2024
Integrated genetic, epigenetic, and immune landscape of TP53 mutant AML and higher risk MDS treated with azacitidine
Zeidan A, Bewersdorf J, Hasle V, Shallis R, Thompson E, de Menezes D, Rose S, Boss I, Halene S, Haferlach T, Fox B. Integrated genetic, epigenetic, and immune landscape of TP53 mutant AML and higher risk MDS treated with azacitidine. Therapeutic Advances In Hematology 2024, 15: 20406207241257904. PMID: 38883163, PMCID: PMC11180421, DOI: 10.1177/20406207241257904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher-risk myelodysplastic syndromesAcute myeloid leukemiaBone marrowMutation statusImmune landscapeImmunological landscapeAnti-PD-L1 antibody durvalumabHR-MDS patientsWild-type acute myeloid leukemiaTP53-mutant acute myeloid leukemiaMutant acute myeloid leukemiaAzacitidine-based therapyWild-type patientsImmune checkpoint proteinsImmune checkpoint expressionT cell populationsWild-typeStatistically significant decreaseAZA therapyImmunosuppressive microenvironmentPD-L1Mutant patientsDNA methylation arraysCheckpoint expressionMyelodysplastic syndrome
2021
Minimal Toxicity Seen When Pembrolizumab Is Added to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Persistently Detectable Minimal Residual Disease: Early Results from an Ongoing Phase II Trial (ECOG-ACRIN EA9171)
Zeidan A, Roopcharan K, Radich J, Bewersdorf J, Bhatt V, Sharon E, Little R, Gore S, Caldwell A, Luger S, Litzow M. Minimal Toxicity Seen When Pembrolizumab Is Added to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Persistently Detectable Minimal Residual Disease: Early Results from an Ongoing Phase II Trial (ECOG-ACRIN EA9171). Blood 2021, 138: 3613. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-145015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUndetectable minimal residual diseaseClinical Trials CommitteeTherapy-free remissionCombination of TKIG3 adverse eventsImmune-related AEAdverse eventsTrials CommitteeMinimal residual diseaseSafety cohortTKI discontinuationTKI therapyPD-L1Residual diseasePilot phase II clinical trialPD-1/PD-L1Detectable minimal residual diseaseImmune-related adverse eventsNon-hematologic adverse eventsAnti-PD-1 antibodyOngoing phase II trialBCR-ABLPhase II clinical trialAdvisory CommitteeDaiichi Sankyo
2019
Efficacy and Safety of Azacitidine (AZA) in Combination with the Anti-PD-L1 Durvalumab (durva) for the Front-Line Treatment of Older Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Who Are Unfit for Intensive Chemotherapy (IC) and Pts with Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (HR-MDS): Results from a Large, International, Randomized Phase 2 Study
Zeidan A, Cavenagh J, Voso M, Taussig D, Tormo M, Boss I, Copeland W, Gray V, Previtali A, O'Connor T, Rose S, Beach C, Silverman L. Efficacy and Safety of Azacitidine (AZA) in Combination with the Anti-PD-L1 Durvalumab (durva) for the Front-Line Treatment of Older Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Who Are Unfit for Intensive Chemotherapy (IC) and Pts with Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (HR-MDS): Results from a Large, International, Randomized Phase 2 Study. Blood 2019, 134: 829. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-122896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromePD-L1 surface expressionAcute myeloid leukemiaPlatinum-containing chemotherapyPhase 2 studyIntensive chemotherapyArm AMyeloid blastsCelgene CorporationAML ptsMedian OSPD-L1AML cohortDisease progressionSurface expressionTreatment groupsTreatment cyclesECOG performance status 0First large randomized trialLarger phase 2 studiesPD-L1 blocking antibodiesRandomized phase 2 studyConcurrent platinum-based chemotherapyResponse criteriaSafety of azacitidine