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Patient and health professional views on risk-stratified monitoring of immune-suppressing treatment in adults with inflammatory diseases (2024)
Journal Article
Fuller, A., Hancox, J., Williams, H. C., Card, T., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., …Abhishek, A. (in press). Patient and health professional views on risk-stratified monitoring of immune-suppressing treatment in adults with inflammatory diseases. Rheumatology, Article keae175. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keae175

Objective To explore the acceptability of an individualised risk-stratified approach to monitoring for target-organ toxicity in adult patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases established on immune-suppressing treatment(s). Methods Adu... Read More about Patient and health professional views on risk-stratified monitoring of immune-suppressing treatment in adults with inflammatory diseases.

Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial (2024)
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Howard, R., Cort, E., Rawlinson, C., Wiegand, M., Downey, A., Lawrence, V., …Gould, R. (in press). Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13766

INTRODUCTION: Trials of effectiveness of treatment options for depression in dementia are an important priority. METHODS: Randomized controlled trial to assess adapted Problem Adaptation Therapy (PATH) for depression in mild/moderate dementia caused... Read More about Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial.

Risk-stratified monitoring for sulfasalazine toxicity: prognostic model development and validation (2024)
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Abhishek, A., Grainge, M., Card, T., Williams, H. C., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., …Riley, R. (2024). Risk-stratified monitoring for sulfasalazine toxicity: prognostic model development and validation. RMD Open, 10(1), Article e003980. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003980

Background Sulfasalazine-induced cytopenia, nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity is uncommon during long-term treatment. Some guidelines recommend 3 monthly monitoring blood tests indefinitely during long-term treatment while others recommend stopping m... Read More about Risk-stratified monitoring for sulfasalazine toxicity: prognostic model development and validation.

A Delphi study to determine the epidemiology and clinical management of patients treated with HDMTX who develop methotrexate (MTX) delayed elimination in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK (2024)
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Bielack, S., Fox, C. P., Hoang‐Xuan, K., Giró‐Perafita, A., & Rizzari, C. (2024). A Delphi study to determine the epidemiology and clinical management of patients treated with HDMTX who develop methotrexate (MTX) delayed elimination in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. Health Science Reports, 7(1), Article e1749. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1749

Introduction: High‐dose methotrexate (HDMTX) is administered for the treatment of some malignancies. Serious complications after the administration of HDMTX are rare, but occasionally MTX may precipitate in the renal tubes causing a delayed eliminati... Read More about A Delphi study to determine the epidemiology and clinical management of patients treated with HDMTX who develop methotrexate (MTX) delayed elimination in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK.

Risk-stratified monitoring for sulfasalazine toxicity: prognostic model development and validation (2023)
Working Paper
Abhishek, A., Grainge, M. J., Card, T., Williams, H. C., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., …Riley, R. D. Risk-stratified monitoring for sulfasalazine toxicity: prognostic model development and validation

Background Sulfasalazine induced cytopenia, nephrotoxicity, and hepatotoxicity is uncommon during long-term treatment. Some guidelines recommend three monthly monitoring blood-tests indefinitely while others recommend stopping monitoring after one ye... Read More about Risk-stratified monitoring for sulfasalazine toxicity: prognostic model development and validation.

Richter's transformation: Transforming the clinical landscape (2023)
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Barrett, A., Appleby, N., Dreau, H., Fox, C., Munir, T., & Eyre, T. (2024). Richter's transformation: Transforming the clinical landscape. Blood Reviews, 64, Article 101163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.blre.2023.101163

Richter transformation (RT) represents an aggressive histological transformation from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, most often to a large B cell lymphoma. It is characterised by chemo-resistance and subsequent short survival. Drug development has st... Read More about Richter's transformation: Transforming the clinical landscape.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Therapy Guided by Measurable Residual Disease (2023)
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Munir, T., Cairns, D. A., Bloor, A., Allsup, D., Cwynarski, K., Pettitt, A., …Hillmen, P. (2024). Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Therapy Guided by Measurable Residual Disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 390(4), 326-337. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2310063

BACKGROUND: The combination of ibrutinib and venetoclax has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) as compared with chemoimmunotherapy. Whether ibrutinib-venetoclax and personalization of treatment duration... Read More about Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Therapy Guided by Measurable Residual Disease.

Safety of bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a UK real-world experience (2023)
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Shotton, R., Broadbent, R., Alchawaf, A., Mohamed, M. B., Gibb, A., Martinez-Calle, N., …Linton, K. (2023). Safety of bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a UK real-world experience. Blood Advances, https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011305

Introduction: Bendamustine is among the most effective chemotherapeutics for indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (iNHL), but trial reports of significant toxicity, including opportunistic infections and excess deaths, led to prescriber warnings. We... Read More about Safety of bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a UK real-world experience.

Discontinuation of anti-TNF-alpha treatment due to blood test abnormalities and cost-effectiveness of alternate blood monitoring strategies (2023)
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Abhishek, A., Stevenson, M. D., Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Evans, I., Alabas, O., …Williams, H. C. (in press). Discontinuation of anti-TNF-alpha treatment due to blood test abnormalities and cost-effectiveness of alternate blood monitoring strategies. British Journal of Dermatology, Article ljad430. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad430

Background: There is no evidence base supporting the use of six-monthly monitoring blood tests for the early detection of liver, blood, and renal toxicity during established anti-TNF-alpha treatment. Objectives: To evaluate the incidence... Read More about Discontinuation of anti-TNF-alpha treatment due to blood test abnormalities and cost-effectiveness of alternate blood monitoring strategies.

The influence of immunodeficiency, disease features, and patient characteristics on survival in plasmablastic lymphoma (2023)
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Di Ciaccio, P. R., Polizzotto, M. N., Cwynarski, K., Gerrie, A. S., Burton, C., Bower, M., …Hamad, N. (2024). The influence of immunodeficiency, disease features, and patient characteristics on survival in plasmablastic lymphoma. Blood, 143(2), 152-165. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2023021348

Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare and aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma associated with immunodeficiency, characterized by uncertain treatment approaches and an unfavourable prognosis. We conducted a multicenter, international, retrospective cohor... Read More about The influence of immunodeficiency, disease features, and patient characteristics on survival in plasmablastic lymphoma.

High-Dose Methotrexate as CNS Prophylaxis in High-Risk Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma (2023)
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Lewis, K. L., Jakobsen, L. H., Villa, D., Smedby, K. E., Savage, K. J., Eyre, T. A., …Pophali, P. A. (2023). High-Dose Methotrexate as CNS Prophylaxis in High-Risk Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.23.00365

PURPOSE CNS progression or relapse is an uncommon but devastating complication of aggressive B-cell lymphoma. There is no consensus regarding the optimal approach to CNS prophylaxis. This study was designed to determine whether high-dose methotrexate... Read More about High-Dose Methotrexate as CNS Prophylaxis in High-Risk Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma.

Risk-stratified monitoring for thiopurine toxicity in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: prognostic model development, validation, and, health economic evaluation (2023)
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Nakafero, G., Card, T., Grainge, M. J., Williams, H. C., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., …Abhishek, A. (2023). Risk-stratified monitoring for thiopurine toxicity in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: prognostic model development, validation, and, health economic evaluation. eClinicalMedicine, 64, Article 102213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102213

Background: Patients established on thiopurines (e.g., azathioprine) are recommended to undergo three-monthly blood tests for the early detection of blood, liver, or kidney toxicity. These side-effects are uncommon during long-term treatment. We deve... Read More about Risk-stratified monitoring for thiopurine toxicity in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: prognostic model development, validation, and, health economic evaluation.

Early MRI Predictors of Relapse in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Treated with MATRix Immunochemotherapy (2023)
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Cornell, I., Al Busaidi, A., Wastling, S., Anjari, M., Cwynarski, K., Fox, C. P., …Thust, S. C. (2023). Early MRI Predictors of Relapse in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Treated with MATRix Immunochemotherapy. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13(7), Article 1182. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13071182

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) is a highly malignant brain tumour. We investigated dynamic changes in tumour volume and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements for predicting outcome following treatment with MATRix chemothe... Read More about Early MRI Predictors of Relapse in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Treated with MATRix Immunochemotherapy.

Risk stratified monitoring for methotrexate toxicity in immune mediated inflammatory diseases: prognostic model development and validation using primary care data from the UK (2023)
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Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Williams, H. C., Card, T., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., …Abhishek, A. (2023). Risk stratified monitoring for methotrexate toxicity in immune mediated inflammatory diseases: prognostic model development and validation using primary care data from the UK. BMJ, 381, Article e074678. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-074678

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a prognostic model to inform risk stratified decisions on frequency of monitoring blood tests during long term methotrexate treatment. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Electronic health records within th... Read More about Risk stratified monitoring for methotrexate toxicity in immune mediated inflammatory diseases: prognostic model development and validation using primary care data from the UK.

Phase I/II results of ceralasertib as monotherapy or in combination with acalabrutinib in high-risk relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (2023)
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Jurczak, W., Elmusharaf, N., Fox, C. P., Townsend, W., Paulovich, A. G., Whiteaker, J. R., …Munir, T. (2023). Phase I/II results of ceralasertib as monotherapy or in combination with acalabrutinib in high-risk relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Therapeutic Advances in Hematology, 14, https://doi.org/10.1177/20406207231173489

Background: Patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have limited treatment options. Ceralasertib, a selective ataxia telangiectasia and Rad-3-related protein (ATR) inhibitor, demonstrated synergistic preclinical act... Read More about Phase I/II results of ceralasertib as monotherapy or in combination with acalabrutinib in high-risk relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Ibrutinib and rituximab versus fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab for patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (FLAIR): interim analysis of a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial. (2023)
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Hillmen, P., Pitchford, A., Bloor, A., Broom, A., Young, M., Kennedy, B., …Munir, T. (2023). Ibrutinib and rituximab versus fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab for patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (FLAIR): interim analysis of a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncology, 24(5), 535-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045%2823%2900144-4

The approval of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) was based on trials which compared ibrutinib with alkylating agents in patients considered unfit for fludarabine, cyclop... Read More about Ibrutinib and rituximab versus fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab for patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (FLAIR): interim analysis of a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial..

Venetoclax ramp-up strategies for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the United Kingdom: a real world multicentre retrospective study (2023)
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Figueroa‐Mora, R., Rampotas, A., Halperin, D., Worth, T., Vidler, J., Melotti, D., …Martinez‐Calle, N. (2023). Venetoclax ramp-up strategies for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the United Kingdom: a real world multicentre retrospective study. British Journal of Haematology, 202(1), 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.18738

This retrospective, observational study evaluated patterns of inpatient versus outpatient tumour lysis syndrome (TLS) monitoring during venetoclax ramp-up in 170 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. The primary outcome was clinical/biochemica... Read More about Venetoclax ramp-up strategies for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the United Kingdom: a real world multicentre retrospective study.

Use of a real-world synthetic control arm for direct comparison of lisocabtagene maraleucel and conventional therapy in relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (2023)
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Van Le, H., Van Naarden Braun, K., Nowakowski, G. S., Sermer, D., Radford, J., Townsend, W., …Hasskarl, J. (2023). Use of a real-world synthetic control arm for direct comparison of lisocabtagene maraleucel and conventional therapy in relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. Leukemia & Lymphoma, 64(3), 573-585. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2022.2160200

This study used a real-world population as a synthetic comparator for the single-arm TRANSCEND NHL 001 study (TRANSCEND; NCT02631044) to evaluate the efficacy of lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel) compared with conventional (noncellular) therapies i... Read More about Use of a real-world synthetic control arm for direct comparison of lisocabtagene maraleucel and conventional therapy in relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

A realist evaluation of a multifactorial falls prevention programme in care homes (2022)
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Leighton, P. A., Darby, J., Allen, F., Cook, M., Evley, R., Fox, C., …Logan, P. (2022). A realist evaluation of a multifactorial falls prevention programme in care homes. Age and Ageing, 51(12), Article afac263. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac263

BACKGROUND: falls in care homes are common, costly and hard to prevent.Multifactorial falls programmes demonstrate clinical and cost-effectiveness, but the heterogeneity of the care home sector is a barrier to their implementation. A fuller appreciat... Read More about A realist evaluation of a multifactorial falls prevention programme in care homes.

Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma: An overview on pathology and clinical management (2022)
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Tse, E., Fox, C. P., Glover, A., Yoon, S. E., Kim, W. S., & Kwong, Y. L. (2022). Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma: An overview on pathology and clinical management. Seminars in Hematology, 59(4), 198-209. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.seminhematol.2022.10.002

Natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphomas arise mainly from NK-cells and occasionally T-cells, and are universally infected with Epstein Barr virus (EBV). They are uncommon lymphomas more prevalent in Asian and Central/South American populations. NK/T-cel... Read More about Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma: An overview on pathology and clinical management.

International multicenter retrospective analysis of thiotepa-based autologous stem cell transplantation for secondary central nervous system lymphoma (2022)
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Khwaja, J., Kirkwood, A. A., Isbell, L. K., Steffanoni, S., Goradia, H., Pospiech, L., …Cwynarski, K. (2023). International multicenter retrospective analysis of thiotepa-based autologous stem cell transplantation for secondary central nervous system lymphoma. Haematologica, 108(3), 882-888. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2022.281640

Optimizing MATRix as remission induction in PCNSL: de-escalated induction treatment in newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma (2022)
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Wendler, J., Fox, C. P., Valk, E., Steinheber, C., Fricker, H., Isbell, L. K., …Illerhaus, G. (2022). Optimizing MATRix as remission induction in PCNSL: de-escalated induction treatment in newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma. BMC Cancer, 22(1), Article 971. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09723-w

Background: Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the central nervous system (PCNSL) is a rare disorder with an increasing incidence over the past decades. High-level evidence has been reported for the MATRix regimen (high-dose methotrexat... Read More about Optimizing MATRix as remission induction in PCNSL: de-escalated induction treatment in newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma.

Impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection on the outcome of primary central nervous system lymphoma treatment: A study of the International PCNSL Collaborative Group (2022)
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Steffanoni, S., Calimeri, T., Laurenge, A., Fox, C. P., Soussain, C., Grommes, C., …Ferreri, A. J. M. (2022). Impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection on the outcome of primary central nervous system lymphoma treatment: A study of the International PCNSL Collaborative Group. British Journal of Haematology, 199(4), 507-519. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.18396

To optimise management of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection identifying high-risk patients and maintaining treatment dose intensity is an important issue in patients with aggressive lymphomas. In the present study... Read More about Impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection on the outcome of primary central nervous system lymphoma treatment: A study of the International PCNSL Collaborative Group.

Long-term efficacy, safety and neurotolerability of MATRix regimen followed by autologous transplant in primary CNS lymphoma: 7-year results of the IELSG32 randomized trial (2022)
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Ferreri, A. J. M., Cwynarski, K., Pulczynski, E., Fox, C. P., Schorb, E., Celico, C., …IELSG32 study investigators. (2022). Long-term efficacy, safety and neurotolerability of MATRix regimen followed by autologous transplant in primary CNS lymphoma: 7-year results of the IELSG32 randomized trial. Leukemia, 36(7), 1870-1878. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-022-01582-5

219 HIV-negative adults ≤70 years with primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) were enrolled in the randomized IELSG32 trial. Enrolled patients were randomly assigned to receive methotrexate-cytarabine (arm A), or methotrexate-cytarabine-rituximab (B), or metho... Read More about Long-term efficacy, safety and neurotolerability of MATRix regimen followed by autologous transplant in primary CNS lymphoma: 7-year results of the IELSG32 randomized trial.

Immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants after two and three doses of vaccine in B-cell malignancies: UK PROSECO study (2022)
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Lim, S. H., Stuart, B., Joseph-Pietras, D., Johnson, M., Campbell, N., Kelly, A., …Goldblatt, D. (2022). Immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants after two and three doses of vaccine in B-cell malignancies: UK PROSECO study. Nature Cancer, 3(5), 552-564. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-022-00364-3

Patients with hematological malignancies are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes due to compromised immune responses, but the insights of these studies have been compromised due to intrinsic limitations in study design. Here we present the... Read More about Immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants after two and three doses of vaccine in B-cell malignancies: UK PROSECO study.

Rare central nervous system lymphomas (2022)
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Kaji, F. A., Martinez‐Calle, N., Sovani, V., & Fox, C. P. (2022). Rare central nervous system lymphomas. British Journal of Haematology, 197(6), 662-678. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.18128

Central nervous system (CNS) lymphomas are rare malignancies characterised by lymphoid infiltration into the brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves, meninges and/or eyes in the presence or absence of previous or concurrent systemic disease. Most CNS lymp... Read More about Rare central nervous system lymphomas.

Timing of high-dose methotrexate CNS prophylaxis in DLBCL: a multicenter international analysis of 1384 patients (2022)
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Wilson, M. R., Eyre, T. A., Kirkwood, A. A., Wong Doo, N., Soussain, C., Choquet, S., …McKay, P. (2022). Timing of high-dose methotrexate CNS prophylaxis in DLBCL: a multicenter international analysis of 1384 patients. Blood, 139(16), 2499-2511. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2021014506

Prophylactic high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) is often used for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients at high risk of central nervous system (CNS) relapse, despite limited evidence demonstrating efficacy or the optimal delivery method. We con... Read More about Timing of high-dose methotrexate CNS prophylaxis in DLBCL: a multicenter international analysis of 1384 patients.

Guidelines for the management of mature T‐ and natural killer‐cell lymphomas (excluding cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma): a British Society for Haematology Guideline (2021)
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Fox, C. P., Ahearne, M. J., Pettengell, R., Dearden, C., El-Sharkawi, D., Kassam, S., …Collins, G. (2022). Guidelines for the management of mature T‐ and natural killer‐cell lymphomas (excluding cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma): a British Society for Haematology Guideline. British Journal of Haematology, 196(3), 507-522. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17951

Development and validation of a prognostic model for leflunomide discontinuation with abnormal blood tests during long-term treatment: cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Gold and Aurum (2021)
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Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Card, T., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., Zhang, W., …Abhishek, A. (2022). Development and validation of a prognostic model for leflunomide discontinuation with abnormal blood tests during long-term treatment: cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Gold and Aurum. Rheumatology, 61(7), 2783-2791. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab790

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a prognostic model for LEF discontinuation with abnormal blood test results. METHODS: Data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Gold and Aurum were used for model development and external validation, respect... Read More about Development and validation of a prognostic model for leflunomide discontinuation with abnormal blood tests during long-term treatment: cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Gold and Aurum.

A phase 1/2 study of thiotepa-based immunochemotherapy in relapsed/refractory primary CNS lymphoma: the TIER trial (2021)
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Fox, C. P., Ali, A. S., McIlroy, G., Thust, S., Martinez-Calle, N., Jackson, A. E., …Cwynarski, K. (2021). A phase 1/2 study of thiotepa-based immunochemotherapy in relapsed/refractory primary CNS lymphoma: the TIER trial. Blood Advances, 5(20), 4073-4082. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004779

Relapsed or refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma (rrPCNSL) confers a poor prognosis with no accepted standard of care. Very few prospective studies have been conducted in this patient group. This study was a multicenter phase 1/2 study... Read More about A phase 1/2 study of thiotepa-based immunochemotherapy in relapsed/refractory primary CNS lymphoma: the TIER trial.

Population‐based cohort study of the efficacy of brentuximab vedotin in relapsed systemic anaplastic large‐cell lymphoma using Public Health England data (2021)
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Halligan, S. J., Grainge, M. J., Martinez-Calle, N., Fox, C. P., & Bishton, M. J. (2022). Population‐based cohort study of the efficacy of brentuximab vedotin in relapsed systemic anaplastic large‐cell lymphoma using Public Health England data. British Journal of Haematology, 196(4), 932-938. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17896

Systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (sALCL) is a rare T-cell lymphoma associated with poor prognosis after relapse. The immuno-conjugate Brentuximab Vedotin (BV) first became available for relapsed sALCL in England in 2013, following the results... Read More about Population‐based cohort study of the efficacy of brentuximab vedotin in relapsed systemic anaplastic large‐cell lymphoma using Public Health England data.

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in patients older than 65 years: analysis of 3 year Real World data of practice patterns and outcomes in England (2021)
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Hounsome, L., Eyre, T. A., Ireland, R., Hodson, A., Walewska, R., Ardeshna, K., …Fields, P. A. (2022). Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in patients older than 65 years: analysis of 3 year Real World data of practice patterns and outcomes in England. British Journal of Cancer, 126(1), 134-143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01525-4

Background: We wished to examine treatment and outcome patterns in older diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients, with a focus on the effect of route-to-diagnosis to outcome. Methods: Data were extracted from Public Health England’s National C... Read More about Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in patients older than 65 years: analysis of 3 year Real World data of practice patterns and outcomes in England.

Matching-adjusted indirect treatment comparison of liso-cel versus axi-cel in relapsed or refractory large B cell lymphoma (2021)
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Maloney, D. G., Kuruvilla, J., Liu, F. F., Kostic, A., Kim, Y., Bonner, A., …Cartron, G. (2021). Matching-adjusted indirect treatment comparison of liso-cel versus axi-cel in relapsed or refractory large B cell lymphoma. Journal of Hematology and Oncology, 14(1), Article 140. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-021-01144-9

Background: In the absence of randomized studies directly comparing chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapies, this study used matching-adjusted indirect comparisons (MAIC) to evaluate the comparative efficacy and safety of lisocabtagene maraleucel... Read More about Matching-adjusted indirect treatment comparison of liso-cel versus axi-cel in relapsed or refractory large B cell lymphoma.

Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom (2021)
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Kaji, F. A., Martinez‐Calle, N., Bishton, M. J., Figueroa, R., Adlington, J., O’Donoghue, M., …Fox, C. P. (2021). Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Haematology, 195(4), 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17747

Observational studies with long-term follow-up of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) are scarce. Patient data over a period of four decades were retrospectively analysed from databases at Not-tingham University Hospitals Tr... Read More about Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom.

Interpretation of retrospective data evaluating high‐dose methotrexate as central nervous system prophylaxis in diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma; caution required (2021)
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Martinez‐Calle, N., Wilson, M. R., Eyre, T. A., Cwynarski, K., McKay, P., & Fox, C. P. (2021). Interpretation of retrospective data evaluating high‐dose methotrexate as central nervous system prophylaxis in diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma; caution required. American Journal of Hematology, 96(9), E338-E339. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.26257

Systemic ALCL Treated in Routine Clinical Practice: Outcomes Following First-Line Chemotherapy from a Multicentre Cohort (2021)
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Martinez-Calle, N., Kirkwood, A. A., Lamb, M., Smith, A., Khwaja, J., Manos, K., …Fox, C. P. (2021). Systemic ALCL Treated in Routine Clinical Practice: Outcomes Following First-Line Chemotherapy from a Multicentre Cohort. Advances in Therapy, 38(7), 3789-3802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-021-01764-0

Introduction: Brentuximab vedotin (BV)-CHP is the new standard regimen for first-line treatment of systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (sALCL). We undertook a retrospective analysis of consecutive patients diagnosed with sALCL, treated in routine... Read More about Systemic ALCL Treated in Routine Clinical Practice: Outcomes Following First-Line Chemotherapy from a Multicentre Cohort.

Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG) (2021)
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Barajas, R. F., Politi, L. S., Anzalone, N., Schöder, H., Fox, C. P., Boxerman, J. L., …Hu, L. S. (2021). Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG). Neuro-Oncology, 23(7), 1056-1071. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noab020

Advanced molecular and pathophysiologic characterization of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) has revealed insights into promising targeted therapeutic approaches. Medical imaging plays a fundamental role in PCNSL diagnosis, staging, an... Read More about Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG).

Infection-related morbidity and mortality among older patients with DLBCL treated with full- or attenuated-dose R-CHOP (2021)
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Eyre, T. A., Wilson, W., Kirkwood, A. A., Wolf, J., Hildyard, C., Plaschkes, H., …Hatton, C. S. R. (2021). Infection-related morbidity and mortality among older patients with DLBCL treated with full- or attenuated-dose R-CHOP. Blood Advances, 5(8), 2229-2236. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004286

Infection-related morbidity and mortality are increased in older patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) compared with population-matched controls. Key predictive factors for infection-related hospitalization during treatment with rituxim... Read More about Infection-related morbidity and mortality among older patients with DLBCL treated with full- or attenuated-dose R-CHOP.

Front-line management of post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder in adult solid organ recipient patients — A British Society for Haematology Guideline (2021)
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Shah, N., Eyre, T. A., Tucker, D., Kassam, S., Parmar, J., Featherstone, C., …Haemato‐Oncology Task Force of the British Society for Haematology and the British Transplantation Society. (2021). Front-line management of post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder in adult solid organ recipient patients — A British Society for Haematology Guideline. British Journal of Haematology, 193(4), 727-740. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17421

MATRix–RICE therapy and autologous haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with secondary CNS involvement (MARIETTA): an international, single-arm, phase 2 trial (2021)
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Ferreri, A. J. M., Doorduijn, J. K., Re, A., Cabras, M. G., Smith, J., Ilariucci, F., …International Extranodal Lymphoma Study Group (IELSG), I. E. L. S. G. (. (2021). MATRix–RICE therapy and autologous haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with secondary CNS involvement (MARIETTA): an international, single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Haematology, 8(2), e110-e121. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3026%2820%2930366-5

Background: Secondary CNS lymphoma is a rare but potentially lethal event in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. We aimed to assess the activity and safety of an intensive, CNS-directed chemoimmunotherapy consolidated by autologous haematopo... Read More about MATRix–RICE therapy and autologous haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with secondary CNS involvement (MARIETTA): an international, single-arm, phase 2 trial.

A phase 1/2 study of the combination of acalabrutinib and vistusertib in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies (2021)
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Collins, G. P., Clevenger, T. N., Burke, K. A., Yang, B., MacDonald, A., Cunningham, D., …Flinn, I. (2021). A phase 1/2 study of the combination of acalabrutinib and vistusertib in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies. Leukemia & Lymphoma, 62(11), 2625-2636. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2021.1938027

In a phase 1b study of acalabrutinib (a covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor) in combination with vistusertib (a dual mTORC1/2 inhibitor) in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), multiple ascending doses... Read More about A phase 1/2 study of the combination of acalabrutinib and vistusertib in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies.

Refractoriness to rituximab-based therapy and elevated serum B2-microglobulin predict for inferior survival in marginal zone lymphoma (2019)
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Sorigue, M., Bishton, M., Domingo-Domenech, E., McMillan, A., Prusila, R., García, O., …Sancho, J. (2019). Refractoriness to rituximab-based therapy and elevated serum B2-microglobulin predict for inferior survival in marginal zone lymphoma. Leukemia & Lymphoma, 60(10), 2524-2531. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2019.1594212

Short responses to immunochemotherapy predict for an inferior OS in follicular lymphoma. We set out to determine whether this is also the case in marginal zone lymphoma. A group of 139 marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) patients treated with front-line imm... Read More about Refractoriness to rituximab-based therapy and elevated serum B2-microglobulin predict for inferior survival in marginal zone lymphoma.