Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab Added to Azacitidine Plus Venetoclax for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Results from an Investigator-Initiated, Multi-Center, CTEP-Sponsored Randomized, Phase II Trial (BLAST AML-2)
Stempel J, Uy G, Dinner S, Gojo I, Reed D, Roy R, Byrd K, Yerrabothala S, Lai C, Doucette K, Caldwell A, Blaha O, Podoltsev N, Mendez L, Bewersdorf J, Kewan T, Wistuba I, Alatrash G, Haymaker C, Streicher H, Sharon E, Little R, Gore S, Radich J, Wood B, Zeidan A, Shallis R. Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab Added to Azacitidine Plus Venetoclax for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Results from an Investigator-Initiated, Multi-Center, CTEP-Sponsored Randomized, Phase II Trial (BLAST AML-2). Blood 2024, 144: 736. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-210370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhase II trialTreatment-related AEsII trialFrequent treatment-related AEsSafety run-in periodAllogeneic stem cell transplantationNo dose limiting toxicitiesRandomized phase II trialAML-2Multi-centerControl armSafety of pembrolizumabDose-limiting toxicityPD-1 inhibitionAnti-PD1 antibodyIncomplete count recoveryFLT3 wild-typeIntermediate cytogenetic riskStem cell transplantationAcute myeloid leukemiaActivated T cellsRun-in periodIntention-to-treat analysisCancer Immune MonitoringLong-term survivalAssociation 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 mortalityImpact of Time from Diagnosis to Treatment on Outcomes of Adults with AML Treated with HMA and Venetoclax: A US-Based, Multi-Center, Real-World, Retrospective Analysis from the Consortium on Myeloid Malignancies and Neoplastic Diseases (COMMAND)
Yates S, Weiss J, Sneider A, Geramita E, Guru Murthy G, Badar T, Im A, Lin C, Cheng W, Winer E, Abaza Y, Litzow M, Atallah E, Swaroop A, Patel A, Shallis R. Impact of Time from Diagnosis to Treatment on Outcomes of Adults with AML Treated with HMA and Venetoclax: A US-Based, Multi-Center, Real-World, Retrospective Analysis from the Consortium on Myeloid Malignancies and Neoplastic Diseases (COMMAND). Blood 2024, 144: 447-447. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-207116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnosed AMLAcute myeloid leukemiaEuropean LeukemiaNetOverall survivalComplete responseECOG PSHypomethylating agentsSeverity of presentationMulti-centerPerformance statusRetrospective analysisFactors associated with improved OSTherapy-related acute myeloid leukemiaECOG PS of 2Initiation of induction therapyMultivariate analysisAssociated with worse OSNext generation sequencing panelIntermediate risk diseaseIncomplete count recoveryECOG performance statusDisease biologyNPM1 mutation statusUnivariate Cox modelPre-planned subgroup analysis