2022
Molecular predictors of immunophenotypic measurable residual disease clearance in acute myeloid leukemia
Stahl M, Derkach A, Farnoud N, Bewersdorf J, Robinson T, Famulare C, Cho C, Devlin S, Menghrajani K, Patel M, Cai S, Miles L, Bowman R, Geyer M, Dunbar A, Epstein‐Peterson Z, McGovern E, Schulman J, Glass J, Taylor J, Viny A, Stein E, Getta B, Arcila M, Gao Q, Barker J, Shaffer B, Papadopoulos E, Gyurkocza B, Perales M, Abdel‐Wahab O, Levine R, Giralt S, Zhang Y, Xiao W, Pai N, Papaemmanuil E, Tallman M, Roshal M, Goldberg A. Molecular predictors of immunophenotypic measurable residual disease clearance in acute myeloid leukemia. American Journal Of Hematology 2022, 98: 79-89. PMID: 36251406, PMCID: PMC10080561, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMeasurable residual diseaseAcute myeloid leukemiaAllo-SCTInduction chemotherapyPersistent diseaseMyeloid leukemiaAllogeneic stem cell transplantationStem cell transplantationMonosomy 5Residual diseaseDisease clearanceKaryotypic abnormalitiesPrognostic factorsCell transplantationMolecular predictorsMRD clearanceRemissionClinical trialsNext-generation sequencingChemotherapyPatientsMutation patternsTherapyLeukemiaMRD
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
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
2019
The minimal that kills: Why defining and targeting measurable residual disease is the “Sine Qua Non” for further progress in management of acute myeloid leukemia
Bewersdorf JP, Shallis RM, Boddu PC, Wood B, Radich J, Halene S, Zeidan AM. The minimal that kills: Why defining and targeting measurable residual disease is the “Sine Qua Non” for further progress in management of acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Reviews 2019, 43: 100650. PMID: 31883804, DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2019.100650.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaMyeloid leukemiaHard clinical outcomesClinical trial evidenceMeasurable residual diseaseResidual leukemic cellsRisk of relapseApprovable endpointsMRD statusDeep remissionMorphologic remissionMRD assessmentOverall survivalMRD levelsClinical outcomesDisease relapseInitial treatmentResidual diseaseTrial evidenceClinical trialsTreatment decisionsSurrogate endpointsBone marrowPreemptive interventionLeukemic cellsGetting personal with myelodysplastic syndromes: is now the right time?
Chokr N, Pine AB, Bewersdorf JP, Shallis RM, Stahl M, Zeidan AM. Getting personal with myelodysplastic syndromes: is now the right time? Expert Review Of Hematology 2019, 12: 215-224. PMID: 30977414, PMCID: PMC6540985, DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2019.1592673.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeNext-generation sequencingTherapy selectionPrognosis of MDSRole of NGSPrognosis of patientsRoutine clinical practiceMinimal residual diseaseRecurrent genetic abnormalitiesResidual diseaseBlood countDisease stagePeripheral bloodHematologic malignanciesPrognostic evaluationMDS pathogenesisRoutine managementTherapy decisionsHealthy individualsBone marrowClinical practiceCytological examinationPatientsScoring systemDiagnostic accuracyImmune checkpoint-based therapy in myeloid malignancies: a promise yet to be fulfilled
Bewersdorf JP, Stahl M, Zeidan AM. Immune checkpoint-based therapy in myeloid malignancies: a promise yet to be fulfilled. Expert Review Of Anticancer Therapy 2019, 19: 393-404. PMID: 30887841, PMCID: PMC6527485, DOI: 10.1080/14737140.2019.1589374.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsImmune checkpoint-based therapyImmune checkpoint inhibitorsAcute myeloid leukemiaMyelodysplastic syndromeNon-small cell lung cancerMultiple immune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor microenvironmentHematopoietic stem cell transplantAdvanced solid malignanciesStem cell transplantCell lung cancerInhibitory immune checkpointsImmunosuppressive tumor microenvironmentType of therapyMinimal residual diseaseInduction chemotherapyMonotherapy useRefractory settingCheckpoint inhibitorsImmune checkpointsTumor cell survivalCell transplantResidual diseaseSafety profileImmune system evasion