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Mario Petrini

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Posaconazole vs Standard Azole (FLU/ITRA) Therapy for Prophylaxis of Invasive Fungal Infections (IFIs) among High-Risk Neutropenic Patients: Results …

2005

Abstract Background: Patients with severe and prolonged neutropenia are at high-risk of developing life-threatening IFIs. Despite current treatment option, IFIs are difficult to treat and frequently associated with high mortality rates. Antifungal prophylaxis has shown benefits in high-risk populations and is a standard practice in many institutions. We compared Posaconazole (POS), a new broad-spectrum triazole, vs Standard Azoles for the prevention of IFIs in patients with a new diagnosis or first relapse of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) being treated with intensive chemotherapy. Methods: Patients in this randomized, evaluator-blinded, active controlled…

medicine.medical_specialtyPosaconazoleItraconazolebusiness.industryImmunologyCell BiologyHematologyNeutropeniamedicine.diseaseBiochemistrySurgeryDiscontinuationTolerabilityInternal medicineMulticenter trialmedicineAdverse effectbusinessFluconazolemedicine.drugBlood
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Repeated courses of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Clinical and biological results from a prospective multic…

2011

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) induces a transient mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells from bone marrow to peripheral blood. Our aim was to evaluate safety of repeated courses of G-CSF in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), assessing disease progression and changes in chemokine and cytokine levels in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Twenty-four ALS patients entered an open-label, multicenter trial in which four courses of G-CSF and mannitol were administered at 3-month intervals. Levels of G-CSF were increased after treatment in the serum and CSF. Few and transitory adverse events were observed. No significant reduction of the mean monthly decrea…

medicine.medical_specialtyPhysiologybusiness.industryMonocyteGranulocytemedicine.diseaseGastroenterologyGranulocyte colony-stimulating factorProinflammatory cytokineCellular and Molecular Neurosciencemedicine.anatomical_structureCerebrospinal fluidPhysiology (medical)Internal medicineMulticenter trialImmunologymedicineNeurology (clinical)Bone marrowAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisbusinessMuscle & Nerve
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Differences among young adults, adults and elderly chronic myeloid leukemia patients

2014

Abstract BACKGROUND: The incidence of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) increases with age, but it is unclear how the characteristics of the disease vary with age. In children, where CML is very rare, it presents with more aggressive features, including huge splenomegaly, higher cell count and higher blast cell percentage. PATIENTS AND METHODS: To investigate if after childhood the disease maintains or loses these characteristics of aggressiveness, we analyzed 2784 adult patients, at least 18 years old, registered by GIMEMA CML WP over a 40-year period. RESULTS: Young adults (YAs: 18-29 years old) significantly differed from adults (30-59 years old) and elderly patients (at least 60 years old)…

MalePediatricsHost responseBCR-ABL; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Prognosis; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors; Young adults; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Antineoplastic Agents; Female; Humans; Leukemia Myelogenous Chronic BCR-ABL Positive; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; Spleen; Splenomegaly; Young Adult; Oncology; HematologyTyrosine kinase inhibitorDiseaseAntineoplastic AgentTyrosin kinase inhibitorProtein-Tyrosine Kinasehemic and lymphatic diseases80 and overAge FactorProspective StudiesYoung adultChronicBCR-ABLAged 80 and overLeukemiaIncidence (epidemiology)Chronic myeloid leukemiaAge FactorsMyeloid leukemiaHematologyMiddle AgedProtein-Tyrosine KinasesPrognosisLeukemiaOncologybcr-abl1FemaleBCR-ABL; chronic myeloid leukemia; prognosis; tyrosine kinase inhibitors; young adultsHumanAdultyoung adultsmedicine.medical_specialtyPrognosiProtein Kinase InhibitorAntineoplastic Agentschronic myeloid leukemia; bcr-abl1; Tyrosin kinase inhibitor; prognosis; young adultsNOYoung Adultchronic myeloid leukemiaLeukemia Myelogenous Chronic BCR-ABL PositivemedicineHumansBCR-ABL; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Prognosis; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors; Young adults; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Antineoplastic Agents; Female; Humans; Leukemia Myelogenous Chronic BCR-ABL Positive; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; Spleen; Splenomegaly; Young AdultProtein Kinase InhibitorsAgedTyrosine kinase inhibitorsAdult patientsbusiness.industrymedicine.diseaseClinical trialBCR-ABL; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Prognosis; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors; Young adults; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Antineoplastic Agents; Female; Humans; Leukemia Myelogenous Chronic BCR-ABL Positive; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; Spleen; Splenomegaly; Young Adult; Hematology; OncologyProspective StudieBCR-ABL; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Prognosis; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors; Young adults; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Antineoplastic Agents; Female; Humans; Leukemia Myelogenous Chronic BCR-ABL Positive; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; Spleen; Splenomegaly; Young Adult; Medicine (all); Hematology; OncologyImmunologySplenomegalyBCR-ABL PositiveBCR-ABL chronic myeloid leukemia prognosis tyrosine kinase inhibitors young adultsprognosisbusinessSpleenYoung adultsMyelogenous
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Response-guided ABVD chemotherapy plus involved-field radiation therapy for intermediate-stage Hodgkin lymphoma in the pre-positron emission tomograp…

2009

Abstract Purpose In the pre—positron emission tomography era, the Gruppo Italiano Studio Linfomi (GISL) investigated the feasibility and efficacy of a treatment based on a response-tailored number of doxorubicin/bleomycin/vinblastine/dacarbazine (ABVD) courses in 218 intermediate-stage Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Patients and Methods Patients with stage I/II showing at least one adverse prognostic factor and stage IIIA without adverse prognostic factors were recruited. Treatment included a first step of 3 ABVD courses, followed by an early-restaging. Patients in CR/CRu received 1 additional ABVD cycle, patients in PR received 3 more ABVD, and nonresponder patients went off study. Involved-fi…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyCancer ResearchAdolescentDacarbazinemedicine.medical_treatmentEarly restagingVinblastineBleomycinYoung AdultAdolescent; Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Bleomycin; Combined Modality Therapy; Dacarbazine; Doxorubicin; Female; Hodgkin Disease; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Positron-Emission Tomography; Prospective Studies; Vinblastine; Young AdultAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsMedicineHumansProspective StudiesStage (cooking)Prospective cohort studyAgedNeoplasm StagingChemotherapyAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocolmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryGeneral MedicineHematologyMiddle AgedCombined Modality TherapyHodgkin DiseaseSurgeryVinblastineRadiation therapyDacarbazineProspective StudieABVDOncologyDoxorubicinErythrocyte sedimentation ratePositron-Emission TomographyFemaleRadiologybusinessmedicine.drugHumanClinical lymphomamyeloma
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R-CVP versus R-CHOP versus R-FM as first-line therapy for advanced-stage follicular lymphoma: Final results of FOLL05 trial from the Fondazione Itali…

2012

8006 Background: The optimal chemotherapy regimen for patients with advanced, active follicular lymphoma (FL) has not been established yet. We conducted a randomized trial comparing R-CVP with R-CHOP and R-FM. Methods: Previously untreated patients with advanced FL were randomly assigned to receive 8 doses of rituximab associated to 8 cycles of CVP, or 6 cycles of CHOP or FM (fludarabine 25 mg/m2 day 1-3, mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2 day 1). No maintenance therapy was allowed. The principal study end point was Time to Treatment Failure (TTF). Events in TTF were failure of induction therapy, progressive or relapse disease and death from any causes. In order to show a hazard ratio between each expe…

OncologyCancer ResearchMitoxantronemedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryHazard ratioFollicular lymphomaCHOPmedicine.diseaseChemotherapy regimenSurgeryFludarabineOncologyMaintenance therapyInternal medicinemedicineRituximabbusinessmedicine.drug
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A multicenter, randomized trial of posaconazole (POS) vs fluconazole (FLU) or itraconazole (ITZ) for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections (IFIs)…

2006

Posaconazolemedicine.medical_specialtyTransplantationAcute myelogenous leukemia (AML)Itraconazolebusiness.industryvirusesvirus diseasesIntensive chemotherapyHematologymedicine.diseaselaw.inventionRandomized controlled triallawInternal medicineImmunologymedicinebusinessFluconazolemedicine.drugBiology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
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Antilymphocyte Globulin for Prevention of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease.

2016

Clinical Trial, Phase III; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; BACKGROUND Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the leading cause of later illness and death after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. We hypothesized that the inclusion of antihuman T-lymphocyte immune globulin (ATG) in a myeloablative conditioning regimen for patients with acute leukemia would result in a significant reduction in chronic GVHD 2 years after allogeneic peripheral-blood stem-cell transplantation from an HLA-identical sibling. METHODS We conducted a prospective, multicenter, open-label, randomized phase 3 study of ATG as part of …

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Posaconazole vs. Fluconazole or Itraconazole Prophylaxis in Patients with Neutropenia

2007

Patients with neutropenia resulting from chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia or the myelodysplastic syndrome are at high risk for difficult-to-treat and often fatal invasive fungal infections.In this randomized, multicenter study involving evaluators who were unaware of treatment assignments, we compared the efficacy and safety of posaconazole with those of fluconazole or itraconazole as prophylaxis for patients with prolonged neutropenia. Patients received prophylaxis with each cycle of chemotherapy until recovery from neutropenia and complete remission, until occurrence of an invasive fungal infection, or for up to 12 weeks, whichever came first. We compared the incidence of prove…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPosaconazoleAntifungal AgentsNeutropeniaAdolescentItraconazolemedicine.medical_treatmentAntineoplastic AgentsKaplan-Meier EstimateOpportunistic InfectionsNeutropeniaInternal medicineClinical endpointmedicineHumansSingle-Blind MethodFluconazoleAgedAged 80 and overChemotherapyLeukopeniabusiness.industryMyelodysplastic syndromesGeneral MedicineMiddle AgedTriazolesmedicine.diseaseSurgeryLeukemia Myeloid AcuteTreatment OutcomeMycosesMyelodysplastic SyndromesFemaleItraconazolemedicine.symptombusinessFluconazolemedicine.drugNew England Journal of Medicine
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Response-based chemotherapy and involved field radiation for intermediate stage Hodgkin disease. A GISL/NHLSG trial.

2006

Abstract Background. Most of the patients with advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma can be cured with a standard course of six cycle of ABVD chemotherapy plus involved field (IF)radiotherapy. Patients with less advanced stage or with a more responsive disease could possibly achieve a cure with a shorter course of chemotherapy. In 1992, in the pre-PET era, the GISL addressed the issue of the proper number of chemotherapy cycles planning a response-oriented, ABVD-based study for intermediate-stage Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients. Patients and Methods. From January 1992 to December 2002, 218 patients younger than 70 were enrolled. Eligible patients had histologically confirmed and clinically staged Hod…

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