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Development of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations During Trastuzumab Emtansine Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Soto, Jose Soto , Delgado, Julio

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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | May 11, 2025 | Volume: 211 | Issue: Supplement_1 | Pages: A1929-A1929

10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.abstracts.a1929 Get It

Abstract Introduction: Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) is a standard therapeutic agent for advanced stages of HER2-positive breast cancer, known to improve survival rates. However, it is associated with side effects including fatigue, anemia, and mild-to-moderate bleeding. We present a rare case of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) potentially linked to T-DM1 therapy, with clinical manifestations resembling hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Case Presentation: A 57-year-old female presented with chronic hypoxia on 3 L/min nasal oxygen. Her history included two years of worsening exertional dyspnea and hypoxemia during T-DM1 therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer, diagnosed 10 years earlier. She underwent bilateral mastectomy and was treated with T-DM1 and anastrozole. Echocardiography suggested a right-to-left shunt, while right heart catheterization excluded pulmonary hypertension. Subsequent CT angiography revealed small peripheral PAVMs, confirmed by Tc-99m MAA scintigraphy with a 30% right-to-left shunt. Lab results showed PaO2 at 52 mmHg, HCO3 at 20.3 mmol/L, O2 saturation at 86.4%, and PCO2 at 31 mmHg. Pulmonary function tests indicated restrictive lung volumes and severe diffusion impairment (FVC: 2.66 L, FEV1: 2.06 L, FEV1/FVC: 77.5%, TLC: 3.99 L, DLCO-SB: 20.7% predicted). Following discontinuation of T-DM1, patient experienced slight improvement in telangiectasias and dyspnea over three months but continued to require 10-15 L/min of oxygen during exertion. Arterial blood gas analysis showed a PaO2 of 56.4 mmHg, HCO3 of 20.7 mmol/L, resting O2 saturation of 88.4%, PCO2 of 26.8 mmHg, and PaO2 of 180.9 mmHg on 100% oxygen via a non-rebreather mask, indicating a persistent right-to-left shunt. Discussion: Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormal artery-vein connections linked to HHT, with PAVMs present in 80-90% of HHT cases, leading to right-to-left shunts. This patient's prolonged T-DM1 therapy appears associated with PAVMs and HHT-like symptoms. While T-DM1 has been linked to pulmonary and portal hypertension, as well as cerebral AVMs, this is the first report associating it with PAVMs, possibly through disruption of endothelial function and HHT pathways like ALK1 and ENG. Diagnosing PAVMs can be challenging due to their often-asymptomatic nature; however, in this case, they were identified through repeated CT imaging and Tc-99m MAA scintigraphy. Embolization, a typical intervention for PAVMs, was not feasible due to the small size of the malformations. The patient's condition improved after discontinuing T-DM1, suggesting a potential link between the drug and PAVMs. Understanding the mechanisms by which T-DM1 induces vascular abnormalities is crucial for developing targeted interventions and improving patient outcomes.
Real-World Outcomes of CD19-Targeted CAR T-Cell Therapy in Adult and Pediatric Patients with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL): Insights from the GoCART Coalition on Behalf of the PDWP, ALWP, and CTIWP of the EBMT
Ortiz-Maldonado, Valentin, Alonso‐Saladrigues, Anna , Farhan, Shatha , Vuyyala, Sowjanya, Michel, Eva, Imran, Fizza, Sanchez‐Sierra, Nazaret, Mielke, Stephan , Petersen, Soeren Lykke, Sîrvent, Anne , Barba, Pere , Nagler, Arnon , Bonin, Malte von , Ciceri, Fabio, Mielke, Stephan , Ortiz‐Maldonado, Valentín , Galimard, Jacques‐Emmanuel , Ottaviano, Giorgio , Sánchez‐Sierra, Nazaret , Martínez‐Cibrián, Núria , Ryhänen, Samppa J. , Mitchell, Richard , Pabst, Thomas , Kuball, Jurgen H. E. , Pérez‐Martínez, Antonio , Attarbaschi, Andishe , Nagler, Arnon , Pérez‐Simón, José Antonio , Nicholson, Emma , Beauvais, David , Delgado, Julio , Rives, Susana , Kałwak, Krzysztof , Ciceri, Fabio , Ruggeri, Annalisa , Balduzzi, Adriana , Giebel, Sebastian

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Blood | December 6, 2024 | Volume: 144 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 2333-2333

10.1182/blood-2024-206032 Get It

Background: In 2015 the first B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) patient receiving CAR T-cell therapy in Europe was reported to the EBMT registry. Today, the EBMT registry counts with more than 9000 patients treated with CAR T-cell therapies across all indications. Here, on behalf of the GoCART coalition, we present the outcomes of the largest European cohort of B-ALL patients treated with autologous, second generation, CD19-targeted CAR T-cells to date. Methods: Adult and paediatric patients with B-ALL received treatment with CAR T-cell therapy using either academic or commercially available products in 40 centres across 17 different countries. Safety was retrospectively assessed as per ASCTC 2019 consensus grading and CTCAE, and efficacy as per NCCN guidelines. Relapse incidence was defined as haematological relapse or progression after CART with non-relapse mortality as competing event. Leukemia free survival (LFS) was defined as being alive without occurrence of relapse. Follow-up includes patients treated from 2016 to Dec 2023 until data cutoff in June 2024. Results: A total of 345 patients (173 adults and 172 pediatrics) received therapy from 2016 to 2023 with tisagenlecleucel (65.2%), varnimcabtagene autoleucel (25.8%), brexucabtagene autoleucel (5.5%), and others (3.5%). Median age at infusion was 18 yrs. (range, 1.1-78.2) and 41.7% were females. High-risk features were identified including cytogenetic/genomic high-risk as per ELN guidelines (33.8%), relapse after allo-HCT (57.7%), early relapse (<1 year) after prior allo-HCT (30.4%), ≥3 prior treatment lines (55.5%) including prior exposure (and refractoriness) to blinatumomab and inotuzumab in 27.3% (34%) and 28.8% (32.3%), respectively. Median time from diagnosis to CART infusion was 2.8 years (0.1-17.9). Median time from last relapse prior CART to infusion was 2 months (range, 0.9-38.4). Bridging therapy was administered in 86.4% (298) of patients based on high or low intensity chemotherapy (32.1% or 26.5%, respectively), inotuzumab-ozogamicin (13.4%), TKI (8.2%), involved-site therapy (intrathecal chemotherapy, radiotherapy, orchiectomy) (3.5%), and blinatumomab (2.6%), alone or in combination. Prior to infusion, 34.7% had more than 5% BM blast count, 16.3% had circulating blasts in PB, and 20.6% had extramedullary disease. Lymphodepletion was performed in all but one patient, based on fludarabine and cyclophosphamide regimens. The reverse Kaplan-Meier median follow-up was of 2.2 years. The incidence of any grade (and severe) CRS was 71.6% (14.5%), and for ICANS was 15.7% (7.6%). The cumulative incidence of MRD-negative CR at month +3 was 76.9% (71.9-81.1), followed by a 2-year overall survival of 64.6% (58.7-69.8), leukemia-free survival of 48% (42.1-53.7), and relapse incidence of 45.5% (39.6-51.2). Non-relapse mortality at 2 years was 6.5% (4-9.6), 2-year cumulative incidence of subsequent HSCT of 33.3% (28-38.7) and second CAR-T infusions of 12.4% (8.8-16.6). Allogeneic HSCT after CAR-T was performed in 113 cases including 67 (59.3%) HSCT-naïve patients, due to molecular or overt disease relapse (60.9%), and other non-relapse reasons including suboptimal CAR-T persistence/B-cell aplasia (19.1%), pre-CAR-T high-risk features (13.6%), second malignancies (1.8%), and others. Second CAR-T infusions were performed in 39 cases due to molecular or overt disease relapse (79.5%) or suboptimal CAR-T persistence/B-cell aplasia in the absence of relapse (20.5%). Conclusions: The results from this European study demonstrate that CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapy is an effective treatment for patients with high-risk B-cell ALL, providing substantial leukemia-free survival and overall survival rates despite the high-risk nature of the patient population. The necessity for bridging therapies and subsequent consolidative approaches, such as HSCT and second CAR T infusions, underscores the complexity and tailored nature of managing R/R B-ALL. These findings support the continued use and further investigation of CAR T-cell therapy in diverse clinical settings, emphasizing the importance of post-infusion strategies to sustain long-term remission. This will provide deeper insights into the factors influencing outcomes and help refine treatment protocols to improve patient care.
Second Infusion of CAR T-Cells in Patients with Relapsed /Refractory B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Results from a Gocart Coalition Analysis on Behalf of the PDWP, ALWP, and Ctiwp of the EBMT
Farhan, Shatha , Vuyyala, Sowjanya, Michel, Eva, Imran, Fizza, Sanchez‐Sierra, Nazaret, Mielke, Stephan, Petersen, Soeren Lykke, Zuckerman, Tsila , Pérez-Martínez, Antonio, Ciceri, Fabio, Delgado, Julio, Alonso‐Saladrigues, Anna , Ortiz-Maldonado, Valentin, Mielke, Stephan , Mielke, Stephan , Rives, Susana , Ottaviano, Giorgio , Martínez‐Cibrián, Núria , Galimard, Jacques‐Emmanuel , Sánchez‐Sierra, Nazaret , Mitchell, Richard , Attarbaschi, Andishe , Petersen, Soeren Lykke, Ryhänen, Samppa J. , Bethge, Wolfgang , Beauvais, David , Pérez-Martínez, Antonio, Kałwak, Krzysztof , Ciceri, Fabio , Ruggeri, Annalisa , Giebel, Sebastian , Balduzzi, Adriana , Ortiz‐Maldonado, Valentín

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Blood | December 5, 2024 | Volume: 144 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 965-965

10.1182/blood-2024-205669 Get It

Background: The prognosis of patients (pts) with relapsed or refractory B ALL (r/r B-ALL) treated with CAR T-cells and receive a 2nd CART infusion is unknown. Few reports with limited numbers of patients suggest that 2nd CART infusion is feasible with questionable efficacy. This GoCART coalition registry study aimed at compiling data to investigate the indications, efficacy, and toxicity of CART2 infusion in pts with r/r B-ALL. Methods: This is a multicenter, retrospective registry study that included pediatric and adult patients with r/r B-ALL who received autologous CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapy (CART1) and subsequently were treated with a second administration of CD19 and/or CD22-targeted CAR-T cell therapy (CART2) from 2017 to 2023. Baseline features, prior stem cell transplant (SCT), indications for CART2 and outcomes were collected. Relapse incidence (RI) was defined as overt recurrence, non-relapse mortality (NRM) as death without relapse occurrence, leukemia free survival (LFS) as being alive without occurrence of relapse and overall survival (OS) as being alive. RI and NRM were estimated using cumulative incidence function and OS and LFS Kaplan-Meier estimation. Results: Out of 345 pts who received CART1, 39 (2y cumulative incidence of second CART: 12.4% (95%CI: 8.8-16.6)) received CART2. Reasons for CART2 were overt relapse (n= 26; 66.7%), molecular relapse by measurable residual disease (MRD+) (n=5; 12.8%), and B-cell recovery (BCR) in the absence of relapse (n=8; 20.5%). Seventeen pts (43.6%) were female and median age at CART2 infusion was 19 yrs (range: 6.9-67.1), including 19 children and 20 adults. 74.4% of the pts had received a prior SCT, 25 pts (64%) before CART1, 2 (5.1%) only between CART1 and CART2, and 2 (5.1%) before CART1 and between CART1 and CART2. Among the 31 pts who received CART2 for relapse, this was CD19+ in 24 (92.3%), CD19- in 2 (7.7%), and unknown in 5. CART1 products were varnimcabtagene autoleucel (ARI-0001) (23), tisagenlecleucel (13), brexucabtagene autoleucel (1), and other experimental (2). All CART2 products targeted CD19 except 2 (1 CD22 and 1 dual CD19-CD22). Median time between CART1 and CART2 was 11.0 months. For patients who received CART2 for BCR, median time between CART1 and CART2 was shorter than for those who received it for relapse: 2.4 (IQR: 2.3-3.3) months vs. 12.4 (IQR:6.4-19.3) months. Regarding leukemic burden at the time of CART2 infusion, 19 pts (48.8%) were in overt relapse (14/19 with extramedullary disease, including 7 in CNS), 12 (30.1%) were in complete remission (CR) MRD+ and 8 (20.5%) CR MRD-. With a median follow-up time of 2.3 yrs [95% CI: 1.2-3.4], the 2-yr OS and LFS after CART2 were 47.1% [95% CI: 27.8-64.3] and 39.9% [95% CI: 24-55.3], respectively. 2-yr RI was 54.5% (95% CI: 36.5-69.4) and NRM was 5.6% (95% CI 1-16.8). 2-yr OS, LFS and RI for pts in CR at CART2 infusion irrespective to MRD were 76.1%, 63.3% and 25.6% while for those not in CR these outcomes were 17.7%, 15% and 85%, respectively (p= 0.007, 0.006 and 0.002). 2-yr LFS (71.4% [95% CI 25.8-92]) and RI (0%) was significantly better for pts receiving CART2 for BCR than in those who received it for relapse (31.6% [15.6-48.9] and 68.4% [46.7-82.8]; p= 0.036, p=0.002). Conclusion: This is a large registry study describing indications and outcome of CART2 in patients with r/r B-ALL. At 2-yrs after CART2, the LFS was of 39.9% and for patients receiving CART2 due to B-cell recovery was of 71.4%. These results show that CART2 is associated with low NRM and might be a bridge to SCT or other additional therapies. Updated results with data about subsequent therapies after CART2 will be presented at ASH meeting.
“Real World” Outcome of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation after CAR19 T Cell Therapy in Children and Adults with B-ALL: A Gocart Coalition Study on Behalf of the PDWP, ALWP, and Ctiwp of the EBMT
Alonso‐Saladrigues, Anna , Ortiz-Maldonado, Valentin, Farhan, Shatha , Vuyyala, Sowjanya, Michel, Eva, Imran, Fizza, Mielke, Stephan , Martínez, A. Pérez, Béguin, Yves , Nagler, Arnon , Sîrvent, Anne , Petersen, Soeren Lykke, Barba, Pere , Marsal, Júlia, Delgado, Julio, Ciceri, Fabio, Mielke, Stephan , Ottaviano, Giorgio , Ortiz‐Maldonado, Valentín , Galimard, Jacques‐Emmanuel , Martínez‐Cibrián, Núria , Ryhänen, Samppa J. , Attarbaschi, Andishe , Kuball, Jurgen H. E. , Kałwak, Krzysztof , Ciceri, Fabio , Ruggeri, Annalisa , Giebel, Sebastian , Rives, Susana , Balduzzi, Adriana

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Blood | December 5, 2024 | Volume: 144 | Issue: Supplement 1 | Pages: 112-112

10.1182/blood-2024-201946 Get It

Introduction: Despite the success of anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells (CART19) in patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), an allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) might rescue patients with disease recurrence. However, in patients at high risk of relapse, indication and timing of HSCT are challenging. Whether waiting for detectable disease or proceeding to consolidative HSCT in remission, is still controversial. This GoCART Coalition registry study aimed at investigating the outcome of patients who received HSCT after CART19. Methods: We retrieved data from the EBMT registry on adults and children with B-ALL who received autologous CART19 from 2016 and 2023. Baseline, previous treatment, bridging therapy, CART19 therapy, B cell aplasia duration, outcome, disease status at follow-up were collected. Kaplan Meier estimates were used for overall survival (OS), leukemia-free survival (LFS) and non-relapse mortality (NRM) from date of HSCT, whereas cumulative incidence was used for relapse after HSCT. The relapse was defined as molecular or hematologic recurrence of the disease. Relapse and NRM were mutually competing events. Results: Of 345 patients (173 adults and 172 children) infused with CART19 (Tisagenlecleucel in 65.2%, Varnimcabtagene autoleucel 25.8%, brexucabtagene autoleucel 5.5%, and others 3.5%), 113 subsequently received an HSCT (37 adults and 76 children; median age 13.5 years, IQR 8.2-22.2) at a median of 6.2 months (3.7-11.8) after CART19 infusion. Median follow-up was 1.6 years (95%CI 1.1-1.9). Overall, 67/113 (59.3%) patients were transplant-naive (17 adults; 50 children). 78.2% received a myeloablative conditioning, 36.8% were grafted from a mismatched related donor. Most of the patients (64.2%) were transplanted in CR3 or more. Disease status at HSCT was relapsed disease for 9% of the patients, whereas among patients in CR with reported MRD 26/95 (27%) received HSCT with MRD positivity (MRD+). Among the patients with disease recurrence after CART19, 19/60 (32%) detected a CD19-negative clone. Indication for the subsequent HSCT was reported for 110 patients, as follow: (I) Rescue HSCT in 68 (62%) patients with molecular/morphological disease after CAR-T (including one patient with MDS post CAR-T); (II) Pre-emptive HSCT in 22 (20%) patients with B-cell aplasia loss with no signs of disease recurrence; (III) ConsolidativeHSCT in the 20 patients (18%) who were transplanted for the high risk of relapse, despite ongoing B cell aplasia and no disease recurrence. Median time elapsed between CART19 and HSCT was 9.5, 4.4 and 3.4 months in the three groups, respectively. The 2-yr OS was 71.1% (95%CI 59.8-79.7) and 2-yr LFS was 53.5% (41.9- 63.8), relapse incidence was 32.7% (22.4-43.5), while NRM was 11.6% (6.1-19.1). The 2-years LFS was 59.6% (45.2-71.4) vs 42% (19.2-63.4), for patients transplanted with negative or positive MRD, respectively. 5/11 patients transplanted with overt disease (including one with MDS) relapsed or died, the 6 survivors free of disease had follow-up inferior to 2 years. Children compared with adults showed better OS (76.8%, 62.1-86.4; 59.9%; 40.8-74.6; p=0.02), and better LFS (64.3%, vs. 36.4%; p= 0.02). Patients receiving a rescue HSCT for MRD+ or overt relapse had a significant lower LFS (43.6% and 33.2%), as compared to pre-emptive (77.3%) and consolidative HSCT (83.6%, p= 0.001). In univariate analysis, no significant differences in OS (74.5% vs 65.6%, p=0.32), LFS (54.3% vs 52.4%, p=0.75) and NRM (10.7% vs 12.9%, p=0.68) were reported for those patients having a previous HSCT before CART19. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge this is the largest cohort of transplanted patients after CART19. In this “real-world” registry-based study we found that patients transplanted without disease recurrence had a better LFS, also accounting for MRD. For those who experienced molecular or overt relapse, achieving MRD negativity appeared to be relevant for a better outcome. The low NRM, with no differences between pre-transplanted and transplant naive patients, suggest that HSCT after CART19 is well tolerated, and represent a valid strategy to reduce the risk of relapse. As it remains unclear for which patients autologous CART19 cells remains a stand-alone treatment, future studies should focus on strategies for early identification of patients at higher risk of treatment failure.
Comparison of Two Clinical Laboratory Assays for Measuring Serum Adalimumab and Antibodies to Adalimumab
Pido, Mary Therese J, Delgado, Julio C. , Willrich, Maria Alice V. , Lázár‐Molnár, Eszter , Willrich, Maria A , Lázár-Molnár, Eszter , Jain, Dharmendra

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The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine | September 2, 2023 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 1054-1064

10.1093/jalm/jfad048 | PMID 37658801 Get It

Abstract Background Adalimumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody developed against tumor necrosis factor (TNF), used for the treatment of autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases. Immunogenicity to this drug may lead to therapeutic failure. Various laboratory assays are used for measuring serum adalimumab and anti-drug antibodies (ADA) to adalimumab, for therapeutic monitoring and evaluation of clinical non-responsiveness. This study compared the performance of 2 clinical assays used by different reference laboratories. Methods In total, 120 residual clinical samples were tested at both laboratories. A sandwich ELISA for adalimumab detecting free drug and a bridging ELISA capable of detecting both free and bound ADA were performed at the Mayo Clinic. A functional cell-based reporter gene assay (RGA) was used at ARUP Laboratories for measuring bioactive serum drug concentrations, and neutralizing ADA. Results Seventy-eight samples had measurable concentrations of adalimumab by both methods and yielded a correlation coefficient r = 0.93, slope = 0.886, and intercept = 0.950. Overall agreement of 92.5% was observed between the assays, with most discrepant drug results being attributed to a higher positivity rate with ELISA (8/9). One outlier positive with RGA and negative with ELISA was confirmed by LC-MS/MS to be attributed to infliximab. Overall agreement of 79.2% was observed between the ADA assays. Differences in ADA results may be due to the bridging ELISA detecting total ADA (free, drug-bound, neutralizing, and non-neutralizing), while RGA detects free, neutralizing ADA only. Conclusions Although the assays are fundamentally different, the results show significant concordance between the clinically validated tests performed in different laboratories.
International prognostic score for asymptomatic early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Condoluci, Adalgisa , Bergamo, Lodovico Terzi di , Langerbeins, Petra , Hoechstetter, Manuela A. , Herling, Carmen , Delgado, Julio , Rabe, Kari G. , Gentile, Massimo , Doubek, Michael , Chiodin, Giorgia , Mattsson, Mattias , Bahlo, Jasmin, Cutrona, Giovanna , Kotašková, Jana , Deambrogi, Clara, Smedby, Karin E. , Spina, Valeria, Bruscaggin, Alessio , Wu, Wei , Moia, Riccardo , Bianchi, Elena , Gerber, B. , Gillessen, Silke , Ghielmini, Michele, Cavalli, Franco , Stüssi, Georg , Hess, Mark A., Baumann, Tycho , Neri, Antonino , Rosenquist, Richard , Forconi, Francesco , Foà, Robin , Pospı́šilová, Šárka , Montserrat, Emili , Gaïdano, Gianluca , Hallek, Michael , Rossi, Davide , Chaffee, Kari G. , Gentile, Massimo , Gaidano, Gianluca , Rosenquist, Richard , Forconi, Francesco , Paoli, Lorenzo De , Mauro, Francesca Romana , Zucca, Emanuele , Ferrarini, Manlio , Morabito, Fortunato , Stilgenbauer, Stephan , Döhner, Hartmut , Parikh, Sameer A. , Wierda, William G.

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Blood | April 8, 2020 | Volume: 135 | Issue: 21 | Pages: 1859-1869

10.1182/blood.2019003453 | PMID 32267500 Get It

AbstractMost patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are diagnosed with early-stage disease and managed with active surveillance. The individual course of patients with early-stage CLL is heterogeneous, and their probability of needing treatment is hardly anticipated at diagnosis. We aimed at developing an international prognostic score to predict time to first treatment (TTFT) in patients with CLL with early, asymptomatic disease (International Prognostic Score for Early-stage CLL [IPS-E]). Individual patient data from 11 international cohorts of patients with early-stage CLL (n = 4933) were analyzed to build and validate the prognostic score. Three covariates were consistently and independently correlated with TTFT: unmutated immunoglobulin heavy variable gene (IGHV), absolute lymphocyte count higher than 15 × 109/L, and presence of palpable lymph nodes. The IPS-E was the sum of the covariates (1 point each), and separated low-risk (score 0), intermediate-risk (score 1), and high-risk (score 2-3) patients showing a distinct TTFT. The score accuracy was validated in 9 cohorts staged by the Binet system and 1 cohort staged by the Rai system. The C-index was 0.74 in the training series and 0.70 in the aggregate of validation series. By meta-analysis of the training and validation cohorts, the 5-year cumulative risk for treatment start was 8.4%, 28.4%, and 61.2% among low-risk, intermediate-risk, and high-risk patients, respectively. The IPS-E is a simple and robust prognostic model that predicts the likelihood of treatment requirement in patients with early-stage CLL. The IPS-E can be useful in clinical management and in the design of early intervention clinical trials.
An international multi-center serum protein electrophoresis accuracy and M-protein isotyping study. Part II: limit of detection and follow-up of patients with small M-proteins
Jacobs, Joannes F.M. , Turner, Katherine A., Graziani, Maria Stella , Frinack, Jody L. , Ettore, Michael, Tate, Jillian R., Booth, Ronald A. , McCudden, Christopher R. , Keren, David F. , Delgado, Julio C., Zemtsovskaja, Galina , Fullinfaw, Robert O., Caldini, Anna, Malmanche, Theo de , Katakouzinos, Katina, Burke, Matthew J. , Altinier, Sara, Zaninotto, Martina, Righetti, G, Melki, Marie Therese, Bell, Stephen C., Ettore, Michael W, Willrich, Maria Alice Vieira, Palladini, Giovanni , Melki, Marie‐Thérèse, Willrich, Maria Alice V.

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Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) | January 15, 2020 | Volume: 58 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 547-559

10.1515/cclm-2019-1105 | PMID 31940285 Get It

Abstract Background Electrophoretic methods to detect, characterize and quantify M-proteins play an important role in the management of patients with monoclonal gammopathies (MGs). Significant uncertainty in the quantification and limit of detection (LOD) is documented when M-proteins are <10 g/L. Using spiked sera, we aimed to assess the variability in intact M-protein quantification and LOD across 16 laboratories. Methods Sera with normal, hypo- or hyper-gammaglobulinemia were spiked with daratumumab or elotuzumab, with concentrations from 0.125 to 10 g/L (n = 62) along with a beta-migrating sample (n = 9). Laboratories blindly analyzed samples according to their serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP)/isotyping standard operating procedures. LOD and intra-laboratory percent coefficient of variation (%CV) were calculated and further specified with regard to the method (gel/capillary electrophoresis [CZE]), gating strategy (perpendicular drop [PD]/tangent skimming [TS]), isotyping (immunofixation/immunosubtraction [ISUB]) and manufacturer (Helena/Sebia). Results All M-proteins ≥1 g/L were detected by SPEP. With isotyping the LOD was moderately more sensitive than with SPEP. The intensity of polyclonal background had the biggest negative impact on LOD. Independent of the method used, the intra-laboratory imprecision of M-protein quantification was small (mean CV = 5.0%). Low M-protein concentration and high polyclonal background had the strongest negative impact on intra-laboratory precision. All laboratories were able to follow trend of M-protein concentrations down to 1 g/L. Conclusions In this study, we describe a large variation in the reported LOD for both SPEP and isotyping; overall LOD is most affected by the polyclonal immunoglobulin background. Satisfactory intra-laboratory precision was demonstrated. This indicates that the quantification of small M-proteins to monitor patients over time is appropriate, when subsequent testing is performed within the same laboratory.
An international multi-center serum protein electrophoresis accuracy and M-protein isotyping study. Part I: factors impacting limit of quantitation of serum protein electrophoresis
Turner, Katherine A., Frinack, Jody L. , Ettore, Michael, Tate, Jillian R., Graziani, Maria Stella , Jacobs, Joannes F.M. , Booth, Ronald A. , McCudden, Christopher R. , Keren, David F. , Delgado, Julio C., Zemtsovskaja, Galina , Fullinfaw, Robert O., Caldini, Anna, Malmanche, Theo de , Katakouzinos, Katina, Burke, Matthew J. , Altinier, Sara, Zaninotto, Martina, Righetti, G, Melki, Marie Therese, Bell, Stephen C., Ettore, Michael W, Willrich, Maria Alice Vieira, Palladini, Giovanni , Melki, Marie‐Thérèse, Willrich, Maria Alice V.

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Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) | January 15, 2020 | Volume: 58 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 533-546

10.1515/cclm-2019-1104 | PMID 31940284 Get It

Abstract Background Serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) is used to quantify the serum monoclonal component or M-protein, for diagnosis and monitoring of monoclonal gammopathies. Significant imprecision and inaccuracy pose challenges in reporting small M-proteins. Using therapeutic monoclonal antibody-spiked sera and a pooled beta-migrating M-protein, we aimed to assess SPEP limitations and variability across 16 laboratories in three continents. Methods Sera with normal, hypo- or hypergammaglobulinemia were spiked with daratumumab, Dara (cathodal migrating), or elotuzumab, Elo (central-gamma migrating), with concentrations from 0.125 to 10 g/L (n = 62) along with a beta-migrating sample (n = 9). Provided with total protein (reverse biuret, Siemens), laboratories blindly analyzed samples according to their SPEP and immunofixation (IFE) or immunosubtraction (ISUB) standard operating procedures. Sixteen laboratories reported the perpendicular drop (PD) method of gating the M-protein, while 10 used tangent skimming (TS). A mean percent recovery range of 80%–120% was set as acceptable. The inter-laboratory %CV was calculated. Results Gamma globulin background, migration pattern and concentration all affect the precision and accuracy of quantifying M-proteins by SPEP. As the background increases, imprecision increases and accuracy decreases leading to overestimation of M-protein quantitation especially evident in hypergamma samples, and more prominent with PD. Cathodal migrating M-proteins were associated with less imprecision and higher accuracy compared to central-gamma migrating M-proteins, which is attributed to the increased gamma background contribution in M-proteins migrating in the middle of the gamma fraction. There is greater imprecision and loss of accuracy at lower M-protein concentrations. Conclusions This study suggests that quantifying exceedingly low concentrations of M-proteins, although possible, may not yield adequate accuracy and precision between laboratories.
A Distributed International Patient Data Registry for Hairy Cell Leukemia
Andritsos, Leslie A. , Grever, Michael R. , Anghelina, Mirela , Dearden, Claire , Else, Monica , Lele, Omkar , Johnston, James B. , Call, Timothy G. , Delgado, Julio , Fagarasanu, Andrei, Gozzetti, Alessandro , Jones, Jeffrey A. , Juliusson, Gunnar , Kraut, Eric H., Kreitman, Robert J. , Larratt, Loree, Lauria, Francesco, Lozanski, Gerard , Montserrat, Emili , Park, Jae H. , Polliack, Aaron, Quest, Graeme, Rai, Kanti R., Saven, Alan, Tallman, Martin S. , Tiacci, Enrico , Heckler, Christopher, Gozzetti, Alessandro , Blachly, James S. , Ravandi, Farhad , Zent, Clive S. , Banerji, Versha , Forconi, Francesco , Ho, Anthony D. , Zenz, Thorsten , Dietrich, Sascha , Demeter, Judit , Barrientos, Jacqueline C. , Burger, Jan A. , Chiorazzi, Nicholas , DeAngelo, Daniel J. , Falini, Brunangelo , Parikh, Sameer A. , Rai, Kanti R., Robak, Tadeusz , Tadmor, Tamar , Tam, Constantine S. , Troussard, Xavier , Abdel‐Wahab, Omar , Zinzani, Pier Luigi , Payne, Philip

Mayo Clinic

Blood | October 10, 2019 | Volume: 128 | Issue: 22 | Pages: 5986-5986

10.1182/blood.v128.22.5986.5986 Get It

Abstract BACKGROUND: The study of rare diseases is limited by the uncommon nature of the conditions as well as the widely dispersed patient populations. Current rare disease registries such as the National Organization of Rare Diseases utilize centralized platforms for data collection; however because of their broad nature, these do not always capture unique, disease specific elements. Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) is a rare leukemia globally with approximately 900 new cases diagnosed in the US each year. The HCL Foundation undertook creation of a Patient Data Registry that collects data from multiple HCL Centers of Excellence (COE) around the globe to better understand the complications, treatment outcomes, disease subtypes, comorbid conditions, epidemiology, and quality of life of patients with HCL. METHODS: Investigators at The Ohio State University Department of Biomedical Informatics and Division of Hematology in collaboration with the HCL Foundation developed a Patient Data Registry (PDR) for the longitudinal capture of high quality research data. This system differs from other registries in that it uses a federated( rather than centralized) architecture, wherein data is queried and integrated in an on-demand manner from local registry databases at each participating site. Further, the data collected for use in the registry combines both automated exports from existing electronic health records (EHRs) as well as additional data entered via a set of web-based forms. All manually entered data comes from source documents, and data provenance spanning electronic and manually entered data is maintained via multiple technical measures. Patients may be enrolled at HCL COE, or, if they do not have access to a COE they may enroll via a web-based portal (www.hairycellleukemia.org). At this time due to regulatory requirements the web-based portal is available to US patients only. All data are de-identified (see Figure 1: De-Identification Workflow) which reduces regulatory burden and increases opportunities for data access and re-use. End users have access to data via a project-specific query portal. RESULTS: The Patient Data Registry has been deployed at The Ohio State University, Royal Marsden Hospital, and MD Anderson Cancer Center, and is undergoing deployment at the University of Rochester. Up to 25 international HCL COE may participate. In addition, US patients are actively entering the registry via the web-based portal. To date, 227 patients have been consented to the registry with 119 of these being via the web-based entry point. CONCLUSION: We created an international and web-based patient data registry which will enable researchers to study outcomes in HCL in ways not previously possible given the rarity of the disease. This work was made possible by research funding from the Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation. Figure De-Identification Workflow Figure. De-Identification Workflow Disclosures Andritsos: Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation: Research Funding. Anghelina:Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation: Research Funding. Lele:Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation: Research Funding. Burger:Pharmacyclics: Research Funding. Delgado:Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis/GSK: Consultancy, Honoraria; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria; Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Infinity: Research Funding. Jones:AbbVie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Janssen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Pharmacyclics, LLC, an AbbVie Company: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Lozanski:Beckman Coulter: Research Funding; Genentech: Research Funding; Stemline Therapeutics Inc.: Research Funding; Boehringer Ingelheim: Research Funding. Montserrat:Morphosys: Other: Expert Testimony; Vivia Biotech: Equity Ownership; Gilead: Consultancy, Other: Expert Testimony; Pharmacyclics: Consultancy; Janssen: Honoraria, Other: travel, accommodations, expenses. Parikh:Pharmacyclics: Honoraria, Research Funding. Park:Genentech/Roche: Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy; Juno Therapeutics: Consultancy, Research Funding. Robak:Pharmacyclics, LLC, an AbbVie Company: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; AbbVie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding. Tam:janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding; Roche: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; AbbVie: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Heckler:Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation: Research Funding. Payne:Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation: Research Funding.