18 results match your criteria: "Baylor College of Medicine and Houston Methodist Hospital[Affiliation]"

Purpose: On the basis of the results of the ZUMA-3 trial, brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel), a CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, gained US Food and Drug Administration approval in October 2021 for adults with relapsed/refractory (R/R) B-cell ALL (B-ALL). We report outcomes of patients treated with brexu-cel as a standard therapy.

Methods: We developed a collaboration across 31 US centers to study adults with B-ALL who received brexu-cel outside the context of a clinical trial.

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Late effects after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation in children and adolescents with non-malignant disorders: a retrospective cohort study.

Lancet Child Adolesc Health

October 2024

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplant, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Electronic address:

Article Synopsis
  • * A retrospective study analyzed data from 5,790 young patients who underwent HCT to evaluate the incidence of late effects and their associated risk factors, focusing on various health complications like avascular necrosis and diabetes.
  • * The study included patients from diverse backgrounds, revealing that 60.5% were male and most were white, with major findings regarding the timing and prevalence of complications occurring within five to seven years post-transplant.
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Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the only curative therapy for myelofibrosis (MF) and is recommended for patients with higher risk disease. However, there is a risk of early mortality, and optimal timing is unknown. JAK inhibitor (JAKi) therapy may offer durable improvement in symptoms, splenomegaly and quality of life.

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Objectives: Despite the use of antiviral prophylaxis in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants (HCT), cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common clinically significant infection and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in this patient population. Based on current approval, letermovir is initiated within 28 days following allogeneic HCT for CMV seropositive recipients and continued through 100 days post-transplant. However, it is unknown whether patients who receive extended duration CMV prophylaxis with letermovir would result in less CMV reactivation and reactivation compared to those who do not.

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Triplet Therapy, Transplantation, and Maintenance until Progression in Myeloma.

N Engl J Med

July 2022

From the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center (P.G.R., M.F., M.K.S., K.M., M.E.M., A.A.Z., O.N., R.L.S., J.P.L., C.P.-P., I.M.G., K.C.A., N.C.M.), the Department of Data Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (S.J.J., K.H.), the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital (E.A.W.), the Center for Multiple Myeloma, Massachusetts General Hospital (N.S.R., A.J.Y.), Harvard Medical School (P.G.R., S.J.J., E.A.W., N.S.R., A.J.Y.. M.F., K.H., M.K.S., K.M., M.E.M., A.A.Z., O.N., R.L.S., J.P.L., C.P.-P., I.M.G., K.C.A., N.C.M.), and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System (N.C.M.), Boston, and the Department of Medical Oncology, Davenport-Mugar Cancer Center, Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis (T.H.O.) - all in Massachusetts; Myeloma Service, the Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (H. Hassoun, S.A.G.), and the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (S.J.), New York, the Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo (P.L.M., P.T.), and State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse (T.G.) - all in New York; the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta (S.L., J.L.K.); Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (E.M., E.S.); the Division of Medical Oncology and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle (E.N.L.); the Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte (P.M.V.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham (C.G.), and the Hematology and Oncology-Cancer Center, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem (D.D.H.) - all in North Carolina; the Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (R.Z.O.), and Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine and Houston Methodist Hospital (R.T.K.), Houston, and Myeloma, Waldenstrom's, and Amyloidosis Program, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (L.D.A.) - all in Texas; the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit (J.A.Z.), and the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (E.L.C.) - both in Michigan; the Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (C.P.M.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.E.A.), and the Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.D.C.) - both in Pennsylvania; the Division of Hematology, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus (A.M.K.); the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy, University of Arizona, Tucson (K.G.); Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte (N.N.), and the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Stanford University, Stanford (M.L.) - both in California; the Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida (M. Alsina); Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (R.F.C.); the Division of Hematology Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (H. Hashmi); Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Cancer Care, Brewer (A.C.A.), and the Cancer Care Center of Maine, Bangor (T.H.O.); O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (K.N.G.); the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (M.C.P.); the National Marrow Donor Program, CIBMTR, Minneapolis (A.F.); and the Department of Hematology (A.P., M. Attal) and Unit for Genomics in Myeloma (H.A.-L.), Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, University Hospital, Toulouse, and the Department of Hematology, University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes (P.M.) - both in France.

Article Synopsis
  • A phase 3 trial analyzed the impact of adding autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) to a treatment regimen involving lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (known as RVD) in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
  • Results showed that the group receiving RVD plus ASCT had a median progression-free survival of 67.5 months, compared to 46.2 months for those receiving just RVD, indicating a significantly lower risk of disease progression or death with ASCT.
  • Although progression-free survival improved with ASCT, there was no overall survival advantage, with 5-year survival rates being comparable between the two
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This study sought to retrospectively investigate the outcomes of patients with light-chain amyloidosis (AL) with advanced cardiac involvement who were treated with a strategy of heart transplantation (HT) followed by delayed autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) at 1-year posttransplant. Patients with AL amyloidosis with substantial cardiac involvement have traditionally had very poor survival (eg, several months). A few select centers have reported their outcomes for HT followed by a strategy of early ASCT (ie, 6 months) for CA.

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Background: When used for hematopoietic stem cell mobilization, plerixafor was originally recommended to be administered 11 hours prior to apheresis based on the peak effect of 10 to 14 hours translating into an administration time of 10 to 11 pm. Reports of post-plerixafor anaphylactic reactions mandated labeling change by the Food and Drug Administration with recommendation of monitoring patients after administration. Based on data suggesting sustained plerixafor activity at 18 hours, we changed our administration time to 4 pm at our center.

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Realism and pragmatism in developing an effective chimeric antigen receptor T-cell product for solid cancers.

Cytotherapy

November 2016

Basic Research Department, Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357, Cairo, Egypt; Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA; Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. Electronic address:

Over the last two decades, harnessing the power of the immune system has shown substantial promise. Specifically, the successes that chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells achieved in the treatment of hematologic malignancies provided a concrete platform for further development in solid tumors. Considering that the latter contribute more than three quarters of cancer-related deaths in humans makes it clear that solid tumors represent the larger medical challenge, but also the larger developmental promise in the market.

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Plasma Levels of Endothelial Microparticles Bearing Monomeric C-reactive Protein are Increased in Peripheral Artery Disease.

J Cardiovasc Transl Res

June 2016

The Division of Cardiovascular Sciences and the DeBakey Heart Center, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Houston Methodist Hospital, One Baylor Plaza, M.S. BCM620, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

C-reactive protein (CRP) as an indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has shown limited sensitivity. We demonstrate that two isoforms of CRP (pentameric, pCRP and monomeric, mCRP) present in soluble form or on microparticles (MPs) have different biological effects and are not all measured by clinical CRP assays. The high-sensitivity CRP assay (hsCRP) did not measure pCRP or mCRP on MPs, whereas flow cytometry did.

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The impact of Janus kinase (JAK) 1/2 inhibitor therapy before allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has not been studied in a large cohort in myelofibrosis (MF). In this retrospective multicenter study, we analyzed outcomes of patients who underwent HCT for MF with prior exposure to JAK1/2 inhibitors. One hundred consecutive patients from participating centers were analyzed, and based on clinical status and response to JAK1/2 inhibitors at the time of HCT, patients were stratified into 5 groups: (1) clinical improvement (n = 23), (2) stable disease (n = 31), (3) new cytopenia/increasing blasts/intolerance (n = 15), (4) progressive disease: splenomegaly (n = 18), and (5) progressive disease: leukemic transformation (LT) (n = 13).

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Heparanase promotes tumor infiltration and antitumor activity of CAR-redirected T lymphocytes.

Nat Med

May 2015

1] Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. [2] Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. [3] Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

Adoptive transfer of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-redirected T lymphocytes (CAR-T cells) has had less striking therapeutic effects in solid tumors than in lymphoid malignancies. Although active tumor-mediated immunosuppression may have a role in limiting the efficacy of CAR-T cells, functional changes in T lymphocytes after their ex vivo manipulation may also account for the reduced ability of cultured CAR-T cells to penetrate stroma-rich solid tumors compared with lymphoid tissues. We therefore studied the capacity of human in vitro-cultured CAR-T cells to degrade components of the extracellular matrix (ECM).

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