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Journal of Clinical Medicine

A Delphi-based survey was designed to assess the opinions of clinical hematologists (n = 17) and ... more A Delphi-based survey was designed to assess the opinions of clinical hematologists (n = 17) and clinical immunologists (n = 18) from across Spain on secondary immunodeficiencies (SID) in the management of oncohematological patients. There was 100% agreement on the need to have available guidelines for the management of immunodeficiency in hematological patients; to perform a baseline immunological evaluation in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), multiple myeloma (MM), lymphoma and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients; and to quantify serum IgG, IgA and IgM levels when SID is suspected. More than 90% agreed on the need for active immunization against seasonal influenza and H1N1, pneumococcus and Haemophilus influenzae. There was a consensus on the monitoring of IgG levels every 3 months (83%) and the need to have available a clinical protocol for the use of IVIG in the management of SID (94%), to monitor trough IgG levels to determine the correct ...

Haematologica, 2005

The emergence of clonal chromosomal abnormalities in Philadelphia-negative cells during treatment... more The emergence of clonal chromosomal abnormalities in Philadelphia-negative cells during treatment with imatinib in patients with Philadelphia-positive chronic myeloid leukemia has been reported. We add information to this issue presenting a series of 29 patients in complete cytogenetic response after imatinib treatment, three of whom developed clonal aberrations.

Blood, Nov 5, 2021

INTRODUCTION Most patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) ... more INTRODUCTION Most patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) are of advanced age and it is often difficult to identify those who may benefit from specific treatment strategies. The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is considered the gold standard tool to classify older patients according to their frailty profile. A multidisciplinary approach that includes a geriatrician is essential. CGA can be helpful in personalizing the treatment plan and detecting conditions that may be reversible through geriatric interventions. Our objective is to evaluate the impact of CGA on therapeutic decisions in patients with AML and MDS. METHODS From January 2018 to April 2021, 97 elderly patients with AML and MDS, who were candidates to receive any treatment, were systematically evaluated through the CGA, which includes validated instruments to assess comorbidity, polypharmacy, functional status, geriatric syndromes, mood, cognition and social state. According to the CGA, the patients were classified into 3 frailty categories: fit, medium fit and unfit. RESULTS The mean age was 78 years (range 67-90); 55% were men, 50 patients (51,5%) with AML and 47 (37.1%) with MDS (Table 1). Diagnoses were classified according to the 2017 WHO's AML criteria: 7 (7.2%) patients had AML and related neoplasm (unclassifiable), 11 (11.3%) AML with recurrent genetic abnormalities, 14 (14.4%) AML NOS, 18 (18.5%) AML with dysplasia-related changes and 6 (6.2%) Therapy Related Myeloid Neoplasm. According to 2017 WHO's MDS criteria: 13 (13.4%) had MDS-EB, 11 (11.4%) CMML, 2 (2.1%) MDS-RS, 1 (1%) MDS with isolated del (5q), 8 (8.2%) MDS-MLD, 5 (5.1%) MDS-RS-MLD and 1 (1%) MDS unclassifiable. R-IPSS assessment for MDS was: 2 patients (6.1%) very low, 7 (21.2%) low, 10 (30.3%) intermediate, 9 (27.27%) high, and 5 (15.15%) very high risk. As for CMML prognostic, CPSS was: 4 (44.4%) high, 3 int-1(33.3%) and 2 (22.2%) low. For AML, 2017 European Leukemia Network (ELN) categories were 23 (37.7%) favorable, 24 (39.3%) intermediate and 14 (22.9%) adverse. According to the CGA, in AML, 23 (46%) patients were classified as fit, 23 (46%) as medium fit and 4 (8%) as unfit. In the MDS, 25 (54.2%), 14 (29.8%) and 8 (17%) were fit, medium fit and unfit, respectively. Regarding treatment, a total of 85.4% of fit, 78.9% of medium fit and 45.5% of unfit patients received hemato-specific treatment (p 0.03). According to the CGA category, 35.4% of fit, 50% of medium fit and 100% of unfit patients required intervention (p 0.001). Furthermore, for the CGA domains taken into consideration, depression and cognitive deficit were detected in 31 (32%) and 9 (9.3%) of patients, respectively. Also, 5 (5,2%) and 17 (17.5%) of patients had basic activities of daily livings (bADL) and instrumental activities of daily livings (iADL) deficiencies, respectively. This indicates dependence on assistance for tasks such as managing finances, use the phone, prepare meals or manage medicines. Regarding Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), 55 (56,7%) of patients scored ≥2 and 6 (6.2%) of patients had falls (Table 1). In addition, 48.5% of patients (54% AML) required intervention in different measures by physiotherapy, nutrition, pharmacy, psychology, social work or palliative treatment. Geriatric assessed frailty categories were a powerful OS predictor and could discriminate three different groups regarding OS. Patients classified as fit had better median overall survival (OS;1.8 years 95% CI 1.4-2.1) compared to medium fit (1.1 y 95% CI 0.8-1.4) and unfit patients (0.8 y 95% CI 0.3-1.3) (p 0.016; Figure 1). Multivariate analysis performed included gender, age CGA categories and hemato-specific treatment showed that medium fit and unfit categories were associated with poor survival, independent of hemato-specific treatment, age and gender (HR 2.1; 95% CI, 1.1-4.2; p 0.022 and HR 2.4; 95% CI, 0.98-5.99; p 0.05) CONCLUSIONS Incorporating CGA within a multidisciplinary approach provides the opportunity to better classify patients according to frailty profiles to guide interventions and treatment decisions. CGA showed efficacy in predicting survival and demonstrates potential implications for shaping the decision-making process for hematologic therapies Figure 1 Figure 1. Disclosures Sureda: Roche: Other: Support for attending meetings and/or travel; GSK: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Sanofi: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Mundipharma: Consultancy; Bluebird: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Kite, a Gilead Company: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of…

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Value in Health, Oct 1, 2017

A455 week 7 was associated with clinically meaningful improvements (mean change) in Functional We... more A455 week 7 was associated with clinically meaningful improvements (mean change) in Functional Well-being (1.89), FACT-M Trial Outcome Index (4.20), FACT-G total (3.84), FACT-M total (5.52) and EQ-5D-5L utility index (0.06). Gain in EQ5D-5L utility index remained at week 13 (0.03) but no other associations were observed at subsequent timepoints. ConClusions: Reductions in tumour size after 7 weeks of avelumab treatment were associated with clinically meaningful improvements in functioning and HRQoL.

Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 2019

the survival time of these elderly patients when surgery is omitted. Objectives: The aim of this ... more the survival time of these elderly patients when surgery is omitted. Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe survival and to identify baseline factors from patients' medical records associated with a decreased survival. Methods: A retrospective review of electronic medical records was performed in two teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. Patients diagnosed with CRC without distant metastases (stage I-III) and managed without tumor resection between 2011-2017 were included. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. The effect of several baseline variables on survival was evaluated with cox proportional hazard regression. An additional regression was performed analyzing patients with complete data on the risk for malnutrition and activities of daily living (ADL) sum score. Results and Conclusions: Of the 107 stage I-III CRC patients without oncologic surgery, median and mean overall survival time was 255.0 (SE 34.3) and 399.8 (SE 38.6) days. A high Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) hazard ratio (HR) 1.17 (95% confi dence interval (CI) 1.05-1.32) and nursing home residency (HR 2.42, 95% CI 1.47-4.00) were associated with decreased survival, corrected for age, gender and disease stage (N=104). High malnutrition risk (HR 2.29, 95% CI 1.38-3.81) and the CCI (HR 1.18, 95% CI 1.04-1.34) were signifi cant predictors of decreased survival in a regression model corrected for age, gender, disease stage and ADL-sum score (N=81). Survival of patients managed without oncologic surgery with stage I-III CRC is associated with the number of comorbidities, malnutrition risk status and dependent living, but not with age or disease stage.

Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 2014

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Farmacia hospitalaria : órgano oficial de expresión científica de la Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria

Myelofibrosis (MF) is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm (CMPN) characterized by clonal prolif... more Myelofibrosis (MF) is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm (CMPN) characterized by clonal proliferation of the pluripotent hematopoietic germinal cell, fibrosis, and bone marrow angiogenesis, and with extra medullary hematopoiesis. Lenalidomide is an immunomodulatory and antiangiogenic agent that has shown clinical benefit in MF patients in several phase II clinical trials. In this work, we present the results of the retrospective assessment of a series of 32 patients diagnosed with MF that received treatment with lenalidomide within the Spanish program of hospital compassionate use. Multicenter, retrospective study of a case series of MF patients receiving compassionate treatment with lenalidomide. We gathered information on 32 MF patients that were treated with lenalidomide at 17 Spanish hospitals. The mean age was 68 years (range, 50-83), 72% males. Twenty-six (81%) patients had intermediate-high risk according to Dupriez prognostic score. In 16 patients, the daily dose schedule...

Patients and Methods Patients with newly diagnosed CML-CP were randomly assigned to receive dasat... more Patients and Methods Patients with newly diagnosed CML-CP were randomly assigned to receive dasatinib 100 mg once daily (n = 259) or imatinib 400 mg once daily (n = 260). Results At the time of study closure, 61% and 63% of dasatinib-and imatinib-treated patients remained on initial therapy, respectively. Cumulative rates of major molecular response and molecular responses with a 4.0-or 4.5-log reduction in BCR-ABL1 transcripts from baseline by 5 years remained statistically significantly higher for dasatinib compared with imatinib. Rates for progression-free and overall survival at 5 years remained high and similar across treatment arms. In patients who achieved BCR-ABL1 # 10% at 3 months (dasatinib, 84%; imatinib, 64%), improvements in progression-free and overall survival and lower rates of transformation to accelerated/blast phase were reported compared with patients with BCR-ABL1 greater than 10% at 3 months. Transformation to accelerated/blast phase occurred in 5% and 7% of patients in the dasatinib and imatinib arms, respectively. Fifteen dasatinibtreated and 19 imatinib-treated patients had BCR-ABL1 mutations identified at discontinuation. There were no new or unexpected adverse events identified in either treatment arm, and pleural effusion was the only drug-related, nonhematologic adverse event reported more frequently with dasatinib (28% v 0.8% with imatinib). First occurrences of pleural effusion were reported with dasatinib, with the highest incidence in year 1. Arterial ischemic events were uncommon in both treatment arms. Conclusion These final results from the DASISION trial continue to support dasatinib 100 mg once daily as a safe and effective first-line therapy for the long-term treatment of CML-CP.

Introduction: Myelofibrosis is a non-frequent chronic myeloproliferative Philadelphia-negative ch... more Introduction: Myelofibrosis is a non-frequent chronic myeloproliferative Philadelphia-negative chromosome neoplasm. It is a heavy incapacitating orphan disease and associated with high morbidity and mortality. In this context, indirect and non-medical costs are expected to be high. The main objective of this project is to estimate the economic burden of this disease in Spain. Methods: Thirty-three patients with a diagnosis of myelofibrosis for at least 1 year participated in a questionnaire in three Spanish centers. The study consisted of analyzing in various aspects the cost and impact of the disease; indeed, daily life time limitations with a need of informal care, symtomatology. Additionally, information concerning the clinical management of the disease was collected through a focus group of eight experts. Results: The mean age was 65 years. 15 of 33 patients were at their productive stage. Six had difficulties at work and eight have received informal care. Bone and muscular pain were the main symptoms of patients (72%). The estimated global indirect and non-medical costs of the disease were 86,315E per patient (20% working and 80% informal care), which reached 104,153E at productive stage patients (45%) and 168,459E for more symptomatic patients. Conclusions: The economic burden of indirect and non-medical costs of myelofibrosis are important (15,142E/annual) as a result, and should be considered in economic evaluation, as well as in preventive plans for patients and caregivers, despite the fact that studies with larger numbers of patients should be done. ! 2014 Informa UK Ltd www.informahealthcare.com/jme Myelofibrosis disease in Spain Gimenez et al. 435

HemaSphere, Nov 30, 2021

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have dramatically changed the outcome of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML... more Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have dramatically changed the outcome of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), and nowadays, one of the main treatment goals is the achievement of deep molecular responses (DMRs), which can eventually lead to therapy discontinuation approaches. Few biological factors at diagnosis have been associated with this level of response. Telomere length (TL) in peripheral blood cells of patients with CML has been related to disease stage, response to therapy and disease progression, but little is known about its role on DMR. In this study, we analyzed if age-adjusted TL (referred as "delta-TL") at diagnosis of chronic phase (CP)-CML might correlate with the achievement of DMR under first-line imatinib treatment. TL from 96 CP-CML patients had been retrospectively analyzed at diagnosis by monochrome multiplex quantitative PCR. We observed that patients with longer age-adjusted telomeres at diagnosis had higher probabilities to achieve DMR with imatinib than those with shortened telomeres (P = 0.035 when delta-TL was studied as a continuous variable and P = 0.047 when categorized by the median). Moreover, patients carrying long telomeres also achieved major molecular response significantly earlier (P = 0.012). This study provides proof of concept that TL has a role in CML biology and when measured at diagnosis of CP-CML could help to identify patients likely to achieve DMR to first-line imatinib treatment.

Journal of Clinical Oncology, Apr 15, 2003

Purpose: Cadherin-13 (CDH13) is a newly characterized cadherin molecule responsible for selective... more Purpose: Cadherin-13 (CDH13) is a newly characterized cadherin molecule responsible for selective cell recognition and adhesion, the expression of which is decreased by methylation in a variety of human cancers, indicating that the CDH13 gene functions as a tumor suppressor gene. Although defective progenitor-stromal adhesion is a well-recognized feature of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), the role of CDH13 abnormalities has not been evaluated in this disease. Patients and Methods: We examined the methylation status of the CDH13 promoter in 179 chronic phase (CP)-CML patients and in 52 advanced-phase samples and correlated it with mRNA expression using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse transcriptase PCR. Results: Aberrant de novo methylation of the CDH13 promoter region was observed in 99 (55%) of 179 of CP-CML patients, and 90 of the patients failed to express CDH13 mRNA (P < .0001). Advanced-stage samples (n = 52) showed concordant methylation results with their corresponding CP tumors, indicating that CDH13 methylation was not acquired during the course of the disease. Nevertheless, absence of CDH13 expression was more frequently observed among Sokal high-risk patients (P = .01) and was also independently associated with a shorter median progression-free survival time (P = .03) and poor cytogenetic response to interferon alfa treatment (P = .0001). Conclusion: Our data indicate that the silencing of CDH13 expression by aberrant promoter methylation occurs at an early stage in CML pathogenesis and probably influences the clinical behavior of the disease.

Bone Marrow Transplantation, 2003

A 48-year-old-man in the first chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukaemia developed a central ner... more A 48-year-old-man in the first chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukaemia developed a central nervous system complication on day +57 after HLA-identical peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) transplantation. The clinical picture evolved to a reversible pseudobulbar palsy requiring mechanical ventilation. MRI examination disclosed lesions typical of central and extrapontine myelinolysis (CEPM), which disappeared on a repeat examination 20 days later. The patient had received cyclosporine A (CsA) as GVHD prophylaxis and severe hyponatremia was detected 7 days after the first neurological sign. CEPM has been described in alcohol-induced liver disease, following rapidly corrected hyponatremia and associated with CsA in orthotopic liver transplantation. This is the first reported case of CEPM in PBPC transplantation, and CsA seems to have played a role in the development of this very serious complication.

Blood, Nov 19, 2010

Abstract 4838 Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal hematopoietic malignancy c... more Abstract 4838 Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal hematopoietic malignancy characterized by the presence of BCR/ABL fusion gene. The resulting protein has a high tyrosine kinase (TK) activity. The first-line treatment for CML is Imatinib, which allow the achievement of cytogenetic and molecular response in most of patients with CML in chronic phase. However, some patients do not respond to this treatment or lose their initial response. Imatinib has been reported to be incorporated into the cell through hOCT1 transporter (human organic cation transporter). The aim of this study was to determine whether the expression of hOCT1 at diagnosis of CML influenced the achievement of molecular response. Patients and Methods: We analyzed hOCT1 gene expression by quantitative PCR in 42 patients at diagnosis and 18 months after treatment with Imatinib. We compared the expression with the presence of compleat molecular response (CMR) at 18 months. We consider CMR when the Ratio (BCR-ABL/ABL)×100 was…

Blood, Nov 16, 2012

Abstract 1437 JAK2 mutation testing and karyotye are routinely used for diagnosis of myeloprolife... more Abstract 1437 JAK2 mutation testing and karyotye are routinely used for diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) but they have not been incorporated into risk stratification. Although JAK2V617F mutation in MPNs has been one of the most seminal medical discoveries in recent years, it is not clear the importance of the amount of JAK2V617F allele. Some studies correlate the JAK2 allele burden with a higher hemoglobin level, leukocyte count, splenomegaly and thrombosis and more probability of transformation to MF or AML. The aim of this study was to determine whether cytogenetic data, JAK2 mutation status and allele burden correlates with cytological subtypes, clinical complications or provide prognostic information. Methods A retrospective study was conducted with samples centralized in a unique laboratory since 2005. A total of 526 patients were included (median age 63; 243 males) with classic MPNs (348 ET, 135 PV, 43 PMF) fulfilling 2008 WHO criteria and in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Conventional cytogenetic was performed in bone marrow samples obtained at diagnosis (n=205) and at progression to MF or AML (n=46). DNA was extracted from peripheral blood using QIAamp DNA mini kit (Qiagen). All samples were coded and assayed blindly in duplicate to detect JAK2V617F mutation with an allele-specific PCR using TaqMan allelic discrimination, with 2 specific probes to measure the respective fluorescence of each allele. Then, JAK2 MutaQuant assay (Ipsogen, Luminy Biotech) was used to detect the JAK2V617F quantity by real-time PCR, detecting fluorescent signals using double-dye hyrolysis oligonucleotide probes with calibration standards at 4 different concentrations. Homozygous (HOZ) ratio was considered when percentage was higher than 50. Laboratory (hemoglobin, WBC and platelet counts) and clinical data (constitutional symptoms, splenomegaly, complications, OS and DFS) were collected. For continuous variables parametric and non parametric statistics were used. Survival analysis was performed using Kaplan-Meier estimate and log-rank tests were used for comparisons. The χ2 and Fisher's exact tests were used to analyze differences in the distribution of variables among patient subsets. p-value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results Aberrant karyotypes were seen in 15/205 (7%) cases at diagnosis (4% in ET and PV and 40% in PMF). At progression to MF or AML we have cytogenetic studies in 22 patients, and 10 (45%) harbor alterations. A total of 283 patients (64%) were JAK2V617F, 61% ET (4% HOZ), 75% PV (28% HOZ) and 55% PMF (16% HOZ). The median value of JAK2V617F was 26% (range, 1–99.9%). No correlation was seen between JAK2 and karyotype at diagnosis, but 7/9 patients with aberrant karyotype at progression had JAK2V617F mutation. JAK2 correlations with laboratory and clinical data are summarized in Table 1 and 2. Conclusions JAK2V617F is associated with a more pronounced myeloproliferative phenotype (higher hemoglobin…

Blood, Dec 6, 2014

INTRODUCTION: Several mutations have been described in patients with BCR-ABL1 –negative chronic m... more INTRODUCTION: Several mutations have been described in patients with BCR-ABL1 –negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms, including primary myelofibrosis (PMF). The most frequent mutation is JAK2 V617F, followed by calreticulin exon 9 (CALR), MPL exon 10 and ASXL1 exon 12. Currently, less than 10% of patients lack molecular marker. CALR and ASXL1 mutations have been consistently found to have favorable and unfavorable prognostic implications, respectively. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency and prognostic impact of JAK2 V617F, CALR, MPL and ASXL1 mutations in patients diagnosed with PMF in 6 Spanish hospitals. METHODS: To detect the presence of JAK2 V617F mutation, an allele-specific PCR using TaqMan probes was used. Screening for insertions and deletions in CALR gene was performed with 6-FAM labeled primers spanning exon 9 and CALR mutations were described by Sanger sequencing. Sanger sequencing was also used to detect MPL exon 10 and ASXL1 exon 12 mutations. RESULTS: Sixty-eight patients were included in the study. All of them were screened for JAK2 and CALR mutations. Forty-five of them (66%) were positive for the JAK2 V617F mutation, while 11/68 (16%) were positive for CALR mutations. Of the 11 CALR mutations, 10 were JAK2 wild-type. MPL exon 10 mutation analysis was only performed in JAK2 wild-type patients and was positive in 4/23 patients (17%), and all of them were CALR wild-type. At the time of submission, ASXL1 exon 12 has been assessed in 18 patients (analysis in the rest of them is currently ongoing). ASXL1 mutations have been found in 3/18 (17%) patients, two of them also with a CALR mutation and the other one with the JAK2 V617F mutation. All three cases were indel mutations. Overall, no mutation was detected in 9/68 (13%) patients. JAK2 V617F, CALR and MPL mutations had no prognostic impact on overall survival. The effect of ASXL1 mutation on prognosis (with and without CALR mutation) will be assessed once all samples have been sequenced. CONCLUSION: JAK2 V617F, CALR and MPL mutations were found in our series of PMF patients in the same proportion found in larger series. ASXL1 has so far been found in a smaller percentage but the entire series of patients will need to be sequenced before reaching definitive conclusions. Studying these genes, only 13% of patients with PMF did not have a clonal marker. None of the studied mutations had prognostic significance. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The authors would like to thank Diana Dominguez for her excellent technical assistance and to the grant 2014 SGR225 (GRE), Generalitat de Catalunya. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Blood, Nov 18, 2011

Abstract 4442 Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a model of disease in the developme... more Abstract 4442 Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a model of disease in the development of targeted therapies. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have transformed the approach to management of CML and have dramatically improved patients' outcome. Clinical response is obtained in the majority of patients. However, a significant proportion of patients do not achieve the optimal desirable outcome or are completely resistant to this treatment. ABL kinase domain mutations have been extensively implicated in the pathogenesis of TKI resistance. Treatment with second-generation TKIs has produced high rates of hematologic and cytogenetic response in mutated ABL patients. The aim of this study was analyzed the presence of ABL mutations in imatinib resistant patients and determine the importance of changing to second-generation TKIs treatment as soon as failure or suboptimal response is recognized. Patients and methods: From 420 CML patients diagnosed in 6 centers between 2004 and 2010, we have amplified and sequenced the ABL1 domain from BCR-ABL1 amplicon of 45 imatinib resistant patients (23 patients with suboptimal response, 14 with treatment failure, 4 who lost the molecular response and 4 patients who progressed to blast phase). The obtained sequences were compared with the published ABL1 sequence, GenBank U07563, using BLAST 2 software. Results: We have detected mutations in 15 of 45 patients (33%), some of them with more than one mutation (Table 1). Seven of these patients were treated with second-generation TKIs as a single treatment. Three of them achieve a major molecular response (MMR), one patient is in complete cytogenetic response (CCyR) and the other two patients are in major (MCyR) and partial (PCyR) cytogenetic response. Another patient received nilotinib followed by hematological stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and is in MMR. Two patients were submitted to a HSCT and achieve MMR. Only one patient treated with nilotinib as second option has not reach a cytogenetic response one year after detection of the mutation. Two of the patients with the T315I mutation were treated with IFN and nilotinib achieving PCyR and MCyR, respectively, and are still alive. The other T315I patient, and two patients in blast-crisis (BC) disease with the F317L mutation who received dasatinib prior to the study of ABL mutations, died before a change of treatment could have been performed. Conclusions: Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

PubMed, Jul 1, 2004

Thirty-five patients newly diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia received pegylated interferon ... more Thirty-five patients newly diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia received pegylated interferon alpha-2b (PEG-IFN) alone or combined with intermittent Ara-C for a median of 6.5 months (range: 1.4-19.2). The median weekly PEG-IFN dose was 4.0 microg/kg. Complete hematologic, major and complete cytogenetic responses were observed in 73%, 32% and 14%, respectively. Extra-hematologic side-effects were frequent and 20% of patients had grade III-IV hematologic toxicity.

Educación Médica, Mar 1, 2011

A la dirección del centro, a todos los profesionales de nuestra institución y a los que han acudi... more A la dirección del centro, a todos los profesionales de nuestra institución y a los que han acudido a las actividades docentes, por su compromiso con el proyecto de formación y docencia.

Cancer genetics and cytogenetics, Nov 1, 2002

We report two adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) B-cell acute lymphoblast... more We report two adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who presented an additional dic(16;18)(q11;p11) that, to the best of our knowledge, has never been previously reported. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis confirmed the translocation and showed it to be dicentric. Both patients were treated for the ALL, but showed refractory disease and died despite aggressive treatment. Similarly to what has been reported with other additional chromosome abnormalities, our cases suggest that the presence of this novel translocation confers an adverse effect to the already poor prognosis of Ph+ ALL.

Journal of Clinical Medicine

A Delphi-based survey was designed to assess the opinions of clinical hematologists (n = 17) and ... more A Delphi-based survey was designed to assess the opinions of clinical hematologists (n = 17) and clinical immunologists (n = 18) from across Spain on secondary immunodeficiencies (SID) in the management of oncohematological patients. There was 100% agreement on the need to have available guidelines for the management of immunodeficiency in hematological patients; to perform a baseline immunological evaluation in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), multiple myeloma (MM), lymphoma and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients; and to quantify serum IgG, IgA and IgM levels when SID is suspected. More than 90% agreed on the need for active immunization against seasonal influenza and H1N1, pneumococcus and Haemophilus influenzae. There was a consensus on the monitoring of IgG levels every 3 months (83%) and the need to have available a clinical protocol for the use of IVIG in the management of SID (94%), to monitor trough IgG levels to determine the correct ...

Haematologica, 2005

The emergence of clonal chromosomal abnormalities in Philadelphia-negative cells during treatment... more The emergence of clonal chromosomal abnormalities in Philadelphia-negative cells during treatment with imatinib in patients with Philadelphia-positive chronic myeloid leukemia has been reported. We add information to this issue presenting a series of 29 patients in complete cytogenetic response after imatinib treatment, three of whom developed clonal aberrations.

Blood, Nov 5, 2021

INTRODUCTION Most patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) ... more INTRODUCTION Most patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) are of advanced age and it is often difficult to identify those who may benefit from specific treatment strategies. The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is considered the gold standard tool to classify older patients according to their frailty profile. A multidisciplinary approach that includes a geriatrician is essential. CGA can be helpful in personalizing the treatment plan and detecting conditions that may be reversible through geriatric interventions. Our objective is to evaluate the impact of CGA on therapeutic decisions in patients with AML and MDS. METHODS From January 2018 to April 2021, 97 elderly patients with AML and MDS, who were candidates to receive any treatment, were systematically evaluated through the CGA, which includes validated instruments to assess comorbidity, polypharmacy, functional status, geriatric syndromes, mood, cognition and social state. According to the CGA, the patients were classified into 3 frailty categories: fit, medium fit and unfit. RESULTS The mean age was 78 years (range 67-90); 55% were men, 50 patients (51,5%) with AML and 47 (37.1%) with MDS (Table 1). Diagnoses were classified according to the 2017 WHO's AML criteria: 7 (7.2%) patients had AML and related neoplasm (unclassifiable), 11 (11.3%) AML with recurrent genetic abnormalities, 14 (14.4%) AML NOS, 18 (18.5%) AML with dysplasia-related changes and 6 (6.2%) Therapy Related Myeloid Neoplasm. According to 2017 WHO's MDS criteria: 13 (13.4%) had MDS-EB, 11 (11.4%) CMML, 2 (2.1%) MDS-RS, 1 (1%) MDS with isolated del (5q), 8 (8.2%) MDS-MLD, 5 (5.1%) MDS-RS-MLD and 1 (1%) MDS unclassifiable. R-IPSS assessment for MDS was: 2 patients (6.1%) very low, 7 (21.2%) low, 10 (30.3%) intermediate, 9 (27.27%) high, and 5 (15.15%) very high risk. As for CMML prognostic, CPSS was: 4 (44.4%) high, 3 int-1(33.3%) and 2 (22.2%) low. For AML, 2017 European Leukemia Network (ELN) categories were 23 (37.7%) favorable, 24 (39.3%) intermediate and 14 (22.9%) adverse. According to the CGA, in AML, 23 (46%) patients were classified as fit, 23 (46%) as medium fit and 4 (8%) as unfit. In the MDS, 25 (54.2%), 14 (29.8%) and 8 (17%) were fit, medium fit and unfit, respectively. Regarding treatment, a total of 85.4% of fit, 78.9% of medium fit and 45.5% of unfit patients received hemato-specific treatment (p 0.03). According to the CGA category, 35.4% of fit, 50% of medium fit and 100% of unfit patients required intervention (p 0.001). Furthermore, for the CGA domains taken into consideration, depression and cognitive deficit were detected in 31 (32%) and 9 (9.3%) of patients, respectively. Also, 5 (5,2%) and 17 (17.5%) of patients had basic activities of daily livings (bADL) and instrumental activities of daily livings (iADL) deficiencies, respectively. This indicates dependence on assistance for tasks such as managing finances, use the phone, prepare meals or manage medicines. Regarding Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), 55 (56,7%) of patients scored ≥2 and 6 (6.2%) of patients had falls (Table 1). In addition, 48.5% of patients (54% AML) required intervention in different measures by physiotherapy, nutrition, pharmacy, psychology, social work or palliative treatment. Geriatric assessed frailty categories were a powerful OS predictor and could discriminate three different groups regarding OS. Patients classified as fit had better median overall survival (OS;1.8 years 95% CI 1.4-2.1) compared to medium fit (1.1 y 95% CI 0.8-1.4) and unfit patients (0.8 y 95% CI 0.3-1.3) (p 0.016; Figure 1). Multivariate analysis performed included gender, age CGA categories and hemato-specific treatment showed that medium fit and unfit categories were associated with poor survival, independent of hemato-specific treatment, age and gender (HR 2.1; 95% CI, 1.1-4.2; p 0.022 and HR 2.4; 95% CI, 0.98-5.99; p 0.05) CONCLUSIONS Incorporating CGA within a multidisciplinary approach provides the opportunity to better classify patients according to frailty profiles to guide interventions and treatment decisions. CGA showed efficacy in predicting survival and demonstrates potential implications for shaping the decision-making process for hematologic therapies Figure 1 Figure 1. Disclosures Sureda: Roche: Other: Support for attending meetings and/or travel; GSK: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Sanofi: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Mundipharma: Consultancy; Bluebird: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Kite, a Gilead Company: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of…

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Value in Health, Oct 1, 2017

A455 week 7 was associated with clinically meaningful improvements (mean change) in Functional We... more A455 week 7 was associated with clinically meaningful improvements (mean change) in Functional Well-being (1.89), FACT-M Trial Outcome Index (4.20), FACT-G total (3.84), FACT-M total (5.52) and EQ-5D-5L utility index (0.06). Gain in EQ5D-5L utility index remained at week 13 (0.03) but no other associations were observed at subsequent timepoints. ConClusions: Reductions in tumour size after 7 weeks of avelumab treatment were associated with clinically meaningful improvements in functioning and HRQoL.

Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 2019

the survival time of these elderly patients when surgery is omitted. Objectives: The aim of this ... more the survival time of these elderly patients when surgery is omitted. Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe survival and to identify baseline factors from patients' medical records associated with a decreased survival. Methods: A retrospective review of electronic medical records was performed in two teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. Patients diagnosed with CRC without distant metastases (stage I-III) and managed without tumor resection between 2011-2017 were included. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. The effect of several baseline variables on survival was evaluated with cox proportional hazard regression. An additional regression was performed analyzing patients with complete data on the risk for malnutrition and activities of daily living (ADL) sum score. Results and Conclusions: Of the 107 stage I-III CRC patients without oncologic surgery, median and mean overall survival time was 255.0 (SE 34.3) and 399.8 (SE 38.6) days. A high Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) hazard ratio (HR) 1.17 (95% confi dence interval (CI) 1.05-1.32) and nursing home residency (HR 2.42, 95% CI 1.47-4.00) were associated with decreased survival, corrected for age, gender and disease stage (N=104). High malnutrition risk (HR 2.29, 95% CI 1.38-3.81) and the CCI (HR 1.18, 95% CI 1.04-1.34) were signifi cant predictors of decreased survival in a regression model corrected for age, gender, disease stage and ADL-sum score (N=81). Survival of patients managed without oncologic surgery with stage I-III CRC is associated with the number of comorbidities, malnutrition risk status and dependent living, but not with age or disease stage.

Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 2014

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Myelofibrosis (MF) is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm (CMPN) characterized by clonal prolif... more Myelofibrosis (MF) is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm (CMPN) characterized by clonal proliferation of the pluripotent hematopoietic germinal cell, fibrosis, and bone marrow angiogenesis, and with extra medullary hematopoiesis. Lenalidomide is an immunomodulatory and antiangiogenic agent that has shown clinical benefit in MF patients in several phase II clinical trials. In this work, we present the results of the retrospective assessment of a series of 32 patients diagnosed with MF that received treatment with lenalidomide within the Spanish program of hospital compassionate use. Multicenter, retrospective study of a case series of MF patients receiving compassionate treatment with lenalidomide. We gathered information on 32 MF patients that were treated with lenalidomide at 17 Spanish hospitals. The mean age was 68 years (range, 50-83), 72% males. Twenty-six (81%) patients had intermediate-high risk according to Dupriez prognostic score. In 16 patients, the daily dose schedule...

Patients and Methods Patients with newly diagnosed CML-CP were randomly assigned to receive dasat... more Patients and Methods Patients with newly diagnosed CML-CP were randomly assigned to receive dasatinib 100 mg once daily (n = 259) or imatinib 400 mg once daily (n = 260). Results At the time of study closure, 61% and 63% of dasatinib-and imatinib-treated patients remained on initial therapy, respectively. Cumulative rates of major molecular response and molecular responses with a 4.0-or 4.5-log reduction in BCR-ABL1 transcripts from baseline by 5 years remained statistically significantly higher for dasatinib compared with imatinib. Rates for progression-free and overall survival at 5 years remained high and similar across treatment arms. In patients who achieved BCR-ABL1 # 10% at 3 months (dasatinib, 84%; imatinib, 64%), improvements in progression-free and overall survival and lower rates of transformation to accelerated/blast phase were reported compared with patients with BCR-ABL1 greater than 10% at 3 months. Transformation to accelerated/blast phase occurred in 5% and 7% of patients in the dasatinib and imatinib arms, respectively. Fifteen dasatinibtreated and 19 imatinib-treated patients had BCR-ABL1 mutations identified at discontinuation. There were no new or unexpected adverse events identified in either treatment arm, and pleural effusion was the only drug-related, nonhematologic adverse event reported more frequently with dasatinib (28% v 0.8% with imatinib). First occurrences of pleural effusion were reported with dasatinib, with the highest incidence in year 1. Arterial ischemic events were uncommon in both treatment arms. Conclusion These final results from the DASISION trial continue to support dasatinib 100 mg once daily as a safe and effective first-line therapy for the long-term treatment of CML-CP.

Introduction: Myelofibrosis is a non-frequent chronic myeloproliferative Philadelphia-negative ch... more Introduction: Myelofibrosis is a non-frequent chronic myeloproliferative Philadelphia-negative chromosome neoplasm. It is a heavy incapacitating orphan disease and associated with high morbidity and mortality. In this context, indirect and non-medical costs are expected to be high. The main objective of this project is to estimate the economic burden of this disease in Spain. Methods: Thirty-three patients with a diagnosis of myelofibrosis for at least 1 year participated in a questionnaire in three Spanish centers. The study consisted of analyzing in various aspects the cost and impact of the disease; indeed, daily life time limitations with a need of informal care, symtomatology. Additionally, information concerning the clinical management of the disease was collected through a focus group of eight experts. Results: The mean age was 65 years. 15 of 33 patients were at their productive stage. Six had difficulties at work and eight have received informal care. Bone and muscular pain were the main symptoms of patients (72%). The estimated global indirect and non-medical costs of the disease were 86,315E per patient (20% working and 80% informal care), which reached 104,153E at productive stage patients (45%) and 168,459E for more symptomatic patients. Conclusions: The economic burden of indirect and non-medical costs of myelofibrosis are important (15,142E/annual) as a result, and should be considered in economic evaluation, as well as in preventive plans for patients and caregivers, despite the fact that studies with larger numbers of patients should be done. ! 2014 Informa UK Ltd www.informahealthcare.com/jme Myelofibrosis disease in Spain Gimenez et al. 435

HemaSphere, Nov 30, 2021

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have dramatically changed the outcome of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML... more Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have dramatically changed the outcome of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), and nowadays, one of the main treatment goals is the achievement of deep molecular responses (DMRs), which can eventually lead to therapy discontinuation approaches. Few biological factors at diagnosis have been associated with this level of response. Telomere length (TL) in peripheral blood cells of patients with CML has been related to disease stage, response to therapy and disease progression, but little is known about its role on DMR. In this study, we analyzed if age-adjusted TL (referred as "delta-TL") at diagnosis of chronic phase (CP)-CML might correlate with the achievement of DMR under first-line imatinib treatment. TL from 96 CP-CML patients had been retrospectively analyzed at diagnosis by monochrome multiplex quantitative PCR. We observed that patients with longer age-adjusted telomeres at diagnosis had higher probabilities to achieve DMR with imatinib than those with shortened telomeres (P = 0.035 when delta-TL was studied as a continuous variable and P = 0.047 when categorized by the median). Moreover, patients carrying long telomeres also achieved major molecular response significantly earlier (P = 0.012). This study provides proof of concept that TL has a role in CML biology and when measured at diagnosis of CP-CML could help to identify patients likely to achieve DMR to first-line imatinib treatment.

Journal of Clinical Oncology, Apr 15, 2003

Purpose: Cadherin-13 (CDH13) is a newly characterized cadherin molecule responsible for selective... more Purpose: Cadherin-13 (CDH13) is a newly characterized cadherin molecule responsible for selective cell recognition and adhesion, the expression of which is decreased by methylation in a variety of human cancers, indicating that the CDH13 gene functions as a tumor suppressor gene. Although defective progenitor-stromal adhesion is a well-recognized feature of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), the role of CDH13 abnormalities has not been evaluated in this disease. Patients and Methods: We examined the methylation status of the CDH13 promoter in 179 chronic phase (CP)-CML patients and in 52 advanced-phase samples and correlated it with mRNA expression using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse transcriptase PCR. Results: Aberrant de novo methylation of the CDH13 promoter region was observed in 99 (55%) of 179 of CP-CML patients, and 90 of the patients failed to express CDH13 mRNA (P < .0001). Advanced-stage samples (n = 52) showed concordant methylation results with their corresponding CP tumors, indicating that CDH13 methylation was not acquired during the course of the disease. Nevertheless, absence of CDH13 expression was more frequently observed among Sokal high-risk patients (P = .01) and was also independently associated with a shorter median progression-free survival time (P = .03) and poor cytogenetic response to interferon alfa treatment (P = .0001). Conclusion: Our data indicate that the silencing of CDH13 expression by aberrant promoter methylation occurs at an early stage in CML pathogenesis and probably influences the clinical behavior of the disease.

Bone Marrow Transplantation, 2003

A 48-year-old-man in the first chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukaemia developed a central ner... more A 48-year-old-man in the first chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukaemia developed a central nervous system complication on day +57 after HLA-identical peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) transplantation. The clinical picture evolved to a reversible pseudobulbar palsy requiring mechanical ventilation. MRI examination disclosed lesions typical of central and extrapontine myelinolysis (CEPM), which disappeared on a repeat examination 20 days later. The patient had received cyclosporine A (CsA) as GVHD prophylaxis and severe hyponatremia was detected 7 days after the first neurological sign. CEPM has been described in alcohol-induced liver disease, following rapidly corrected hyponatremia and associated with CsA in orthotopic liver transplantation. This is the first reported case of CEPM in PBPC transplantation, and CsA seems to have played a role in the development of this very serious complication.

Blood, Nov 19, 2010

Abstract 4838 Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal hematopoietic malignancy c... more Abstract 4838 Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal hematopoietic malignancy characterized by the presence of BCR/ABL fusion gene. The resulting protein has a high tyrosine kinase (TK) activity. The first-line treatment for CML is Imatinib, which allow the achievement of cytogenetic and molecular response in most of patients with CML in chronic phase. However, some patients do not respond to this treatment or lose their initial response. Imatinib has been reported to be incorporated into the cell through hOCT1 transporter (human organic cation transporter). The aim of this study was to determine whether the expression of hOCT1 at diagnosis of CML influenced the achievement of molecular response. Patients and Methods: We analyzed hOCT1 gene expression by quantitative PCR in 42 patients at diagnosis and 18 months after treatment with Imatinib. We compared the expression with the presence of compleat molecular response (CMR) at 18 months. We consider CMR when the Ratio (BCR-ABL/ABL)×100 was…

Blood, Nov 16, 2012

Abstract 1437 JAK2 mutation testing and karyotye are routinely used for diagnosis of myeloprolife... more Abstract 1437 JAK2 mutation testing and karyotye are routinely used for diagnosis of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) but they have not been incorporated into risk stratification. Although JAK2V617F mutation in MPNs has been one of the most seminal medical discoveries in recent years, it is not clear the importance of the amount of JAK2V617F allele. Some studies correlate the JAK2 allele burden with a higher hemoglobin level, leukocyte count, splenomegaly and thrombosis and more probability of transformation to MF or AML. The aim of this study was to determine whether cytogenetic data, JAK2 mutation status and allele burden correlates with cytological subtypes, clinical complications or provide prognostic information. Methods A retrospective study was conducted with samples centralized in a unique laboratory since 2005. A total of 526 patients were included (median age 63; 243 males) with classic MPNs (348 ET, 135 PV, 43 PMF) fulfilling 2008 WHO criteria and in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Conventional cytogenetic was performed in bone marrow samples obtained at diagnosis (n=205) and at progression to MF or AML (n=46). DNA was extracted from peripheral blood using QIAamp DNA mini kit (Qiagen). All samples were coded and assayed blindly in duplicate to detect JAK2V617F mutation with an allele-specific PCR using TaqMan allelic discrimination, with 2 specific probes to measure the respective fluorescence of each allele. Then, JAK2 MutaQuant assay (Ipsogen, Luminy Biotech) was used to detect the JAK2V617F quantity by real-time PCR, detecting fluorescent signals using double-dye hyrolysis oligonucleotide probes with calibration standards at 4 different concentrations. Homozygous (HOZ) ratio was considered when percentage was higher than 50. Laboratory (hemoglobin, WBC and platelet counts) and clinical data (constitutional symptoms, splenomegaly, complications, OS and DFS) were collected. For continuous variables parametric and non parametric statistics were used. Survival analysis was performed using Kaplan-Meier estimate and log-rank tests were used for comparisons. The χ2 and Fisher's exact tests were used to analyze differences in the distribution of variables among patient subsets. p-value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results Aberrant karyotypes were seen in 15/205 (7%) cases at diagnosis (4% in ET and PV and 40% in PMF). At progression to MF or AML we have cytogenetic studies in 22 patients, and 10 (45%) harbor alterations. A total of 283 patients (64%) were JAK2V617F, 61% ET (4% HOZ), 75% PV (28% HOZ) and 55% PMF (16% HOZ). The median value of JAK2V617F was 26% (range, 1–99.9%). No correlation was seen between JAK2 and karyotype at diagnosis, but 7/9 patients with aberrant karyotype at progression had JAK2V617F mutation. JAK2 correlations with laboratory and clinical data are summarized in Table 1 and 2. Conclusions JAK2V617F is associated with a more pronounced myeloproliferative phenotype (higher hemoglobin…

Blood, Dec 6, 2014

INTRODUCTION: Several mutations have been described in patients with BCR-ABL1 –negative chronic m... more INTRODUCTION: Several mutations have been described in patients with BCR-ABL1 –negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms, including primary myelofibrosis (PMF). The most frequent mutation is JAK2 V617F, followed by calreticulin exon 9 (CALR), MPL exon 10 and ASXL1 exon 12. Currently, less than 10% of patients lack molecular marker. CALR and ASXL1 mutations have been consistently found to have favorable and unfavorable prognostic implications, respectively. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency and prognostic impact of JAK2 V617F, CALR, MPL and ASXL1 mutations in patients diagnosed with PMF in 6 Spanish hospitals. METHODS: To detect the presence of JAK2 V617F mutation, an allele-specific PCR using TaqMan probes was used. Screening for insertions and deletions in CALR gene was performed with 6-FAM labeled primers spanning exon 9 and CALR mutations were described by Sanger sequencing. Sanger sequencing was also used to detect MPL exon 10 and ASXL1 exon 12 mutations. RESULTS: Sixty-eight patients were included in the study. All of them were screened for JAK2 and CALR mutations. Forty-five of them (66%) were positive for the JAK2 V617F mutation, while 11/68 (16%) were positive for CALR mutations. Of the 11 CALR mutations, 10 were JAK2 wild-type. MPL exon 10 mutation analysis was only performed in JAK2 wild-type patients and was positive in 4/23 patients (17%), and all of them were CALR wild-type. At the time of submission, ASXL1 exon 12 has been assessed in 18 patients (analysis in the rest of them is currently ongoing). ASXL1 mutations have been found in 3/18 (17%) patients, two of them also with a CALR mutation and the other one with the JAK2 V617F mutation. All three cases were indel mutations. Overall, no mutation was detected in 9/68 (13%) patients. JAK2 V617F, CALR and MPL mutations had no prognostic impact on overall survival. The effect of ASXL1 mutation on prognosis (with and without CALR mutation) will be assessed once all samples have been sequenced. CONCLUSION: JAK2 V617F, CALR and MPL mutations were found in our series of PMF patients in the same proportion found in larger series. ASXL1 has so far been found in a smaller percentage but the entire series of patients will need to be sequenced before reaching definitive conclusions. Studying these genes, only 13% of patients with PMF did not have a clonal marker. None of the studied mutations had prognostic significance. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The authors would like to thank Diana Dominguez for her excellent technical assistance and to the grant 2014 SGR225 (GRE), Generalitat de Catalunya. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Blood, Nov 18, 2011

Abstract 4442 Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a model of disease in the developme... more Abstract 4442 Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a model of disease in the development of targeted therapies. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have transformed the approach to management of CML and have dramatically improved patients' outcome. Clinical response is obtained in the majority of patients. However, a significant proportion of patients do not achieve the optimal desirable outcome or are completely resistant to this treatment. ABL kinase domain mutations have been extensively implicated in the pathogenesis of TKI resistance. Treatment with second-generation TKIs has produced high rates of hematologic and cytogenetic response in mutated ABL patients. The aim of this study was analyzed the presence of ABL mutations in imatinib resistant patients and determine the importance of changing to second-generation TKIs treatment as soon as failure or suboptimal response is recognized. Patients and methods: From 420 CML patients diagnosed in 6 centers between 2004 and 2010, we have amplified and sequenced the ABL1 domain from BCR-ABL1 amplicon of 45 imatinib resistant patients (23 patients with suboptimal response, 14 with treatment failure, 4 who lost the molecular response and 4 patients who progressed to blast phase). The obtained sequences were compared with the published ABL1 sequence, GenBank U07563, using BLAST 2 software. Results: We have detected mutations in 15 of 45 patients (33%), some of them with more than one mutation (Table 1). Seven of these patients were treated with second-generation TKIs as a single treatment. Three of them achieve a major molecular response (MMR), one patient is in complete cytogenetic response (CCyR) and the other two patients are in major (MCyR) and partial (PCyR) cytogenetic response. Another patient received nilotinib followed by hematological stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and is in MMR. Two patients were submitted to a HSCT and achieve MMR. Only one patient treated with nilotinib as second option has not reach a cytogenetic response one year after detection of the mutation. Two of the patients with the T315I mutation were treated with IFN and nilotinib achieving PCyR and MCyR, respectively, and are still alive. The other T315I patient, and two patients in blast-crisis (BC) disease with the F317L mutation who received dasatinib prior to the study of ABL mutations, died before a change of treatment could have been performed. Conclusions: Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

PubMed, Jul 1, 2004

Thirty-five patients newly diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia received pegylated interferon ... more Thirty-five patients newly diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia received pegylated interferon alpha-2b (PEG-IFN) alone or combined with intermittent Ara-C for a median of 6.5 months (range: 1.4-19.2). The median weekly PEG-IFN dose was 4.0 microg/kg. Complete hematologic, major and complete cytogenetic responses were observed in 73%, 32% and 14%, respectively. Extra-hematologic side-effects were frequent and 20% of patients had grade III-IV hematologic toxicity.

Educación Médica, Mar 1, 2011

A la dirección del centro, a todos los profesionales de nuestra institución y a los que han acudi... more A la dirección del centro, a todos los profesionales de nuestra institución y a los que han acudido a las actividades docentes, por su compromiso con el proyecto de formación y docencia.

Cancer genetics and cytogenetics, Nov 1, 2002

We report two adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) B-cell acute lymphoblast... more We report two adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who presented an additional dic(16;18)(q11;p11) that, to the best of our knowledge, has never been previously reported. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis confirmed the translocation and showed it to be dicentric. Both patients were treated for the ALL, but showed refractory disease and died despite aggressive treatment. Similarly to what has been reported with other additional chromosome abnormalities, our cases suggest that the presence of this novel translocation confers an adverse effect to the already poor prognosis of Ph+ ALL.