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  • 1
    In: Frontiers in Pharmacology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 13 ( 2022-5-16)
    Abstract: Background: Orphan drugs are used for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of rare diseases that, in the European Union, are defined as disorders affecting no more than 5 persons in 10,000. So far, a total of around 800 orphan medicinal products have been approved by the European Medicines Agency, however the utilization profile of orphan drugs has yet to be explored. This study aimed at assessing the utilization profile of orphan drugs authorized for marketing by the Italian Medicines Agency using population-based data. Methods: A total of 21 orphan drugs used in outpatient settings, approved in the European Union before or during the 2008–2018 period and involving 15 rare diseases, were included in the study. The monitored population included patients with one of the conditions surveilled by the population-based Tuscany Registry of Rare Diseases and diagnosed between 2000–2018. A multi-database approach was applied, by linking data from the registry with information collected in drug prescriptions databases. The prevalence and intensity of use were estimated for the selected orphan drugs and other non-orphan medications, used to treat the same rare disease and for which a change in the prevalence of use was hypothesized after authorization of the orphan drug. Results: For some diseases (acquired aplastic anemia, tuberous sclerosis complex, most metabolic diseases) a low prevalence of orphan drugs use was observed (range between 1.1–12.5%). Conversely, orphan drugs were frequently used in hemophilia B, Wilson disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (maximum of 78.3, 47.6 and 41.8%, respectively). For hemophilia B and Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, there are currently no other medications used in clinical practice in addition to orphan drugs. Six orphan drugs were used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, appearing the elective therapy for this disease, albeit with different utilization profiles (range of prevalence 1.7–55.6%). Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the utilization profile of orphan drugs prescribed in a defined geographical area, and providing relevant information to monitor over time potential changes in the prevalence of these medications as well as in the health care decision making.
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    ISSN: 1663-9812
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2022
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    In: Leukemia, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 34, No. 3 ( 2020-03), p. 929-931
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    ISSN: 0887-6924 , 1476-5551
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    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Annals of Hematology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 99, No. 4 ( 2020-04), p. 907-909
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    ISSN: 0939-5555 , 1432-0584
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Blood Cancer Journal, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 10, No. 10 ( 2020-10-06)
    Abstract: Secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML) poorly responds to conventional treatments and allogeneic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We evaluated toxicity and efficacy of CPX-351 in 71 elderly patients (median age 66 years) with sAML enrolled in the Italian Named (Compassionate) Use Program. Sixty days treatment-related mortality was 7% (5/71). The response rate at the end of treatment was: CR/CRi in 50/71 patients (70.4%), PR in 6/71 (8.5%), and NR in 10/71 (19.7%). After a median follow-up of 11 months relapse was observed in 10/50 patients (20%) and 12 months cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR) was 23.6%. Median duration of response was not reached. In competing risk analysis, CIR was reduced when HSCT was performed in first CR (12 months CIR of 5% and 37.4%, respectively, for patients receiving (=20) or not (=30) HSCT, p  = 0.012). Twelve-months OS was 68.6% (median not reached). In landmark analysis, HSCT in CR1 was the only significant predictor of longer survival (12 months OS of 100 and 70.5%, for patients undergoing or not HSCT in CR1, respectively, p  = 0.011). In conclusion, we extend to a real-life setting, the notion that CPX is an effective regimen for high risk AML patients and may improve the results of HSCT.
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    ISSN: 2044-5385
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    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Journal of Blood Medicine, Informa UK Limited, Vol. Volume 10 ( 2018-12), p. 21-27
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    ISSN: 1179-2736
    Language: English
    Publisher: Informa UK Limited
    Publication Date: 2018
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 138, No. Supplement 1 ( 2021-11-05), p. 1262-1262
    Abstract: Introduction: The outcome of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) secondary to myelodisplastic syndrome (MDS) or therapy-related (t-AML) receiving conventional treatment and allogeneic stem cell transplantation consolidation (HSCT) is poor. CPX-351 is a new drug composed by liposomal encapsulated cytarabine and daunorubicin, at a fixed molecular ratio of 5:1. It showed superior results, compared to standard 3+7 induction, in a phase III trial (Lancet et al, JCO 2018) in patients affected by t-AML or AML with myelodisplasia-related changes and it is now commercially available for secondary AML (sAML). We recently published results from CPX-351 Italian Named (Compassionate) Use Program (CUP) which enrolled 73 elderly sAML patients (Guolo et al, Blood Cancer J. 2020) showing that CPX-351 is an effective induction regimen for high risk AML patients treated with a curative aim. With a limited follow up, our data suggested the good activity and tolerability of CPX-351. Good quality remissions with acceptable toxicity in the majority of patients was achieved and CPX-351 increased the feasibility of HSCT in a poor risk AML cohort. Scarce data are available on long term outcome of high risk patients receiving CPX-351 in the real life setting. Here we report the results from the extended follow up analysis of the Italian CUP. Results: Seventy three patients were enrolled between December 2018 and June 2019 in a compassionate use program (CUP) in 33 Italian Hematology Centers. Data collection began on July 2019 and included 71/73 patients (97.2%), enrolled in 31 Centers. As previously reported, median age was 65.5 years (52-79). Sixty-two (88%) patients had at least one relevant comorbidity upon enrollment. Six patients (9%) presented with ECOG 3-4 upon enrollment. With a median follow up of 22 months, median overall survival (OS) was 13 months (21.2 - 22.8 95% IC). Two-years OS was 28.6% in the whole cohort. In order to confirm the positive impact of HSCT in first complete remission (CR) and the correlation with the other variables, a landmark model was applied, including only patients alive and in CR at day 90. In landmark analysis, HSCT performed in first CR after CPX-351 was the only significant predictor of longer survival: median OS was not reached for patients transplanted in first CR Vs 12 months for patients who did not undergo HSCT, p & lt; 0.05, Figure1). Two-year OS for patients who received HSCT was 57.6% vs 15.8% for patients who did not undergo HSCT. Conclusions: Results from the extended follow up of Italian CPX-351 CUP confirm the good activity CPX-351 in such a difficult cohort as sAML. Two-year OS for transplanted patients is high despite the high median age, the high frequency of severe comorbidities in this real life cohort of patients and the high frequency of high risk AML. On the contrary, non-transplanted patients show a poor outcome, thus confirming that CPX-351 induction as an optimal bridge to transplant induction therapy. Figure 1 Figure 1. Disclosures Galimberti: Incyte: Speakers Bureau; AbbVie, Janssen: Honoraria, Other: Travel grants. Marco: Insight,: Consultancy; Jazz: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy. Fracchiolla: Amgen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Abbvie: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Gilead: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau. Tafuri: Roche: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding. Rossi: Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jazz: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Janssen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy, Honoraria; Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astellas: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Amgen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Alexion: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sanofi: Honoraria; Takeda: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Pagano: Gilead Science, MSD, Pfizer, Basilea, Janssen, Novartis, Jazz Pharmaceutical, Cidara: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Menarini: Consultancy; Gilead Sciences, MSD, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Astellas Pharma: Speakers Bureau.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 138, No. Supplement 1 ( 2021-11-05), p. 3408-3408
    Abstract: Blinatumomab (Blina) and inotuzumab (InO) have improved the outcome of relapsed/refractory B-lymphoblastic leukemia (R/R B-ALL). However, many patients (pts) relapse after these treatments and little is known on their outcomes after recurrence and re-treatment with subsequent immunotherapy. We hereby describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of 71 pts with R/R B-ALL treated with both Blina and InO in any sequence - Blina/InO or InO/Blina - at different disease recurrences. At diagnosis, the median age was 34 years (15-64) and the male/female ratio was 1.6. Sixteen pts (22%) were Ph+ ALL, 3 (4%) were t(4;11)+ and 9 (13%) carried a complex karyotypes. ECOG PS was 0-1 in 66 pts (93%). At the time of the first immunotherapy, pts had received a median of 2 previous lines of treatment (1-8). All Ph- pts received intensive chemotherapy front-line; Ph+ pts received TKIs and steroids in 13 cases and intensive chemotherapy plus TKIs in 3 cases. Blina was the first salvage treatment (Blino/InO sequence) in 57 pts (80%) and InO (InO/Blina sequence) in 14 (20%). Twenty-seven pts (38%) had underwent a previous allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). At the start of Blina as first immunotherapy, the median bone marrow (BM) blast count was 40% (0-100%); at the start of InO as first immunotherapy, the median BM blast count was 64% (2-90%). An extramedullary involvement was present in 5 patients (9%) in the Blina/InO group and in 1 patients (7%) in the InO/Blina group. During immunotherapy, the median number of lumbar punctures was 2 (0-9). A median of 2 cycles were administered for both Blina (range 1-9) and Ino (range 1-4). In the Blina/InO group, after Blina a G3/4 toxicity occurred in 15 cases (26%): non-hematologic in 12 cases (21%), neurologic in 6 (8%). Infections occurred in 17 pts (30%). In the InO/Blina group, after InO a G3/4 toxicity occurred in 3 pts (21%), with extra-hematologic toxicity in 2 cases (14%, liver toxicity 1 case). Infections occurred in 4 cases (28%). In the Blina/InO group, after Blina 36 pts (63%) achieved a complete remission (CR), with a negative minimal residual disease (MRD) in 24 (42%) pts; after InO, a CR was re-achieved in 47 pts (82.4%), with 34 (59.6%) being MRD-. In the InO/Blina group, after InO a CR was reached in 13 cases (93%), with 6 pts (42.8%) being MRD-; after Blina, a CR was re-achieved in 6 pts (42.8%), with 3 (21.4%) being MRD-. This salvage immunotherapy strategy represented a bridge to alloHSCT for 26 pts (37%). From the first immunotherapy, in the Blina/InO group, the median overall survival (OS) was 19 months and after InO 6.3 months (OS in MRD- vs MRD+, p ns). Disease free survival (DFS) after Blina was 7.4 months (11.6 vs 2.7 months in MRD- vs MRD+ pts, p .03) and after InO it was 5.4 months (MRD- vs MRD+ pts, p ns). In the InO/Blina group, the median OS was 9.4 months and after Blina 4.6 months (7.5 vs 2.8 months in MRD- vs MRD+ pts, p .02). DFS after InO was 5.1 months (MRD- vs MRD+ pts, p ns) and after Blina it was 1.5 months (8.7 vs 2.5 gg in MRD- vs MRD+ pts, p .02). OS and DFS in MRD- pts after Blina was significantly better, both in the Blina/InO and the InO/Blina groups. With a median follow-up of 16.5 months from the start of immunotherapy and 33.8 months from initial diagnosis, 24 pts (34%) are alive and 16 (22%) are alive in CR. Four patients (6%) died in CR due to veno-occlusive disease during HSCT after InO treatment. Interestingly, OS and DFS from the first immunotherapy was better in pts with a previous alloHSCT (median survival 24.2 vs 13 months, p=.0135). AlloHSCT after second immunotherapy was associated with a better OS and DFS (OS 9.8 and DFS 7.2 months vs 7.8 and 4.4 months, p ns). Our real-life study in R/R B-cell ALL pts with multiple previous lines of treatment demonstrates the feasibility and efficacy of a sequential immunotherapy strategy in terms of MRD response, DFS and OS, and as a bridge to HSCT. SM and PC: equal contributors Disclosures Papayannidis: Janssen: Honoraria; Astellas: Honoraria; AbbVie: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria; Pfizer: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria. Curti: Jazz Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Chiaretti: amgen: Consultancy; pfizer: Consultancy; novartis: Consultancy; Incyte: Consultancy. Forghieri: Jannsen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Speakers Bureau; Jazz: Honoraria. Bonifacio: Bristol Myers Squibb: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria; Novartis: Honoraria; Pfizer: Honoraria. Cerrano: Janssen: Honoraria; Insight: Honoraria; Jazz: Honoraria. Fracchiolla: Gilead: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Abbvie: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Amgen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 122, No. 21 ( 2013-11-15), p. 1482-1482
    Abstract: Recently there have been some reports of Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease (PAOD) in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients treated with second generation Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor (TKI) nilotinib. PAOD is mainly caused by atherosclerosis, which is a multifactorial disease of the vessels involving lipid accumulation, thrombogenic components, cell death and inflammatory responses in the arterial wall. With the intent to elucidate a potential correlation between TKIs treatment and mechanisms underlining PAOD or other atherotrombotic events, we investigated a previously described (and confirmed in different settings) genetic and biochemical trait associated with vascular events, in a series of CML patients treated in with TKIs. Patients and Methods Seventy-five CML patients referring to three Italian Hematology Centers (Siena, Pisa and Firenze), of which 39 treated with imatinib and 36 with nilotinib (median treatment time 10 years, range 3-13ys and 3 years, range 2-6ys, respectively), all in complete cytogenetic response and with various degree of molecular response, entered the study. During a routine follow-up visit the patients were evaluated for: classical risk factors (Diabetes Mellitus, Dyslipidemia, Arterial Hypertension, Body Mass Index, Cigarette Smoking, Familiarity); sCD40L level and Endogenous Thrombin Potential (ETP) as markers of platelets and coagulation activation; oxidized LDL (oxLDL) level as early stage atherogenesis promoter; IL6, IL10, TNFα cytokines network as indicator of pro/anti-inflammatory balance; 3'UTR polymorphism of OLR1, encoding for the oxidized LDL receptor 1 (LOX-1), as independent genetic predisposition for atherotrombotic events. In addition the patients were screened for PAOD a/o other atherotrombotic episodes. Results The distribution of classical risk factors was homogeneous in the two groups of patients. On the contrary we noted significant differences in several biochemical parameters evaluated (Table 1). Evaluation of events (i.e. PAOD, Acute Coronary Syndrome and Cerebral Ischemia) showed a statistically significant difference in the two groups with 9/36 (25%) atherotrombotic events occurring in the nilotinib group and 3/39 (7.6%) events occurring in the imatinib group (p=0.019). Multivariate analysis showed that the most strictly related factors to the increased risk of events in this series of CML patients were: nilotinib treatment, oxLDL level (O.R.3.8 95% C.I. 1.8-6.9, p 〈 0.001, β 1.61), IL10 level (O.R.3.3 95% C.I. 1.9-5.1, p 〈 0.001, β 1.55) and the presence of an intermediate or high risk OLR1 variant allele (O.R.3.1 C.I. 1.6-4.8, p 〈 0.001, β 1.59). Discussion These preliminary data suggest that an unbalance of pro/anti-inflammatory cytokines network observed in nilotinib treated patients, together with genetic pro-atherothrombotic predisposition conferred by LOX-1, may have a role in the increased incidence of vascular events. The pro-inflammatory condition could be responsible of the pro-atherotrombotic activation, mainly by enhanced lipid peroxidation, as confirmed by altered sCD40L, ETP and oxLDL levels, despite the use of anti-atherothrombotic drugs. The link between pro-inflammatory stimuli and lipid peroxidation is a well established trigger of accelerated atherogenesis in the general population. As such, in a condition of potential increased lipid peroxidation as described in carriers of detrimental SNPs of LOX-1, the enhanced inflammatory milieu observed during nilotinib treatment could be an additional factor of accelerate atherothrombosis. Further studies are needed to both elucidate the mechanism underlining nilotinib-induced pro-inflammatory status and confirm LOX-1 mutations as a useful genetic tool to identify nilotinib-treated patients at potential increased atherothrombotic risk. Disclosures: Galimberti: Novartis and Bristol Mayer Squibb: Honoraria. Gozzini:Novartis and Bristol Mayer Squibb: Honoraria. Baratè:Novartis and Bristol Mayer Squibb: Honoraria. Scappini:Novartis and Bristol Mayer Squibb: Honoraria. Bosi:Novartis and Bristol Mayer Squibb: Honoraria. Petrini:Novartis and Bristol Mayer Squibb: Honoraria. Bocchia:Novartis and Bristol Mayer Squibb: Honoraria.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 129, No. 3 ( 2017-01-19), p. 388-392
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    In:  Blood Vol. 118, No. 12 ( 2011-09-22), p. 3445-3446
    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 118, No. 12 ( 2011-09-22), p. 3445-3446
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