Vassilios I Avramis

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Affiliation: University of Southern California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Synergistic antiviral effect of PEG-asparaginase (ONCASPAR), with protease inhibitor alone and in combination with RT inhibitors against HIV-1 infected T-cells: a model of HIV-1-induced T-cell lymphoma
    V I Avramis
    Division of Hematology Oncology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    In Vivo 15:1-9. 2001
  2. ncbi Immunogenicity of native or pegylated E. coli and Erwinia asparaginases assessed by ELISA and surface plasmon resonance (SPR-biacore) assays of IgG antibodies (Ab) in sera from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
    Vassilios I Avramis
    CHLA Hematology Oncology USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Anticancer Res 29:299-302. 2009
  3. ncbi Asparaginase (native ASNase or pegylated ASNase) in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    Vassilios I Avramis
    CHLA, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology Oncology, Keck School of Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Int J Nanomedicine 1:241-54. 2006
  4. ncbi Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationships of asparaginase formulations: the past, the present and recommendations for the future
    Vassilios I Avramis
    Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Clin Pharmacokinet 44:367-93. 2005
  5. ncbi A randomized comparison of native Escherichia coli asparaginase and polyethylene glycol conjugated asparaginase for treatment of children with newly diagnosed standard-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children's Cancer Group study
    Vassilios I Avramis
    Children s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Blood 99:1986-94. 2002
  6. ncbi Taxotere and vincristine inhibit the secretion of the angiogenesis inducing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) by wild-type and drug-resistant human leukemia T-cell lines
    I A Avramis
    Department of Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Anticancer Res 21:2281-6. 2001
  7. ncbi Determination of drug synergism between the tyrosine kinase inhibitors NSC 680410 (adaphostin) and/or STI571 (imatinib mesylate, Gleevec) with cytotoxic drugs against human leukemia cell lines
    Ioannis A Avramis
    Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 52:307-18. 2003
  8. ncbi Pharmacodynamics and safety of intravenous pegaspargase during remission induction in adults aged 55 years or younger with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    Dan Douer
    Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck Medical School and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles 90033, USA
    Blood 109:2744-50. 2007
  9. ncbi Adipocytes impair leukemia treatment in mice
    James W Behan
    Divisions of Endocrinology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Cancer Res 69:7867-74. 2009
  10. ncbi Pharmacoanalytical assays of Erwinia asparaginase (erwinase) and pharmacokinetic results in high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (HR ALL) patients: simulations of erwinase population PK-PD models
    Vassilios I Avramis
    Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Anticancer Res 27:2561-72. 2007

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  1. ncbi Synergistic antiviral effect of PEG-asparaginase (ONCASPAR), with protease inhibitor alone and in combination with RT inhibitors against HIV-1 infected T-cells: a model of HIV-1-induced T-cell lymphoma
    V I Avramis
    Division of Hematology Oncology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    In Vivo 15:1-9. 2001
    ..Future studies are needed in HIV-infected and/or HIV-induced T-cell lymphoma patients to investigate these findings...
  2. ncbi Immunogenicity of native or pegylated E. coli and Erwinia asparaginases assessed by ELISA and surface plasmon resonance (SPR-biacore) assays of IgG antibodies (Ab) in sera from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
    Vassilios I Avramis
    CHLA Hematology Oncology USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Anticancer Res 29:299-302. 2009
    ..Recently, a protein chip bioassay (Biacore) was developed for the Ab of these proteins. These methods were compared...
  3. ncbi Asparaginase (native ASNase or pegylated ASNase) in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    Vassilios I Avramis
    CHLA, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology Oncology, Keck School of Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Int J Nanomedicine 1:241-54. 2006
    ....
  4. ncbi Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationships of asparaginase formulations: the past, the present and recommendations for the future
    Vassilios I Avramis
    Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Clin Pharmacokinet 44:367-93. 2005
    ..These results taken together strongly support new experimental approaches for application of population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analyses to further enhance survival of leukaemia patients...
  5. ncbi A randomized comparison of native Escherichia coli asparaginase and polyethylene glycol conjugated asparaginase for treatment of children with newly diagnosed standard-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children's Cancer Group study
    Vassilios I Avramis
    Children s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Blood 99:1986-94. 2002
    ..In cerebrospinal fluid asparagine, depletion was similar with both enzyme preparations. Intensive pegaspargase for newly diagnosed ALL should be tested further in a larger population...
  6. ncbi Taxotere and vincristine inhibit the secretion of the angiogenesis inducing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) by wild-type and drug-resistant human leukemia T-cell lines
    I A Avramis
    Department of Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Anticancer Res 21:2281-6. 2001
    ..Moreover, the leukemic cell lines examined here may constitute a useful model to study antiangiogenic drugs, alone or in combination with established drug regimens used against refractory leukemias...
  7. ncbi Determination of drug synergism between the tyrosine kinase inhibitors NSC 680410 (adaphostin) and/or STI571 (imatinib mesylate, Gleevec) with cytotoxic drugs against human leukemia cell lines
    Ioannis A Avramis
    Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 52:307-18. 2003
    ..In conclusion, the combinations of antiangiogenesis and DNA-damaging cytotoxic drugs are highly synergistic regimens in both WT and drug-resistant leukemic cell lines and they should be examined further...
  8. ncbi Pharmacodynamics and safety of intravenous pegaspargase during remission induction in adults aged 55 years or younger with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    Dan Douer
    Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck Medical School and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles 90033, USA
    Blood 109:2744-50. 2007
    ....
  9. ncbi Adipocytes impair leukemia treatment in mice
    James W Behan
    Divisions of Endocrinology, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Cancer Res 69:7867-74. 2009
    ..Given the growing prevalence of obesity worldwide, these effects are likely to have increasing importance to cancer treatment...
  10. ncbi Pharmacoanalytical assays of Erwinia asparaginase (erwinase) and pharmacokinetic results in high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (HR ALL) patients: simulations of erwinase population PK-PD models
    Vassilios I Avramis
    Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Anticancer Res 27:2561-72. 2007
    ..We report here the development and validation process of ERW pharmacoanalytical assays and the results in a few patients...
  11. ncbi Deamination of glutamine is a prerequisite for optimal asparagine deamination by asparaginases in vivo (CCG-1961)
    Eduard H Panosyan
    Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Anticancer Res 24:1121-5. 2004
    ..4 IU/ml provided optimal Asn and Gln deamination in high-risk ALL patients. Deamination of Gln correlates with enhanced serum Asn deamination in vivo. Therefore, deamination of Gln may enhance the antileukemic effect of ASNase...
  12. ncbi In vitro and in vivo evaluations of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor NSC 680410 against human leukemia and glioblastoma cell lines
    Ioannis A Avramis
    Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 50:479-89. 2002
    ....
  13. ncbi Changes of amino acid serum levels in pediatric patients with higher-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (CCG-1961)
    Rita S Grigoryan
    Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    In Vivo 18:107-12. 2004
    ..Toxicity from the ASNase and other drugs could enhance the decrease of AA serum levels. Further studies are needed to verify these findings and their potential clinical importance in the treatment of ALL patients...
  14. ncbi Asparagine depletion after pegylated E. coli asparaginase treatment and induction outcome in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first bone marrow relapse: a Children's Oncology Group study (CCG-1941)
    Mohammad Jarrar
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, USC Keck School of Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 47:141-6. 2006
    ..Day 35 anti-PEG ASNase antibody titers did not. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with greater ASN depletion were more likely to achieve second remission in the context of six-drug therapy...
  15. ncbi Asparaginase antibody and asparaginase activity in children with higher-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Children's Cancer Group Study CCG-1961
    Eduard H Panosyan
    Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
    J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 26:217-26. 2004
    ..Anti-asparaginase Ab was associated with undetectable asparaginase activity and may be correlated with adverse outcomes in HR ALL...
  16. ncbi Clinical pharmacology of asparaginases in the United States: asparaginase population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) models (NONMEM) in adult and pediatric ALL patients
    Vassilios I Avramis
    Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine, CA 90026, USA
    J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 29:239-47. 2007
    ..Future clinical trial designs may prove these efforts useful...
  17. ncbi Diet-induced obesity alters vincristine pharmacokinetics in blood and tissues of mice
    James W Behan
    Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Pharmacol Res 61:385-90. 2010
    ..Thus, obesity alters VCR PK, causing a lower overall exposure in circulation and bone marrow. Given the high prevalence of obesity, additional PK studies should be performed in obese subjects to optimize chemotherapy dosing regimens...
  18. ncbi Asparaginases: biochemical pharmacology and modes of drug resistance
    Vassilios I Avramis
    Children s Hospital Los Angeles CHLA, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
    Anticancer Res 32:2423-37. 2012
    ..Finally, a brief description of the toxicity, as well as the correlative factor of ALL treatment with ASNase is given...
  19. ncbi Correlation between high vascular endothelial growth factor-A serum levels and treatment outcome in patients with standard-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from Children's Oncology Group Study CCG-1962
    Ioannis A Avramis
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
    Clin Cancer Res 12:6978-84. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: These observations strongly support that high VEGF-A levels in induction are an asparaginase treatment-independent predictive marker for EFS. Hence, an anti-VEGF-A therapy should be tested in acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
  20. ncbi Antibody formation during intravenous and intramuscular therapy with Erwinia asparaginase
    Birgitte Klug Albertsen
    Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
    Med Pediatr Oncol 38:310-6. 2002
    ..Determination of the frequency of antibody formation during first and second exposure to Erwinia asparaginase after i.v. and i.m. administration...
  21. ncbi Asparaginase pharmacokinetics after intensive polyethylene glycol-conjugated L-asparaginase therapy for children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    Douglas S Hawkins
    Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98105 0371, USA
    Clin Cancer Res 10:5335-41. 2004
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  22. ncbi Anti-Erwinia asparaginase antibodies during treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and their relationship to outcome: a case-control study
    Birgitte Klug Albertsen
    Department of Pharmacology, The Bartholin Building, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
    Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 50:117-20. 2002
    ....