2023
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Long-Term Outcomes in ≥1 Year Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors: A CIBMTR Analysis
Blue B, Brazauskas R, Chen K, Patel J, Zeidan A, Steinberg A, Ballen K, Kwok J, Rotz S, Perez M, Kelkar A, Ganguly S, Wingard J, Lad D, Sharma A, Badawy S, Lazarus H, Hashem H, Szwajcer D, Knight J, Bhatt N, Page K, Beattie S, Arai Y, Liu H, Arnold S, Freytes C, Abid M, Beitinjaneh A, Farhadfar N, Wirk B, Winestone L, Agrawal V, Preussler J, Seo S, Hashmi S, Lehmann L, Wood W, Rangarajan H, Saber W, Majhail N. Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Long-Term Outcomes in ≥1 Year Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors: A CIBMTR Analysis. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2023, 29: 709.e1-709.e11. PMID: 37482244, PMCID: PMC11258715, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.07.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic cell transplantationLong-term outcomesAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantationRace/ethnicityNonrelapse mortalityOverall survivalNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesSocioeconomic statusMyeloid leukemiaNeighborhood poverty levelFirst allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantationZip codesAdult allogeneic HCT recipientsMarrow Transplant Research databaseHematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) survivorsAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation survivorsAllogeneic HCT survivorsAllogeneic HCT recipientsHigh-poverty areasLong-term survivorsStandardized mortality ratioAcute lymphocytic leukemiaAcute myeloid leukemiaChronic myeloid leukemiaOlder patients with chronic myeloid leukemia face suboptimal molecular testing and tyrosine kinase inhibitor adherence
Shallis R, Wang R, Zeidan A, Huntington S, Neparidze N, Stempel J, Mendez L, Di M, Ma X, Podoltsev N. Older patients with chronic myeloid leukemia face suboptimal molecular testing and tyrosine kinase inhibitor adherence. Blood Advances 2023, 7: 3213-3224. PMID: 36939371, PMCID: PMC10338212, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic myeloid leukemiaTKI adherenceTKI initiationOlder patientsMyeloid leukemiaEnd Results-Medicare databaseTyrosine kinase inhibitor usePolymerase chain reaction testingQuantitative polymerase chain reaction testingOlder patient populationCare of patientsHealth care accessReal-world studyReal-world evidenceLow socioeconomic statusLow-income subsidyFirst yearInfluenza vaccinationInhibitor useWorse survivalTKI treatmentMultivariable analysisPatient populationOptimal monitoringCare access
2020
Blast MRD CML 1 Trial: Blockade of PD-1 Added to Standard Therapy to Target Measurable Residual Disease (MRD) in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)- a Phase II Study of Adding the Anti-PD-1 Pembrolizumab to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Persistently Detectable Minimal Residual Disease: A Trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (EA9171)
Zeidan A, Wang V, Radich J, Bewersdorf J, Bhatt V, Sharon E, Gore S, Luger S, Litzow M. Blast MRD CML 1 Trial: Blockade of PD-1 Added to Standard Therapy to Target Measurable Residual Disease (MRD) in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)- a Phase II Study of Adding the Anti-PD-1 Pembrolizumab to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Persistently Detectable Minimal Residual Disease: A Trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (EA9171). Blood 2020, 136: 1. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-137734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUndetectable minimal residual diseaseChronic myeloid leukemiaMeasurable residual diseaseTyrosine kinase inhibitorsTKI discontinuationTKI therapyMinimal residual diseaseCML patientsResidual diseaseMyeloid leukemiaBristol-Myers SquibbPembrolizumab therapyAdverse eventsPD-1T cellsCML cellsAnti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapyBlast phase chronic myeloid leukemiaPilot phase II clinical trialThird-line tyrosine kinase inhibitorsAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantAnti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodyPD-1/PD-L1Anti-PD-1 pembrolizumabDetectable minimal residual disease