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Faktorová X, Luknár M, Zelinková Z, Horniaková L, Mikušková E, Šašov M, Szántová M, Mojto V, Mladosievičová B. Advanced heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia in a young adult survivor of childhood cancer. Vnitr Lek 2022; 68:22-26. [PMID: 35459402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The goal of this case report is to describe the young childhood cancer survivor who was treated for nonHodgkin lymphoma with chemotherapy containing anthracycline doxorubicin and who developed symptoms of serious cardiovascular damage 27 years after diagnosis of cancer. The patient is in longterm complete remission of the lymphoma. He started guideline medical therapies for chronic heart failure and had a cardioverter defibrillator implanted for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. He is currently a candidate for heart transplantation.
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Thaler J, Jilma P, Samadi N, Roitner F, Mikušková E, Kudrnovsky-Moser S, Rettl J, Preiss R, Quehenberger P, Pabinger I, Knoebl P, Ay C. Long-term follow-up after successful treatment of vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia. Thromb Res 2021; 207:126-130. [PMID: 34624672 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2021.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cases of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AstraZeneca) vaccinated patients with thrombocytopenia, elevated D-dimer, and elevated platelet factor 4 (PF4) antibody levels with- and without thrombosis have been reported. No recommendations regarding the duration of anticoagulation have been made, because data on the long-term course beyond the first weeks is lacking. OBJECTIVE To report on the treatment, medical course, and longitudinal follow-up of laboratory parameters in patients with vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT). PATIENTS We followed VIPIT patients with- (n = 3) and without (n = 3) venous thromboembolism fulfilling the aforementioned laboratory criteria. RESULTS Elevated D-dimer (median: 35.10 μg/ml, range: 17.80-52.70), thrombocytopenia (42 G/l, 20-101), and strong positivity in the platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin-enzyme-immunoassay (2.42 optical density [OD], 2.06-3.13; reference range < 0.50) were present in all patients after vaccination (10 days, 7-17). Routine laboratory parameters rapidly improved upon initiation of treatment (comprising therapeutic non-heparin anticoagulation in all patients and high dose immunoglobulins ± corticosteroids in 5 patients). PF4 antibody levels slowly decreased over several weeks. Patients were discharged in good physical health (8 days, 5-13). VIPIT did not recur during follow-up (12 weeks, 8-17). Five of 6 patients fully recovered (in 2 patients thrombosis had resolved, in 1 patient exertional dyspnea persisted). CONCLUSIONS Remissions without sequelae can be achieved upon rapid initiation of treatment in patients with VIPIT. Platelet factor 4 antibody levels slowly decreased over several weeks but VIPIT did not recur in any of our patients. Continuation of anticoagulation in VIPIT patients at least until PF4 antibody negativity is reached seems reasonable.
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- Johannes Thaler
- Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, St. Josef Hospital, Braunau, Austria
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- Department of Hematooncology 2, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Haematology and Oncology, Clinical Center Klagenfurt, Austria
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- Department of Medicine II, State Hospital Feldkirch, Austria
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- Department of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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- Clinical Division of Haematology and Haemostaseology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Egle A, Melchardt T, Obrtlíková P, Smolej L, Kozák T, Steurer M, Andel J, Burgstaller S, Mikušková E, Gercheva L, Nösslinger T, Papajík T, Ladická M, Girschikofsky M, Hrubiško M, Jäger U, Voskova D, Pecherstorfer M, Králiková E, Burcoveanu C, Spasov E, Petzer A, Mihaylov G, Raynov J, Oexle H, Zabernigg A, Flochová E, Palášthy S, Stehlíková O, Doubek M, Altenhofer P, Weiss L, Magnes T, Pleyer L, Klingler A, Mayer J, Greil R. Rituximab maintenance overcomes the negative prognostic factor of obesity in CLL: Subgroup analysis of the international randomized AGMT CLL-8a mabtenance trial. Cancer Med 2019; 8:1401-1405. [PMID: 30888118 PMCID: PMC6488104 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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No data are available regarding obesity and outcome in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). We analyzed 263 patients from the AGMT CLL‐8a Mabtenance trial for the impact of obesity. The trial included patients after rituximab‐containing induction treatment in first or second line that had achieved at least a PR. A randomization to rituximab maintenance treatment (375 mg/m2 q3 months for 2 years) vs observation was performed. In this cohort 22% of the patients (58/263) were classified as obese. The baseline response to induction treatment was inferior in obese patients with a lower CR rate (43.1% vs 60.5% in obese vs non‐obese, P = 0.018) and with a lower rate of patients achieving MRD negativity after chemoimmunotherapy induction treatment (19.6% vs 35.8%, P = 0.02). The PFS outcome of obese patients was significantly worse in the observation group of the trial (24 vs 39 months median PFS, P = 0.03). However, in the rituximab maintenance group the outcome for obese vs non‐obese was not different (P = 0.4). In summary, obesity was overall associated with a worse outcome of chemoimmunotherapy induction. However, rituximab maintenance treatment seems to be able to overcome this negative effect.
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- Alexander Egle
- Third Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria.,Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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- Third Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria.,Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, University Hospital and Charles University in Prague, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine IV, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen GmbH, Wels, Austria
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- Department of Hemato-oncology 2, National Cancer Institute Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Clinic of Hematology, University Hospital St Marina Varna, Varna, Bulgaria
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- Third Medical Department for Hematology and Oncology, Hanusch Krankenhaus der Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Hemato-oncology, University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Oncology 1, National Cancer Institute Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Clinic of Hematology and Transfusiology, Slovak Medical University, University Hospital Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaeology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine 3, Kepler Universitätsklinikum GmbH, Med Campus III., Linz, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine 2, University Hospital Krems, Karl Landsteiner Private University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria
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- Department of Hematology, FNsP F D Roosevelta Banská Bystrica, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
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- Clinic of Hematology, UMHAT St George and Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Innere Medizin I, Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH, Linz, Austria
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- Hematological Clinic NSHATHD Sofia, Queen Joanna University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Clinic of Medical Hematology, Military Medical Academy Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Innere Medizin, Landeskrankenhaus Hall, Hall in Tirol, Austria
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- Innere Medizin II, Bezirkskrankenhaus Kufstein, Kufstein, Austria
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- Department of Hematology and Transfusion, University Hospital Martin, Martin, Slovakia
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- Department of Clinical Hematology, FNsP, J A Reimana Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Medicine and CEITEC, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Medicine and CEITEC, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Third Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria.,Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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- Third Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria.,Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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- Third Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria.,Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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- Third Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria.,Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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- Assign Data Management and Biostatistics GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Faculty of Medicine and CEITEC, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Third Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria.,Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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Greil R, Obrtlíková P, Smolej L, Kozák T, Steurer M, Andel J, Burgstaller S, Mikušková E, Gercheva L, Nösslinger T, Papajík T, Ladická M, Girschikofsky M, Hrubiško M, Jäger U, Fridrik M, Pecherstorfer M, Králiková E, Burcoveanu C, Spasov E, Petzer A, Mihaylov G, Raynov J, Oexle H, Zabernigg A, Flochová E, Palášthy S, Stehlíková O, Doubek M, Altenhofer P, Pleyer L, Melchardt T, Klingler A, Mayer J, Egle A. Rituximab maintenance versus observation alone in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia who respond to first-line or second-line rituximab-containing chemoimmunotherapy: final results of the AGMT CLL-8a Mabtenance randomised trial. Lancet Haematol 2016; 3:e317-29. [PMID: 27374465 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(16)30045-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND In many patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia requiring treatment, induction therapy with rituximab plus chemotherapy improves outcomes compared with chemotherapy alone. In this study we aimed to investigate the potential of rituximab maintenance therapy to prolong disease control in patients who respond to rituximab-containing induction regimens. METHODS In this randomised, international, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 clinical trial, we enrolled patients who had achieved a complete response (CR), CR with incomplete bone marrow recovery (CRi), or partial response (PR) to first-line or second-line rituximab-containing chemoimmunotherapy and randomly assigned them in a 1:1 ratio (central block randomisation in the electronic case report form system) to either intravenous rituximab 375 mg/m(2) every 3 months, or observation alone, for 2 years. Stratification was by country, line of treatment, type of chemotherapy added to the rituximab backbone, and degree of remission following induction. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival. Efficacy analysis was done in the intention-to-treat population. This is the final, event-triggered analysis. Final analysis was triggered by the occurrence of 92 events. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01118234. FINDINGS Between April 1, 2010, and Dec 23, 2013, 134 patients were randomised to rituximab and 129 to observation alone. Median observation times were 33·4 months (IQR 25·7-42·8) for the rituximab group and 34·0 months (25·4-41·9) for the observation group. Progression-free survival was significantly longer in the rituximab maintenance group (47·0 months, IQR 28·5-incalculable) than with observation alone (35·5 months, 95% CI 25·7-46·3; hazard ratio [HR] 0·50, 95% CI 0·33-0·75, p=0·00077). The incidence of grade 3-4 haematological toxicities other than neutropenia was similar in the two treatment groups. Grade 3-4 neutropenia occurred in 28 (21%) patients in the rituximab group and 14 (11%) patients in the observation group. Apart from neutropenia, the most common grade 3-4 adverse events were upper (five vs one [1%] patient in the observation group) and lower (three [2%] vs one [1%]) respiratory tract infection, pneumonia (nine [7%] vs two [2%]), thrombopenia (four [3%] vs four [3%]), neoplasms (five [4%] vs four [3%]), and eye disorders (four [3%] vs two [2%]). The overall incidence of infections of all grades was higher among rituximab recipients (88 [66%] vs 65 [50%]). INTERPRETATION Rituximab maintenance therapy prolongs progression-free survival in patients achieving at least a PR to induction with rituximab plus chemotherapy, and the treatment is well tolerated overall. Although it is associated with an increase in infections, there is no excess in infection mortality, suggesting that remission maintenance with rituximab is an effective and safe option in the management of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in early treatment phases. FUNDING Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medikamentöse Tumortherapie gemeinnützige GmbH (AGMT), Roche.
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- Richard Greil
- Third Medical Department at the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria; Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria; Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria.
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- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine-Hematology, University Hospital and Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Hematology, Univ Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine V, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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- Abteilung für Innere Medizin III, Landeskrankenhaus Steyr, Austria
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- Abteilung für Innere Medizin IV, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen GmbH, Austria
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- Department of Hematooncology 2, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Clinic of Hematology, University Hospital St Marina, Varna, Bulgaria
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- Third Medical Department for Hematology and Oncology, Hanusch Krankenhaus der Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Hemato-oncology, University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Oncology 1, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Clinic of Hematology and Transfusiology, Slovak Medical University, University Hospital Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaeology, Medical University Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine 3, Kepler Universitätsklinikum GmbH, Med Campus III, Linz, Austria
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- University Hospital Krems, Karl Landsteiner Private University of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine 2, Krems, Austria
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- Department of Hematology, FNsP F D Roosevelta, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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- Clinic of Hematology, UMHAT St George and Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Innere Medizin I, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Clinic of Medical Hematology, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Innere Medizin, Landeskrankenhaus Hall, Austria
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- Department of Hematology and Transfusion, University Hospital Martin, Martin, Slovakia
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- University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic
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- University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria; Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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- Third Medical Department at the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria; Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria; Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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- Third Medical Department at the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria; Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria; Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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- Assign Data Management and Biostatistics GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria
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- University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Third Medical Department at the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria; Salzburg Cancer Research Institute (SCRI), Salzburg, Austria; Cancer Cluster Salzburg (CCS), Salzburg, Austria
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Klamová H, Poláková KM, Mužík J, Ráčil Z, Záčková D, Steinerová K, Karas M, Faber E, Demečková E, Michalovičová-Sninská Z, Voglová J, Demitrovičová L, Mikušková E, Tóthová E, Chudej J, Markuljak I, Cmunt E, Moravcová J, Dvořáková D, Michalová K, Jarošová M, Sťastná MM, Cetkovský P, Dušek L, Koza V, Trněný M, Indrák K. Evaluation of 5-year imatinib treatment of 458 patients with CP-CML in routine clinical practice and prognostic impact of different BCR-ABL cutoff levels. Cancer Med 2013; 2:216-25. [PMID: 23634289 PMCID: PMC3639660 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Revised: 12/14/2012] [Accepted: 01/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
We evaluated responses to the treatment and long-term outcomes of chronic myeloid leukemia patients treated with imatinib as first-line treatment in routine clinical setting from two countries with centralized tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) treatment. We assessed prognostic significance of European LeukemiaNet (ELN) 2006- and 2009-defined responses and the prognostic value of molecular responses at defined time points on 5-year survivals. Among the cumulative rates of incidence of hematologic, cytogenetic, and molecular responses and all important survival parameters, we evaluated the prognostic significance of different BCR-ABL transcript-level ratios (≤1%; >1%–≤10%; >10%) at 3, 6, 12, and 18 months (n = 199). The ELN optimal response criteria and their predictive role were significantly beneficial for event-free survival at all given time points. We found significant improvement in survivals of patients with BCR-ABL lower than 10% in the 6th and 12th months. Significantly better outcome was found in patients who achieved major molecular response (MMR) in the 12th month. The cumulative incidences of complete cytogenetic response (CCyR) and MMR were significantly associated with the molecular response in the 3rd month. The ELN response criteria and their predictive role were helpful at given time points; however, the 2009 definition did not significantly alter the prognostic accuracy compared with that of the 2006 definition. The significant value was observed for cytogenetic responses at the 6th and 12th month. Moreover, progression-free and event-free survivals were improved with MMR at the 12th month.
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- Hana Klamová
- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Prague, Czech Republic.
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