAUSA
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- Division of HematologyQueen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie UniversityHalifaxNSCanada
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- Myeloma UnitDivision of HaematologyUniversity of TorinoAzienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di TorinoTorinoItaly
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- Clinica Universidad de NavarraInvestigación Médica AplicadaIDISNACIBERONCPamplonaSpain
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- Institute of HaematologyAssuta Medical CentersTel AvivIsrael
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- Division of Hematologic OncologyDana‐Farber Cancer InstituteBostonMAUSA
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- Department of Cancer PreventionMedical University of SilesiaKatowicePoland
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- 1st Department of Medicine – Department of HaematologyFirst Faculty of MedicineCharles University and General Teaching Hospital in PraguePragueCzech Republic
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- Department of Haemato‐oncology and Bone Marrow TransplantationMedical University of LublinLublinPoland
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- Davidoff Cancer CenterRabin Medical CenterPetah TikvaIsrael
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- Haematology DepartmentUniversity Hospital of Salamanca–Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL)SalamancaSpain
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- Department of OncologyCross Cancer Institute and University of AlbertaEdmontonABCanada
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- Department of Medical Oncology and HaematologyPrincess Margaret Cancer CentreTorontoONCanada
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- Department of HaematologyAnkara UniversityAnkaraTurkey
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- Oncology Clinical DevelopmentBristol‐Myers SquibbLawrencevilleNJUSA
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- Clinical Pharmacology & PharmacometricsBristol‐Myers SquibbLawrencevilleNJUSA
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- Global Biometric SciencesBristol‐Myers SquibbLawrencevilleNJUSA
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- Global Clinical Research (Research and Development Oncology)Bristol‐Myers SquibbLawrencevilleNJUSA
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- AbbVie Biotherapeutics Inc. (ABR)Redwood CityCAUSA
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- Department of Medical OncologyDana‐Farber Cancer InstituteBostonMAUSA
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Dreyling M, Campo E, Hermine O, Jerkeman M, Le Gouill S, Rule S, Shpilberg O, Walewski J, Ladetto M. Newly diagnosed and relapsed mantle cell lymphoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol 2017; 28:iv62-iv71. [PMID: 28881919 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- M Dreyling
- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital - LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Hematopathology Section, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Imagine Institute and Descartes University, INSERM U1163 and CNRS ERL 8564, Necker Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Hematology, University Lund, Lund, Sweden
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- CHU de Nantes, Service d'Hématologie Clinique, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Lymphoid Malignancy, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute and Oncology Centre, Warsaw, Poland
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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Dann EJ, Bairey O, Bar-Shalom R, Mashiach T, Barzilai E, Kornberg A, Akria L, Tadmor T, Filanovsky K, Abadi U, Kagna O, Ruchlemer R, Abdah-Bortnyak R, Goldschmidt N, Epelbaum R, Horowitz NA, Lavie D, Ben-Yehuda D, Shpilberg O, Paltiel O. Modification of initial therapy in early and advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, based on interim PET/CT is beneficial: a prospective multicentre trial of 355 patients. Br J Haematol 2017; 178:709-718. [PMID: 28589704 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
This multicentre study evaluated 5-year progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in early and advanced Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), where therapy was individualized based on initial prognostic factors and positron emission tomography-computed tomography performed after two cycles (PET-2). Between September 2006 and August 2013, 359 patients aged 18-60 years, were recruited in nine Israeli centres. Early-HL patients initially received ABVD (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) ×2. Depending on initial unfavourable prognostic features, PET-2-positive patients received additional ABVD followed by involved-site radiotherapy (ISRT). Patients with negative PET-2 and favourable disease received ISRT or ABVD ×2; those with unfavourable disease received ABVD ×2 with ISRT or, alternatively, ABVD ×4. Advanced-HL patients initially received ABVD ×2 or escalated BEACOPP (bleomycin, etoposide, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone; EB) ×2 based on their international prognostic score (≤2 or ≥3). PET-2-negative patients further received ABVD ×4; PET-2-positive patients received EB ×4 and ISRT to residual masses. With a median follow-up of 55 (13-119) months, 5-year PFS was 91% and 69% for PET-2-negative and positive early-HL, respectively; 5-year OS was 100% and 95%, respectively. For advanced-HL, the PFS was 81% and 68%, respectively (P = 0·08); 5-year OS was 98% and 91%, respectively. PET-2 positivity is associated with inferior prognosis in early-HL, even with additional ABVD and ISRT. Advanced-HL patients benefit from therapy escalation following positive PET-2. EB can be safely de-escalated to ABVD in PET-2-negative patients.
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- Eldad J Dann
- Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.,Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- Rabin Medical Centre, Petach Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Assaf Harofeh Medical Centre, Zerifin, Israel
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- Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.,Bnai Zion Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel
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- Meir Medical Centre, Kfar Saba, Israel
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- Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.,Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.,Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel
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Lonial S, Dimopoulos MA, Weisel KC, White D, Moreau P, Mateos MV, San Miguel J, Anderson KC, Shpilberg O, Grosicki S, Spicka I, Walter-Croneck A, Magen H, Belch A, Reece DE, Beksac M, Mekan S, Sy O, Singhal AK, Richardson PG. Phase 3 ELOQUENT-2 study: Extended four year follow-up (FU) of elotuzumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone (ELd) vs Ld in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). J Clin Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.8028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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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8028 Background: Elotuzumab, an immunostimulatory monoclonal antibody, has a dual mechanism of action: directly activating NK cells and tagging myeloma cells for recognition/death via antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. In a 3-y FU, ELOQUENT-2 (NCT01239797) showed a sustained 27% reduction in risk of disease progression/death for ELd vs Ld and OS trend in favor of ELd (Dimopoulos et al, ASH 2015). Here we present extended 4-y FU data (median FU 46 mo). Methods: RRMM patients (pts) were randomized 1:1 to ELd or Ld in 28-d cycles until disease progression/unacceptable toxicity. Coprimary endpoints: PFS, ORR. Secondary endpoint: OS. Results: Of 646 RRMM pts, 321 were randomized to ELd, 325 to Ld; ~ twice as many pts remain on therapy in ELd vs Ld (17 vs 9%) at data cut-off (Oct 18, 2016). Discontinuation was mainly due to disease progression (both arms 54%). At 4-y FU, ELd had 29% reduction in risk of progression/death vs Ld (HR 0.71, 95% CI 0.59–0.86) and relative improvement of 50% in PFS (21 vs 14%). Pts with ≥VGPR (ELd 112 [35%], Ld 95 [29%]) had greatest reduction in risk of progression/death (HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.46–0.94). ORR was 79% (ELd) vs 66% (Ld). OS will be presented. G3–4 AEs in ≥5% of pts included second primary malignancies (SPMs), vascular diseases, cardiac disorders and infections (ELd vs Ld: 9 vs 6%, 10 vs 8%, 5 vs 8%, 33 vs 26%). Overall rate (any grade) of infection and SPMs was 84 vs 75% and 17 vs 11% for ELd vs Ld. However, pts had longer exposure to ELd vs Ld (median [Q1, Q3] treatment cycles (19 [9, 42] vs 14 [6, 25]). There were fewer deaths with ELd vs Ld (165 vs 186), mainly due to disease progression and infection in both arms. Conclusions: Elotuzumab in combination with Ld consistently met its efficacy objectives at 4-y FU. ELd showed durable, clinically relevant improvement in PFS, with 29% reduction in risk of progression/death, consistent with 2-y (30%) and 3-y FU (27%). Safety, including rate of SPMs, was consistent with previous findings, with minimal incremental AEs with addition of elotuzumab to Ld. These data represent the longest median FU of an immuno-oncology agent in MM. Study funding: BMS. Writing support: C Tomas, Caudex, funded by BMS. Clinical trial information: NCT01239797.
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- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- University Hospital of Salamanca–Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Haematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Charles University in Prague and General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Davidoff Cancer Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ
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Vidal L, Gafter-Gvili A, Salles G, Bousseta S, Oberman B, Rubin C, van Oers MHJ, Fortpied C, Ghielmini M, Pettengell R, Witzens-Harig M, Dreger P, Vitolo U, Gomes da Silva M, Evangelista A, Li H, Freedman L, Habermann TM, Shpilberg O. Rituximab maintenance improves overall survival of patients with follicular lymphoma-Individual patient data meta-analysis. Eur J Cancer 2017; 76:216-225. [PMID: 28336303 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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: 09/25/2016] [Revised: 01/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Randomised trials of rituximab maintenance (MR) for patients with follicular lymphoma support improved progression-free survival (PFS), but the effect on overall survival has been inconclusive. To evaluate the effect of MR on overall survival according to patient and disease characteristics, and to explore certain adverse events, we performed an individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis. METHODS All investigators of randomised controlled trials that compared MR therapy with observation or treatment only at relapse (no MR) for patients with follicular lymphoma were invited to participate in an IPD meta-analysis. We obtained baseline patient and disease characteristics and time to progression and death for each patient. All analyses took into account the trial and original randomised treatment group. We analysed data in two ways: a two-stage analysis and a multivariate model including patient and disease characteristics. FINDINGS Seven trials including 2315 patients were analysed. Overall survival of patients improved with MR compared with no MR (hazard ratio [HR] 0.79, 95% CI 0.66-0.96). We could not detect any patient or disease characteristics that were associated with a survival benefit with MR. In all of the models, MR had a beneficial effect on overall survival compared with observation for all types of patients, which was not shown in a particular subgroup in which the patient had already received rituximab in the induction phase and received first-line therapy. MR improved PFS compared with observation (HR 0.57, 95% CI 0.51-0.64). The risk of adverse events was higher with MR, specifically infection of any grade and grade 3-4 infections. INTERPRETATION Based on IPD from randomised controlled trials, MR improves overall survival consistently in all patients, regardless of patient and disease characteristics when compared with observation, and should be prescribed after a successful induction with R-CVP or R-CHOP for patients with follicular lymphoma. It is still uncertain if that holds when the patient has already received rituximab in his/hers first induction. The effect of MR after bendamustine-rituximab induction compared with rituximab at progression should be further explored.
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- Liat Vidal
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Internal Medicine A, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Benite, Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Lyon, France
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- Biostatistics Department, LYSARC, Pierre-Benite, France
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- Sheba Medical Center, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Haematology, St. George's University of London, London, UK
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- Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital and University, on behalf of FIL, Turin, Italy
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- CEDOC, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE Rua Prof. Lima Basto, 1099-023 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MS, USA
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- Sheba Medical Center, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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Gafter-Gvili A, Gurion R, Raanani P, Shpilberg O, Vidal L. Bendamustine-associated infections-systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Hematol Oncol 2016; 35:424-431. [PMID: 27734524 DOI: 10.1002/hon.2350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Data in the literature are lacking regarding the infection-related adverse events of bendamustine-containing regimens. Therefore, we aimed to assess this risk. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials including bendamustine-containing regimens and those administered for any lymphoproliferative disorder or plasma cell dyscrasia compared with any other regimens. A comprehensive search was conducted until December 2015. Two reviewers appraised the quality of trials and extracted data. Primary outcomes were any infections, grade 3 to 4 infections; secondary outcomes were grade 3 to 4 neutropenia and grade 3 to 4 lymphopenia. Relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated and pooled. A fixed-effect model was used to pool data unless there was significant heterogeneity, in which case a random-effects model was used. Nine trials published between 2006 and 2016 and randomizing 2620 patients were included. There was no statistically significant effect for bendamustine on the rate of any infection (RR 1.09 [95% CI, 0.87-1.36]) or on the rate of grade 3 to 4 infections (RR 1.04 [95% CI, 0.64-1.71]). There was no increase in the rate of grade 3 to 4 neutropenia in the bendamustine arm (RR 0.84 [95% CI, 0.63-1.12]). Our systematic review demonstrates no effect of bendamustine on the rate of infections when compared with either alkylating agents or fludarabine. Thus, bendamustine remains a safe therapeutic option.
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- Anat Gafter-Gvili
- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Medicine A, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Pazgal I, Inbar E, Cohen M, Shpilberg O, Stark P. High incidence of silent cerebral infarcts in adult patients with beta thalassemia major. Thromb Res 2016; 144:119-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Revised: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/12/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Shpilberg O, Douer D, Goldschmied-Reouven A, Block C, Ben-Bassat I, Ramot B. Invasive Aspergillosis in Neutropenic Patients with Hematological Disorders. Leuk Lymphoma 2016; 4:257-62. [PMID: 27463045 DOI: 10.3109/10428199109068074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 11/13/2022]
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Between 1983-1988, 72 patients with acute leukemia and 4 with aplastic anemia were treated in the Hematology Unit of The Chaim Sheba Medical Center. Ten patients with acute leukemia developed invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and 2 with aplastic anemia developed invasive aspergillosis of the nose and paranasal sinuses. These infections were diagnosed during a period of profound neutropenia while these patients were receiving broad spectrum antibiotics. The diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis was based on positive sputum cultures in 4 cases and on the appearance of typical clinical and radiologic features in six. In 2 culture-positive and in one culture-negative patient, the diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy. Thus, the diagnosis was definitive in 5 patients and probable in the remaining five patients. The 5 patients who achieved remission responded to antifungal treatment and recovered, while of the 5 who eventually died from the fungal infection, 4 did not achieve remission, and one died while in complete remission. In the 2 patients with aplastic anemia, aspergillosis was detected in cultures from necrotic nasal tissue. Both patients remained neutropenic, failed to respond to antifungal treatment and died within a short time after diagnosis. From this experience it appears that invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic patients is potentially curable if treated early by amphotericin B, provided that the neutrophil count recovers.
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- O Shpilberg
- a Institute of Hematology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- a Institute of Hematology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- b Microbiology Laboratory, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- b Microbiology Laboratory, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- a Institute of Hematology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- a Institute of Hematology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Santini V, Almeida A, Giagounidis A, Gröpper S, Jonasova A, Vey N, Mufti GJ, Buckstein R, Mittelman M, Platzbecker U, Shpilberg O, Ram R, Del Cañizo C, Gattermann N, Ozawa K, Risueño A, MacBeth KJ, Zhong J, Séguy F, Hoenekopp A, Beach CL, Fenaux P. Randomized Phase III Study of Lenalidomide Versus Placebo in RBC Transfusion-Dependent Patients With Lower-Risk Non-del(5q) Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Ineligible for or Refractory to Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents. J Clin Oncol 2016; 34:2988-96. [PMID: 27354480 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.66.0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE This international phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study assessed the efficacy and safety of lenalidomide in RBC transfusion-dependent patients with International Prognostic Scoring System lower-risk non-del(5q) myelodysplastic syndromes ineligible for or refractory to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS In total, 239 patients were randomly assigned (2:1) to treatment with lenalidomide (n = 160) or placebo (n = 79) once per day (on 28-day cycles). The primary end point was the rate of RBC transfusion independence (TI) ≥ 8 weeks. Secondary end points were RBC-TI ≥ 24 weeks, duration of RBC-TI, erythroid response, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and safety. RESULTS RBC-TI ≥ 8 weeks was achieved in 26.9% and 2.5% of patients in the lenalidomide and placebo groups, respectively (P < .001). Ninety percent of patients achieving RBC-TI responded within 16 weeks of treatment. Median duration of RBC-TI with lenalidomide was 30.9 weeks (95% CI, 20.7 to 59.1). Transfusion reduction of ≥ 4 units packed RBCs, on the basis of a 112-day assessment, was 21.8% in the lenalidomide group and 0% in the placebo group. Higher response rates were observed in patients with lower baseline endogenous erythropoietin ≤ 500 mU/mL (34.0% v 15.5% for > 500 mU/mL). At week 12, mean changes in HRQoL scores from baseline did not differ significantly between treatment groups, which suggests that lenalidomide did not adversely affect HRQoL. Achievement of RBC-TI ≥ 8 weeks was associated with significant improvements in HRQoL (P < .01). The most common treatment-emergent adverse events were neutropenia and thrombocytopenia. CONCLUSION Lenalidomide yields sustained RBC-TI in 26.9% of RBC transfusion-dependent patients with lower-risk non-del(5q) myelodysplastic syndromes ineligible for or refractory to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. Response to lenalidomide was associated with improved HRQoL. Treatment-emergent adverse event data were consistent with the known safety profile of lenalidomide.
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Affiliation(s)
- Valeria Santini
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ.
| | - Antonio Almeida
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Aristoteles Giagounidis
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Stefanie Gröpper
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Anna Jonasova
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Norbert Vey
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Ghulam J Mufti
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Rena Buckstein
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Moshe Mittelman
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Uwe Platzbecker
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Ofer Shpilberg
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Ron Ram
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Consuelo Del Cañizo
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Norbert Gattermann
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Keiya Ozawa
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Alberto Risueño
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Kyle J MacBeth
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Jianhua Zhong
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Francis Séguy
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
| | - Albert Hoenekopp
- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Valeria Santini, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Antonio Almeida, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal; Aristoteles Giagounidis and Stefanie Gröpper, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf; Norbert Gattermann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; Uwe Platzbecker, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Anna Jonasova, Charles University General Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Norbert Vey, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, Marseille; Pierre Fenaux, Université Paris, Paris, France; Francis Séguy and Albert Hoenekopp, Celgene International, Boudry, Switzerland; Ghulam J. Mufti, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Rena Buckstein, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Moshe Mittelman and Ron Ram, Tel Aviv University; Ofer Shpilberg, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Consuelo del Cañizo, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca; Alberto Risueño, Celgene Institute for Translational Research Europe, Seville, Spain; Keiya Ozawa, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Kyle J. MacBeth, Celgene Corporation, San Francisco, CA; and Jianhua Zhong and C.L. Beach, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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Vidal L, Gurion R, Ram R, Raanani P, Bairey O, Robak T, Gafter-Gvili A, Shpilberg O. Chlorambucil for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) – a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Leuk Lymphoma 2016; 57:2047-57. [DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2016.1154956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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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Van Den Neste E, Schmitz N, Mounier N, Gill D, Linch D, Trneny M, Milpied N, Radford J, Ketterer N, Shpilberg O, Dührsen U, Ma D, Brière J, Thieblemont C, Salles G, Moskowitz CH, Glass B, Gisselbrecht C. Outcome of patients with relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who fail second-line salvage regimens in the International CORAL study. Bone Marrow Transplant 2016; 51:51-7. [PMID: 26367239 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2015.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [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: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Salvage chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is the standard second-line treatment for relapsed and refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). However, the strategy is less clear in patients who require third-line treatment. Updated outcomes of 203 patients who could not proceed to scheduled ASCT in the Collaborative Trial in Relapsed Aggressive Lymphoma (CORAL) are herein reviewed. In the intent-to-treat analysis, overall response rate to third-line chemotherapy was 39%, with 27% CR or CR unconfirmed, and 12% PR. Among the 203 patients, 64 (31.5%) were eventually transplanted (ASCT 56, allogeneic SCT 8). Median overall survival (OS) of the entire population was 4.4 months. OS was significantly improved in patients with lower tertiary International Prognostic Index (IPI), patients responding to third-line treatment and patients transplanted with a 1-year OS of 41.6% compared with 16.3% for the not transplanted (P<0.0001). In multivariate analysis, IPI at relapse (hazard ratio (HR) 2.409) and transplantation (HR 0.375) independently predicted OS. Third-line salvage chemotherapy can lead to response followed by transplantation and long-term survival in DLBCL patients. However, improvement of salvage efficacy is an urgent need with new drugs.
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- AsklepiosKlinik St Georg, AbteilungHämatologie und Stammzelltransplantation, Hamburg, Germany
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- Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woodville, SA, Australia
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- University College London, Cancer Institute, London, UK
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- Charles Univ. General Hosp., Praha, Czech Republic
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- Hématologie Clinique et thérapie cellulaire, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France
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- University of Manchester, c/o Department of Medical Oncology, Christie Hospital NHS, Manchester, UK
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- Clinique Bois-Cerf, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Universitätsklinikum Essen, KlinikfürHämatologie, Essen, Germany
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- St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, NW, Australia
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- Hemato-Oncologie Hôpital Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Hemato-Oncologie Hôpital Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Hématologie, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- AsklepiosKlinik St Georg, AbteilungHämatologie und Stammzelltransplantation, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hemato-Oncologie Hôpital Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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Shacham-Abulafia A, Itchaki G, Yeshurun M, Paul M, Peck A, Leader A, Shpilberg O, Ram R, Raanani P. High-Intensity Induction Chemotherapy Is Feasible for Elderly Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Acta Haematol 2015; 135:55-64. [PMID: 26443995 DOI: 10.1159/000437131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The prognosis of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor, and the best treatment is controversial. Since the majority of AML patients are older than 60 years, identification of those who might benefit from intensive treatment is essential. METHODS Data from electronic charts of consecutive AML patients treated in our center were analyzed. Eligibility criteria included newly diagnosed de novo or secondary AML, an age of 60 years or older, and intensive induction treatment. RESULTS Sixty-two patients were included in the analysis. Forty-six patients (74%) achieved complete remission (CR) after 1-2 intensive induction courses. Twenty of them received consolidation with conventional chemotherapy, 20 proceeded to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), and 6 were ineligible for further treatment. The projected overall survival (OS) at 2 and 3 years was 28 and 23%, respectively. A normal karyotype, CR achievement, and allo-HCT were associated with improved OS, while an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0-1 was borderline associated. The median survival and disease-free survival at 2 years was 18.7 months and 49%, respectively, for patients who underwent allo-HCT in CR1, compared to 12.8 months and 25%, respectively, for those who did not. CONCLUSION Based on our data, selected eligible elderly AML patients might benefit from intensive treatment.
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- Adi Shacham-Abulafia
- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tiqva, Israel
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Ludwig H, Greil R, Masszi T, Spicka I, Shpilberg O, Hajek R, Dmoszynska A, Paiva B, Vidriales MB, Esteves G, Stoppa AM, Robinson D, Chaturvedi S, Ataman O, Enny C, Feng H, van de Velde H, Viterbo L. Bortezomib, thalidomide and dexamethasone, with or without cyclophosphamide, for patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma: 5-year follow-up. Br J Haematol 2015; 171:344-54. [PMID: 26153365 PMCID: PMC4758383 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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This follow-up extension of a randomised phase II study assessed differences in long-term outcomes between bortezomib-thalidomide-dexamethasone (VTD) and VTD-cyclophosphamide (VTDC) induction therapy in multiple myeloma. Newly diagnosed patients (n = 98) were randomised 1:1 to intravenous bortezomib (1·3 mg/m(2); days 1, 4, 8, 11), thalidomide (100 mg; days 1-21), and dexamethasone (40 mg; days 1-4, 9-12), with/without cyclophosphamide (400 mg/m(2); days 1, 8), for four 21-day cycles before stem-cell mobilisation/transplantation. After a median follow-up of 64·8 months, median time-to-next therapy was 51·8 and 47·9 months with VTD and VTDC, respectively. Type of subsequent therapy was similar in both arms. After adjusting for asymmetric censoring, median time to progression was not significantly different between VTD and VTDC [35·7 vs. 34·5 months; Hazard ratio (HR) 1·26, 95% confidence interval: 0·76-2·09; P = 0·370]. Five-year survival was 69·1% and 65·3% with VTD and VTDC, respectively. When analysed by minimal residual disease (MRD) status, overall survival was longer in MRD-negative versus MRD-positive patients with bone marrow-confirmed complete response (HR 3·66, P = 0·0318). VTD induction followed by transplantation provides long-term disease control and, consistent with the primary analysis, there is no additional benefit from adding cyclophosphamide. This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00531453).
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- Heinz Ludwig
- c/o First Department of Medicine, Centre for Oncology, Haematology and Palliative Care, Wilhelminen Cancer Research Institute, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria
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- Landeskrankenhaus, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin III, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, St István and St László Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- First Faculty of Medicine, First Medical Department, Clinical Department of Haematology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Haematology, Assuta Medical Centre, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Haemato-oncology, FN Ostrava and Faculty of Medicine, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Hospital de Dia de Hematologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Division of Janssen-Cilag Limited, Janssen Research & Development, High Wycombe, UK
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, USA
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- Janssen Research & Development, Division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium
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- Serviço de Onco-Hematologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, Entidade Pública Empresarial (IPOPFG, EPE), Porto, Portugal
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Cohen L, Yeshurun M, Shpilberg O, Ram R. Risk factors and prognostic scale for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in CMV-seropositive patients after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis 2015; 17:510-7. [DOI: 10.1111/tid.12398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2014] [Revised: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- L. Cohen
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv Israel
- BMT Unit; Davidoff Cancer Center; Beilinson Hospital; Petah Tikva Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv Israel
- Hematology Institute; Assuta Medical Center; Tel Aviv Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv Israel
- BMT Unit; Tel Aviv Medical Center; Tel Aviv Israel
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Bairey O, Shacham-Abulafia A, Shpilberg O, Gurion R. Serum albumin level at diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: an important simple prognostic factor. Hematol Oncol 2015; 34:184-192. [PMID: 26052918 DOI: 10.1002/hon.2233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [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: 10/19/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This study compared the value of several simple laboratory parameters with known prognostic models for predicting survival in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The data of 157 adult patients with DLBCL diagnosed at Rabin Medical Center in 2004-2008 and treated with R-CHOP immunochemotherapy were retrospectively reviewed. Main clinical features of the cohort were as follows: mean age 63.0 years, 43% male, 63% stage III/IV disease, 28% ECOG performance status >2, 60% elevated lactate dehydrogenase level. Median duration of follow-up was 6.6 years. The NCCN-International Prognostic Index (IPI) was found to be a more powerful prognosticator than the IPI. Five-year overall survival (OS) was 69.6; 73.6% for patients with intermediate NCCN-IPI and 38.4% for patients with poor NCCN-IPI. On univariate analysis, pretreatment hemoglobin and albumin levels were significantly associated with survival. By albumin level, 5-year OS was 77.6 + 4% in patients with >3.5 g/dl and 53 + 7% in patients with <3.5 g/dl (p < 0.001); 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 69.9% and 50.9%, respectively (p = 0.002). By hemoglobin level, 5-year OS was 82.9 + 4.5% in patients with >12 g/dl and 58.8 + 5% in patients with <12 g/dl (p = 0.007); 5-year PFS was 75.5% and 54.1%, respectively (p = 0.008). On multivariate analysis with Cox regression, pretreatment albumin level was a significant independent predictor of OS. Furthermore, 5-year OS of patients with a high NCCN-IPI and albumin < 3.5 g/dl was 29.2% compared with 60% in patients with albumin > 3.5 g/dl (p = 0.022). In conclusion, pretreatment albumin level is a strong prognostic factor for OS in patients with DLBCL and can discriminate high-risk patients for good and poor prognosis. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Osnat Bairey
- Institute of Hematology and Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology and Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology and Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology and Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Vidal L, Shpilberg O, Gurion R, Monsef I, Raanani P, Ram R, Gafter-Gvili A. CHOP-like-14 compared to CHOP-like-21 for patients with aggressive lymphoma--a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Acta Oncol 2015; 55:77-84. [PMID: 25997705 DOI: 10.3109/0284186x.2015.1043025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND R-CHOP-21 has remained the standard chemotherapy for aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It was suggested that decreasing the treatment interval from three weeks (CHOP-21) to two weeks (CHOP-14) may improve survival and disease control of patients with aggressive lymphoma. PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of CHOP-like-14 (with or without rituximab) compared to standard CHOP-like -21 on overall survival (OS), disease control and toxicity of patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma. METHODS Systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs. In October 2014 we searched The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, LILACS, conference proceedings, and databases of ongoing trials. Authors were contacted for complementary data. The primary outcome was OS. RESULTS We identified seven trials (4073 patients), conducted between the years 1999 and 2008. Trials were at low or unclear risk for selection bias, and at low or unclear risk of attrition bias. CHOP-like-14 improved OS of patients with aggressive lymphoma compared to the same regimen given every 21 days (all trials): HR of death 0.86, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.77-0.97. There was no OS difference between rituximab-CHOP-like 14 to rituximab-CHOP-like-21 (3 trials): HR 0.93 95% CI 0.78-1.10. The rates of progression or death, complete response, treatment-related mortality, grade 3-4 infection, and discontinuation were similar between groups. CONCLUSION R-CHOP-21 remains the standard of care for patient with aggressive B-cell lymphoma. CHOP-14 can be considered as in case rituximab is omitted.
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- Liat Vidal
- Institute of Hematology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel
- Department of Hematology, Assuta Medical Centers, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel
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- Cochrane Haematological Malignancies Group, Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Hematology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel
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- Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel
- Department of Medicine A, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Milo G, Feige Gross Nevo R, Pazgal I, Gafter-Gvili A, Shpilberg O, Gafter U, Erman A, Stark P. GFR in Patients with β-Thalassemia Major. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2015; 10:1350-6. [PMID: 25964308 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.12181214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Patients with β-thalassemia major (TM) may have tubular dysfunction and glomerular dysfunction, primarily hyperfiltration, based on eGFR. Assessment of GFR based on serum creatinine concentration may overestimate GFR in these patients. This study sought to determine GFR by using inulin clearance and compare it with measured creatinine clearance (Ccr) and eGFR. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS & MEASUREMENTS Patients followed up in an Israeli thalassemia clinic who had been regularly transfused for years and treated with deferasirox were included in the study. They were studied by inulin clearance, Ccr, the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equations for eGFR, and the Cockcroft-Gault estimation for Ccr. Expected creatinine excretion rate and tubular creatinine secretion rate were calculated. RESULTS Nine white patients were studied. Results, given as medians, were as follows: serum creatinine was 0.59 mg/dl (below normal limits); GFR was low (76.6 ml/min per 1.73 m(2)) and reached the level of CKD; Ccr was 134.9 ml/min per 1.73 m(2), higher than the GFR because of a tubular creatinine secretion rate of 30.3 ml/min per 1.73 m(2) (this accounted for 40% of the Ccr); and eGFR calculated by the CKD Epidemiology Collaboration and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equations and Cockcroft-Gault-estimated Ccr were 133, 141, and 168 ml/min per 1.73 m(2), respectively. These latter values were significantly higher than the GFR, reaching the hyperfiltration range, and indicated that the estimation techniques were clinically unacceptable as a method for measuring kidney function compared with the GFR according to Bland and Altman analyses. CONCLUSIONS Contrary to previous reports, patients in this study with TM had normal or reduced GFR. The estimating methods showed erroneous overestimation of GFR and were clinically unacceptable for GFR measurements in patients with TM by Bland and Altman analysis. Therefore, more accurate methods should be used for early detection of reduced GFR and prevention of its further decline toward CKD in these patients.
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- Gai Milo
- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Institute of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Institute of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Institute of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Institute of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Institute of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Institute of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
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Trappe RU, Choquet S, Dierickx D, Mollee P, Zaucha JM, Dreyling MH, Dührsen U, Tarella C, Shpilberg O, Sender M, Salles G, Morschhauser F, Jaccard A, Lamy T, Reinke P, Neuhaus R, Lehmkuhl H, Horst HA, Leithäuser M, Schlattmann P, Anagnostopoulos I, Raphael M, Riess H, Leblond V, Oertel S. International prognostic index, type of transplant and response to rituximab are key parameters to tailor treatment in adults with CD20-positive B cell PTLD: clues from the PTLD-1 trial. Am J Transplant 2015; 15:1091-100. [PMID: 25736912 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Tailoring treatment by patient strata based on the risk of disease progression and treatment toxicity might improve outcomes of patients with posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). We analysed the cohort of 70 patients treated in the international, multicenter phase II PTLD-1 trial (NCT01458548) to identify such factors. Of the previously published scoring systems in PTLD, the international prognostic index (IPI), the PTLD prognostic index and the Ghobrial score were predictive for overall survival. None of the scoring systems had a considerable effect on the risk for disease progression. Age and ECOG performance status were the baseline variables with the highest prognostic impact in the different scoring systems. Baseline variables not included in the scoring systems that had an impact on overall survival and disease progression were the type of transplant and the response to rituximab at interim staging. Thoracic organ transplant recipients who did not respond to rituximab monotherapy were at particularly high risk for death from disease progression with subsequent CHOP-based chemotherapy. Patients in complete remission after four courses of rituximab and patients in partial remission with low-risk IPI had a low risk of disease progression. We speculate that chemotherapy might not be necessary in this patient cohort.
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- R U Trappe
- Department of Internal Medicine II: Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany; Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Dreyling M, Geisler C, Hermine O, Kluin-Nelemans HC, Le Gouill S, Rule S, Shpilberg O, Walewski J, Ladetto M. Newly diagnosed and relapsed mantle cell lymphoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol 2015; 25 Suppl 3:iii83-92. [PMID: 25210087 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- M Dreyling
- Department of Medicine III, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Hematology Clinic, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Imagine Institute and Descartes University, INSERM U1163 and CNRS ERL 8564, Necker Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Service d'hématologie Clinique, CHU de Nantes, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Lymphoid Malignancies, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute and Oncology Centre, Warsaw, Poland
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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Wolach O, Itchaki G, Bar-Natan M, Yeshurun M, Ram R, Herscovici C, Shpilberg O, Douer D, Tallman MS, Raanani P. High-dose cytarabine as salvage therapy for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia--is more better or more of the same? Hematol Oncol 2015; 34:28-35. [PMID: 25689584 DOI: 10.1002/hon.2191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Cytarabine is the backbone of most chemotherapeutic regimens for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), yet the optimal dose for salvage therapy of refractory or relapsed AML (RR-AML) has not been established. Very high dose single-agent cytarabine at 36 g/m(2) (ARA-36) was previously shown to be effective and tolerable in RR-AML. In this retrospective analysis, we aim to describe the toxicity and efficacy of ARA-36 as salvage therapy for patients with AML who are primary refractory to intensive daunorubicin-containing induction or those relapsing after allogeneic stem cell transplant (alloSCT). Fifteen patients, median age 53 years, were included in the analysis. Six patients were treated for induction failure, one had resistant APL, and eight relapsed after alloSCT. Complete remission was achieved in 60% of patients. Surviving patients were followed for a median of 8.5 months. One-year overall survival was 54% (95% CI 30%-86%), and relapse rate from remission (n = 9) was 56%. Grade III/IV pulmonary, infectious, ocular and gastrointestinal toxicities occurred in 26%, 20%, 20% and 20% of patients respectively. Salvage therapy with ARA-36 regimen for RR-AML has considerable efficacy with manageable toxicity in patients with induction failure or post-transplant relapse. Overall survival in these high-risk patients still remains poor.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Allografts
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/administration & dosage
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/adverse effects
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/therapeutic use
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cytarabine/administration & dosage
- Cytarabine/adverse effects
- Cytarabine/therapeutic use
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Dyspnea/chemically induced
- Female
- Gastrointestinal Diseases/chemically induced
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Humans
- Infections/etiology
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Keratitis/chemically induced
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/mortality
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/therapy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Recurrence
- Remission Induction
- Retrospective Studies
- Salvage Therapy
- Treatment Outcome
- Xerophthalmia/chemically induced
- Young Adult
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- Ofir Wolach
- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Leukemia Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Leukemia Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Hershkovitz-Rokah O, Modai S, Pasmanik-Chor M, Toren A, Shomron N, Raanani P, Shpilberg O, Granot G. Restoration of miR-424 suppresses BCR-ABL activity and sensitizes CML cells to imatinib treatment. Cancer Lett 2015; 360:245-56. [PMID: 25697481 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2015.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that participate in many biological processes by posttranscriptionally regulating gene expression. Dysregulation of miRNA expression has been shown to be typical of many neoplasms. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a disorder of hematopoietic stem cells carrying the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome and an oncogenic BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase fusion gene. While the development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) like imatinib has revolutionized treatment of CML, it has become increasingly clear in recent years that TKI treatment alone will not be curative in many cases. Thus, further dissection of the regulatory networks that drive BCR-ABL-induced malignant transformation may help to identify other novel therapeutic approaches that complement TKI treatment. In this study we demonstrate that the expression of miR-424 is markedly low in CML cell lines and patient samples at time of diagnosis. With the aid of bioinformatics analysis we revealed a conserved target site for miR-424 in the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of the ABL gene. Via luciferase assays, we showed that miR-424 directly targets BCR-ABL. Overexpression of miR-424 was shown to suppress proliferation and induce apoptosis of K562 cells as well as sensitize these cells to imatinib treatment. These findings strongly suggest that miR-424 acts as a tumor suppressor by downregulating BCR-ABL expression. Up-regulation of miR-424 in CML cells may therefore have a therapeutic effect against this disease.
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- Oshrat Hershkovitz-Rokah
- Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Safra Children's Hospital, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Beilinson Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Vaxman I, Ram R, Gafter-Gvili A, Vidal L, Yeshurun M, Lahav M, Shpilberg O. Secondary malignancies following high dose therapy and autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation-systematic review and meta-analysis. Bone Marrow Transplant 2015; 50:706-14. [PMID: 25665042 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2014.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) with other treatment modalities to analyze the risk for various secondary malignancies (SMs). Relative risks (RR) with 95% confidence intervals were estimated and pooled. Our search yielded 36 trials. The median follow-up was 55 (range 12-144) months. Overall, the RR for developing SMs was 1.23 ((0.97-1.55), I(2)=4%, 9870 patients). Subgroup analysis of trials assessing TBI-containing preparative regimens and of patients with baseline lymphoproliferative diseases, showed there was a higher risk for SMs in patients given autografts (RR=1.61 (1.05-2.48), I(2)=14%, 2218 patients and RR=1.62 (1.12-2.33), I(2)=22%, 3343 patients, respectively). Among all patients, there was a higher rate of myelodysplastic syndrome MDS/AML in patients given HCT compared with other treatments (RR=1.71 (1.18-2.48), I(2)=0%, 8778 patients). The risk of secondary solid malignancies was comparable in the short term between patients given HCT and patients given other treatments (RR=0.95 (0.67-1.32), I(2)=0%, 5925 patients). We conclude that overall the risk of secondary MDS/AML is higher in patients given autologous HCT compared with other treatments. In the subgroup of patients given a TBI-based regimen and in those with a baseline lymphoproliferative disease, there was a higher risk of overall SMs.
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- I Vaxman
- 1] Medicine A, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel [2] Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 1] Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel [2] BMT Unit, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 1] Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel [2] Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 1] Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel [2] Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 1] Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel [2] Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 1] Medicine A, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel [2] Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- 1] Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel [2] Institute of Hematology, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Yeshurun M, Shpilberg O, Herscovici K, Shargian L, Dreyer J, Peck A, Israeli M, Levy-Assaraf M, Gruenewald T, Mechoulam R, Raanani P, Ram R. Cannabidiol for the Prevention of Graft-Versus-Host-Disease after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: Results of a Phase I/II Study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.11.561] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Ram R, Yeshurun M, Shpilberg O, Cohen L. Risk Factors and Prognostic Scale for CMV Reactivation in CMV Seropositive Patients after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation – a Single Center Cohort Study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.11.485] [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: 11/26/2022]
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