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  • 1
    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 118, No. 21 ( 2011-11-18), p. 79-79
    Kurzfassung: Abstract 79 The prognosis of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) with intermediate-risk cytogenetics is refined further by testing the mutational status of NPM1,FLT3 and CEBPa genes. Patients with a NPM1mut\FLT3wt and CEBPa double mutation are now classified in a separate favorable group of the new ELN classification. Conversely, all other molecular profiles including these 3 genes, considered as carrying a worse prognosis, are included in ELN intermediate groups 1 and 2. Nevetheless the therapy of AML has remained unchanged since many years and needs improvement even in this subset of patients. The GOELAMS has tested the association of gemtuzumab ozozgamycin (GO), a monoclonal anti-CD33 antibody conjugated with chalicheamycin to standard chemotherapy in a phase III prospective randomized trial focusing on such patients with intermediate cytogenetics. Methods: Between 2007 and 2010, 254 patients aged between 18 to 60 years with de novo AML and intermediate karyotype have been included. The molecular status for NPM1, FLT3 and CEBPa mutations was determined at diagnosis. After 1/1 randomization, GO 6m/m2 was added to standard 3+7 induction and to a first MidAc intensive consolidation course (Mitoxantrone and intermediate doses of cytarabine). Patients in the ELN favorable molecular group received a second MidAc course followed by an autologous bone marrow transplant (BMT). Patients in the ELN intermediate 1 or 2 groups were considered for geno or phenoidentical allogeneic transplant. Patients 50 years of age or lower, received either standard allo-BMT preceded by a single course of chemotherapy or a reduced intensity chemotherapy (RIC) regimen after the two courses of intensive consolidation. In this sub-group, patients with no donor received autologous BMT after the two randomized courses of consolidation. Results: Two hundred and thirty-eight patients were analyzed with a median follow-up of 20 months. Their median age was 50 years old (18–60). There was no significant difference between the two arms according to age, WBC, % of circulating and % of marrow blasts, FAB subtypes, cytogenetics (normal vs abnormal) and molecular subgroups (favorable versus intermediate 1 and 2 ELN groups). In the GO group, the complete remission (CR) rate was 91.6% versus 86.5% (P=NS), early death(ED) was 10% versus 4.5% (P=NS). Major toxicity was observed in the GO arm during induction phase with 4 cases of veno-occlusive liver disease (VOD) and overall more toxic grade III/IV hepatic toxicities (23% versus 13%, p=0.031). No significant difference was observed between the two arms for grade III/IV hematological toxicity. No difference was observed either at 3 years for event free survival (EFS) at 51% in the GO arm and 33% in the other arm, nor for overall survival (OS) at respectively 53% and 46%. In the subset of patients who could not receive an allogeneic transplant, EFS was significantly higher in the GO group (53.7% vs 27%, p=0.0308) while there was no difference for OS. This better outcome was mostly observed in the group of patients classified ELN intermediate 1 or 2 (p=0.0126). Conclusion: In the subset of patients with intermediate cytogenetics AML, the adjunction of GO to standard chemotherapy failed to improved OS, yet a better EFS was observed with the addition of GO for patients who could not receive an allogeneic SCT. More detailed results will be presented. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 116, No. 21 ( 2010-11-19), p. 2796-2796
    Kurzfassung: Abstract 2796 Background: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) relapse prognosis is poor, and the optimal salvage treatment is not known. In a previous pilot study, vinorelbine, ifosfamide, mitoxantrone, and prednisone (NIMP) without rituximab has shown a promising efficacy in the setting of relapsed DLBCL. Aims: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the combination of rituximab and NIMP in the treatment of DLBCL in first relapse. Methods: This multicentric, single-arm phase II study included patients 18 to 75 years old, with CD20-positive DLBCL in first relapse (defined as having obtained at least a PR of more than 50% to an anthracycline-based front-line regimen) occurring more than 30 days after the last chemotherapy cycle or more than one year after an autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in first line. Other inclusion criteria were a performance status ≤ 2, absence of CNS involvement, and having signed an informed consent form. Patients with evidence of transformation from indolent lymphoma, primary refractory disease, or positive HIV tests were excluded. Initial and relapse biopsies were centrally reviewed. Patients received intravenous (IV) rituximab 375 mg/m2 D1, ifosfamide 1000 mg/m2 as a continuous infusion from D1 to D5, IV vinorelbine 25 mg/m2 D1 and D15, IV mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2 D1, and oral prednisone 1 mg/kg D1 to D5, repeated every 28 days for three cycles. Pegfilgrastim support (6 mg at D7) was recommended. The primary endpoint was CR/CRu after 3 cycles, and was assessed by computed tomography according to the IWG criteria. Mobilization, consolidation or subsequent salvage therapy was decided at the discretion of the investigator. All the monitoring and data management were performed by the GOELAMS clinical research assistants, with a database lock on July 27, 2010. Results: Fifty patients (21[42%] women and 29[58%] men) were included in 18 centers between December 2004 and accrual closure in April 2010. All patients received at least 1 cycle of R-NIMP. Forty-five patients were available for central pathology review, toxicity and response. The central review of all patient samples confirmed DLBCL histology. Median age at study entry was 62.9 years (range: 34.8–75.6). Median time between first diagnosis of DLBCL and relapse was 18.0 months (range: 2.4–208). The following tumor responses were observed: 67.9 % overall response rate with 20 CR/CRu (43.5%), 11 PR (24.4%), 2 SD (4.4%), and 12 (26.7%) progressed under therapy. Toxicity information was available for 109/120 (91 %) of the first 3 cycles of R-NIMP administered. The following toxicities were observed (all grades, ≥ grade 3 for all cycles): anemia (87%, 8%), neutropenia (66%; 46%), thrombopenia (65%, 14%), elevated liver tests (39%, 0%), constipation (25%, 0%), kidney failure (7%, 0%), nausea (14%, 0%), vomiting (6%, 0%), allergic reactions (5%, 0%), and mucositis (5%, 0%). Twenty-nine infectious events (27%) were observed needing hospitalization in 9 cases. Twenty-nine patients received consolidation therapy at the discretion of the investigator. Of the 11 patients who received 3 additional cycles of R-NIMP, 3 remained in CR/CRu, 1 remained in PR, 4 converted from PR to CR/CRu, and 3 progressed. Among the 11 patients who underwent ASCT, 9 were in CR at the end of the procedure, one patient died of toxicity and 1 progressed. For the 12 patients mobilized after a R-NIMP cycle, a median of 1 apheresis (range 1–4) was necessary to harvest a median of 3.85 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg. The median time to second progression or relapse (TTP2) was 11.4 months, and the median survival of 55.5 months. On multivariate analysis, the variable associated with a longer TTP2 was the achievement of CR/Cru (RR: 0,12; CI95%: 0.03–0,39; p=0.0006). Within the subgroup of patients having received a consolidation treatment, having received an ASCT was associated with a longer TTP2 (RR: 0.20; CI95%: 0.04–0.98; p=0.047). Time to first relapse or previous rituximab exposure did not affect TTP2 nor OS, whereas relapse-IPI (as a continuous variable, by 1 additional risk factor) was associated with a poor survival (RR: 2.59; CI95%: 1.25–4.45; p=0.008). Conclusions: R-NIMP is a well-tolerated regimen, yields a high complete response rate, and allows for successful mobilization of CD34+ cells. This regimen is a suitable salvage treatment for relapsed DLBCL prior to appropriate consolidation. Further investigation is warranted. ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT00842595 Disclosures: Off Label Use: Vinorelbine in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (Off-label in France).
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  • 3
    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 119, No. 6 ( 2012-02-09), p. 1532-1542
    Kurzfassung: Normal human erythroid cell maturation requests the transcription factor GATA-1 and a transient activation of caspase-3, with GATA-1 being protected from caspase-3–mediated cleavage by interaction with the chaperone heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) in the nucleus. Erythroid cell dysplasia observed in early myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) involves impairment of differentiation and excess of apoptosis with a burst of caspase activation. Analysis of gene expression in MDS erythroblasts obtained by ex vivo cultures demonstrates the down-regulation of a set of GATA-1 transcriptional target genes, including GYPA that encodes glycophorin A (GPA), and the up-regulation of members of the HSP70 family. GATA-1 protein expression is decreased in MDS erythroblasts, but restores in the presence of a pan-caspase inhibitor. Expression of a mutated GATA-1 that cannot be cleaved by caspase-3 rescues the transcription of GATA-1 targets, and the erythroid differentiation, but does not improve survival. Hsp70 fails to protect GATA-1 from caspases because the protein does not accumulate in the nucleus with active caspase-3. Expression of a nucleus-targeted mutant of Hsp70 protects GATA-1 and rescues MDS erythroid cell differentiation. Alteration of Hsp70 cytosolic-nuclear shuttling is a major feature of MDS that favors GATA-1 cleavage and differentiation impairment, but not apoptosis, in dysplastic erythroblasts.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 110, No. 11 ( 2007-11-16), p. 3346-3346
    Kurzfassung: The anemia that characterizes most early myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) was proposed to involve a deregulation in cell death pathways leading to excessive apoptosis of bone marrow erythroid precursors. Pathways leading to this excess in MDS erythroid precursors have been partially depicted in ex vivo liquid cultures of patients CD34+ bone marrow cells induced to differentiate into red cells in the presence of various cytokines. For example, we have identified the Fas-dependent activation of caspase-8 as a key initiating event. In order to further understand the mechanisms of MDS erythroid precursor death, we explored the role of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in this process. We first observed that Fas-dependent activation of caspase-8 in these cells induced the cleavage of BAP-31, an ER protein that is associated to Bcl-2 at the ER surface and was demonstrated to be a caspase-8 substrate. We also detected a proteolysis of caspase-4, which was proposed to play a role in ER-mediated apoptosis. To further explore the role of the ER, we constructed a lentivirus expressing a Bcl-2 mutant targeted to the ER membrane. The specific expression of Bcl-2 at the ER level prevented BAP-31 and caspase-4 cleavage induced by Fas engagement at the surface of MDS erythroid precursors and inhibited Fas-dependent apoptosis. Interestingly, ER-targeted Bcl-2 also inhibited mitochondrial membrane permeabilization (MMP) and cytochrome c release in MDS erythroid precursors undergoing spontaneous or Fas-induced apoptosis. These data argued for a role of the ER in MDS erythroid precursor apoptosis, upstream of the mitochondria. MDS erythroid precursors also demonstrated elevated ER Ca2+ stores when compared to normal erythroid precursors cultured in the same conditions. Ca2+ chelation with BAPTA or treatment with pharmacologic Ca2+ inhibitors such as nicardipine prevented the spontaneous apoptosis of MDS erythroid precursors. Altogether, these data suggest that the ER is involved in the spontaneous apoptosis of MDS erythroid precursors, downstream of Fas and upstream of the mitochondria, through mechanisms that can be inhibited by Bcl-2 and that involve Ca2+ stores.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 120, No. 21 ( 2012-11-16), p. 906-906
    Kurzfassung: Abstract 906 Background: Consolidation using radioimmunotherapy (RIT) is a promising approach for elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who are ineligible for autologous stem-cell transplantation. RIT using fractionated injections of 90Y-epratuzumab tetraxetan (Immunomedics, Inc.), a radiolabeled humanized anti-CD22 antibody, has been evaluated in relapsed patients with indolent or aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), providing long-term disease control with manageable hematologic toxicities (Morschhauser et al., J Clin Oncol. 2010;28(23);3709-16). A French phase II trial sponsored by the LYSA group now assessed front-line treatment using fractionated RIT with 90Y-epratuzumab tetraxetan as consolidation therapy after R-CHOP in previously untreated elderly (age 〉 60 years) patients presenting with stage I/II bulky or stage III/IV DLBCL. Methods: The trial included 6 courses of R-CHOP delivered q2wks followed by 2 infusions of 90Y-epratuzumab tetraxetan (2 × 15 mCi/m2 [555 MBq/m2], 7 days apart), 8 wks later. Patients were enrolled at time of diagnosis. Results: From October 2008 to December 2010, 75 patients (41 males, 34 females) have been accrued prospectively at 19 French institutions. The median age was 69 (range, 60–79 years); 57 patients (76.0%) were Ann Arbor stage III/IV. Seventy-one of the 75 completed 6 courses of R-CHOP-14 and 61/75 (81.2%) were eligible for RIT. Thus, 14 patients were considered ineligible for RIT because of R-CHOP toxicity (N= 5), progressive disease (PD, N=3), patient refusal (N=3), or concomitant illness (N=3). RIT toxicity consisted of grade 3–4 hematologic toxicity in 51/61 patients (83.6%): grade 3–4 neutropenia in 46 (75.4%), grade 3–4 anemia in 15 (24.6%), and grade 3–4 thrombocytopenia in 47 (77.0%), with a nadir at 42, 48, and 43 days after RIT and a median duration of 18, 5, and 17 days, respectively. Following RIT, RBC and/or platelet transfusions were given to 31 patients (50.8 %). Serious febrile neutropenia was observed in 13 cases (17.3 %) after R-CHOP and in 3 patients (4.9%) following RIT. RIT's severe non-hematologic toxicity consisted of grade 4 gastrointestinal in 1 patient (1.6 %) and grade 4 infection in 3 (4.9%). No patient had mucositis after RIT. In the follow-up, 2 patients (2.6%) developed myelodysplastic syndrome 5 and 20 months after RIT. Using the 1999 International Workshop for Response Criteria for NHL (Cheson 1999), the overall response rate (ORR) after 6 × R-CHOP14 was 94.6% (71/75); 52 patients (69.3%) achieved CR/CRu and 19 (25.3%) had a partial response (PR). Among the 4 remaining patients, one had stable disease and 2 had PD; no assessment was obtained in the other. In an intention-to-treat analysis, CR/CRu rate after 6 × R-CHOP14 followed by RIT was 72.0% (N=54). Seven patients (9.3%) remained in PR and 8 (10.7%) progressed (2 patients previously in PR with PET-positive findings, 3 previously in CRu, including 1 PET-positive, and 3 in PD before RIT and then ineligible for RIT). No response assessment was obtained in the 6 others ineligible for RIT. At a median follow-up of 24 months (range, 1–46), 18 patients experienced lymphoma progression and/or a related death, yielding an estimated 2-year event-free-survival (EFS) of 73.3% (60.7-82.5%) and an estimated 2-year overall survival (OS) of 83.2% (71.4-90.4%). For the 61 patients who received 6 courses of R-CHOP followed by RIT consolidation, ORR was 91.8% (56/61); 50 patients (81.9%) achieved CR/CRu. Eight of 16 patients (50.0%) who had less than a CR/CRu with R-CHOP converted to CR/CRu after RIT. According to a PET analysis (Cheson 2007; N=55), 12 of the 24 patients (50.0%) who were not PET-negative after R-CHOP improved their metabolic response after RIT, resulting in a CR rate of 72.7%. Among these 61 patients, 12 experienced progression and/or a related death, yielding an estimated 2-year EFS of 78.7% (65.1–87.4%) and an estimated 2–year OS of 90.1% (77.7–95.8%). Conclusions: This phase II study clearly shows that fractionated RIT with 90Y-epratuzumab as a consolidation therapy after 6 × R-CHOP-14 is feasible and tolerable in elderly untreated DLBCL patients with advanced disease. RIT markedly improved response status observed after 6 × R-CHOP14. EFS data achieved with R-CHOP plus RIT compare favourably with those achieved with R-CHOP alone in the same patient population. Disclosures: Wegener: Immunomedics: Employment. Goldenberg:Immunomedics: Employment, Equity Ownership.
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    In: Haematologica, Ferrata Storti Foundation (Haematologica), Vol. 104, No. 3 ( 2019-03), p. 497-504
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 116, No. 21 ( 2010-11-19), p. 685-685
    Kurzfassung: Abstract 685 Background: In 2004 we have shown that first-line intensive therapy plus transplantation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells lead to an improved EFS and OS over standard CHOP regimen in adults with disseminated aggressive lymphomas (NEJM 2004; 350: 1287). Then the rituximab era came. We have shown that the addition of R to the intensive therapy was feasible and might further improve the results (BBMT 2010; 16: 672). We present here the preliminary analysis of a multicenter randomized trial aiming at comparing the results of R- CHOP every 14 days to R- HDT in adults with untreated confirmed DLBCL (clinical trial.gov: NCT 00561379). Methods: The patients were 18 to 60 y.o. with CD20 + DLBCL Ann Arbor stage 1 or 2 with bulk 〉 /= 7 cm or 3 and 4 were randomized at diagnosis (with a stratification according to age adjusted IPI) between R-CHOP every 14 days at standard doses (8 consecutive courses if a response was observed after the first 4 courses) and R-HDT. This program consisted of 2 courses of high-dose CHOP-like regimen, 15 days apart, with rituximab (375/mg/m2) on day 1 of each course, followed by rituximab on d 22, harvest of G-CSF mobilised peripheral blood stem cells on d 28,29, then rituximab on d 36 followed by a course of high-dose methotrexate with cytarabin. For patients who achieved at least a partial response after these 3 courses, a BEAM regimen started on d 66 to 80 followed by the infusion of stem cells. In each arm, the intermediate evaluation of response was assessed by means of standard CT Scan and PET. Patients not achieving a PR or a negative PET were proposed a salvage Tx followed in case of response by an autologous transplantation. The main objective of the study was the EFS with an event defined as insufficient intermediate response, progression, relapse or death. Analysis was performed on intent to treat basis. Results: 331 pts were included from 01/2005 to 05/2010. 305 patients were found eligible and 286 are fully evaluable at time of this abstract, 143 in each arm. The main characteristics of the pts in the 2 arms are strictly super imposable. Overall 56% had a bulk as defined, 72% had a 3 or 4 AA stage and 58% had an aa IPI 2 or 3. The treatment as scheduled in the protocol was completed in 71% in the R-CHOP arm and 60% in the R-HDT arm. The intermediate evaluation showed exactly the same rate of response with Standard CT scan (CR + CRu: 65% and 62% following 4 courses R-CHOP and first 3 courses of R-HDT respectively). PET remained significantly more often + after the first 3 courses of R-HDT (43% vs 30% following 4xR-CHOP; p=0.03). The ORR (CR + Cru) was 78% and 71% in the R-CHOP and R-HDT arms respectively (p=0.8). With a med FU of surviving patients of 25 m, the probability of survival for the whole group of patients is 88% and 74% at 2 and 5 years. There is no significant difference according to the treatment arm in any of the aaIPI strata. The EFS with the standard CT Scan as an intermediate evaluation is 74% and 66% at 2y and 5 y with no difference according to the treatment arm in any aaIPI strata. The EFS with PET scan as an intermediate evaluation is 49% and 45% at 2y and 5 y and is statistically worse with R-HDT for aaIPI 2 and 3 pts (p=0.01). Conclusion: Based on these results, one cannot recommend first-line R-HDT as performed in that trial for adult patients with DLBCL. R-CHOP 14 is as efficient, less toxic and spares resources. Disclosures: Milpied: Roche: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.
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    In: British Journal of Haematology, Wiley, Vol. 162, No. 2 ( 2013-07), p. 240-249
    Kurzfassung: The optimal management of relapsed diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma ( DLBCL ) is not standardized. The Groupe Ouest Est des Leucémies et aAutres Maladies du Sang developed a combination of vinorelbine, ifosfamide, mitoxantrone and prednisone ( NIMP ) for the treatment of relapsed DLBCL , and assessed its efficacy and safety in association with rituximab (R). This multicentric phase II study included 50 patients with DLBCL in first relapse, aged 18–75 years. Patients received rituximab 375 mg/m² day 1, ifosfamide 1000 mg/m² days 1–5, vinorelbine 25 mg/m² days 1 and 15, mitoxantrone 10 mg/m² day 1, and prednisone 1 mg/kg days 1–5, every 28 days for three cycles. Responding patients underwent autologous transplantation or received three additional R‐ NIMP cycles. All patients were evaluable for toxicity and 49 for response. Centralized pathology review confirmed DLBCL in all cases. Toxicities were mainly haematological with infectious events needing hospitalization in nine cases. Two toxic deaths were observed. After three cycles, 22 patients (44%) achieved complete response/unconfirmed complete response, 11 achieved partial response (24%), 2 had stable disease and 13 progressed. The non‐germinal centre B immunophenotype was associated with shorter progression‐free survival. in conclusion, the R‐ NIMP regimen displayed significant activity in relapsed DLBCL , with acceptable toxicity and should be considered a candidate for combination with new agents.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 114, No. 22 ( 2009-11-20), p. 1054-1054
    Kurzfassung: Abstract 1054 Poster Board I-76 Background: Limited options are available in AML refractory to or relapsing after intensive chemotherapy (IC), especially in elderly patients (pts). Azacytidine (AZA) prolongs survival when used as first line treatment of higher-risk MDS and WHO AML with 20-29% BM blasts (Lancet Oncol 2009). Its role in relapsed/refractory AML, especially with baseline BM blasts 〉 30%, has not been evaluated in large patient (pt) series. Methods: An AZA compassionate program (ATU) was opened in France between Dec 2004 and Dec 2008 for higher risk MDS, and for AML not candidates or refractory to IC. We retrospectively analyzed the outcome of WHO AML (including RAEB-t) included in this program in the 42 centers with complete pt reporting, and who had received ≥ 1 cycle of AZA after relapse or failure of IC. Results: 184 pts were included. Median age was 64 years, 58 pts had prior MDS, 14 had RAEBt at diagnosis, and 16 had therapy-related AML. Cytogenetics (MRC classification) was favorable (fav) in 2, intermediate (int) in 115 (including normal karyotype (NK) in 75), unfavorable (unfav) in 53, and failed in 14 pts. 65 pts had failed to achieve CR (51 after 1, and 14 after ≥2 courses of induction IC), 91 pts were in 1st relapse (median CR duration: 11 months), 28 were in 2nd or subsequent relapse. 20 pts previously had received alloSCT (14 in 1st CR, 5 in 2d CR, 1 refractory). Median follow-up was 15 months. The median number of AZA cycles was 3 (1-28) at FDA/EMEA-approved MDS schedule (75 mg/m2/d x7d/4 w) in 75% and less intensive (5d/4w, or 〈 75 mg/m2/d) in 25% pts, with concomitant valproic acid (VPA) in 33%. Febrile neutropenia occurred in 67% pts, requiring hospitalization in 41%. Overall response rate (ORR) (Cheson et al. JCO 2003 criteria) was 11%: CR: 13 (7%), CRi: 5 (3%), PR: 1 (1%). 44 pts died before completing 4 cycles, and AZA was stopped before 4 cycles in another 52 pts (lack of response: n=43, severe infection: n=3, pt decision: n=5, allo SCT: n=1). The remaining 69 pts failed to achieve response after 4 cycles. In the 13 pts with CR, 6 (43%) were in persistent CR after a median follow-up of 7 months. In total, 9 pts received alloSCT after AZA: 2 CR, 7 refractory. Median OS was 7.8 months (1y OS: 29.1%). In univariate analysis, age, prior MDS, disease status (1st, ≥2nd relapse, refractory), WBC count at diagnosis, addition of VPA, and CR1 duration for pts in 1st relapse, did not influence ORR or OS. Only normal karyotype at onset of AZA improved ORR and OS (ORR: 18% vs 7%, p=0.04; 1y-OS: 44.4% vs 15.9%, p=0.001). We next restricted our analysis to the 141 pts with refractory AML (defined as failure of ≥2 IC cycles in pts 〈 60y and ≥1 IC cycle in pts ≥60y) or in first relapse. 102 of them were aged ≥ 60y (median age 68y; 40 refractory, 62 in 1st relapse; median 1st CR duration: 12 months, range 2 - 54). Their ORR was 13% (CR 9%, CRi 4%). 1y OS was 29.4%, and median OS 8.9 months. OS was not influenced by previous MDS (n=32) or disease status (relapse/refractory). OS was improved in pts with NK (1y OS 42.5% vs 17.3%, p=0.02). The remaining 39 pts were aged 〈 60y (median age 52y); 10 of them were refractory, and 29 in first relapse (including 12 with unfav karyotype and 10 having failed 1 IC cycle after 1st relapse). Only 1 pt obtained CR and 1 PR (ORR: 6%), and median OS was 6.9 months (1y OS: 30%). Conclusion: In this high-risk population of relapsed/refractory AML, AZA resulted in significant responses and OS in AML pts refractory to one cycle of intensive chemotherapy (IC) or in untreated first relapse after IC, who were generally elderly pts. Results were more limited in pts with refractory disease after 2 induction cycles or first relapse resistant to one cycle of IC (who were generally younger). Those results warrant further studies of AZA in combination to other active agents in this population, particularly in elderly patients. Disclosures: Off Label Use: Azacytidine (FDA and EMEA approved in higher-risk MDS and RAEBt) used in WHO AML (including with marrow blasts 〉 30%). Fenaux:AMGEN: Research Funding; CELGENE: Research Funding.
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    In: Blood, American Society of Hematology, Vol. 108, No. 11 ( 2006-11-16), p. 2638-2638
    Kurzfassung: Cell death by apoptosis accounts for the ineffective erythropoiesis that characterizes low grade myelodysplastic syndromes (LG-MDS). We have shown that the death receptor Fas was over-expressed at the surface of LG-MDS erythroid precursors. In an ex vivo culture of bone-marrow CD34+ cells undergoing differentiation into red cells, we observed that apoptosis of LG-MDS erythroid precursors resulted from Fas-mediated activation of caspase-8. Both a Fas-Fc construct and the ectopic expression of a dominant negative mutant of the adaptor FADD (Fas-Associated Death Domain) could prevent the death of MDS erythroid precursors. In this ex vivo culture system, apoptosis of erythroid precursors was associated with the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria to the cytosol. To further address the mitochondria involvement in this apoptotic process, we ectopically expressed, by the use of a lentiviral vector, the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 in MDS (n=20) and normal (n=10) CD34+ cells before inducing their erythroid differentiation. Bcl-2 expression delayed the erythroid differentiation of MDS as well as normal CD34+ cells. It also prevented phosphatidylserine exposure, mitochondrial membrane permeabilization, cytochrome c release, caspase-9 and -3 activation in LG-MDS erythroid precursors. Together with the cleavage of Bid, specifically observed in LG-MDS samples, these observations indicated that the Fas-mediated pathway that led to apoptosis of LG-MDS erythroid precursors was connected to the mitochondrial pathway to death. We also addressed the role of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in this death pathway by using a lentiviral vector encoding an ER-targeted Bcl-2 construct, flag-Bcl2-Cb5. The corresponding protein co-localized with the ER protein calreticulin. ER-targeted Bcl-2 prevented apoptosis induced by thapsigargin, an inhibitor of endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic ATPases (SERCAs), without inhibiting apoptosis induced by lonidamine, a mitochondria targeting agent. Like wild-type Bcl-2, ER-targeted Bcl-2 inhibited phosphatidylserine exposure, mitochondrial membrane permeabilization, cytochrome c release, caspase-9 and caspase-3 activation that characterize spontaneous apoptosis of LG-MDS erythroid precursors in culture. Although ER calcium stores were increased in LG-MDS erythroid precursors, the release of calcium was not modulated by ER-targeted Bcl-2 in these cells. Altogether, our results indicate that, in LG-MDS erythroid precursors, spontaneous apoptosis starts at level of the death receptor Fas, then connects to the mitochondrial pathway that functions downstream of the ER through a calcium-independent and Bcl-2-regulated pathway.
    Materialart: Online-Ressource
    ISSN: 0006-4971 , 1528-0020
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Verlag: American Society of Hematology
    Publikationsdatum: 2006
    ZDB Id: 1468538-3
    ZDB Id: 80069-7
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