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    A Decade of Anti-Myeloma Vaccine Development through Early Phase Trials: A Systematic Review
    American Society of Hematology ; 2018
    In:  Blood Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 5635-5635
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 5635-5635
    Abstract: Introduction: Rationale for anticancer vaccine therapy is based on humoral and/or cellular response against unique tumor antigens (Ag). Peptide vaccines specific for Ag are under investigation for patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Among cell-based vaccines, monocyte derived dendritic cell (MDDC) fused with myeloma cells serve as Ag presenting cells to develop an immune response against a variety of targets. The purpose of this study is to report clinical response and tolerability of anti-myeloma vaccines. Methods: We included phase I and I/II trials developed between January 2008 to December 2017, where vaccines or viruses were used against MM, irrespective of the geo-location, age, and sex. We performed a comprehensive literature search (last update 3-30-2018) using the following databases: PubMed, Embase, AdisInsight, and Clinicaltrials.gov. Results: The initial search identified 2537 early phase studies. After screening by 2 reviewers and categorization by mechanism of action, 25 clinical trials (CT) that involved vaccines and/or viruses were included. We added 1 CT after the manual search. Therapy was given to 3 distinct classes of patients: patients without prior treatment (high risk smoldering MM or stage I MM, 4 CT), as an adjunct therapy for patients undergoing FDA approved treatments [high dose chemotherapy (HDT), allogeneic (allo-SCT) or autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT), 9 CT], and patients with residual or relapsed/refractory (RR) disease after FDA approved therapies (11 CT). Of the included 25 CT, 14 have published results available for analysis. For patients without prior treatments, PVX-410, a multi-peptide vaccine, resulted in at least minimal response (MR) in 50% of patients when combined with lenalidomiden and achieved stable disease (SD) for 60% of patients when used alone at 12 months follow up. Treatment with Idiotype-pulsed mature MMDC targeting idiotype proteins in MM showed MR in 30% of patients and SD in 43% of patients at 12 months. For patients receiving vaccines as an adjuvant treatment, recMAGE-A3 resulted in complete response (CR) and very good partial response (VGPR) in 46% and 54% respectively, at 3 months post ASCT follow up. By 12 months post ASCT, these responses were 38% CR and 23% VGPR. Treatment with MDDC (MAGE3 + Survivin + BCMA) resulted in SD in 42% of patients at a median of 25 months post vaccination and 55 months post ASCT. ScFv-FrC, a DNA fusion vaccine, resulted in CR in 50% and MR/SD in 21% at 52 weeks post vaccination. Ongoing CR/PR was maintained for 3+ years in 57 % patients, 4+ years in 36%, and 5+ years in 14% of patients following ASCT; OS was 64% after a median follow up of 85.6 months . Patients treated with MDDCs/tumor cells fusion vaccine had 69% SD after vaccination and 20% SD at a median of 26 months. When vaccines were given as a salvage therapy in RR MM, ImMucin vaccine showed a CR in 30% of patients during treatment, 20% maintained CR, and 13% had SD at a median of 24 months. Galinpepimut-S vaccine showed CR or very good partial response (VGPR) in 37% of patients at a median of 12 months, and 26% CR and VGPR at 18 months, with a progression free survival rate of 23.6 months. Patients receiving mHag loaded host MDDC vaccination also showed 8% CR for 〉 6 years (n=1) and 8% PR for 19 weeks (n=1); 33% had SD. Reolysin (wild-type reovirus), a virus-based vaccine, was used in 3 trials for RR MM patients. When alone, 42% of patients had SD and 58% had PD. When combined with dexamethasone and bortezomib 37% of patients had SD lasting for 3 cycles. Whereas, when combined with dexamethasone and carfilzomib, all patients had decrease in monoclonal proteins, with VGPR reported in 28%, PR in 43%, MR in 8%, and SD in 8% patients after 8 cycles. Most vaccines were well tolerated by patients, only grade (G) 1 and G2 side effects (SE), which were mostly flu-like symptoms and local skin reactions. G3 SE included pneumonia with mHag DC and Bcl2 peptide vaccine, GVHD with hTERT tumor vaccine, DVT and rash seen with scFv-FrC DNA vaccines. G4 SE were rare, but seen with reolysin, requiring 2 patients to be removed from study, and with DC/tumor cell fusion vaccine (1 pulmonary embolism). Conclusion Anti-myeloma vaccination therapy appears to be well tolerated, which makes it a promising adjuvant therapeutic agent against MM. Current data reveals positive immunologic activity in most patients and there is possibility of promising clinical responses with further drug development. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    ISSN: 0006-4971 , 1528-0020
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    Safety and Efficacy of Venetoclax in Relapsed Refractory Multiple Myeloma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    American Society of Hematology ; 2018
    In:  Blood Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 5625-5625
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 5625-5625
    Abstract: Background: Management of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) is challenging. Venetoclax (ABT-199) is an oral selective inhibitor of an anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 that showed activity in preclinical studies, especially for t(11;14) MM cell lines or in the cells with high bcl-2 expression. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the outcomes of venetoclax in RRMM. Method: Literature databases (Medline, Embase, and Cochrane) were searched for studies published up to June 19, 2018. Our search strategy included MeSH terms and key words for multiple myeloma and venetoclax including trade names and generic names. CMA software v.3 was used for analysis. Random-effects model was applied. Results: 163 patients (n=115 in dose escalation, n=48 in safety expansion) were identified from two clinical trials (phase Ib study by Moreau, P. et al. 2017, n=66 and phase I/II study by Kumar, S. et al. 2017, n=66) and one retrospective study (Galligan, D. et al. 2017, n=31). The median age was 63, 64, N/A in phase Ib, phase I/II and retrospective study, respectively. 47 patients (29%) had t(11;14). Other cytogenetic aberrations were del(17p) [n 〈 25]; t(4;14) [n=5] ; del(13q) [n=41]; t(14;16) [n 〈 5]; t(14;20) [n 〈 5]. 124 patients (76%) were refractory to bortezomib and/or lenalidomide; most patients had ≥3 prior therapies. Venetoclax doses escalated from 50 mg/day to 1200 mg/day in phase Ib and phase I/II studies. Safety expansion doses were 800 mg and 1200 mg in phase Ib and phase I/II studies, respectively. Median dose of venetoclax for the retrospective study was 800 mg daily. Bortezomib and dexamethasone doses from phase Ib study were 1.3 mg/m2 subcutaneous and 20 mg, respectively. The median duration on venetoclax and median time on study ranged from 2 to 6 months. Median duration of response (DOR) and median time-to-progression (TTP) were reported higher with combination therapy of bortezomib and dexamethasone (9.7 months and 9.5 months, respectively). 62% of patients have discontinued the therapy due to: progressive disease (48%), adverse events (6%), and various other reasons (8%). There were 13 deaths; 6 were due to disease progression. Most common side effect from three studies was gastrointestinal problems such as nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. The median duration of response was 9.7, 9.7, 2 months and the median time to progression was 9.5, 2.6, NA months for phase Ib, phase I/II and retrospective study, respectively. The pooled overall response rate (ORR) for all patients was 43% (n=163) with the highest rate (67%) being reported from phase Ib study using combined venetoclax, bortezomib and dexamethasone (Figure 1 and 2). Among 44 patients with t(11;14), ORR was 40% and 78% in phase I/II and phase Ib studies, respectively. Twenty-eight patients who expressed high-bcl2 showed ORR rates of 80% and 94%, whereas 50 patients who had low-bcl2 level showed ORR rates of 8% and 59% in phase I/II and phase Ib studies, respectively (Table 1). Conclusion: Single-agent venetoclax showed an ORR of 21%, the addition of bortezomib produced an ORR of 32%, and the addition of bortezomib and dexamethasone improved an ORR to 67%. Better ORR was observed in patients with t(11;14) and with high-bcl2 expression. The highest median DOR (9.7 months) and TTP (9.5 months) were reported with a combination therapy of venetoclax, bortezomib and dexamethasone. Most reported adverse events were related to gastrointestinal system. More clinical studies evaluating the combination therapies using venetoclax are needed. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    ISSN: 0006-4971 , 1528-0020
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    DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-109925
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    The Comparison of Unmanipulated Bone Marrow Versus Peripheral Blood Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation in Adult Acute Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    American Society of Hematology ; 2018
    In:  Blood Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 5768-5768
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 5768-5768
    Abstract: Background: The use of peripheral blood stem cell source (PBSC) continues to grow in the setting of haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-SCT), mainly due to the ease of collection and rapid peripheral blood count recovery. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature to evaluate the outcomes of unmanipulated bone marrow (BM) and PB haplo-SCT for adult leukemia patients. Method: A comprehensive literature search of electronic databases (Medline, Embase, and Cochrane library) for studies published between 1 January 2004 to 24 June 2018 was conducted. We included the studies of unmanipulated BM and/or PB haplo-SCT in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia ( ALL) . We excluded the studies which combined PB and BM stem cell sources and the studies which did not report the results of BM and PB haplo-SCT for ALL and AML separately. CMA software v.3 was used for the analysis. Heterogeneity among studies was assessed using the I2 test. Random-effect model was applied. Publication bias was assessed using funnel plots. Primary endpoints were engraftment, 2-year overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), relapse incidence (RI); grade II-IV, III-IV acute and chronic GVHD. Results: Out of 1548 publications, 3 studies (n = 672 patients; retrospective; multi-center) met our inclusion criteria. The sample size of the studies varied between 71 and 451 patients. The median follow-up ranged from 18 to 46 months. PB haplo-SCT was used in 191 patients (Ruggeri, A. et al. 2018) and BM haplo-SCT was used in 481 patients (Arcese, W. et al. 2015; Ruggeri, A. et al. 2018; Chiusolo, P. et al. 2018). Myeloablative (MA) conditioning was used in majority of patients. The pooled (95%CI) engraftment rate was 93% (88-95) in BM group and 95% (91-97) in PBSC group. The pooled estimates (95%CI) of BM studies showed a 2-year OS rate of 56.1% (51.6-60.4), 2-year DFS of 48.9% (43.5-54.2) and 2-year cumulative RI of 24.6%(20.7-29).There was no heterogeneity in BM group (I2=0%) for 2-year OS, DFS and RI. For PBSC group, the pooled estimates (95%CI) for 2-year OS, DFS and RI were 56 % (48.9-62.9; I2=0%), 54% (46.9-60.9; I2=0%) and 22% (16.7-28.4; I2=0%), respectively. Incidences of grade II-IV, grade III-IV aGVHD and cGVHD from a pooled analysis (95%CI) were 23.1% (17.2-30.3; I2=55%), 5.4% (3.4-8.3; I2=16%) and 19.5% (9.7-35.3; I2=88%) for BM group in comparison to 38% (31.4-45.1; I2=0%), 14% (9.8-19.7; I2=0%) and 32% (25.8-38.9; I2=0%) for PBSC group. Pooled estimates were shown in figure 1. Conclusions: In this analysis, higher pooled rates of grade II-IV aGVHD (38% vs 23.1%), III-IV aGVHD (14% vs 5.4%) and cGVHD (32% vs 19.5%) were observed in PBSC group vs BM group, respectively. Based on comparable OS, DFS and RI, PB haplo-SCT appears to be a good alternative option for adult AML and ALL patients. Large prospective randomized controlled trials are required to confirm these results. Figure 1. Figure 1. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    Evidence Based Recommendations for Supportive Care in Multiple Myeloma
    American Society of Hematology ; 2018
    In:  Blood Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 1952-1952
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 1952-1952
    Abstract: Introduction: Multiple myeloma (MM) is associated with end organ damage that negatively impacts the quality of life (QOL)and supportive care has a potential to improve symptoms. Methods: After detailed search on Pubmed, Cochrane, Embase and Clinical Trials.gov, we finalized total 36 articles on supportive care published after 2004. Results: Management of skeletal events: Mhaskar et al. (2017, n=3257) compared bisphosphonates (BPs) with placebo (PBO) in preventing pathological vertebral fractures, skeletal-related events (SRE), reported risk ratio (RR) of 0.74 in each; 95% CI 0.62-0.89 and 0.63-0.88 respectively. Both zoledronic acid (ZA) and clodronic acid prevent SRE, but mortality rate was better reduced with ZA (hazard ratio [HR]=0.84; p=0.0118), (Gareth et al. 2010, n=1960). In a study by Zuradelli et al. (2009, n= 240); hypocalcemia developed in 93 (38.8%) patients on ZA for a median of 2.3 months (range, 0-34.9). Vitamin D and calcium replacement is essential in patients developing hypocalcemia with BPs, (Kennel et al. 2009). Vertebral augmentation procedures improved pain after compression fracture (n=923) by 4.8, 4.6 and 4.4 points at 1 week, 1 year and beyond 1 year respectively, (Khan et al. 2014). Valerie et al. (2011, n=84) analyzed improvement in bone pain with radiotherapy (median 45 grays) in 92 % patients. Prophylaxis of infections: Leng et al. (2018, n=70,687) observed reduced risk of herpes zoster (HZ) reactivation in patients on bortezomib or carfilzomib + HZ prophylaxis (2.4%) vs 5.8% in non-prophylactic group, (attributable risk reduction: 0.42; 95% CI 0.31-0.56). Teh et al. (2016, n=199) reported reduced risk of varicella zoster virus reactivation with valacyclovir (500 mg) in patients on bortezomib based therapy and following autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) vs no prophylaxis (HR=0.06 vs 16.9; p 〈 0.01). Dimopoulos et al. (2016, n=569) found higher risk of pneumonia, 8.2% in daratumumab group (n=286) vs 7.8% in control group (n=283). Prophylactic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole reduced risk of PCP in 85% patients after ASCT (RR=0.15; 95% CI 0.04-0.62), Stern et al. (2014, n=1000). Incidence of Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), noninvasive CAP and invasive pneumococcal disease in elderly population (≥65 years) was seen in 49, 33 and 7 patients on Pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine group as compared to 90, 60 and 28 patients in placebo group respectively, (Bonten et al. 2015, n=84,496). Role of plasmapheresis in renal impairment (RI): Alkhatib et al. (2017) showed that plasmapheresis reduced dialysis dependency by removing serum free light chains (sFLC) in patients with RI (n=147), (RR 0.45; P = 0.02). Yu-X et al. (2015, n=147), showed lower 6-month dialysis dependency ratio with plasmapheresis and chemotherapy (PP + CTH) vs CTH alone, (15.6% vs 37.2%; RR=2.02; p = 0.04). High cut-off hemodialysis lowered sFLC level in 61% (n=42) and 63% patients at day 12 and 21 respectively. Out of these, 71% and 69% patients became dialysis independent, (Hutchison et al. 2012, n=67). Peripheral neuropathy (PN): Bortezomib caused PN in 124/331 (37%) patients (Richardson et al. 2009) whereas with thalidomide, the incidence of PN was 38% and 73% at 6 and 12 months, respectively, (Mileshkin et al. 2006, n=75). PN improved in 68% patients on bortezomib with dose modifications (n=72) vs 47% patients, without dose modification (n=19). (Table 1 and 2). Significant improvement in PN was seen with duloxetine vs placebo (1.06 vs. 0.34; p= 0.003), (Smith et al. 2013, n=231). Arbaiza et al. (2007, n=36) showed improvement in neuropathic pain with tramadol (p= 〈 0.001). Epoetin and derivates for anemia: Castelli et al. (2017, n= 31; median creatinine 1.2 mg/dL (0.8-3.0)) reported hemoglobin (Hb) increase of ≥1g/dL and ≥2g/dL in 71% and 31.7% patients respectively with epoetin α, transfusions requirement reduced from 2.39 ± 1.05 to 1.23 ± 1.36 (p 〈 0.001). Begiun et al. (2013, n= 72) compared the effect of darbepoetin (D) ± iron (Fe) vs placebo on erythroid recovery after ASCT. All patients receiving D + Fe achieved Hb ≥13 g/dL (p 〈 0.0001). Tonia et al. (2012, n= 16,093) showed 35% decrease in transfusion need with erythropoietin stimulating agents (RR=0.65; 95% CI 0.62-0.68). (Table 3) Conclusion: Along with anti-myeloma chemotherapy therapy, management of complications (anemia, infections, renal insufficiency) and other associated symptoms is necessary to improve the quality of life. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    Efficacy and Tolerability of Daratumumab in Heavily Pretreated AL Amyloidosis: A Systematic Review
    American Society of Hematology ; 2018
    In:  Blood Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 2025-2025
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 132, No. Supplement 1 ( 2018-11-29), p. 2025-2025
    Abstract: Introduction Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a low burden plasma cell disorder, characterized by deposition of misfolded lambda or kappa light chains. Kidney dysfunction is present in almost two-thirds of patients at the time of initial presentation, followed by diastolic heart failure in about 50% of cases, which is responsible for 75% of deaths in these patients. Autologous stem cell transplant (auto-SCT) remains the gold standard for the management of AL amyloidosis but is often impractical to perform by virtue of patients' age, medical comorbidities including cardiac involvement. Methods We conducted a literature search using three databases (PubMed, Embase,Web of Science). Our search strategy included MeSH terms and key words such as AL amyloidosis, daratumumab and darzalex from date of inception to March 2018. After excluding duplicates, reviews and non-relevant articles, we selected eight studies, including two case reports, two phase II prospective trials and four retrospective trials. Results Data on 129 patients was included, there ages ranged from 43-83 years. Median number of prior therapies were 3 (range: 2-6), 106 (82%) received proteasome inhibitor (bortezomib) based therapy, and 69 (53.5%) received immunomodulatory (lenalidomide) based therapy. Another 41 (32%) received high dose melphalan (HDM) followed by auto-SCT. The time from the diagnosis of AL to the start of daratumumab therapy varied from 0.7-150 months. Eighty-nine (69%) patients had cardiac and 64 (49.6%) patients had renal involvement. A total of 114 (88%) patients received a daratumumab dose of 16 mg/kg weekly for 8 weeks followed by every 2 weeks for the next 8 weeks. A total of 104 patients were evaluable for hematological response, assessed by improvement in free light chain (FLC) levels. Daratumamab achieved an impressive overall response rate (ORR) of 72% (n=75). Complete remission (CR) in 15 (14%) of patients, very good partial response (VGPR) in 44 (42%) and a partial response (PR) in 16 (15%) of patients was noted. Thirty-four patients with cardiac involvement and 26 patients with renal amyloidosis were assessed for organ response across four studies. Thirteen (38%) patients with cardiac amyloidosis demonstrated an improvement in N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels. Ten (38%) patients with renal involvement responded according to consensus criteria [Palladini et al 2014] for organ response. Another two had improvement in serum creatinine levels. Among the 129 patients treated with daratumumab for AL amyloidosis, 36 (32%) reported infusion related reactions (IRR). Most were mild (grade 1-2). Daratumumab infusion was well tolerated in patients with cardiac (n=54) and renal involvement (n=48). Only one patient needed adjustment in his diuretic dose, another one developed decompensated heart failure and one died due to progression of cardiac disease. Seven patients had worsening of their NT-proBNP levels. Similarly, no dose adjustments were required for patients with renal amyloidosis and one patient tolerated daratumumab infusion at a GFR 〈 20 mL/min without any complications. Conclusion Daratumumab monotherapy is associated with deep and prompt hematological responses in patients with heavily pretreated AL amyloidosis, at the standard dosing regimens used for multiple myeloma, with a favorable safety profile. Furthermore, daratumumab performed well in patients with cardiac amyloidosis even though there is an increased risk of volume overload and infusion related morbidity. Given the high incidence of peripheral neuropathy with bortezomib, cardiotoxicity with carfilzomib based regimens in amyloidosis patients, daratumumab appears to be a suitable alternative. It has already been approved for relapsed amyloidosis (AL) patients in the European Union. Currently, it is being investigated as monotherapy for AL amyloidosis in phase 2 trials (NCT02841033 and NCT02816476) and in combination with bortezomib, cytoxin and dexamethasone (VCd) in a phase III trial (NCT03201965). Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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