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Item Levocarnitine for pegaspargase-induced hepatotoxicity in older children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia(Wiley, 2021-11) Schulte, Rachael; Hinson, Ashley; Huynh, Van; Breese, Erin H.; Pierro, Joanna; Rotz, Seth; Mixon, Benjamin A.; McNeer, Jennifer L.; Burke, Michael J.; Orgel, Etan; Pediatrics, School of MedicineBackground: Pegaspargase (PEG-ASP) is an integral component of therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) but is associated with hepatotoxicity that may delay or limit future therapy. Obese and adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients are at high risk. Levocarnitine has been described as potentially beneficial for the treatment or prevention of PEG-ASP-associated hepatotoxicity. Methods: We collected data for patients age ≥10 years who received levocarnitine during induction therapy for ALL, compared to a similar patient cohort who did not receive levocarnitine. The primary endpoint was conjugated bilirubin (c.bili) >3 mg/dl. Secondary endpoints were transaminases >10× the upper limit of normal and any Grade ≥3 hepatotoxicity. Results: Fifty-two patients received levocarnitine for prophylaxis (n = 29) or rescue (n = 32) of hepatotoxicity. Compared to 109 patients without levocarnitine, more patients receiving levocarnitine were obese and/or older and had significantly higher values for some hepatotoxicity markers at diagnosis and after PEG-ASP. Levocarnitine regimens varied widely; no adverse effects of levocarnitine were identified. Obesity and AYA status were associated with an increased risk of conjugated hyperbilirubinemia and severe transaminitis. Multivariable analysis identified a protective effect of levocarnitine on the development of c.bili >3 mg/dl (OR 0.12, p = 0.029). There was no difference between groups in CTCAE Grade ≥3 hepatotoxicity. C.bili >3 mg/dl during induction was associated with lower event-free survival. Conclusions: This real-world data on levocarnitine supplementation during ALL induction highlights the risk of PEG-ASP-associated hepatotoxicity in obese and AYA patients, and hepatotoxicity's potential impact on survival. Levocarnitine supplementation may be protective, but prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings.Item Somatic mutational landscape of hereditary hematopoietic malignancies caused by germline variants in RUNX1, GATA2, and DDX41(American Society of Hematology, 2023) Homan, Claire C.; Drazer, Michael W.; Yu, Kai; Lawrence, David M.; Feng, Jinghua; Arriola-Martinez, Luis; Pozsgai, Matthew J.; McNeely, Kelsey E.; Ha, Thuong; Venugopal, Parvathy; Arts, Peer; King-Smith, Sarah L.; Cheah, Jesse; Armstrong, Mark; Wang, Paul; Bödör, Csaba; Cantor, Alan B.; Cazzola, Mario; Degelman, Erin; DiNardo, Courtney D.; Duployez, Nicolas; Favier, Remi; Fröhling, Stefan; Rio-Machin, Ana; Klco, Jeffery M.; Krämer, Alwin; Kurokawa, Mineo; Lee, Joanne; Malcovati, Luca; Morgan, Neil V.; Natsoulis, Georges; Owen, Carolyn; Patel, Keyur P.; Preudhomme, Claude; Raslova, Hana; Rienhoff, Hugh; Ripperger, Tim; Schulte, Rachael; Tawana, Kiran; Velloso, Elvira; Yan, Benedict; Kim, Erika; Sood, Raman; Hsu, Amy P.; Holland, Steven M.; Phillips, Kerry; Poplawski, Nicola K.; Babic, Milena; Wei, Andrew H.; Forsyth, Cecily; Fan, Helen Mar; Lewis, Ian D.; Cooney, Julian; Susman, Rachel; Fox, Lucy C.; Blombery, Piers; Singhal, Deepak; Hiwase, Devendra; Phipson, Belinda; Schreiber, Andreas W.; Hahn, Christopher N.; Scott, Hamish S.; Liu, Paul; Godley, Lucy A.; Brown, Anna L.; NISC Comparative Sequencing Program; Pediatrics, School of MedicineIndividuals with germ line variants associated with hereditary hematopoietic malignancies (HHMs) have a highly variable risk for leukemogenesis. Gaps in our understanding of premalignant states in HHMs have hampered efforts to design effective clinical surveillance programs, provide personalized preemptive treatments, and inform appropriate counseling for patients. We used the largest known comparative international cohort of germline RUNX1, GATA2, or DDX41 variant carriers without and with hematopoietic malignancies (HMs) to identify patterns of genetic drivers that are unique to each HHM syndrome before and after leukemogenesis. These patterns included striking heterogeneity in rates of early-onset clonal hematopoiesis (CH), with a high prevalence of CH in RUNX1 and GATA2 variant carriers who did not have malignancies (carriers-without HM). We observed a paucity of CH in DDX41 carriers-without HM. In RUNX1 carriers-without HM with CH, we detected variants in TET2, PHF6, and, most frequently, BCOR. These genes were recurrently mutated in RUNX1-driven malignancies, suggesting CH is a direct precursor to malignancy in RUNX1-driven HHMs. Leukemogenesis in RUNX1 and DDX41 carriers was often driven by second hits in RUNX1 and DDX41, respectively. This study may inform the development of HHM-specific clinical trials and gene-specific approaches to clinical monitoring. For example, trials investigating the potential benefits of monitoring DDX41 carriers-without HM for low-frequency second hits in DDX41 may now be beneficial. Similarly, trials monitoring carriers-without HM with RUNX1 germ line variants for the acquisition of somatic variants in BCOR, PHF6, and TET2 and second hits in RUNX1 are warranted.