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Gogas H, Dréno B, Larkin J, Demidov L, Stroyakovskiy D, Eroglu Z, Francesco Ferrucci P, Pigozzo J, Rutkowski P, Mackiewicz J, Rooney I, Voulgari A, Troutman S, Pitcher B, Guo Y, Yan Y, Castro M, Mulla S, Flaherty K, Arance A. Cobimetinib plus atezolizumab in BRAF V600 wild-type melanoma: primary results from the randomized phase III IMspire170 study. Ann Oncol 2020; 32:384-394. [PMID: 33309774 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Emerging data suggest that the combination of MEK inhibitors and immunotherapeutic agents may result in improved efficacy in melanoma. We evaluated whether combining MEK inhibition and immune checkpoint inhibition was more efficacious than immune checkpoint inhibition alone in patients with previously untreated BRAFV600 wild-type advanced melanoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS IMspire170 was an international, randomized, open-label, phase III study. Patients were randomized 1 : 1 to receive cobimetinib (60 mg, days 1-21) plus anti-programmed death-ligand 1 atezolizumab (840 mg every 2 weeks) in 28-day cycles or anti-programmed death-1 pembrolizumab (200 mg every 3 weeks) alone until loss of clinical benefit, unacceptable toxicity, or consent withdrawal. The primary outcome was progression-free survival (PFS), assessed by an independent review committee in the intention-to-treat population. RESULTS Between 11 December 2017, and 29 January 2019, 446 patients were randomized to receive cobimetinib plus atezolizumab (n = 222) or pembrolizumab (n = 224). Median follow-up was 7.1 months [interquartile range (IQR) 4.8-9.9] for cobimetinib plus atezolizumab and 7.2 months (IQR 4.9-10.1) for pembrolizumab. Median PFS was 5.5 months [95% confidence interval (CI) 3.8-7.2] with cobimetinib plus atezolizumab versus 5.7 months (95% CI 3.7-9.6) with pembrolizumab [stratified hazard ratio 1.15 (95% CI 0.88-1.50); P = 0.30]. Hazard ratios for PFS were consistent across prespecified subgroups. In exploratory biomarker analyses, higher tumor mutational burden was associated with improved clinical outcomes in both treatment arms. The most common grade 3-5 adverse events (AEs) were increased blood creatine phosphokinase (10.0% with cobimetinib plus atezolizumab versus 0.9% with pembrolizumab), diarrhea (7.7% versus 1.9%), rash (6.8% versus 0.9%), hypertension (6.4% versus 3.7%), and dermatitis acneiform (5.0% versus 0). Serious AEs occurred in 44.1% of patients with cobimetinib plus atezolizumab and 20.8% with pembrolizumab. CONCLUSION Cobimetinib plus atezolizumab did not improve PFS compared with pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with BRAFV600 wild-type advanced melanoma.
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- H Gogas
- First Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
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- Dermatology Department, CHU Nantes, CIC 1413, CRCINA, University Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow City Oncology Hospital #62 of Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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- Department of Cutaneous Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, USA
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- Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma and Melanoma, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical and Experimental Oncology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, and Department of Diagnostics and Cancer Immunology, Greater Poland Cancer Center, Poznan, Poland
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, USA
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- Roche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, UK
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, USA
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- Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Mississauga, Canada
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, USA
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, USA
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, USA
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- Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Mississauga, Canada
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Christodoulou GN, Lykouras LP, Mountokalakis T, Voulgari A, Stefanis CN. Personality characteristics of psychiatric trainees. Bibl Psychiatr 2015:137-42. [PMID: 7993356 DOI: 10.1159/000423328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- G N Christodoulou
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Greece
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Ekberg H, Grinyo J, Nashan B, Vanrenterghem Y, Vincenti F, Voulgari A, Truman M, Nasmyth-Miller C, Rashford M. Cyclosporine sparing with mycophenolate mofetil, daclizumab and corticosteroids in renal allograft recipients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008; 3:7-9. [PMID: 37001118 DOI: 10.2215/01.cjn.0000926944.30910.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Ekberg H, Grinyó J, Nashan B, Vanrenterghem Y, Vincenti F, Voulgari A, Truman M, Nasmyth-Miller C, Rashford M. Cyclosporine sparing with mycophenolate mofetil, daclizumab and corticosteroids in renal allograft recipients: the CAESAR Study. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:560-70. [PMID: 17229079 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01645.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Although the calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) cyclosporine (CsA) and tacrolimus are highly effective immunosuppressants, they are associated with serious side effects. There is great interest in immunosuppressive regimens that permit reduction or elimination of CNIs, while maintaining adequate immunosuppression and acceptable acute rejection rates. Patients (n = 536) receiving their first renal allograft were randomized to one of three immunosuppressant regimens: daclizumab, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), corticosteroids (CS) and low-dose CsA (target trough levels of 50-100 ng/mL), weaned from month 4 and withdrawn by month 6; daclizumab, MMF, CS and low-dose CsA; or MMF, CS and standard-dose CsA. Mean GFR 12 months after transplantation (primary end point) was not statistically different in the CsA withdrawal and low-dose CsA groups (both 50.9 mL/min/1.73 m(2)) vs. the standard-dose CsA group (48.6 mL/min/1.73 m(2)). At 12 months, the incidence of biopsy-proven acute rejection was significantly higher in the CsA withdrawal group (38%) vs. the low- or standard-dose CsA groups (25.4% and 27.5%, respectively; p < 0.05). In summary, a regimen of continuous low-dose CsA with MMF, CS and daclizumab induction is a clinically safe and effective immunosuppressive regimen in renal transplant recipients.
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Agiostratidou G, Sgouros I, Galani E, Voulgari A, Chondrogianni N, Samantas E, Dimopoulos MA, Skarlos D, Gonos ES. Correlation of in vitro cytotoxicity and clinical response to chemotherapy in ovarian and breast cancer patients. Anticancer Res 2001; 21:455-9. [PMID: 11299779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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During the last years, a number of assays have been developed aiming at predicting the most effective chemotherapy regimen for each individual, avoiding possible toxicity of ineffective drugs. In the present study we have used an in vitro chemosensitivity/chemoresistance assay in order to evaluate cytotoxic treatment in ovarian and breast cancer patients. The assay was applied in 77 ovarian and breast cancer samples and the observed in vitro responses to various chemotherapeutic drugs or combinations of drugs were then correlated to the in vivo responses and the overall clinical data of the examined patients. Direct comparison was possible for 25 cases. The overall positive predictive value of the assay was 50% and the negative predictive value was 57%. However, it was observed that the positive predictive value for ovarian patients was 69% and that the negative predictive value for breast patients was 100%. Therefore this study indicates that although in vitro chemosensitivity/chemoresistance is a valuable assay, further analysis and implications of other factors are required for a general evaluation of cytotoxic treatment for patients with ovarian and breast cancer.
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- G Agiostratidou
- National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, 48 Vas. Constantinou Ave., Athens 11635, Greece
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Lykouras L, Adrachta D, Kalfakis N, Oulis P, Voulgari A, Christodoulou GN, Papageorgiou C, Stefanis C. GHQ-28 as an aid to detect mental disorders in neurological inpatients. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996; 93:212-6. [PMID: 8739669 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb10634.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The prevalence of mental disorders (DSM-IIIR criteria) among 107 neurological inpatients was estimated, as well as the extent to which disorders were detected by neurologists. The validity of the scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was evaluated using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis and DSM-IIIR as external criteria. Of the 107 patients who submitted to a structured psychiatric interview (SCID-R), 56 (52.3%) showed evidence of a mental disorder. Major depressive episode (n = 16), generalized anxiety disorders (n = 13) and dysthymia (n = 12) were the most frequent diagnoses. The neurologists recognized only 13/107 cases (12.1%). Significantly more women than men exhibited some form of mental disorder. The validation of GHQ-28 in the series of 107 neurological inpatients indicated that the best trade-off between sensitivity and specificity was the cut-off score of 5/6. The high occurrence of mental disorder, in association with the low rate of detection by the neurologists, points to the need for special attention to be paid to this problem by staff and experts.
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- L Lykouras
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Greece
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- G N Christodoulou
- Athens University Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, Greece
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Papanikolaou MN, Voulgari A, Lykouras L, Arvanitis Y, Christodoulou GN, Danou-Roussaki A. Psychological factors influencing the surgical patients' consent to regional anaesthesia. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1994; 38:607-11. [PMID: 7976153 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1994.tb03960.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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To investigate the preoperative attitude of surgical patients to regional anaesthesia, 162 subjects scheduled for elective surgery were studied. On the day before operation, patients were interviewed by an anaesthesiologist, using a semi-structured schedule. Topics investigated were sociodemographic variables and clinical correlates, such as past anaesthetic experience, information about anaesthesia and surgery, as well as questions and fears related to anaesthesia. Subjects were assessed for personality characteristics and emotional symptoms by Eysenck's Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Zung's Self-rating Anxiety and Depression Rating Scales, Schalling-Sifneos' Personality Scale and the 43-item Life Events Inventory of Holmes and Rahe. Seventy-one patients (44%) consented to regional anaesthesia. Consent to regional anaesthesia was associated with advanced age, low neuroticism and high extroversion score in the EPQ, as well as longer duration of illness. The deniers of consent asked more questions and expressed more fears about anaesthesia. It is suggested that the patients' characteristics influence their preference, acceptance or refusal of regional anaesthesia.
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- M N Papanikolaou
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Voulgari A, Papanikolaou MN, Lykouras L, Alevizos B, Alexiou E, Christodoulou GN. Prevention of postoperative anxiety and depression. Bibl Psychiatr 1994:49-55. [PMID: 7993362 DOI: 10.1159/000423317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- A Voulgari
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, Greece
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Voulgari A, Lykouras L, Papanikolaou M, Tzonou A, Danou-Roussaki A, Christodoulou G. Influence of psychological and clinical factors on postoperative pain and narcotic consumption. Psychother Psychosom 1991; 55:191-6. [PMID: 1679951 DOI: 10.1159/000288429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Demographic, psychological and clinical factors influencing postoperative pain and narcotic analgesic requirements in 162 patients undergoing elective operations under general anesthesia were studied. Eysencks Personality Questionnaire, Foulds Hostility Questionnaire, Zung's Anxiety-Depression (self-rating) Scales and the 43 Item Life Events Inventory by Holmes and Rahe were used. Clinical correlates such as surgical department, outcome of the operation, patient's knowledge of the diagnosis, were studied. Using multiple regression analysis the following results were obtained: postoperative pain levels increase with higher score of extroverted hostility (p = 0.038), abdominal surgery (p = 0.004), longer stay at hospital postoperatively (p = 0.15) and higher educational status (p = 0.13). Postoperative narcotic requirements increase with increased postoperative pain levels (p = 0.039) and preoccupation with pain postoperatively (p = 0.025), preoperative analgesic drug use (p = 0.017), abdominal surgery (p = 0.009) and longer stay at hospital preoperatively (p = 0.016). Also the department in which the patients were hospitalized influenced narcotic consumption.
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- A Voulgari
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, Greece
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We estimated the prevalence of depression in 150 medical and surgical inpatients. Forty-three patients (29%) scoring at 14 or above on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were classified as depressed. An excess of women and white-collar workers and more stressful life events during the last 12 months were found among the depressed patients. Of the 21 BDI items, 6 differentiated the 43 medical-surgical depressed patients from a group of 43 psychiatric inpatients with a diagnosis of primary or secondary depression (Feighner's criteria). Medically ill depressed patients scored higher in social withdrawal, work inhibition and irritability but lower in loss of libido, sleep disturbance, and lack of satisfaction. Our results show rates of depression in a medical inpatient population in Greece comparable with those in other studies. The use of BDI may help assessment of depression in general hospital patients.
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- E Lykouras
- Department of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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Alevizos B, Christodoulou GN, Ioannidis C, Voulgari A, Mantidis A, Spiliadis C. The efficacy of amineptine in the treatment of depressive patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Clin Neuropharmacol 1989; 12 Suppl 2:S66-76. [PMID: 2698273 DOI: 10.1097/00002826-198912002-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) often suffer from depression. In view of this, the effect of amineptine on the psychopathological condition of depressive patients with IBS was studied. Forty patients who satisfied the criteria for irritable bowel syndrome and had a Hamilton 24-item score above 15 were randomly assigned to receive either amineptine 200 mg/day or placebo in a double-blind clinical trial. Patients on amineptine were more improved at the end of the trial than patients on placebo (total Hamilton score). Amineptine was more effective on depressive mood, retardation, and cognitive dysfunction. Although these findings should be interpreted with caution because the baseline scores were higher in the amineptine than in the placebo group, they provide some evidence that amineptine may be a useful tool for the management of depressive patients with IBS.
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- B Alevizos
- University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Greece
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To quantify the contribution of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of delusional depression, the incidence of major depression in the first degree relatives of 77 delusional, 76 nondelusional depressive patients, and 153 age- and sex-matched controls was calculated in a case-control study. The morbid risk for psychiatric disorders, including major depression and bipolar I disorder, did not distinguish the two proband groups. The segregation analysis showed that the model of multifactorial inheritance fits best to our results. Heritability was estimated on the basis of a threshold model for multifactorial inheritance, and a high contribution of genetic factors for both subgroups was found.
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Lykouras E, Malliaras D, Christodoulou GN, Papakostas Y, Voulgari A, Tzonou A, Stefanis C. Delusional depression: phenomenology and response to treatment. A prospective study. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1986; 73:324-9. [PMID: 2872774 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb02692.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In a prospective study, the authors compared 22 delusional and 36 non-delusional depressive patients with respect to demographic and clinical variables, personality, and response to treatment. Delusional depressives had a higher total score than non-delusional depressives on Hamilton's Rating Scale for Depression, as well as a higher score for depressed mood and psychomotor retardation. The type of treatment failed to differentiate the two groups as to outcome at discharge. However, six of the seven delusional depressives who did not respond to tricyclic antidepressants had a full recovery with ECT. The results indicate that delusional depression represents a more severe type of major depression.
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