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Shaw BE, Jimenez-Jimenez AM, Burns LJ, Logan BR, Khimani F, Shaffer BC, Shah NN, Mussetter A, Tang XY, McCarty JM, Alavi A, Farhadfar N, Jamieson K, Hardy NM, Choe H, Ambinder RF, Anasetti C, Perales MA, Spellman SR, Howard A, Komanduri KV, Luznik L, Norkin M, Pidala JA, Ratanatharathorn V, Confer DL, Devine SM, Horowitz MM, Bolaños-Meade J. Three-Year Outcomes in Recipients of Mismatched Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Transplants Using Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide: Follow-Up from a National Marrow Donor Program-Sponsored Prospective Clinical Trial. Transplant Cell Ther 2023; 29:208.e1-208.e6. [PMID: 36584941 PMCID: PMC9992261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
The use of post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis has resulted in reductions in GVHD and improved outcomes in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) using HLA-mismatched related donors. We report the 3-year outcomes of the first multicenter prospective clinical trial using PTCy in the setting of mismatched unrelated donor (MMUD) bone marrow HCT. The study enrolled 80 patients, treated with either myeloablative conditioning (MAC; n = 40) or reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC; n = 40), with the primary endpoint of 1-year overall survival (OS). The median follow-up for this study was 34 months (range, 12 to 46 months) in the RIC group and 36 months (range, 18 to 49 months) in the MAC group. Three-year OS and nonrelapse mortality were 70% and 15%, respectively, in the RIC group and 62% and 10% in the MAC group. No GVHD was reported after 1 year. The incidence of relapse was 29% in the RIC group and 51% in the MAC group. OS did not differ based on HLA match grade (63% in the 7/8 strata and 71% in the 4 to 6/8 strata). These encouraging outcomes, which were sustained for 3 years post-HCT, support the continued exploration of MMUD HCT using a PTCy platform. Important future areas to address include relapse reduction and furthering our understanding of optimal donor selection based on HLA and non-HLA factors.
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- Bronwen E Shaw
- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Cellular Immunotherapies and Transplant Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
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- University of North Carolina Hospitals-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, UCSF Health and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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Schultz-Rogers L, Ward J, Jamieson K, Coakley R, Lobo J, Booker J, Weck K, Montgomery N. eP397: Inadvertent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant from a lung allograft. Genet Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.01.432] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Woods JD, Zeidner JF, Van Deventer HW, Jamieson K, Matson M, Zhang J, Pulley W, Brenizer T, Muss H, Nyrop KA, Vohra SN, Deal AM, Ivanova A, Foster MC. Phase Ib trial of lenalidomide as post-remission therapy for older adults with acute myeloid leukemia: Safety and longitudinal assessment of geriatric functional domains. J Geriatr Oncol 2021; 13:499-504. [PMID: 34955443 PMCID: PMC9326773 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2021.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Novel, non-cytotoxic agents are driving a paradigm shift for treatment of older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Older patients who initially receive intensive cytotoxic induction may choose to not proceed with cytotoxic consolidation therapy. Lenalidomide is an orally-administered immunomodulatory small molecule with activity in AML and a favorable safety profile in older adults with active leukemia. We conducted a phase Ib study of lenalidomide as post-remission therapy in older adults and assessed its impact on geriatric functional domains. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants were patients with AML over age 60 years who had undergone induction therapy and were poor candidates for cytotoxic consolidation. Lenalidomide was administered for 28 days in three dose cohorts. A Bayesian dose-escalation method determined cohort assignment and maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Geriatric assessment (GA) was performed before and after the cycle of lenalidomide. RESULTS Nineteen patients with median age 68 were treated with at least one 28-day course of lenalidomide. Dose-limiting toxicities were observed in three participants at 25 mg, zero participants at 35 mg, and one participant at 50 mg. MTD was 35 mg. Median relapse-free survival was 4.3 months. GA was completed before and after treatment in fifteen patients, demonstrating improved cognitive function and no changes in physical, psychological, or social function after lenalidomide. CONCLUSION Lenalidomide can be safely administered to older adults with AML with preservation of functional domains important to older patients. Serial GA can be performed in a novel drug study as a tool to characterize treatment tolerability.
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- Justin D Woods
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Zeidner JF, Vincent BG, Ivanova A, Moore D, McKinnon KP, Wilkinson AD, Mukhopadhyay R, Mazziotta F, Knaus HA, Foster MC, Coombs CC, Jamieson K, Van Deventer H, Webster JA, Prince GT, DeZern AE, Smith BD, Levis MJ, Montgomery ND, Luznik L, Serody JS, Gojo I. Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab after High-Dose Cytarabine in Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Blood Cancer Discov 2021; 2:616-629. [PMID: 34778801 DOI: 10.1158/2643-3230.bcd-21-0070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Immune suppression, exhaustion, and senescence are frequently seen throughout disease progression in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We conducted a phase II study of high-dose cytarabine followed by pembrolizumab 200 mg i.v. on day 14 to examine whether PD-1 inhibition improves clinical responses in relapsed/refractory (R/R) AML. Overall responders could receive pembrolizumab maintenance up to 2 years. Among 37 patients enrolled, the overall response rate, composite complete remission (CRc) rate (primary endpoint), and median overall survival (OS) were 46%, 38%, and 11.1 months, respectively. Patients with refractory/early relapse and those receiving treatment as first salvage had encouraging outcomes (median OS, 13.2 and 11.3 months, respectively). Grade ≥3 immune-related adverse events were rare (14%) and self-limiting. Patients who achieved CRc had a higher frequency of progenitor exhausted CD8+ T cells expressing TCF-1 in the bone marrow prior to treatment. A multifaceted correlative approach of genomic, transcriptomic, and immunophenotypic profiling offers insights on molecular correlates of response and resistance to pembrolizumab. Significance Immune-checkpoint blockade with pembrolizumab was tolerable and feasible after high-dose cytarabine in R/R AML, with encouraging clinical activity, particularly in refractory AML and those receiving treatment as first salvage regimen. Further study of pembrolizumab and other immune-checkpoint blockade strategies after cytotoxic chemotherapy is warranted in AML.See related commentary by Wei et al., p. 551. This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 549.
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- Joshua F Zeidner
- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,University of North Carolina, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Program in Computational Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,University of North Carolina, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.,University of Siena, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Siena, Italy
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Oncology, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Oncology, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Oncology, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Oncology, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Oncology, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Oncology, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,University of North Carolina, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,Program in Computational Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.,University of Siena, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Siena, Italy
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Shaw BE, Jimenez-Jimenez AM, Burns LJ, Logan BR, Khimani F, Shaffer BC, Shah NN, Mussetter A, Tang XY, McCarty JM, Alavi A, Farhadfar N, Jamieson K, Hardy NM, Choe H, Ambinder RF, Anasetti C, Perales MA, Spellman SR, Howard A, Komanduri KV, Luznik L, Norkin M, Pidala JA, Ratanatharathorn V, Confer DL, Devine SM, Horowitz MM, Bolaños-Meade J. National Marrow Donor Program-Sponsored Multicenter, Phase II Trial of HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation Using Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:1971-1982. [PMID: 33905264 PMCID: PMC8260905 DOI: 10.1200/jco.20.03502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is curative for hematologic disorders, but outcomes are historically inferior when using HLA-mismatched donors. Despite unrelated donor registries listing > 38 million volunteers, 25%-80% of US patients lack an HLA-matched unrelated donor, with significant disparity across ethnic groups. We hypothesized that HCT with a mismatched unrelated donor (MMUD) using post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy), a novel strategy successful in overcoming genetic disparity using mismatched related donors, would be feasible and increase access to HCT. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed a prospective phase II study of MMUD bone marrow HCT with PTCy for patients with hematologic malignancies. The primary end point was 1-year overall survival (OS), hypothesized to be 65% or better. 80 patients enrolled at 11 US transplant centers (December 2016-March 2019). Following myeloablative or reduced-intensity conditioning-based HCT, patients received PTCy on days +3, +4, with sirolimus and mycophenolate mofetil starting on day +5. We compared outcomes to Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research contemporary controls receiving PTCy. RESULTS Notably, 48% of patients enrolled were ethnic minorities. 39% of pairs were matched for 4-6 out of 8 HLA alleles. The primary end point was met, with 1-year OS of 76% (90% CI, 67.3 to 83.3) in the entire cohort, and 72% and 79% in the myeloablative and reduced-intensity conditioning strata, respectively. Secondary end points related to engraftment and graft-versus-host-disease were reached. Multivariate analysis comparing the study group with other mismatched HCT controls found no significant differences in OS. CONCLUSION Our prospective study demonstrates the feasibility and effectiveness of HCT with an MMUD in the setting of PTCy. Remarkably, nearly half of the study participants belonged to an ethnic minority population, suggesting this approach may significantly expand access to HCT.
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- Bronwen E. Shaw
- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Massey Cancer Center Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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- Department of Oncology, Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program, Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
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- Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
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- James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
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- LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Oncology, Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program, Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Sosnowski D, Jamieson K, Darwesh A, Gruzdev A, Zeldin D, Seubert J. Genetic deletion of soluble epoxide hydrolase preserves cardiac function and limits inflammation in acute lipopolysaccharide injury. FASEB J 2021. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.s1.02423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Deanna Sosnowski
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonAB
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonAB
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonAB
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIHResearch Triangle Park, DurhamNC
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIHResearch Triangle Park, DurhamNC
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonAB
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and DentistryUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonAB
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Esparza S, Muluneh B, Galeotti J, Matson M, Richardson DR, Montgomery ND, Coombs CC, Jamieson K, Foster MC, Zeidner JF. Venetoclax-induced tumour lysis syndrome in acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2019; 188:173-177. [PMID: 31621058 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.16235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Sonia Esparza
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Copeland AC, Wood WA, Shea TC, Moore DT, Sharf A, Armistead PM, Coghill J, Jamieson K, Kasow KA, Serody JS, Vincent BG, Riches ML. Retrospective Analysis of Survival after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation in Adult Patients with High-Risk Psychosocial Characteristics. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2016.12.394] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Hauck CG, Chong PP, Miller MB, Jamieson K, Fine JP, Foster MC, Shea TC, van Duin D. Increasing Rates of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolated From the Blood and Urine of Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Pathog Immun 2016; 1:234-242. [PMID: 28004038 PMCID: PMC5167534 DOI: 10.20411/pai.v1i2.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics have been shown to reduce mortality and the number of febrile episodes when used as prophylaxis during neutropenia. Prior studies suggest that prophylaxis may result in increasing rates of FQ resistance. Fluoroquinolone non-susceptibility trends in Escherichia coli isolated from blood and urine cultures were evaluated over a 16-year period during which prophylaxis was initiated in patients with hematologic malignancies and stem cell transplants. Non-susceptibility rates increased after the introduction of prophylaxis, with yearly non-susceptibility rates rising from 30%–33% to 40%–88% in blood isolates. The high rates of non-susceptibility now observed raise concerns about the continued efficacy of FQ prophylaxis. This concern exists particularly in those patients undergoing stem cell transplants where the total FQ non-susceptibility rates over the study period were 82.3%. Further evaluation of the effect of FQ prophylaxis on antibiotic resistance and its efficacy in the setting of increased rates of resistance is warranted.
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- Christopher G Hauck
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Biostatistics Department, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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Nishijima TF, Shea TC, Wood WA, Voorhees PM, Jamieson K. Coma associated with nelarabine in an elderly patient with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and severe chronic renal disease. Leuk Lymphoma 2015; 57:957-60. [PMID: 26293208 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2015.1083096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center , Chapel Hill , NC , USA
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- a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center , Chapel Hill , NC , USA
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- a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center , Chapel Hill , NC , USA
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Brady MC, Jamieson K, Bugge C, Hagen S, McClurg D, Chalmers C, Langhorne P. Caring for continence in stroke care settings: a qualitative study of patients' and staff perspectives on the implementation of a new continence care intervention. Clin Rehabil 2015; 30:481-94. [PMID: 26048436 DOI: 10.1177/0269215515589331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Investigate the perspectives of patients and nursing staff on the implementation of an augmented continence care intervention after stroke. DESIGN Qualitative data were elicited during semi-structured interviews with patients (n = 15) and staff (14 nurses; nine nursing assistants) and analysed using thematic analysis. SETTING Mixed acute and rehabilitation stroke ward. PARTICIPANTS Stroke patients and nursing staff that experienced an enhanced continence care intervention. RESULTS Four themes emerged from patients' interviews describing: (a) challenges communicating about continence (initiating conversations and information exchange); (b) mixed perceptions of continence care; (c) ambiguity of focus between mobility and continence issues; and (d) inconsistent involvement in continence care decision making. Patients' perceptions reflected the severity of their urinary incontinence. Staff described changes in: (i) knowledge as a consequence of specialist training; (ii) continence interventions (including the development of nurse-led initiatives to reduce the incidence of unnecessary catheterisation among patients admitted to their ward); (iii) changes in attitude towards continence from containment approaches to continence rehabilitation; and (iv) the challenges of providing continence care within a stroke care context including limitations in access to continence care equipment or products, and institutional attitudes towards continence. CONCLUSION Patients (particularly those with severe urinary incontinence) described challenges communicating about and involvement in continence care decisions. In contrast, nurses described improved continence knowledge, attitudes and confidence alongside a shift from containment to rehabilitative approaches. Contextual components including care from point of hospital admission, equipment accessibility and interdisciplinary approaches were perceived as important factors to enhancing continence care.
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- M C Brady
- Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- Stroke Services, NHS Lanarkshire, Lanarkshire, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Kaminski KS, Beechinor R, Lebovic R, Roth M, Bangdiwala A, Ballarini N, Ivanova A, Chong PP, Jamieson K, Shea TC, Rao KV. Evaluation of the Impact of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG) on Post-Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic HCT. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.11.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lim MY, Alker AP, Califano S, Trembath DG, Alby K, Gilligan PH, Jamieson K, Serody JS, Shea TC. Concurrent Disseminated Nocardiosis and GI Mucormycosis in a Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipient. J Clin Oncol 2014; 34:e84-6. [PMID: 25071136 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.51.4042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Ming Y Lim
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematopoietic stem cell disorder that affects approximately 14,000 persons each year in the US. AML occurs at all ages but the incidence increases with age with the median age at diagnosis being 67 years. Advances in the treatment of AML over the past decades have led to improved survival, albeit mostly in younger patients. The prognosis of older patients with this disease over the same time span has not changed much and remains dismal. This review focuses on the epidemiology and characteristics of AML in elderly patients, the rationale for treating elderly AML patients, and the currently available and potential future treatment options such as sapacitabine. Elderly AML patients treated with intensive chemotherapy have a higher mortality rate, and a lower rate of complete remission and overall survival when compared to the younger population. This is due to both the different biology of the disease and the number of patient-specific factors. However, elderly AML patients treated with aggressive chemotherapy can achieve durable remissions, which offer prolonged survival and improved quality of life. Recent data also indicates that elderly AML patients deemed unfit for intensive chemotherapy benefit from leukemia-specific attenuated dose chemotherapy compared to supportive care alone. This has led to renewed interest to look for anti-leukemic therapies designed specifically for older patients. Sapacitabine, a novel oral nucleoside analog, promises good efficacy, favorable toxicity profile, and ease of administration; all of which makes it very appealing. Results from pre-clinical and clinical studies have been very encouraging and sapacitabine is currently being evaluated in a Phase III study, of which the results are eagerly awaited.
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- Ming Y Lim
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Talpaz M, Paquette R, Afrin L, Hamburg SI, Prchal JT, Jamieson K, Terebelo HR, Ortega GL, Lyons RM, Tiu RV, Winton EF, Natrajan K, Odenike O, Claxton D, Peng W, O’Neill P, Erickson-Viitanen S, Leopold L, Sandor V, Levy RS, Kantarjian HM, Verstovsek S. Interim analysis of safety and efficacy of ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis and low platelet counts. J Hematol Oncol 2013; 6:81. [PMID: 24283202 PMCID: PMC4176265 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-6-81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ruxolitinib, a Janus kinase 1 and 2 inhibitor, demonstrated improvements in spleen volume, symptoms, and survival over placebo and best available therapy in intermediate-2 or high-risk myelofibrosis patients with baseline platelet counts ≥100 × 109/L in phase III studies. The most common adverse events were dose-dependent anemia and thrombocytopenia, which were anticipated because thrombopoietin and erythropoietin signal through JAK2. These events were manageable, rarely leading to treatment discontinuation. Because approximately one-quarter of MF patients have platelet counts <100 × 109/L consequent to their disease, ruxolitinib was evaluated in this subset of patients using lower initial doses. Interim results of a phase II study of ruxolitinib in myelofibrosis patients with baseline platelet counts of 50-100 × 109/L are reported. METHODS Ruxolitinib was initiated at a dose of 5 mg twice daily (BID), and doses could be increased by 5 mg once daily every 4 weeks to 10 mg BID if platelet counts remained adequate. Additional dosage increases required evidence of suboptimal efficacy. Assessments included measurement of spleen volume by MRI, MF symptoms by MF Symptom Assessment Form v2.0 Total Symptom Score [TSS]), Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC); EORTC QLQ-C30, and safety/tolerability. RESULTS By week 24, 62% of patients achieved stable doses ≥10 mg BID. Median reductions in spleen volume and TSS were 24.2% and 43.8%, respectively. Thrombocytopenia necessitating dose reductions and dose interruptions occurred in 12 and 8 patients, respectively, and occurred mainly in patients with baseline platelet counts ≤75 × 109/L. Seven patients experienced platelet count increases ≥15 × 109/L. Mean hemoglobin levels remained stable over the treatment period. Two patients discontinued for adverse events: 1 for grade 4 retroperitoneal hemorrhage secondary to multiple and suspected pre-existing renal artery aneurysms and 1 for grade 4 thrombocytopenia. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that a low starting dose of ruxolitinib with escalation to 10 mg BID may be appropriate in myelofibrosis patients with low platelet counts.
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- Moshe Talpaz
- University of Michigan, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor MI 48109, USA
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- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Mid-Florida Hematology & Oncology Associates, Orange City, FL, USA
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- Cancer Care Centers of South Texas/US Oncology, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, DE, USA
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Ballen K, Mendizabal AM, Cutler C, Politikos I, Jamieson K, Shpall EJ, Dey BR, Attar E, McAfee S, Delaney C, McCarthy P, Ball ED, Kamble R, Avigan D, Maziarz RT, Ho VT, Koreth J, Alyea E, Soiffer R, Wingard JR, Boussiotis V, Spitzer TR, Antin JH. Phase II trial of parathyroid hormone after double umbilical cord blood transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2012; 18:1851-8. [PMID: 22766223 PMCID: PMC3496817 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2012.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Transplantation of 1 or 2 umbilical cord blood products is a useful alternative stem cell source. However, the limited number of stem cells in each infusion results in slow engraftment. In mouse models, administration of parathyroid hormone (PTH) is an effective way to enhance the ability of limited numbers of hematopoietic stem cells to support hematopoiesis. In this study, patients received either a myeloablative or a reduced-intensity double umbilical cord blood transplantation, followed by PTH at 100 μg/day for 28 days. Thirteen patients (median age, 42 years) were enrolled. All patients engrafted; the median time to neutrophil and platelet engraftment of >20 × 10(9) cells/L was 30 days and 61 days, respectively. The incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD was 38.5% at day 100. Four deaths occurred before day 100, prompting early study closure. No patient who received a myeloablative regimen relapsed. Overall survival at 6 months after transplantation was 62%, and disease-free survival at 2 years was 39%. At the dose and schedule studied, there was no evidence that PTH influenced blood count recovery.
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- Karen Ballen
- Hematology/Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
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Jamieson K, Odenike O. Late-phase investigational approaches for the treatment of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2012; 13:2171-87. [DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2012.724061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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McClurg D, Cheater FM, Eustice S, Burke J, Jamieson K, Hagen S. A multi-professional UK wide survey of undergraduate continence education. Neurourol Urodyn 2012; 32:224-9. [PMID: 22847225 DOI: 10.1002/nau.22284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Findings from national audits and enquiries continue to report that care for patients with continence problems is often substandard and inadequate education is often cited as one of the probable causes. These factors combined with the forecasted increase in the number of people with incontinence prompted us to undertake a survey of all UK Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to establish the amount of undergraduate continence education within relevant healthcare programs--medical, adult nursing, mental health nursing, learning disabilities nursing, children's nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy. DESIGN An on line questionnaire targeted course program leads (n = 362) in all 86 HEIs in which undergraduate professional healthcare programs were provided (n = 362). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Eighty-six HEIs were approached, 85 agreed to participate in the survey. A response rate of 81% (n = 294/362 programs) was obtained: 14% (n = 42) of respondents reported that there was no continence-related education within their undergraduate program. The mean number of hours was 4.7 (SD 4.3), and ranged from 2.5 (SD 3.5) hr (Occupational Therapy) to 7.3 (SD 4.8) hr (Adult Nursing). CONCLUSION The survey results indicate that the amount of undergraduate education has changed little. Further research is needed to identify the most appropriate methods of delivering continence education and translate knowledge into improved patient outcomes. Adequate undergraduate continence education directed by the General Medical Council, Royal Colleges and Health Professional Council is required.
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- D McClurg
- Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK.
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Gupta A, Jamieson K, Bush A. A run too far? Pediatr Pulmonol 2012; 47:727-8. [PMID: 22170813 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Talpaz M, Hamburg SI, Jamieson K, Terebelo HR, Afrin L, Winton EF, Scola MA, Lyons RM, Harvey JH, Holmes CE, Ortega GL, Prchal JT, Silver RT, Baer MR, Erickson-Viitanen SK, O'Neill P, Peng W, Leopold L, Kantarjian H, Verstovsek S. Preliminary safety and efficacy of ruxolitinib in patients (pts) with primary and secondary myelofibrosis (MF) with platelet counts (PC) of 50–100x109/L. J Clin Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.6630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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6630 Background: Ruxolitinib (RUX) has demonstrated clinical benefit as therapy for MF. This study explores the safety and efficacy of RUX in pts with MF and low PC, where clinical data are limited. Methods: In this phase II study, pts with intermediate-1 to high-risk MF, and PC of 50–100x109/L started RUX at 5 mg BID. Doses could be increased in 5 mg QD increments every 4 weeks (wks) beginning at wk 4. Doses were decreased or held for PC <35x109/L and <25x109/L respectively. Assessments: Total Symptom Score (TSS, using the modified MF Symptom Assessment Form v2.0, and comprised of scores from 0=absent to 10=worst imaginable for night sweats, itching, bone/muscle pain, early satiety, abdominal discomfort and pain under left ribs); Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC, a 7-point scale ranging from “very much improved” to “very much worse”); spleen size by palpation and by MRI (data not yet available); and safety. Results: At the time of analysis, 23 pts had completed ≥4 wks on study. At baseline: mean PC=72x109/L; high (4%), intermediate-2 (52%) and intermediate-1 (44%) risk group; mean spleen length=16.6 cm; mean TSS=25.5. At the time of analysis, 4%, 40%, 26%, 26% and 4% of pts were receiving RUX 5 mg QD, 5 mg BID, 5 mg AM/10 mg PM, 10 mg BID, and 10 mg AM/15 mg PM, respectively. At wk 4 (all pts on 5 mg BID), mean TSS improved 14%; 13% had ≥50% improvement. At wk 8 (52% on 5 mg AM/10 mg PM), mean TSS improved 23%; 30% had ≥50% improvement. Mean spleen length reduction of 22% (wk 4) and 27% (wk 8) was observed, and PGIC scores of “much improved” or “very much improved” were reported in 35% (wk 4) and 39% (wk 8) of pts. There were no Grade 4 PC, no dose holds for AEs and no discontinuations; 1 pRBC transfusion-dependent pt had Grade 4 anemia. Three pts experienced a total of 4 SAEs (fever; hypnagogic dreams; and spleen pain/pneumonitis) which resolved while on treatment. Conclusions: Effects on spleen size, PGIC, and TSS, even over the first weeks at low doses, are superior to those observed in the placebo group in the COMFORT-I study. These preliminary findings suggest a dosing strategy starting with 5 mg BID RUX with subsequent dose optimization may be efficacious and well tolerated in MF pts who have low platelets.
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- Moshe Talpaz
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Hematology-Oncology Associates of Northern New Jersey, Morristown, NJ
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- Cancer Care Centers South Texas/US Oncology, San Antonio, TX
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- University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
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- Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, DE
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Seo JS, Jamieson K, Cosgrove V, Gwizdowski IS, Yang H, Sheehan DV, McElroy SL, Suppes T. Characteristics of responders and non-responders to risperidone monotherapy or placebo in co-occurring bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder. Eur Psychiatry 2011; 28:190-6. [PMID: 22130178 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Revised: 08/12/2011] [Accepted: 08/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Clinical characteristics predicting response and remission to psychopharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder (BD) and co-occurring anxiety disorders have been understudied. We hypothesized that non-response to risperidone or placebo in individuals with co-occurring BD and anxiety symptoms would be associated with a more severe clinical course of BD, and certain demographic variables. This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized, double-blind, parallel, 8-week study comparing risperidone monotherapy and placebo in individuals with BD plus current panic disorder, current generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), or lifetime panic disorder (n=111) [31]. We compared clinical characteristics of responders (50% improvement on the Hamilton Anxiety Scale [HAM-A]) and non-responders as well as remitters (HAM-A<7) and non-remitters in risperidone treatment (n=54) and placebo (n=57) groups. For non-responders in the risperidone group, co-occurring lifetime panic disorder was significantly more common than for non-responders in the placebo group. Apart from this, no significant differences in course of illness or demographics were found either between or across groups for patients with BD and co-occurring anxiety symptoms receiving risperidone or placebo in this acute phase study.
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- J S Seo
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801, Miranda Avenue (151T), Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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Gore SD, Gojo I, Sekeres MA, Morris L, Devetten M, Jamieson K, Redner RL, Arceci R, Owoeye I, Dauses T, Schachter-Tokarz E, Gallagher RE. Single cycle of arsenic trioxide-based consolidation chemotherapy spares anthracycline exposure in the primary management of acute promyelocytic leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:1047-53. [PMID: 20085935 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.25.5158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Event-free survival following all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) -based therapy for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) averages 70% at 5 years. While arsenic trioxide (ATO) can induce remissions in 95% of relapsed patients, few studies have addressed the integration of ATO into the primary management of APL. This study examines the efficacy of a single cycle of ATO-based consolidation therapy in a treatment regimen designed to decrease exposure to other cytotoxic agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS After induction with ATRA and daunorubicin (DRN), untreated patients with APL received 3 days of cytarabine and DRN followed by 30 doses of ATO beginning on day 8. Molecular remitters received 2 years of risk-based maintenance therapy. Results Forty-one of 45 patients receiving induction therapy achieved remission; four patients died (one before treatment was initiated). Thirty-seven patients received consolidation and maintenance; of these one patient relapsed (CNS) and one died in remission during maintenance therapy (hepatic sickle cell crisis). With a median follow-up of 2.7 years, estimated disease-free survival was 90%; overall survival for all patients was 88%. Despite a total anthracycline dose of only 360 mg/m(2), cardiac ejection fraction decreased by > or = 20% in 20% of patients. CONCLUSION These data, combined with other recent studies using ATO in the primary management of APL, demonstrate the important role that ATO can play in the primary management of this curable disease. Future studies should continue to focus on reducing the toxicity of treatment without increasing the relapse rate.
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- Steven D Gore
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, CRB1-288, 1650 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the clinical validity of a nurse practitioner emergency department-based service for investigating outpatients with suspected deep vein thrombosis. METHODS A prospective management study was undertaken to investigate the safety of withholding anticoagulant treatment in patients who were negative for testing after application of an evidence-based protocol. The protocol involved a nurse assessment using the Wells pretest score followed by investigations tailored to the risk category (variable combinations of strain gauge plethysmography, D-dimer and ultrasound). The main outcome assessed was the venothromboembolic complication rate in patients deemed to have deep vein thrombosis excluded by the protocol. RESULTS A total of 625 consecutive patients were evaluated between March 2003 and January 2007. Of these, 435 were eligible and 190 were ineligible. Four patients in the negative cohort were confirmed to have venous thromboembolism on follow-up. The incidence of venous thromboembolism in the 6-month follow-up period was therefore 1.04% (95% CI 0.41% to 2.65%). CONCLUSION The evidence-based protocol used in this study can reliably exclude deep vein thrombosis in an outpatient population when applied as part of a nurse-based evaluation.
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- C Dewar
- Emergency Department, Queen Margaret Hospital, Operational Division NHS Fife, Whitefield Road, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 OSU, UK.
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Fader M, Cottenden A, Getliffe K, Gage H, Clarke-O'Neill S, Jamieson K, Green N, Williams P, Brooks R, Malone-Lee J. Absorbent products for urinary/faecal incontinence: a comparative evaluation of key product designs. Health Technol Assess 2008; 12:iii-iv, ix-185. [DOI: 10.3310/hta12290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, UK
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Koller M, Rashiq S, Jamieson K, Haykowski M. EFFECT OF OPIOID ANALGESIA ON LUMBAR EXTENSOR ENDURANCE IN CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2003. [DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200305001-01352] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Records of 69 cervical spine injury patients referred to the authors' institution over a 3-year period were reviewed. The senior author documented "definite" and "probable" pitfalls occurring in the pre-, intra-, and postoperative management. Diagnosis, traction, bracing, surgical timing, intraoperative technical errors, and incorrect surgical decisions were noted. Of the 69 patients, 39 (56%) suffered a pitfall of management. Twenty-seven patients (39%) accumulated 49 "definite" pitfalls between them and 12 patients (17%) suffered a total of 20 "probable" pitfalls. Of the 49 definite pitfalls, 7 (14%) were preoperative, 17 (34%) were those of surgical decision making, 21 (43%) were operative, and 4 (9%) postoperative. Diagnostic errors and incorrect bracing and traction led to neurological worsening. Intraoperatively, technical errors (30%), wrong timing of surgery (24%), and incorrect choice of operation (16%) were the common pitfalls. Postoperative pitfalls consisted of inappropriate bracing (17%). A Cervical Spine Research Society review (1989) rated complications of cervical spine surgery at 6.3% (63/992). In this study, a sizeable portion (56%) of cervical spine injury patients requiring surgery were at a risk of complications. Short of complications, there are areas of management where errors may have less well-documented undesirable effects or increase the potential for morbidity. An awareness of these pitfalls and increased use of non-operative treatment may eliminate up to 73% of the pitfalls and thereby decrease the morbidity associated with the management of cervical spine injuries.
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- S Rao
- Specialists Medical Corporation, Fairfield, CA 94533, USA
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Mitchell P, Parker G, Jamieson K, Wilhelm K, Hickie I, Brodaty H, Boyce P, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Roy K. Are there any differences between bipolar and unipolar melancholia? J Affect Disord 1992; 25:97-105. [PMID: 1644992 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0327(92)90072-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Although it is now more than 30 years since Leohard originally proposed the distinction between bipolar and monopolar (unipolar) forms of affective disorder, there have been relatively few studies which have investigated clinical features which may differentiate the depressed phase of bipolar disorder from unipolar depression. In this study we examined the value of a new scale for rating depressive mental state signs (the 'core' score system), and a large series of symptoms and risk factors, in distinguishing between 27 age and sex-matched pairs of bipolar and unipolar patients diagnosed as melancholic on several diagnostic criteria. In general, we found a marked similarity between the groups on clinical features of the depressive episode when allowance was made for multiple tests. Bipolar patients, however, had shorter episodes of depression and were less likely to demonstrate 'slowed movements' than unipolar subjects. There were also consistent trends on other items for psychomotor retardation to be less common and agitation to be more likely in the bipolar patients. At the least, these findings suggest that the widely-held belief that bipolar depressed patients typically have psychomotor retardation is not as clear-cut as has been previously described.
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- P Mitchell
- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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