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Eltrombopag for Post-Transplant Poor Graft Function in East Asian Patients
No full textPoor graft function (PGF) is a serious, potentially life-threatening complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Eltrombopag has shown multilineage responses in patients with refractory severe aplastic anemia, supporting the idea that it may improve cytopenia in patients with PGF. This retrospective, single center analysis included 8 Korean patients receiving eltrombopag for PGF. Median interval between transplant and eltrombopag treatment was 73 days, and the median duration treatment was 3.5 weeks. With median maximum daily dose of 50 mg, the time to best response was 93 days. Median hemoglobin increased from 8.2 g/dL to 10.9 g/dL, platelet from 18.5 x 10(9)/L to 54 x 10(9)/L, and absolute neutrophil count from 1.25 x 10(9)/L to 3.32 x 10(9)/L. In conclusion, eltrombopag is a good option for PGF in Korean patients, even at a lower dose compared to western patients.Y
AML-119 The Impact of Post-Remission Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) Use (G-CSFu) in the Phase 3 Studies of Venetoclax (Ven) Combination Treatments in Patients (Pts) With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
No full text© 2022 Elsevier Inc.Context: In VIALE-A (NCT02993523) and VIALE-C (NCT03069352), Ven+azacitidine (Aza) and low-dose cytarabine (LDAC), respectively, improved outcomes in pts with intensive chemotherapy (IC)-ineligble newly diagnosed AML. Objective: To explore outcomes in pts with G-CSFu. Design: VIALE-A/C, dosing and treatment schedule were previously described. G-CSFu was given per institutional practice. Pts who achieved complete remission (CR) or CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi) were analyzed by G-CSFu. Results: In VIALE-A/C, baseline demographics were similar in Ven-treated pts regardless of G-CSFu. In VIALE-A, 190/286 pts (66%) treated with Ven+Aza and 41/145(28%) pts treated with placebo (PBO)+Aza achieved CR/CRi; 93(49%) and 10(24%) pts with CR/CRi received G-CSF (median time to first G-CSFu[range], 36d[2–483] and 35d[4–127]), respectively. Median duration of response (mDOR) for CR/CRi (95% CI) was not reached (NR; 17.5–NR) and 12.9mo(7.9–17.3) in the Ven+Aza+G-CSF and Ven+Aza+non-G-CSF groups, respectively; DOR at 12mo was 67% and 53%. Among 164 evaluable pts, measurable residual disease response (MRD<10–3) was achieved by 67, of whom 38(57%) had G-CSFu. Median overall survival (mOS[95% CI) was NR(NR–NR) with Ven+Aza+G-CSF and was 21.1mo(15.2–NR) with Ven+Aza+non-G-CSF; 12-mo OS rates were 83% and 71%. Post-remission Gr ≥3 neutropenia and febrile neutropenia (FN) rates were 33%(n=31) and 39%(n=36) with Ven+Aza+G-CSF, and 29%(n=28) and 20%(n=19) with Ven+Aza+non-G-CSF, respectively. Median durations of post-remission Gr ≥3 neutropenia and FN were 12.5d and 8d (Ven+Aza+G-CSF), and 16d and 10.5d (Ven+Aza+non-G-CSF). In VIALE-C, 69/143 pts (48%) treated with Ven+LDAC and 9/68(13%) pts treated with PBO+LDAC achieved CR/CRi; 30(43%) and 2(22%) received G-CSF (median time to first G-CSFu[range], 30d[2–459] and 229d[169–289]), respectively. mDOR was 10.8(4.9–17.8) and 11.8mo(5.9–NR) in the Ven+LDAC+G-CSF and Ven+LDAC+non-G-CSF groups, respectively; DOR at 12mo was 45% and 49%. mOS was 20.8mo(11.9–NR) with Ven+LDAC+G-CSF and 13.7mo(10.8–NR) with Ven+LDAC+non-G-CSF; 12-mo OS were ~68% and ~57%; 9/64 evaluable pts achieved MRD<10–3, of whom 6(67%) had G-CSFu. Post-remission Gr ≥3 neutropenia and FN rates were 53%(n=16) and 23%(n=7) with Ven+LDAC+G-CSF, and 51%(n=20) and 8%(n=3) with Ven+LDAC+non-G-CSF, respectively. Median durations of post-remission Gr≥3 neutropenia and FN were 15d and 6d(Ven+LDAC+G-CSF), and 12.5d and 29d(Ven+LDAC+non-G-CSF). Conclusions: Gr ≥3 neutropenia and FN with G-CSFu trended towards shorter duration, without negative impact on DOR or OS.N
Varicella-zoster virus-specific cell-mediated immunity and herpes zoster development in multiple myeloma patients receiving bortezomib- or thalidomide-based chemotherapy
No full textBackground: The incidence of herpes zoster is substantial during bortezomib treatment in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Objectives: This study aimed to elucidate the effect of chemotherapy with or without bortezomib in MM patients on their herpes zoster incidence and varicella zoster virus (VZV)-specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI). Study design: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected at baseline and after 1 month of bortezomib-based or thalidomide-based chemotherapy and then analyzed using VZV-specific interferongamma (IFN-gamma) enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay. The clinical data from these patients were analyzed in relation to the ELISPOT results. Results: Of 58 patients analyzed, 39 patients received bortezomib and the other 19 patients, thalidomide. Among them, 5 patients developed herpes zoster during chemotherapy; all 5 were being treated with the bortezomib-based regimen and were not receiving prophylactic anti-viral agents. The median onset of herpes zoster was 32 days (range, 15-95 days) from the initiation of chemotherapy. Among patients who received bortezomib therapy, acyclovir prophylaxis significantly reduced the risk for herpes zoster (100-day cumulative incidence, 0% vs. 49.5%; p < 0.001). Spot-forming cell (SFC) counts in the IFN-gamma ELISPOT assay decreased from baseline after bortezomib (p = 0.011) or thalidomide (p = 0.096) treatment. Patients with baseline SFCs greater than 20/10(6) mononuclear cells exhibited significantly higher incidence of herpes zoster (100-day cumulative incidence, 34.8% vs. 0%; p = 0.040). Conclusions: Bortezomib treatment significantly reduced VZV-specific CMI, and high baseline SFC counts in patients receiving this treatment without acyclovir prophylaxis were associated with a significantly increased risk for herpes zoster. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.N
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Safety and efficacy of nilotinib in adult patients with chronic myeloid leukemia: a post-marketing surveillance study in Korea
No full textBACKGROUND: Nilotinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for frontline and 2nd line treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph(+) CML). This study aimed to confirm the safety and efficacy of nilotinib in routine clinical practice within South Korea. METHODS: An open-label, multicenter, single-arm, 12-week observational post-marketing surveillance (PMS) study was conducted on 669 Korean adult patients with Ph(+) CML from December 24, 2010, to December 23, 2016. The patients received nilotinib treatment in routine clinical practice settings. Safety was evaluated by all types of adverse events (AEs) during the study period, and efficacy was evaluated by the complete hematological response (CHR) and cytogenetic response. RESULTS: During the study period, AEs occurred in 61.3% (410 patients, 973 events), adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in 40.5% (271/669 patients, 559 events), serious AEs in 4.5% (30 patients, 37 events), and serious ADRs in 0.7% (5 patients, 8 events). Furthermore, unexpected AEs occurred at a rate of 6.9% (46 patients, 55 events) and unexpected ADRs at 1.2% (8 patients, 8 events). As for the efficacy results, CHR was achieved in 89.5% (442/494 patients), and minor cytogenetic response or major cytogenetic response was achieved in 85.8% (139/162 patients). CONCLUSION: This PMS study shows consistent results in terms of safety and efficacy compared with previous studies. Nilotinib was well tolerated and efficacious in adult Korean patients with Ph(+) CML in routine clinical practice settings
Prospective evaluation of clinical symptoms of chemotherapy‐induced oral mucositis in adult patients with acute leukemia: A preliminary study
Full text linkObjective The objective of this study was to prospectively evaluate the clinical features of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis (CIOM) in adult patients with acute leukemia and the aggravating factors for such symptoms. Subjects Thirty-seven prospective patients aged >= 19 years with acute leukemia undergoing chemotherapy were enrolled. Oral and clinical investigations were performed at baseline and on Day 14 after starting chemotherapy. The presence and severity of cancer-induced oral mucositis were demonstrated using the World Health Organization (WHO) scoring system. Results On Day 14, we found that oral mucositis had developed in eight patients (21.6%). Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients was a predictor of increased WHO scores (beta = 1.937, p < .001). Regarding oral sites, ventral tongue (beta = 1.670), soft palate (beta = 1.242), and buccal mucosa (beta = 0.593) were predictors for increased scores. In addition, the increase in WHO scores was positively correlated with the number of oral lesions (r = .521), the difficulty in eating (r = .250), and the overall oral health (r = .534; all p < .05). Conclusion The main factors affecting the severity of CIOM symptoms were the treatment with HSCT and the location of oral lesions. The incidence of CIOM and WHO scores were not significantly different between the subgroups of disease. Our findings will help clinicians investigate the oral findings after chemotherapy in adult patients with acute leukemia.Y
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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