2024
Toxicity and Efficacy of Isavuconazole Vs Voriconazole As Anti-Fungal Prophylaxis for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Hunter C, Bewersdorf J, Mendez L, Podoltsev N, Zeidan A, Eighmy W, Roeder H, Malinis M, Shallis R. Toxicity and Efficacy of Isavuconazole Vs Voriconazole As Anti-Fungal Prophylaxis for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Blood 2024, 144: 1480-1480. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-211250.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvasive fungal infectionsAcute myeloid leukemiaAntifungal prophylaxisDiagnosed AMLDrug-drug interactionsTransaminase elevationVisual disturbancesRates of invasive fungal infectionsInvasive fungal infections incidenceBaseline ANCCD4 countMyeloid leukemiaAllogeneic stem cell transplantationAnti-fungal prophylaxisAcute myeloid leukemia diagnosisDuration of neutropeniaBaseline CD4 countLess-intensive therapyStem cell transplantationPatient baseline characteristicsSide effect profileCandida sppTriazole agentsWilcoxon rank sum testAntifungal voriconazoleRisk Factors and Predictors of Outcomes after Invasive Fungal Infection Among Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Hunter C, Bewersdorf J, Mendez L, Podoltsev N, Zeidan A, Eighmy W, Roeder H, Malinis M, Shallis R. Risk Factors and Predictors of Outcomes after Invasive Fungal Infection Among Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Blood 2024, 144: 4253. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-211426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvasive fungal infection diagnosisInvasive fungal infectionsAcute myeloid leukemiaInvasive Fungal Infection GroupAntifungal prophylaxis agentAntifungal prophylaxisCases of invasive fungal infectionsRates of invasive fungal infectionsFungal infectionsMyeloid leukemiaPrevent invasive fungal infectionsMycoses Study Group Education and Research ConsortiumRate of mortalityIFI patientsAllogeneic stem cell transplantationRisk factorsConsensus definitionAssociated with early mortalityNon-IFI groupSingle-gene mutationsPeriod of neutropeniaDays of neutropeniaAcute myeloid leukemia subtypesStem cell transplantationKaplan-Meier method
2019
Patterns of Care and Clinical Outcomes with 7+3 Induction Chemotherapy for Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in the United States (US): A Large Population-Based Study
Zeidan A, Podoltsev N, Wang X, Bewersdorf J, Shallis R, Huntington S, Neparidze N, Giri S, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A, Wang R. Patterns of Care and Clinical Outcomes with 7+3 Induction Chemotherapy for Patients (pts) with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in the United States (US): A Large Population-Based Study. Blood 2019, 134: 116. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-126643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBone marrow aspirate/biopsyHigh-volume hospitalsAcute myeloid leukemiaMedium-volume hospitalsAML ptsInduction chemotherapyIntensive care unitAnti-infective medicationsAnti-viral medicationInpatient stayCelgene CorporationAntifungal prophylaxisHospital deathVolume hospitalsHospital volumeMechanical ventilationLarge population-based retrospective cohort studyPopulation-based retrospective cohort studyCytarabine-based induction chemotherapyBoehringer IngelheimAdvisory CommitteeLarge population-based studyDaiichi SankyoInduction-related mortalityMedium-volume institutions