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  • 1
    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 124, No. 21 ( 2014-12-06), p. 3687-3687
    Abstract: The CD15 antigen is an adhesion molecule normally expressed on neutrophils that mediates phagocytosis and chemiotaxis: it is also expressed on blasts of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Its prognostic role has been tested in different studies, including or not acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), with conflicting results and its significance still remains unclear. To address this issue, a cohort of 460 AML patients of all ages with, the exclusion of APL, [M/F 243/217, median age 50.6 years (range 0.9 – 81.2)] intensively treated at our Institute between 1/1999 and 12/2010 was retrospectively evaluated. Overall, 61 patients (13.3%) evolved from a documented myelodysplastic phase (MDS): AML-ETO, CBFβ-MYH11, FLT3-ITD and NPM were positive in 35/438 (8.2%), 30/427 (7.0%), 55/409 (13.4%) and 67/200 (14.6%) evaluable patients, respectively. A favorable karyotype was found in 90/436 patients (20.6%) while an unfavorable profile was documented in 60/436 cases (13.8%). CD15 positivity was found in 171/406 evaluable patients (42.1%): in particular, CD15 was positive in 13/42 evaluable patients evolved from MDS (31.0%) compared with 158/364 evaluable patients without previous MDS (43.4%) (p=0.123). Induction treatments consisted of anthracycline (ACY) + cytarabine (Ara-C) +/- etoposide in 448 patients and of a fludarabine-based regimen in 12 patients. A complete remission (CR) was achieved by 334 patients (72.6%), while 82 (17.8%) were resistant and 44 (9.6%) died during induction: the median CR duration was 15.5 months (range 0.6 – 176.0), with a 2-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate of 45.1% (95% CI 39.6 – 50.6). The median overall survival (OS) was 14.4 months (range 0.3 – 177.0), with a 2-year OS rate of 42.2% (95% CI 37.5 – 46.9). Among the several variables tested at univariate analysis for CR achievement, age 〈 60 years (p 〈 0.001), WHO classification (p=0.045), low-risk karyotype (p 〈 0.001), no high-risk karyotype (p=0.006), positivity for AML-ETO (p=0.004)/CBFβ-MYH11 (p=0.003)/CD15 (p=0.006)/CD11b (p=0.013), negativity for FLT3-ITD (p=0.001), Hb 〉 8 g/dl (p=0.020) and WBC 〈 50 x 109/l (p=0.034) had a favorable impact. At a multivariate logistic regression model, CD15 positivity (p=0.002 – OR 2.96,95%CI 1.51 – 5.89), age 〈 60 years (p=0.008 – OR 2.28, 95%CI 1.23 – 4.21), WBC 〈 50 x 109/l (p=0.017 – OR 2.34, 95%CI 1.16 – 4.73) retained an independent prognostic role on CR achievement. In conclusion, the baseline assessment of CD15 positivity could have a role in the risk evaluation for CR achievement in non-APL AML patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy and should be assessed in prospective studies together with other clinical and biological features already reported. Disclosures Breccia: novartis: Consultancy; BMS: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy. Latagliata:Novartis: Consultancy; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy; Shire: Consultancy.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 124, No. 21 ( 2014-12-06), p. 1063-1063
    Abstract: Conflicting results have been reported regarding the correlation between CD133, a surface marker of immature progenitors, and outcome in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The expression of this antigen has also been reported in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), in particular in high-risk diseases, but always in small cohorts of patients and without a focus on the prognostic role of this antigen. Aim of our study was to establish a clinico-biologic correlation between CD133 expression and disease features at baseline in a large series of AML patients of different ages, with particular regard to the older age.Seven hundred AML patients consecutively diagnosed at a single Institution were retrospectively analyzed and enrolled in this study. There were 395 males and 305 females, with a median age of 54 years (range 1.1-90.4). A previous MDS phase was recognized in 124 patients. Several clinical and biologic features were recorded at baseline and retrospectively collected, such as age, gender, FAB and WHO morphologic classification, cytogenetic analysis, molecular alterations, hematologic parameters (Hb, platelet and WBC count), response to treatment and outcome. Overall, 157 patients expressed CD133. This first analysis was carried out on the older patient population (≥65 years) on the basis of the CD117 positivity. Seventy-three older patients expressed CD133 at baseline, whereas 36 patients were CD117+CD133-. Comparison between the two groups showed a significant prevalence of a previously recognized MDS phase in CD133+ patients (27% vs 13%, p=0.01), higher incidence of a complex karyotype or typical MDS cytogenetic aberrations (trisomy 8, del20q, del5q) (30% vs 8%, p=0.001) and of dysplastic morphologic features detectable in patients without a previous dysplastic identification (63% vs 27%, p=0.002). Forty-three patients in the CD133+ group and 21 patients in the CD133- group received intensive chemotherapy: the remission rate was 52% and 64%, respectively (p=0.06). The relapse rate was 25.5% in the CD133+ and 19% in the CD133- group, respectively (p=0.08). No differences were observed with regard to the hematologic parameters at baseline or in overall survival between the two groups. We then assessed the characteristics of cases negative for CD117, but CD133+ (13 patients) that were compared to the entire cohort of cases that were CD117+CD133+ (144 patients): again we found that, independently from the positivity for CD117, CD133 identified patients with a previously reported MDS phase (61% of patients CD117-CD133+), with a higher median age (69 years) and with dysplastic morphologic changes (100% CD117-CD133+). Taken together, our findings strongly suggest that CD133 can identify at diagnosis a previous MDS phase. In particular, the presence of this antigen in the setting of older de novo AML patients should be used to recognize early a subset of patients who, for the associated biologic features, could benefit from the use of hypomethylating agents as first line treatment. Further analyses, aimed at identifying the prognostic role of this antigen in a large cohort of patients treated with azacitidine, are warranted. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 124, No. 21 ( 2014-12-06), p. 5326-5326
    Abstract: Conventional cytogenetics and molecular analyses allow to stratify acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients into subgroups with different clinical and prognostic relevance. AMLs with unsuccessful cytogenetics and no known recurrent mutations are a subgroup of cases for which information on possible underlying genetic lesions of the leukemic cells is lacking and with a poorly defined outcome. Previous studies have quantified the rate of unsuccessful karyotyping in approximately 10% of the analyzed AML samples and it is conceivable that if cases with molecular rearrangements were to be included this figure could be lower. With the aim of investigating the prevalence and impact of cases with an undefined genetic profile (UGP), we studied 437 AML patients - 228 males and 209 females, with a median age of 50 years (range 1-81) - treated on successive intensive chemotherapy protocols at our Institution. Conventional cytogenetic and molecular analyses - RUNX1-RUNX1T1, CBFB-MY11, DEK-NUP214, FLT3-ITD, NPM1, BCR-ABL, MLL-PTD - were performed at diagnosis. According to the genetic alterations, patients were comprehensively stratified into three subgroups: a favorable risk group - t(8;21) RUNX1-RUNX1T1, inv(16) CBFB-MY11, normal karyotype with mutated NPM1 without FLT3-ITD - with a 5-year overall survival (OS) of 65%, an intermediate risk group - normal karyotype with mutated or wild type NPM1 and FLT3 ITD or wild-type NPM1 without FLT3-ITD, t(9;11)(p22;q23), cytogenetic abnormalities not classified as favorable or adverse - with a 5-year OS of 27% and an unfavorable risk group - inv(3)(q21q26) or t(3;3)(q21;q26), t(6;9)(p23;q34), DEK-NUP214, t(v;11)(v;q23), -5 or del(5q), -7, complex karyotype - with a 5-year OS of 11%. Thirty-three patients (7.5%) were identified as having an UGP and their baseline characteristics, as well as clinical outcome, were compared to those of patients with defined molecular and cytogenetic features. Patients with an UGP were older at the onset of the disease than those with a delineated genetic profile (median 55 vs 49 years). In addition, the proportion of UGP cases increased with age, being 3% in patients 〈 20 years, 6% in patients between 20 and 50, and 9.5% in patients 〉 50 years. The complete remission (CR) rate for UGP patients (69.6%) was similar to that of intermediate risk patients (71.1%), but inferior to that of patients with a favorable risk profile (90.5%) (p=0.0046) and better than that of unfavorable genetic risk patients (63.7%). After adjusting for age, gender, WBC and platelet count, Hb, marrow blast percentage at diagnosis and treatment, UGP remained an independent factor for lower CR rate with respect to patients with a favorable genetic risk profile. The frequency of relapse was significantly higher in patients with UGP compared to the favorable risk group (60.8% vs 32%) (p=0.011). In multivariate analysis, the 5-year OS of patients with UGP was significantly worse than that of patients with a favorable genetic risk profile (p 〈 0001) and similar to that of the intermediate genetic risk subgroup. Our study documents that, despite progress in the detection of genetic lesions, patients with an UGP - having a failed karyotype and without known molecular markers - still represent an important subgroup in AML. An UGP occurs more frequently with increasing age and is associated with a worse outcome compared to patients with a favorable genetic risk profile and with a prognostic likelihood similar to that of intermediate risk AML patients. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    In: Supportive Care in Cancer, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 23, No. 11 ( 2015-11), p. 3289-3295
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    ISSN: 0941-4355 , 1433-7339
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 136, No. Supplement 1 ( 2020-11-5), p. 23-24
    Abstract: Background: Midostaurin, a multikinase inhibitor that directly inhibits FLT3, is approved for the treatment of adult patients (pts) with newly diagnosed, FLT3-mutated AML. In the phase 3 RATIFY study (NCT00651261), younger adults (aged ≤ 60 y) who received midostaurin plus standard chemotherapy (CT) had significant improvements in survival compared with those that received placebo plus standard CT. To further evaluate the safety and efficacy of midostaurin in FLT3-mutated AML, a phase 3b (NCT03379727) study was initiated that allowed enrollment of younger and older (aged & gt; 60 y) pts and variations in CT regimens, including idarubicin or daunorubicin for 7+3 or 5+2. Methods: This is an open-label, single-arm, multicenter study in adults fit for CT with newly diagnosed AML, ECOG performance status (PS) ≤ 2, and a documented FLT3 ITD or TKD mutation. Pts must start their first induction cycle with 7+3 (cytarabine [Ara-C] 100-200 mg/m2/d on days 1-7 + daunorubicin 60-90 mg/m2/d or idarubicin 12 mg/m2/d on days 1-3) or 5+2 (a reduced-dose regimen with these agents) per investigator's discretion and e nroll by day 7 of the first induction cycle. Pts are assigned to the 7+3 group if their Ara-C duration is ≥ 7 days, independent of daunorubicin/idarubicin duration, and to the 5+2 group in other cases. Pts may not switch once started on 7+3 or 5+2. Pts receive Ara-C consolidation (dose per investigator's choice). Midostaurin 50 mg bid is administered on days 8-28 of each 28-day induction/consolidation cycle and daily for ≤ 12 cycles of maintenance. Pts are discontinued from the study if not in either complete remission (CR) or CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi) at the end of induction, relapse during consolidation/maintenance, receive a stem cell transplant (SCT), or experience toxicities leading to discontinuation. The primary and secondary endpoints are safety and the proportion of pts achieving CR/CRi, respectively. Results: Pts were recruited throughout Europe; study enrollment was closed January 28th, 2020, with 318 pts screened and 17 screen failures. Safety and efficacy analyses focused on 301 pts who received treatment and 300 pts who met all study criteria, respectively. The median age (range) was 59 (19-85) y, and 47.2% were aged & gt; 60 y. Most pts had a FLT3-ITD mutation (82.7%), with 17.6% having a FLT3-TKD mutation. At data cut-off on March 31st, 2020, 63 pts were still receiving treatment. All 301 pts entered induction, 69% entered consolidation, and 26% entered maintenance; 28.7% underwent SCT. The majority of pts (80.4%) were treated with midostaurin plus 7+3; 19.6% received 5+2. Approximately 55.1% received idarubicin and 44.9% received daunorubicin for induction. Pts who received daunorubicin for induction were younger (62.2% vs 45.2% were aged & lt; 60 y) and had a lower frequency of ECOG PS=2 (10.4% vs 18.1%) vs those who received idarubicin. Overall, 242 pts achieved CR/CRi (80.7%). The CR/CRi rates in older vs younger pts, female vs male pts, and pts who received daunorubicin vs idarubicin for induction were similar (Table). The majority of SAEs occurred during induction (75, 24.9%) and consolidation (64, 30.6%); there were 5 (6.3%) SAEs during maintenance. The most common AEs were pyrexia, nausea, diarrhea, and febrile neutropenia. Compared with younger pts, older pts had a higher frequency of grade ≥ 3 AEs (78.6% vs 90.8%) and SAEs (35.8% vs 51.4%), AEs leading to dose adjustment/interruption (30.2% vs 43%), and treatment-related AEs (73.6% vs 78.2%), SAEs (15.7% vs 23.9%), and those leading to discontinuation (6.9% vs 11.3%). Compared with younger pts, older pts had a higher frequency of certain grade ≥3 AEs, including severe infections (31.4% vs 45.1%), leukopenia (40.9% vs 49.3%), QT prolongation (3.1% vs 7.7%) , and pulmonary toxicity (3.8% vs 7.7%). There were 30 deaths (10%) reported during the study (7 younger pts, 23 older pts). Of pts who died, 19 were treated with idarubicin (all were older pts) and 11 were treated with daunorubicin for induction. Conclusions: Midostaurin plus CT resulted in high response rates regardless of pt age, sex, induction drug, or alternative CT regimen. The majority of pts received a 7+3 regimen regardless of age. The safety profile of midostaurin plus idarubicin or daunorubicin for induction was generally similar. The safety profile in older and younger pts was consistent with what has been previously reported, with no new safety signals identified. Disclosures Sierra: Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding; Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Abbvie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Astellas: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Gilead-Kite: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Griškevičius:Novartis: Research Funding. Cluzeau:Astellas: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Amgen: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jazz Pharma: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Roche: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Agios: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Menarini: Consultancy. Luppi:Gilead Sci: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Abbvie: Consultancy; Daiichi-Sankyo: Consultancy; MSD: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Sanofi: Consultancy. Farkas:Abbvie: Honoraria; MSD: Honoraria; Pfizer: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria; Johnson & Johnson: Honoraria. Bengoudifa:Novartis: Current Employment. Gilotti:Novartis: Current Employment. Hodzic:Novartis: Current Employment. Rambaldi:Roche: Honoraria; MSD: Honoraria; Abbvie: Honoraria; Jazz: Honoraria; Astellas: Honoraria; Omeros: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria; Gilead: Honoraria; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria; Sanofi: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria; Pfizer: Honoraria. Venditti:Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company); Jazz: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company); Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company); Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company), Speakers Bureau; AbbVie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company); Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: TRAVEL, ACCOMODATIONS, EXPENSES (paid by any for-profit health care company).
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    In: BMC Infectious Diseases, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 17, No. 1 ( 2017-12)
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 114, No. 22 ( 2009-11-20), p. 4160-4160
    Abstract: Abstract 4160 Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) is a rare subtype of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) more common in younger adults, with a median age of 45 – 50 years at onset. The use of All-trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) as tailored treatment has made APL a very curable disease also in patients aged 〉 60 years; however, there are only few case reports in very elderly APL patients. To address this issue, we revised clinical data and treatment results in 12 patients aged 〉 70 years with newly diagnosed APL followed at our Institution from 1/91 to 12/2008. Clinical characteristics at onset were as follows: M/F 7/5, median age 74.7 years (range 70.0 – 80.8), M3/M3v 11/1, median WBC 1.3 × 109/l (range 1.0 – 7.4), median PLTS 53 × 109/l (range 12 – 302), BCR1/BCR3 6/6. According to Sanz risk score, 7 patients were at low-risk and 5 at intermediate-risk; 6/12 patients had arterial hypertension, 4/12 a concomitant cardiologic disease, 3/12 a cerebro-vascular disease and 2/12 a previous neoplasia. Induction therapy consisted of ATRA + Idarubicin in 8 patients (2/8 with reduced Idarubicin dosage) and ATRA alone in 4 patients; in this latter group, however, 2/4 needed to add chemotherapy (CHT) based on Mitoxantrone + AraC due to hyperleukocytosis during ATRA treatment. All patients achieved both morphological and molecular Complete Remission (CR) after a median time of 50 (range 29 – 65) and 105 (range 51 – 239) days, respectively. Infective complications were observed in 10/12 patients (4 episodes of FUO, 6 sepsis, 2 cystitis and 1 oral abscess) while ATRA syndrome occurred in 2/12 patients; in addition, there were 3 episodes of cardiac ischemia and 3 episodes of paroxystic atrial fibrillation. All but one patient received consolidation therapy (based on CHT alone in 7 patients, CHT + ATRA in 3 patients and ATRA alone in 1 patient), followed by maintenance treatment in 8 patients. Four patients had a relapse (hematological in 3 cases and molecular in 1 case) after 8, 11, 35 and 56 months respectively. At present, 6 patients are still alive, 4 died due to disease progression (3) or senectus while in CR (1) and 2 were lost to follow-up while in CR: mean event-free survival and overall survival were 89.2 months (95%CI 52.6 – 125.8) and 99.9 months (95%CI 65.0 – 134.7), respectively. In conclusion, ATRA-based treatment of APL is safe and effective also in very elderly patients, with long-lasting disease-free and overall survival. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    In: Leukemia Research, Elsevier BV, Vol. 36, No. 9 ( 2012-9), p. e199-e201
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    In: Leukemia Research, Elsevier BV, Vol. 37, No. 4 ( 2013-4), p. 383-385
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    In: International Journal of Hematology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 116, No. 4 ( 2022-10), p. 586-593
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