LDH elevation

In conclusion, stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ and elevated LDH were associated with poor prognosis in TP53 mutation DLBCL patients, and patients with BCL2 amplification had a poor prognosis. For TP53 mutation DLBCL patients with stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ disease, combination of therapeutic modalities based on the R-CHOP may improve the prognosis.

P3, N=128, Active, not recruiting, Fondazione Italiana Linfomi - ETS | Trial completion date: Dec 2027 --> Aug 2027

The present study demonstrated that YAP1 positively regulates aerobic glycolysis by inhibiting EGLN2 expression, which results in an increased HIF-1α protein level and transcriptional activity. YAP1 was positively regulated and significantly correlated with HIF-1α-targeted glycolytic genes, including glucose transporter type 1(GLUT1), hexokinase2 (HK2) and lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA). Elevated YAP1 expression and concomitant downregulation of EGLN2 contributed to poor survival in patients with pancreatic cancer. Our results suggest that YAP1 may be a promising predictive marker and treatment target for human pancreatic cancer.

P2, N=30, Active, not recruiting, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Trial completion date: Nov 2024 --> Nov 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Nov 2024 --> Nov 2025

Elevated LDH levels before starting the Stupp protocol are clinically significant as they predict poorer overall survival and progression-free survival in glioblastoma patients and worse RR. Incorporating LDH measurements into treatment planning can help identify patients at higher risk of poor outcomes, allowing for more tailored and potentially aggressive treatment strategies to improve management and therapeutic responses in glioblastoma.

M2-polarized TAMs and low infiltration of CD8+ TILs were more strongly correlated with poor clinical pathological indicators and worse prognosis, and MVD values may serve as an aiding means for the diagnosis and prognostic prediction of LBCL-IP disease.

The ALO regimen is feasible with encouraging initial safety and efficacy. MRD and cfDNA analyses provide real-time and non-invasive monitoring of molecular response and mutational evolution, which warrants further evaluation in response-adapted strategy (ClinicalTrials.gov - NCT03863184).

P2, N=43, Recruiting, Andrew J. Armstrong, MD | Trial completion date: Jun 2027 --> Jun 2028 | Trial primary completion date: Dec 2024 --> Dec 2025

Our study demonstrated that increased level of serum IL-6 (≥ 13.41pg/mL) and severe lymphopenia were promising predictors of 6-month all-cause mortality and the occurrence of RP-ILD in anti-MDA5-positive DM patients. Furthermore, tracking distinct trajectories of lymphocytes during hospitalization can be utilized to cluster patients.

P3, N=66, Ongoing, ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS (AP-HP)

Collectively, our findings emphasize the pivotal role of ALDH-LDHA-mTORC1 cascade in the proliferation of endometrial cancer. Targeting the interaction between mTORC1 and ALDH-influenced glycolysis holds promise for developing novel strategies to combat this aggressive cancer.

Thus, the authors' findings strongly suggest that the radioresistance of ALDH-positive NPC CSCs to fractionated irradiation is regulated by nuclear Nrf2 accumulation. Nrf2 exerts its effects through the downstream effector NQO1/ALDH1, which depends on ROS attenuation.

The data indicate that LDH and FASN may be good and useful biomarkers in the diagnosis and clinical management of bladder cancer. However, further studies are needed.

Aim: First-line (1L) immunotherapy has yielded superior overall survival (OS) in metastatic melanoma (MM) but some patients are ineligible for immunotherapy or need rapid response with 1L targeted therapy (TT).Materials & Retrospective cohort study of real-world patients treated with 1L immunotherapy (144 BRAF wild type, 85 BRAF-mutated) or 1L TT (143 BRAF-mutated) for MM in Finland during 2014-2021. Baseline brain metastases, liver metastases and elevated LDH were less common, 2-year OS rates were higher (60.3-63.5% vs. 33.8%) and more patients were alive without the next-line treatment (38.0-43.8% vs. 23.3%) in patients with 1L immunotherapy. Real-world patients with 1L immunotherapy for MM had favorable baseline characteristics and better treatment outcomes than observed in patients with 1L TT.

High-throughput sequencing followed by matched targeted therapy is a promising approach for patients with advanced melanoma refractory to approved treatments.

P2, N=3, Terminated, Fundacion CRIS de Investigación para Vencer el Cáncer | N=18 --> 3 | Recruiting --> Terminated; closed because of low recruitment

P2, N=17, Active, not recruiting, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute | Trial completion date: Feb 2025 --> Jul 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Feb 2025 --> Jul 2023

Mitochondrial ALDH2 activation could inhibit the progression of doxorubicin induced pancreatic β-cell dysfunction by inhibiting the acid sphingomyelinase induction of ceramide, by regulating the activation of CK2 signaling. Our research lays the foundation of ALDH2 activation as a therapeutic target for the precise treatment of chemotherapy drug induced β-cell dysfunction.

In addition, cases that are > 60 years of age, that have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score ≥ 2, stage IV disease, high International Prognostic Index score score (≥ 3), elevation of LDH, low albumin level, low hemoglobin level, low peripheral blood lymphocyte count, high peripheral blood neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, high peripheral blood platelet/lymphocyte ratio were found to have worse overall survival. It was concluded that in patients with low number of PD-1 positive tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes have low survival rates and therefore PD-1 expression may be useful in indicating prognosis.

P3, N=77, Recruiting, Takeda | Phase classification: P3b --> P3 | Trial completion date: Aug 2026 --> Mar 2027 | Trial primary completion date: Aug 2026 --> Mar 2027

The CD30+ expression in DLBCL patients indicates a good prognosis and has certain diagnostic value in evaluating the prognosis of DLBCL patients.

Decreased peripheral blood B cell count in newly diagnosed DLBCL patients is associated with high-risk clinical features and may affect the efficacy of immunochemotherapy, which is associated with poor clinical prognosis.

Moreover, serum chemistry parameters enabled further stratification of IPSM-AdvSM1/2 risk-score classified patients (P=0.027). In conclusion, serum chemistry profiling is a crucial tool in the clinical practice supporting diagnosis and prognostication of SM and its subvariants.

This study provides clinical characteristics of patients with PSIL. Thicker intestinal wall and aneurismal dilation detected on CT scan and deeper ulcer on DBE examination helps to establish a diagnosis of DLBCL.

Treatment with E260, a FER inhibitor, significantly reduced the metabolism, proliferation and invasion of Raji cells. In summary, our findings highlight that LDHA plays multiple roles in B-cell lymphoma pathogenesis via FER pathways, establishing LDHA/FER may as a potential therapeutic target.

Present real-world data document the high effectiveness of immunotherapy and targeted therapy. Although targeted therapy had higher response rates, immunotherapy improved PFS and OS. While the prognostic value of LDH was confirmed, the potential use of blood cell count-derived parameters to predict outcomes needs further investigation.

P2, N=17, Active, not recruiting, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute | Trial completion date: Feb 2024 --> Feb 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Feb 2024 --> Feb 2025

P1/2, N=30, Recruiting, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Not yet recruiting --> Recruiting

P=N/A, N=44, Completed, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota | Recruiting --> Completed | N=20 --> 44

These results suggest that plasma NOV/CCN3 levels are elevated in childhood obesity and are associated with insulin resistance, indicating that NOV/CCN3 may play a role in the pathogenesis of metabolic disorders in obese children.

Only 31% were treated with first-line R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, vincristine, prednisone) chemotherapy, among whom 25% died. Unlike classical stroke syndrome, key indicators to aid in early diagnosis include a clinical syndrome of multiple non-lateralizing neurological symptoms, dynamic MRI DWI/T2-lesions primarily located in subcortical regions, elevated serum LDH, ESR, CRP, interleukins, microglobulin, CSF protein, and CSF polymerase chain reaction analysis, apart from tissue examination. Larger studies should be performed to establish diagnostic and predictive scores.

P1, N=2, Active, not recruiting, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | Recruiting --> Active, not recruiting | N=10 --> 2

Our study identified hypouricemia as a non-redundant promising prognostic factor for the mortality of MDA5+ DM-ILD patients, which may hopefully provide insight into the prevention and pathogenesis study.

Compared with the model group, the PCP groups and the fasudil group showed lowered serum LDH, CK-MB, IL-1β and IL-18 levels, decreased MDA levels, relative protein expression of Bax, cleaved caspase-3, RhoA, ROCK1 and p-MYPT-1, and increased myocardial SOD levels and Bcl-2 protein expression. PCP exhibited a certain preventive effect on myocardial tissue pathological damage and myocardial cell apoptosis in MI/RI rats, possibly related to the inhibition of the Rho-ROCK signaling pathway activation, thereby reducing oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.

Multivariate analysis suggested that 1q21+ , EMD-S, elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels, and P53 deletion were independent risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with EMD. In patients with 1q21+ EMD, hypercalcemia, elevated LDH levels, and P53 deletion were independent adverse risk prognostic factors.

Stage IVA and the presence of LCT at diagnosis stood out as independent factors of unfavorable prognosis. LCT was the variable that most significantly impacted the patients' survival and was closely associated with tumor skin involvement and stage IIB.

P2, N=40, Recruiting, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Despite an unselected population of melanoma patients with higher M1c disease, ECOG PS > 1 and elevated LDH, this real-world study demonstrated comparable efficacy and safety with the pivotal phase 3 clinical trials for dabrafenib-trametinib.

Poor performance status and high comorbidity decreased the odds for both therapies. A considerable number of patients started systemic therapy shortly before death, emphasizing the importance of considering potential benefits and drawbacks through shared decision-making.

P2, N=17, Active, not recruiting, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute | Trial completion date: Nov 2023 --> Feb 2024 | Trial primary completion date: Nov 2023 --> Feb 2024

Taken together, our findings emphasized that 1q21+ increased the possibility of disease progression and predicted poor survival in EMD patients. 1q21+ EMD tends to be associated with other high risk disease factors. ASCT may not overcome the adverse effect of 1q21+ in EMD patients.

3%) each received red cells, platelets, G-CSF and romiplostim; majority did not need supportive treatment...mEASIX score may be used as an early predictor of CRS for permissive use of Tocilizumab before onset of severe symptoms. This is the first-in-India industry study evaluating mEASIX and ICAHT in patients treated with CAR-T cell therapy. mEASIX score 1 at D+4 was mildly predictive of CRS. All patients developed ICAHT but only a small number of patients needed supportive treatment.