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A PENTEC analysis of published investigations of central nervous system (CNS) subsequent neoplasms (CNS-SN) in childhood cancer survivors who received radiation therapy (RT) to the brain was performed to estimate the effect of RT dose and gender on the risk of CNS-SN following RT. Through the PENTEC initiative, a systematic literature review was performed to identify published data on CNS-SN after prior cranial RT in childhood cancer survivors. Using the Covidence platform 2,156 studies were screened for potential inclusion. The incidences of CNS-SNs, RT dose, age, gender, primary cancer diagnosis, and latent time from primary diagnosis to CNS-SN were extracted, to assess the factors influencing risk for subsequent meningiomas or subsequent malignant CNS tumors (e.g., gliomas). The odds ratio for CNS-SNs in different dose intervals were calculated and excess odds ratio (EOR) per Gy of developing subsequent meningiomas or malignant tumors was estimated using inverse-variance weighted linear regression to model the risk for CNS-SN versus dose. Forty studies of independent patient cohorts provided information on 736 subsequent malignant tumors with average median latency 10.3 years, and 32 studies provided information on 1,035 subsequent meningiomas with average median latency 20.5 years. Dose-response was derived from 6 studies of 248 subsequent malignant tumors and 7 studies of 557 subsequent meningiomas. The pooled EOR/Gy was 0.45 (95% CI: 0.25, 0.66) for meningiomas and 0.16 (95% CI: 0.11, 0.20) for malignant CNS tumors. The average cumulative incidence of developing a meningioma or malignant CNS tumor at 15 years of follow-up was 2.4% (range, 1.2-6.3%) or 0.9% (range, 0.4-1.8%), respectively. Females had a higher risk of meningioma than males (OR=1.5, 95% CI: 1.2, 1.8;6 studies;50,346 patients) whereas no gender difference was seen in risk of malignant tumors (OR=0.9, 95% CI: 0.7, 1.2;4 studies;32,446 patients). This PENTEC systematic review shows a significant radiation dose-response relationship and higher risk among females for meningioma, akin to the general population, and a highly significant but somewhat less steep relationship for subsequent malignant tumors with no effect of gender. Further evaluation of the effect of age and chemotherapy in relation to dose and gender is necessary to elucidate the risk of CNS-SN after RT. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics is the property of Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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Introduction: Patients (pts) with primary refractory or relapsed high-grade lymphoma (HGL) including Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and high-grade B-cell lymphoma with rearrangements of MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 (double-hit lymphoma, DHL) have a dismal prognosis with patients almost never achieving a meaningful remission to second line therapy. No standard second line therapeutic approach exists, particularly for BL. The characteristic hallmark of these diseases is a dysregulated MYC oncogene with both downstream effects on proliferation and a high metabolic fluxes which use tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates as biosynthetic precursors. CPI-613 (devimistat) is a non-redox active analogue of lipoic acid, a required cofactor for two key mitochondrial enzymes of the TCA cycle, pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Disruption of mitochondrial function by CPI-613 results in a shutdown of ATP and biosynthetic-intermediate production, leading to cancer cell death by apoptosis or necrosis. In the initial phase I trial (n=26) one patient with multiply refractory BL had a partial remission sustained for over one year and then consolidated by surgical resection. She remains alive 7 years later. As of July 2021, 20 clinical studies for various cancers have been conducted (ongoing/completed) with devimistat with over 700 patients having received study drug. We initiated a phase II trial to further explore efficacy in HGL. Devimistat has FDA orphan status for BL and 4 other cancers. Methods: NCT03793140 is a multicenter study aiming to enroll 17 patients on each of two cohorts, BL and DHL, with a Simon's 2-stage design for each cohort, requiring one response among the first 9 treated patients to expand to 17. Patients must have had at least one prior line of therapy or are refusing standard of care and must be more than 3 months after a prior stem cell transplant. Active central nervous system (CNS) parenchymal disease is excluded, but prior leptomeningeal disease is allowed if the CSF is negative for more than 4 weeks at enrollment and maintenance intrathecal therapy is ongoing. Devimistat is given by central line over 2 hours daily x 5 days for two 14-day cycles and then as maintenance x5 days every 21 days. Pts were evaluable for response if they received at least 4 infusions over 5 days of the first cycle. Results: 9 pts were enrolled in the DHL/THL arm. Mediannumber of prior therapies were 3 (range, 1-6). No responses were seen, with only 1 patient achieving stable disease as best response, resulting in cohort closure. Thus far, 8 BL pts were enrolled. Median number of prior therapies was 3 (range, 2-4). Two patients were inevaluable for response. 1/6 patients had stable disease through cycle 7 and one had a complete response (CR). This CR patient (HIV+) with 4 prior therapies entered the study with only a biopsy proven thigh mass. He was not a transplant candidate for social reasons. He had a near complete metabolic remission after 4 cycles of devimistat and a CR after cycle 7. (Table and Figure) As of July 2021, he is in cycle 11, having had a 4-week treatment delay of cycle 5 due to CoVID 19 infection. ECOG improved from 3 to 0. Adverse events (AE): As of July30, 2021, no patient experienced a serious adverse event related to study drug. Four patients had grade 3 events at least possibly related: 2 neutropenia, 1 thrombocytopenia and 1 elevated bilirubin. 1 patient had a dose reduction for grade 2 alanine aminotransferase increase. Conclusions: Although our results are preliminary, the complete remission in this patient is promising in a disease where no viable treatment options exist in the relapsed, refractory BL. Enrollment to the BL cohort is ongoing. [Formula presented] Disclosures: Nikolaenko: Pfizer: Research Funding;Rafael Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding. Pardee: Celgene/BMS: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau;Amgen: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau;Pharmacyclics: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau;Janssen: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau;AbbVie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisor committees;CBM Biopharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees;Karyopharm: Research Funding;Rafael Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding. Abramson: Genentech: Consultancy;Kymera: Consultancy;Karyopharm: Consultancy;AbbVie: Consultancy;Seagen Inc.: Research Funding;Allogene Therapeutics: Consultancy;Astra-Zeneca: Consultancy;Incyte Corporation: Consultancy;BeiGene: Consultancy;Bluebird Bio: Consultancy;Genmab: Consultancy;EMD Serono: Consultancy;Bristol-Myers Squibb Company: Consultancy, Research Funding;C4 Therapeutics: Consultancy;Morphosys: Consultancy;Kite Pharma: Consultancy;Novartis: Consultancy. Horwitz: Vividion Therapeutics: Consultancy;Shoreline Biosciences, Inc.: Consultancy;Tubulis: Consultancy;Verastem: Research Funding;ONO Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy;Myeloid Therapeutics: Consultancy;SecuraBio: Consultancy, Research Funding;Trillium Therapeutics: Consultancy, Research Funding;Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Research Funding;Millennium /Takeda: Consultancy, Research Funding;Kura Oncology: Consultancy;Janssen: Consultancy;Kyowa Hakko Kirin: Consultancy, Research Funding;Forty Seven, Inc.: Research Funding;Daiichi Sankyo: Research Funding;C4 Therapeutics: Consultancy;Celgene: Research Funding;Aileron: Research Funding;Affimed: Research Funding;Acrotech Biopharma: Consultancy;ADC Therapeutics: Consultancy, Research Funding. Matasar: GlaxoSmithKline: Honoraria, Research Funding;Teva: Consultancy;Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding;Bayer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding;Genentech, Inc.: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding;Merck Sharp & Dohme: Current holder of individual stocks in a privately-held company;F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding;IGM Biosciences: Research Funding;Merck: Consultancy;Juno Therapeutics: Consultancy;TG Therapeutics: Consultancy, Honoraria;Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding;Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Current Employment;Pharmacyclics: Honoraria, Research Funding;Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy;ImmunoVaccine Technologies: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding;Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria;Rocket Medical: Consultancy, Research Funding. Noy: Rafael Parhma: Research Funding;Morphosys: Consultancy;Targeted Oncology: Consultancy;Medscape: Consultancy;Pharmacyclics: Consultancy, Research Funding;Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria;Epizyme: Consultancy. OffLabel Disclosure: CPI-613 (devimistat) is a non-redox active analogue of lipoic acid, a required cofactor for two key mitochondrial enzymes of the TCA cycle, pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Disruption of mitochondrial function by CPI-613 results in a shutdown of ATP and biosynthetic-intermediate production, leading to cancer cell death by apoptosis or necrosis
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Introduction: The standard approach for relapsed or refractory (RR) classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) following front-line treatment failure is second line therapy (SLT) aimed to achieve complete response (CR), followed by consolidation with high dose therapy and autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HDT/AHCT). No one standard SLT exists and options include regimens containing platinum, gemcitabine, and more recently brentuximab vedotin (BV). Complete response rates associated with these regimens range from 50-70%. Due to the increasing use of BV in the front-line setting, development of SLT regimens that are both highly effective and BV-sparing are needed. Programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitors are highly active in RR cHL and have the potential to enhance the efficacy of standard chemotherapy. Here we report the results of our phase II study evaluating a novel anti-PD-1-based regimen, pembrolizumab plus gemcitabine, vinorelbine, and liposomal doxorubicin (pembrolizumab-GVD), as SLT for RR cHL. Methods: Transplant eligible patients (pts) with RR cHL following failure of 1-line of therapy were eligible. Treatment consisted of 2 to 4 cycles of pembrolizumab (200mg IV, day 1), gemcitabine (1000mg/m2 IV, days 1 and 8), vinorelbine (20mg/m2 IV, days 1 and 8) and liposomal doxorubicin (15mg/m2, days 1 and 8), given on 21-day cycles. Pts who achieved CR by PET (Deauville ≤3) after 2 or 4 cycles proceeded to HDT/AHCT. HDT/AHCT was carried out according to institutional standards and BV maintenance was allowed following HDT/AHCT. The primary endpoint was CR rate after 2 or 4 cycles of pembrolizumab-GVD. Enrollment occurred according to a Simon 2-stage design with sample size based upon a projected CR rate of 70%. In stage 1, 23 pts enrolled and 12 or more CRs were required to proceed to stage II;in stage II, an additional 16 pts enrolled. Out of a total of 39 pts, 24 CRs were required to declare this regimen promising. Results: Among 39 patients enrolled, 37 are evaluable for toxicity (2 pts have not yet started treatment) and 34 are evaluable for response (4 pts too early, 1 pt found to have composite lymphoma after enrollment). Of 37 treated pts, median age is 36 (range 21-71), 43% are male, 23 (62%) had advanced stage disease, and 15 (41%) had primary refractory disease. With regard to RR cHL risk factors (B-symptoms, extranodal disease, and relapse/refractory disease within 1 year of initial treatment), 4(11%) had no risk factors (RFs), 21 (57%) had 1 RF, 9 (24%) had 2 RFs, and 3 (8%) had all 3 RFs. Treatment was well tolerated with most adverse events being grade 1 or 2 (see figure 1). Grade 3 AEs included rash (n=1), elevated AST/ALT (n=3), oral mucositis (n=2), and neutropenia (n=3). Figure 2 shows the outcome for all 37 treated pts. Among 34 evaluable pts, 31 (91%) achieved CR after 2 cycles and 3 achieved partial response. An additional 1 pt achieved CR after 4 cycles of pembrolizumab-GVD, therefore in total, 32 of 34 (94%) achieved CR following pembrolizumab-GVD. 4 pts with CR after 2 cycles received an additional 2 cycles of pembrolizumab-GVD in order to delay HDT/AHCT during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic (n=3) or due to refusing HDT/ASCT (n=1). To date, 32 have undergone HDT/AHCT following 2 (n=27) or 4 (n=5) cycles of treatment. 1 pt is awaiting HDT/AHCT;1 pt refused HDT/ASCT and received pembrolizumab maintenance instead. 2 pts received involved site radiation therapy to initial area of relapsed disease prior to planned HDT/AHCT and 10 pts received post-HDT/ASCT maintenance with BV. Median follow-up post-HDT/AHCT is 9 mos (range 0.03-20.9 mos) and all pts remain in remission to date. Conclusion: Second-line therapy with pembrolizumab-GVD is a highly effective and well-tolerated regimen that can efficiently bridge pts with RR cHL to HDT/AHCT. Updated results including all 39 enrolled pts will be presented at the meeting. Given the high CR rate observed with pembrolizumab-GVD, an expansion cohort evaluating 8 cycles of pembrolizumab maintenance (instead of HDT/AHCT) for patients who achieve CR af er 4 cycles of pembrolizumab-GVD is planned. [Formula presented] Disclosures: Moskowitz: Merck: Consultancy;Incyte: Research Funding;Miragen Therapeutics: Consultancy;Seattle Genetics: Consultancy;Imbrium Therapeutics, L.P.: Consultancy;Merck: Research Funding;Seattle Genetics: Research Funding;Bristol-Myers Squibb: Research Funding. Shah: Amgen Inc.: Research Funding;Janssen: Research Funding. Kumar: AbbVie: Research Funding;Celgene: Honoraria, Other: Honoraria for Advisory Board;Seattle Genetics: Research Funding;Astra Zeneca: Honoraria, Other: Honoraria for Advisory Board;Celgene: Research Funding;Kite Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria, Other: Honoraria for Advisory Board;Adaptive Biotechnologies,: Research Funding;Pharmacyclics: Research Funding. Lahoud: MorphoSys: Other: Advisory Board. Batlevi: Life Sci, GLG, Juno/Celgene, Seattle Genetics, Kite: Consultancy;Janssen, Novartis, Epizyme, Xynomics, Bayer, Autolus, Roche/Genentech: Research Funding. Hamlin: J&J Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding;Portola: Research Funding;Incyte: Research Funding;Portola Pharmaceutics: Consultancy;Juno Therapeutics: Consultancy;Karyopharm: Consultancy;Celgene: Consultancy;Molecular Templates: Research Funding. Straus: Karyopharm Therapeutics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees;Imedex, Inc.: Speakers Bureau;Targeted Oncology: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau;NY Lymphoma Rounds: Consultancy;Takeda Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau;OncLive: Speakers Bureau;Elsevier: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: CME writer;ASH: Other: Conference in December 2019 on HL to other physicians during ASH;Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Horwitz: ASTEX: Consultancy;Verastem: Consultancy, Research Funding;Myeloid Therapeutics: Consultancy;Miragen: Consultancy;Kura Oncology: Consultancy;Janssen: Consultancy;GlaxoSmithKline: Consultancy;Daiichi Sankyo: Research Funding;C4 Therapeutics: Consultancy;Affirmed: Consultancy;Vividion Therapeutics: Consultancy;Beigene: Consultancy;Portola: Consultancy, Research Funding;Mundipharma: Consultancy;Innate Pharma: Consultancy;Corvus: Consultancy;Trillium: Consultancy, Research Funding;Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Research Funding;Millenium/Takeda: Consultancy, Research Funding;Kyowa Hakka Kirin: Consultancy, Research Funding;Infinity/Verastem: Research Funding;Forty Seven: Consultancy, Research Funding;Celgene: Consultancy, Research Funding;Aileron: Consultancy, Research Funding;ADCT Therapeutics: Consultancy, Research Funding. Falchi: Genmab: Research Funding;Roche: Research Funding. Joffe: Epizyme: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees;AstraZeneca: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Noy: Pharmacyclics: Research Funding;Pharmacyclics: Consultancy;Janssen: Consultancy;Rafael Pharma: Research Funding;NIH: Research Funding;Morphosys: Consultancy;Medscape: Consultancy;Targeted Oncology: Consultancy. Matasar: Teva: Consultancy;Genentech, Inc.: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding;Merck: Consultancy;Bayer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding;Juno Therapeutics: Consultancy;F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding;GlaxoSmithKline: Honoraria, Research Funding;IGM Biosciences: Research Funding;Janssen: Honoraria, Research Funding;Pharmacyclics: Honoraria, Research Funding;Immunovaccine Technologies: Honoraria, Research Funding;Rocket Medical: Consultancy, Research Funding;Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria;Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy;Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding. Vardhana: Other: Other: SAV has received honoraria from Agios Pharmaceuticals and Rheos Pharmaceuticals, is an advisor for Immunai and has consulted for ADC Therapeutics. von Keudell: Genentech: Research Funding;Bayer: Research Funding;Pharmacyclics: Research Funding. Zelenetz: Novartis: Consultancy;Janssen: Consultancy;Celge e: Consultancy;Amgen: Consultancy;Adaptive Biotechnology: Consultancy;BeiGene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees;Roche: Research Funding;Gilead: Research Funding;Genentech/Roche: Consultancy;Gilead: Consultancy;Sandoz: Research Funding;Celgene: Research Funding;MEI Pharma: Research Funding;MorphoSys: Research Funding. OffLabel Disclosure: Pembrolizumab as second-line therapy for Hodgkin lymphoma
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Introduction: Patients (pts) with primary refractory or relapsed Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia (BL) or high-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 rearrangements (double hit, DHL) and/or BCL6 (triple hit, THL) have a dismal prognosis. A dysregulated MYC oncogene has downstream effects on proliferation and highly glycolytic metabolism with tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates as biosynthetic precursors. Devimistat is a non-redox active analogue of lipoic acid, a required cofactor for two key TCA cycle mitochondrial enzymes: pyruvate dehydrogenase and alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Disruption results in a shutdown of ATP and biosyntheticintermediate production leading to cancer cell death. In a phase I trial (n = 26) a pt with multiply refractory BL had a partial remission sustained over one year prior to resection. She remains in remission 7 years later. As of March 2021, 20 clinical studies in over 700 pts with various cancers have been conducted (ongoing/completed) with devimistat. We initiated a phase II trial to further explore efficacy. Methods: NCT03793140 is a multicenter study enrolling 17 patients on each of two cohorts BL or DHL/THL. Pts must have had one prior therapy or are refusing standard of care, measurable disease or isolated bone marrow involvement, and must not be within 3 months of a prior stem cell transplant. Active central nervous system (CNS) parenchymal disease is excluded, but leptomeningeal disease is allowed if the CSF is negative for more than 4 weeks and the maintenance intrathecal/intraOmmaya therapy is ongoing. Devimistat is given by central line over 2 hours daily x 5 days for two 14-day cycles and then as maintenance every 21 days. Pts are evaluable for response if they receive at least 4/5 days of the first cycle. At least 1response in the first 9 pts by cycle 3 was needed to expand to 17 pts in total in that cohort. Results: 9 pts were enrolled in the DHL/THL arm. Number of prior therapies was 3(1-6). No responses and only 1 stable disease resulted in cohort closure. Thus far, 8 BL pts were enrolled. Number of prior therapies was 3 (2-4). 2 pts were inevaluable. 1/6 pts had a response. This HIV+ pt had a thigh mass having received 4 prior therapies. He had a near complete metabolic remission after 3 cycles of devimistat. PET/CT assessment: Thigh lesion baseline October 19, 2020: 10.8 x 6.5 cm SUV 24. After cycle 3: unmeasurable, SUV 2. He is currently in cycle 7, having had a 4-week treatment delay of cycle 5 due to CoVID 19 infection. ECOG improved from 3 to 0. Adverse events (AE): As of March 03, 2021, no serious AEs related to study drug. 4 pts had grade 3 events at least possibly related: 2 neutropenia, 1 thrombocytopenia and 1 elevated bilirubin. 1 patient had a dose reduction for grade 2 alanine aminotransferase increase. Conclusions: Although our results are preliminary, the near complete remission in this patient is promising in a disease where no viable treatment options exist.
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Pharmaceutical care describes a philosophy and practice paradigm that calls upon pharmacists to work with other healthcare professionals and patients to achieve optimal health outcomes. Among the most accessible health professionals, pharmacists have responsibilities to individual patients and to public health, and this has been especially evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pharmacists in high-volume community settings provide a growing number of clinical services (i.e., immunizations and point-of-care testing), but according to job satisfaction and workplace survey data, demands related to filling prescriptions, insufficient staffing, and working conditions are often not optimal for these enhanced responsibilities and lead to job dissatisfaction. Professional codes of ethics require a high level of practice that is currently difficult to maintain due to a number of related barriers. In this paper, we summarize recent changes to the scope of practice of pharmacists, cite ethical responsibilities from the American Pharmacists Association Code of Ethics, review data and comments from workplace surveys, and make a call for change. Corporate managers, state boards of pharmacy, and professional organizations have a shared responsibility to work with community pharmacists in all settings to find solutions that ensure optimal and ethical patient care. Attention to these areas will enhance patient care and increase job satisfaction.