2023
Peripheral blood immune cell and cytokine profiling of patients receiving corticosteroids for immune checkpoint inhibitor-related adverse events: Steroid dose and duration.
Merkin R, Schoenfeld D, Djureinovic D, Austin M, Wang M, Qu R, Zhang L, Mann J, Wei W, Sun L, Aizenbud L, Destina J, Kluger H. Peripheral blood immune cell and cytokine profiling of patients receiving corticosteroids for immune checkpoint inhibitor-related adverse events: Steroid dose and duration. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: e14694-e14694. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.e14694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune-related adverse eventsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsSevere immune-related adverse eventsPeripheral blood immune cellsBlood immune cellsSteroid therapyDose levelsSteroid taperAdverse eventsIL-6Immune cellsImmune checkpoint inhibitor-related adverse eventsSeverity of irAEsMultiple immune-related adverse eventsAnti-PD-1 therapyT effector memory cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsYale Cancer CenterSerum cytokine concentrationsEffector memory cellsPathogenic T cellsBlood mononuclear cellsConcentrations of TNFαBiomarkers of responseT cell subtypes
2020
Clinical outcomes and characteristics of patients with TP53-mutated acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes: a single center experience*
Bewersdorf JP, Shallis RM, Gowda L, Wei W, Hager K, Isufi I, Kim TK, Pillai MM, Seropian S, Podoltsev NA, Gore SD, Siddon AJ, Zeidan AM. Clinical outcomes and characteristics of patients with TP53-mutated acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes: a single center experience*. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2020, 61: 2180-2190. PMID: 32362171, PMCID: PMC7603787, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1759051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaMedian overall survivalTherapy-related malignanciesOverall survivalMyelodysplastic syndromeMyeloid leukemiaAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantLonger median overall survivalSingle-center retrospective studyComplex karyotypeHematopoietic stem cell transplantIntensive chemotherapy approachesYale Cancer CenterCharacteristics of patientsSingle-center experienceMinority of patientsStem cell transplantLong-term survivalLow response rateIntensive chemotherapyCenter experienceClinicopathologic characteristicsAdverse prognosisAML patientsCell transplantPembrolizumab for management of patients with NSCLC and brain metastases: long-term results and biomarker analysis from a non-randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial
Goldberg SB, Schalper KA, Gettinger SN, Mahajan A, Herbst RS, Chiang AC, Lilenbaum R, Wilson FH, Omay SB, Yu JB, Jilaveanu L, Tran T, Pavlik K, Rowen E, Gerrish H, Komlo A, Gupta R, Wyatt H, Ribeiro M, Kluger Y, Zhou G, Wei W, Chiang VL, Kluger HM. Pembrolizumab for management of patients with NSCLC and brain metastases: long-term results and biomarker analysis from a non-randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial. The Lancet Oncology 2020, 21: 655-663. PMID: 32251621, PMCID: PMC7380514, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(20)30111-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain metastasis responseYale Cancer CenterPD-L1 expressionPhase 2 trialUntreated brain metastasesBrain metastasesAdrenal insufficiencyAdverse eventsMetastasis responseCNS diseaseCancer CenterCohort 2Cohort 1Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance statusTreatment-related serious adverse eventsModified Response Evaluation CriteriaStage IV NSCLCTreatment-related deathsAcute kidney injuryPD-1 blockadeSerious adverse eventsSolid Tumors criteriaPhase 2 studyProportion of patientsResponse Evaluation Criteria
2019
EGFR mutation subtypes and response to immune checkpoint blockade treatment in non-small-cell lung cancer
Hastings K, Yu HA, Wei W, Sanchez-Vega F, DeVeaux M, Choi J, Rizvi H, Lisberg A, Truini A, Lydon CA, Liu Z, Henick BS, Wurtz A, Cai G, Plodkowski AJ, Long NM, Halpenny DF, Killam J, Oliva I, Schultz N, Riely GJ, Arcila ME, Ladanyi M, Zelterman D, Herbst RS, Goldberg SB, Awad MM, Garon EB, Gettinger S, Hellmann MD, Politi K. EGFR mutation subtypes and response to immune checkpoint blockade treatment in non-small-cell lung cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2019, 30: 1311-1320. PMID: 31086949, PMCID: PMC6683857, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAllelesAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDrug Resistance, NeoplasmErbB ReceptorsFemaleGenetic HeterogeneityHumansLungLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMutationProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorProgression-Free SurvivalRetrospective StudiesTobacco SmokingConceptsEGFR-mutant tumorsMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterYale Cancer CenterImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPD-L1 expressionImmune checkpoint blockadeTumor mutation burdenCancer CenterLung tumorsCheckpoint blockadeEGFR mutant lung tumorsMutant tumorsCheckpoint inhibitorsLung cancerMutation burdenImmune checkpoint blockade treatmentLow tumor mutation burdenDana-Farber Cancer InstituteEGFR wild-type lung cancersCheckpoint blockade treatmentCell lung cancerEGFR mutation subtypesSimilar smoking historyCell death 1Lung cancer cases