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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia - Therapy, Excluding Transplantation Poster III

Monday, December 8, 2008: 5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Hall A (Moscone Center)
Combination of the hyperCVAD Regimen with Dasatinib Is Effective in Patients with Relapsed Philadelphia Chromosome (Ph) Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Lymphoid Blast Phase Chronic Meyloid Leukemia (CML-LB)

Elias Jabbour1, Susan O'Brien1*, Deborah A. Thomas1*, Stefan Faderl, MD1, Charles Asa Koller, MD1, Samuel Dara, Coordinator, Clinical, Studies2*, Rebecca Garris, Data, Analyst2*, Jorge Cortes, MD1, Hagop M Kantarjian3 and Farhad Ravandi1*

1M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2Leukemia, UTMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
3The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Dasatinib (Sprycel®) and Chemotherapy for First-Line Treatment in Elderly Patients with De Novo Philadelphia Positive ALL: Results of the First 22 Patients Included in the EWALL-Ph-01 Trial (on Behalf of the European Working Group on Adult ALL (EWALL))

Philippe Rousselot1*, Jean-Michel Cayuela2*, Christian Recher3*, Thibaut Leguay4*, Célia Salanoubat5*, Francis Witz6*, Magda Alexis7*, Maud Janvier8*, Mathilde Hunault9*, Philippe Agape10*, Christian Berthou11*, Eric Jourdan12*, José Fernandes13*, Laurent Sutton14*, Anne Banos15*, Oumedaly Reman16*, Bruno Lioure, MD17*, Nicola Gökbuget18*, Dieter Hoelzer, MD, PhD19, André Delannoy20*, Renato Bassan21*, Jose-Maria Ribera22*, Sebastian Giebel23*, Sandrine Hayette24*, Oliver Ottmann25 and Hervé Dombret26

1Centre André Mignot, Versaille, France
2Hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Paris, France
3CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
4Hôpital du Haut Levèque, Pessac, France
5Hôpital de Créteil, Créteil, France
6CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France
7CHU la Source, Orléans, France
8Centre Huguenin, Saint-Cloud, France
9CHU d'Angers, Angers, France
10CH F Guyon, La Réunion, France
11CHU Brest, Brest, France
12CHU de Nimes, Nimes, France
13CH Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France
14CH Argenteuil, Argenteuil, France
15CH Bayonne, Bayonne, France
16CHU Caen, Caen, France
17Département d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France
18Klinikum der J.W.Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
19J.W. Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/M, Germany
20Hôpital de Jolimont, Haine Saint-Paul, Belgium
21Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Italy
22Hospital Germans Trials i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
23Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
24Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
25Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
26Hopital Saint Louis AP-HP, Paris, France

Phase II Study of Combination of hyperCVAD with Dasatinib in Frontline Therapy of Patients with Philadelphia Chromosome (Ph) Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Farhad Ravandi, MBBS1, Deborah Thomas, MD2, Hagop Kantarjian, MD2*, Stefan Faderl, MD2*, Charles Koller, MD2*, Samuel Dara, MD2*, Rebecca Garris, BS2*, Partow Kebriaei, MD3*, Gautam Borthakur, MD2*, William Wierda, MD, PhD2*, Jan Burger, MD2*, Jorge Cortes, MD2* and Susan O'Brien, MD2*

1Department of Leukemia, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
3Department of Cellualr Therapy and Transplantation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Preclinical Evaluation of Adjuvant Therapy with AMD3100 for Drug Resistant Philadelphia Chromosome Positive and Negative ALL

Enzi Jiang, MD, PhD1*, Min Yu, MD, PhD1*, Yao-Te Hsieh1*, Brian DeLaTorre1*, Asha Kadavallore1*, Carlton Scharman1*, Eugene Park1*, Allen S. Yang, MD, PhD2, Markus Muschen, MD1, John Groffen, PhD1*, Nora Heisterkamp, PhD1* and Yong-Mi Kim, MD1

1Pediatrics, CHLA-USC, Los Angeles, CA
2Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Induce FPGS mRNA Expression and Intracellular Accumulation of Long-Chain Methotrexate Polyglutamates in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Implications for Combination Therapy

Guy J Leclerc, Ph.D.1*, Caihong Mou, M.D.2*, Gilles M Leclerc, Ph.D.1*, Abdul M Mian, Ph.D.2* and Julio C Barredo, M.D.1

1Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
2UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

Acquired Bcr-Abl Kinase Domain Mutations Are Not Responsible for Persistence of Dasatinib-Refractory Disease in Murine Ph+ ALL

Nidal Boulos, PhD1*, Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD2* and Richard T Williams, MD, PhD3

1Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
2Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
3Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Durable Remissions Observed in a Phase I/II Study of Clofarabine in Combination with Etoposide and Cyclophosphamide in Pediatric Patients with Refractory or Relapsed Acute Leukemia

Nobuko Hijiya, MD1*, Paul S. Gaynon, MD2, Manuel Fernandez3*, Lewis B. Silverman, MD4, Blythe Thomson, MD5, Roland Chu6*, Todd Cooper, DO7, Richard Kadota, MD8, Michael Rytting, M.D.9, Peter G. Steinherz, MD10, Violet Shen11*, Sima Jeha, MD12, Elly Barry, MD13* and William L. Carroll, MD14

1Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
2Out-Patient Towers, Childrens Hosp. of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
3Genzyme Corporation, San Antonio, TX
4Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Boston, MA
5Children's Hosp. & Regional Med. Ctr., Seattle, WA
6Department of Pediatrics, Wayne University, Detroit,, MI
7University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
8Children's Hosp. of San Diego, San Diego, CA
9Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
10Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
11CHOC Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty, Orange,, CA
12St. Jude Children's Rsch. Hosp., Memphis, TN
13Genzyme Corporation, Boston, MA
14New York University Cancer Institute, New York, NY

Dasatinib 140 Mg Once Daily (QD) Has Equivalent Efficacy and Improved Safety Compared with 70 Mg Twice Daily (BID) in Patients with Imatinib-Resistant or -Intolerant Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ ALL): 2-Year Data from CA180-035

Richard A. Larson, MD1, Oliver G. Ottmann, MD2, Neil P. Shah, MD, PhD3, Michael B. Lilly, MD4, Josy M. Reiffers5*, Aude Charbonnier6*, Gerhard Ehninger, MD7, M. Brigid Bradley-Garelik8*, Chao Zhu8* and Giovanni Martinelli, MD9

1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2Hematology and Oncology, Universitatsklinik Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
3San Francisco School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
4University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA
5CRLCC Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
6Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France
7Medizinische Klinik, Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
8Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT
9Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Targeting HMG-CoA Reductase in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL): Statins Inhibit Proliferation and Induce Apoptosis in ALL Cells

David Teachey, MD1*, Cecilia Sheen1*, Alix Eden Seif, MD, MPH2, Valerie I. Brown, MD, PhD1* and Stephan A. Grupp, MD, PhD1*

1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Stapled Peptides: Leveraging the BH3 α-Helix to Create a New Class of Drugs to Treat Hematological Malignancies

Rosana Kapeller1*, Jiawen Han1*, Kaiming Sun1*, Pranoti Gangurde1*, Nori Kawahata1*, Matt Iadanza1*, Vincent Guerlevais1*, Jim Horstick1*, Justin Noehre1*, Allen Annis1*, Larry Licklider1*, Huw M. Nash1*, Andrew Kung2* and Tomi K. Sawyer1*

1AILERON Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA
2Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Phase 1 Study of Weekly Vincristine Sulfate (VCR) Liposomes Injection (VSLI, MarqiboTM) Plus Dexamethasone in Adults with Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Deborah A. Thomas, MD1, Hagop M Kantarjian, MD1*, Wendy Stock, MD2, Leonard Heffner, MD3, Sue Hirabayashi, MBA4*, Biao Lu, PhD5*, Steven R. Deitcher, MD5 and Susan O'Brien, MD1*

1Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2Section Hem./Onc., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
3Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., The Emory Clinic, Atlanta, GA
4Hana Biosciences Inc., South San Francisco, CA
5Hana Biosciences, South San Francisco, CA

Outcome after Frontline Therapy with the Hyper-CVAD and Imatinib Mesylate Regimen for Adults with De Novo or Minimally Treated Philadelphia Chromosome (Ph) Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Deborah A. Thomas, MD1, Hagop M Kantarjian2, Jorge Cortes, MD3, Farhad Ravandi, MBBS4, Stefan Faderl, MD3, Dan Jones, MD, PhD5, Laurie A. Letvak, MD6, Partow Kebriaei, MD7, Richard E Champlin, MD8* and Susan O'Brien, M.D.9

1Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
3M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
4Department of Leukemia, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
5UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX
6Novartis Oncology, East Hanover, NJ
7Dept. of Stem Cell Transplantation, UTMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
8Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
9Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

*signifies non-member of ASH