Publications by authors named "Bohumir Blazek"

Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent childhood malignancy. Treatment has been unified in the middle of 1980 in the Czech Republic. In 2002-2007 children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were treated in an international randomized trial ALL-IC BFM 2002 in the Czech Republic.

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Our objective was to assess the incidence of inhibitors development in Czech Republic since the introduction of recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII) and to look for the factors potentially influencing this parameter. It is to be expected that inhibitors risk may be increased after the introduction of recombinant products. Data of Czech National Haemophilia Programme registry entered from 2003 till 2013 were analysed.

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Aim: To document the therapeutic efficacy and safety of Human Normal Immunoglobulin 10% Liquid (KIOVIG(®)/GAMMAGARD LIQUID(®) [IVIG 10%]) under clinical routine conditions.

Patients & Methods: Subjects received IVIG 10% according to the prescribing information and were followed for 6 ± 1 weeks to 12 ± 2 months depending on indication. Efficacy, adverse events, infusion rates and duration and dose were recorded.

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Introduction: Glucocorticoids, particularly prednisone/ prednisolone and dexamethasone, play a prominent role in the treatment of pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia due to their ability to induce apoptosis in susceptible cells. Current therapeutic protocols use prednisone for both the prophase and the induction phase of the therapy because the greater antileukemic activity of dexamethasone is compromised by its high frequency of serious adverse reactions.

Aim: To compare, for the first time, the in vitro antileukemic activity of prednisolone alone to that of a combination of prednisolone and dexamethasone using dexamethasone at a very low and presumably safe dosage (1/50 w/w).

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Background: Most minimal residual disease-directed treatment interventions in current treatment protocols for acute lymphoblastic leukemia are based on bone marrow testing, which is a consequence of previous studies showing the superiority of bone marrow over peripheral blood as an investigational material. Those studies typically did not explore the prognostic impact of peripheral blood involvement and lacked samples from very early time points of induction.

Design And Methods: In this study, we employed real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis to examine minimal residual disease in 398 pairs of blood and bone marrow follow-up samples taken from 95 children with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with the ALL IC-BFM 2002 protocol.

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A 2-year-old asymptomatic boy and his relatives were investigated for a suspected fibrinogen mutation after coagulation tests revealed a decreased functional fibrinogen level (family A). Eight-year-old and 1-year-old asymptomatic brothers were investigated for a suspected fibrinogen mutation after coagulation tests revealed a decreased functional fibrinogen level and prolonged thrombin time (family B). To identify whether genetic mutations were responsible for these dysfibrinogens, DNA extracted from the blood was analyzed.

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Article Synopsis
  • Mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) poses challenges in diagnosis and treatment, and is defined by the European Group for the Immunological Classification of Leukemias (EGIL) system, although the newer World Health Organization classification may simplify this process.
  • A study classified childhood acute leukemia using basic immunophenotypic criteria to direct therapies, revealing incidences of MPAL in patients treated with different leukemia regimens.
  • Findings showed that patients with MPAL had a worse 5-year event-free survival rate compared to non-mixed acute lymphoblastic leukemia cases, highlighting the need for more tailored treatment approaches.
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Unlabelled: The authors conducted an 8-year prospective non-randomised study to determine whether dexrazoxane (ICRF-187) would reduce late anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in patients treated in childhood for haematological malignancy. The authors examined prospectively 75 patients (40 male/35 female) aged 2-17 years (median 6.5 years) at the time of diagnosis.

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