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Muchtar, Eli

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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic

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The Prognostic Significance of Acquired 1q22 Gain in Multiple Myeloma
Audil, Hadiyah Y. , Kapoor, Prashant , Lacy, Martha Q. , Fonder, Amie , Hayman, Suzanne R. , Hobbs, Miriam, Hwa, Yi L. , Kourelis, Taxiarchis , Warsame, Rahma , Lust, John A., Kyle, Robert A. , Kumar, Shaji , Cook, Joselle , Greipp, Patricia T. , Baughn, Linda B. , Dispenzieri, Angela , Gertz, Morie A. , Buadi, Francis K. , Dingli, David , Muchtar, Eli , Siddiqui, Mustaqeem , Gonsalves, Wilson I. , Leung, Nelson , Go, Ronald S. , Lin, Yi , Ketterling, Rhett P. , Rajkumar, S. Vincent

Blood | November 4, 2020 | Volume: 136 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 9-10

10.1182/blood-2020-139093 Get It

Background: Within the heterogeneous genomic landscape of multiple myeloma (MM), clonal evolution including the acquisition of risk-defining mutations and chromosomal abnormalities is a recurrent event and can be detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The effects of acquired abnormalities on clinical outcomes have not been well defined. We previously reported that patients who acquired 17p deletion [del(17p)] during the course of their disease had a significantly reduced overall survival (OS) by 38 months compared to patients who did not acquire del17p (Lakshman et al 2019). Similarly, while de novo gain of the long arm of chromosome 1 (1q22 gain) is a known high-risk aberration associated with significantly shorter OS and progression-free survival (PFS) in MM, the prognostic significance of acquired 1q22 gain has not been described. The primary objective of this study was to analyze factors predictive for acquired 1q22 gain and determine its impact on survival. Methods: We identified MM patients from the Mayo Clinic Dysproteinemia Database who had at least one follow up FISH performed ≥6 months from diagnosis. The clinical characteristics, concomitant cytogenetic abnormalities, first line treatments administered, and OS were compared between patients with acquired 1q22 gain and patients who did not acquire this abnormality. The Mayo Clinic IRB approved this study. Results: A total of 1041 MM patients met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 63 patients (6.1%) had acquired 1q22 gain, defined as being negative for 1q22 gain on initial FISH at diagnosis and having this abnormality detected on subsequent FISH. Median age at diagnosis was 59 years and 56% were male. Median time to acquisition of 1q22 gain was 60 months (range 8-140 months). We identified one control patient for each case who was diagnosed within one year of the case and had a subsequent FISH performed at a similar duration from diagnosis. Patients with acquired 1q22 gain had similar baseline characteristics except for a higher proportion of high-risk (HR) FISH at diagnosis [t(4;14), t(14;16), t(14;20), and del(17p13)] when compared to controls (27% HR FISH versus 6% HR FISH; P<0.01). 1q22 gain was concomitantly present with trisomies in 33 patients (54%), monosomy 13 in 24 patients (39%), t(4;14) in 8 patients (13%), and del(17p13) in 7 patients (12%). All patients received treatment prior to acquisition of 1q22 gain. Of the 63 patients, first line induction therapy consisted of proteasome inhibitor (PI) with steroid in 43%, immunomodulatory drugs (IMiD) with steroid in 40%, and PI + IMiD with steroid in 17% of patients. 54 patients (85%) received upfront stem cell transplant (SCT) (median 5.9 months to SCT), compared to 50 patients (79%) in the control group who received SCT. The median follow up of all 126 patients was 6.8 years. There was a statistically significant reduction in median OS from diagnosis in patients with acquired 1q22 gain compared to the control group (10.8 years versus 13.0 years; P = 0.02; Figure 1). Predictors of acquisition of 1q22 gain were identified using a case-control method. Age ≥70 at diagnosis and presence of HR FISH at baseline appeared to increase the risk of acquiring 1q22 gain. Conclusion: Acquisition of 1q22 gain is a relatively uncommon occurrence, but notably reduced OS by 2.2 years compared to patients who did not acquire 1q22 during the course of their disease (P = 0.02). Older age and the presence of HR FISH at diagnosis increased the risk of acquisition of 1q22 gain. The presence of high-risk translocations at baseline suggests that acquisition of 1q22 gain occurs in the context of more aggressive disease biology. Disclosures Kapoor: Cellectar: Consultancy; Celgene: Honoraria; Janssen: Research Funding; Sanofi: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding; Takeda: Honoraria, Research Funding; GlaxoSmithKline: Research Funding. Dispenzieri:Alnylam: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Intellia: Research Funding; Janssen: Research Funding. Gertz:Prothena: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy; Johnson and Johnson: Speakers Bureau; DAVA oncology: Speakers Bureau; Advisory Board for Pharmacyclics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Advisory Board for Proclara: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; i3Health: Consultancy; Springer Publishing: Patents & Royalties; Amyloidosis Foundation: Research Funding; International Waldenstrom Foundation: Research Funding; NCI SPORE MM: Research Funding; Ionis/Akcea: Consultancy; Physicians Education Resource: Consultancy; Medscape: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Consultancy; Appellis: Consultancy; Annexon: Consultancy; Spectrum: Consultancy, Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy; Sanofi: Consultancy; Data Safety Monitoring board from Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Alnylam: Consultancy. Dingli:Apellis: Consultancy; Rigel: Consultancy; Millenium: Consultancy; Bristol Myers Squibb: Research Funding; Karyopharm Therapeutics: Research Funding; Sanofi-Genzyme: Consultancy; Alexion: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy. Lin:Novartis: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy, Research Funding; Bluebird Bio: Consultancy, Research Funding; Juno: Consultancy; Merck: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Gamida Cells: Consultancy; Sorrento: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Vineti: Consultancy; Legend BioTech: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Kite, a Gilead Company: Consultancy, Research Funding. Kumar:Cellectar: Other; Genecentrix: Consultancy; Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Honoraria; AbbVie: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Sanofi: Research Funding; Karyopharm: Consultancy; MedImmune: Research Funding; Takeda: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Novartis: Research Funding; Kite Pharma: Consultancy, Research Funding; Oncopeptides: Consultancy, Other: Independent Review Committee; IRC member; Genentech/Roche: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Celgene/BMS: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Janssen Oncology: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Adaptive Biotechnologies: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy, Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments, Research Funding; Merck: Consultancy, Research Funding; Carsgen: Other, Research Funding; Tenebio: Other, Research Funding.
Prevalence of Familial Plasma Cell Disorders in Patients with Multiple Myeloma
Vachon, Celine M. , Kapoor, Prashant , Lacy, Martha Q. , Hayman, Suzanne R. , Kyle, Robert A. , Kumar, Shaji , Visram, Alissa , Muchtar, Eli , Rajkumar, S. Vincent , Vachon, Celine M. , Dispenzieri, Angela , Buadi, Francis K. , Gertz, Morie A.

Blood | November 4, 2020 | Volume: 136 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 1-2

10.1182/blood-2020-143098 Get It

Introduction: First degree relatives of patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) or multiple myeloma (MM), and African Americans, have an increased risk of having MGUS and MM compared to the general population. However, current guidelines do not advocate for screening family members of MM for plasma cell disorders (PCD). Understanding the epidemiology of familial plasma cell disorders (PCDs) is essential in order to identify people at highest risk of developing PCDs who may benefit from targeted screening strategies. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of MM patients with a family history of PCD, and the implications of a family history of PCD on the overall survival (OS) of MM patients. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of patients with symptomatic MM followed at Mayo Clinic and diagnosed between January 1989 and June 2019. Clinical notes were reviewed for documentation pertaining to family history of PCDs. Kaplan Meier survival analysis was used to assess the OS, where OS was calculated from the date of diagnosis of symptomatic MM until death; patients were censored if they were alive at the date of last follow up. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to provide risk estimates for OS. Results: A total of 8403 patients with symptomatic MM were included in this study. Family history was documented in 1521 patients, and 291 patients (3.5% of all patients, 19% of those with any documented family history) had a documented family member with a PCD. The median age at diagnosis of symptomatic MM was significantly lower in patients with (n=291) versus without (n= 8112) a family history of PCD (60.9 versus 63.6 years, p<0.0001). The median OS of MM patients with a family history of PCD was significantly longer than MM patients without a family history of PCD (8.1 versus 4.9 years, respectively, with p<0.0001, see figure 1). Using a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model, MM patients with a family history of PCD had a significantly lower risk of death compared to those without a family history of PCD (HR 0.66, 95% CI 0.55-0.78, p<0.0001) even after adjusting for sex, age at diagnosis (above versus below age 65), self-reported race (African American versus not African American), or date of diagnosis (before versus after 2010). When restricting the analyses to the 1521 patients with clearly documented family history, the survival benefit amongst patients with versus without a family history of PCD was similar. In probands with a PCD family history, 182 (63%) had a first degree relative with PCD, whereas 109 (37%) had a second degree relative with PCD. The most common reported PCD amongst family members was MM (figure 2). Nineteen (6.5%) probands with a family history of PCD had 2 or more relatives with a PCD (6 MM patients had 2 or more first degree relatives, 5 MM patients had at least 1 first and 1 second degree relative, and 8 MM patients had 2 or more second degree relatives with a PCD history). There was no significant difference in the median OS between MM patients with a first degree versus second degree relative with PCD (HR 1.03, 95% CI 0.74-1.46, p=0.837), or MM patients with 1 versus 2 or more relatives with PCD (HR 1.01, 95% CI 0.53-1.96, p=0.962). Conclusion: We reviewed patients with symptomatic MM seen at Mayo Clinic over the last 30 years and found that the prevalence of patients with a documented family history of PCD was 3.5%. MM patients with a family history of PCD were diagnosed with MM at a younger age and survived longer than patients without a family history of PCD. Further work is needed to understand factors underlying the survival benefit in patients with a family history of PCD, and whether they present with less aggressive or less advanced disease at diagnosis. Disclosures Dispenzieri: Intellia: Research Funding; Alnylam: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding; Janssen: Research Funding. Kapoor:Sanofi: Consultancy, Research Funding; Cellectar: Consultancy; Janssen: Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding; Takeda: Honoraria, Research Funding; GlaxoSmithKline: Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria. Gertz:Spectrum: Other: personal fee, Research Funding; Janssen: Other: personal fee; Abbvie: Other; Amgen: Other: personal fee; Physicians Education Resource: Other: personal fee; Medscape: Other: personal fee, Speakers Bureau; Prothena: Other: personal fee; Teva: Speakers Bureau; Celgene: Other; Research to Practice: Other; Sanofi: Other; DAVA oncology: Speakers Bureau; Annexon: Other: personal fee; Appellis: Other: personal fee; Ionis/Akcea: Other: personal fee; Alnylam: Other: personal fee; Aurora Bio: Other; Proclara: Other; Johnson and Johnson: Speakers Bureau; Springer Publishing: Patents & Royalties. Kumar:Genentech/Roche: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Novartis: Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy, Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments, Research Funding; Carsgen: Other, Research Funding; Cellectar: Other; Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Honoraria; Oncopeptides: Consultancy, Other: Independent Review Committee; IRC member; Janssen Oncology: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; AbbVie: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Karyopharm: Consultancy; MedImmune: Research Funding; Sanofi: Research Funding; Tenebio: Other, Research Funding; Kite Pharma: Consultancy, Research Funding; Adaptive Biotechnologies: Consultancy; Genecentrix: Consultancy; Takeda: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Merck: Consultancy, Research Funding; Celgene/BMS: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments.
MASS-FIX for the Diagnosis of Plasma Cell Disorders: A Single Institution Experience of 4118 Patients
Mellors, Patrick , Dasari, Surendra , Kohlhagen, Mindy , Arendt, Bonnie K., Kumar, Shaji , Lust, John A., Kapoor, Prashant , Lacy, Martha Q. , Hwa, Yi L. , Fonder, Amie , Hobbs, Miriam, Hayman, Suzanne R. , Kourelis, Taxiarchis , Warsame, Rahma , Kyle, Robert A. , Murray, David , Gertz, Morie A. , Buadi, Francis K. , Willrich, Maria Alice V. , Dingli, David , Muchtar, Eli , Leung, Nelson , Go, Ronald S. , Lin, Yi , Gonsalves, Wilson I. , Siddiqui, Mustaqeem , Rajkumar, S. Vincent , Dispenzieri, Angela

Blood | November 4, 2020 | Volume: 136 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 48-49

10.1182/blood-2020-138829 Get It

Introduction: Since 2018, immunoenrichment-based matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), termed MASS-FIX, has replaced immunofixation for the detection and isotyping of serum monoclonal proteins at Mayo Clinic. MASS-FIX has advantages including increased sensitivity, specificity, and the ability to distinguish therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. Herein, we report the laboratory characteristics and distribution of diagnoses of patients tested clinically at Mayo Clinic. Methods: MASS-FIX was performed on patient samples as previously described (Kohlhagen et. al. Clin Chem Lab 2020). Demographics and laboratory data, including quantitative M-spike, serum free light chains (FLC), and quantitative immunoglobulins at the time of MASS-FIX were recorded. For patients with multiple samples during the study period, only the initial MASS-FIX was evaluated. We identified 9195 unique patients with MASS-FIX performed between 7/24/2018 and 3/6/2020. Seven-thousand nine hundred and forty-six patients provided consent for study enrollment, and 7689 had data available on index diagnosis. Given considerable variability in the interpretation of diagnostic criteria for light chain (LC) MGUS, patients with this diagnosis (1360, 18%) were excluded. Patients were considered to have negative results (2211 in total) on MASS-FIX if: 1) no monoclonal protein was identified (1081, 49%); 2) the interpretation was "cannot rule out monoclonal protein" (945, 43%); 3) multiple, nonspecific spectral peaks were identified consistent with immune reconstitution (29, 1%); or 4) the only monoclonal protein identified was consistent with a therapeutic monoclonal antibody (156, 7%). Results: The final cohort consisted of 4118 patients with a positive MASS-FIX and 2211 patients with a negative MASS-FIX, all in the setting of underlying PCDs. Figure 1 illustrates the numbers and percentages of patients who are MASS-FIX positive versus MASS-FIX negative by diagnosis. MGUS and multiple myeloma (MM) were the most common diagnoses overall, and both were more common in the MASS-FIX positive cohort. More than 90% of patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM), smoldering WM, smoldering MM, and cold agglutinin disease were positive by MASS-FIX. For MASS-FIX positive patients, IgG isotype was identified in 2575 patients (63%), IgA in 703 (17%) and IgM in 710 (17%). Bence Jones proteinemia was identified in 283 patients (7%) with lambda restriction being the most common (57%). 3625 patients (88%) had a monoclonal pattern, 228 patients (6%) had a bi-clonal pattern, and 7 (<1%) had a tri-clonal pattern. The majority of patients (58%) were kappa LC restricted by MASS-FIX, 222 (5%) had N-glycosylated LC, and 2 patients (<1%) had a heavy chain with no light chain. Conclusions: This single institution experience illustrates the practicality of MASS-FIX in detecting and following monoclonal proteins for a wide range of PCDs in a tertiary center. In this cohort, the percentage of patients who were MASS-FIX positive varied by diagnosis, reflecting cross sectional sampling of patients throughout their disease course. Disclosures Gertz: Research to Practice: Other; Springer Publishing: Patents & Royalties; Aurora Bio: Other; Johnson and Johnson: Speakers Bureau; Sanofi: Other; Amgen: Other: personal fee; Appellis: Other: personal fee; Annexon: Other: personal fee; Spectrum: Other: personal fee, Research Funding; Janssen: Other: personal fee; Prothena: Other: personal fee; Alnylam: Other: personal fee; Ionis/Akcea: Other: personal fee; Proclara: Other; DAVA oncology: Speakers Bureau; Celgene: Other; Teva: Speakers Bureau; Abbvie: Other; Physicians Education Resource: Other: personal fee; Medscape: Other: personal fee, Speakers Bureau. Kumar:AbbVie: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Honoraria; Takeda: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Carsgen: Other, Research Funding; Karyopharm: Consultancy; Merck: Consultancy, Research Funding; Oncopeptides: Consultancy, Other: Independent Review Committee; IRC member; Kite Pharma: Consultancy, Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Janssen Oncology: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Amgen: Consultancy, Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments, Research Funding; Genecentrix: Consultancy; Adaptive Biotechnologies: Consultancy; Novartis: Research Funding; MedImmune: Research Funding; Sanofi: Research Funding; Tenebio: Other, Research Funding; Cellectar: Other; Genentech/Roche: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Celgene/BMS: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments. Kapoor:Sanofi: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding; Takeda: Honoraria, Research Funding; GlaxoSmithKline: Research Funding; Cellectar: Consultancy; Janssen: Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria. Dingli:Karyopharm Therapeutics: Research Funding; Bristol Myers Squibb: Research Funding; Rigel: Consultancy; Alexion: Consultancy; Sanofi-Genzyme: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy; Apellis: Consultancy; Millenium: Consultancy. Lin:Merck: Research Funding; Legend BioTech: Consultancy; Juno: Consultancy; Bluebird Bio: Consultancy, Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Kite, a Gilead Company: Consultancy, Research Funding; Gamida Cells: Consultancy; Takeda: Research Funding; Sorrento: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Vineti: Consultancy. Murray:The Binding Site: Patents & Royalties: Patent Use of Mass Spec to identify monoclonal proteins licensed to The Binding Site. Dispenzieri:Alnylam, Intellia, Janssen, Takeda, Pfizer, Prothena, Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding.
Genomic Profiling Reveals Molecular Heterogeneity in Patients with Richter's Syndrome (RS) and Progressive Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Tian, Shulan , Wang, Hanyin , Call, Timothy G. , Klee, Eric W. , Liu, Minetta C. , Jessen, Erik , Leis, José F., Dyke, Daniel L. Van , Koehler, Amber B. , Yan, Huihuang , Parikh, Sameer A. , Wang, Yucai , Kenderian, Saad S. , Shi, Min , Muchtar, Eli , Kay, Neil E. , Slager, Susan L. , Braggio, Esteban , Ding, Wei

Blood | November 4, 2020 | Volume: 136 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 16-17

10.1182/blood-2020-138397 Get It

Introduction: Novel targeted therapies have revolutionized treatments for both upfront and relapsed CLL. However, effective therapies have not been established for progressive CLL after developing resistance to both BTK inhibitor and BCL-2 inhibitors. Similarly, Richter's transformation (RS) remains an area of unmet clinical need. Hypothesizing that progressive CLL and RS possess significant but differential molecular abnormalities, we aimed to dissect the initial genomic profiles in a clinical cohort of patients seen in our routine clinical practice using targeted DNA sequencing and transcriptome analysis. Methods: Twelve CLL patients who had lymph node biopsies for evaluation of clinical progression at Mayo Clinic were included in this study. RNA sequencing and targeted DNA sequencing on a focused oncology panel of 1,711 genes were performed on Illumina HiSeq through Tempus Labs, Inc. (Chicago, IL). Differentially expressed (DE) genes were identified using edgeR at the cutoff of FDR <=0.05 and fold-change >=2. Somatic mutations and copy number alternations (CNAs) were identified through Mutect2 and PatternCNV, respectively. CN loss was defined to have log2(ratio) <=-0.93 and CN gain to have log2(ratio) >= 0.585. Pathway analysis was done through the Enrichr package. Results: Among the 12 patients, 7 had confirmed RS (large cell lymphoma histology) and 5 had CLL based on pathological findings. The clinical and therapeutic history for each patient is illustrated in Fig 1A. FISH results from 11 of the patients showed chromosomal abnormalities including del(13q), del(11q), del(17p) and tri(12) (Fig 1A). Hierarchical clustering of expression profiles from the top 10,000 most variable genes in expression revealed two major clusters (Fig 1A). Cluster C1 contains five RS cases, of which case S207 did not receive ibrutinib, S256 was on high-dose steroid and anti-CD20 post-ibrutinib therapy for >1 year before biopsy, and case S025 was treated for < 6 months with ibrutinib. These three form a subgroup separate from the other two RS in C1 who had 8 and 42 months of continuous ibrutinib therapy pre-biopsy, respectively. C2 contains two RS and five CLL cases. Within C2, CLL and RS cases showed similar transcriptomic profiles. Over 90% of the DE genes showed an overall increase of expression in C1, particularly within the 3-sample subgroup (Fig 1B). These genes are enriched in pathways known to play key roles in CLL, including PI3K-AKT signaling, NOTCH signaling and RAS/MAPK signaling, while genes up-regulated in C2 are enriched in WNT signaling. The results suggest marked differences in gene expression profiles and indicate molecular heterogeneity among RS and CLL patients. In addition, targeted DNA sequencing data were analyzed to identify somatic mutations and CNAs. The analysis confirmed the FISH results of del(13q), del(11q), del(17p) or tri(12) in 8 of the cases (Fig 1A). The mutation profiles are similar between C1 and C2 for the recurrently mutated genes published in CLL. However, we identified recurrent CNAs that occurred preferentially in C1 (covering 9 genes) or C2 (48 genes) (Fig 1C). Manual inspections of the reads coverage revealed that 5 of the 9 genes are from chr1q21.1 to chr1q22 that showed clear CN gains largely in C1. Of the 48 genes, 6 are from chrXp11 that showed CN losses, and 27 are from chr17q12 to chr17q25 that showed CN gains. Therefore, the majority of the 57 genes are from large-scale CNAs. Notably, for the CNAs mostly occurring in C2, the affected genes are enriched in WNT signaling, Cell cycle/protein kinase activity and chromatin modifying enzymes. Collectively, the results support the variability of transcriptomic signatures and genetic lesions between RS and CLL. Conclusion: This study revealed a noticeable heterogeneity in gene expression and genetic variation between RS and CLL, albeit in a small cohort. The vast majority of the DE genes showed elevated expression in C1 containing only RS cases, and these genes are enriched in PI3K-AKT signaling, NOTCH signaling, and RAS/MAPK signaling. The pattern is more pronounced for a subgroup in C1 who were overall less exposed to ibrutinib. For somatic variation, there is a strong tendency of occurrence of recurrent CNAs towards C2 cohort, mainly involving gains of chr17q and deletions of chrXp11. Given these advances we are encouraged to further pursue the genetic abnormalities with defined roles in aggressive and transformed CLL. Disclosures Liu: Eisal: Research Funding; Genentech: Research Funding; GRAIL: Research Funding; Menarini Silicon Biosystems: Research Funding; Merck: Research Funding; Seattle Genetics: Research Funding; Tesaro: Research Funding. Parikh:Genentech: Honoraria; Ascentage Pharma: Research Funding; AbbVie: Honoraria, Research Funding; Verastem Oncology: Honoraria; Pharmacyclics: Honoraria, Research Funding; GlaxoSmithKline: Honoraria; Merck: Research Funding; MorphoSys: Research Funding; TG Therapeutics: Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding. Wang:Incyte: Research Funding; Innocare: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding. Kenderian:Gilead: Research Funding; Humanigen: Consultancy, Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; MorphoSys: Research Funding; Lentigen: Research Funding; Novartis: Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; Torque: Consultancy; Mettaforge: Patents & Royalties; BMS: Research Funding; Tolero: Research Funding; Sunesis: Research Funding; Juno: Research Funding; Kite: Research Funding. Kay:Tolero Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Juno Theraputics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Cytomx: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Morpho-sys: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Agios Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astra Zeneca: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sunesis: Research Funding; MEI Pharma: Research Funding; Acerta Pharma: Research Funding; Rigel: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Oncotracker: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Research Funding; Bristol Meyer Squib: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Dava Oncology: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pharmacyclics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Braggio:DASA: Consultancy; Bayer: Other: Stock Owner; Acerta Pharma: Research Funding. Ding:Astra Zeneca: Research Funding; DTRM: Research Funding; Beigene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; alexion: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; MEI Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Merck: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Octapharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Research Funding.
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Newly Diagnosed Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Who Are 80 Years of Age or Older
Hampel, Paul J. , Call, Timothy G. , Achenbach, Sara J., Koehler, Amber B. , Leis, José F., Schwager, Susan M., Dyke, Daniel L. Van , Hanson, Curtis A. , Shanafelt, Tait, Rabe, Kari G. , Muchtar, Eli , Kenderian, Saad S. , Wang, Yucai , Shi, Min , Braggio, Esteban , Slager, Susan L. , Kay, Neil E. , Ding, Wei , Parikh, Sameer A.

Blood | November 4, 2020 | Volume: 136 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 26-27

10.1182/blood-2020-137578 Get It

INTRODUCTION Nearly 20% of patients (pts) are ≥ 80 years (yrs) of age at the time of CLL diagnosis. Increased medical comorbidities, as well as declining functional status and organ function, often accompany advanced age. However, clinical trials often enroll a disproportionally low number of people from this age demographic due to stringent eligibility parameters, which provides limited evidence to guide decisions. Here, we report clinical characteristics and outcomes of pts ≥ 80 yrs of age at the time of CLL diagnosis. METHODS Between 1/1995 and 3/2020, we identified previously untreated CLL pts from the Mayo Clinic CLL Database who were ≥ 80 yrs of age at the time of CLL diagnosis, and seen within 3 yrs of diagnosis. Baseline characteristics, treatments administered, and time to first treatment (TFT) were analyzed for all pts. Overall survival (OS) was measured from diagnosis date in all pts and separately from treatment date for treated pts. Time to next treatment (TTNT) was measured in treated pts from first treatment date to date of second treatment or last known treatment. TFT and TTNT were analyzed accounting for competing risk of death. Standardized mortality ratio (SMR) compared observed survival to survival in a Minnesota population. Cox multivariable regression models were used to determine which factors were associated with OS (treatment as a time-dependent covariate) and TTNT (accounting for competing risk of death). RESULTS Among the 213 pts identified, the median age was 83 yrs (range 80-97); baseline characteristics are summarized in Table 1. The median number of medical comorbidities among all pts was 4 (range 0-8). At least 1 comorbidity was present in 97% of pts, most commonly hypertension (57%), genitourinary (n=48%), rheumatological (46%), and dyslipidemia (n=43%). Median follow-up was 3.8 yrs. A total of 56 pts received treatment and the median TFT was 6.7 yrs. Over this 25 year interval, the treatment approaches included monoclonal antibody alone (n=17), chemotherapy alone (n=17), or chemoimmunotherapy (n=14), novel agents (n=3), and multi-agent Richter's transformation regimens (n=5). Chlorambucil-based treatments (chlorambucil n=13, chlorambucil, prednisone n=3) were the most frequently used chemotherapy regimens. The most common chemoimmunotherapy regimens included rituximab, cyclophosphamide, prednisone (RCP) with (n=3) or without vincristine (n=6), and chlorambucil with an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (n=4; obinutuzumab n=2, rituximab n=2). Among 17 pts who received monoclonal antibody alone, treatments included rituximab alone (n=11), rituximab plus methylprednisolone (n=2), obinutuzumab (n=2), and rituximab with alemtuzumab (n=2). Frontline novel agent treatments included ibrutinib alone (n=1), acalabrutinib alone (n=1), and ibrutinib, obinutuzumab, venetoclax (n=1). Five pts with Richter's transformation (diagnosed concurrent with CLL n=4) received multi-agent chemotherapy. Among the 56 treated pts, 22 pts received second line therapy after a median TTNT of 2.8 yrs from start of first therapy. The most common second line treatments were chlorambucil-based (n=6) and rituximab-based (n=6) regimens. Age, sex, absolute lymphocyte count, del17p, and unmutated IGHV were not predictive of TTNT. The median OS among all 213 pts was 4.6 yrs. SMR was 1.2 (p=0.008) when excluding pts with Richter's transformation. In univariable analyses, receipt of therapy (HR 3.92, 95%CI 2.11-7.28; p<0.001), age (per 5 year increase; HR 1.84, 95%CI 1.43-2.38; p<0.001) and unmutated IGHV (HR 2.03, 95%CI 1.12-3.67; p=0.02) were predictors of shorter OS. The OS among pts who received treatment (Figure 1) was similar when compared across time periods of treatment start year grouped as 1995-2001 (n=10), 2002-2013 (n=32), and 2014-2020 (n=14). Treatment categories by time period are shown in Table 2. CONCLUSIONS In this study of 213 pts ≥ 80 yrs of age at time of CLL diagnosis, the median time to first therapy was ~7 yrs. Although survival outcomes did not differ by era across the 25-year span of this study, pts treated with novel agents were underrepresented and are a patient population which warrants additional evaluation. The finding that pts with CLL in this cohort had a 20% higher risk of death compared to an age- and sex-matched population emphasize the need for ongoing efforts to improve clinical outcomes for CLL pts in this demographic category. Disclosures Kenderian: Torque: Consultancy; Mettaforge: Patents & Royalties; Humanigen: Consultancy, Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; Novartis: Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; Kite: Research Funding; Gilead: Research Funding; Juno: Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding; Tolero: Research Funding; Sunesis: Research Funding; MorphoSys: Research Funding; Lentigen: Research Funding. Wang:Incyte: Research Funding; Innocare: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding. Shanafelt:Genentech, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, AbbVie, GlaxoSmithKline, and Merck: Research Funding; Mayo Clinic: Patents & Royalties: and other intellectual property. Braggio:DASA: Consultancy; Bayer: Other: Stock Owner; Acerta Pharma: Research Funding. Kay:Morpho-sys: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bristol Meyer Squib: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Tolero Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Oncotracker: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Juno Theraputics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Rigel: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Cytomx: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sunesis: Research Funding; MEI Pharma: Research Funding; Astra Zeneca: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Agios Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Acerta Pharma: Research Funding; Dava Oncology: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Ding:alexion: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; MEI Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Octapharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Research Funding; Astra Zeneca: Research Funding; Beigene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; DTRM: Research Funding; Merck: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Parikh:Merck: Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding; MorphoSys: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Honoraria, Research Funding; AbbVie: Honoraria, Research Funding; Ascentage Pharma: Research Funding; Genentech: Honoraria; Verastem Oncology: Honoraria; GlaxoSmithKline: Honoraria; TG Therapeutics: Research Funding.
Impact of Deletion6q23 Identified By FISH in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Audil, Hadiyah Y. , Hampel, Paul J. , Dyke, Daniel L. Van , Achenbach, Sara J., Smoley, Stephanie A., Call, Timothy G. , Hanson, Curtis A. , Koehler, Amber B. , Schwager, Susan M., Leis, José F., Rabe, Kari G. , Ding, Wei , Shi, Min , Wang, Yucai , Muchtar, Eli , Braggio, Esteban , Slager, Susan L. , Kay, Neil E. , Kenderian, Saad S. , Parikh, Sameer A.

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Background: Cytogenetic abnormalities detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) are known to differentially impact prognosis in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Deletion6q23 (del6q23) has been reported in ~2-3% of CLL patients at diagnosis; however, its prognostic significance remains indeterminate. Methods: We identified previously untreated CLL patients from the Mayo Clinic CLL Database seen between 1/1995 - 2/2020 who had FISH performed. The clinical characteristics, concomitant cytogenetic abnormalities, time to first therapy (TTFT), and overall survival (OS) were compared between patients with del6q23 to those without this abnormality. TTFT was analyzed from FISH date until treatment or last known untreated date, accounting for competing risk of death. OS was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier methods from FISH date. In a matched (CLL-IPI risk score and sex) analysis, Cox regression analysis was used to determine the association between TTFT/OS and presence of del6q23. The Mayo Clinic IRB approved this study. Results: A total of 3101 CLL patients were identified; their median age at diagnosis was 64 years and 66% were male. Of these patients, 42 (1.3%) had evidence of del6q23 by FISH. Compared to patients without del6q23, patients with del6q23 carried a more adverse clinical and cytogenetic profile at the time of diagnosis including advanced Rai stage (22% Rai III/IV vs. 9% Rai III/IV; P = 0.002), unmutated IGHV genes (91% vs. 43%; P < 0.001), and high/very high risk CLL-IPI (50% vs. 27%; P < 0.001). Del6q23 was the sole abnormality in 13 patients (31%). Of the remaining patients, del6q23 was concomitantly present with del13q in 8 patients (19%), and with either del11q or del17p in 21 patients (50%). Of the 42 patients with del6q23, 29 received first line therapy: chemoimmunotherapy in 16 patients, BTK inhibitor in 7 patients, and an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody alone in 6 patients. The median follow-up of the entire cohort was 7.3 years. The median TTFT in patients with del6q23 was 0.7 years while the 5-year OS was 76%. Patients with del6q23 demonstrated significantly shorter TTFT and reduced OS when compared to patients without del6q23 (Figures 1A and 1B). The shorter TTFT was also evident for patients with del6q23 compared to patients without del6q23 divided according to the Dohner risk category (Figure 2A), although there was no difference in OS between these groups of patients (Figure 2B). Because del6q23 patients were enriched for other unfavorable prognostic markers, we identified four control patients without del6q23, matched by CLL-IPI risk score and sex, to each treatment-naïve patient with del6q23. Patients with del6q23 showed a borderline statistically significant shorter TTFT (median 0.7 years versus 3.9 years; P = 0.07) and a nonsignificant association with OS (median 10.9 years versus 10.3 years; P = 0.28). Conclusion: Del6q23 by FISH in previously untreated CLL represents an uncommon abnormality. When compared to patients without del6q23, patients with del6q23 tend to have more adverse clinical and cytogenetic profiles at baseline, which likely confer a worse prognosis as reflected by shorter TTFT compared to patients without this abnormality. Figure Disclosures Ding: Merck: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; DTRM: Research Funding; Beigene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; alexion: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; MEI Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Octapharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Research Funding; Astra Zeneca: Research Funding. Wang:Novartis: Research Funding; Innocare: Research Funding; Incyte: Research Funding. Braggio:DASA: Consultancy; Bayer: Other: Stock Owner; Acerta Pharma: Research Funding. Kay:Sunesis: Research Funding; Abbvie: Research Funding; Tolero Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Bristol Meyer Squib: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Juno Theraputics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Dava Oncology: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Oncotracker: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Rigel: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Morpho-sys: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Cytomx: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Agios Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Acerta Pharma: Research Funding; MEI Pharma: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Astra Zeneca: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Kenderian:Juno: Research Funding; Gilead: Research Funding; Lentigen: Research Funding; MorphoSys: Research Funding; Sunesis: Research Funding; Kite: Research Funding; Novartis: Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; Torque: Consultancy; Humanigen: Consultancy, Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; Mettaforge: Patents & Royalties; Tolero: Research Funding; BMS: Research Funding. Parikh:Ascentage Pharma: Research Funding; Merck: Research Funding; AbbVie: Honoraria, Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Honoraria, Research Funding; TG Therapeutics: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Honoraria, Research Funding; GlaxoSmithKline: Honoraria; Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding; MorphoSys: Research Funding; Genentech: Honoraria; Verastem Oncology: Honoraria.
Outcomes of Multiple Myeloma Patients with Del 17p Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
Vaxman, Iuliana , Kapoor, Prashant , Kumar, Shaji , Kourelis, Taxiarchis , Warsame, Rahma , Lacy, Martha Q. , Vaxman, Iuliana , Visram, Alissa , Saleh, Abdullah S. Al , Dispenzieri, Angela , Buadi, Francis K. , Dingli, David , Muchtar, Eli , Gonsalves, Wilson I. , Rajkumar, S. Vincent , Gertz, Morie A.

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10.1182/blood-2020-141660 Get It

Introduction High risk (HR) multiple myeloma (MM) constitutes approximately 25 % of newly diagnosed patients and is a subgroup of MM patients that is variably defined. Patients with 17p deletion are considered HR and their optimal treatment approach has not been determined. Various strategies have been suggested to improve outcomes in MM patients harboring del 17p, including tandem transplants. Recently, the long-term outcomes of the phase 3 EMN02 trial were published with the study group receiving bortezomib, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone (VCd) induction prior to transplant. There are no data demonstrating that tandem transplant is applicable to the US population using induction containing immunomodulatory agents and bortezomib. Aim To report on outcomes of newly diagnosed MM patients with del 17p that underwent autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Methods Retrospective study of all consecutive newly diagnosed MM patient with del 17p that underwent ASCT at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Patients were defined by the Mayo Medical Lab as 17p deleted and included if they met the following criteria: If 50 cells in the bone marrow sample and 10 cells with the deletion were identified (20%) or if the bone marrow sample had between 20-50 total cells and 20% cells with the deletion were identified. We excluded patients that relapsed prior to ASCT (as those patients were excluded in the EMN02 trial), patients that underwent ASCT more than 12 months from the diagnosis and patients that underwent tandem ASCT (defined as two consecutive ASCT within 180 days of each other without relapse in between). Consolidation treatment was defined as treatment given after transplant for up to six 28-day cycles and maintenance was defined as all treatment given after ASCT for more than 6 months. Combined maintenance was defined as maintenance regimens that included two novel agents. Results 116 patients with MM and 17p deletion underwent ASCT at Mayo Clinic between January 2013 and April 2020. The median age at diagnosis was 62 (IQR 57-68, range 34-76) years. Forty-five (39%) patients were over 65 years. Nine patients (8%) had triple-hit MM and 34 (29%) had double-hit MM. Median follow-up of the survivors was 33 months (IQR 21-54). Consolidation therapy was given to 36 patients (31%) and maintenance was given to 91 patients (78%). Seven patients relapsed before day 100. There was no difference in the OS (P=0.72) or PFS (P=0.1) between patients that received VRd (bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone) versus VCd (bortezomib, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone) induction (Figure 1). When comparing patients that received proteasome inhibitors (PIs)+ immunomodulatory agents (IMiDs) as induction to patients that received VCd induction, PFS was longer for patients that received the PIs + IMiDs (HR 0.53 P=0.04, 95% CI=0.3-0.98) (Figure 2), however there was no OS difference (P=0.61). Maintenance therapy was given to 94 patients (81%). There was no OS (P=0.34) or PFS (P=0.36) difference between IMiD based and PI based maintenance, but there was a PFS advantage to patients that received two drug maintenance (HR= 0.41, P=0.037, 95% CI 0.14-0.95) (Figure 2). The median OS and PFS of the entire cohort were not reached and 29 months, respectively. Conclusions The outcomes of our patients were similar to that of the single arm ASCT in the EMN02 trial, and no difference in outcomes were found between patients that received VRd and VCd induction, suggesting that tandem transplants should be considered for 17p deleted MM patients. Dual novel agent maintenance therapy is important in improving outcome. Disclosures Kapoor: Celgene: Honoraria; GlaxoSmithKline: Research Funding; Sanofi: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding; Cellectar: Consultancy; Takeda: Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Research Funding. Kumar:Takeda: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Honoraria; AbbVie: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Celgene/BMS: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Sanofi: Research Funding; Cellectar: Other; Genecentrix: Consultancy; Tenebio: Other, Research Funding; Adaptive Biotechnologies: Consultancy; Janssen Oncology: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Genentech/Roche: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Oncopeptides: Consultancy, Other: Independent Review Committee; IRC member; Kite Pharma: Consultancy, Research Funding; Merck: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy, Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments, Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Carsgen: Other, Research Funding; Karyopharm: Consultancy; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; MedImmune: Research Funding. Dispenzieri:Pfizer: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Janssen: Research Funding; Alnylam: Research Funding; Intellia: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding. Dingli:Alexion: Consultancy; Sanofi-Genzyme: Consultancy; Bristol Myers Squibb: Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy; Millenium: Consultancy; Karyopharm Therapeutics: Research Funding; Rigel: Consultancy; Apellis: Consultancy. Gertz:DAVA oncology: Speakers Bureau; Proclara: Other; Abbvie: Other; Physicians Education Resource: Other: personal fee; Medscape: Other: personal fee, Speakers Bureau; Appellis: Other: personal fee; Research to Practice: Other; Ionis/Akcea: Other: personal fee; Celgene: Other; Teva: Speakers Bureau; Johnson and Johnson: Speakers Bureau; Annexon: Other: personal fee; Alnylam: Other: personal fee; Prothena: Other: personal fee; Janssen: Other: personal fee; Spectrum: Other: personal fee, Research Funding; Aurora Bio: Other; Springer Publishing: Patents & Royalties; Sanofi: Other; Amgen: Other: personal fee.
A Cross Sectional Evaluation of Light Chain N-Glycosylation By MASS-FIX in Plasma Cell Disorders
Mellors, Patrick , Dasari, Surendra , Kohlhagen, Mindy , Arendt, Bonnie K., Kumar, Shaji , Lust, John A., Kapoor, Prashant , Lacy, Martha Q. , Hwa, Yi L. , Fonder, Amie , Hobbs, Miriam, Hayman, Suzanne R. , Kourelis, Taxiarchis , Warsame, Rahma , Kyle, Robert A. , Murray, David , Gertz, Morie A. , Buadi, Francis K. , Willrich, Maria Alice V. , Dingli, David , Muchtar, Eli , Leung, Nelson , Go, Ronald S. , Lin, Yi , Gonsalves, Wilson I. , Siddiqui, Mustaqeem , Rajkumar, S. Vincent , Dispenzieri, Angela

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Introduction: Since 2018, immunoenrichment-based matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), termed MASS-FIX, has replaced standard gel-based immunofixation for the detection and isotyping of serum monoclonal proteins at Mayo Clinic. MASS-FIX can readily identify N-glycosylation of involved light chains (LC N-glycosylation) by its unique, polytypic spectral pattern. LC N-glycosylation is identified more commonly in light chain amyloidosis (AL) than other plasma cell disorders (PCDs), and is associated with an increased risk of progression from MGUS to both AL and other PCDs (Dispenzieri et. al. Leukemia 2020). Herein, we report the mass spectral characteristics and distribution of diagnoses among 222 patients with LC N-glycosylation detected during a 20 month period in our clinical lab. Methods: MASS-FIX was performed on patient samples as previously described (Kohlhagen et. al. Clin Chem Lab 2020). Demographics and laboratory data, including quantitative M-spike, serum free light chains (FLC), and quantitative immunoglobulins at the time of MASS-FIX were recorded. For patients with multiple samples during the study period, only the initial MASS-FIX was evaluated. 9195 unique patients had MASS-FIX performed from 7/24/2018 to 03/06/2020. Inclusion criteria for this retrospective study included: 1) consent for record review; 2) a monoclonal protein identified on MASS-FIX; 3) an underlying PCD. Patients were considered to have negative results (2211 in total) on MASS-FIX if: 1) no monoclonal protein was identified (1081, 49%); 2) the interpretation was "cannot rule out monoclonal protein" (945, 43%); 3) multiple, nonspecific spectral peaks were identified consistent with immune reconstitution (29, 1%); or 4) the only monoclonal protein identified was consistent with a therapeutic monoclonal antibody (156, 7%). The final positive cohort consisted of 4118 patients with definitive monoclonal proteins on MASS-FIX. Results: Two-hundred and twenty-two (5%) of the 4118 patients with a positive MASS-FIX had LC N-glycosylation. 202 patients (91%) had FLC assays performed. Of these, 110 (54%) were kappa LC restricted, 22 (11%) were lambda restricted, and 70 (35%) were normal. A quantifiable M-spike was identified in 110 patients (85%) of 129 patients who had serum protein electrophoresis performed. By MASS-FIX, 139 patients (63%) had an IgG isotype, 18 (8%) an IgA, and 55 (25%) an IgM. Two of these patients had a bi-clonal pattern in which both IgG kappa and IgM kappa LCs were N-glycosylated. 12 patients (5%) had monoclonal light chains with no corresponding heavy chain. Overall, 173 (78%) of 222 patients were kappa LC restricted and 44 (22%) were lambda. 189 patients (85%) had a monoclonal pattern, 18 (8%) had a bi-clonal pattern, and 3 (1%) had a tri-clonal pattern. The most common PCD diagnoses for the 222 patients with LC N-glycosylation were MGUS (45%), multiple myeloma (MM) (31%), and immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL) (8%). The percentage of MASS-FIX positive patients with LC N-glycosylation by diagnosis, stratified by kappa and lambda LC restriction, is illustrated in Figure 1. Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) had the highest relative percentage of patients with LC N-glycosylation, regardless of LC restriction. Eighteen AL patients (5%) had LC N-glycosylation; the percentage was higher in kappa restricted (13%) than lambda restricted AL patients (2%). Of note, LC N-glycosylation was not detected in patients with plasma cell leukemia, non-AL amyloidosis with associated MGUS, POEMS Syndrome or Castleman's Disease in this cross sectional sampling of patients. Conclusions: This retrospective study demonstrates that 5% of patients in a routine clinical setting with positive MASS-FIX have glycosylated LCs. Consistent with prior observations, CAD had the highest relative percentage of LC N-glycosylated patients. The percentage of AL patients with LC N-glycosylation in this cohort is lower than previously reported for newly diagnosed AL patients (Kumar et. al. Leukemia 2019), which is not surprising given that the current cohort study is a cross sectional evaluation of patients at various stages of diagnosis and treatment rather than a prevalence study. Further study will be done to exclude the presence of latent AL in patients with N-glycosylated LC and diagnoses of MGUS, SMM, MM, and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Disclosures Gertz: Springer Publishing: Patents & Royalties; Proclara: Other; DAVA oncology: Speakers Bureau; Johnson and Johnson: Speakers Bureau; Teva: Speakers Bureau; Sanofi: Other; Research to Practice: Other; Celgene: Other; Abbvie: Other; Physicians Education Resource: Other: personal fee; Medscape: Other: personal fee, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Other: personal fee; Appellis: Other: personal fee; Annexon: Other: personal fee; Spectrum: Other: personal fee, Research Funding; Janssen: Other: personal fee; Prothena: Other: personal fee; Alnylam: Other: personal fee; Ionis/Akcea: Other: personal fee; Aurora Bio: Other. Kumar:Adaptive Biotechnologies: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy, Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments, Research Funding; Carsgen: Other, Research Funding; Genentech/Roche: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Honoraria; Oncopeptides: Consultancy, Other: Independent Review Committee; IRC member; Merck: Consultancy, Research Funding; Janssen Oncology: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Celgene/BMS: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; AbbVie: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; MedImmune: Research Funding; Genecentrix: Consultancy; Tenebio: Other, Research Funding; Karyopharm: Consultancy; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Takeda: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Sanofi: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Kite Pharma: Consultancy, Research Funding; Cellectar: Other. Kapoor:Janssen: Research Funding; Sanofi: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding; Takeda: Honoraria, Research Funding; GlaxoSmithKline: Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria; Cellectar: Consultancy. Dingli:Alexion: Consultancy; Karyopharm Therapeutics: Research Funding; Bristol Myers Squibb: Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy; Sanofi-Genzyme: Consultancy; Apellis: Consultancy; Rigel: Consultancy; Millenium: Consultancy. Lin:Janssen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy, Research Funding; Bluebird Bio: Consultancy, Research Funding; Juno: Consultancy; Legend BioTech: Consultancy; Merck: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Gamida Cells: Consultancy; Sorrento: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Vineti: Consultancy; Kite, a Gilead Company: Consultancy, Research Funding. Murray:The Binding Site: Patents & Royalties: Patent Use of Mass Spec to identify monoclonal proteins licensed to The Binding Site. Dispenzieri:Intellia: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding; Janssen: Research Funding; Alnylam: Research Funding.
Prognostic Restaging after Treatment Initiation in Patients with AL Amyloidosis
Abdallah, Nadine , Kapoor, Prashant , Lacy, Martha Q. , Hwa, Yi L. , Fonder, Amie , Hobbs, Miriam, Hayman, Suzanne R. , Lust, John A., Kourelis, Taxiarchis , Warsame, Rahma , Kyle, Robert A. , Kumar, Shaji , Dispenzieri, Angela , Muchtar, Eli , Buadi, Francis K. , Leung, Nelson , Dingli, David , Go, Ronald S. , Lin, Yi , Gonsalves, Wilson I. , Rajkumar, S. Vincent , Gertz, Morie A.

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10.1182/blood-2020-139356 Get It

Introduction: The utility of amyloidosis staging systems has been validated for newly diagnosed patients, but their role in restaging after starting treatment has not been explored. Given the high early mortality in this disease, restaging remote from the diagnosis may have clinical value. We designed this study to evaluate whether the currently used staging systems are prognostic when applied at 3 and 6 months from starting first-line treatment, and whether stage migration impacts survival. Methods: This is a retrospective study including patients with systemic light chain amyloidosis diagnosed between January, 1st 2006 and June, 30th 2019 and were seen in Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN within 90 days of diagnosis; the analysis included 535 and 301 patients who had restaging data available for at least one of the staging systems at 3 and 6 months, respectively. Patients were grouped into 4 stages using the 2015 European modification of the Mayo 2004 staging system based on values of cardiac biomarkers (cardiac troponin T and NTproBNP), and using the Mayo 2012 staging system based on cardiac biomarkers and the difference in serum free light chain concentration (dFLC). Overall survival (OS) was calculated from the time of re-staging until death or last follow up. Results: Using the modified Mayo 2004 staging system at 3 months from starting first-line treatment, median OS was 11.8 [95%CI: 11.4-not reached (NR)], 10.8 (95%CI: 9.4-NR), 4.6 (95%CI: 2.8-6.7), and 1.1 (95%CI: 0.7-2.6) years in patients with stage I, II, IIIa, and IIIb, respectively. Using Mayo 2012 staging at 3 months, OS was 11.8 (95%CI: 10.9-NR), 9.0 (95%CI: 6.2-NR), 5.2 (95%CI: 3.3-6.1), and 0.8 (95%CI: 0.7-1.1) years in patients with stage I, II, III, and IV, respectively (Figure 1a &b). Using the modified Mayo 2004 staging system at 6 months from starting first-line treatment, median OS was NR (95%CI: NR-NR), 9.8 (95%CI: 6.2-NR), 5.4 (95%CI: 3.2-9.0) and 0.9 (95%CI: 0.6-3.7) years in patients with stage I, II, IIIa, and IIIb, respectively. Using Mayo 2012 staging at 6 months, OS was NR (95%CI: 8.4-NR), NR (95%CI: 7.9-NR), 4.6 (95%CI: 3.0-6.5), and 0.9 (95%CI: 0.2-1.8) years in patients with stage I, II, III, and IV, respectively (Figure 1c &d). On multivariate analysis, advanced (stage > 2) modified Mayo 2004 stage (HR: 1.6, P=0.004) and advanced (stage > 2) Mayo 2012 stage (HR: 2.4, P<0.001) at 3 months were associated with decreased survival independent of cardiac response, hematologic response, and transplantation status. Although advanced Mayo 2004 stage at 6 months was associated with decreased survival, it was not statistically significant (HR: 1.5, P=0.09). In contrast, advanced Mayo 2012 stage at 6 months was independently associated with decreased survival (HR: 2.1, P=0.02). For both systems, worsening stage at 3 months or at 6 months was associated with a worse survival than retaining the original stage. In contrast, improving stage as compared to remaining in same stage was not associated with better survival at 3 or 6 months (Table 1). When the analysis was restricted to patients who had an advanced stage at diagnosis, improving stage at 3 months was associated with longer survival compared to retaining the original stage, with both modified Mayo 2004 (10.8 vs. 3.3 years, P<0.001) and Mayo 2012 (8.1 vs. 2.6 years, P<0.001) staging systems. At 6 months, stage improvement was associated with longer survival than retaining the original stage when the modified Mayo 2004 staging system was used (NR vs. 5.0 years, P=0.02), but it was not statistically significant when the Mayo 2012 staging system was used (5.9 vs. 3.7 years, P=0.12). Conclusion: The modified Mayo 2004 and the Mayo 2012 staging systems have independent prognostic value when used for restaging after 3 and 6 months from initiation of first-line treatment. Migration to a higher stage from diagnosis predicts decreased survival, compared to retaining the same stage. Stage improvement is associated with a better OS in patients with advanced stage at diagnosis. Disclosures Dispenzieri: Alnylam, Intellia, Janssen, Takeda, Pfizer, Prothena, Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Kapoor:GlaxoSmithKline: Research Funding; Sanofi: Consultancy, Research Funding; Janssen: Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria; Amgen: Research Funding; Takeda: Honoraria, Research Funding; Cellectar: Consultancy. Dingli:Rigel: Consultancy; Millenium: Consultancy; Sanofi-Genzyme: Consultancy; Bristol Myers Squibb: Research Funding; Karyopharm Therapeutics: Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy; Alexion: Consultancy; Apellis: Consultancy. Lin:Novartis: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy, Research Funding; Bluebird Bio: Consultancy, Research Funding; Sorrento: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Gamida Cells: Consultancy; Takeda: Research Funding; Merck: Research Funding; Legend BioTech: Consultancy; Juno: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Vineti: Consultancy; Kite, a Gilead Company: Consultancy, Research Funding. Gertz:Alnylam: Consultancy; NCI SPORE MM: Research Funding; Ionis/Akcea: Consultancy; Amyloidosis Foundation: Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy; Johnson and Johnson: Speakers Bureau; DAVA oncology: Speakers Bureau; Advisory Board for Pharmacyclics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Advisory Board for Proclara: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; i3Health: Consultancy; Springer Publishing: Patents & Royalties; Prothena: Consultancy; Sanofi: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy; Spectrum: Consultancy, Research Funding; Annexon: Consultancy; Appellis: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy; Medscape: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Physicians Education Resource: Consultancy; Data Safety Monitoring board from Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; International Waldenstrom Foundation: Research Funding. Kumar:Oncopeptides: Consultancy, Other: Independent Review Committee; IRC member; Genecentrix: Consultancy; Cellectar: Other; Genentech/Roche: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Celgene/BMS: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Kite Pharma: Consultancy, Research Funding; MedImmune: Research Funding; Carsgen: Other, Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy, Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments, Research Funding; Merck: Consultancy, Research Funding; Janssen Oncology: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Takeda: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; Karyopharm: Consultancy; AbbVie: Other: Research funding for clinical trials to the institution, Consulting/Advisory Board participation with no personal payments; BMS: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Adaptive Biotechnologies: Consultancy; Tenebio: Other, Research Funding; Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Honoraria; Sanofi: Research Funding.
Novel imaging techniques using 18F‐florbetapir PET/MRI can guide fascicular nerve biopsy in amyloid multiple mononeuropathy
Shouman, Kamal , Pendleton, Courtney , Johnson, Geoffrey B. , Tracy, Jennifer A., Engelstad, JaNean , Spinner, Robert J. , Dyck, P. James B. , Pendleton, Courtney A, Tracy, Jennifer, Dyck, P James B , Johnson, Geoffrey B , Broski, Stephen M. , Muchtar, Eli , Shouman, Kamal

Muscle & Nerve | October 23, 2020 | Volume: 63 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 104-108

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AbstractBackgroundMultiple mononeuropathy is a rare presentation of primary (AL) amyloidosis and nerve biopsy is usually needed for diagnosis. Conventional imaging is useful to identify proximal nerve involvement but may be inadequate. We report a patient with multiple mononeuropathy whose presentation was suggestive of AL amyloid neuropathy and in whom repeated tissue biopsies were negative for amyloid (including two sensory nerves and one muscle).MethodsThe patient underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and whole body 18F‐florbetapir positron emission tomography (PET)/MRI.ResultsWhole body 18F‐florbetapir PET/MRI revealed abnormal low‐level florbetapir uptake in the right proximal tibial and peroneal nerves, which provided a target for a sciatic bifurcation fascicular nerve biopsy that was diagnostic of AL amyloidosis.Conclusions 18F‐florbetapir PET/MRI imaging is a promising diagnostic tool for patients with suspected peripheral nerve amyloidosis (including multiple mononeuropathy) in whom conventional imaging and nerve and muscle biopsies miss the pathology.