2024
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 inhibitors
2020
Maintenance therapy for acute myeloid leukemia: sustaining the pursuit for sustained remission.
Shallis RM, Podoltsev NA. Maintenance therapy for acute myeloid leukemia: sustaining the pursuit for sustained remission. Current Opinion In Hematology 2020, 28: 110-121. PMID: 33394722, DOI: 10.1097/moh.0000000000000637.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorClinical Decision-MakingCombined Modality TherapyDisease ManagementDisease SusceptibilityHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMaintenance ChemotherapyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRemission InductionTreatment OutcomeConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaMaintenance therapyMeasurable residual diseaseMyeloid leukemiaOral hypomethylating agentPost-transplant settingImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPlacebo-controlled trialHigh-risk diseaseAML patient populationRecent positive findingsMRD statusSustained remissionCheckpoint inhibitorsAML patientsRandomized trialsResidual diseasePatient populationHypomethylating agentMRD techniquesTherapyPositive findingsPatientsBcl-2Remission