2022
Overall Survival and Progression-Free Survival of Patients Following Luspatercept Treatment in the MEDALIST Trial
Santini V, Fenaux P, Zeidan A, Komrokji R, Buckstein R, Oliva E, Ha X, Miteva D, Yucel A, Nadal J, Platzbecker U. Overall Survival and Progression-Free Survival of Patients Following Luspatercept Treatment in the MEDALIST Trial. Blood 2022, 140: 4079-4081. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2022-157489.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Association of provider experience and clinical outcomes in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes receiving hypomethylating agents
Zeidan AM, Hu X, Zhu W, Stahl M, Wang R, Huntington SF, Giri S, Bewersdorf JP, Podoltsev NA, Gore SD, Ma X, Davidoff AJ. Association of provider experience and clinical outcomes in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes receiving hypomethylating agents. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2019, 61: 397-408. PMID: 31570040, PMCID: PMC7732188, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1663423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeOverall survivalHMA cyclesHMA therapyProvider experienceCox proportional hazards modelOlder MDS patientsMedian overall survivalPercent of patientsSEER-Medicare dataMultivariate logistic regressionProportional hazards modelHMA initiationClinical outcomesMDS patientsClinical trialsMedian numberHMA treatmentHazards modelPatientsSignificant associationLogistic regressionPopulation-level survivalSurvivalSyndromeTreatment sequence of lenalidomide and hypomethylating agents and the impact on clinical outcomes for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes
Zeidan AM, Klink AJ, McGuire M, Feinberg B. Treatment sequence of lenalidomide and hypomethylating agents and the impact on clinical outcomes for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2019, 60: 2050-2055. PMID: 30636526, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2018.1551538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeFirst-line useLonger treatment durationAgent azacitidineTreatment discontinuationClinical outcomesMedian timeInsurance disenrollmentUS payersTreatment durationLenalidomidePatientsTreatment sequenceOptimal sequencingSyndromeSurvivalOutcomesDiscontinuationAzacitidineDecitabineDisenrollment
2017
A call for action: Increasing enrollment of untreated patients with higher‐risk myelodysplastic syndromes in first‐line clinical trials
Zeidan AM, Stahl M, Sekeres MA, Steensma DP, Komrokji RS, Gore SD. A call for action: Increasing enrollment of untreated patients with higher‐risk myelodysplastic syndromes in first‐line clinical trials. Cancer 2017, 123: 3662-3672. PMID: 28759108, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30903.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeAZA-001 trialClinical trialsMinimal survival gainsLarge randomized trialsManagement of patientsPopulation-based studyClinical trial enrollmentQuality of lifeMonotherapy armMedian survivalRandomized trialsSurvival impactTrial enrollmentSurvival gainMyelodysplastic syndromeRegistry analysisAggressive malignancyPatientsNatural historyRoutine useTrialsSurvivalEnrollmentHMAs
2014
Real-Life Experience of a Brief Arsenic Trioxide-Based Consolidation Chemotherapy in the Management of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Favorable Outcomes With Limited Anthracycline Exposure and Shorter Consolidation Therapy
Leech M, Morris L, Stewart M, Smith BD, Bashey A, Holland K, Solomon S, Zhang X, Carraway HE, Pratz K, Gore SD, Zeidan AM. Real-Life Experience of a Brief Arsenic Trioxide-Based Consolidation Chemotherapy in the Management of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Favorable Outcomes With Limited Anthracycline Exposure and Shorter Consolidation Therapy. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 2014, 15: 292-297. PMID: 25499624, PMCID: PMC4409502, DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2014.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute promyelocytic leukemiaHigh-risk acute promyelocytic leukemiaConsolidation chemotherapyConsolidation therapyPromyelocytic leukemiaEffective consolidation therapyEvent-free survivalLeukemia-free survivalTrans retinoic acidArsenic trioxide combinationsChemotherapy regimenAnthracycline exposureOverall survivalSecondary malignanciesCardiac toxicityFavorable outcomeRetrospective analysisArsenic trioxideTherapyRetinoic acidChemotherapyPatientsSurvivalLeukemiaMonths