2024
Peripheral blood immune parameters, response, and adverse events after neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus durvalumab in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer
Foldi J, Blenman K, Marczyk M, Gunasekharan V, Polanska A, Gee R, Davis M, Kahn A, Silber A, Pusztai L. Peripheral blood immune parameters, response, and adverse events after neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus durvalumab in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2024, 208: 369-377. PMID: 39002068, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-024-07426-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune-related adverse eventsTriple-negative breast cancerAssociated with pathological responsePathological complete responseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyCytokine levelsPathological responseAdverse eventsBreast cancerEarly-stage triple-negative breast cancerPatients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitorsB cell clonal expansionMeasured serum cytokine levelsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsGM-CSF levelsPeripheral blood cytokine levelsBlood cytokine levelsSerum cytokine levelsB cell receptorMagnetic bead panelBenjamini-Hochberg correctionSample of patientsImmunoSEQ platformCheckpoint inhibitorsComplete responsePredicting peripheral neuropathy following neoadjuvant therapy in patients with breast cancer.
Feiger B, Biancalana M, Shelton A, Blenman K, Lustberg M. Predicting peripheral neuropathy following neoadjuvant therapy in patients with breast cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: e12639-e12639. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.e12639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancer patientsNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPeripheral neuropathyNeoadjuvant therapyBreast cancerCancer patientsAdministration of neoadjuvant chemotherapyCohort of breast cancer patientsLikelihood of breast-conserving surgeryContrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imagingQuality of lifeDynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imagingBreast-conserving surgeryReduced tumor burdenTreatment-induced neuropathyOccurrence of neuropathyInduce peripheral neuropathyDensity of blood vesselsPatients' quality of lifeMagnetic resonance imagingAmeliorate neuropathyDCE-MRI dataTumor burdenCumulative toxic effectsIntratumoral vascularity
2023
Image analysis-based tumor infiltrating lymphocytes measurement predicts breast cancer pathologic complete response in SWOG S0800 neoadjuvant chemotherapy trial
Fanucci K, Bai Y, Pelekanou V, Nahleh Z, Shafi S, Burela S, Barlow W, Sharma P, Thompson A, Godwin A, Rimm D, Hortobagyi G, Liu Y, Wang L, Wei W, Pusztai L, Blenman K. Image analysis-based tumor infiltrating lymphocytes measurement predicts breast cancer pathologic complete response in SWOG S0800 neoadjuvant chemotherapy trial. Npj Breast Cancer 2023, 9: 38. PMID: 37179362, PMCID: PMC10182981, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-023-00535-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathologic complete responseBreast cancerComplete responseTIL scoreBreast Cancer Pathologic Complete ResponseTumor-infiltrating lymphocyte scoresEvent-free survivalNeoadjuvant chemotherapy trialsLymphocyte measurementsLymphocyte scoreNeoadjuvant chemotherapyChemotherapy trialsMean pretreatmentResidual diseaseTIL quantificationPredictive valuePretreatment samplesResponse discriminationScoresStrong positive correlationPositive correlation
2022
Clinical Outcomes and Immune Markers by Race in a Phase I/II Clinical Trial of Durvalumab Concomitant with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early-Stage TNBC.
Foldi J, Kahn A, Silber A, Qing T, Reisenbichler E, Fischbach N, Persico J, Adelson K, Katoch A, Chagpar A, Park T, Blanchard A, Blenman K, Rimm DL, Pusztai L. Clinical Outcomes and Immune Markers by Race in a Phase I/II Clinical Trial of Durvalumab Concomitant with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early-Stage TNBC. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 28: 3720-3728. PMID: 35903931, PMCID: PMC9444984, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-0862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune-related adverse eventsTriple-negative breast cancerNon-AA patientsEvent-free survivalPhase I/II clinical trialsClinical trialsNeoadjuvant chemotherapyOverall survivalAA patientsEarly-stage triple-negative breast cancerIncidence of irAEsPathologic complete response rateSignificant associationMultivariate logistic regression analysisTumor-infiltrating lymphocyte countsComplete response ratePrimary efficacy endpointPD-L1 statusProportional hazards modelLogistic regression analysisAfrican American womenEFS ratesNeoadjuvant immunotherapyEfficacy endpointAdverse eventsPrediction of pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer (SWOG S0800) using image analysis-based tumor infiltrating lymphocyte measurements.
Blenman K, Fanucci K, Bai Y, Pelekanou V, Nahleh Z, Shafi S, Burela S, Barlow W, Sharma P, Thompson A, Godwin A, Rimm D, Hortobagyi G, Pusztai L. Prediction of pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer (SWOG S0800) using image analysis-based tumor infiltrating lymphocyte measurements. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 594-594. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathologic complete responseBreast cancerNeoadjuvant chemotherapyComplete responseTIL scoreResidual diseaseResponse predictive markersBetter EFSBevacizumab benefitLymphocyte measurementsTIL assessmentFree survivalPredictive markerTIL quantificationInternational guidelinesPretreatment samplesLogistic regressionCancerOutcome discriminationChemotherapyScoresContinuous scoresTumorsClinical adoptionStrong positive correlation
2021
Tumor-Specific Major Histocompatibility-II Expression Predicts Benefit to Anti–PD-1/L1 Therapy in Patients With HER2-Negative Primary Breast CancerMHC-II Is an Immunotherapy Biomarker in Early Breast Cancer
Gonzalez-Ericsson PI, Wulfkhule JD, Gallagher RI, Sun X, Axelrod ML, Sheng Q, Luo N, Gomez H, Sanchez V, Sanders M, Pusztai L, Petricoin E, Blenman K, Balko JM, Institute A, Leyland-Jones B, Agency C, Chia S, Serpanchy R, Yu C, University E, McMillan S, Mosley R, Nguyen K, Wood E, Zelnak A, University G, Dillis C, Donnelly R, Harrington T, Isaacs C, Kallakury B, Liu M, Lynce F, Oppong B, Pohlmann P, Tousimis E, Warren R, Willey S, Wong J, Zeck J, Center L, Albain K, Bartolotta M, Bova D, Brooks C, Busby B, Czaplicki K, Duan X, Gamez R, Ganesh K, Gaynor E, Godellas C, Grace-Louthen C, Kuritza T, Lo S, Nagamine A, Perez C, Robinson P, Rosi D, Vaince F, Ward K, Hospital I, Choquette K, Edmiston K, Gallimore H, McGovern J, Mokarem K, Pajaniappan M, Rassulova S, Scott K, Sherwood K, Wright J, Clinic A, Anderson K, Gray R, Myers S, Northfelt D, Pockaj B, Roedig J, Wasif N, Clinic R, Arens A, Boughey J, Brandt K, Carroll J, Chen B, Connors A, Degnim A, Farley D, Greenlee S, Haddad T, Hieken T, Hobday T, Jakub J, Liberte L, Liu M, Loprinzi C, Menard L, Moe M, Moynihan T, O'Sullivan C, Olson E, Peethambaram P, Ruddy K, Russell B, Rynearson A, Smith D, Visscher D, Windish A, Institute H, Cox K, Dawson K, Newton O, Ramirez W, University O, Bengtson H, Bucher J, Chui S, Gilbert-Ghormley B, Hampton R, Kemmer K, Kurdyla D, Nauman D, Spear J, Wilson A, Institute S, Beatty D, Dawson P, Ellis E, Fer M, Hanson J, Goetz M, Haddad T, Iriarte D, Kaplan H, Porter B, Rinn K, Thomas H, Thornton S, Tickman R, Varghis N, Birmingham U, Caterinichia V, Santos J, Falkson C, Forero A, Krontiras H, Vaklavas C, Wei S, University of Arizona, Bauland A, Inclan L, Lewallen D, Powell A, Roney C, Schmidt K, Viscusi R, Wright H, University of California S, Blair S, Boles S, Bykowski J, Datnow B, Densley L, Eghtedari M, Genna V, Hasteh F, Helsten T, Kormanik P, Ojeda-Fournier H, Onyeacholem I, Parker B, Podsada K, Schwab R, Wallace A, Yashar C, University of California S, Alvarado M, Au A, Balassanian R, Benz C, Buxton M, Chen Y, Chien J, D'Andrea C, Davis S, Esserman L, Ewing C, Goga A, Hirst G, Hwang M, Hylton N, Joe B, Lyandres J, Kadafour M, Krings G, Melisko M, Moasser M, Munter P, Ngo Z, Park J, Price E, Rugo H, Veer L, Wong J, Yau C, University of Chicago, Abe H, Jaskowiak N, Nanda R, Olopade F, Schacht D, University of Colorado D, Borges V, Colvin T, Diamond J, Elias A, Finlayson C, Fisher C, Hardesty L, Kabos P, Kounalakis N, Mayordomo J, McSpadden T, Murphy C, Rabinovitch R, Sams S, Shagisultanova E, University of Kansas, Baccaray S, Khan Q, University of Minnesota, Beckwith H, Blaes A, Emory T, Haddad T, Hui J, Klein M, Kuehn-Hajder J, Nelson M, Potter D, Tuttle T, Yee D, Zera R, University of Pennsylvania, Bayne L, Bradbury A, Clark A, DeMichele A, Domchek S, Fisher C, Fox K, Frazee D, Lackaye M, Matro J, McDonald E, Rosen M, Shah P, Tchou J, Volpe M, Center U, Alvarez R, Barcenas C, Berry D, Booser D, Brewster A, Brown P, Gonzalez-Angulo A, Ibrahim N, Karuturi M, Koenig K, Moulder S, Murray J, Murthy R, Pusztai L, Saigal B, Symmans W, Tripathy D, Theriault R, Ueno N, Valero V, California U, Brown M, Carranza M, Flores Y, Lang J, Luna A, Perez N, Tripathy D, Watkins K, Center U, Armstrong S, Boyd C, Chen L, Clark V, Frankel A, Euhus D, Froehlich T, Goudreau S, Haley B, Harker-Murray A, Klemow D, Leitch A, Leon R, Li H, Morgan T, Qureshi N, Rao R, Reeves M, Rivers A, Sadeghi N, Seiler S, Staves B, Tagoe V, Thomas G, Tripathy D, Unni N, Weyandt S, Wooldridge R, Zuckerman J, Universty of Washington, Korde L, Griffin M, Butler B, Cundy A, Rubinstein L, Hixson C. Tumor-Specific Major Histocompatibility-II Expression Predicts Benefit to Anti–PD-1/L1 Therapy in Patients With HER2-Negative Primary Breast CancerMHC-II Is an Immunotherapy Biomarker in Early Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: 5299-5306. PMID: 34315723, PMCID: PMC8792110, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-0607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard neoadjuvant chemotherapyTriple-negative breast cancerNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerMHC-IITumor cellsAnti-PD-1/L1 therapyEstrogen receptor-positive breast cancerPhase II/III clinical trialsNeoadjuvant breast cancer settingPathologic complete response rateHER2-negative breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerAddition of immunotherapyHLA-DR positivityBreast cancer settingComplete response rateHER2-negative patientsCohort of patientsEarly breast cancerMHC-II expressionPan-cancer biomarkerImmunotherapy benefitL1 therapyMost patientsNeoadjuvant durvalumab plus weekly nab-paclitaxel and dose-dense doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide in triple-negative breast cancer
Foldi J, Silber A, Reisenbichler E, Singh K, Fischbach N, Persico J, Adelson K, Katoch A, Horowitz N, Lannin D, Chagpar A, Park T, Marczyk M, Frederick C, Burrello T, Ibrahim E, Qing T, Bai Y, Blenman K, Rimm DL, Pusztai L. Neoadjuvant durvalumab plus weekly nab-paclitaxel and dose-dense doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide in triple-negative breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2021, 7: 9. PMID: 33558513, PMCID: PMC7870853, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-021-00219-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytesWeekly nab-paclitaxelTriple-negative breast cancerPD-L1Nab-paclitaxelAdverse eventsBreast cancerGrade 3/4 treatment-related adverse eventsPhase I/II trialGrade 3/4 adverse eventsTreatment-related adverse eventsDoxorubicin/cyclophosphamidePhase II studyGuillain-Barre syndromeMononuclear inflammatory cellsPathologic complete responseTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesTumor cell stainingEvaluable patientsNeoadjuvant durvalumabSP263 antibodyII trialNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNeoadjuvant therapyPrimary endpoint