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In Vivo ; 37(4): 1735-1742, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37369476

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BACKGROUND/AIM: Classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is a common B-cell malignancy. Despite the good prognosis, in some patients the standard chemotherapy and radiotherapy-based approach does not lead to long-term remission, and these patients eventually relapse. Moreover, the primary refractory disease is of major concern regarding prognosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis to evaluate PD-L1 expression in 120 patients with classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). RESULTS: The median follow-up of the entire group of patients was 90 months. After initial therapy, complete remission was achieved in 113 (94.2%) patients. During the follow-up, cHL relapse/refractory disease was reported in 23 (19.2%) cases. A total of five patients died during the follow-up period, all from cHL progression. When determining PD-L1 expression on Hodgkin-Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells, 37 cases (30.8%) were evaluated as negative, and 83 cases (69.2%) as positive. In the negative PD-L1 group of patients, no cHL relapse/refractory disease was observed during the follow-up period. However, out of 83 patients with positive PD-L1 expression on HRS cells, 23 (28%) showed relapse/refractory cHL. CONCLUSION: A significantly higher relapse rate was observed in PD-L1-positive patients diagnosed with cHL.


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Enfermedad de Hodgkin , Humanos , Antígeno B7-H1/genética , Enfermedad de Hodgkin/tratamiento farmacológico , Proteínas de Punto de Control Inmunitario/uso terapéutico , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia , Pronóstico , Estudios Retrospectivos
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Vnitr Lek ; 68(E-2): 11-21, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36208940

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Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare condition with incidence in adults 1-2/1 million, wherein Langerhans cells proliferate abnormally, adversely impacting organs including most frequently bones, skin, lungs, pituitary gland, lymph nodes, gums and other organs. The LCH course varies widely among patients from a self-limiting condition, to one that progresses. But LCH only very rarely culminates in death. To aim of this text is to review all possible symptoms and manifestations of this disease.


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Histiocitosis de Células de Langerhans , Adulto , Histiocitosis de Células de Langerhans/diagnóstico , Histiocitosis de Células de Langerhans/metabolismo , Histiocitosis de Células de Langerhans/terapia , Humanos , Ganglios Linfáticos/patología , Enfermedades Raras
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Vnitr Lek ; 68(1): 41-53, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35459346

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Castleman disease (CD) describes a group of heterogeneous hematologic disorders with characteristic histopathological features. CD can present with unicentric (UCD) or multicentric (MCD) regions of lymph node enlargement. Some cases of MCD are caused by human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8), whereas others are HHV-8-negative/idiopathic (iMCD). Treatment of iMCD is challenging, and outcomes can be poor. In this paper, we briefly report about symptoms of iMCD and about the International, evidencebased consensus diagnostic criteria for HHV-8-negative/idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease and International evidence based consensus treatment guidelines for idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease.


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Enfermedad de Castleman , Herpesvirus Humano 8 , Enfermedad de Castleman/diagnóstico , Enfermedad de Castleman/patología , Enfermedad de Castleman/terapia , Consenso , Humanos
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Hematol Oncol ; 40(2): 280-286, 2022 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35120267

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COVID-19 significantly impairs survival rates among hematological patients when compared to the general population. Our prospective multicentre project analyzed early administration of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (NmAbs) - bamlanivimab (72%) and casirivimab/imdevimab (28%) - efficacy among hematological patients with early-stage COVID-19. Mortality rate was compared to a control cohort of 575 SARS-CoV-2 positive hematological patients untreated with any specific anti-COVID-19 therapy. 88 hematological patients with lymphomas, acute leukemias, and myeloma as their most frequent underlying diagnoses (72%) were evaluated with a 97 days median follow-up after NmAb administration. One third of patients (32%) were treated with an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody before COVID-19 diagnosis. Median time between first COVID-19 symptom and NmAb administration was 2 days. When administering NmAb, 29%, 57%, 11%, 2%, and 1% of our patients had asymptomatic, mild, moderate, severe, and critical degrees of COVID-19, respectively. 80% of baseline asymptomatic patients remained asymptomatic following NmAb administration. Median duration of COVID-19 symptoms after NmAb administration was 2.5 days. Progression to severe/critical COVID-19 occurred among a total of 17% (15/88) of our cases and numerically higher with bamlanivimab versus casirivimab/imdevimab (21% vs. 8%; p = 0.215), and myelomas (29%), lymphomas (17%) and acute leukemias (18%), respectively. During final follow-up, nine deaths (10%) were recorded - all after bamlanivimab (p = 0.056) with 8% attributed to COVID-19. Regarding "remdesivir/convalescent plasma naïve" patients, COVID-19 mortality rates were significantly lower in our NmAbs treated cohort compared to the control cohort of untreated SARS-CoV-2 positive hematological patients (6% vs. 16%, p = 0.020), respectively. Our study validated the safety and efficacy of NmAbs early use among hematological patients with newly diagnosed early-stage COVID-19 in terms of alleviating infection course and decreasing mortality. Results confirmed a more positive effect of a casirivimab/imdevimab combination versus bamlanivimab monotherapy.


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Tratamiento Farmacológico de COVID-19 , COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2 , Anticuerpos Monoclonales Humanizados , Anticuerpos Neutralizantes , COVID-19/terapia , Prueba de COVID-19 , República Checa , Humanos , Inmunización Pasiva , Estudios Prospectivos , Sueroterapia para COVID-19
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Vnitr Lek ; 67(E-4): 9-12, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34275313

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Lymphangiomatosis is rare disease, we can find this entity in differential diagnosis of osteolytic leasions of bones of unknown origin. Typical sign for lymphangiomatosis is proliferation of lymphatic tissue with production of lymphangiomas in various organs and systems. Clinical manifestation of disease is variable, involvement of lungs and bone is typical. In our article we present recent classification of lymphatic tissue neoplasias, their clinical symptoms and treatment possibilities.


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Linfangioma , Vasos Linfáticos , Huesos , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Linfangioma/diagnóstico por imagen , Vasos Linfáticos/diagnóstico por imagen , Enfermedades Raras
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Ann Hematol ; 100(10): 2541-2546, 2021 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34309714

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Infections are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in multiple myeloma (MM) patients (pts). The aim of our retrospective analysis was to evaluate incidence and course of COVID-19 infection in a cohort of 351 MM outpatients treated with novel drugs. COVID-19 disease was detected in 50/351 pts (14%); median age was 68 years. Gender, ISS stage, and last treatment lines were as follows: male 32, female 18; ISS-I 19, ISS-II 20, ISS-III 11; daratumumab-based 15, lenalidomide-based 12, bortezomib-based 17, other 6. Positive PCR test at COVID-19 diagnosis was present in all pts; anti-myeloma treatment was interrupted. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 pneumonia were necessary for 28/50 pts (56%), 18/50 pts (36%) in standard unit (SU) 10/50 pts (20%) in intensive care unit (ICU), and 9/50 pts (18%) died. The statistically significant parameters for COVID-19 hospitalization were as follows: responsive versus non-responsive disease (p = 0.027), ECOG performance status 0-2 versus ≥ 3 (p = 0.014), presence of comorbidities (0-1 versus ≥ 2, p = 0.043). The statistically significant factors for COVID-19 death were as follows: ECOG 0-2 versus ≥ 3 (p = 0.001), presence of comorbidities (0-1 versus ≥ 2, p = 0.007), serious course of COVID-19 disease with ICU hospitalization (SU versus ICU, p = 0.001). None of the other studied risk factors was associated with poor outcome (age, gender, ISS stage, immunoparesis, type of anti-myeloma treatment). Full recovery from COVID-19 infection was observed in 41/50 pts (82%) in median of 32 days. The course of COVID-19 disease in MM pts was mostly moderate or serious with 56% of hospitalizations and 18% of deaths.


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Anticuerpos Monoclonales/uso terapéutico , Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico , Bortezomib/uso terapéutico , COVID-19/etiología , Lenalidomida/uso terapéutico , Mieloma Múltiple/complicaciones , Mieloma Múltiple/tratamiento farmacológico , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , COVID-19/complicaciones , COVID-19/diagnóstico , Femenino , Hospitalización , Humanos , Incidencia , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Retrospectivos , SARS-CoV-2/aislamiento & purificación , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Vnitr Lek ; 67(E-3): 15-23, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34171947

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Transformation of IgM-MGUS into Waldenström´s macroglobulinemia in two of six patients treated for Schnitzler´s syndrome Schnitzler´s syndrome is a very rare, adult-onset, apparently acquired autoinflammatory disease. Chronic urticarial rash and symptoms of systemic inflammation including fever, arthralgia and bone pain with the presence of monoclonal immunoglobulin M (IgM), rarely IgG, are among hallmarks of the disease. We performed a retrospective study of 6 patients (5 men, 1 woman) diagnosed with Schnitzler´s syndrome fulfilling the Strasbourg criteria who had been treated at our centre in the University Hospital Brno from 2007 to 2021. Median age at diagnosis was 54 (45-67) years, median follow up was 8 (3-14) years. All 6 patients had IgM κ monoclonal gammopathy, increased CRP and/or erythrocyte sedimentation rate and arthralgia or bone pain, 4 patients suffered from fever, three had leucocytosis 10 × 109/L and lymphadenopathy was found in one patient. 18FDG-PET/CT scan with low-dose total body CT became a part of the initial baseline assessment in 5 patients with suspected Schnitzler´s syndrome, while Na18F-PET/CT was used in one patient to confirm the presence of osteosclerotic leasions as a criterion of the disease. All patients had osteosclerotic or hyperostotic bone lesions detected by low-dose CT examination, with increased 18FDG uptake in illiac and femoral bone marrow. The patient with Na18F-PET/CT scan revealed intensive abnormal tracer uptake with Na18F-PET/CT being more sensitive for detection of osteosclerotic lesions in Schnitzler´s syndrome than 18FDG-PET/CT. All patients were treated with daily subcutaneous anakinra without any adverse events, with excellent clinical results. We observed complete disappearance of urticaria and other symptoms persisting during years of anakinra administration. IgM-MGUS transformed into Waldenström´s macroglobulinemia in two of six patients, but only one patient developed symptoms requiring RBD (Rituximab, Bendamustin, and Dexamethasone) treatment, which induced almost complete remission of the disease. Successful RBD therapy enabled to prolong intervals of maintenance anakinra from 24 to 48 hours with almost complete control of urticarial rash and other symptoms. We suggest close monitoring of patients with Schnitzler´s syndrome to early capture potential transformation into Waldenström´s macroglobulinemia with succesful treatment of both conditions.


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Síndrome de Schnitzler , Macroglobulinemia de Waldenström , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Inmunoglobulina M , Masculino , Tomografía Computarizada por Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones , Estudios Retrospectivos
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Vnitr Lek ; 67(3): 157-164, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34171955

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Three adult patients with confirmed Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) are followed at our department. Cladribine in monotherapy or in combination with cyclophosphamide were used for first line therapy. The median number of cycles of cladribine or cladribine and cyclophosphamide was 7 (range 6-8). In two cases complete response was achieved, in one case this therapy achieved no response. The duration of response is in one case 11 years, in second case the follow up is too short for evaluation of response duration. In case of no-response to cladribine and cyclophosphamide stabilisation of disease was achieved with anakinra. The tolerance was good without any toxicity grade II and higher. Cladribin and cyclophosphamide is one option for treatment of Erdheim-Chester disease.


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Cladribina , Enfermedad de Erdheim-Chester , Adulto , Ciclofosfamida , Humanos , Proteína Antagonista del Receptor de Interleucina 1 , Inducción de Remisión
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Vnitr Lek ; 67(7): 419-424, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35459360

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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, is an disorder that causes abnormal blood vessel formation with bleeding. Inhibition of angiogenesis amelioretes bleeding complication. Anti-angiogenic agents such as bevacizumab, aflibercept, thalidomid, lenadomid and other new anti-angiogenic thyrosinkinase inhibitors, as well as sirolimus and takrolimus have emerged as a promising systemic or local therapy in reducing bleeding complications but are not curative. Other pharmacological agents include iron supplementation, antifibrinolytics and hormonal treatment. This review concentrates on new anti-agioproliferative drugs with effect in HHT- discusses the new biology of HHT, management issues that face the practising hematologist, and considerations of future directions in HHT treatment.


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Telangiectasia Hemorrágica Hereditaria , Inhibidores de la Angiogénesis/uso terapéutico , Bevacizumab/uso terapéutico , Hemorragia/complicaciones , Humanos , Síndrome , Telangiectasia Hemorrágica Hereditaria/complicaciones , Telangiectasia Hemorrágica Hereditaria/tratamiento farmacológico
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Vnitr Lek ; 67(8): 465-473, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35459366

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Castleman disease (CD) includes a group of rare and heterogeneous disorders with characteristic lymph node histopathological abnormalities. CD can occur in a single lymph node station, which is referred to as unicentric CD (UCD). CD can also involve multicentric lymphadenopathy and inflammatory symptoms - multicentric Castleman disease. The first-ever diagnostic and treatment guidelines were recently developed for UCD and published 2020. Complete surgical resection is often curative and is therefore the preferred first-line therapy, if possible. The management of unresectable UCD is more challenging. Existing evidence supports that asymptomatic unresectable UCD may be observed. The anti-interleukin-6 monoclonal antibody siltuximab should be considered for unresectable UCD patients with an inflammatory syndrome. Unresectable UCD that is symptomatic because of compression of vital neighbouring structures may be rendered amenable to resection by medical therapy (rituximab, steroids), radiotherapy, or embolization. In this article, we report about the symptoms of this disease and about the diagnostics recommendation published in the International, evidence-based consensus diagnostic criteria for HHV-8-negative/ idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease and about the therapeutic recommendation published in International evidence-based consensus diagnostic and treatment guidelines for unicentric Castleman disease published in the year 2020.


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Antineoplásicos , Enfermedad de Castleman , Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico , Enfermedad de Castleman/tratamiento farmacológico , Enfermedad de Castleman/terapia , Consenso , Humanos , Rituximab/uso terapéutico
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Vnitr Lek ; 67(6): 352-356, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35459378

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Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG) is a rare chronic condition, belonging to the group non-Langerhans cell histiocytoses, which is relevant due to the possibility of extracutaneous involvement and association with systemic diseases, particularly monoclonal gammopathy, MGUS and multiple myeloma. The case reported here NXG was diagnosed after 1 years of evolution in patient with asymptomatic multiple myeloma. After treatment with bortezomib, lenalidomid and dexamethasone, there was evident abrupt decrease of monoclonal immunoglobulin to not measurable level (complete remission of multiple myeloma) and in the same time was evident disappearance of cutaneous and hepatic lesions of NXG on FDG-PET/CT. The etiopathogenetic association of monoclonal immunoglobulin with NXG is documented in this case report with disappearance of NXG in the time of disappearance of monoclonal immunoglobulin.


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Mieloma Múltiple , Xantogranuloma Necrobiótico , Bortezomib/uso terapéutico , Dexametasona/uso terapéutico , Humanos , Inmunoglobulinas , Mieloma Múltiple/complicaciones , Mieloma Múltiple/tratamiento farmacológico , Xantogranuloma Necrobiótico/complicaciones , Xantogranuloma Necrobiótico/diagnóstico , Xantogranuloma Necrobiótico/tratamiento farmacológico , Tomografía Computarizada por Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Vnitr Lek ; 66(6): 19-27, 2020.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33380149

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The histiocytoses are rare disorders characterized by the accumulation of cells thought to be derived from dendritic cells or macrophages. Their clinical behaviour ranges from mild to disseminated and, sometimes, life-threatening forms. The incidence of this diseases is much smaller, then the incidence of diseases derived from lymphocytic or myeloid lineage. Langerhans cell histiocytosis is most frequent disease from this group. The last version of WHO classification from 2017 and last version of classification published by Histiocyte Society is summarised in this paper.


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Histiocitosis de Células de Langerhans , Neoplasias , Linaje de la Célula , Células Dendríticas , Histiocitos , Humanos , Macrófagos , Organización Mundial de la Salud
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Sci Rep ; 10(1): 17963, 2020 10 21.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33087853

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Invasive fungal disease (IFD) early diagnosis improves hematological patient survival. Non-culture-based methods may reduce diagnostic time to identify IFD. As complex data on the value of 1,3-ß-D-glucan (BDG) from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) compared to serum for the most frequent invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) diagnosis are scarce, particularly including evaluation of potential factors adversely affecting BDG assay, we provided prospective single-center analysis evaluating 172 episodes of pulmonary infiltrates with BDG detection in BALF and serum samples collected in parallel among hematological patients from 2006 to 2015. Proven and probable IPA were documented in 13.4% of the episodes. Sensitivity (SEN), specificity (SPE), positive and negative predictive value (PPV; NPV), and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) of the BDG assay using standard (80 pg/ml) cut-off for BALF were: 56.5%; 83.2%; 34.2%; 92.5%, and 6.5, respectively, and for serum were: 56.5%; 82.6%; 33.3%; 92.5%, and 6.2, respectively. The same BDG assay parameters employing a calculated optimal cut-off for BALF (39 pg/ml) were: 78.3%; 72.5%; 30.5%; 95.6%, and 9.5, respectively; and for serum (40 pg/ml) were: 73.9%; 69.1%; 27.0%; 94.5%, and 6.3, respectively. While identifying acceptable SEN, SPE, and DOR, yet low PPV of both BALF and serum BDG assay for IPA diagnosis, neither the combination of both materials nor the new optimal BDG cut-off led to significant test quality improvement. Absolute neutrophil count and aspirated BALF volume with a significant trend affected BDG assay performance. The BDG test did not outperform galactomannan assay.


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Biomarcadores/análisis , Biomarcadores/sangre , Líquido del Lavado Bronquioalveolar/química , Neoplasias Hematológicas/complicaciones , Aspergilosis Pulmonar Invasiva/complicaciones , Aspergilosis Pulmonar Invasiva/diagnóstico , beta-Glucanos/análisis , beta-Glucanos/sangre , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Prospectivos , Sensibilidad y Especificidad , Adulto Joven
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J Cancer ; 10(21): 5041-5048, 2019.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31602255

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Introduction: Clinical trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of the CD30-targeted antibody-drug conjugate brentuximab vedotin (BV) for the treatment of relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (R/R HL). In this study, we report on outcomes with BV in a real-world setting using data collected in clinics in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Patients and Methods: Clinical and epidemiological data for patients with R/R HL who received treatment with BV at eight centers across the Czech Republic and Slovakia were examined. Data were amalgamated and analyzed retrospectively. Results: Clinical data for 58 patients (median age: 30.5 years) with R/R HL who received BV during the course of their treatment were collected and analyzed. Patients had received a median of 3 prior treatment regimens and most (91%) were treated with BV after relapse following autologous stem cell transplantation. Therapeutic responses after BV included 19 (33%) complete responses (CRs) and 8 (14%) partial responses. CRs occurred more frequently in patients who had received fewer prior treatment regimens. The 1-, 2-, and 3-year overall survival (OS) rates from initiation of BV were 78%, 62%, and 41%, respectively. Conclusion: Response rates and OS in this analysis of BV in real-world settings in the Czech Republic and Slovakia were consistent with those reported for pivotal clinical trials and from previous studies outside the clinical trial setting. The results support the efficacy of BV for treatment of R/R HL in real-life clinical practice.

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Vnitr Lek ; 65(1): 37-44, 2019.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30823836

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A man aged 60 years was examined for intense inflammatory response, night sweats, subfebrile and later febrile temperatures and a weight loss of 18 kg in 7 months. CRP was 270 mg / l, i.e. more than 20 times the upper limit of the physiological range. Reactive leukocytosis (10 × 109/l), thrombocytosis (530 × 109/l), increased fibrinogen (greater than 7 g/l), and anemia with hemoglobin of 80 g/l were present. No infection or systemic autoimmune disease has been proven. The patient had normal renal function and had no osteolytic deposits detectable by FDG-PET/CT. The procalcitonin level was not elevated. The bone marrow examination revealed a 30-40% infiltration of proplasmacyte type with admixture of plasmablasts, expressing light chains λ. Monoclonal immunoglobulin IgA λ was at a low concentration of about 8 g/l and the ratio of free light chains κ/λ was 0.13. The extent of bone marrow infiltration and anemia met the criteria for the diagnosis of symptomatic multiple myeloma. Following initiation of the combination therapy using thalidomide, bortezomib and dexamethasone, the maximum decrease in the concentrations of monoclonal immunoglobulin, free light chains and CRP was observed already after the first 2 cycles of treatment. Later, during the following two 2 cycles, the disease began to progress again. The patient underwent successful stem cell collection after the application of cyclophosphamide 2.5 g/m 2 and leukocyte growth factor (G-CSF), and high-dose chemotherapy (melphalan 200 mg/m 2) with the support of stem cell transplantation. At 2 months following high-dose chemotherapy, CRP levels of the physiological range decreased, the blood count was normalized, and monoclonal immunoglobulin was not detectable. Conclusion: The chronic inflammatory response may be due to plasmocytary bone marrow infiltration even if there are no other symptoms of multiple myel-oma present, except for anemia which, however, also involves the inflammatory reaction. In this case, the systemic inflammatory reaction with high CRP levels signalled aggressive behaviour of the disease. Key words: CRP - multiple myeloma - procalcitonin - systemic inflammatory response.


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Mieloma Múltiple , Síndrome de Respuesta Inflamatoria Sistémica , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapéutico , Bortezomib/administración & dosificación , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Mieloma Múltiple/diagnóstico , Mieloma Múltiple/tratamiento farmacológico , Tomografía Computarizada por Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones , Síndrome de Respuesta Inflamatoria Sistémica/etiología , Talidomida/administración & dosificación
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Int J Clin Pract ; : e13235, 2018 Jul 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30011112

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Appropriate surveillance guidelines for patients after successful treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) are needed to reduce mortality of iatrogenic secondary cancers (SC). This large single institutional retrospective study analyses the risk of SC in HL patients treated outside of clinical trials over past decades. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Consecutive series of HL patients were analysed with median follow-up 12 years. Standardised incidence ratio (SIR) and absolute excess risk (AER) were calculated for site-specific risk of SC. RESULTS: In total of 871 patients (491 men; median age 34 years), chemotherapy alone, radiotherapy alone, and combined treatment underwent 36%, 40%, and 24% patients. 154 SC were found with significantly increased SIR = 2.9 and AER = 80.8 for all cancers except of nonmelanoma-skin cancer. SC-related death occurred in 71 patients (15% of those who died, 8% of whole cohort). The most common SC were lung (17.5% of all malignancies, SIR = 3.2), breast carcinoma (15.6%, SIR = 4.4), and haematological malignancy (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma SIR = 13.1; leukaemia SIR = 5.8). For SC within radiation field, the highest AER was in breast (AER = 46.9), colorectal (AER = 22.8), and lung cancer (AER = 17). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with HL are generally at great risk of developing SC, which is significantly increased especially by the use of radiotherapy. We suggested special follow-up schema for patients after initial HL treatment suitable for daily real-world clinical practice. The system depends on gender, form of HL treatment and especially the form of radiation therapy in terms of location of radiation fields.

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Vnitr Lek ; 64(3): 290-299, 2018.
Artículo en Checo | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29766732

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A disease associated with immunoglobulin IgG4 is a rare unit with very variable symptoms. We describe the course and treatment of the disease in a patient who presented with multiple lymphadenopathy and infiltrates in the area of the retroperitoneum and pelvis and signs of chronic sclerosing pancreatitis. The disease was clinically manifested by a significant loss of weight, but also by a loss of perception of taste and smell. The diagnosis was made based on a high amount of IgG4 expressing plasma cells in the sampled tissue and an increased concentration of immunoglobulins of type IgG and mainly subclass IG4. Rituximab in 475 mg/m2 dose was used in the treatment, the initial four doses of rituximab were administered at 14-day intervals, always with a one-off administration of a 40 mg dose of dexamethasone. According to FDG-PET/CT, only partial remission of the disease was reached after 4 applications of rituximab and dexamethasone. The patient recovered its sense of smell and taste. In another 4 cycles ritu-ximab was administered on day 1 of a 28-day cycle. On days 1 and 15 of the cycle dexamethasone at 40 mg and cyclophosphamide at 600 mg were administered by intravenous infusion. After the completion of 8 cycles of treatment based on rituximab and dexamethasone and with cyclophosphamide added in the second half of the treatment, the control FDG-PET/CT examination proved the complete remission. Before the treatment commencement the concentration of the subclass of immunoglobulin IgG4 was equal to 51.0 g/l, after the completion of the aforementioned treatment it dropped to 3.5 g/l. The patient tolerated the treatment without any adverse effects. Ritu-ximab, dexamethasone and cyclophosphamide induced the complete remission of this disease.Key words: IgG4-associated/releated disease - rituximab.


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Inmunoglobulina G , Linfadenopatía , Antiinflamatorios/uso terapéutico , Dexametasona/uso terapéutico , Humanos , Linfadenopatía/tratamiento farmacológico , Linfadenopatía/inmunología , Tomografía Computarizada por Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones , Rituximab/uso terapéutico
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Vnitr Lek ; 64(4): 441-449, 2018.
Artículo en Checo | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29791180

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The prognosis for patients with cardiac impairment due to AL-amyloid deposition and severe cardiac insufficiency is poor, with a survival median in the order of months. The classical treatment of AL-amyloidosis in combination with cardiac insufficiency is very poorly tolerated and the treatment of such patients is associated with considerably higher mortality than among other patients with AL-amyloidosis. If, however, patients with an isolated or another dominating cardiac impairment, without severe damage to other organs and tissues, have a heart transplant performed, their cardiovascular condition will significantly improve as a result, along with their ability to tolerate any kind of treatment for AL-amyloidosis including that using high-dose chemotherapy with a transplant of autologous hematopoietic stem cells. The achievement of complete remission of AL-amyloidosis is a precondition for long-term survival, since when not achieved, amyloid deposition also arises in the transplanted heart. At the Centre for Cardiovascular and Transplantation Surgery, Brno, the first heart transplant due to its impairment by AL-amyloidosis was performed in 2010. By the year 2017 the number of patients with AL-amyloidosis, who had first undergone a heart transplant with subsequent treatment for AL-amyloidosis, increased to 5. The median age at which a heart transplant was performed is 60 (48-65) years. Four patients were men, one was a woman. The median monitoring equals 65 (88-15) months. Complete remission of AL-amyloidosis was achieved in all the patients. There were 5 lines of treatment needed for the first patient to attain it, of that twice high-dose melphalan with autologous stem cell transplantation, for the second patient a second-line treatment, high-dose melphalan and bortezomib-based therapy. No specific therapy was needed for the third patient, as immunosuppressive therapy following the heart transplant containing prednison led to complete remission of AL-amyloidosis. In the fourth case, sustainable complete remission was reached by high-dose melphalan and in the fifth case by one line of bortezomib-based therapy. The aforementioned data illustrate that a heart transplant is the first step which makes the patients with a severe heart failure, not tolerating any efficient therapy of AL-amyloidosis, capable of undergoing intense treatment of AL-amyloidosis. Sometimes one high-dose chemotherapy is sufficient, while at other times multiple treatment lines are needed to reach complete remission of AL-amyloidosis.Key words: AL-amyloidosis - autologous hematopoietic stem cells transplantation - bortezomib - cardiomyopathy - lenalidomide - thalidomide - heart transplantation.


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Amiloidosis , Trasplante de Corazón , Trasplante de Células Madre Hematopoyéticas , Anciano , Amiloidosis/terapia , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Amiloidosis de Cadenas Ligeras de las Inmunoglobulinas , Masculino , Melfalán , Persona de Mediana Edad , Resultado del Tratamiento
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