2023
What’s Next after Hypomethylating Agents Failure in Myeloid Neoplasms? A Rational Approach
Awada H, Gurnari C, Xie Z, Bewersdorf J, Zeidan A. What’s Next after Hypomethylating Agents Failure in Myeloid Neoplasms? A Rational Approach. Cancers 2023, 15: 2248. PMID: 37190176, PMCID: PMC10137017, DOI: 10.3390/cancers15082248.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsAcute myeloid leukemiaMDS/AML patientsEarly clinical trialsPotential therapeutic agentAML patientsMultidrug combinationsClinical trialsMyeloid leukemiaMyeloid neoplasmsRational approachSingle agentCurrent managementTherapeutic potentialStandardized guidelinesTherapeutic agentsMutational characteristicsPatientsNeoplasmsLatest findingsGenomic factorsCellular adaptationAgentsHMA resistanceFailureLeukemia
2022
Randomized Phase II Study to Assess the Role of Nivolumab As Single Agent to Eliminate Minimal Residual Disease and Maintain Remission in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) Patients after Chemotherapy (NCI9706 protocol; REMAIN Trial)
Liu H, Sharon E, Karrison T, Zha Y, Fulton N, Streicher H, Sweet K, Yaghmour G, Liu J, Jonas B, Schimmer A, Grant S, Zeidan A, Hildebrandt G, Hourigan C, Lowrey C, Mattison R, Palmisiano N, Salhotra A, Tzachanis D, Baer M, Lin T, Patel P, Chen H, Stadler W, Odenike O, Larson R, Gajewski T, Stock W. Randomized Phase II Study to Assess the Role of Nivolumab As Single Agent to Eliminate Minimal Residual Disease and Maintain Remission in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) Patients after Chemotherapy (NCI9706 protocol; REMAIN Trial). Blood 2022, 140: 1716-1719. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2022-157326.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Predictive Biomarkers of Response to the Polo-like Kinase 1 (PLK1) Inhibitor, Onvansertib, in Combination with Decitabine in Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (R/R AML)
Zeidan A, Ridinger M, Croucher P, Samuëlsz E, Erlander M, Ruffner K, Wang E. Predictive Biomarkers of Response to the Polo-like Kinase 1 (PLK1) Inhibitor, Onvansertib, in Combination with Decitabine in Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (R/R AML). Blood 2021, 138: 3431. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-145129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical Trials CommitteeCurrent equity holderR AML patientsClinical responseTrials CommitteeGene expression signaturesSpeakers bureauAML patientsSingle agentMulticenter phase 2 studyPhase 1b/2 clinical trialRefractory acute myeloid leukemiaData Safety Monitoring CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeDaiichi SankyoSF mutationsCR/CRiPhase 2 studySafety Monitoring CommitteeChronic myelomonocytic leukemiaCycles of treatmentExpression signaturesComplete hematologic recoveryAcute myeloid leukemiaBone marrow samples
2020
Gilteritinib Remains Clinically Active in Relapsed/Refractory FLT3 Mutated AML Previously Treated with FLT3 inhibitors
Numan Y, Rahman Z, Grenet J, Boisclair S, Bewersdorf J, Barth D, Zeidan A, Yilmaz M, Dinner S, Deutsch Y, Frankfurt O, Litzow M, Al-Kali A, Foran J, Sproat L, Jovanovic B, Daver N, Perl A, Altman J. Gilteritinib Remains Clinically Active in Relapsed/Refractory FLT3 Mutated AML Previously Treated with FLT3 inhibitors. Blood 2020, 136: 5-7. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-137251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStem cell transplantMedian survivalFLT3 mutationsBristol-Myers SquibbDaiichi SankyoBoehringer IngelheimCRC ratesLymphoma SocietyCombination therapyPolymerase chain reactionFLT3-ITDSingle agentDrug resistanceAdvisory CommitteeBone marrow flow cytometryComposite complete remissionFLT3-D835 mutationsHigher CRCS ratesNon-transplanted patientsPoor median survivalKaplan-Meier curvesMulti-institutional analysisLog-rank testBayer HealthCare PharmaceuticalsMAPK pathway
2015
Azacitidine with or without Entinostat for the treatment of therapy‐related myeloid neoplasm: further results of the E1905 North American Leukemia Intergroup study
Prebet T, Sun Z, Ketterling RP, Zeidan A, Greenberg P, Herman J, Juckett M, Smith MR, Malick L, Paietta E, Czader M, Figueroa M, Gabrilove J, Erba HP, Tallman MS, Litzow M, Gore SD, intergroup T. Azacitidine with or without Entinostat for the treatment of therapy‐related myeloid neoplasm: further results of the E1905 North American Leukemia Intergroup study. British Journal Of Haematology 2015, 172: 384-391. PMID: 26577691, PMCID: PMC4794257, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13832.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsAzacitidineBenzamidesDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMaleMiddle AgedMyelodysplastic SyndromesNeoplasms, Second PrimaryPyridinesTreatment OutcomeConceptsTherapy-related myeloid neoplasmsMyeloid neoplasmsDe novo MDS/AMLRandomized phase 2 studyCombination of azacitidineLeukemia intergroup studyMedian overall survivalPhase 2 studyMDS/AMLSerious late effectsHistone deacetylase inhibitor entinostatAZA monotherapyCombination armNormalization rateOverall survivalIntergroup studyTreatment of cancerPoor responseLate effectsMedian numberAzacitidinePatientsSingle agentResponse rateConventional treatment