2020
Tocilizumab Treatment for Cytokine Release Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Survival and Clinical Outcomes
Price CC, Altice FL, Shyr Y, Koff A, Pischel L, Goshua G, Azar MM, Mcmanus D, Chen SC, Gleeson SE, Britto CJ, Azmy V, Kaman K, Gaston DC, Davis M, Burrello T, Harris Z, Villanueva MS, Aoun-Barakat L, Kang I, Seropian S, Chupp G, Bucala R, Kaminski N, Lee AI, LoRusso PM, Topal JE, Dela Cruz C, Malinis M. Tocilizumab Treatment for Cytokine Release Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Survival and Clinical Outcomes. CHEST Journal 2020, 158: 1397-1408. PMID: 32553536, PMCID: PMC7831876, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytokine release syndromeTocilizumab-treated patientsSevere diseaseRelease syndromeTocilizumab treatmentInflammatory biomarkersNonsevere diseaseSoluble IL-2 receptor levelsHigh-sensitivity C-reactive proteinIL-2 receptor levelsConsecutive COVID-19 patientsIL-6 receptor antagonistMechanical ventilation outcomesC-reactive proteinCOVID-19 patientsHigher admission levelsRace/ethnicityMV daysVentilation outcomesAdverse eventsChart reviewClinical responseMedian ageWhite patientsClinical outcomes
2017
Clinical and Serologic Responses After a Two-dose Series of High-dose Influenza Vaccine in Plasma Cell Disorders: A Prospective, Single-arm Trial
Branagan AR, Duffy E, Albrecht RA, Cooper DL, Seropian S, Parker TL, Gan G, Li F, Zelterman D, Boddupalli CS, Zhang L, Verma R, Ferencz TM, Dhodapkar MV. Clinical and Serologic Responses After a Two-dose Series of High-dose Influenza Vaccine in Plasma Cell Disorders: A Prospective, Single-arm Trial. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2017, 17: 296-304.e2. PMID: 28343904, PMCID: PMC5413398, DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2017.02.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma cell disordersSerologic responseInfluenza vaccinationInfluenza vaccineMultiple myelomaCell disordersInfluenza infectionVaccination strategiesHigh-dose influenza vaccineInactivated trivalent influenza vaccineLaboratory-confirmed influenza infectionBooster vaccination strategiesStandard vaccination strategyTwo-dose seriesLaboratory-confirmed influenzaSeasonal influenza vaccinationTrivalent influenza vaccineSingle-arm trialPlasma cell dyscrasiaDisease response assessmentLogistic regression modelsSeroprotection ratesActive therapyAdverse eventsPartial response
2015
Clinical and pharmacodynamic analysis of pomalidomide dosing strategies in myeloma: impact of immune activation and cereblon targets
Sehgal K, Das R, Zhang L, Verma R, Deng Y, Kocoglu M, Vasquez J, Koduru S, Ren Y, Wang M, Couto S, Breider M, Hansel D, Seropian S, Cooper D, Thakurta A, Yao X, Dhodapkar KM, Dhodapkar MV. Clinical and pharmacodynamic analysis of pomalidomide dosing strategies in myeloma: impact of immune activation and cereblon targets. Blood 2015, 125: 4042-4051. PMID: 25869284, PMCID: PMC4481593, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-11-611426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune activationAntitumor effectsNK cellsT cellsMore frequent adverse eventsClinical antitumor effectsFrequent adverse eventsNatural killer cellsIntermittent dosing strategyDirect antitumor effectsExpression of cytokinesT cell activationGreater tumor reductionPomalidomide/Coinhibitory receptorsAdverse eventsClinical responseOverall survivalKiller cellsPharmacodynamic effectsImmunomodulatory effectsMultiple myelomaTumor reductionIntermittent dosingPharmacodynamic analysis