2022
A Multi-Center Phase Ib Trial of the Histone Deactylase Inhibitor (HDACi) Entinostat in Combination with Anti-PD1 Antibody Pembrolizumab in Patients with Refractory/Relapsed Myelodysplastic Syndromes (RR-MDS) or Oligoblastic Acute Myeloid Leukemia (RR-AML) after Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Failure
Bewersdorf J, Shallis R, Sharon E, Caldwell A, Wei W, Yacoub A, Madanat Y, Zeidner J, Altman J, Odenike O, Yerrabothala S, Kovacsovics T, Podoltsev N, Halene S, Little R, Piekarz R, Gore S, Kim T, Zeidan A. A Multi-Center Phase Ib Trial of the Histone Deactylase Inhibitor (HDACi) Entinostat in Combination with Anti-PD1 Antibody Pembrolizumab in Patients with Refractory/Relapsed Myelodysplastic Syndromes (RR-MDS) or Oligoblastic Acute Myeloid Leukemia (RR-AML) after Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Failure. Blood 2022, 140: 9084-9086. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2022-158626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer
Marczyk M, Qing T, O’Meara T, Yagahoobi V, Pelekanou V, Bai Y, Reisenbichler E, Cole KS, Li X, Gunasekharan V, Ibrahim E, Fanucci K, Wei W, Rimm DL, Pusztai L, Blenman KRM. Tumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2022, 8: 88. PMID: 35869114, PMCID: PMC9307813, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-022-00449-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor immune microenvironmentImmune microenvironmentTriple-negative breast cancer tissuesTriple-negative breast cancerAfrican AmericansImmune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor mutation burdenNegative breast cancerBreast cancer tissuesImmune-related pathwaysStromal TILsCheckpoint inhibitorsImmune exclusionClinical outcomesPD-L1Self-identified African AmericansCancer patientsImmune infiltrationBreast cancerMutation burdenCancer tissuesPredictive signatureMRNA expressionTherapeutic agentsPatients
2021
P33.02 Comparison of PD-L1 Protein Expression Between Primary and Metastatic Lesions in Lung Cancer Patients
Moutafi M, Tao W, Huang R, Haberberger J, Alexander B, Ramkissoon S, Ross J, Syrigos K, Wei W, Pusztai L, Rimm D, Vathiotis I. P33.02 Comparison of PD-L1 Protein Expression Between Primary and Metastatic Lesions in Lung Cancer Patients. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2021, 16: s405-s406. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChallenges in the Evaluation and Management of Toxicities Arising From Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Patients With Myeloid Malignancies
Shallis RM, Bewersdorf JP, Swoboda DM, Wei W, Gowda L, Prebet T, Halene S, Pillai MM, Parker T, Neparidze N, Podoltsev NA, Seropian S, Sallman DA, Gore SD, Zeidan AM. Challenges in the Evaluation and Management of Toxicities Arising From Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Patients With Myeloid Malignancies. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2021, 21: e483-e487. PMID: 33551344, DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2021.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Patterns of care and clinical outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia presenting with hyperleukocytosis who do not receive intensive chemotherapy
Shallis RM, Stahl M, Wei W, Montesinos P, Lengline E, Neukirchen J, Bhatt VR, Sekeres MA, Fathi AT, Konig H, Luger S, Khan I, Roboz GJ, Cluzeau T, Martínez-Cuadron D, Raffoux E, Germing U, Umakanthan JM, Mukhereje S, Brunner AM, Miller A, McMahon CM, Ritchie EK, Rodríguez-Veiga R, Itzykson R, Boluda B, Rabian F, Tormo M, Acuña-Cruz E, Rabinovich E, Yoo B, Cano I, Podoltsev NA, Bewersdorf JP, Gore S, Zeidan AM. Patterns of care and clinical outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia presenting with hyperleukocytosis who do not receive intensive chemotherapy. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2020, 61: 1220-1225. PMID: 32100599, PMCID: PMC8273667, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1728753.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Durability of brain metastasis response and overall survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with pembrolizumab.
Goldberg S, Gettinger S, Mahajan A, Herbst R, Chiang A, Lilenbaum R, Jilaveanu L, Rowen E, Gerrish H, Komlo A, Wei W, Chiang V, Kluger H. Durability of brain metastasis response and overall survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with pembrolizumab. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 2009-2009. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.2009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSemi-supervised identification of cancer subgroups using survival outcomes and overlapping grouping information
Wei W, Sun Z, da Silveira W, Yu Z, Lawson A, Hardiman G, Kelemen L, Chung D. Semi-supervised identification of cancer subgroups using survival outcomes and overlapping grouping information. Statistical Methods In Medical Research 2018, 28: 2137-2149. PMID: 29336210, PMCID: PMC6922004, DOI: 10.1177/0962280217752980.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer subgroupsAustralian Ovarian Cancer StudyHigh-grade serous ovarian cancerCancer patient subgroupsSerous ovarian cancerMolecular featuresOvarian Cancer StudyCancer Genome AtlasSurvival outcomesTreatment of cancerCancer patientsPatient subgroupsOvarian cancerPersonalized treatmentCancer progressionGenome AtlasCancer studiesKey molecular featuresSubgroupsCancerClear benefitTreatmentPatientsCliniciansEarly B cell changes predict autoimmunity following combination immune checkpoint blockade
Das R, Bar N, Ferreira M, Newman AM, Zhang L, Bailur JK, Bacchiocchi A, Kluger H, Wei W, Halaban R, Sznol M, Dhodapkar MV, Dhodapkar KM. Early B cell changes predict autoimmunity following combination immune checkpoint blockade. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2018, 128: 715-720. PMID: 29309048, PMCID: PMC5785243, DOI: 10.1172/jci96798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination checkpoint blockadeB cell changesB cellsCheckpoint blockadeCell changesCombination immune checkpoint blockadeB-cell receptor sequencingRisk of irAEsImmune checkpoint blockadeCell receptor sequencingB cell activationTreatment-induced changesCCB therapyAdverse eventsPD1 expressionPD1 receptorGrade 3PatientsCell activationEarly changesSingle-cell RNA sequencingTherapyPreemptive strategyCancer therapyIrAEs