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Eddie Cliff

@eddiecliff.bsky.social
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haematology registrar PMCC & RMH | research affiliate, PORTAL, BWH/HMS | evidence-based medicine & policy | lymphoma | myeloma | Fulbright | writer

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The Medical Journal of Australia @mja.com.au · 29/07/2026
Australia approved funding for genomic testing in blood cancers. So why do so many patients still have to pay out of pocket? Read more in InSight+ buff.ly/AHiiOut
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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology @natrevclinonc.nature.com · 08/06/2026
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Does ciltacabtagene autoleucel have a future in multiple myeloma?
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41571-026-01159-6Ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) has transformed the outcomes of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, yet its toxicity profile — spanning acute and delayed-onset neurotoxicity, secondary malignancies, immune effector-cell colitis, infections and prolonged cytopenias — has emerged slowly. As safer alternatives become available, the risk–benefit calculus for cilta-cel demands urgent reassessment, particularly in earlier lines of therapy.
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OncoDaily @oncodaily.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The ASH25 Lymphoma Roundup Episode is Out - Edward Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social oncodaily.com/voices/lymph... #OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedEd #MedOnc #MedNews
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Edward Cliff: The ASH25 Lymphoma Roundup Episode is Out - OncoDaily
Edward Cliff: The ASH25 Lymphoma Roundup Episode is Out / ASH25, cancer, Eddie Cliff, Edward Cliff, lymphoma, OncoDaily, Oncology
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Joshua Budhu @jbudhu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
For me, this hits close to home. We’ve seen what happened with lomustine and the impact on brain tumor patients when a life-saving therapy becomes inaccessible. These aren’t abstract policy issues — they have real consequences for people. @eddiecliff.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Just out at JNCI, we review 20 years of RCTs in myeloma for lessons in drug development. Surprisingly, head-to-head trials were as likely to be successful as add-on trials. academic.oup.com/jnci/advance... #mmsm #myeloma
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Finally out - our real world study of 740 patients with large B-cell lymphoma receiving polatuzumab vedotin shows higher response rates and PFS for patients with non-GCB LBCL than those with GCB disease, by Hans algorithm. Thanks David Russler-Germain + collabs aacrjournals.org/clincancerre...
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JAMA @jama.com · 09/10/2025
The US Food and Drug Administration accelerated approval pathway spans many nononcologic diseases, especially nonmalignant hematology and neurology, with 25% for infectious disease vaccines. ja.ma/3Kz6WnV
A research letter from JAMA, published on October 7, 2025, titled "Regulatory and Clinical Outcomes of Nononcology Accelerated Approvals." It includes Table 1 showing characteristics of approvals from 2013-2024, listing disease areas and FDA designations.
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Ajay Major, MD, MBA @majorajay.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
RW pola outcomes by Hans COO @eddiecliff.bsky.social - 740 pts, 59% R/R - R/R: ORR 60% non-GC (vs 36% GC), PFS better in non-GC - 1L: no diff in outcomes Hans useful in choosing pola in R/R. In 1L, supports POLARIX that pola mitigates worse non-GC outcomes. #lymsm aacrjournals.org/clincancerre...
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Amar Kelkar MD MPH @amarkelkar.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The urgency is real—but the “Most Favored Nation” drug pricing policy is unlikely to deliver lasting reform. In @jama.com, @eddiecliff.bsky.social and I propose accelerating and strengthening Medicare drug price negotiation to align prices with value. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Reducing Drug Prices—The Most Favored Nation Policy vs Price Negotiation
This Viewpoint discusses the most favored nation policy vs price negotiation for reducing drug prices.
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JAMA @jama.com · 28/07/2025
Viewpoint: The reintroduction of the most favored nation pricing policy aims to curb high US drug prices but faces legal and operational challenges. ja.ma/4lXJcYs
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Just out @jama.com, led by Ian Liu we review 10 years of nononcology accelerated approvals 12/50 vaccines 10 nonmalignant haem 11 neurology 5 nonvaccine ID >60% conversions to regular approval based on surrogate endpoints jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @portalresearch.org @akesselheim.bsky.social
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JAMA @jama.com · 14/07/2025
The US FDA accelerated approval pathway spans many nononcologic diseases, especially nonmalignant hematology and neurology, with 25% for infectious disease vaccines. ja.ma/4lRpuge
Regulatory and Clinical Outcomes of Nononcology Accelerated Approvals
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Ajay Major, MD, MBA @majorajay.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Currently at #EHA2025: @broeckelmann.bsky.social presenting our recent @thelancethaem.bsky.social commission on adverse events, starting with our paper (with @biostatgirl.bsky.social) on advancing the measurement & dissemination of AE data HT @eddiecliff.bsky.social #EHA25
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eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science @eclinicalmed.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🔍Presenting at #ASCO25 as a #poster and now LIVE on our website Predictors of withdrawal of anticancer drug indications granted accelerated approval: a retrospective cohort study Read the whole paper here: www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl... #TheLancet #Oncology #OncologyResearch #MedSky
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Ajay Major, MD, MBA @majorajay.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Announcing the 1st paper of ‪@thelancethaem.bsky.social‬ Commission on Adverse Events, with Drs. @biostatgirl.bsky.social‬ & Thanarajasingam. We review advances in measuring & reporting newly-described AEs and provide analytic & AE visualization tools for dissemination. buff.ly/SchRHhq Thread ⬇️🧵
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
What steps can trialists, regulators, journals, editors, reviewers, sponsors & academics take to improve toxicity reporting & identification? 👇 check out this figure from our @thelancethaem.bsky.social adverse event commission www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @broeckelmann.bsky.social
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The latest in a trio of meta-analyses by Tobias, David & Kai just out at Molecular Therapy, on non-relapse mortality after bispecific antibodies in lymphoma & myeloma. >70% of non-relapse deaths are due to infection. Need to prioritise measurement, reporting, prophylaxis, early intervention.
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Just out @jama.com Led by Dr Hwang we show when oncology drugs withdrawn due to negative trials are still accessible off-abel, prescribing plummets anyway Romidepsin a notable exception, unsurprising to lymphoma docs who use it in TFH lymphomas jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @portalresearch.org
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Delighted Piers Blombery joined us to discuss CAR transgenic T-cell lymphoproliferative neoplasms & all things post-CAR-T malignancies on Blood Cancer Talks, with a side helping of molecular haematology. We discuss Piers' recent NEJM paper plus recent MSKCC case w transgene integration into TP53.
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
A real honour to have Dr Hagop Kantarjian, M.D. on the podcast to talk all things CML, including the recent ASCEMBL trial - a really enjoyable hour packed full of wisdom! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Check out Blood Cancer Talks on your favourite podcast platform. #leusm #leukemia #cml
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Blood Cancer Talks
Education Podcast · 57 Episodes · Updated Semimonthly
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Helpful review on ctDNA in aggressive B-cell lymphomas just out in @jama.com oncology jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #lymsm #lymphoma
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Circulating Tumor DNA as Measurable Residual Disease in Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma
This narrative review explores how the identification of measurable residual disease through methods of detecting circulating tumor DNA contributes to outcomes for B-cell lymphomas.
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Enticing data for axi-cel in high risk upfront DLBCL in ZUMA-12 3 year followup @BloodJournal 75% 3-year progression free survival ashpublications.org/blood/articl... Randomised ZUMA-23 data eagerly awaited #lymsm #lymphoma
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Disappointing outcomes for CAR T cells in 31 patients with relapsed/refractory Burkitt lymphoma Tricky disease to treat. Perhaps combo of chemo and bispecific might offer better long term control ashpublications.org/blood/articl... #lymsm #lymphoma
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Outcomes Among Adult Recipients of CAR T-cell Therapy for Burkitt Lymphoma
Key Points. Despite having relatively favorable disease kinetics, patients with relapsed/refractory BL who receive CAR T-cells have poor outcomes.Future tr
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
SYMPATICO trial - RCT of venetoclax + ibrutinib vs ibr+placebo in R/R mantle cell lymphoma just out in Lancet Oncology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #lymphoma #lymsm
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Updated European guideline on Burkitt lymphoma just out in Lancet Haem - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #lymsm #lymphoma #burkitt
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Diagnosis and treatment of Burkitt lymphoma in adults: clinical practice guidelines from ERN-EuroBloodNet
Burkitt lymphoma is a rare lymphoma entity that represents less than 5% of adult lymphomas. Although prognosis has improved with dose-dense therapy, Burkitt lymphoma remains an area of clinical and bi...
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Aaron Kesselheim @akesselheim.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
New piece led by Anushka Bhaskar @portalresearch.org in STAT First Opinion on protecting public health agencies from damaging political interference -- even the threat of which can greatly affect people's behavior: www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/p...
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How to protect HHS, FDA, NIH, and other health agencies from political interference
When politicians subordinate scientific institutions to electoral interests, they undermine immediate public health efforts and inflict lasting damage on institutional credibility.
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Joshua Sharfstein @drjoshs.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The new administration's FDA -- threat or opportunity for public health? A piece in Health Affairs Forefront with @akesselheim.bsky.social www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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Will The New Administration’s FDA Be A Threat Or An Opportunity For The Public's Health? | Health Affairs Forefront
As various reform ideas are proposed, the organized medical and scientific community will need to work with the new leadership at the FDA to promote positive change–and oppose initiatives that undermine the agency, its workforce, and its mission.
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Aaron Kesselheim @akesselheim.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Check out important new Viewpoint from @portalresearch.org collaborators @eddiecliff.bsky.social and Kerstin Vokinger on regulatory oversight of AI-enabled medical devices in JAMA Neurology: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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AI Devices in Neurology—Moving From Diagnosis to Prognosis
This Viewpoint describes considerations for regulatory oversight in the implementation of artificial intelligence–enabled prognostic devices.
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Aaron Kesselheim @akesselheim.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Financial toxicity in cancer meds: @portalresearch.org's collaborator @eddiecliff.bsky.social and others review the potential financial implications of receiving vorasidenib for glioma and how different countries manage the high cost: academic.oup.com/nop/advance-...
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Financial challenges of being on long-term, high-cost medications
Abstract. The isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) inhibitor, vorasidenib, may offer a promising new treatment option for patients with IDH-mutant gliomas. Howev
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Aaron Kesselheim @akesselheim.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Also the importance of actually assessing clinical endpoints in confirmatory studies (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38583175/) ... and completing them in a timely fashion (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39373384/) - studies from @eddiecliff.bsky.social Ian Liu Joseph Daval at @portalresearch.org
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Confirmatory Trials of Accelerated Approval Drugs - Will Imposing Fines Reduce Delays? - PubMed
Confirmatory Trials of Accelerated Approval Drugs - Will Imposing Fines Reduce Delays?
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Aaron Kesselheim @akesselheim.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Relevant to accelerated approval, new DCE from former @portalresearch.org fellow Huseyin Naci et al examined patient views on survival benefit for cancer drugs: "individuals expressed strong preferences for certainty that a cancer drug would offer survival benefit" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Preferences for speed of access versus certainty of the survival benefit of new cancer drugs: a discrete choice experiment
Many cancer drugs approved through the FDA's accelerated approval pathway do not offer any survival benefit to patients. In this study, individuals expressed strong preferences for certainty that a ca...
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Just out at JAMA Oncology, led by Parsa Erfani We review why many efforts to improve access to oncology medicines around the world have failed so far, especially compared to infectious diseases, & offer potential strategies to improve global pharmacoequity jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Eddie Cliff @eddiecliff.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Just out in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology: we explain why ibrutinib's mantle cell lymphoma indication should *not* have been withdrawn, dissect SHINE & TRIANGLE trial results & suggest what the FDA could have done instead rdcu.be/dmGJu #healthpolicy #lymsm #mmsm
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