Publications by authors named "Huen A"

Background: Effective treatment options are scarce for relapsed or refractory T-cell lymphoma. This study assesses the safety and activity of CTX130 (volamcabtagene durzigedleucel), a CD70-directed, allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) immunotherapy manufactured from healthy donor T cells, in patients with relapsed or refractory T-cell lymphoma.

Methods: This single-arm, open-label, phase 1 study was done at ten medical centres across the USA, Australia, and Canada in patients (aged ≥18 years) with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, who had received at least one or at least two previous systemic therapy lines, respectively, and had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1.

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Purpose: Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL) is rare in the Western Hemisphere and is commonly treated with combined modality therapy (CMT).

Methods And Materials: We retrospectively reviewed 35 patients treated with Ann Arbor stage I/II ENKTCL between 1994 and 2015 at a large academic cancer center in the United States.

Results: With 11.

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Mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS) are the most common subtypes of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). While MF generally follows an indolent course, a subset of patients will experience progressive and/or treatment-refractory disease; Sézary syndrome is an aggressive lymphoma associated with high morbidity and mortality. Although allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (allo-HCT) is the only currently available potentially curative treatment modality for MF/SS there is no published guidance on referral criteria, transplant timing orallo-HCT approach.

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  • * A study identified 23 patients who maintained a complete remission or stage IA status for over 10 years after being treated for advanced-stage MF/SS, with various treatment strategies leading to positive outcomes.
  • * The most common effective treatments included total skin electron beam (TSEB) therapy followed by allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT), radiotherapy, and extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) combined with long-term antibiotics and immunomodulatory agents.
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  • PCSM-LPD is a rare skin-related T-cell disorder, and its treatment often includes various strategies, notably radiotherapy.* -
  • A study of 46 patients revealed that all achieved complete responses, with 94% of those receiving focused radiotherapy responding well, while ultra-low-dose rates also showed high effectiveness.* -
  • Overall, both observation and treatments such as steroids and radiotherapy yield excellent results for PCSM-LPD, with low toxicity reported particularly with ultra-low-dose radiation.*
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  • Granulomatous Mycosis Fungoides (GMF) is a rare and severe type of mycosis fungoides that features a granulomatous infiltrate and generally has worse outcomes than typical mycosis fungoides.
  • The study investigated immune responses in GMF and Mycosis Fungoides with Large Cell Transformation (MFLCT) by examining various markers in skin biopsies from 49 patients.
  • Findings indicated that patients with GMF showed distinct immune profiles, including increased Tbet, RORγT, and PD-L1, while certain factors like low levels of RORγT and advanced disease stage correlated with poorer survival rates.
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Purpose: Purpose: Radiation therapy (RT) and the antibody-drug conjugate brentuximab vedotin (BV) are standard-of-care treatment options for patients with certain B and T-cell lymphomas; however, there are limited data exploring the safety of concurrent BV and RT (BVRT).

Methods And Materials: We performed a single institutional retrospective review of 44 patients who received BVRT.

Results: Twenty percent of patients (9/44) developed new grade 2 or higher (G2+) hematologic toxicity (HT) after BVRT, which was associated with radiation dose (median dose of 35 Gy in those with new G2+ HT compared with 15 Gy in those without; < .

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Tenalisib, a selective phosphoinositide-3-kinase δ/γ, and salt-inducible-kinase-3 inhibitor has shown efficacy and was well-tolerated in patients with T-cell lymphoma (TCL). In vitro studies suggest a synergistic anti-tumor potential for the combination of tenalisib with the histone-deacetylase inhibitor, romidepsin. This multicenter, open-label, phase I/II study was designed to characterize the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of oral tenalisib twice-daily and intravenous romidepsin administered on days 1, 8 and 15 in 28-day cycles in adults with relapsed/refractory TCL.

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Mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary Syndrome (SS) are the most common subtypes of cutaneous T cell lymphomas (CTCL). Advanced-stage MF/SS have poor prognoses and may be refractory to multiple systemic treatments. These cases can be difficult to achieve and maintain complete response and there is a need for novel therapeutics.

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Background: Since their first approval 25 years ago, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have become important targeted cancer therapeutics. However, dermatologic toxicities associated with non-immune checkpoint inhibitor (non-ICI) mAbs may complicate the course of cancer treatment. Data on the incidence and types of these reactions are limited.

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Importance: Given that mycosis fungoides-cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (MF/CTCL) is chronic, there is a need for additional therapies with minimal short- and long-term adverse effects. Topical synthetic hypericin ointment, 0.25%, activated with visible light is a novel, nonmutagenic photodynamic therapy (PDT).

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Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EDV) is a rare genodermatosis that predisposes affected individuals to persistent infection with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV), particularly those that belong to the genus beta-HPV, including HPV-5 and HPV-8, which carry high oncogenic potential. There are three main HPV-related viral cytopathic changes in cutaneous verrucae in terms of intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies (ICBs), namely, granular, filamentous, and homogeneous type ICBs. To date, only HPV-4, HPV-60, and HPV-65 have been found in association with homogeneous ICBs.

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The CCR4-directed monoclonal antibody mogamulizumab has been shown to significantly improve progression-free survival and overall response rate compared with vorinostat in adults with relapsed/refractory mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sézary syndrome (SS). One of the most common adverse events seen with mogamulizumab in MF/SS patients is rash. Because of the protean nature of MF/SS and the variable clinical and histopathological features of mogamulizumab-associated rash, healthcare providers may have difficulty distinguishing rash from disease, and may not be aware of appropriate treatment strategies for this generally manageable adverse event.

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Background: In response to the increased use of combination checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) and the resulting increased cutaneous adverse events (CAEs), this study reviewed patients with melanoma treated with combination CPIs to characterize CAE features and their clinical impact, correlation to adverse events in other organs, and correlation to tumor response.

Methods: Patients from the authors' institutional database who received at least 1 dose of ipilimumab in combination with either nivolumab or pembrolizumab between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2017, for stage IV or unresectable stage III melanoma were identified. The time to next treatment (TTNT) was calculated from the start of CPI therapy to the start of the next treatment or death, and the development of CAEs was tested in a time-dependent Cox regression to identify associations with TTNT.

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Purpose: Treatment options for corticosteroid-refractory and/or high-grade checkpoint inhibitor (CPI)-induced cutaneous adverse events (CAEs) are limited; however, anecdotal reports of biologic therapies have been successful. We aim to characterize the appropriate treatment scenarios and safety and efficacy profiles of biologics used to treat patients with CPI-induced CAEs at a single institution.

Methods: This is a retrospective case series of patients from January 1st, 2015 to October 20th, 2020, with CPI-induced CAEs who were treated with biologics at a single cancer center.

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Primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas pose a diagnostic challenge for dermatopathologists, hematopathologists, and general surgical pathologists. Recognition of gamma/delta phenotype in cutaneous T proliferations has been enhanced by the availability of antibodies against TCRgamma and delta for immunohistochemistry. Thus, reporting gamma/delta phenotype in a cutaneous T-cell lymphoid proliferation may indicate a significant change in therapy and a challenge for dermatologists and oncologists who treat these patients.

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  • Mycosis fungoides with large cell transformation (MFLCT) and primary cutaneous CD30+ T cell lymphoproliferative disorders (PC CD30+ LPD) can be hard to differentiate, which is crucial for effective patient treatment.
  • A study evaluated GATA3 expression in 25 MFLCT cases and 24 PC CD30+ LPD cases to see if it could help distinguish between the two conditions, finding that MFLCT had significantly higher GATA3 expression.
  • The results indicated that using GATA3 as a marker could provide a higher diagnostic accuracy, with a sensitivity of 56% and specificity of 74%, particularly if 50% GATA3 expression was
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Patients with mycosis fungoides have an increased risk for additional malignancies, particularly hematologic malignancies. Of the malignancies that have been associated with mycosis fungoides, renal cell carcinoma and other solid tumor malignancies have not been studied extensively. In this case series, we describe three mycosis fungoides patients who were diagnosed with clear cell renal cell carcinoma and discuss the potential pathophysiology underlying this association.

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Background: Sézary syndrome (SS) and mycosis fungoides (MF), 2 types of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, cause significant morbidity and adversely affect patients' quality of life (QoL). The present study assessed the QoL measurement changes in patients receiving mogamulizumab versus vorinostat.

Patients And Methods: A multicenter phase III trial was conducted of patients with stage IB-IV MF/SS with ≥ 1 failed systemic therapy.

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