2022
Randomized Phase II Study to Assess the Role of Nivolumab As Single Agent to Eliminate Minimal Residual Disease and Maintain Remission in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) Patients after Chemotherapy (NCI9706 protocol; REMAIN Trial)
Liu H, Sharon E, Karrison T, Zha Y, Fulton N, Streicher H, Sweet K, Yaghmour G, Liu J, Jonas B, Schimmer A, Grant S, Zeidan A, Hildebrandt G, Hourigan C, Lowrey C, Mattison R, Palmisiano N, Salhotra A, Tzachanis D, Baer M, Lin T, Patel P, Chen H, Stadler W, Odenike O, Larson R, Gajewski T, Stock W. Randomized Phase II Study to Assess the Role of Nivolumab As Single Agent to Eliminate Minimal Residual Disease and Maintain Remission in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) Patients after Chemotherapy (NCI9706 protocol; REMAIN Trial). Blood 2022, 140: 1716-1719. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2022-157326.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 AML-1 Trial: Blockade of PD-1 Added to Standard Therapy to Target Measurable Residual Disease in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) 1- an Investigator-Initiated, CTEP-Sponsored, Randomized Phase 2 Study of the Anti-PD-1 Antibody Pembrolizumab in Combination with Conventional Intensive Chemotherapy (IC) As Frontline Therapy in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Zeidan A, Boddu P, Wood B, Zelterman D, Little R, Ivy S, Caldwell A, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Alatrash G, Sharon E, Radich J. Blast MRD AML-1 Trial: Blockade of PD-1 Added to Standard Therapy to Target Measurable Residual Disease in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) 1- an Investigator-Initiated, CTEP-Sponsored, Randomized Phase 2 Study of the Anti-PD-1 Antibody Pembrolizumab in Combination with Conventional Intensive Chemotherapy (IC) As Frontline Therapy in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Blood 2020, 136: 15. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-139668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMRD-negative complete responsesAcute myeloid leukemiaMinimal residual diseaseEvent-free survivalImmune checkpoint inhibitionPhase 2 studyIntensive chemotherapyDuration of responseComplete responseOverall survivalPD-1AML patientsDay 1Free survivalHematologic improvementInitial treatmentStudy armsResidual diseaseDay IVLeukemia-specific T-cell responsesSingle-arm phase 2 studyPD-1/PD-L1 pathwayTherapy-related acute myeloid leukemiaCancer Therapy Evaluation ProgramImmune cell subsets analysisBlast 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
2018
Effective Immunomodulation with Pomalidomide Beginning at Early Lymphocyte Recovery during Induction Timed Sequential Therapy (TST) for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and High-Risk Myelodysplasia (HR-MDS)
Zeidner J, Knaus H, Zeidan A, Blackford A, Montiel-Esparza R, Prince G, Gondek L, Ghiaur G, Showel M, DeZern A, Pratz K, Smith B, Levis M, Foster M, Coombs C, Streicher H, Karp J, Luznik L, Gojo I. Effective Immunomodulation with Pomalidomide Beginning at Early Lymphocyte Recovery during Induction Timed Sequential Therapy (TST) for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and High-Risk Myelodysplasia (HR-MDS). Blood 2018, 132: 335. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-114961.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly lymphocyte recoveryTimed sequential therapyAcute myeloid leukemiaMinimal residual diseaseT cellsLymphocyte recoveryCR rateMedian timeDay 1Phase 1 dose-escalation studyALT/AST elevationsAcute respiratory distress syndromeSecondary acute myeloid leukemiaAdverse-risk cytogeneticsHR-MDS patientsNon-hematologic gradePoor-risk subsetStandard induction therapyAcute kidney injuryMedian overall survivalPeripheral blood CD4Disease-free survivalDose-escalation studyEvent-free survivalGrade 3 rash