Publications by authors named "J Lopez-Jimenez"

Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is extremely rare. A few reviews comprise the available evidence. We present the case of a 70-year-old man who was immunosuppressed as a result of a previous liver transplant and who presented with PCL.

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Purpose: Early treatment of high-risk smoldering myeloma has been shown to delay progression to multiple myeloma (MM). We conducted this trial with curative intention using a treatment approach employed for newly diagnosed patients with MM.

Methods: Patients with high-risk smoldering myeloma (>50% progression risk at 2 years) and transplant candidates were included and received induction therapy with carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (KRd), six cycles, followed by high-dose melphalan (200 mg/m) autologous stem-cell transplantation (HDM-ASCT), two KRd consolidation cycles, and Rd maintenance for 2 years.

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Article Synopsis
  • There is limited real-world data on COVID-19 management in patients with hematologic diseases (HD) during the Omicron variant phase, prompting this study to evaluate clinical outcomes and risk factors.
  • A review of 692 HD patients from December 2021 to May 2023 revealed that a significant portion went untreated, with a low COVID-19 mortality rate, while specific antiviral treatments were linked to varying outcomes based on disease severity.
  • Key findings indicate that older age, certain treatment procedures, and incomplete vaccinations heightened the risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes, emphasizing the need for complete vaccinations to improve management in this vulnerable population.
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The value of quantitative immunoprecipitation mass spectrometry (QIP-MS) to identify the M-protein is being investigated in patients with monoclonal gammopathies but no data are yet available in high-risk smoldering myeloma (HRsMM). We have, therefore, investigated QIP-MS to monitor peripheral residual disease (PRD) in 62 HRsMM patients enrolled in the GEM-CESAR trial. After 24 cycles of maintenance, detecting the M-protein by MS or clonal plasma cells by next-generation flow cytometry (NGF) identified cases with a significantly shorter median progression-free survival (mPFS) (MS: not reached vs.

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Invasive fungal infections (IFI) pose a significant complication after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Isavuconazole (ISV) is a new generation azole with a favourable adverse effect and interaction profile approved for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis. We analyzed the indications, effectiveness, adverse event profile and drug interaction management of ISV in the real-world setting in adults who received allogeneic-HSCT (allo-HSCT) within the Spanish Group of HSCT and Cell Therapy (GETH-TC).

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