Applied Clinical Research in Hematological Malignances

 Research group

Group Leader

Carles Besses Raebel

The group is studying molecular markers in chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms, mainly driver mutations but also mutations in epigenetic modifiers and genes involved in the splicing mechanism, and their role in monitoring the response to cytoreductive therapy and in patient outcome. In addition, the group is searching for new mutations using exome sequencing techniques in patients with essential thrombocythemia unmutated for JAK2, CALR and MPL genes. In addition, the role of circulating DNA as a tool to diagnose and monitor the response to therapy in myeloid neoplasms is an ongoing research project. Another area of research is the use of NGS and circulating DNA to study the prognostic role of mutations in follicular lymphoma patients in relation to response to therapy and the risk of transformation to large B-cell lymphoma. Another area of clinical research in lymphoma focuses on the usefulness of natriuretic peptides and cardiovascular risk scales for predicting anthracycline-induced cardiomyotoxicity in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Members

Beatriz Bellosillo Paricio (Researcher)

Eva Gimeno Vázquez (Researcher)

Carmen Jiménez Martínez (Researcher)

Eugènia Monreal Abella (Researcher)

Antonio Salar Silvestre (Researcher)

Blanca Sánchez González (Researcher)

Nieves García Gisbert (PhD Student)

Anna Angona Figueras (Technician)

Randa Ben Azaiz Ben Lahsen (Technician)

Francesc Garcia Pallarols (Technician)

Lierni Fernández Ibarrondo (Technician)

Joan Gibert Fernández (Technician)

María Elena Torres Grande (Technician)

 

Main Publications

• Connors JM, Jurczak W, Straus DJ, Ansell SM, Kim WS, Gallamini A, Younes A, Alekseev S, Illés Á, Picardi M, Lech-Maranda E, Oki Y, Feldman T, Smolewski P, Savage KJ, Bartlett NL, Walewski J, Chen R, Ramchandren R, Zinzani PL, Cunningham D, Rosta A, Josephson NC, Song E, Sachs J, Liu R, Jolin HA, Huebner D, Radford J, ECHELON-1 Study Group (...Sánchez-González B...). Brentuximab Vedotin with Chemotherapy for Stage III or IV Hodgkin's Lymphoma. New Engl J Med 2018; 378(4): 331-344. IF 79.258. D1.

• Clot G, Jares P, Giné E, Navarro A, Royo C, Pinyol M, Martín-Garcia D, Demajo S, Espinet B, Salar A, Ferrer A, Muntañola A, Aymerich M, Rauert-Wunderlich H, Jaffe ES, Connors JM, Gascoyne RD, Delabie J, López-Guillermo A, Ott G, Wright GW, Staudt LM, Rosenwald A, Scott DW, Rimsza LM, Beà S, Campo E. A new molecular assay and genomic complexity predict outcome in conventional and leukemic non-nodal mantle cell lymphoma. Blood 2018; 132(4): 413-422. IF 15.132. D1.

• Karube K, Enjuanes A, Dlouhy I, Jares P, MartÍn-Garcia D, Nadeu F, Ordóñez GR, Rovira J, Clot G, Royo C, Navarro A, González-Farré B, Vaghefi A, Castellano G, Rubio-Pérez C, Tamborero D, Briones J, Salar A, et al. Integrating genomic alterations in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma identifies new relevant pathways and potential therapeutic targets. Leukemia 2018; 32(3): 675-684. IF 10.023. D1.

• Hernández-Boluda JC, Pereira A, Correa JG, Álvarez-Larran A, Ferrer-Marín F, Raya JM, Martínez-López J, Pérez-Encinas M, Estrada N, Vélez P, Fox ML, García-Gutiérrez V, Payer A, Kerguelen A, Cuevas B, Durán MA, Ramírez MJ, Gómez-Casares MT, Mata-Vázquez MI, Mora E, Martínez-Valverde C, Gómez M, Cervantes F, on behalf of the Grupo Español de Enfermedades Mieloproliferativas Filadelfia Negativas (GEMFIN). Performance of the myelofibrosis secondary to PV and ET-prognostic model (MYSEC-PM) in a series of 262 patients from the Spanish registry of myelofibrosis. Leukemia 2018; 32(2): 553-555. IF 10.023. D1.

• Birgegard G, Besses C, Griesshammer M, Gugliotta L, Harrison CN, Hamdani M, Wu J, Achenbach H, Kiladjian JJ. Treatment of essential thrombocythemia in Europe: a prospective long-term observational study of 3649 high-risk patients in the EXELS study. Haematologica 2018; 103(1): 51-60. IF 9.09. D1.

• Solans M, Castelló A, Benavente Y, Marcos-Gragera R, Amiano P, Gràcia-Lavedan E, Costas L, Robles C, González-Barca E, De la Banda E, Alonso E, Aymerich M, Campo E, Dierssen-Sotos T, Fernández-Tardón G, Olmedo-Requena R, Gimeno E, Castaño-Vinyals G, Aragonés N, Kogevinas M, de Sanjosé S, Pollán M, Casabonne D. Adherence to the Western, Prudent, and Mediterranean dietary patterns and chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the MCC-Spain study. Haematologica 2018; 103(11): 1881-1888. IF 9.09. D1.

• Hernández-Boluda JC, Pereira A, Pastor-Galán I, Álvarez-Larrán A, Savchuk A, Puerta JM, Sánchez-Pina JM, Collado R, Díaz-González A, Angona A, et al. Feasibility of treatment discontinuation in chronic myeloid leukemia in clinical practice: results from a nationwide series of 236 patients. Blood Cancer J 2018; 8(10): 91. IF 8.125. D1.

• Blanco G, Vardi A, Puiggrós A, Gómez-Llonín A, Muro M, Rodríguez-Rivera M, Stalika E, Abella E, Gimeno E, López-Sánchez M, Senín A, Calvo X, Abrisqueta P, Bosch F, Ferrer A, Stamatopoulos K, Espinet B. Restricted T cell receptor repertoire in CLL-like monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis and early stage CLL. OncoImmunology 2018; 7(6): e1432328. IF 5.503. Q1.

• Hernández-Boluda JC, Correa JG, Álvarez-Larrán A, Ferrer-Marín F, Raya JM, Martínez-López J, Vélez P, Pérez-Encinas M, Estrada N, García-Gutiérrez V, et al. Clinical characteristics, prognosis and treatment of myelofibrosis patients with severe thrombocytopenia. Br J Haematol 2018; 181(3): 397-400. IF 5.128. Q1.

• Montalbán C, Díaz-López A, Martín A, Baile M, Sánchez JM, Sancho JM, García O, Novelli S, Monter-Rovira A, Salar A, et al. Differential prognostic impact of GELTAMO-IPI in cell of origin subtypes of Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma as defined by the Hans algorithm. Br J Haematol 2018; 182(4): 534-541. IF 5.128. Q1.

Ongoing Research Projects

• Caracterización molecular de las neoplasias mieloides a partir del ADN tumoral circulante

- Financing institution: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. ISCIII (PI16/00153)

- Period: from 2017 to 2019

- Principal investigator: Bellosillo Paricio, Beatriz

• Caracterización mediante secuenciación masiva de las mutaciones asociadas con fallo precoz al tratamiento de primera línea en linfoma folicular

- Financing institution: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. ISCIII (PI15/00459)

- Period: from 2016 to 2020

- Principal investigator: Salar Silvestre, Antonio

• Molecular characterization of myeloid malignancies in tumoral circulating free DNA and exosomes

- Financing institution: Gilead España GLD16/00064

- Period: from 2016 to 2018

- Principal investigator: Besses Raebel, Carles

• Caracterización de la trombocitemia esencial jak2v617f y mpl negativa mediante secuenciación del exoma.

- Financing institution: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. ISCIII PI13/00393

- Period: from 2014 to 2018

- Principal investigator: Bellosillo Paricio, Beatriz

 

Group’s Recognitions

• Officially recognised as a consolidated research group by the Generalitat de Catalunya: Grup de Recerca Aplicada en Hematologia (2017 to 2020)

- Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (SGR 205)

- Principal investigator: Besses Raebel, Carles

 

Clinical Trials Signed in 2018

• Ensayo clínico fase Ib/II de ruxolitinib en combinación con nilotinib y prednisona para mielofibrosis: Estudio RuNiC

- Register: RuNiC

- Principal investigator: Angona Figueras, Anna

• Estudio observacional, internacional, multicéntrico, sobre el uso de ruxolitinib en el tratamiento de pacientes con policitemia vera que presentan resistencia o intolerancia a la hidroxiurea

- Register: CINC424BIC04/NOV-RUX-2017-01

- Principal investigator: Angona Figueras, Anna

• An International, Phase 3, Open-label, Randomized Study of BGB-3111 Compared with Bendamustine plus Rituximab in Patients with Previously Untreated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

- Register: BGB-3111-304

- Principal investigator: Gimeno Vázquez, Eva

• A Phase 1b, Dose Escalation Study to Determine the Recommended Phase 2 Dose of TAK-659 in Combination With Bendamustine (±Rituximab), Gemcitabine, Lenalidomide, or Ibrutinib for the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma After At Least 1 Prior Line of Therapy

- Register: C34005

- Principal investigator: Salar Silvestre, Antonio

• Estudio de fase II, abierto, de 2 cohortes y multicéntrico de INCB050465, un inhibidor de PI3Kδ, en linfoma de células del manto en recidiva o resistente al tratamiento, previamente tratado con o sin un inhibidor de la BTK (CITADEL-205)

- Register: INCB 50465-205

- Principal investigator: Sánchez González, Blanca

• Estudio observacional retrospectivo del tratamiento del Linfoma de Células del Manto (LCM) con Ibrutinib en la práctica clínica habitual

- Register: JAN-IBR-2017-01

- Principal investigator: Salar Silvestre, Antonio

• Respuesta inmunitaria a la vacuna de la gripe en pacientes con neoplasias malignas de células B tratados con idelalisib

- Register: GS-US-313-4100

- Principal investigator: Salar Silvestre, Antonio

• Estudio retrospectivo sobre el tratamiento en primera línea del Mieloma Múltiple, en pacientes de nuevo diagnóstico no candidato a trasplante de 2012 a 2016 según práctica clínica habitual en España - Estudio RETRO

- Register: CEL-MIE-2018-01

- Principal investigator: Abella Monreal, Eugenia

• Estudio observacional para describir el impacto de las combinaciones de tratamiento con Daratumumab frente a otros tratamientos alternativos en pacientes con mieloma múltiple en recaída / refractario (MMRR). Datos de práctica

- Register: JAN-DAR-2018-01

- Principal investigator: Abella Monreal, Eugenia

• A Phase 3 Study Comparing Daratumumab, VELCADE (bortezomib), Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone (D-VRd) with VELCADE, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone (VRd) in Subjects with Untreated Multiple Myeloma and for Whom Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant is Not Planned as Initial Therapy

- Register: 54767414MMY3019

- Principal investigator: Abella Monreal, Eugenia

• Estudio de fase II abierto, aleatorizado, de búsqueda de la dosis de pacritinib en pacientes con mielofibrosis primaria, mielofibrosis posterior a policitemia vera o mielofibrosis posterior a trombocitemia idiopática tratados previamente con ruxolitinib

- Register: PAC203

- Principal investigator: Angona Figueras, Anna

 

 

 

 

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