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Iannitto Emilio

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Bendamustine with or without rituximab in the treatment of relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: an Italian retrospective study.

2011

To retrospectively assess the efficacy of bendamustine alone and with rituximab (R-B), 109 patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) were enrolled in 24 Italian centres. The median age was 66 years (range 39-85). Forty-three percent of patients had relapsed and 57% were resistant (median previous therapies = 3; range 1-8). Twenty-two patients received bendamustine alone and 87 patients received R-B (median B dosage: 100 mg/m(2) per day, range 90-130 mg/m(2) per day). The overall response rate was 69·6% (complete response 28·6%; partial response 41%), and was significantly higher in patients treated with R-B (P = 0·014) and in those responsive to the previous treatment (P=0·…

AdultAged 80 and overMaleAntineoplastic AgentsMiddle AgedLeukemia Lymphocytic Chronic B-CellAntibodies Monoclonal Murine-DerivedTreatment OutcomeDrug Resistance NeoplasmRecurrenceAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsNitrogen Mustard CompoundsBendamustine HydrochlorideDrug EvaluationHumanschronic lymphocytic leukemiaFemaleChronic lymphocytic leukemia; bendamustineBendamustinaEpidemiologic MethodsRituximabAged
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Hepatitis B virus reactivation and alemtuzumab therapy

2005

Reactivation of hepatitis B virus infection in subjects receiving cytotoxic treatment for heamatological malignancies occurs in 21–53% of chronic HBsAg carriers and in an unknown number of HBsAg negative subjects harbouring occult HBV infection. Immmunotherapy with alemtuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against CD52 epitopes on lymphocytes cells produces deep immunosuppression. We describe two subjects with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and occult HBV infection who developed a virological and biochemical flare of hepatitis B following immunotherapy with alemtuzumab. One of them developed full blown hepatitis with seroreversion from anti-HBs to HBsAg after four weeks of alemtuzumab the…

MaleSettore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia ClinicaHepatitis B virusHBsAgCD52Antibodies Neoplasmmedicine.medical_treatmenthepatitis B viruAntibodies Monoclonal Humanizedmedicine.disease_causeCampath-1HSettore MED/15 - Malattie Del SanguemedicineHumansAlemtuzumabImmunosuppression TherapyHepatitisHepatitis B virusSettore MED/12 - GastroenterologiaHepatitis B Surface Antigensbusiness.industryacute hepatitiAntibodies Monoclonalvirus diseasesLamivudineImmunosuppressionHematologyGeneral MedicineMiddle AgedHepatitis BHepatitis Bmedicine.diseaseLeukemia Lymphocytic Chronic B-Celldigestive system diseasesLamivudineDNA ViralImmunologyReverse Transcriptase InhibitorsAlemtuzumabFemaleVirus Activationbusinesschronic lymphocytic leukaemiamedicine.drugEuropean Journal of Haematology
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Screening for celiac disease in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients: a serum anti-transglutaminase-based approach

2003

Several studies have shown the existence of an association between celiac disease (CD) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Our aim was to evaluate the usefulness of the serum anti-tissue transglutaminase (anti-tTG) antibody assay in screening for CD in consecutive NHL patients. In all, 80 consecutive patients (median age 61 years) with a new diagnosis of NHL were included. To compare the frequency of CD and of positive results for the anti-tTG assay, we enrolled 500 blood donors. In all patients serum anti-tTG was determined with two different ELISA: one based on tTG from guinea pig (gp-tTG) and the other based on human recombinant t-TG (h-tTG) as the antigens. Serum anti-endomysial antibodie…

AdultMaleLymphoma B-CellSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaAdolescentDuodenumBiopsyGuinea PigsImmunoenzyme TechniqueLymphoma T-CellGliadinGuinea PigImmunoenzyme TechniquesAnimalsHumansIntestinal MucosaFluorescent Antibody Technique IndirectAutoantibodiesAgedNeoplasm StagingAged 80 and overTransglutaminasesAnimalLymphoma Non-HodgkinMiddle AgedAutoantibodieImmunoglobulin ACeliac DiseaseFemaleHuman
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