2024
Risk Factors and Predictors of Outcomes after Invasive Fungal Infection Among Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Hunter C, Bewersdorf J, Mendez L, Podoltsev N, Zeidan A, Eighmy W, Roeder H, Malinis M, Shallis R. Risk Factors and Predictors of Outcomes after Invasive Fungal Infection Among Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Blood 2024, 144: 4253. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-211426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvasive fungal infection diagnosisInvasive fungal infectionsAcute myeloid leukemiaInvasive Fungal Infection GroupAntifungal prophylaxis agentAntifungal prophylaxisCases of invasive fungal infectionsRates of invasive fungal infectionsFungal infectionsMyeloid leukemiaPrevent invasive fungal infectionsMycoses Study Group Education and Research ConsortiumRate of mortalityIFI patientsAllogeneic stem cell transplantationRisk factorsConsensus definitionAssociated with early mortalityNon-IFI groupSingle-gene mutationsPeriod of neutropeniaDays of neutropeniaAcute myeloid leukemia subtypesStem cell transplantationKaplan-Meier methodAssociation between Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated with Hypomethylating Agents and Venetoclax
Weiss J, Yates S, Badar T, Patel A, Winer E, Litzow M, Cheng W, Lin C, Shallis R. Association between Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated with Hypomethylating Agents and Venetoclax. Blood 2024, 144: 1489-1489. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-206670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myeloid leukemiaBody mass indexOverall response rateBody mass index groupsSecondary AMLObese ptsHypomethylating agentsEuropean LeukemiaNetMulti-centerOverall survivalMyeloid leukemiaRetrospective studyMass indexNewly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemiaVariable volume of distributionSecondary acute myeloid leukemiaAssociated with higher 90-day mortalityTreatment of acute myeloid leukemiaHigher 30-day mortalityMultivariate Cox regression modelInterquartile rangeComposite remission rateExtensive protein bindingKaplan-Meier methodRisk of early mortalityClinical Outcomes and Variability Based on Baseline Cytogenetic Risk of Patients with MDS Treated with Hypomethylating Agents: An Analysis from the International Consortium for MDS (icMDS) Validate Database
Getz T, Kewan T, Bewersdorf J, Stempel J, Lanino L, Wei W, Al Ali N, DeZern A, Sekeres M, Uy G, Carraway H, Desai P, Griffiths E, Stein E, Brunner A, McMahon C, Shallis R, Zeidner J, Savona M, Ball S, Chandhok N, Logothetis C, Bidikian A, Roboz G, Rolles B, Wang E, Harris A, Amaya M, Hawkins H, Grenet J, Xie Z, Madanat Y, Abaza Y, Badar T, Haferlach T, Maciejewski J, Sallman D, Enjeti A, Al-Rabi K, Halahleh K, Hiwase D, Diez-Campelo M, Valcarcel D, Haferlach C, Pleyer L, Kotsianidis I, Pappa V, Santini V, Consagra A, Al-Kali A, Ogawa S, Nannya Y, Stahl M, Della Porta M, Komrokji R, Zeidan A. Clinical Outcomes and Variability Based on Baseline Cytogenetic Risk of Patients with MDS Treated with Hypomethylating Agents: An Analysis from the International Consortium for MDS (icMDS) Validate Database. Blood 2024, 144: 3219-3219. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-202075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-complex karyotypeInternational Prognostic Scoring SystemCytogenetic risk groupHMA initiationComplex karyotypeIPSS-RHypomethylating agentsOverall survivalRisk groupsCytogenetic abnormalitiesAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationHematopoietic stem cell transplantationAssociated with worse survivalHypomethylating agent combinationsPoor-risk cytogeneticsPeripheral blood blastsTreated with azacitidinePrognostic Scoring SystemMeasured overall survivalStem cell transplantationKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testOutcomes of PTTime-to-event analysisRisk of patientsComparative Analysis of Outcomes with HMA Plus Venetoclax Vs Intensive Chemotherapy in AML Patients Harboring Very-High Risk Cytogenetics
Aguirre L, Bewersdorf J, Liu Y, Shallis R, Boussi L, Zucenka A, Garciaz S, Bystrom R, DeAngelo D, Stone R, Luskin M, Garcia J, Winer E, Ling K, Chen E, Wadleigh M, Stein E, Goldberg A, Zeidan A, Shimony S, Stahl M. Comparative Analysis of Outcomes with HMA Plus Venetoclax Vs Intensive Chemotherapy in AML Patients Harboring Very-High Risk Cytogenetics. Blood 2024, 144: 4267-4267. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-202744.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMorphologic leukemia-free stateComposite complete remissionTreated with ICIntensive chemotherapyMonosomal karyotypeComplex karyotypeProgressive diseaseSurvival outcomesTreatment strategiesAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationComposite complete remission rateTreated with intensive chemotherapyHematopoietic stem cell transplantationComparative analysis of outcomesDismal survival outcomesConventional cytotoxic chemotherapyAggressive disease biologyMulticenter retrospective cohortStem cell transplantationAnalyze survival outcomesKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testAnalysis of outcomesCK-AMLCPX-351Outcomes with HMA Plus Venetoclax Vs Intensive Chemotherapy in AML Patients with Chromosome 5 and 7 Abnormalities
Boussi L, Bewersdorf J, Liu Y, Shallis R, Aguirre L, Zucenka A, Garciaz S, Bystrom R, DeAngelo D, Stone R, Luskin M, Garcia J, Winer E, Chen E, Wadleigh M, Ling K, Zeidan A, Goldberg A, Stein E, Shimony S, Stahl M. Outcomes with HMA Plus Venetoclax Vs Intensive Chemotherapy in AML Patients with Chromosome 5 and 7 Abnormalities. Blood 2024, 144: 4281-4281. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-204467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myeloid leukemiaMedian OSTP53 co-mutationsTreated with ICIntensive chemotherapyComposite CRCo-mutationsComplete remissionOverall survivalPts ageAllogeneic stem cell transplantationSecondary acute myeloid leukemiaDiagnosed AMLAcute myeloid leukemia patientsAssociated with poor outcomesEstimate overall survivalStem cell transplantationKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testPredictors of survivalCPX-351Monosomy 5MRD negativityInduction therapyComplex karyotype
2023
Comparable Survival of Treatment Naïve TP53 Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated with Hypomethylating Agent Compared to Hypomethylating Agent Plus Venetoclax Based Therapy
Badar T, Atallah E, Shallis R, Patel A, De Camargo Correia G, Goldberg A, Saliba A, Bewersdorf J, Duvall A, Bradshaw D, Abaza Y, Murthy S, Palmisiano N, Kota V, Litzow M. Comparable Survival of Treatment Naïve TP53 Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated with Hypomethylating Agent Compared to Hypomethylating Agent Plus Venetoclax Based Therapy. Blood 2023, 142: 592. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-184626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myeloid leukemiaComplete remission rateOverall survivalDuration of responseMultivariable analysisComplex cytogeneticsAllo-HCTRemission rateMyeloid leukemiaAllogeneic stem cell transplantSecondary acute myeloid leukemiaAdverse-risk diseaseCR/CRiMedian overall survivalOutcome of ptsResults Baseline characteristicsKaplan-Meier methodMore effective treatment strategiesSignificant univariate predictorsStem cell transplantEffective treatment strategiesReal-world studyLogistic regression modelsMedian followVEN groupImpact of Type of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Used on Outcomes of Patients (Pts) with Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes/Neoplasms (HR-MDS) - a Large, Multicenter, Retrospective Analysis
Bewersdorf J, Kewan T, Blaha O, Stahl M, Al Ali N, DeZern A, Sekeres M, Uy G, Carraway H, Desai P, Griffiths E, Stein E, Brunner A, McMahon C, Zeidner J, Savona M, Stempel J, Chandhok N, Ramaswamy R, Roboz G, Rolles B, Wang E, Harris A, Amaya M, Hawkins H, Grenet J, Gurnari C, Shallis R, Xie Z, Maciejewski J, Sallman D, Della Porta M, Komrokji R, Zeidan A. Impact of Type of Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) Used on Outcomes of Patients (Pts) with Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes/Neoplasms (HR-MDS) - a Large, Multicenter, Retrospective Analysis. Blood 2023, 142: 4613. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-178728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCox multivariable regression modelOverall survivalHMA initiationHypomethylating agentMultivariable regression modelsTP53 mutationsAllo-HCTComplete remissionComplex karyotypePartner drugsBone marrowSurvival analysisAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantMultivariable Cox regression modelsTreatment typeOverall responseAdverse genetic featuresMedian overall survivalOutcomes of patientsHematopoietic cell transplantAdverse overall survivalKaplan-Meier methodCox regression modelLog-rank testPredictors of response