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Gene expression signature that predicts early molecular response failure in chronic-phase CML patients on frontline imatinib. Blood Adv 2020; 3:1610-1621. [PMID: 31126916 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019000195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CP-CML) patients treated with frontline imatinib, failure to achieve early molecular response (EMR; EMR failure: BCR-ABL1 >10% on the international scale at 3 months) is predictive of inferior outcomes. Identifying patients at high-risk of EMR failure at diagnosis provides an opportunity to intensify frontline therapy and potentially avoid EMR failure. We studied blood samples from 96 CP-CML patients at diagnosis and identified 365 genes that were aberrantly expressed in 13 patients who subsequently failed to achieve EMR, with a gene signature significantly enriched for stem cell phenotype (eg, Myc, β-catenin, Hoxa9/Meis1), cell cycle, and reduced immune response pathways. We selected a 17-gene panel to predict EMR failure and validated this signature on an independent patient cohort. Patients classified as high risk with our gene expression signature (HR-GES) exhibited significantly higher rates of EMR failure compared with low-risk (LR-GES) patients (78% vs 5%; P < .0001), with an overall accuracy of 93%. Furthermore, HR-GES patients who received frontline nilotinib had a relatively low rate of EMR failure (10%). However, HR-GES patients still had inferior deep molecular response achievement rate by 24 months compared with LR-GES patients. This novel multigene signature may be useful for selecting patients at high risk of EMR failure on standard therapy who may benefit from trials of more potent kinase inhibitors or other experimental approaches.
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A next-generation sequencing-based assay for minimal residual disease assessment in AML patients with FLT3-ITD mutations. Blood Adv 2019; 2:825-831. [PMID: 29643105 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018015925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Internal tandem duplications in fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3-ITDs) are common in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and confer a poor prognosis. A sensitive and specific assay for the detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) in FLT3-ITD mutated AML could guide therapy decisions. Existing assays for MRD in FLT3-ITD AML have not been particularly useful because of limited sensitivity. We developed a sensitive and specific MRD assay for FLT3-ITD mutations using next-generation sequencing. The initial validation of this assay was performed by spiking fixed amounts of mutant DNA into wild-type DNA to establish a sensitivity of detection equivalent to ≥1 FLT3-ITD-containing cell in 10 000, with a minimum input of 100 000 cell equivalents of DNA. We subsequently validated the assay in bone marrow samples from patients with FLT3-ITD AML in remission. Finally, we analyzed bone marrow samples from 80 patients with FLT3-ITD relapsed/refractory AML participating in a trial of a novel FLT3 inhibitor, gilteritinib, and demonstrated a relationship between the mutation burden, as detected by the assay, and overall survival. This novel MRD assay is specific and 2 orders of magnitude more sensitive than currently available polymerase chain reaction- or next-generation sequencing-based FLT3-ITD assays. The assay is being prospectively validated in ongoing randomized clinical trials.
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Lewen M, Gresh R, Queenan M, Paessler M, Pillai V, Hexner E, Frank D, Bagg A, Aplenc R, Caywood E, Wertheim G. Pediatric chronic myeloid leukemia with inv(3)(q21q26.2) and T lymphoblastic transformation: a case report. Biomark Res 2016; 4:14. [PMID: 27453784 PMCID: PMC4957483 DOI: 10.1186/s40364-016-0069-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) comprises ~3 % of pediatric leukemia. Although therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is highly effective for CML, multiple factors have been identified as predictive of treatment failure. Chromosomal abnormalities involving the MECOM locus at 3q26 portend therapy resistant disease in adults, yet have never been described in pediatric patients and have not been associated with T lymphoblastic progression. Case presentation We present a case of an 11-year-old boy with CML possessing the unique combination of T lymphoblastic transformation and a subclone harboring inv(3)(q21q26.2) at diagnosis. This is the first reported case of pediatric CML with inv(3)(q21q26.2) and the first case of T lymphoblastic progression associated with this karyotype. The patient was treated with single agent TKI therapy with robust initial response. Marrow histology at one month showed restoration of trilineage hematopoiesis and BCR-ABL RT-PCR at three months showed a 1.4 log reduction in transcript levels. Conclusions The karyotypic abnormality of inv(3)(q21q26.2) in CML is not restricted to adult patients. Moreover, while chromosome 3 abnormalities are markers of TKI resistance in adults, our patient showed a robust early response to single agent TKI therapy. This finding suggests pediatric CML with inv(3)(q21q26.2) may have distinct features and more favorable treatment responses than those described in adults.
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Affiliation(s)
- Margaret Lewen
- Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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- Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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- Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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- Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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