16 results match your criteria: "Brussels (N. Meuleman); and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute[Affiliation]"

Background: CASSIOPEIA part 1 demonstrated superior depth of response and prolonged progression-free survival with daratumumab in combination with bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone (D-VTd) versus bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone (VTd) alone as an induction and consolidation regimen in transplant-eligible patients newly diagnosed with myeloma. In CASSIOPEIA part 2, daratumumab maintenance significantly improved progression-free survival and increased minimal residual disease (MRD)-negativity rates versus observation. Here, we report long-term study outcomes of CASSIOPEIA.

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Background: CASSIOPEIA part 1 showed superior depth of response and significantly improved progression-free survival with daratumumab, bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone (D-VTd) versus bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone (VTd) as induction and consolidation in patients with autologous stem-cell transplant (ASCT)-eligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. In part 2, we compared daratumumab maintenance versus observation only.

Methods: CASSIOPEIA is a two-part, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial of patients aged 18-65 years with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-2, done in 111 European academic and community practice centres.

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Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are considered a relevant therapeutic product for various clinical applications [...

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Outcome after surgery for deep endometriosis infiltrating the rectum.

Fertil Steril

June 2020

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leuven University Fertility Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Development and Regeneration, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Objective: To evaluate the rate of postoperative complications between conservative surgery and segmental resection in patients with rectal endometriosis.

Design: Single-center retrospective study.

Setting: University hospital.

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Oral Selinexor-Dexamethasone for Triple-Class Refractory Multiple Myeloma.

N Engl J Med

August 2019

From the Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (A.C., S.P., S.J.), and New York University Langone Medical Center (D.K.) - both in New York; the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (D.T.V.); the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens (M.G., M. Dimopoulos); the Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta (A.K.N., S.L.); Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center (A.J.Y.), Tufts Medical Center (R.L.C.), and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.G.R.), Boston, and Karyopharm Therapeutics, Newton (M.G.K., S.S., L.L., S. Tang, C.P., J.-R.S.-M., M.C., H.C., Y.L., J.S.) - all in Massachusetts; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (C.A.H.); the University of Nantes, Nantes (P.M.), Hôpital Necker (L.F.), Hôpital Saint-Antoine (M.M.), and La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (S.C.), Paris, University Hospital, Lille (T.F.), Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre-Benite (L.K.), and Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, Nancy (A.P.) - all in France; the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (D.D.); the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (C.C.); the Mayo Clinic of Arizona, Phoenix (A.K.S.); Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ (J.R.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (R.V.); Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill (S. Tuchman); the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg (M.S.R.), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg (K.C.W.), the University of Tübingen, Tübingen (K.C.W.), University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg (M.S.), the University of Freiburg, Freiburg (M.E.), and Gemeinschaftspraxis Hämatologie-Onkologie, Dresden (T.I.) - all in Germany; the University of Leuven, Leuven (M. Delforge), Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (N.M.), University Hospital Ghent, Ghent (P.V.), and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Université Catholique de Louvain Namur, Yvoir (C.D.) - all in Belgium; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (R.F.C.); Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami (J.E.H.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (L.J.C.); Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (T.L.P.); Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas (M.L.); the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (G.S.); and University Hospital Krems, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems an der Donau, Austria (K.P.).

Background: Selinexor, a selective inhibitor of nuclear export compound that blocks exportin 1 (XPO1) and forces nuclear accumulation and activation of tumor suppressor proteins, inhibits nuclear factor κB, and reduces oncoprotein messenger RNA translation, is a potential novel treatment for myeloma that is refractory to current therapeutic options.

Methods: We administered oral selinexor (80 mg) plus dexamethasone (20 mg) twice weekly to patients with myeloma who had previous exposure to bortezomib, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, pomalidomide, daratumumab, and an alkylating agent and had disease refractory to at least one proteasome inhibitor, one immunomodulatory agent, and daratumumab (triple-class refractory). The primary end point was overall response, defined as a partial response or better, with response assessed by an independent review committee.

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Patients with multiple myeloma are generally older and vary in fitness levels, which may influence the clinical benefit of treatment. Patients from the large, phase 3 FIRST trial in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) were retrospectively investigated to determine outcomes based on frailty using scores for age, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS), instead of the EQ-5D quality-of-life questionnaire, as previously reported. ECOG PS (n = 1618) was investigated in frailty groups: frail (49%) and nonfrail (51%).

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The randomized phase III ADMYRE trial evaluated plitidepsin plus dexamethasone (DXM) versus DXM alone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma after at least three but not more than six prior regimens, including at least bortezomib and lenalidomide or thalidomide. Patients were randomly assigned (2:1) to receive plitidepsin 5 mg/m on D1 and D15 plus DXM 40 mg on D1, D8, D15, and D22 (arm A, n = 171) or DXM 40 mg on D1, D8, D15, and D22 (arm B, n = 84) q4wk. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS).

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Background: Bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone (VTd) plus autologous stem-cell transplantation is standard treatment in Europe for transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. We evaluated whether the addition of daratumumab to VTd before and after autologous stem-cell transplantation would improve stringent complete response rate in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Methods: In this two-part, randomised, open-label, phase 3 CASSIOPEIA trial, we recruited transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma at 111 European sites.

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The introduction of novel agents has led to major improvements in clinical outcomes for patients with multiple myeloma. To shorten evaluation times for new treatments, health agencies are currently examining minimal residual disease (MRD) as a surrogate end point in clinical trials. We assessed the prognostic value of MRD, measured during maintenance therapy by next-generation sequencing (NGS).

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Lenalidomide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone with Transplantation for Myeloma.

N Engl J Med

April 2017

From the Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole (M.A., M.R., C.P., S.R., H.A.-L.) and Service d'Epidémiologie, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Toulouse (V.L.-C.), Toulouse, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux Pessac (C.H.), Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire la Miletrie, Poitiers (X.L.), Centre Hospitalier Le Bocage, Dijon (D.C.), Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Rennes, Rennes (M.E.), Hôpital St.-Louis (B.A., J.P.F.), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hôpital St.-Antoine (L.G.), Institut Curie (C.M.), and Haute Autorité de Santé (J.-L.H.), Paris, Institut d'Hématologie de Basse Normandie, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Caen, Caen (M.M.), Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire Henri Mondor, Creteil (K.B.), Hôpital Claude Huriez, Lille (T.F.), and Hôtel Dieu, Nantes (P.M.) - all in France; Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels (N. Meuleman); and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston (M.E.M., A.A.Z., E.A.W., N. Munshi, K.C.A., P.G.R.).

Background: High-dose chemotherapy plus autologous stem-cell transplantation has been the standard treatment for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in adults up to 65 years of age. However, promising data on the use of combination therapy with lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (RVD) in this population have raised questions about the role and timing of transplantation.

Methods: We randomly assigned 700 patients with multiple myeloma to receive induction therapy with three cycles of RVD and then consolidation therapy with either five additional cycles of RVD (350 patients) or high-dose melphalan plus stem-cell transplantation followed by two additional cycles of RVD (350 patients).

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Characterization of TET and IDH gene expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: comparison with normal B cells and prognostic significance.

Clin Epigenetics

March 2017

Laboratory of Clinical Cell Therapy, ULB Cancer Research Center (U-CRC), Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.

Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common hematological malignancy in western countries, characterized by a heterogeneous clinical course. Although genetic studies have identified chromosomal aberrations or specific mutations, epigenetic changes have been poorly characterized in CLL.

Methods: We assessed ten-eleven translocations (TET) 1, 2, and 3, isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 1, and 2 messenger RNA (mRNA) expression using real-time PCR on purified leukemic B cells from 214 CLL patients (median follow-up = 75 months, range 1-380), normal peripheral blood B cells ( = 20), and umbilical cord blood B cells ( = 21).

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Guidelines for monitoring multiple myeloma (MM) patients expressing light chains only (light-chain MM [LCMM]) rely on measurements of monoclonal protein in urine. Alternatively, serum free light chain (sFLC) measurements have better sensitivity over urine methods, however, demonstration that improved sensitivity provides any clinical benefit is lacking. Here, we compared performance of serum and urine measurements in 113 (72κ, 41λ) newly diagnosed LCMM patients enrolled in the Intergroupe Francophone du Myélome (IFM) 2009 trial.

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Due to its anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive potential, Nitric oxide (NO), a gaseous radical, is of special importance during graft-versus-host diseases (GVHD) and feoto-maternal tolerance. NO is a major mediator of murine mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs)-immunosuppressive capacity. In this data article, we characterized NO production by human bone marrow-derived MSCs (hBMSCs).

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Histone deacetylases (HDAC) play a crucial role in transcriptional regulation and are often deregulated in many cancers. However, global HDAC enzymatic activity has never been investigated in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). We measured HDAC activity in protein extracts from CD19+ B-cells purified from 114 CLL patients with a median follow-up of 91 months (range: 11-376).

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Objective: As mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have been proposed as a tool for management or prevention of graft-vs-host disease, we investigated their immunoregulatory properties, their expression of adhesion molecules and galectin-1, and the impact of environment context on these functions.

Materials And Methods: The effects of MSCs on T-cell proliferation were analyzed using carboxyfluorescein diacetate N-succinimidyl ester labeling. We evaluated the expression of adhesion molecules and galectin-1 by MSCs and the impact of an inflammatory or infectious environment on these expressions.

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The considerable overlap of distributions of values for different parameters between control and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) populations makes any single variable inefficient for risk prediction. Combinations of variables were studied in a discriminant function in order to increase predictivity and decrease the false negative rate. Such analyses were performed on two groups of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) patients: all OHSS cases (n = 128) (group A) and only severe OHSS cases (n = 92) (group B).

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