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Chisholm KM, Smith J, Heerema-McKenney AE, Choi JK, Ries RE, Hirsch BA, Raimondi SC, Wang YC, Dang A, Alonzo TA, Sung L, Aplenc R, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, Kahwash SB. Pathologic, cytogenetic, and molecular features of acute myeloid leukemia with megakaryocytic differentiation: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2023; 70:e30251. [PMID: 36789545 PMCID: PMC10038909 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with megakaryocytic differentiation (AMkL) is a rare subtype of AML more common in children. Recent literature has identified multiple fusions associated with this type of leukemia. METHODS Morphology, cytogenetics, and genomic sequencing were assessed in patients from Children's Oncology Group trials AAML0531 and AAML1031 with central-pathology review confirmed non-Down syndrome AMkL. The 5-year event-free survival (EFS), overall survival (OS), and RR were evaluated in these AMkL subcategories. RESULTS A total of 107 cases of AMkL (5.5%) were included. Distinct fusions were identified in the majority: RBM15::MRTFA (20%), CBFA2T3::GLIS2 (16%), NUP98 (10%), KMT2A (7%), TEC::MLLT10 (2%), MECOM (1%), and FUS::ERG (1%); many of the remaining cases were classified as AMkL with (other) myelodysplasia-related changes (MRC). Very few cases had AML-associated somatic mutations. Cases with CBFA2T3::GLIS2 were enriched in trisomy 3 (p = .015) and the RAM phenotype, with associated high CD56 expression (p < .001). Cases with NUP98 fusions were enriched in trisomy 6 (p < .001), monosomy 13/del(13q) (p < .001), trisomy 21 (p = .026), and/or complex karyotypes (p = .026). While different 5-year EFS and OS were observed in AMkL in each trial, in general, those with CBFA2T3::GLIS2 or KMT2A rearrangements had worse outcomes compared to other AMkL, while those with RBM15::MRTFA or classified as AMkl-MRC fared better. AMkL with NUP98 fusions also had poor outcomes in the AAML1031 trial. CONCLUSION Given the differences in outcomes, AMkL classification by fusions, cytogenetics, and morphology may be warranted to help in risk stratification and therapeutic options.
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- Karen M. Chisholm
- Department of Laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
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Hammer ASB, Juul-Dam KL, Sandahl JD, Abrahamsson J, Czogala M, Delabesse E, Haltrich I, Jahnukainen K, Kolb EA, Kovács G, Leverger G, Locatelli F, Masetti R, Noren-Nyström U, Raimondi SC, Rasche M, Reinhardt D, Taki T, Tomizawa D, Zeller B, Hasle H, Kjeldsen E. Hypodiploidy has unfavorable impact on survival in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: an I-BFM Study Group collaboration. Blood Adv 2023; 7:1045-1055. [PMID: 36332007 PMCID: PMC10036516 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hypodiploidy, defined as modal numbers (MNs) 45 or lower, has not been independently investigated in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) but is a well-described high-risk factor in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We aimed to characterize and study the prognostic impact of hypodiploidy in pediatric AML. In this retrospective cohort study, we included children below 18 years of age with de novo AML and a hypodiploid karyotype diagnosed from 2000 to 2015 in 14 childhood AML groups from the International Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (I-BFM) framework. Exclusion criteria comprised constitutional hypodiploidy, monosomy 7, composite karyotype, and t(8;21) with concurring sex chromosome loss. Hypodiploidy occurred in 81 patients (1.3%) with MNs, 45 (n = 66); 44 (n = 10) and 43 (n = 5). The most frequently lost chromosomes were chromosome 9 and sex chromosomes. Five-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were 34% and 52%, respectively, for the hypodiploid cohort. Children with MN≤44 (n = 15) had inferior EFS (21%) and OS (33%) compared with children with MN = 45 (n = 66; EFS, 37%; OS, 56%). Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) were 4.9 (P = .001) and 6.1 (P = .003). Monosomal karyotype or monosomy 9 had particular poor OS (43% and 15%, respectively). Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) in first complete remission (CR1) (n = 18) did not mitigate the unfavorable outcome of hypodiploidy (adjusted HR for OS was 1.5; P = .42). We identified pediatric hypodiploid AML as a rare subgroup with an inferior prognosis even in the patients treated with SCT in CR1.
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- Anne Sofie Borg Hammer
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Children's Cancer Center, Queen Silvia's Children's Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Institute of Pediatrics, Krakow, Poland
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- Toulouse-Oncopole, Laboratoire d'Hématologie secteur Génétique des Hémopathies, Toulouse, France
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- New Children's Hospital, Pediatric Research Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Hopital Armand Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Service d'hematologie et d'oncologie pediatrique, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Haematology/Oncology and Cell and Gene Therapy, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics III, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics III, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Laboratory of Clinical Hematology, Department of Medical Technology, Kyorin University, Mitaka, Japan
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- Division of Leukemia and Lymphoma, Children's Cancer Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Hematology, Hemodiagnostic Laboratory, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Klein K, Beverloo HB, Zimmermann M, Raimondi SC, von Neuhoff C, de Haas V, van Weelderen R, Cloos J, Abrahamsson J, Bertrand Y, Dworzak M, Fynn A, Gibson B, Ha SY, Harrison CJ, Hasle H, Elitzur S, Leverger G, Maschan A, Razzouk B, Reinhardt D, Rizzari C, Smisek P, Creutzig U, Kaspers GJL. Prognostic significance of chromosomal abnormalities at relapse in children with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia: A retrospective cohort study of the Relapsed AML 2001/01 Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2022; 69:e29341. [PMID: 34532968 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.29341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND In addition to treatment response, cytogenetic and molecular aberrations are the most important prognostic factors in children with de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, little is known about cytogenetics at the time of relapse. METHODS This international study analyzed the prognostic value of cytogenetic profiles and karyotypic changes in pediatric relapsed AML in relation to the probability of event-free (pEFS) and overall survival (pOS). For this purpose, cytogenetic reports from all patients registered on the Relapsed AML 2001/01 Study were reviewed and classified. RESULTS Cytogenetic information at relapse was available for 403 (71%) of 569 registered patients. Frequently detected aberrations at relapse were t(8;21)(q22;q22) (n = 60) and inv(16)(p13.1q22)/t(16;16)(p13.1;q22) (n = 24), both associated with relatively good outcome (4-year pOS 59% and 71%, respectively). Monosomy 7/7q-, t(9;11)(p22;q23), t(10;11)(p12;q23), and complex karyotypes were associated with poor outcomes (4-year pOS 17%, 19%, 22%, and 22%, respectively). Of 261 (65%) patients for whom cytogenetic data were reliable at both diagnosis and relapse, pEFS was inferior for patients with karyotypic instability (n = 128, 49%), but pOS was similar. Unstable karyotypes with both gain and loss of aberrations were associated with inferior outcome. Early treatment response, time to relapse, and cytogenetic profile at time of relapse were the most important prognostic factors, both outweighing karytoypic instability per se. CONCLUSION The cytogenetic subgroup at relapse is an independent risk factor for (event-free) survival. Cytogenetic assessment at the time of relapse is of high importance and may contribute to improved risk-adapted treatment for children with relapsed AML.
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- Kim Klein
- Pediatric Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Hematology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Clinical laboratory, Dutch Childhood Oncology Group, The Hague, The Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Hematology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Pediatric Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Hematology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Pediatric Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Children's Leukemia Cooperative Group/European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie Pédiatrique, Lyon, France
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- St. Anna Children's Hospital and Children's Cancer Research Institute, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Grupo Argentino de Tratamiento de la Leucemia Aguda, Children's Hospital La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology, United Kingdom Childhood Leukaemia Study Group, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics/Pediatric oncology, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- Leukaemia Research Cytogenetics Group, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Schneider Children's Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Hematopathology Department, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Oncology and Immunology, Dmitriy Rogachev Federal Center for Pediatric Hematology, Moscow, Russia
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- Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Milano-Bicocca, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Carles University in Prague/Second Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Pediatric Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Clinical laboratory, Dutch Childhood Oncology Group, The Hague, The Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Hematology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Bertrums EJM, Zwaan CM, Hasegawa D, De Haas V, Reinhardt DN, Locatelli F, De Moerloose B, Dworzak M, Buijs A, Smisek P, Kolenova A, Pronk CJ, Klusmann JH, Carboné A, Ferster A, Antoniou E, Meshinchi S, Raimondi SC, Niemeyer CM, Hasle H, Van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Goemans BF. Guideline for management of non-Down syndrome neonates with a myeloproliferative disease on behalf of the I-BFM AML Study Group and EWOG-MDS. Haematologica 2021; 107:759-764. [PMID: 34854279 PMCID: PMC8883540 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2021.279507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Eline J M Bertrums
- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Oncology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, Utrecht.
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Oncology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
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- Department of Pediatrics, St. Luke's international Hospital, Tokyo
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), Utrecht
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
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- Sapienza, University of Rome Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent
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- Children's Cancer Research Institute and St. Anna Kinderspital, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center, Utrecht
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Comenius University Children's Hospital, Bratislava
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- Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Hemostaseology, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital of Frankfurt/Main, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt
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- Department of Pediatric Onco-Hematology, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Immunology and Transplantation, University Pediatric Hospital Reine Fabiola (ULB), Brussels
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg
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- Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), Utrecht
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Jeha S, Choi JK, Pei D, Coustan-Smith E, Inaba H, Rubnitz JE, Ribiero RC, Gruber TA, Raimondi SC, Karol SE, Roberts KG, Yang JJ, Cheng C, Downing JR, Evans WE, Relling MV, Campana D, Mullighan CG, Pui CH. Abstract CT146: Prognostic and therapeutic significance of leukemia subtypes in the context of risk-directed therapy based on minimal residual disease levels in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2021-ct146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Determination of prognostic and therapeutic implications of novel leukemia subtypes in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with contemporary minimal residual disease (MRD)-directed therapy can improve outcome. In this study, we evaluated the clinical impact of identification of the full genomic spectrum of leukemia subtypes and MRD assessment to guide risk-directed therapy. A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 598 consecutive patients enrolled on Total Therapy Study 16 in a single center from October 29, 2007 to March 26, 2017, with a median follow-up of 7 years. High-hyperdiploid and ETV6-RUNX1 ALL were provisionally classified to be low-risk; TCF3-PBX1, hypodiploid<44 chromosomes and T-ALL standard-risk; and BCR-ABL1, infant KMT2A-rearranged and ETP ALL high-risk. Single nucleotide polymorphism arrays, exome and transcriptome sequencing were used to identify novel leukemia subtypes. Final risk assignment was based on MRD levels measured in bone marrow samples on day 15 of induction and day 42 (end of induction). Patients with MRD≥1% on day 15 or 0.01% to <1% on day 42 were assigned to standard-risk and those with MRD≥1% to high-risk group. MRD was determined in blood samples on day 8 for a research aim. The primary outcome was event-free survival. The secondary outcomes were relapse and overall survival. We identified 17 genetic subtypes, 8 of which were novel. Patients with ETV6-RUNX1, high-hyperdiploid and DUX4-rearranged B-ALL had the best 5-year event-free survival: 98.4%, 95.3%, and 95.0%, respectively. Those with TCF3-PBX1, PAX5alt, ETP, iAMP21, hypodiploid and T-ALL had intermediate rates (80.0% to 88.2%), while those with KMT2A-rearranged, BCR-ABL1, BCR-ABL1-like and ETV6-RUNX1-like ALL had the worst rates (64.1% to 76.2%). All but three of the 142 patients with day-8 blood MRD<0.01% remained in continuous remission. Among novel subtypes, intensified therapy based on day-15 MRD≥1% improved outcome of patients with DUX4-rearranged, BCR-ABL1-like, and ZNF384-rearranged ALL, and achievement of day-42 MRD<0.01% did not preclude relapse of those with PAX5alt, MEF2D-rearranged and ETV6-RUNX1-like ALL. Comprehensive genomic analyses identify novel subtypes, such as DUX4-rearranged, PAX5alt, BCR-ABL1-like, ETV6-RUNX1-like, M2F2D-rearranged and ZNF384-rearranged ALL, which have prognostic and therapeutic implications.
Citation Format: Sima Jeha, John K. Choi, Deqing Pei, Elaine Coustan-Smith, Hiroto Inaba, Jeffrey E. Rubnitz, Raul C. Ribiero, Tanja A. Gruber, Susana C. Raimondi, Seth E. Karol, Kathryn G. Roberts, Jun J. Yang, Cheng Cheng, James R. Downing, William E. Evans, Mary V. Relling, Dario Campana, Charles G. Mullighan, Ching-Hon Pui. Prognostic and therapeutic significance of leukemia subtypes in the context of risk-directed therapy based on minimal residual disease levels in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr CT146.
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- Sima Jeha
- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 3National University Of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Pollard JA, Guest E, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Loken MR, Brodersen LE, Kolb EA, Aplenc R, Meshinchi S, Raimondi SC, Hirsch B, Gamis AS. Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin Improves Event-Free Survival and Reduces Relapse in Pediatric KMT2A-Rearranged AML: Results From the Phase III Children's Oncology Group Trial AAML0531. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:3149-3160. [PMID: 34048275 DOI: 10.1200/jco.20.03048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We investigated the impact of the CD33-targeted agent gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) on survival in pediatric patients with KMT2A-rearranged (KMT2A-r) acute myeloid leukemia (AML) enrolled in the Children's Oncology Group trial AAML0531 (NCT01407757). METHODS Patients with KMT2A-r AML were identified and clinical characteristics described. Five-year overall survival (OS), event-free survival (EFS), disease-free survival (DFS), and relapse risk (RR) were determined overall and for higher-risk versus not high-risk translocation partners. GO's impact on response was determined and outcomes based on consolidation approach (hematopoietic stem cell transplant [HSCT] v chemotherapy) described. RESULTS Two hundred fifteen (21%) of 1,022 patients enrolled had KMT2A-r AML. Five-year EFS and OS from study entry were 38% and 58%, respectively. EFS was superior with GO treatment (EFS 48% with GO v 29% without, P = .003), although OS was comparable (63% v 53%, P = .054). For patients with KMT2A-r AML who achieved complete remission, GO was associated with lower RR (40% GO v 66% patients who did not receive GO [No-GO], P = .001) and improved 5-year DFS (GO 57% v No-GO 33%, P = .002). GO benefit was observed in both higher-risk and not high-risk KMT2A-r subsets. For patients who underwent HSCT, prior GO exposure was associated with decreased relapse (5-year RR: 28% GO and HSCT v 73% No-GO and HSCT, P = .006). In multivariable analysis, GO was independently associated with improved EFS, improved DFS, and reduced RR. CONCLUSION GO added to conventional chemotherapy improved outcomes for KMT2A-r AML; consolidation with HSCT may further enhance outcomes. Future clinical trials should study CD33-targeted agents in combination with HSCT for pediatric KMT2A-r AML.
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- Jessica A Pollard
- Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.,Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.,University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Jeha S, Choi J, Roberts KG, Pei D, Coustan-Smith E, Inaba H, Rubnitz JE, Ribeiro RC, Gruber TA, Raimondi SC, Karol SE, Qu C, Brady SW, Gu Z, Yang JJ, Cheng C, Downing JR, Evans WE, Relling MV, Campana D, Mullighan CG, Pui CH. Clinical significance of novel subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the context of minimal residual disease-directed therapy. Blood Cancer Discov 2021; 2:326-337. [PMID: 34250504 DOI: 10.1158/2643-3230.bcd-20-0229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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We evaluate clinical significance of recently identified subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in 598 children treated with minimal residual disease (MRD)-directed therapy. Among the 16 B-ALL and 8 T-ALL subtypes identified by next generation sequencing, ETV6-RUNX1, high-hyperdiploid and DUX4-rearranged B-ALL had the best five-year event-free survival rates (95% to 98.4%); TCF3-PBX1, PAX5alt, T-cell, ETP, iAMP21, and hypodiploid ALL intermediate rates (80.0% to 88.2%); and BCR-ABL1, BCR-ABL1-like and ETV6-RUNX1-like and KMT2A-rearranged ALL the worst rates (64.1% to 76.2%). All but three of the 142 patients with day-8 blood MRD <0.01% remained in remission. Among new subtypes, intensified therapy based on day-15 MRD≥1% improved outcome of DUX4-rearranged, BCR-ABL1-like, and ZNF384-rearranged ALL, and achievement of day-42 MRD<0.01% did not preclude relapse of PAX5alt, MEF2D-rearranged and ETV6-RUNX1-like ALL. Thus, new subtypes including DUX4-rearranged, PAX5alt, BCR-ABL1-like, ETV6-RUNX1-like, MEF2D-rearranged and ZNF384-rearranged ALL have important prognostic and therapeutic implications.
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- Sima Jeha
- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Pediatric Global Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Oncology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Pediatric Global Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Keenan C, Graham RT, Harreld JH, Lucas JT, Finkelstein D, Wheeler D, Li X, Dalton J, Upadhyaya SA, Raimondi SC, Boop FA, DeCuypere M, Zhang J, Vinitsky A, Wang L, Chiang J. Infratentorial C11orf95-fused gliomas share histologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular characteristics of supratentorial RELA-fused ependymoma. Acta Neuropathol 2020; 140:963-965. [PMID: 33099686 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-020-02238-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Camille Keenan
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA.
- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, MS 250, Room C5024A, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA.
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Jeha S, Pei D, Choi J, Cheng C, Sandlund JT, Coustan-Smith E, Campana D, Inaba H, Rubnitz JE, Ribeiro RC, Gruber TA, Raimondi SC, Khan RB, Yang JJ, Mullighan CG, Downing JR, Evans WE, Relling MV, Pui CH. Improved CNS Control of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Without Cranial Irradiation: St Jude Total Therapy Study 16. J Clin Oncol 2019; 37:3377-3391. [PMID: 31657981 PMCID: PMC7351342 DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.01692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [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] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Despite contemporary treatment, up to 10% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia still experience relapse. We evaluated whether a higher dosage of PEG-asparaginase and early intensification of triple intrathecal therapy would improve systemic and CNS control. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 2007 and 2017, 598 consecutive patients age 0 to 18 years received risk-directed chemotherapy without prophylactic cranial irradiation in the St Jude Total Therapy Study 16. Patients were randomly assigned to receive PEG-asparaginase 3,500 U/m2 versus the conventional 2,500 U/m2. Patients presenting features that were associated with increased risk of CNS relapse received two extra doses of intrathecal therapy during the first 2 weeks of remission induction. RESULTS The 5-year event-free survival and overall survival rates for the 598 patients were 88.2% (95% CI, 84.9% to 91.5%) and 94.1% (95% CI, 91.7% to 96.5%), respectively. Cumulative risk of any-isolated or combined-CNS relapse was 1.5% (95% CI, 0.5% to 2.5%). Higher doses of PEG-asparaginase did not affect treatment outcome. T-cell phenotype was the only independent risk factor for any CNS relapse (hazard ratio, 5.15; 95% CI, 1.3 to 20.6; P = . 021). Among 359 patients with features that were associated with increased risk for CNS relapse, the 5-year rate of any CNS relapse was significantly lower than that among 248 patients with the same features treated in the previous Total Therapy Study 15 (1.8% [95% CI, 0.4% to 3.3%] v 5.7% [95% CI, 2.8% to 8.6%]; P = .008). There were no significant differences in the cumulative risk of seizure or infection during induction between patients who did or did not receive the two extra doses of intrathecal treatment. CONCLUSION Higher doses of PEG-asparaginase failed to improve outcome, but additional intrathecal therapy during early induction seemed to contribute to improved CNS control without excessive toxicity for high-risk patients.
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- Sima Jeha
- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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Mast KJ, Taub JW, Alonzo TA, Gamis AS, Mosse CA, Mathew P, Berman JN, Wang YC, Jones HM, Campana D, Coustan-Smith E, Raimondi SC, Hirsch B, Hitzler JK, Head DR. Pathologic Features of Down Syndrome Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Protocol AAML0431. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2019; 144:466-472. [PMID: 31429606 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2018-0526-oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT.— Detailed diagnostic features of acute myeloid leukemia in Down syndrome are lacking, leading to potential misdiagnoses as standard acute myeloid leukemia occurring in patients with Down syndrome. OBJECTIVE.— To evaluate diagnostic features of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome in patients with Down syndrome. DESIGN.— Diagnostic bone marrow samples from 163 patients enrolled in the Children's Oncology Group study AAML0431 were evaluated by using central morphologic review and institutional immunophenotyping. Results were compared to overall survival, event-free survival, GATA1 mutation status, cytogenetics, and minimal residual disease results. RESULTS.— Sixty myelodysplastic syndrome and 103 acute myeloid leukemia samples were reviewed. Both had distinctive features compared to those of patients without Down syndrome. They showed megakaryocytic and erythroid but little myeloid dysplasia, and marked megakaryocytic hyperplasia with unusual megakaryocyte morphology. In acute myeloid leukemia cases, megakaryoblastic differentiation of blasts was most common (54 of 103, 52%); other cases showed erythroblastic (11 of 103, 11%), mixed erythroid/megakaryoblastic (20 of 103, 19%), or no differentiation (10 of 103, 10%). Myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia cases had similar event-free survival and overall survival. Leukemic subgroups showed interesting, but not statistically significant, trends for survival and minimal residual disease. Cases with institutional diagnoses of French American British M1-5 morphology showed typical features of Down syndrome disease, with survival approaching that of other cases. CONCLUSIONS.— Myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia in Down syndrome display features that allow discrimination from standard cases of disease. These distinctions are important for treatment decisions, and for understanding disease pathogenesis. We propose specific diagnostic criteria for Down syndrome-related subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.
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- Kelley J Mast
- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
| | - Betsy Hirsch
- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
| | - Johann K Hitzler
- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
| | - David R Head
- From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Mast, Mosse, Jones, and Head); the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Taub); the Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Monrovia (Dr Alonzo and Mr Wang); the Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Dr Gamis); the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville (Dr Mosse); the Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Dr Mathew); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Dr Berman); the Departments of Oncology (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith) and Pathology (Dr Raimondi), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; the Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, The National University Cancer Institute, NUH Medical Centre, Singapore (Dr Campana and Ms Coustan-Smith); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (Dr Hirsch); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler); and the Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Hitzler). Dr Mast now has a joint appointment at the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville. Dr Mathew is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr Berman is currently at the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr Jones is currently at Pathgroup Labs, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Campana is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Ms Coustan-Smith is no longer at the Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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Carroll AJ, Shago M, Mikhail FM, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Loh ML, Raetz EA, Borowitz MJ, Wood BL, Maloney KW, Mattano LA, Larsen EC, Gastier-Foster J, Stonerock E, Ell D, Kahwash S, Devidas M, Harvey RC, Chen IML, Willman CL, Hunger SP, Winick NJ, Carroll WL, Rao KW, Heerema NA. Masked hypodiploidy: Hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) mimicking hyperdiploid ALL in children: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer Genet 2019; 238:62-68. [PMID: 31425927 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2019.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hyperdiploidy with greater than 50 chromosomes is usually associated with favorable prognosis in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), whereas hypodiploidy with ≤43 chromosomes is associated with extremely poor prognosis. Sometimes, hypodiploidy is "masked" and patients do not have a karyotypically visible clone with ≤43 chromosomes. Instead, their abnormal karyotypes contain 50-78 or more chromosomes from doubling of previously hypodiploid cells. When the hypodiploid and doubled hyperdiploid clones are both present, patients can be identified by traditional test methods [karyotype, DNA Index (DI), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)], but the incidence of masked hypodiploid cases in which only the doubled clone is visible is unknown. We analyzed 7013 patients with B-ALL enrolled in COG AALL03B1 (2003-2011) for whom chromosome studies were available. Of 115 patients with hypodiploidy (25-39 chromosomes), karyotypes of 40 showed only the hypodiploid clone, 47 showed mosaicism with both hypodiploid and hyperdiploid (doubled) karyotypes, and 28 with masked hypodiploidy showed only a hyperdiploid (doubled) clone. Unique karyotypic signatures were identified, and widespread loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was seen in the microsatellite panel for all patients with masked hypodiploidy. An increased awareness of the unusual karyotypic profile associated with a doubled hypodiploid clone and coordinated use of DI, FISH, and LOH studies when indicated can identify patients with masked hypodiploidy and allow appropriate treatment selection.
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- Andrew J Carroll
- Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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- Department of Pathobiology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Maine Children's Cancer Program, Scarborough, ME, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Pardo LM, Voigt AP, Alonzo TA, Wilson ER, Gerbing RB, Paine DJ, Dai F, Menssen AJ, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, Wells DA, Brodersen LE, Loken MR. Deciphering the Significance of CD56 Expression in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cytometry B Clin Cytom 2019; 98:52-56. [PMID: 31294507 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.21829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND In patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), CD56 expression has been associated with adverse clinical outcome. We reported on a phenotype associated with very poor prognosis (RAM) in children enrolled in the Children's Oncology Group trial AAML0531 (Brodersen et al. Leukemia 30 (2016) 2077-2080). RAM is also characterized in part by high-intensity expression of the CD56 antigen. Herein, we investigate underlying biological and clinical differences among CD56-positive AMLs for patients in AAML0531. METHODS For 769 newly diagnosed pediatric patients with de novo AML enrolled in AAML0531, bone marrow specimens were submitted for flow cytometric analysis. For each patient, an immunophenotypic expression profile (IEP) was defined by mean fluorescent intensities of assayed surface antigens. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA) was completed to group patients with similar immunophenotypes. Clusters were then evaluated for CD56 expression. Principal component analysis (PCA) was subsequently applied to determine whether CD56-positive patient groups were nonoverlapping. RESULTS HCA of IEPs revealed three unique phenotypic clusters of patients with CD56-positive AML, and PCA showed that these three cohorts are distinct. Cohort 1 (N = 77) showed a prevalence of t(8;21) patients (72%), Cohort 2 (N = 52) a prevalence of 11q23 patients (69%), and Cohort 3 (RAM) (N = 16) a prevalence of patients with co-occurrence of the CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion transcript (63%). The 5-year event-free survival (EFS) for Cohorts 1, 2, and 3 were 69, 39, and 19%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS When leukemia is considered by its multidimensional immunophenotype and not by the expression of a single antigen, correlations are seen between genotype and there are significant differences in patient outcomes. © 2019 International Clinical Cytometry Society.
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- Laura M Pardo
- Hematologics, Inc., Seattle, Washington.,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California.,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.,Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California
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Rubnitz JE, Lacayo NJ, Inaba H, Heym K, Ribeiro RC, Taub J, McNeer J, Degar B, Schiff D, Yeoh AEJ, Coustan-Smith E, Wang L, Triplett B, Raimondi SC, Klco J, Choi J, Pounds S, Pui CH. Clofarabine Can Replace Anthracyclines and Etoposide in Remission Induction Therapy for Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The AML08 Multicenter, Randomized Phase III Trial. J Clin Oncol 2019; 37:2072-2081. [PMID: 31246522 DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To identify effective and less toxic therapy for children with acute myeloid leukemia, we introduced clofarabine into the first course of remission induction to reduce exposure to daunorubicin and etoposide. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 2008 through 2017, 285 patients were enrolled at eight centers; 262 were randomly assigned to receive clofarabine and cytarabine (Clo+AraC, n = 129) or high-dose cytarabine, daunorubicin, and etoposide (HD-ADE, n = 133) as induction I. Induction II consisted of low-dose ADE given alone or combined with sorafenib or vorinostat. Consolidation therapy comprised two or three additional courses of chemotherapy or hematopoietic cell transplantation. Genetic abnormalities and the level of minimal residual disease (MRD) at day 22 of initial remission induction determined final risk classification. The primary end point was MRD at day 22. RESULTS Complete remission was induced after two courses of therapy in 263 (92.3%) of the 285 patients; induction failures included four early deaths and 15 cases of resistant leukemia. Day 22 MRD was positive in 57 of 121 randomly assigned evaluable patients (47%) who received Clo+AraC and 42 of 121 patients (35%) who received HD-ADE (odds ratio, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.03 to 3.41; P = .04). Despite this result, the 3-year event-free survival rate (52.9% [44.6% to 62.8%] for Clo+AraC v 52.4% [44.0% to 62.4%] for HD-ADE, P = .94) and overall survival rate (74.8% [67.1% to 83.3%] for Clo+AraC v 64.6% [56.2% to 74.2%] for HD-ADE, P = .1) did not differ significantly across the two arms. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that the use of clofarabine with cytarabine during remission induction might reduce the need for anthracycline and etoposide in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia and may reduce rates of cardiomyopathy and treatment-related cancer.
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- Jeffrey E Rubnitz
- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- 2Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Cancer Center, Palo Alto, CA
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- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- 1St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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Tarlock K, Alonzo TA, Wang YC, Gerbing RB, Ries R, Loken MR, Pardo L, Hylkema T, Joaquin J, Sarukkai L, Raimondi SC, Hirsch B, Sung L, Aplenc R, Bernstein I, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, Pollard JA. Functional Properties of KIT Mutations Are Associated with Differential Clinical Outcomes and Response to Targeted Therapeutics in CBF Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Clin Cancer Res 2019; 25:5038-5048. [PMID: 31182436 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-1897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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PURPOSE KIT mutations (KIT +) are common in core binding factor (CBF) AML and have been associated with varying prognostic significance. We sought to define the functional and clinical significance of distinct KIT mutations in CBF pediatric AML. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Following transfection of exon 17 (E17) and exon 8 (E8) mutations into HEK293 and Ba/F3 cells, KIT phosphorylation, cytokine-independent growth, and response to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) were evaluated. Clinical outcomes of patients treated on COG AAML0531 (NCT01407757), a phase III study of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO), were analyzed according to mutation status [KIT + vs. wild-type KIT (KIT -)] and mutation location (E8 vs. E17). RESULTS KIT mutations were detected in 63 of 205 patients (31%); 22 (35%) involved only E8, 32 (51%) only E17, 6 (10%) both exons, and 3 (5%) alternative exons. Functional studies demonstrated that E17, but not E8, mutations result in aberrant KIT phosphorylation and growth. TKI exposure significantly affected growth of E17, but not E8, transfected cells. Patients with KIT + CBF AML had overall survival similar to those with KIT - (78% vs. 81%, P = 0.905) but higher relapse rates (RR = 43% vs. 21%; P = 0.005). E17 KIT + outcomes were inferior to KIT - patients [disease-free survival (DFS), 51% vs. 73%, P = 0.027; RR = 21% vs. 46%, P = 0.007)], although gemtuzumab ozogamicin abrogated this negative prognostic impact. E8 mutations lacked significant prognostic effect, and GO failed to significantly improve outcome. CONCLUSIONS E17 mutations affect prognosis in CBF AML, as well as response to GO and TKIs; thus, clinical trials using both agents should be considered for KIT + patients.
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- Katherine Tarlock
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. .,Division of Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.,Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.,Division of Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.,Division of Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Pui CH, Pei D, Cheng C, Tomchuck SL, Evans SN, Inaba H, Jeha S, Raimondi SC, Choi JK, Thomas PG, Dallas MH. Treatment response and outcome of children with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia expressing the gamma-delta T-cell receptor. Oncoimmunology 2019; 8:1599637. [PMID: 31413907 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2019.1599637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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T-cell malignancies expressing the γδ T-cell receptor (TCR) are often associated with poor prognosis. Here, we determined the clinical outcome of pediatric patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) expressing the γδ TCR. Of 100 newly diagnosed T-ALL patients, 93 had γδ TCR analysis performed at diagnosis. Repertoire was evaluated by paired sequencing of the rearranged TCR. All patients received intensified chemotherapy and those with minimal residual disease (MRD) ≥ 1% on day 42-46 became candidates for hematopoietic cell transplantation. Of the 93 T-ALL patients, 12 (13%) had γδ T-ALL and 11 (12%) had early T-cell precursor (ETP) ALL. Compared to the remaining 70 T-ALL patients, the γδ T-ALL patients were more likely to have MRD ≥ 1% on day 15-19 (67% vs. 33%, P = 0.03) and day 42-49 (33% vs. 7%; P = 0.007) of remission induction. The 10-year overall survival for γδ T-ALL patients (66.7% ± 22.2%) were lower than that of T-ALL patients (93.3% ± 7.3%, P = 0.001). TCR analysis demonstrated a conserved clonotype. In conclusion, the data suggest that children with γδ T-ALL may have a poor response to remission induction, based on MRD levels and decreased survival than the other T-ALL patients, despite receiving risk-directed therapy.
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- Ching-Hon Pui
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Lamba JK, Cao X, Raimondi SC, Rafiee R, Downing JR, Shi L, Gruber T, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Pounds SB. Correction: Integrated epigenetic and genetic analysis identifies markers of prognostic significance in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Oncotarget 2018; 9:30473. [PMID: 30101002 PMCID: PMC6084389 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25792] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- Jatinder K Lamba
- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Broniscer A, Jia S, Mandrell B, Hamideh D, Huang J, Onar-Thomas A, Gajjar A, Raimondi SC, Tatevossian RG, Stewart CF. Phase 1 trial, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of dasatinib combined with crizotinib in children with recurrent or progressive high-grade and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2018; 65. [PMID: 29512900 PMCID: PMC5980705 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Progressive/recurrent high-grade and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) are fatal. Treatments targeting molecular pathways critical for these cancers are needed. METHODS We conducted a phase 1 study (rolling-six design) to establish the safety and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of dasatinib, an oral platelet-derived growth factor receptor A (PDGFRA) inhibitor, and crizotinib, an oral c-Met inhibitor, in such patients. Pharmacokinetics of both agents were performed. Biomarkers of cellular pathway activation in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were evaluated before and after administration of dasatinib. PDGFRA and MET amplification, and PDGFRA mutations were studied in tumor samples. RESULTS Twenty-five patients were enrolled in this study (median age: 11.9 years). Eleven patients had DIPG. Glioblastoma accounted for 40% of cases. Dasatinib at 50 mg/m2 and crizotinib at 130 mg/m2 or 100 mg/m2 were poorly tolerated when administered twice daily. Drug administration was then switched to once daily. Dasatinib administered at 50 mg/m2 and crizotinib at 215 mg/m2 once daily was the MTD. Dose-limiting toxicities consisted of diarrhea, fatigue, proteinuria, hyponatremia, rash, and grade 4 neutropenia. Only two patients received therapy for at least 6 months. No objective radiologic responses were observed. Pharmacokinetics of dasatinib and crizotinib were comparable to previous studies. A statistically significant decrease in the ratio of p-AKT/total AKT in PBMC occurred after dasatinib administration. PDGFRA and MET amplification were found in four and two cases, respectively. Only one of 10 tumors harbored a PDGFRA mutation. CONCLUSIONS This drug combination was poorly tolerated and its activity was minimal. We do not recommend further testing of this combination in children.
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- Alberto Broniscer
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennesssee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatric Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee,Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennesssee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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Lamba JK, Cao X, Raimondi SC, Rafiee R, Downing JR, Lei S, Gruber T, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Pounds SB. Integrated epigenetic and genetic analysis identifies markers of prognostic significance in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Oncotarget 2018; 9:26711-26723. [PMID: 29928480 PMCID: PMC6003565 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may be an epigenetically-driven malignancy because it harbors fewer genomic mutations than other cancers. In recent studies of AML in adults, DNA methylation patterns associate with clinical risk groups and prognosis. However, thorough evaluations of methylation in pediatric AML have not been done. Therefore, we performed an integrated analysis (IA) of the methylome and transcriptome with clinical outcome in 151 pediatric patients from the multi-center AML02 clinical trial discovery cohort. Intriguingly, reduced methylation and increased expression of DNMT3B was associated with worse clinical outcomes (IA p ≤ 10−5; q ≤ 0.002). In particular, greater DNMT3B expression associated with worse minimal residual disease (MRD; p < 10−5; q = 0.01), a greater rate of relapse or resistant disease (RR) (p = 0.00006; q = 0.06), and event-free survival (EFS; p = 0.00003; q = 0.04). Also, greater DNMT3B expression associated with greater genome-wide methylation burden (GWMB; R = 0.39; p = 10−6) and greater GWMB associated with worse clinical outcomes (IA p < 10−5). In an independent validation cohort of 132 similarly treated AAML0531 clinical trial patients, greater DNMT3B expression associated with greater GWMB, worse MRD, worse RR, and worse EFS (all p < 0.03); also, greater GWMB associated with worse MRD (p = 0.004) and EFS (p = 0.037). These results indicate that DNMT3B and GWMB may have a central role in the development and prognosis of pediatric AML.
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- Jatinder K Lamba
- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Voigt AP, Brodersen LE, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Menssen AJ, Wilson ER, Kahwash S, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, Wells DA, Loken MR. Phenotype in combination with genotype improves outcome prediction in acute myeloid leukemia: a report from Children's Oncology Group protocol AAML0531. Haematologica 2017; 102:2058-2068. [PMID: 28883080 PMCID: PMC5709105 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2017.169029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Diagnostic biomarkers can be used to determine relapse risk in acute myeloid leukemia, and certain genetic aberrancies have prognostic relevance. A diagnostic immunophenotypic expression profile, which quantifies the amounts of distinct gene products, not just their presence or absence, was established in order to improve outcome prediction for patients with acute myeloid leukemia. The immunophenotypic expression profile, which defines each patient’s leukemia as a location in 15-dimensional space, was generated for 769 patients enrolled in the Children’s Oncology Group AAML0531 protocol. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering grouped patients with similar immunophenotypic expression profiles into eleven patient cohorts, demonstrating high associations among phenotype, genotype, morphology, and outcome. Of 95 patients with inv(16), 79% segregated in Cluster A. Of 109 patients with t(8;21), 92% segregated in Clusters A and B. Of 152 patients with 11q23 alterations, 78% segregated in Clusters D, E, F, G, or H. For both inv(16) and 11q23 abnormalities, differential phenotypic expression identified patient groups with different survival characteristics (P<0.05). Clinical outcome analysis revealed that Cluster B (predominantly t(8;21)) was associated with favorable outcome (P<0.001) and Clusters E, G, H, and K were associated with adverse outcomes (P<0.05). Multivariable regression analysis revealed that Clusters E, G, H, and K were independently associated with worse survival (P range <0.001 to 0.008). The Children’s Oncology Group AAML0531 trial: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: 00372593.
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Kutny MA, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Wang YC, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Fu CH, Meshinchi S, Gamis AS, Feusner JH, Gregory JJ. Arsenic Trioxide Consolidation Allows Anthracycline Dose Reduction for Pediatric Patients With Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Report From the Children's Oncology Group Phase III Historically Controlled Trial AAML0631. J Clin Oncol 2017; 35:3021-3029. [PMID: 28767288 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.71.6183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [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 The Children's Oncology Group AAML0631 trial for newly diagnosed pediatric acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) was a phase III historically controlled trial to determine the survival of patients receiving arsenic trioxide (ATO) consolidation and reduced doses of anthracyclines. Patients and Methods Patients age 2 to 21 years with de novo APL confirmed by PML-RARα polymerase chain reaction were stratified as standard risk (SR) or high risk (HR) on the basis of diagnostic WBC count. All patients received all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) during induction, each consolidation course, and maintenance. All patients received two cycles of ATO therapy during consolidation 1, an additional two (SR) or three (HR) consolidation courses that included high-dose cytarabine and anthracycline, and maintenance therapy comprising ATRA, oral methotrexate, and mercaptopurine. Results One hundred one patients (66 SR and 35 HR) were evaluable for outcome. The 3-year overall survival was 94%, and event-free survival (EFS) was 91%. For SR and HR patients with APL, the overall survival was 98% versus 86% ( P = .003), and EFS was 95% versus 83% ( P = .03), respectively. The EFS for SR patients in AAML0631 was noninferior to that of patients in the AIDA 0493 historical control, which used a significantly higher anthracycline dose and did not include ATO consolidation. Relapse risk for patients in AAML0631 from end consolidation 1 (after ATO treatment) was only 4% at 3 years and did not differ significantly between SR and HR patients. Conclusion ATO consolidation cycles were well tolerated in pediatric patients with APL and allowed significant reduction in cumulative anthracycline doses while maintaining excellent survival and a low relapse risk for both SR and HR patients with APL.
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- Matthew A Kutny
- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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- Matthew A. Kutny, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California; Cecilia H. Fu, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Robert B. Gerbing and Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; James H. Feusner, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN; Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO; and John J. Gregory Jr, Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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Lamba JK, Chauhan L, Shin M, Loken MR, Pollard JA, Wang YC, Ries RE, Aplenc R, Hirsch BA, Raimondi SC, Walter RB, Bernstein ID, Gamis AS, Alonzo TA, Meshinchi S. CD33 Splicing Polymorphism Determines Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin Response in De Novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Report From Randomized Phase III Children's Oncology Group Trial AAML0531. J Clin Oncol 2017. [PMID: 28644774 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.71.2513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [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
Abstract
Purpose Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO), a CD33-targeted immunoconjugate, is a re-emerging therapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). CD33 single nucleotide polymorphism rs12459419 C>T in the splice enhancer region regulates the expression of an alternatively spliced CD33 isoform lacking exon2 (D2-CD33), thus eliminating the CD33 IgV domain, which is the antibody-binding site for GO, as well as diagnostic immunophenotypic panels. We aimed to determine the impact of the genotype of this splicing polymorphism in patients with AML treated with GO-containing chemotherapy. Patients and Methods CD33 splicing single nucleotide polymorphism was evaluated in newly diagnosed patients with AML randomly assigned to receive standard five-course chemotherapy alone (No-GO arm, n = 408) or chemotherapy with the addition of two doses of GO once during induction and once during intensification (GO arm, n = 408) as per the Children's Oncology Group AAML0531 trial. Results The rs12459419 genotype was CC in 415 patients (51%), CT in 316 patients (39%), and TT in 85 patients (10%), with a minor allele frequency of 30%. The T allele was significantly associated with higher levels of D2-CD33 transcript ( P < 1.0E-6) and with lower diagnostic leukemic cell surface CD33 intensity ( P < 1.0E-6). Patients with the CC genotype had significantly lower relapse risk in the GO arm than in the No-GO arm (26% v 49%; P < .001). However, in patients with the CT or TT genotype, exposure to GO did not influence relapse risk (39% v 40%; P = .85). Disease-free survival was higher in patients with the CC genotype in the GO arm than in the No-GO arm (65% v 46%, respectively; P = .004), but this benefit of GO addition was not seen in patients with the CT or TT genotype. Conclusion Our results suggest that patients with the CC genotype for rs12459419 have a substantial response to GO, making this a potential biomarker for the selection of patients with a likelihood of significant response to GO.
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- Jatinder K Lamba
- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jatinder K. Lamba, Lata Chauhan, and Miyoung Shin, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Michael R. Loken, Hematologics Inc; Rhonda E. Ries, Irwin D. Bernstein, and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Roland B. Walter and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Jessica A. Pollard, Tufts University, Boston, MA; Yi-Cheng Wang, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Todd A. Alonzo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Betsy A. Hirsch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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Schwartz JR, Wang S, Ma J, Lamprecht T, Walsh M, Song G, Raimondi SC, Wu G, Walsh MF, McGee RB, Kesserwan C, Nichols KE, Cauff BE, Ribeiro RC, Wlodarski M, Klco JM. Germline SAMD9 mutation in siblings with monosomy 7 and myelodysplastic syndrome. Leukemia 2017; 31:1827-1830. [PMID: 28487541 PMCID: PMC5540771 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- J R Schwartz
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Tarlock K, Alonzo TA, Loken MR, Gerbing RB, Ries RE, Aplenc R, Sung L, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Kahwash SB, McKenney A, Kolb EA, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S. Disease Characteristics and Prognostic Implications of Cell-Surface FLT3 Receptor (CD135) Expression in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group. Clin Cancer Res 2017; 23:3649-3656. [PMID: 28108543 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-2353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Revised: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Purpose: The FLT3 cell-surface receptor tyrosine kinase (CD135) is expressed in a majority of both acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) and myeloid leukemia (AML). However, the prognostic significance of CD135 expression in AML remains unclear. We therefore evaluated the association between FLT3 surface expression and disease characteristics and outcomes in pediatric patients with AML.Experimental Design: We analyzed FLT3 receptor expression on AML blasts by multi-dimensional flow cytometry and its association with disease characteristics, clinical outcomes, and FLT3 transcript level in 367 children with AML treated on the Children's Oncology Group trial AAML0531.Results: There was high variability in blast CD135 cell-surface expression across specimens. CD135 expression measured by flow cytometry was not correlated with FLT3 transcript expression determined by quantitative RT-PCR. Overall, CD135 expression was not significantly different for patients with FLT3/WT, FLT3/ITD, or FLT3/ALM (P = 0.25). High cell-surface CD135 expression was associated with FAB M5 subtype (P < 0.001), KMT2A rearrangements (P = 0.009), and inversely associated with inv(16)/t(16;16) (P < 0.001). Complete remission rate, overall survival, disease-free survival, and relapse rates were not significantly different between patients with low and high CD135 expression.Conclusions: FLT3 cell-surface expression did not vary by FLT3 mutational status, but high FLT3 expression was strongly associated with KMT2A rearrangements. Our study found that there was no prognostic significance of FLT3 cell surface expression in pediatric AML. Clin Cancer Res; 23(14); 3649-56. ©2017 AACR.
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- Katherine Tarlock
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. .,Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California.,Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
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- Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
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- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.,Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Zhang J, McCastlain K, Yoshihara H, Xu B, Chang Y, Churchman ML, Wu G, Li Y, Wei L, Iacobucci I, Liu Y, Qu C, Wen J, Edmonson M, Payne-Turner D, Kaufmann KB, Takayanagi SI, Wienholds E, Waanders E, Ntziachristos P, Bakogianni S, Wang J, Aifantis I, Roberts KG, Ma J, Song G, Easton J, Mulder HL, Chen X, Newman S, Ma X, Rusch M, Gupta P, Boggs K, Vadodaria B, Dalton J, Liu Y, Valentine ML, Ding L, Lu C, Fulton RS, Fulton L, Tabib Y, Ochoa K, Devidas M, Pei D, Cheng C, Yang J, Evans WE, Relling MV, Pui CH, Jeha S, Harvey RC, Chen IML, Willman CL, Marcucci G, Bloomfield CD, Kohlschmidt J, Mrózek K, Paietta E, Tallman MS, Stock W, Foster MC, Racevskis J, Rowe JM, Luger S, Kornblau SM, Shurtleff SA, Raimondi SC, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Dick JE, Hunger SP, Loh ML, Downing JR, Mullighan CG. Deregulation of DUX4 and ERG in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Genet 2016; 48:1481-1489. [PMID: 27776115 PMCID: PMC5144107 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [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: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Chromosomal rearrangements deregulating hematopoietic transcription factors are common in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Here we show that deregulation of the homeobox transcription factor gene DUX4 and the ETS transcription factor gene ERG is a hallmark of a subtype of B-progenitor ALL that comprises up to 7% of B-ALL. DUX4 rearrangement and overexpression was present in all cases and was accompanied by transcriptional deregulation of ERG, expression of a novel ERG isoform, ERGalt, and frequent ERG deletion. ERGalt uses a non-canonical first exon whose transcription was initiated by DUX4 binding. ERGalt retains the DNA-binding and transactivation domains of ERG, but it inhibits wild-type ERG transcriptional activity and is transforming. These results illustrate a unique paradigm of transcription factor deregulation in leukemia in which DUX4 deregulation results in loss of function of ERG, either by deletion or induced expression of an isoform that is a dominant-negative inhibitor of wild-type ERG function.
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- Jinghui Zhang
- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
- Oncology Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Machida-shi, Tokyo, 194-8533, Japan
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center and Radboud Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Cytogenetics Core Facility, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St Louis, MO
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- McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St Louis, MO
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- McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St Louis, MO
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- McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St Louis, MO
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- McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St Louis, MO
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- Department of Biostatistics, Colleges of Medicine, Public Health & Health Profession, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, The Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Department of Pathology, The Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Department of Pathology, The Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Medicine (Oncology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Benioff Children’s Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Benioff Children’s Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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Ramamurthy R, Hughes M, Morris V, Bolouri H, Gerbing RB, Wang YC, Loken MR, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Gamis AS, Oehler VG, Alonzo TA, Meshinchi S. miR-155 expression and correlation with clinical outcome in pediatric AML: A report from Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2016; 63:2096-2103. [PMID: 27511899 PMCID: PMC5497493 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Revised: 05/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aberrant expression of microRNA-155 (miR-155) has been implicated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and associated with clinical outcome. PROCEDURE We evaluated miR-155 expression in 198 children with normal karyotype AML (NK-AML) enrolled in Children's Oncology Group (COG) AML trial AAML0531 and correlated miR-155 expression levels with disease characteristics and clinical outcome. Patients were divided into quartiles (Q1-Q4) based on miR-155 expression level, and disease characteristics were then evaluated and correlated with miR-155 expression. RESULTS MiR-155 expression varied over 4-log10-fold range relative to its expression in normal marrow with a median expression level of 0.825 (range 0.043-25.630) for the entire study cohort. Increasing miR-155 expression was highly associated with the presence of FLT3/ITD mutations (P < 0.001) and high-risk disease (P < 0.001) and inversely associated with standard-risk (P = 0.008) and low-risk disease (P = 0.041). Patients with highest miR-155 expression had a complete remission (CR) rate of 46% compared with 82% in low expressers (P < 0.001) with a correspondingly lower event-free (EFS) and overall survival (OS) (P < 0.001 and P = 0.002, respectively). In a multivariate model that included molecular risk factors, high miR-155 expression remained a significant independent predictor of OS (P = 0.022) and EFS (0.019). CONCLUSIONS High miR-155 expression is an adverse prognostic factor in pediatric NK-AML patients. Specifically, high miR-155 expression not only correlates with FLT3/ITD mutation status and high-risk disease but it is also an independent predictor of worse EFS and OS.
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington,Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California,Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California,Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California,Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics, Kansas City, Missiouri
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- University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Keck School of Medical Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington. .,Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. .,Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington. .,Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California.
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Laszlo GS, Alonzo TA, Gudgeon CJ, Harrington KH, Kentsis A, Gerbing RB, Wang YC, Ries RE, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, Walter RB. Erratum to: High expression of myocyte enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C) is associated with adverse-risk features and poor outcome in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. J Hematol Oncol 2016; 9:133. [PMID: 27903291 PMCID: PMC5129595 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-016-0364-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- George S Laszlo
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.,Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA.,Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. .,Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Pollard JA, Loken M, Gerbing RB, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Aplenc R, Bernstein ID, Gamis AS, Alonzo TA, Meshinchi S. CD33 Expression and Its Association With Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin Response: Results From the Randomized Phase III Children's Oncology Group Trial AAML0531. J Clin Oncol 2016; 34:747-55. [PMID: 26786921 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.62.6846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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PURPOSE CD33 is variably expressed on acute myeloid leukemia (AML) blasts and is targeted by gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO). GO has shown benefit in both adult and pediatric AML trials, yet limited data exist about whether GO response correlates with CD33 expression level. PATIENTS AND METHODS CD33 expression levels were prospectively quantified by multidimensional flow cytometry in 825 patients enrolled in Children's Oncology Group AAML0531 and correlated with response to GO. RESULTS Patients with low CD33 expression (lowest quartile of expression [Q1]) had no benefit with the addition of GO to conventional chemotherapy (relapse risk [RR]: GO 36% v No-GO 34%, P = .731; event-free survival [EFS]: GO 53% v No-GO 58%, P = .456). However, patients with higher CD33 expression (Q2 to Q4) had significantly reduced RR (GO 32% v No-GO 49%, P < .001) and improved EFS (GO 53% v No-GO 41%, P = .005). This differential effect was observed in all risk groups. Specifically, low-risk (LR), intermediate-risk (IR), and high-risk (HR) patients with low CD33 expression had similar outcomes regardless of GO exposure, whereas the addition of GO to conventional chemotherapy resulted in a significant decrease in RR and disease-free survival (DFS) for patients with higher CD33 expression (LR RR, GO 13% v No-GO 35%, P = .001; LR DFS, GO 79% v No-GO 59%, P = .007; IR RR, GO 44% v No-GO 57%, P = .044; IR DFS, GO 51% v No-GO 40%, P = .078; HR RR, GO 40% v No-GO 73%, P = .016; HR DFS, GO 47% v No-GO 28%, P = .135). CONCLUSION We demonstrate that GO lacks clinical benefit in patients with low CD33 expression but significantly reduces RR and improves EFS in patients with high CD33 expression, which suggests a role for CD33-targeted therapeutics in subsets of pediatric AML.
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- Jessica A Pollard
- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO.
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- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Jessica A. Pollard, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; and Tufts University, Boston, MA; Michael Loken, Hematologics; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Irwin D. Bernstein and Soheil Meshinchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert B. Gerbing and Todd A. Alonzo, Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia; Todd A. Alonzo, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Susana C. Raimondi, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Betsy Hirsch, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN; Richard Aplenc, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Alan S. Gamis, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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Tarlock K, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Sung L, Pollard JA, Aplenc R, Loken MR, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S. Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin Reduces Relapse Risk in FLT3/ITD Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group. Clin Cancer Res 2015; 22:1951-7. [PMID: 26644412 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-1349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO), a calicheamicin-conjugated mAb against CD33, has been used in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We evaluated the impact of the addition of GO to standard chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) in patients withFLT3/ITD. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We analyzed children withFLT3/ITD-positive AML (n= 183) treated on two consecutive Children's Oncology Group AML trials (NCT00070174andNCT00372593). Outcomes were assessed forFLT3/ITD patients receiving standard chemotherapy with or without GO (GO vs. No-GO, respectively), and the impact of consolidation HCT for high-riskFLT3/ITD patients [highFLT3/ITD allelic ratio (ITD-AR)]. RESULTS For allFLT3/ITD patients, complete remission (CR) rates for the GO versus No-GO cohorts were identical (64% vs. 64%;P= 0.98). Relapse rate (RR) after initial CR was 37% for GO recipients versus 59% for No-GO recipients (P= 0.02), disease-free survival (DFS) was similar (47% vs. 41%;P= 0.45), with higher treatment-related mortality (TRM) in GO recipients (16% vs. 0%;P= 0.008). Among high-riskFLT3/ITD patients with high ITD-AR, those who received HCT in first CR with prior exposure to GO had a significant reduction in RR (15% vs. 53%;P= 0.007), with a corresponding DFS of 65% versus 40% (P= 0.08), and higher TRM (19% vs. 7%;P= 0.08). CONCLUSIONS CD33 targeting with HCT consolidation may be an important therapeutic strategy in high-riskFLT3/ITD AML and its efficacy and associated toxicity warrant further investigation.
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- Katherine Tarlock
- Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Statistics, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Haematology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Maine Children's Cancer Program, Maine Medical Center, Scarborough, Maine
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- Pediatric Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Hematology/Oncology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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Laszlo GS, Alonzo TA, Gudgeon CJ, Harrington KH, Kentsis A, Gerbing RB, Wang YC, Ries RE, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, Walter RB. High expression of myocyte enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C) is associated with adverse-risk features and poor outcome in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. J Hematol Oncol 2015; 8:115. [PMID: 26487643 PMCID: PMC4618184 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-015-0215-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Recent studies have identified myocyte enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C) as cooperating oncogene in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and suggested a contribution to the aggressive nature of at least some subtypes of AML, raising the possibility that MEF2C could serve as marker of poor-risk AML and, therefore, have prognostic significance. Methods To test this hypothesis, we retrospectively quantified MEF2C expression in pretreatment bone marrow specimens in participants of the AAML0531 trial by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and correlated expression levels with disease characteristics and clinical outcome. Results In all 751 available patient specimens, MEF2C messenger RNA (mRNA) was detectable and varied >3000-fold relative to β-glucuronidase. Patients with the highest relative MEF2C expression (4th quartile) less likely achieved a complete remission after one course of chemotherapy than the other patients (67 vs. 78 %, P = 0.005). They also had an inferior overall survival (P = 0.014; at 5 years 55 ± 8 vs. 67 ± 4 %), inferior event-free survival (P < 0.001; at 5 years 38 ± 7 vs. 54 ± 4 %), and higher relapse risk than patients within the lower 3 quartiles of MEF2C expression (P < 0.001; at 5 years 53 ± 9 vs. 35 ± 5 %). These differences were accounted for by lower prevalence of cytogenetically/molecularly defined low-risk disease (16 vs. 46 %, P < 0.001) and higher prevalence of standard-risk disease (68 vs. 42 %, P < 0.001) in patients with high MEF2C expression, suggesting that MEF2C cooperates with additional pathogenic abnormalities. Conclusions High MEF2C expression identifies a subset of AML patients with adverse-risk disease features and poor outcome. With confirmation that high MEF2C mRNA expression leads to overexpression of MEF2C protein, these findings provide the rationale for therapeutic targeting of MEF2C transcriptional activation in AML.
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- George S Laszlo
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.,Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA.,Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, D2-190, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. .,Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Lamba JK, Pounds S, Cao X, Crews KR, Cogle CR, Bhise N, Raimondi SC, Downing JR, Baker SD, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE. Clinical significance of in vivo cytarabine-induced gene expression signature in AML. Leuk Lymphoma 2015; 57:909-20. [PMID: 26366682 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2015.1086918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Despite initial remission, ∼60-70% of adult and 30% of pediatric patients experience relapse or refractory AML. Studies so far have identified base line gene expression profiles of pathogenic and prognostic significance in AML; however, the extent of change in gene expression post-initiation of treatment has not been investigated. Exposure of leukemic cells to chemotherapeutic agents such as cytarabine, a mainstay of AML chemotherapy, can trigger adaptive response by influencing leukemic cell transcriptome and, hence, development of resistance or refractory disease. It is, however, challenging to perform such a study due to lack of availability of specimens post-drug treatment. The primary objective of this study was to identify in vivo cytarabine-induced changes in leukemia cell transcriptome and to evaluate their impact on clinical outcome. The results highlight genes relevant to cytarabine resistance and support the concept of targeting cytarabine-induced genes as a means of improving response.
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- Jatinder K Lamba
- a Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, University of Florida , Gainesville , FL , USA
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- b Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- b Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- c Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- d Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine , University of Florida , Gainesville , FL , USA
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- a Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, University of Florida , Gainesville , FL , USA
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- e Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA , and
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- e Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA , and
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- c Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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- f Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis , TN , USA
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Laszlo GS, Alonzo TA, Gudgeon CJ, Harrington KH, Gerbing RB, Wang YC, Ries RE, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, Walter RB. Multimerin-1 (MMRN1) as Novel Adverse Marker in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group. Clin Cancer Res 2015; 21:3187-95. [PMID: 25825478 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-2684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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PURPOSE Exploratory gene expression array analyses suggested multimerin-1 (MMRN1) to be a predictive biomarker in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Following up on these studies, we evaluated the role of MMRN1 expression as outcome predictor in two recent Children's Oncology Group trials. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We retrospectively quantified MMRN1 expression in 183 participants of AAML03P1 and 750 participants of AAML0531 by reverse-transcriptase PCR and correlated expression levels with disease characteristics and clinical outcome. RESULTS In AAML03P1, the highest quartile of MMRN1 expression (expression ≥0.5 relative to β-glucuronidase; n = 45) was associated with inferior event-free survival (EFS; P < 0.002) and higher relapse risk (P < 0.004). In AAML0531, in which we quantified MMRN1 mRNA for validation, patients with relative MMRN1 expression ≥0.5 (n = 160) less likely achieved remission (67% vs. 77%, P = 0.006), and more frequently had minimal residual disease (43% vs. 24%, P = 0.001) after one induction course. They had inferior overall survival (OS; 44% ± 9% vs. 69% ± 4% at 5 years; P < 0.001) and EFS (32% ± 8% vs. 54% ± 4% at 5 years; P < 0.001) and higher relapse risk (57% ± 10% vs. 35% ± 5% at 5 years; P < 0.001). These differences were partly attributable to the fact that patients with high MMRN1 expression less likely had cytogenetic/molecular low-risk disease (P < 0.001) than those with low MMRN1 expression. Nevertheless, after multivariable adjustment, high MMRN1 expression remained statistically significantly associated with shorter OS (HR, 1.57; 95% confidence interval, 1.17-2.12; P = 0.003) and EFS (HR, 1.34; 1.04-1.73; P = 0.025), and higher relapse risk (HR, 1.40; 1.01-1.94; P = 0.044). CONCLUSIONS Together, our studies identify MMRN1 expression as a novel biomarker that may refine AML risk stratification.
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- George S Laszlo
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California. Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California. Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California. Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington. Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
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Gamis AS, Alonzo TA, Meshinchi S, Sung L, Gerbing RB, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Kahwash SB, Heerema-McKenney A, Winter L, Glick K, Davies SM, Byron P, Smith FO, Aplenc R. Gemtuzumab ozogamicin in children and adolescents with de novo acute myeloid leukemia improves event-free survival by reducing relapse risk: results from the randomized phase III Children’s Oncology Group trial AAML0531. J Clin Oncol 2015; 32:3021-32. [PMID: 25092781 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.55.3628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To improve survival rates in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), we evaluated gemtuzumab-ozogamicin (GO), a humanized immunoconjugate targeted against CD33, as an alternative to further chemotherapy dose escalation. Our primary objective was to determine whether adding GO to standard chemotherapy improved event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) in children with newly diagnosed AML. Our secondary objectives examined outcomes by risk group and method of intensification. PATIENTS AND METHODS Children, adolescents, and young adults ages 0 to 29 years with newly diagnosed AML were enrolled onto Children’s Oncology Group trial AAML0531 and then were randomly assigned to either standard five-course chemotherapy alone or to the same chemotherapy with two doses of GO (3 mg/m2/dose) administered once in induction course 1 and once in intensification course 2 (two of three). RESULTS There were 1,022 evaluable patients enrolled. GO significantly improved EFS (3 years: 53.1% v. 46.9%; hazard ratio [HzR], 0.83; 95% CI, 0.70 to 0.99; P.04) but not OS (3 years: 69.4% v. 65.4%; HzR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.74 to 1.13; P = .39). Although remission was not improved (88% v. 85%; P = .15), posthoc analyses found relapse risk (RR) was significantly reduced among GO recipients overall (3 years: 32.8% v. 41.3%; HzR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.58 to 0.91; P = .006). Despite an increased postremission toxic mortality (3 years: 6.6% v. 4.1%; HzR, 1.69; 95% CI, 0.93 to 3.08; P = .09), disease-free survival was better among GO recipients (3 years: 60.6% v. 54.7%; HzR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.67 to 1.02; P = .07). CONCLUSION GO added to chemotherapy improved EFS through a reduction in RR for children and adolescents with AML.
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Roberts KG, Pei D, Campana D, Payne-Turner D, Li Y, Cheng C, Sandlund JT, Jeha S, Easton J, Becksfort J, Zhang J, Coustan-Smith E, Raimondi SC, Leung WH, Relling MV, Evans WE, Downing JR, Mullighan CG, Pui CH. Outcomes of children with BCR-ABL1–like acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with risk-directed therapy based on the levels of minimal residual disease. J Clin Oncol 2015; 32:3012-20. [PMID: 25049327 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.55.4105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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PURPOSE BCR-ABL1–like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a recently identified B-cell ALL (B-ALL)subtype with poor outcome that exhibits a gene expression profile similar to BCR-ABL1-positive ALL but lacks the BCR-ABL1 fusion protein. We examined the outcome of children with BCR-ABL1–like ALL treated with risk-directed therapy based on minimal residual disease (MRD) levels during remission induction. PATIENTS AND METHODS Among 422 patients with B-ALL enrolled onto the Total Therapy XV study between 2000 and 2007, 344 had adequate samples for gene expression profiling. Next-generation sequencing and/or analysis of genes known to be altered in B-ALL were performed in patients with BCR-ABL1–likeALL who had available material. Outcome was compared between patients with and those without BCR-ABL1–like ALL. RESULTS Forty (11.6%) of the 344 patients had BCR-ABL1–like ALL. They were significantly more likely to be male, have Down syndrome, and have higher MRD levels on day 19 and at the end of induction than did other patients with B-ALL. Among 25 patients comprehensively studied for genetic abnormalities, 11 harbored a genomic rearrangement of CRLF2, six had fusion transcripts responsive to ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors or JAK inhibitors, and seven had mutations involving the Ras signaling pathway. There were no significant differences in event-free survival (90.0% +/- 4.7% [SE] v. 88.4% +/- .9% at 5 years; P = .41or in overall survival (92.5% +/- 4.2% v. 95.1% +/- 1.3% at 5 years; P = .41) between patients with and without BCR-ABL1–like ALL. CONCLUSION Patients who have BCR-ABL1–like ALL with poor initial treatment response can be salvaged with MRD-based risk-directed therapy and may benefit from identification of kinase-activating lesions for targeted therapies.
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Karol SE, Coustan-Smith E, Cao X, Shurtleff SA, Raimondi SC, Choi JK, Ribeiro RC, Dahl GV, Bowman WP, Taub JW, Degar B, Leung W, Downing JR, Pui CH, Rubnitz JE, Campana D, Inaba H. Prognostic factors in children with acute myeloid leukaemia and excellent response to remission induction therapy. Br J Haematol 2014; 168:94-101. [PMID: 25164427 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 04/20/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Minimal residual disease (MRD) is a strong prognostic factor in children and adolescents with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) but nearly one-quarter of patients who achieve MRD-negative status still relapse. The adverse prognostic factors among MRD-negative patients remain unknown. We analysed the AML02 study cohort to identify demographic and genetic prognostic factors. Among the presenting features, certain 11q23 abnormalities, such as t(6;11) and t(10;11), acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia without the t(1;22), and age ≥10 years were associated with inferior outcome in patients who had MRD-negative status after either remission induction I or II. By contrast, those with rearrangement of CBF genes had superior outcome. Our study identifies patient populations for whom close post-remission MRD monitoring to detect and treat emerging relapse and adjustment in treatment intensity might be indicated.
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- Seth E Karol
- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Sandahl JD, Coenen EA, Forestier E, Harbott J, Johansson B, Kerndrup G, Adachi S, Auvrignon A, Beverloo HB, Cayuela JM, Chilton L, Fornerod M, de Haas V, Harrison CJ, Inaba H, Kaspers GJL, Liang DC, Locatelli F, Masetti R, Perot C, Raimondi SC, Reinhardt K, Tomizawa D, von Neuhoff N, Zecca M, Zwaan CM, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Hasle H. t(6;9)(p22;q34)/DEK-NUP214-rearranged pediatric myeloid leukemia: an international study of 62 patients. Haematologica 2014; 99:865-72. [PMID: 24441146 PMCID: PMC4008104 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2013.098517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Acute myeloid leukemia with t(6;9)(p22;q34) is listed as a distinct entity in the 2008 World Health Organization classification, but little is known about the clinical implications of t(6;9)-positive myeloid leukemia in children. This international multicenter study presents the clinical and genetic characteristics of 62 pediatric patients with t(6;9)/DEK-NUP214-rearranged myeloid leukemia; 54 diagnosed as having acute myeloid leukemia, representing <1% of all childhood acute myeloid leukemia, and eight as having myelodysplastic syndrome. The t(6;9)/DEK-NUP214 was associated with relatively late onset (median age 10.4 years), male predominance (sex ratio 1.7), French-American-British M2 classification (54%), myelodysplasia (100%), and FLT3-ITD (42%). Outcome was substantially better than previously reported with a 5-year event-free survival of 32%, 5-year overall survival of 53%, and a 5-year cumulative incidence of relapse of 57%. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in first complete remission improved the 5-year event-free survival compared with chemotherapy alone (68% versus 18%; P<0.01) but not the overall survival (68% versus 54%; P=0.48). The presence of FLT3-ITD had a non-significant negative effect on 5-year overall survival compared with non-mutated cases (22% versus 62%; P=0.13). Gene expression profiling showed a unique signature characterized by significantly higher expression of EYA3, SESN1, PRDM2/RIZ, and HIST2H4 genes. In conclusion, t(6;9)/DEK-NUP214 represents a unique subtype of acute myeloid leukemia with a high risk of relapse, high frequency of FLT3-ITD, and a specific gene expression signature.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Leukemia, Myeloid/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myeloid/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid/mortality
- Leukemia, Myeloid/therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/mortality
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/therapy
- Male
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/diagnosis
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/genetics
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/mortality
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/therapy
- Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins
- Recurrence
- Translocation, Genetic
- Treatment Outcome
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Pui CH, Pei D, Campana D, Cheng C, Sandlund JT, Bowman WP, Hudson MM, Ribeiro RC, Raimondi SC, Jeha S, Howard SC, Bhojwani D, Inaba H, Rubnitz JE, Metzger ML, Gruber TA, Coustan-Smith E, Downing JR, Leung WH, Relling MV, Evans WE. A revised definition for cure of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 2014; 28:2336-43. [PMID: 24781017 PMCID: PMC4214904 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2014.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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With improved contemporary therapy, we re-assess long-term outcome in patients completing treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia to determine when cure can be declared with a high degree of confidence. In 6 successive clinical trials between 1984 and 2007, 1291(84.5%) patients completed all therapy in continuous complete remission. The post-therapy cumulative risk of relapse or development of a second neoplasm and the event-free survival rate and overall survival were analyzed according to the presenting features and the three treatment periods defined by relative outcome. Over the three treatment periods, there has been progressive increase in the rate of event-free survival (65.2% vs. 74.8% vs. 85.1% [P<0.001]) and overall survival (76.5% vs. 81.1% vs. 91.7% [P<0.001]) at 10 years. The most important predictor of outcome after completion of therapy was the type of treatment. In the most recent treatment period, which omitted the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation, the post-treatment cumulative risk of relapse was 6.4%, death in remission 1.5%, and development of a second neoplasm 2.3% at 10 years, with all relapses except one occurring within 4 years off therapy. None of the 106 patients with the t(9;22)/BCR-ABL1, t(1;19)/TCF3-PBX1 or t(4;11)/MLL-AFF1 had relapsed after 2 years from completion of therapy. These findings demonstrate that with contemporary effective therapy that excludes cranial irradiation, approximately 6% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia may relapse after completion of treatment, and those who remain in remission at 4 years post-treatment may be considered cured (i.e., less than 1 % chance of relapse).
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- C H Pui
- 1] Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA [2] Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Moore AS, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Lange BJ, Heerema NA, Franklin J, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S. BIRC5 (survivin) splice variant expression correlates with refractory disease and poor outcome in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014; 61:647-52. [PMID: 24127439 PMCID: PMC4285339 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND The inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein survivin, encoded by BIRC5, regulates apoptosis, cell division and proliferation. Several survivin splice variants have been described however, the prognostic significance of their expression has not been well defined in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML). PROCEDURE Quantitative expression analyses of BIRC5 mRNA (n = 306) and survivin transcript splice variants (n = 90) were performed on diagnostic bone marrow samples from children with de novo AML treated on the clinical trials CCG-2961 and AAML03P1, then correlated with disease characteristics and clinical outcome. RESULTS Total BIRC5 expression did not correlate with clinical outcome. Fragment length analysis and sequencing of the entire BIRC5 transcript demonstrated three splice variants. The most prominent product, wild-type survivin, was expressed in all samples tested. Two minor transcripts were present in 90 patients treated on CCG-2961; survivin-2B and a novel variant, survivin-ΔEx2, characterized by deletion of BIRC5 exon II. A high 2B/ΔEx2 expression ratio (≥1) correlated with increased diagnostic WBC count, monocytic phenotype, +8 cytogenetics, lower complete remission (45% [n = 10] vs. 88% [n = 59], P < 0.001) and higher induction failure rates (23% [n = 5] vs. 3% [n = 2], P = 0.009). Consistent with this poor induction response, patients with a 2B/ΔEx2 ratio ≥1 had inferior 5-year survival rates (OS 36% vs. 60%, P = 0.011; EFS 23% vs. 53% at 5 years, P = 0.001) and appear to have increased relapse risk (P = 0.056). Subset analyses suggest that relative over-expression of 2B, rather than under-expression of ΔEx2 determines clinical response. CONCLUSIONS High survivin-2B/ΔEx2 ratios are associated with refractory disease and inferior survival in childhood AML. Survivin splice variant expression warrants prospective evaluation in clinical trials.
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- Andrew S. Moore
- Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia,Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Australia
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California,Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington,Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington,Correspondence to: Soheil Meshinchi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, D5-380, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103.
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Tarlock K, Alonzo TA, Moraleda PP, Gerbing RB, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Ravindranath Y, Lange B, Woods WG, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S. Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with t(6;9)(p23;q34) is associated with poor outcome in childhood AML regardless of FLT3-ITD status: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Br J Haematol 2014; 166:254-259. [PMID: 24661089 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [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: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with t(6;9)(p23;q34) is a rare subtype associated with FLT3-internal tandem duplication (ITD) and poor outcomes. The clinical outcomes of paediatric patients with t(6;9) with and without FLT3-ITD treated on six consecutive cooperative trails were evaluated. In contrast to patients without t(6;9), those with t(6;9) had a significantly lower complete remission rate, higher relapse rate (RR), and poor overall survival (OS). Within t(6;9) patients, those with and without FLT3-ITD had an OS of 40% and 27% respectively (P > 0·9), demonstrating that t(6;9) is a high-risk cytogenetic feature in paediatric AML and its clinical impact is independent of the presence of FLT3-ITD.
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- Katherine Tarlock
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Arcadia, CA.,Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA
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- Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA.,Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA.,Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, MN
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- Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA.,Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
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- Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA.,Children's Hosp. of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA.,Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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- Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA.,Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.,Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, CA
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Laszlo GS, Ries RE, Gudgeon CJ, Harrington KH, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, Walter RB. High expression of suppressor of cytokine signaling-2 predicts poor outcome in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Leuk Lymphoma 2014; 55:2817-21. [PMID: 24559289 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2014.893305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Deregulated cytokine signaling is a characteristic feature of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and expression signatures of cytokines and chemokines have been identified as a significant prognostic factor in this disease. Given this aberrant signaling, we hypothesized that expression of suppressor of cytokine signaling-2 (SOCS2), a negative regulator of cytokine signaling, might be altered in AML and could provide predictive information. Among 188 participants of the Children's Oncology Group AAML03P1 trial, SOCS2 mRNA levels varied > 6000-fold. Higher (> median) SOCS2 expression was associated with inferior overall (60 ± 10% vs. 75 ± 9%, p = 0.026) and event-free (44 ± 10% vs. 59 ± 10%, p = 0.031) survival. However, these differences were accounted for by higher prevalence of high-risk and lower prevalence of low-risk disease among patients with higher SOCS2 expression, limiting the clinical utility of SOCS2 as a predictive marker. It remains untested whether high SOCS2 expression identifies a subset of leukemias with deregulated cytokine signaling that could be amenable to therapeutic intervention.
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- George S Laszlo
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Seattle, WA , USA
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Ho PA, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Kuhn J, Pollard JA, Hirsch B, Raimondi SC, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S. The prognostic effect of high diagnostic WT1 gene expression in pediatric AML depends on WT1 SNP rs16754 status: report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014; 61:81-8. [PMID: 23956224 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND WT1 is aberrantly over-expressed in most cases of AML. We recently demonstrated that WT1 SNP rs16754 correlates with favorable outcome and high diagnostic WT1 expression in childhood AML. We examined the clinical correlates of diagnostic WT1 expression within a contemporary COG trial and determined whether its prognostic impact differs between SNP+ and SNP- patients. PROCEDURE WT1 mRNA expression was measured via qRT-PCR in diagnostic specimens obtained from 225 patients enrolled on COG-AAML03P1. Direct sequencing of WT1 exon 7 was performed to determine SNP rs16754 genotype. WT1 expression was correlated with disease characteristics, SNP status, and outcome. RESULTS Patients were categorized into four groups (quartiles: Q1 through Q4) based on diagnostic WT1 expression for analysis. FLT3/ITD (P = 0.017) and WT1 mutations (P < 0.001) both occurred more frequently in patients with the highest WT1 expression. SNP rs16754 frequency did not vary significantly among the quartiles. When all patients were considered, survival outcomes were similar between quartiles. However, when only SNP- patients (n = 150) were analyzed, those with highest WT1 expression (Q4) had the poorest OS (51% vs. 72% for Q1-Q3, P = 0.006) and EFS (35% vs. 54% for Q1-Q3, P = 0.031). Among SNP+ patients (n = 75), survival did not vary significantly between WT1 expression quartiles. CONCLUSION Although WT1 expression was not prognostic when all patients were considered together, stratifying patients by SNP rs16754 genotype revealed significant differences in outcome. In SNP- patients, high WT1 expression predicted decreased survival in univariate, but not multivariate, analysis, due to a preponderance of high-risk cyto/molecular abnormalities in the highest expression quartile.
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- Phoenix A Ho
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, California
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Win KT, Lee MY, Tan TD, Tsai MP, Bahrami A, Raimondi SC, Chuang SS. Nasopharyngeal alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma expressing CD56: a mimicker of extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2013; 7:451-455. [PMID: 24427371 PMCID: PMC3885505] [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] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) is remarkably rare in adults older than 45 years. Histologically, the tumor is composed of blue round cells with frequent expression of CD56 in addition to myogenic markers. Recent studies of ARMS have shown two specific recurrent translocations: PAX3-FKHR [t(2;13)(q35;q14)] or PAX7-FKHR [t(1;13)(p36;q14)]. Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL) occurs most frequently in the upper aerodigestive tract with a male preference in East Asia and Central and South Americas with neoplastic cells frequently expressing CD56. We report a 53-year-old Taiwanese man presenting with a nasopharyngeal mass, cervical lymphadenopathy, and multiple bone metastases. Histologically, the nasopharyngeal biopsy revealed diffuse sheets of small blue round tumor cells without obvious alveolar pattern, angioinvasion or tumor necrosis. An initial erroneous diagnosis of ENKTL was made due to CD56 expression using fresh tumor tissue with flow cytometric analysis and the patient was treated accordingly. Retrospective study showed that the tumor cells expressed CD56, desmin, and myogenin. Fluorescence in situ hybridization revealed that the tumor cells were positive for FKHR gene rearrangement, confirming the diagnosis of ARMS. Our case illustrates that a diagnosis of ENKTL based solely on CD56 expression can be misleading for a nasopharyngeal small blue round cell tumor. ARMS should be included as a differential diagnosis, and a correct diagnosis can be reached only after a high index of suspicion and a thorough histological examination with the aid of ancillary studies.
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- Khin Than Win
- Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Medical CenterTainan, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalUSA
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- Department of Pathology, Chi-Mei Medical CenterTainan, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical UniversityTaipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, National Taiwan UniversityTaipei, Taiwan
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Johnston DL, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Hirsch B, Heerema NA, Ravindranath Y, Woods WG, Lange BJ, Gamis AS, Raimondi SC. Outcome of pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and -5/5q- abnormalities from five pediatric AML treatment protocols: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60:2073-8. [PMID: 24039149 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Abnormalities of chromosome 5q (-5/5q-) are associated with poor prognosis in adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, there are no large studies on outcomes of children with -5/5q- AML. To determine the disease correlates of this group, we retrospectively analyzed cytogenetic data from five studies of childhood AML. PROCEDURE Data from patients whose cytogenetic clones included -5/5q-, with the exception of those with acute promyelocytic leukemia or Down syndrome, were included. RESULTS Of the 2,240 patients with cytogenetic data available, 26 (1.2%) had -5 or 5q-. A significant number of these patients were age 11-21 (61.5%, P = 0.031) and had M0 morphology compared with patients without -5/5q- (24.0% vs. 2.8%, P < 0.001). Twenty-two of the 26 patients had a complete remission (CR) response to induction chemotherapy. The 5-year overall survival (OS) from the time of diagnosis for the -5/5q- patients was significantly lower than for patients without -5/5q- (27 ± 17% vs. 50 ± 2%, P = 0.027). Similarly, from induction CR, patients with -5/5q- had significantly worse disease free survival, OS and relapse risk than those without this abnormality (27 ± 19% vs. 46 ± 2%, P = 0.035, 32 ± 20% vs. 57 ± 2%, P = 0.025, 68 ± 21% vs. 45 ± 2%, P = 0.01, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Pediatric patients with AML and -5/5q- had a very poor outcome. These findings support the need for new or novel therapies for these patients.
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- Donna L Johnston
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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Walter RB, Laszlo GS, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Levy S, Fitzgibbon MP, Gudgeon CJ, Ries RE, Harrington KH, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Gamis AS, W. McIntosh M, Meshinchi S. Significance of expression of ITGA5 and its splice variants in acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Am J Hematol 2013; 88:694-702. [PMID: 23686445 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Revised: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) encompasses a heterogeneous group of diseases, and novel biomarkers for risk refinement and stratification are needed to optimize patient care. To identify novel risk factors, we performed transcriptome sequencing on 68 diagnostic AML samples and identified 2 transcript variants (-E2 and -E2/3) of the α-subunit (ITGA5) of the very late antigen-5 integrin. We then quantified expression of ITGA5 and these splice variants in specimens from participants of the AAML03P1 trial. We found no association between ITGA5 expression and clinical outcome. In contrast, patients with the highest relative expression (Q4) of the -E2/3 ITGA5 splice variant less likely had low-risk disease than Q1-3 patients (21% vs. 38%, P = 0.027). Q4 patients had worse response to chemotherapy with a higher proportion having persistent minimal residual disease (50% vs. 23%, P = 0.003) and inferior overall survival (at 5 years: 48% vs. 67%, P = 0.015); the latter association was limited to low-risk patients (Q4 vs. Q1-3: 56% vs. 85%, P = 0.043) and was not seen in standard-risk (51% vs. 60%, P = 0.340) or high-risk (33% vs. 38%, P = 0.952) patients. Our exploratory studies indicate that transcriptome sequencing is useful for biomarker discovery, as exemplified by the identification of ITGA5 -E2/3 splice variant as potential novel adverse prognostic marker for low-risk AML that, if confirmed, could serve to further risk-stratify this patient subset.
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Seattle; Washington
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Huntsville; Alabama
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Seattle; Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Seattle; Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Seattle; Washington
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Seattle; Washington
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Ho PA, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Pollard JA, Hirsch B, Raimondi SC, Cooper T, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S. High EVI1 expression is associated with MLL rearrangements and predicts decreased survival in paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia: a report from the children's oncology group. Br J Haematol 2013; 162:670-7. [PMID: 23826732 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ectopic viral integration site-1 (EVI1) is highly expressed in certain cytogenetic subsets of adult acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), and has been associated with inferior survival. We sought to examine the clinical and biological associations of EVI1(high) , defined as expression in excess of normal controls, in paediatric AML. EVI1 mRNA expression was measured via quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in diagnostic specimens obtained from 206 patients. Expression levels were correlated with clinical features and outcome. EVI1(high) was present in 58/206 (28%) patients. MLL rearrangements occurred in 40% of EVI1(high) patients as opposed to 12% of the EVI1(low/absent) patients (P < 0·001). No abnormalities of 3q26 were found in EVI1(high) patients by conventional cytogenetic analysis, nor were cryptic 3q26 abnormalities detected in a subset of patients screened by next-generation sequencing. French-American-British class M7 was enriched in the EVI1(high) group, accounting for 24% of these patients. EVI1(high) patients had significantly lower 5-year overall survival from study entry (51% vs. 68%, P = 0·015). However, in multivariate analysis including other established prognostic markers, EVI1 expression did not retain independent prognostic significance. EVI1 expression is currently being studied in a larger cohort of patients enrolled on subsequent Children's Oncology Group trials, to determine if EVI1(high) has prognostic value in MLL-rearranged or intermediate-risk subsets.
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- Phoenix A Ho
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98103, USA.
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Wright KD, Onciu MM, Coustan-Smith E, Campana D, Raimondi SC, Inaba H, Ribeiro R, Pui CH, Sandlund JT. Successful treatment of pediatric plasmacytoid dendritic cell tumors with a contemporary regimen for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60:E38-41. [PMID: 23417921 PMCID: PMC4146405 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Dendritic cell leukemia (DCL) or hematodermic tumor is an uncommon subtype of acute leukemia. In contrast to adult cases, children tend to have a less aggressive course. The diagnosis of DCL should be considered when its characteristic morphologic features are present and leukemic cells co-express CD4 and CD56. Cases of DCL among pediatric patients have been reported to respond to therapeutic regimens for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but details regarding the specifics of therapy are lacking.
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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- Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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Holmfeldt L, Wei L, Diaz-Flores E, Walsh M, Zhang J, Ding L, Payne-Turner D, Churchman M, Andersson A, Chen SC, McCastlain K, Becksfort J, Ma J, Wu G, Patel SN, Heatley SL, Phillips LA, Song G, Easton J, Parker M, Chen X, Rusch M, Boggs K, Vadodaria B, Hedlund E, Drenberg C, Baker S, Pei D, Cheng C, Huether R, Lu C, Fulton RS, Fulton LL, Tabib Y, Dooling DJ, Ochoa K, Minden M, Lewis ID, To LB, Marlton P, Roberts AW, Raca G, Stock W, Neale G, Drexler HG, Dickins RA, Ellison DW, Shurtleff SA, Pui CH, Ribeiro RC, Devidas M, Carroll AJ, Heerema NA, Wood B, Borowitz MJ, Gastier-Foster JM, Raimondi SC, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Downing JR, Hunger SP, Loh ML, Mullighan CG. The genomic landscape of hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nat Genet 2013; 45:242-52. [PMID: 23334668 DOI: 10.1038/ng.2532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 477] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The genetic basis of hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a subtype of ALL characterized by aneuploidy and poor outcome, is unknown. Genomic profiling of 124 hypodiploid ALL cases, including whole-genome and exome sequencing of 40 cases, identified two subtypes that differ in the severity of aneuploidy, transcriptional profiles and submicroscopic genetic alterations. Near-haploid ALL with 24-31 chromosomes harbor alterations targeting receptor tyrosine kinase signaling and Ras signaling (71%) and the lymphoid transcription factor gene IKZF3 (encoding AIOLOS; 13%). In contrast, low-hypodiploid ALL with 32-39 chromosomes are characterized by alterations in TP53 (91.2%) that are commonly present in nontumor cells, IKZF2 (encoding HELIOS; 53%) and RB1 (41%). Both near-haploid and low-hypodiploid leukemic cells show activation of Ras-signaling and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-signaling pathways and are sensitive to PI3K inhibitors, indicating that these drugs should be explored as a new therapeutic strategy for this aggressive form of leukemia.
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- Linda Holmfeldt
- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Inaba H, Coustan-Smith E, Cao X, Pounds SB, Shurtleff SA, Wang KY, Raimondi SC, Onciu M, Jacobsen J, Ribeiro RC, Dahl GV, Bowman WP, Taub JW, Degar B, Leung W, Downing JR, Pui CH, Rubnitz JE, Campana D. Comparative analysis of different approaches to measure treatment response in acute myeloid leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2012; 30:3625-32. [PMID: 22965955 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.41.5323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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PURPOSE In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), initial treatment response by morphologic analysis of bone marrow predicts long-term outcome. Response can now be assessed by minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring with flow cytometry or polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We determined the relation among the results of these approaches and their prognostic value. PATIENTS AND METHODS In the multicenter AML02 study, follow-up bone marrow samples from 203 children and adolescents with newly diagnosed AML were examined by flow cytometry (n = 1,514), morphology (n = 1,382), and PCR amplification of fusion transcripts (n = 508). Results were correlated with treatment outcome. RESULTS Among 1,215 samples with less than 5% leukemic myeloblasts by morphology, 100 (8.2%) were MRD positive (≥ 0.1%) by flow cytometry, whereas 96 (57.5%) of the 167 samples with ≥ 5% blasts were MRD negative. Virtually all (308 of 311; 99.0%) MRD-negative samples by PCR were also MRD negative by flow cytometry. However, only 19 (9.6%) of the 197 PCR-positive samples were flow cytometry positive, with analyses of AML1-ETO and CBFβ-MYH11 accounting for most discrepancies, whereas eight of 13 MLL-positive samples had detectable MRD by flow cytometry. MRD by flow cytometry after induction 1 or 2 predicted lower event-free survival and higher relapse rate (P < .001) and was an independent prognostic factor in a multivariable analysis; prediction was not improved by morphologic information or molecular findings. CONCLUSION In childhood AML, morphologic assessment of treatment response has limited value if MRD is measured by flow cytometry. MLL fusion transcripts can provide prognostic information in some patients, whereas monitoring of AML1-ETO and CBFβ-MYH11 transcripts is largely uninformative.
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- Hiroto Inaba
- Department of Oncology, MS 260, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA.
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Gudgeon CJ, Harrington KH, Laszlo GS, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, Gamis AS, Raimondi SC, Hirsch BA, Meshinchi S, Walter RB. High expression of neutrophil elastase predicts improved survival in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Leuk Lymphoma 2012; 54:202-4. [PMID: 22680764 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.700480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Holmfeldt L, Diaz-Flores E, Zhang J, Payne-Turner D, Andersson A, Chen SC, Becksfort J, Ma J, Wei L, Easton J, Pei D, Cheng C, Pui CH, Devidas M, Carroll AJ, Heerema NA, Gastier-Foster JM, Raimondi SC, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Downing JR, Hunger SP, Loh ML, Mullighan CG. Abstract 4870: Integrated genomic analysis of hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2012-4870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is an aggressive form of leukemia characterized by multiple whole chromosomal losses and very dismal outcome. Our previous genome wide study of hypodiploid childhood ALL cases treated by the Children's Oncology Group and St Jude, employed interrogation of DNA copy number alterations using Affymetrix SNP 6.0 microarrays, candidate gene resequencing and gene expression profiling using Affymetrix U133 Plus 2.0 microarrays. These analyses showed that this disease can be divided into multiple subtypes characterized by variation in the degree of aneuploidy, distinct submicroscopic deletions, sequence mutations and gene expression profile. Near haploid ALL (24-31 chromosomes) frequently harbors alterations of genes regulating Ras signaling (67.6%; NF1, NRAS, KRAS, PTPN11, FLT3, and PAG1), IKZF3 (encoding the lymphoid transcription factor AIOLOS; 13.2%), and a histone gene cluster at 6p22 (17.6%), while low hypodiploid ALL (32-39 chromosomes) is enriched for IKZF2 (HELIOS; 52.9%), TP53 (70.6%) and RB1 (41.2%) alterations. A striking finding was exclusivity of Ras signaling and IKZF2/3 alterations, and biochemical indications of Ras pathway activation in both near haploid and low hypodiploid ALL. To further interrogate the genomic changes of hypodiploid ALL, we performed next generation sequencing using either Illumina GAIIx or HiSeq3000 sequencers on both tumor and matched remission DNA. Whole genome sequencing to at least 30 fold haploid coverage was performed on 10 near haploid and 8 low hypodiploid cases, and whole exome sequencing (Agilent SureSelect Human All Exon 50Mb) on 5 near haploid and 1 low hypodiploid cases. The burden of single nucleotide variations (SNVs) and insertion/deletion (indel) mutations was in general low in this ALL subtype, with 0-5 indels and 9-95 SNVs in coding regions and untranslated leader regions in the whole genome sequenced cases, where the majority of cases had fewer than 30 SNVs. Further, the number of structural variations, including the ones too small to be identified by SNP microarray analysis, and structural rearrangements, were also low, with less than 25 structural variations identified in the whole genome sequenced cases. For the whole exomes, between 10 and 42 non-silent SNVs and 1-2 indels were identified per case. No recurrent alterations not previously identified in the hypodiploid cohort were found in these 24 cases, indicating that the initial genome wide study of this cohort identified the major recurrent alterations in hypodiploid ALL. However, the recurrence screening including the remaining 78 near haploid and low hypodiploid cases in our cohort on the alterations identified by the whole genome and exome sequencing study is ongoing. Altogether, these findings provide critical new insights into the genetic basis of hypodiploid ALL, and indicate that therapeutic targeting of the Ras pathway should be pursued in this disease.
Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 4870. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-4870
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 1St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- 5College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- 6Nationwide Children's Hospital and Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
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- 8University of Colorado School of Medicine and Colorado Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO
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- 2University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Bhojwani D, Pei D, Sandlund JT, Jeha S, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Raimondi SC, Shurtleff S, Onciu M, Cheng C, Coustan-Smith E, Bowman WP, Howard SC, Metzger ML, Inaba H, Leung W, Evans WE, Campana D, Relling MV, Pui CH. ETV6-RUNX1-positive childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: improved outcome with contemporary therapy. Leukemia 2012; 26:265-70. [PMID: 21869842 PMCID: PMC3345278 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2011.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [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: 03/11/2011] [Revised: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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ETV6-RUNX1 fusion is the most common genetic aberration in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). To evaluate whether outcomes for this drug-sensitive leukemia are improved by contemporary risk-directed therapy, we studied clinical features, response and adverse events of 168 children with newly diagnosed ETV6-RUNX1-positive ALL on St Jude Total Therapy studies XIIIA (N=36), XIIIB (N=38) and XV (N=94). Results were compared with 494 ETV6-RUNX1-negative B-precursor ALL patients. ETV6-RUNX1 was associated with age 1-9 years, pre-treatment classification as low risk and lower levels of minimal residual disease (MRD) on day 19 of therapy (P<0.001). Event-free survival (EFS) or overall survival (OS) did not differ between patients with or without ETV6-RUNX1 in Total XIIIA or XIIIB. By contrast, in Total XV, patients with ETV6-RUNX1 had significantly better EFS (P=0.04; 5-year estimate, 96.8±2.4% versus 88.3±2.5%) and OS (P=0.04; 98.9±1.4% versus 93.7±1.8%) than those without ETV6-RUNX1. Within the ETV6-RUNX1 group, the only significant prognostic factor associated with higher OS was the treatment protocol Total XV (versus XIIIA or XIIIB) (P=0.01). Thus, the MRD-guided treatment schema including intensive asparaginase and high-dose methotrexate in the Total XV study produced significantly better outcomes than previous regimens and demonstrated that nearly all children with ETV6-RUNX1 ALL can be cured.
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- D Bhojwani
- Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
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