Interim-PET predicts progression-free survival in stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma treated with upfront brentuximab vedotin-AVD.

Brentuximab vedotin (BV) plus doxorubicin, vinblastine and dacarbazine (AVD) demonstrated to improve survival compared to ABVD as frontline treatment of advanced stage Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL). We retrospectively collected data of 99 stage IV HL patients treated off-protocol with BV-AVD to evaluate the predictive role of interim-PET. Median age was 36 years (range: 18-82); 83.

CAT rs1001179 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Identifies an Aggressive Clinical Behavior in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is characterized by an extremely variable clinical course. Although several parameters have been shown to be associated with clinical outcomes in patients with CLL, there remains substantial intragroup clinical heterogeneity in otherwise molecularly and staging homogeneous CLL subgroups. We have recently shown that high catalase (CAT) expression identifies patients with an aggressive clinical course and that higher CAT expression is associated with the presence of the rs1001179 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) T allele in the CAT promoter.

Visceral Leishmaniasis Following A+AVD Treatment in a Patient with Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

We present the case of a 43-year-old Caucasian man who developed visceral leishmaniasis (VL) following treatment with a combination of brentuximab vedotin and doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (A+AVD) for advanced-stage classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (cHL). The patient initially showed a favorable response to the treatment, but shortly after completing six cycles, he experienced recurrent fever, splenomegaly, and severe anemia. Extensive infectious disease evaluations led to a diagnosis of VL, confirmed by PCR testing.