LeukemiaPub Date : 2024-12-16DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02489-z
Kenzie Lee, Taxiarchis Kourelis, Marcella Tschautscher, Rahma Warsame, Francis Buadi, Morie Gertz, Eli Muchtar, David Dingli, Suzanne Hayman, Ronald Go, Lisa Hwa, Amie Fonder, Wilson Gonsalves, Miriam Hobbs, Robert Kyle, Prashant Kapoor, Nelson Leung, Moritz Binder, Joselle Cook, Yi Lin, Michelle Rogers, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Shaji Kumar, Angela Dispenzieri
{"title":"Capillary leak phenotype as a major cause of death in patients with POEMS syndrome","authors":"Kenzie Lee, Taxiarchis Kourelis, Marcella Tschautscher, Rahma Warsame, Francis Buadi, Morie Gertz, Eli Muchtar, David Dingli, Suzanne Hayman, Ronald Go, Lisa Hwa, Amie Fonder, Wilson Gonsalves, Miriam Hobbs, Robert Kyle, Prashant Kapoor, Nelson Leung, Moritz Binder, Joselle Cook, Yi Lin, Michelle Rogers, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Shaji Kumar, Angela Dispenzieri","doi":"10.1038/s41375-024-02489-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-024-02489-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cause of death (COD) in POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathies, monoclonal protein and skin changes) syndrome is not well described. We investigated COD in patients with POEMS syndrome treated at Mayo Clinic between 2000 and 2022. Of the 89 deaths, 49 patients had known COD and were the subject of this study. Seventeen patients died of unrelated causes, while 32 patients (65%) died from causes related to POEMS syndrome including secondary malignancies like myelodysplastic syndrome and acute leukemia (<i>n</i> = 5) and complications from active therapy (<i>n</i> = 5). Notably, 19 patients died with a stereotypic syndrome we termed capillary leak phenotype (CLP), which was characterized by refractory ascites, effusions and/or anasarca that ultimately resulted in hypotension, renal failure and cardiopulmonary arrest. Alternate causes for these symptoms, such as cardiac and hepatic etiologies, were excluded. CLP as a COD was an earlier event with a median time from diagnosis to death of 2.5 years compared to 12.0 years for all other deceased patients (<i>p</i> = <0.0001). By definition, treatment of terminal CLP was unsuccessful with median survival of only 4 months after CLP onset. The driver of CLP is unknown, but recognition as an entity should allow for systematic study.</p>","PeriodicalId":18109,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LeukemiaPub Date : 2024-12-16DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02493-3
Tommaso Balestra, Lisa M Niswander, Asen Bagashev, Joseph P Loftus, Savannah L Ross, Robert K Chen, Samantha M McClellan, Jacob J Junco, Diego A Bárcenas López, Karen R. Rabin, Terry J Fry, Sarah K Tasian
{"title":"Co-targeting of the thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor to decrease immunotherapeutic resistance in CRLF2-rearranged Ph-like and Down syndrome acute lymphoblastic leukemia","authors":"Tommaso Balestra, Lisa M Niswander, Asen Bagashev, Joseph P Loftus, Savannah L Ross, Robert K Chen, Samantha M McClellan, Jacob J Junco, Diego A Bárcenas López, Karen R. Rabin, Terry J Fry, Sarah K Tasian","doi":"10.1038/s41375-024-02493-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-024-02493-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>CRLF2</i> rearrangements occur in >50% of Ph-like and Down syndrome (DS)-associated B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and induce constitutive kinase signaling targetable by the JAK1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinib under current clinical investigation. While chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CART) immunotherapies have achieved remarkable remission rates in children with relapsed/refractory B-ALL, ~50% of CD19CART-treated patients relapse again, many with CD19 antigen loss. We previously reported preclinical activity of thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor-targeted cellular immunotherapy (TSLPRCART) against <i>CRLF2</i>-overexpressing ALL as an alternative approach. In this study, we posited that combinatorial TSLPRCART and ruxolitinib would have superior activity and first validated potent TSLPRCART-induced inhibition of leukemia proliferation in vitro in <i>CRLF2-</i>rearranged ALL cell lines and in vivo in Ph-like and DS-ALL patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models. However, simultaneous TSLPRCART/ruxolitinib or CD19CART/ruxolitinib treatment during initial CART expansion diminished T cell proliferation, blunted cytokine production, and/or facilitated leukemia relapse, which was abrogated by time-sequenced/delayed ruxolitinib co-exposure. Importantly, ruxolitinib co-administration prevented fatal TSLPRCART cytokine-associated toxicity in ALL PDX mice. Upon ruxolitinib withdrawal, TSLPRCART functionality recovered in vivo with clearance of subsequent ALL rechallenge. These translational studies demonstrate an effective two-pronged therapeutic strategy that mitigates acute CART-induced hyperinflammation and provides potential anti-leukemia ‘maintenance’ relapse prevention for <i>CRLF2</i>-rearranged Ph-like and DS-ALL.</p>","PeriodicalId":18109,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142825133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LeukemiaPub Date : 2024-12-13DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02465-7
RP Gale, A. Hochhaus
{"title":"Mpox in people with haematological cancers","authors":"RP Gale, A. Hochhaus","doi":"10.1038/s41375-024-02465-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41375-024-02465-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18109,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia","volume":"39 2","pages":"275-275"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-024-02465-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142822314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LeukemiaPub Date : 2024-12-12DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02497-z
Corentin Orvain, Filippo Milano, Eduardo Rodríguez-Arbolí, Megan Othus, Effie W. Petersdorf, Brenda M. Sandmaier, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Roland B. Walter
{"title":"Relationship between donor source, pre-transplant measurable residual disease, and outcome after allografting for adults with acute myeloid leukemia","authors":"Corentin Orvain, Filippo Milano, Eduardo Rodríguez-Arbolí, Megan Othus, Effie W. Petersdorf, Brenda M. Sandmaier, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Roland B. Walter","doi":"10.1038/s41375-024-02497-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41375-024-02497-z","url":null,"abstract":"Lack of HLA-matched related/unrelated donor remains a barrier to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML), with ongoing uncertainty about optimal donor type if more than one alternative donor is available. To assess the relationship between donor type, pre-HCT measurable residual disease (MRD), and post-HCT outcomes, we retrospectively analyzed 1265 myelodysplastic neoplasm (MDS)/AML and AML patients allografted in first or second remission with an HLA-matched sibling (MSD) or unrelated donor (MUD), HLA-mismatched unrelated donor (MMD), an HLA-haploidentical donor, or umbilical cord blood (UCB) at a single institution. Relapse risk was non-significantly higher after HLA-haploidentical and lower after UCB HCT. Non-relapse mortality (NRM) was significantly higher in patients undergoing MMD HCT, HLA-haploidentical HCT, and UCB, translating into significantly lower relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival for MMD and HLA-haploidentical HCT. There was a significant interaction between conditioning intensity and post-HCT outcomes for UCB HCT with better RFS for UCB HCT after MAC but higher NRM after non-MAC. In patients with pre-HCT MRD receiving MAC, relapse risk was significantly lower and RFS higher in those who underwent UCB HCT in comparison to MSD/MUD. Together, UCB HCT is a valuable alternative for MAC HCT, particularly in patients with pre-HCT MRD.","PeriodicalId":18109,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia","volume":"39 2","pages":"381-390"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-024-02497-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142815781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LeukemiaPub Date : 2024-12-12DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02470-w
Mylène Gerritsen, Florentien E. M. in ’t Hout, Ruth Knops, Bas L. R. Mandos, Melanie Decker, Tim Ripperger, Bert A. van der Reijden, Joost H. A. Martens, Joop H. Jansen
{"title":"Acute myeloid leukemia associated RUNX1 variants induce aberrant expression of transcription factor TCF4","authors":"Mylène Gerritsen, Florentien E. M. in ’t Hout, Ruth Knops, Bas L. R. Mandos, Melanie Decker, Tim Ripperger, Bert A. van der Reijden, Joost H. A. Martens, Joop H. Jansen","doi":"10.1038/s41375-024-02470-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41375-024-02470-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18109,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia","volume":"39 2","pages":"520-523"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142809620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LeukemiaPub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02474-6
Eleni A. Argyriadi, Ingo G. Steffen, Christiane Chen-Santel, Andrej Lissat, Andishe Attarbaschi, Jean-Pierre Bourquin, Guenter Henze, Arend von Stackelberg
{"title":"Prognostic relevance of treatment deviations in children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia who were treated in the ALL-REZ BFM 2002 study","authors":"Eleni A. Argyriadi, Ingo G. Steffen, Christiane Chen-Santel, Andrej Lissat, Andishe Attarbaschi, Jean-Pierre Bourquin, Guenter Henze, Arend von Stackelberg","doi":"10.1038/s41375-024-02474-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41375-024-02474-6","url":null,"abstract":"Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is among the most common causes of cancer-associated deaths in children. However, little is known about the implications of deviations from ALL treatment protocols on survival rates. The present study elucidates the various characteristics of treatment deviations in children with relapsed ALL included in the ALL-REZ BFM 2002 (i.e., Relapse Berlin-Frankfurt- Münster) trial and determines their prognostic relevance for relapse and death rates. Among 687 patients, 100 were identified with treatment deviations, further classified, and examined by occurrence time, cause and type. Protocol deviation was considered a time-dependent variable and its impact on Disease Free Survival (DFS) and Overall Survival (OS) was examined using the time-dependent model Mantel Byar. Five years after the relapse diagnosis, deviations were significantly related to both inferior DFS (38%) and OS (57%) rates compared to protocol conformed treatment (DFS = 61%; OS = 70%, P < 0.001). Based on multivariate analyses, protocol deviation proved to be an independent adverse prognostic factor of DFS. Moreover, deviations triggered by chemotherapy-induced toxicity were associated with a higher relapse rate compared to deviations due to insufficient response. Therefore, to avoid impairment of results by deviations, future clinical trials, and treatment strategies should focus on less toxic treatments and stricter protocol compliance.","PeriodicalId":18109,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia","volume":"39 2","pages":"337-345"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-024-02474-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142809726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LeukemiaPub Date : 2024-12-10DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02483-5
Florian Simon, Othman Al-Sawaf, John F. Seymour, Barbara Eichhorst
{"title":"Surrogate endpoints in mature B-cell neoplasms – meaningful or misleading?","authors":"Florian Simon, Othman Al-Sawaf, John F. Seymour, Barbara Eichhorst","doi":"10.1038/s41375-024-02483-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41375-024-02483-5","url":null,"abstract":"Indolent mature B-cell neoplasms are a group of diseases in which recent therapeutic advances have led to an improved overall survival (OS) extending beyond several years. While cause of celebration for patients and caregivers, the increasingly long observation periods necessary to capture treatment effects are complicating trial design and possibly hindering swift access to more effective therapies. Surrogate endpoints are a tool with the potential of earlier study readouts, however, their validity needs to be proven in each individual disease and therapeutic setting. The validation of surrogate endpoints and available data for mature B-cell neoplasms are discussed within this perspective article, followed by an outlook on the potential of precise tools such as measurable residual disease assessment as novel surrogate candidates.","PeriodicalId":18109,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia","volume":"39 1","pages":"25-28"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-024-02483-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142796999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LeukemiaPub Date : 2024-12-10DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02492-4
Paul J. Hampel, Kari G. Rabe, Yucai Wang, Steven R. Hwang, Saad S. Kenderian, Eli Muchtar, Jose F. Leis, Amber B. Koehler, Mazie Tsang, Talal Hilal, Ricardo Parrondo, Rachel J. Bailen, Susan M. Schwager, Curtis A. Hanson, Esteban Braggio, Susan L. Slager, Min Shi, Cinthya J. Zepeda-Mendoza, Daniel L. Van Dyke, Tait D. Shanafelt, Rebecca L. King, Timothy G. Call, Neil E. Kay, Wei Ding, Sameer A. Parikh
{"title":"Incidence of Richter transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma in the targeted therapy era","authors":"Paul J. Hampel, Kari G. Rabe, Yucai Wang, Steven R. Hwang, Saad S. Kenderian, Eli Muchtar, Jose F. Leis, Amber B. Koehler, Mazie Tsang, Talal Hilal, Ricardo Parrondo, Rachel J. Bailen, Susan M. Schwager, Curtis A. Hanson, Esteban Braggio, Susan L. Slager, Min Shi, Cinthya J. Zepeda-Mendoza, Daniel L. Van Dyke, Tait D. Shanafelt, Rebecca L. King, Timothy G. Call, Neil E. Kay, Wei Ding, Sameer A. Parikh","doi":"10.1038/s41375-024-02492-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41375-024-02492-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18109,"journal":{"name":"Leukemia","volume":"39 2","pages":"503-507"},"PeriodicalIF":12.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142796997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}