Immune Landscape and Outcomes of Patients with RNA Splicing Factor-Mutant Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes Treated with Azacitidine +/- the Anti-PD-L1 Antibody Durvalumab
Bewersdorf J, Hasle V, Shallis R, Thompson E, De Menezes D, Rose S, Boss I, Mendez L, Podoltsev N, Stahl M, Kewan T, Halene S, Haferlach T, Fox B, Zeidan A. Immune Landscape and Outcomes of Patients with RNA Splicing Factor-Mutant Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes Treated with Azacitidine +/- the Anti-PD-L1 Antibody Durvalumab. Blood 2024, 144: 4585. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-194929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myeloid leukemiaAnti-PD-L1 antibody durvalumabOverall response rateMyelodysplastic syndromeComplete responseBM aspiratesMyeloid leukemiaInternational Working GroupBone marrowMyelodysplastic syndromes treated with azacitidineAcute myeloid leukemia ptsWild-type acute myeloid leukemiaSecondary acute myeloid leukemiaResponse criteriaAnti-PD-L1Immune checkpoint inhibitorsTreated with azacitidineOutcomes of patientsAny-cause deathGeneration of neoantigensVariant allele frequencySusceptible to treatmentMarrow CRAdverse cytogeneticsCheckpoint inhibitorsIntegrated genetic, epigenetic, and immune landscape of TP53 mutant AML and higher risk MDS treated with azacitidine
Zeidan A, Bewersdorf J, Hasle V, Shallis R, Thompson E, de Menezes D, Rose S, Boss I, Halene S, Haferlach T, Fox B. Integrated genetic, epigenetic, and immune landscape of TP53 mutant AML and higher risk MDS treated with azacitidine. Therapeutic Advances In Hematology 2024, 15: 20406207241257904. PMID: 38883163, PMCID: PMC11180421, DOI: 10.1177/20406207241257904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher-risk myelodysplastic syndromesAcute myeloid leukemiaBone marrowMutation statusImmune landscapeImmunological landscapeAnti-PD-L1 antibody durvalumabHR-MDS patientsWild-type acute myeloid leukemiaTP53-mutant acute myeloid leukemiaMutant acute myeloid leukemiaAzacitidine-based therapyWild-type patientsImmune checkpoint proteinsImmune checkpoint expressionT cell populationsWild-typeStatistically significant decreaseAZA therapyImmunosuppressive microenvironmentPD-L1Mutant patientsDNA methylation arraysCheckpoint expressionMyelodysplastic syndrome