Catherine Smith, MD

Professor In Residence
M_MED-CORE-HMON-ONCO-GEN

My laboratory focuses on identification of therapeutic resistance mechanisms and novel treatment strategies for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We have a particular emphasis on AML associated with mutations in Fms-like Tyrosine Kinase-3 (FLT3). FLT3 is mutated in ~30% of AML, with constitutively activating FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations conferring a poor prognosis. We employ a prototypical “bedside to bench and back” approach to the problem of cancer drug resistance, founded on the belief that the ultimate pathway to improved cancer therapy begins with translational studies that utilize samples from patients who have undergone therapy in real time. This strategy allows us to interrogate how tumors can evolve under the selective pressure of cancer therapy and allows us to devise ways to circumvent these evolutionary adaptations.

Publications

Molecular characterization of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia patients aged 60 years or older: a report from the Beat AML clinical trial.

Blood cancer journal

Hoff FW, Huang Y, Welkie RL, Swords RT, Traer E, Stein EM, Lin TL, Patel PA, Collins RH, Baer MR, Duong VH, Blum WG, Arellano ML, Stock W, Odenike O, Redner RL, Kovacsovics T, Deininger MW, Zeidner JF, Olin RL, Smith CC, Foran JM, Schiller GJ, Curran EK, Koenig KL, Heerema NA, Chen T, Martycz M, Stefanos M, Marcus SG, Rosenberg L, Druker BJ, Levine RL, Burd A, Yocum AO, Borate UM, Mims AS, Byrd JC, Madanat YF

Beat-AML 2024 ELN-Refined Risk Stratification for Older Adults with Newly Diagnosed AML Given Lower-Intensity Therapy.

Blood advances

Hoff FW, Blum W, Huang Y, Welkie RL, Swords R, Traer E, Stein EM, Lin TL, Archer KJ, Patel PA, Collins RH, Baer MR, Duong VH, Arellano ML, Stock W, Odenike O, Redner RL, Kovacsovics TJ, Deininger MW, Zeidner JF, Olin RL, Smith CC, Foran JM, Schiller GJ, Curran E, Koenig KL, Heerema NA, Chen TL, Martycz M, Stefanos M, Rosenberg L, Druker BJ, Levine RL, Burd A, Yocum AO, Borate U, Mims AS, Byrd JC, Madanat YF

LNK/SH2B3 as a novel driver in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.

Haematologica

Wintering A, Hecht A, Meyer J, Wong EB, Hübner J, Abelson S, Feldman K, Kennedy VE, Peretz CAC, French DL, Maguire JA, Jobaliya C, Vasquez MR, Desai S, Dulman R, Nemecek E, Haines H, Hammad M, El Haddad A, Kogan SC, Abdullaev Z, Chehab FF, Tasian SK, Smith CC, Loh ML, Stieglitz E

Genomic Characterization of Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Patients Age 60 Years and Older; A Report from the Beat AML Master Trial.

Blood

Fieke W Hoff, Ying Huang, Rina Li Welkie, Ronan T. Swords, Elie Traer, Eytan M. Stein, Tara L Lin, Prapti A. Patel, Robert H. Collins, Maria R. Baer, Vu H. Duong, William Blum, Martha Arellano, Wendy Stock, Olatoyosi Odenike, Robert L. Redner, Tibor J. Kovacsovics, Michael W. Deininger, Joshua F. Zeidner, Rebecca Olin, Catherine C. Smith, James M. Foran, Gary J. Schiller, Emily K Curran, Kristin L Koenig, Nyla A. Heerema, Timothy Chen, Molly Martycz, Mona Stefanos, Sonja Gullen Marcus, Leonard Rosenberg, Brian J. Druker, Ross L Levine, Amy Burd, Ashley Owen Yocum, Uma M. Borate, Alice Mims, John C. Byrd, Yazan F. Madanat

Influence of Pre-Treatment Features and Therapy Choice By Physicians on Overall Survival in Older Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report from the Beat AML Master Trial.

Blood

Uma M. Borate, Ying Huang, Rina Li Welkie, Ronan T. Swords, Elie Traer, Eytan M. Stein, Tara L Lin, Yazan F. Madanat, Prapti A. Patel, Robert H. Collins, Maria R. Baer, Vu H. Duong, William Blum, Martha Arellano, Wendy Stock, Olatoyosi Odenike, Robert L. Redner, Tibor J. Kovacsovics, Michael W. Deininger, Joshua F. Zeidner, Rebecca Olin, Catherine C. Smith, James M. Foran, Gary J. Schiller, Emily K Curran, Kristin L Koenig, Nyla A. Heerema, Timothy Chen, Molly Martycz, Mona Stefanos, Sonja Gullen Marcus, Leonard Rosenberg, Brian J. Druker, Ross L Levine, Amy Burd, Ashley Owen Yocum, Alice Mims, John C. Byrd

Structural surfaceomics reveals an AML-specific conformation of integrin ß2 as a CAR T cellular therapy target.

Nature cancer

Mandal K, Wicaksono G, Yu C, Adams JJ, Hoopmann MR, Temple WC, Izgutdina A, Escobar BP, Gorelik M, Ihling CH, Nix MA, Naik A, Xie WH, Hübner J, Rollins LA, Reid SM, Ramos E, Kasap C, Steri V, Serrano JAC, Salangsang F, Phojanakong P, McMillan M, Gavallos V, Leavitt AD, Logan AC, Rooney CM, Eyquem J, Sinz A, Huang BJ, Stieglitz E, Smith CC, Moritz RL, Sidhu SS, Huang L, Wiita AP

Standardising acute myeloid leukaemia classification systems: a perspective from a panel of international experts.

The Lancet. Haematology

Shallis RM, Daver N, Altman JK, Komrokji RS, Pollyea DA, Badar T, Bewersdorf JP, Bhatt VR, de Botton S, de la Fuente Burguera A, Carraway HE, Desai P, Dillon R, Duployez N, El Chaer F, Fathi AT, Freeman SD, Gojo I, Grunwald MR, Jonas BA, Konopleva M, Lin TL, Mannis GN, Mascarenhas J, Michaelis LC, Mims AS, Montesinos P, Pozdnyakova O, Pratz KW, Schuh AC, Sekeres MA, Smith CC, Stahl M, Subklewe M, Uy GL, Voso MT, Walter RB, Wang ES, Zeidner JF, Žucenka A, Zeidan AM

Microfluidics-free single-cell genomics with templated emulsification.

Nature biotechnology

Clark IC, Fontanez KM, Meltzer RH, Xue Y, Hayford C, May-Zhang A, D'Amato C, Osman A, Zhang JQ, Hettige P, Ishibashi JSA, Delley CL, Weisgerber DW, Replogle JM, Jost M, Phong KT, Kennedy VE, Peretz CAC, Kim EA, Song S, Karlon W, Weissman JS, Smith CC, Gartner ZJ, Abate AR

Safety and immunogenicity of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine administered in a prime-boost regimen in young and old adults (COV002): a single-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 2/3 trial.

Lancet (London, England)

Ramasamy MN, Minassian AM, Ewer KJ, Flaxman AL, Folegatti PM, Owens DR, Voysey M, Aley PK, Angus B, Babbage G, Belij-Rammerstorfer S, Berry L, Bibi S, Bittaye M, Cathie K, Chappell H, Charlton S, Cicconi P, Clutterbuck EA, Colin-Jones R, Dold C, Emary KRW, Fedosyuk S, Fuskova M, Gbesemete D, Green C, Hallis B, Hou MM, Jenkin D, Joe CCD, Kelly EJ, Kerridge S, Lawrie AM, Lelliott A, Lwin MN, Makinson R, Marchevsky NG, Mujadidi Y, Munro APS, Pacurar M, Plested E, Rand J, Rawlinson T, Rhead S, Robinson H, Ritchie AJ, Ross-Russell AL, Saich S, Singh N, Smith CC, Snape MD, Song R, Tarrant R, Themistocleous Y, Thomas KM, Villafana TL, Warren SC, Watson MEE, Douglas AD, Hill AVS, Lambe T, Gilbert SC, Faust SN, Pollard AJ, Oxford COVID Vaccine Trial Group

Impact of Minimal Residual Disease and Achievement of Complete Remission/Complete Remission with Partial Hematologic Recovery (CR/CRh) on Overall Survival Following Treatment with Gilteritinib in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) Acute Myeloid Leuke

Blood

Mark J. Levis, Alexander E. Perl, Jessica K. Altman, Jorge E. Cortes, Catherine C. Smith, Maria R. Baer, David F. Claxton, Joseph G. Jurcic, Ellen K. Ritchie, Stephen A. Strickland, Raoul Tibes, Jason E. Hill, Matt Rosales, Erkut Bahceci

Results of a first-in-human, phase I/II trial of ASP2215, a selective, potent inhibitor of FLT3/Axl in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Mark J. Levis, Alexander E. Perl, Jessica K. Altman, Jorge E. Cortes, Ellen K. Ritchie, Richard A. Larson, Catherine Choy Smith, Eunice S. Wang, Stephen Anthony Strickland, Maria R. Baer, Mark Robert Litzow, David Claxton, Gary J. Schiller, Celalettin Ustun, Charles Liu, Stan Gill, Briana Sargent, Erkut Bahceci

Crenolanib is a selective type I pan-FLT3 inhibitor.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Smith CC, Lasater EA, Lin KC, Wang Q, McCreery MQ, Stewart WK, Damon LE, Perl AE, Jeschke GR, Sugita M, Carroll M, Kogan SC, Kuriyan J, Shah NP

A Phase II Open-Label, Ac220 Monotherapy Efficacy Study In Patients with Refractory/Relapsed Flt3-Itd Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Updated Interim Results.

Blood

Jorge E. Cortes, Alexander E Perl, Catherine C. Smith, Tibor Kovacsovics, Herve Dombret, Hartmut Dohner, Bjorn Steffen, Arnaud Pigneux, Philippe Rousselot, Juergen Krauter, Giovanni Martinelli, Elihu H. Estey, Alan K Burnett, Anthony D. Ho, Norbert Ifrah, Theo de Witt, Robert Corringham, Joyce James, David Lilienfeld, Eugen Leo, Guy Gammon, Mark J. Levis