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 SankyoCharacteristics and Clinical Outcome of Patients with Clonal Cytopenias of Undetermined Significance: A Large Retrospective Multi-Center International Study
Xie Z, Hyun M, Komrokji R, Zeidan A, Madanat Y, Zeidner J, Coombs C, Griffiths E, Lai C, Kishtagari A, Foran J, Badar T, Yi C, Desai P, Ades L, Osman A, Taylor J, Deeg H, Brunner A, Carraway H, Al Ali N, Bewersdorf J, Prebet T, Singh A, Tsai C, Chandhok N, Soong D, Patnaik M, Savona M, Al-Kali A. Characteristics and Clinical Outcome of Patients with Clonal Cytopenias of Undetermined Significance: A Large Retrospective Multi-Center International Study. Blood 2021, 138: 2158. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-146254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical Trials CommitteeProgression-free survivalIndependent review committeeOverall survivalTrials CommitteeDisease progressionBristol-Myers SquibbMyeloid neoplasmsResponse rateFunctional pathway analysisSpeakers bureauUndetermined significanceMultivariable modelClonal cytopeniaReview CommitteeMedian progression-free survivalBoehringer IngelheimAdvisory CommitteeMulti-centre international studyCG abnormalitiesCox proportional hazards modelGene panelDaiichi SankyoBaseline clinical dataKaplan-Meier methodMulticenter Analysis of Treatment and Outcomes for Patient with TP53 Mutated AML in the Era of Novel Therapies; Significant Impact of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation on Survival
Badar T, Litzow M, Shallis R, Bewersdorf J, Saliba A, De Camargo Correia G, Stahl M, Goldberg A, Atallah E, Foran J. Multicenter Analysis of Treatment and Outcomes for Patient with TP53 Mutated AML in the Era of Novel Therapies; Significant Impact of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation on Survival. Blood 2021, 138: 797. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-147639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCR/CRiProportion of patientsStem cell transplantationComplex cytogeneticsVariant allele frequencyCPX-351Overall survivalAML patientsNovel therapiesTP53 mutationsCell transplantationUnivariate analysisAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationMedian progression-free survivalAllogeneic stem cell transplantationHematopoietic stem cell transplantationAdvisory CommitteeAML induction therapyExtra-medullary diseaseHigh-risk AMLInduction/consolidationVenetoclax combination therapyVenetoclax-based regimensMedian overall survivalMulticenter observational study
2020
Gilteritinib Remains Clinically Active in Relapsed/Refractory FLT3 Mutated AML Previously Treated with FLT3 inhibitors
Numan Y, Rahman Z, Grenet J, Boisclair S, Bewersdorf J, Barth D, Zeidan A, Yilmaz M, Dinner S, Deutsch Y, Frankfurt O, Litzow M, Al-Kali A, Foran J, Sproat L, Jovanovic B, Daver N, Perl A, Altman J. Gilteritinib Remains Clinically Active in Relapsed/Refractory FLT3 Mutated AML Previously Treated with FLT3 inhibitors. Blood 2020, 136: 5-7. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-137251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStem cell transplantMedian survivalFLT3 mutationsBristol-Myers SquibbDaiichi SankyoBoehringer IngelheimCRC ratesLymphoma SocietyCombination therapyPolymerase chain reactionFLT3-ITDSingle agentDrug resistanceAdvisory CommitteeBone marrow flow cytometryComposite complete remissionFLT3-D835 mutationsHigher CRCS ratesNon-transplanted patientsPoor median survivalKaplan-Meier curvesMulti-institutional analysisLog-rank testBayer HealthCare PharmaceuticalsMAPK pathwaySafety and Efficacy of Maintenance Treatment Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome - a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Bewersdorf J, Tallman M, Cho C, Zeidan A, Stahl M. Safety and Efficacy of Maintenance Treatment Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome - a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Blood 2020, 136: 34-35. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-136671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myeloid leukemiaRelapse-free survivalAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantHematopoietic cell transplantFLT3 inhibitorsMyelodysplastic syndromeAllo-HCTOverall survivalRFS ratesChronic GVHDMaintenance therapyCell transplantPatient selectionClinical trialsMyeloid leukemiaADC therapeuticsSystematic reviewMinimal residual disease testingAdvisory CommitteeDaiichi SankyoHigh-risk geneticsRate of GVHDPre-emptive treatmentCareful patient selectionPrognosis of patients
2019
Patterns of Care and Clinical Outcomes with 7+3 Induction Chemotherapy for Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in the United States (US): A Large Population-Based Study
Zeidan A, Podoltsev N, Wang X, Bewersdorf J, Shallis R, Huntington S, Neparidze N, Giri S, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A, Wang R. Patterns of Care and Clinical Outcomes with 7+3 Induction Chemotherapy for Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in the United States (US): A Large Population-Based Study. Blood 2019, 134: 116. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-126643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBone marrow aspirate/biopsyHigh-volume hospitalsAcute myeloid leukemiaMedium-volume hospitalsAML ptsInduction chemotherapyIntensive care unitAnti-infective medicationsAnti-viral medicationInpatient stayCelgene CorporationAntifungal prophylaxisHospital deathVolume hospitalsHospital volumeMechanical ventilationLarge population-based retrospective cohort studyPopulation-based retrospective cohort studyCytarabine-based induction chemotherapyBoehringer IngelheimAdvisory CommitteeLarge population-based studyDaiichi SankyoInduction-related mortalityMedium-volume institutionsClinical Outcomes of Older Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Receiving Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs): A Large Population-Based Study in the United States
Zeidan A, Wang R, Wang X, Shallis R, Podoltsev N, Bewersdorf J, Huntington S, Neparidze N, Giri S, Gore S, Davidoff A, Ma X. Clinical Outcomes of Older Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Receiving Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs): A Large Population-Based Study in the United States. Blood 2019, 134: 646. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-127398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRBC transfusion dependenceAcute myeloid leukemiaMedian overall survivalTransfusion independenceOverall survivalTransfusion dependenceHypomethylating agentCelgene CorporationHMA initiationIntensive chemotherapyOS probabilityMedian timeMultivariable analysisMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsBoehringer IngelheimAdvisory CommitteeCox proportional hazards modelDaiichi SankyoChemotherapy-related hospitalizationMo of diagnosisRBC transfusion independenceImproved overall survivalClinical trial evidenceInferior overall survivalWorse overall survival