2020
Blast MRD AML-1 Trial: Blockade of PD-1 Added to Standard Therapy to Target Measurable Residual Disease in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) 1- an Investigator-Initiated, CTEP-Sponsored, Randomized Phase 2 Study of the Anti-PD-1 Antibody Pembrolizumab in Combination with Conventional Intensive Chemotherapy (IC) As Frontline Therapy in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Zeidan A, Boddu P, Wood B, Zelterman D, Little R, Ivy S, Caldwell A, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Alatrash G, Sharon E, Radich J. Blast MRD AML-1 Trial: Blockade of PD-1 Added to Standard Therapy to Target Measurable Residual Disease in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) 1- an Investigator-Initiated, CTEP-Sponsored, Randomized Phase 2 Study of the Anti-PD-1 Antibody Pembrolizumab in Combination with Conventional Intensive Chemotherapy (IC) As Frontline Therapy in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Blood 2020, 136: 15. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-139668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMRD-negative complete responsesAcute myeloid leukemiaMinimal residual diseaseEvent-free survivalImmune checkpoint inhibitionPhase 2 studyIntensive chemotherapyDuration of responseComplete responseOverall survivalPD-1AML patientsDay 1Free survivalHematologic improvementInitial treatmentStudy armsResidual diseaseDay IVLeukemia-specific T-cell responsesSingle-arm phase 2 studyPD-1/PD-L1 pathwayTherapy-related acute myeloid leukemiaCancer Therapy Evaluation ProgramImmune cell subsets analysisBlast MRD AML-2: Blockade of PD-1 Added to Standard Therapy to Target Measurable Residual Disease (MDR) in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) 2- a Randomized Phase 2 Study of the Venetoclax, Azacitidine, and Pembrolizumab Versus Venetoclax and Azacitidine As First Line Therapy in Older Patients with AML Who Are Ineligible or Who Refuse Intensive Chemotherapy
Zeidan A, Boddu P, Wood B, Zelterman D, Little R, Ivy S, Caldwell A, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Alatrash G, Sharon E, Radich J. Blast MRD AML-2: Blockade of PD-1 Added to Standard Therapy to Target Measurable Residual Disease (MDR) in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) 2- a Randomized Phase 2 Study of the Venetoclax, Azacitidine, and Pembrolizumab Versus Venetoclax and Azacitidine As First Line Therapy in Older Patients with AML Who Are Ineligible or Who Refuse Intensive Chemotherapy. Blood 2020, 136: 11-12. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-139752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvent-free survivalDuration of responseMRD-negative CRIntensive chemotherapyOverall survivalDay 1Complete remissionFree survivalHematologic improvementOlder patientsSecondary AMLPD-1Study armsAML patientsInitial treatmentHematologic disordersLeukemia-specific T-cell responsesCancer Therapy Evaluation ProgramCR/complete remissionImmune cell subsets analysisRandomized phase 2 studyRandomized phase 2 trialRandomized phase II studyAllogeneic stem cell transplantBetter long-term clinical outcomes
2016
The Use of Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) in Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (RR-AML): Clinical Outcomes and Their Predictors in a Large International Patient Cohort
Stahl M, Podoltsev N, DeVeaux M, Perreault S, Itzykson R, Ritchie E, Sekeres M, Fathi A, Komrokji R, Bhatt V, Al-Kali A, Cluzeau T, Santini V, Brunner A, Roboz G, Fenaux P, Litzow M, Vey N, Verma V, Germing U, Fernández P, Zelterman D, Kim T, Prebet T, Gore S, Zeidan A. The Use of Hypomethylating Agents (HMAs) in Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (RR-AML): Clinical Outcomes and Their Predictors in a Large International Patient Cohort. Blood 2016, 128: 1063. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v128.22.1063.1063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultivariable logistic regression modelRR-AMLMinority of patientsOverall survivalPrior linesHypomethylating agentHMA therapyMedian numberLogistic regression modelsChromosome 7 abnormalitiesStable diseaseBlast percentageHematologic improvementProgressive diseaseHazard ratioClinical outcomesSpeakers bureauMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsPeripheral blood blast percentageRefractory acute myeloid leukemiaAllogeneic stem cell transplantationInternational Working Group criteriaWhite blood cell countCox proportional hazards modelBM blast percentage