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Trial reportBlood advances2018

Exposure-adjusted adverse events comparing blinatumomab with chemotherapy in advanced acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Anthony S Stein, Richard A Larson, Andre C Schuh, William Stevenson, Ewa Lech-Maranda, Qui Tran, Zachary Zimmerman, William Kormany, Max S Topp

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Blood advances, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02013167 (A Phase 3, Randomized, Open Label Study Investigating the Efficacy of the BiTE Antibody Blinatumomab Versus Standard of Care Chemotherapy in Adult Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02013167 phase3terminatednot on this map

A Phase 3, Randomized, Open Label Study Investigating the Efficacy of the BiTE Antibody Blinatumomab Versus Standard of Care Chemotherapy in Adult Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) (TOWER Study)

TypeinterventionalSponsorAmgenRan2014 to 2017Enrolled405ConditionsRelapsed/Refractory B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaArmsBlinatumomab, Standard of Care Chemotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
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  4. Bispecific Antibodies in Hematologic Malignancies: Attacking the Frontline.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
    Review
  5. Differential roles of kinetic on- and off-rates in T-cell receptor signal integration revealed with a modified Fab'-DNA ligand.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
    Article
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  7. Blinatumomab in Practice.Current hematologic malignancy reports · 2024
    Review
  8. New developments in ALL in AYA.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2022
    Article
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  12. Biological Therapies in the Treatment of Cancer-Update and New Directions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
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  15. Article
  16. T cell-engaging therapies - BiTEs and beyond.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2020
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Anthony S SteinGehr Family Center for Leukemia Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA.
Richard A LarsonDepartment of Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Andre C SchuhPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
William StevensonRoyal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Ewa Lech-MarandaInstitute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine and.
Qui TranAmgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA; and.
Zachary ZimmermanAmgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA; and.
William KormanyAmgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA; and.
Max S ToppMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Amgen (United States) · USCity of Hope · USInstitute for Transfusion Medicine · USPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre · CAUniversitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEUniversity of Chicago · USUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the phase 3 TOWER study, blinatumomab demonstrated an overall survival benefit over standard-of-care chemotherapy (SOC) in adults with relapsed or refractory (r/r) Philadelphia chromosome-negative (Ph

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, BispecificAntineoplastic AgentsCytokinesFemaleHumansIncidenceInfectionsMiddle AgedNervous System DiseasesPrecursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaSalvage TherapyTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, BispecificAntineoplastic AgentsblinatumomabCytokines

Identifiers

PMID29954814
PMCPMC6039663
OpenAlexW2810973315

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