Isabella C. Glitza, MD, PhD, MS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Glitza IC, Reddy ST, Patel SP. Leptomeningeal disease in uveal melanoma: a case series. J Neurooncol 139(2):503-505, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29704079.
2. Kuske M, Rauschenberg R, Garzarolli M, Meredyth-Stewart M, Beissert S, Troost EGC, Glitza IC, Meier F. Melanoma Brain Metastases: Local Therapies, Targeted Therapies, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Their Combinations-Chances and Challenges. Am J Clin Dermatol 19(4):529-541, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29417399.
3. Sakamuri D, Glitza IC, Betancourt Cuellar SL, Subbiah V, Fu S, Tsimberidou AM, Wheler JJ, Hong DS, Naing A, Falchook GS, Fanale MA, Cabanillas ME, Janku F. Phase 1 dose-escalation study of anti CTLA-4 antibody ipilimumab and lenalidomide in patients with advanced cancers. Mol Cancer Ther 17(3):671-676, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29237802.
4. Amaria RN, Prieto PA, Tetzlaff MT, Reuben A, Andrews MC, Ross MI, Glitza IC, Cormier J, Hwu WJ, Tawbi HA, Patel SP, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Spencer CN, Gopalakrishnan V, Bassett R, Simpson L, Mouton R, Hudgens CW, Zhao L, Zhu H, Cooper ZA, Wani K, Lazar A, Hwu P, Diab A, Wong MK, McQuade JL, Royal R, Lucci A, Burton EM, Reddy S, Sharma P, Allison J, Futreal PA, Woodman SE, Davies MA, Wargo JA. Neoadjuvant plus adjuvant dabrafenib and trametinib versus standard of care in patients with high-risk, surgically resectable melanoma: a single-centre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 19(2):181-193, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29361468.
5. Gopalakrishnan V, Spencer CN, Nezi L, Reuben A, Andrews MC, Karpinets TV, Prieto PA, Vicente D, Hoffman K, Wei SC, Cogdill AP, Zhao L, Hudgens CW, Hutchinson DS, Manzo T, Petaccia de Macedo M, Cotechini T, Kumar T, Chen WS, Reddy SM, Szczepaniak Sloane R, Galloway-Pena J, Jiang H, Chen PL, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K, Alousi AM, Chemaly RF, Shelburne S, Vence LM, Okhuysen PC, Jensen VB, Swennes AG, McAllister F, Marcelo Riquelme Sanchez E, Zhang Y, Le Chatelier E, Zitvogel L, Pons N, Austin-Breneman JL, Haydu LE, Burton EM, Gardner JM, Sirmans E, Hu J, Lazar AJ, Tsujikawa T, Diab A, Tawbi H, Glitza IC, Hwu WJ, Patel SP, Woodman SE, Amaria RN, Davies MA, Gershenwald JE, Hwu P, Lee JE, Zhang J, Coussens LM, Cooper ZA, Futreal PA, Daniel CR, Ajami NJ, Petrosino JF, Tetzlaff MT, Sharma P, Allison JP, Jenq RR, Wargo JA. Gut microbiome modulates response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma patients. Science 359(6371):97-103, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29097493.
6. Glitza IC, Rohlfs M, Guha-Thakurta N, Bassett RL, Bernatchez C, Diab A, Woodman SE, Yee C, Amaria RN, Patel SP, Tawbi H, Wong M, Hwu WJ, Hwu P, Heimberger A, McCutcheon IE, Papadopoulos N, Davies MA. Retrospective review of metastatic melanoma patients with leptomeningeal disease treated with intrathecal interleukin-2. ESMO Open 3(1):e000283, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29387478.
7. Glitza IC, Guha-Thakurta N, D'Souza NM, Amaria RN, McGovern SL, Rao G, Li J. Bevacizumab as an effective treatment for radiation necrosis after radiotherapy for melanoma brain metastases. Melanoma Res 27(6):580-584, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28817446.
8. An Y, Jiang W, Kim BYS, Qian JM, Tang C, Fang P, Logan J, D'Souza NM, Haydu LE, Wang XA, Hess KR, Kluger H, Glitza IC, Mahajan A, Welsh JW, Lin SH, Yu JB, Davies MA, Hwu P, Sulman EP, Brown PD, Chiang VLS, Li J. Stereotactic radiosurgery of early melanoma brain metastases after initiation of anti-CTLA-4 treatment is associated with improved intracranial control. Radiother Oncol 125(1):80-88, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28916225.
9. Glitza IC, Ferguson SD, Guha-Thakurta N. Rapid resolution of leptomeningeal disease with targeted therapy in a metastatic melanoma patient. J Neurooncol 133(3):663-665, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28528423.
10. Westphal D, Glitza Oliva IC, Niessner H. Molecular insights into melanoma brain metastases. Cancer 123(S11):2163-2175, 2017. PMID: 28543697.
11. Cox VL, Bhosale P, Varadhachary GR, Wagner-Bartak N, Glitza IC, Gold KA, Atkins JT, Soliman PT, Hong DS, Qayyum A. Cancer Genomics and Important Oncologic Mutations: A Contemporary Guide for Body Imagers. Radiology 283(2):314-340, 2017. PMID: 28418819.
12. Fang P, Jiang W, Glitza IC, Guha N, Hwu P, Phan J, Mahajan A, Tawbi H, Li J. Radiation necrosis with stereotactic radiosurgery combined with CTLA-4 blockade and PD-1 inhibtion for treatment on intracranial disease in metastatic melanoma. J Neurooncology, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28500560.
13. Glitza IC, Bucheit A. Clincial Response of Central Nervous System Melanoma to Anti-PD1 Therapy in 2 Melanoma Patients. Scientific Journal of Immunology, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
14. Roh W, Chen PL, Reuben A, Spencer CN, Prieto PA, Miller JP, Gopalakrishnan V, Wang F, Cooper ZA, Reddy SM, Gumbs C, Little L, Chang Q, Chen WS, Wani K, De Macedo MP, Chen E, Austin-Breneman JL, Jiang H, Roszik J, Tetzlaff MT, Davies MA, Gershenwald JE, Tawbi H, Lazar AJ, Hwu P, Hwu WJ, Diab A, Glitza IC, Patel SP, Woodman SE, Amaria RN, Prieto VG, Hu J, Sharma P, Allison JP, Chin L, Zhang J, Wargo JA, Futreal PA. Integrated molecular analysis of tumor biopsies on sequential CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade reveals markers of response and resistance. Sci Transl Med 9(379), 2017. PMID: 28251903.
15. Chakravarti N, Ivan D, Trinh VA, Glitza IC, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala C, Tetzlaff MT, Bassett RL, Prieto VG, Hwu WJ. High cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 and phospho-Akt expression in tumor samples predicts poor clinical outcomes in ipilimumab-treated melanoma patients. Melanoma Res 27(1):24-31, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27768639.
16. Glitza Oliva I, Tawbi H, Davies MA. Melanoma Brain Metastases: Current Areas of Investigation and Future Directions. Cancer J 23(1):68-74, 2017. PMID: 28114258.
17. Reuben A, Spencer CN, Prieto PA, Gopalakrishnan V, Reddy SM, Miller JP, Mao X, De Macedo MP, Chen J, Song X, Jiang H, Chen PL, Beird HC, Garber HR, Roh W, Wani K, Chen E, Haymaker C, Forget MA, Little LD, Gumbs C, Thornton RL, Hudgens CW, Chen WS, Austin-Breneman J, Sloane RS, Nezi L, Cogdill AP, Bernatchez C, Roszik J, Hwu P, Woodman SE, Chin L, Tawbi H, Davies MA, Gershenwald JE, Amaria RN, Glitza IC, Diab A, Patel SP, Hu J, Lee JE, Grimm EA, Tetzlaff MT, Lazar AJ, Wistuba II, Clise-Dwyer K, Carter BW, Zhang J, Futreal PA, Sharma P, Allison JP, Cooper ZA, Wargo JA. Genomic and immune heterogeneity are associated with differential responses to therapy in melanoma. NPJ Genom Med 2, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28819565.
18. Cohen JV, Tawbi H, Margolin KA, Amravadi R, Bosenberg M, Brastianos PK, Chiang VL, de Groot J, Glitza IC, Herlyn M, Holmen SL, Jilaveanu LB, Lassman A, Moschos S, Postow MA, Thomas R, Tsiouris JA, Wen P, White RM, Turnham T, Davies MA, Kluger HM. Melanoma Central Nervous System Metastases: Current Approaches, Challenges, and Opportunities. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 29(6):627-642, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27615400.
19. Cohen JV, Tawbi H, Margolin KA, Amravadi R, Bosenberg M, Brastianos PK, Chiang VL, de Groot J, Glitza IC, Herlyn M, Holmen SL, Jilaveanu JB, Lassman A, Moschos S, Postow MA, THomas R, Tsiouris JA, Wen P, White RM, Turnham T, Davies MA, Kluger HM. Melanoma central nervous system metastases: current approaches, challenges, and opportunities. Pigment Cell Melanoma Research, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
20. Jour G, Glitza IC, Ellis RM, Torres-Cabala CA, Tetzlaff MT, Li JY, Nagarajan P, Huen A, Aung PP, Ivan D, Drucker CR, Prieto VG, Rapini RP, Patel A, Curry JL. Autoimmune Dermatologic Toxicities from Immune Checkpoint Blockade with anti-PD-1 Antibody Therapy: A Report on Bullous Skin Eruptions. J Cutan Pathol 43(8):688-96, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27086658.
21. Chen G, McQuade JL, Panka DJ, Hudgens CW, Amin-Mansour A, Mu XJ, Bahl S, Jané-Valbuena J, Wani KM, Reuben A, Creasy CA, Jiang H, Cooper ZA, Roszik J, Bassett RL, Joon AY, Simpson LM, Mouton RD, Glitza IC, Patel SP, Hwu WJ, Amaria RN, Diab A, Hwu P, Lazar AJ, Wargo JA, Garraway LA, Tetzlaff MT, Sullivan RJ, Kim KB, Davies MA. Clinical, Molecular, and Immune Analysis of Dabrafenib-Trametinib Combination Treatment for BRAF Inhibitor-Refractory Metastatic Melanoma: A Phase 2 Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol 2(8):1056-64, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27124486.
22. Chen PL, Roh W, Reuben A, Cooper ZA, Spencer CN, Prieto PA, Miller JP, Bassett RL, Gopalakrishnan V, Wani K, De Macedo MP, Austin-Breneman JL, Jiang H, Chang Q, Reddy SM, Chen WS, Tetzlaff MT, Broaddus RJ, Davies MA, Gershenwald JE, Haydu L, Lazar AJ, Patel SP, Hwu P, Hwu WJ, Diab A, Glitza IC, Woodman SE, Vence LM, Wistuba II, Amaria RN, Kwong LN, Prieto V, Davis RE, Ma W, Overwijk WW, Sharpe AH, Hu J, Futreal PA, Blando J, Sharma P, Allison JP, Chin L, Wargo JA. Analysis of immune signatures in longitudinal tumor samples yields insight into biomarkers of response and mechanisms of resistance to immune checkpoint blockade. Cancer Discov 6(8):827-37, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27301722.
23. Cooper ZA, Reuben A, Spencer CN, Prieto PA, Austin-Breneman JL, Jiang H, Haymaker C, Gopalakrishnan V, Tetzlaff MT, Frederick DT, Sullivan RJ, Amaria RN, Patel SP, Hwu P, Woodman SE, Glitza IC, Diab A, Vence LM, Rodriguez-Canales J, Parra ER, Wistuba II, Coussens LM, Sharpe AH, Flaherty KT, Gershenwald JE, Chin L, Davies MA, Clise-Dwyer K, Allison JP, Sharma P, Wargo JA. Distinct clinical patterns and immune infiltrates are observed at time of progression on targeted therapy versus immune checkpoint blockade for melanoma. Oncoimmunology 5(3):e1136044, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27141370.
24. Peng W, Chen JQ, Liu C, Malu S, Creasy C, Tetzlaff MT, Xu C, McKenzie JA, Zhang C, Liang X, Williams LJ, Deng W, Chen G, Mbofung R, Lazar AJ, Torres-Cabala CA, Cooper ZA, Chen PL, Tieu TN, Spranger S, Yu X, Bernatchez C, Forget MA, Haymaker C, Amaria R, McQuade JL, Glitza IC, Cascone T, Li HS, Kwong LN, Heffernan TP, Hu J, Bassett RL, Bosenberg MW, Woodman SE, Overwijk WW, Lizée G, Roszik J, Gajewski TF, Wargo JA, Gershenwald JE, Radvanyi L, Davies MA, Hwu P. Loss of PTEN promotes resistance to T cell-mediated immunotherapy. Cancer Discov 6(2):202-16, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26645196.
25. Zachary A. Cooper, Alexandre Reuben, Christine N. Spencer, Peter A. Prieto, Jacob L. Austin-Breneman, Hong Jiang, Cara Haymaker, Vancheswaran Gopalakrishnan, Michael T. Tetzlaff, Dennie T. Frederick, Ryan J. Sullivan, Rodabe N. Amaria, Sapna P. Patel, Patrick Hwu, Scott E. Woodman, Isabella C. Glitza, Adi Diab, Luis M. Vence, Jaime Rodriguez-Canales, Edwin R. Parra, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Lisa M. Coussens, Arlene H. Sharpe, Keith T. Flaherty, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Lynda Chin, Michael A. Davies, Karen Clise-Dwyer, James P. Allison, Padmanee Sharma & Jennifer A. Wargo. Distinct clinical patterns and immune infiltrates are observed at time of progression on targeted therapy versus immune checkpoint blockade for melanoma. OncoImmunology, 2016.
26. Glitza IC, Haymaker C, Bernatchez C, Vence L, Rohlfs M, Richard J, Lacey C, Mansaray R, Fulbright OJ, Ramachandran R, Toth C, Wardell S, Patel SP, Woodman SE, Hwu WJ, Radvanyi LG, Davies MA, Papadopoulos NE, Hwu P. Intrathecal administration of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes is well tolerated in a patient with leptomeningeal disease from metastatic melanoma: A case report. Cancer Immunol Res 3(11):1201-6, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26216417.
27. Glitza IC, Lu G, Shah R, Bashir Q, Shah N, Champlin RE, Shah J, Orlowski RZ, Qazilbash MH. Chromosome 8q24.1/c-MYC Abnormality: A Marker for High-Risk Myeloma. Leuk Lymphoma 56(3):1-18, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24844357.
28. Glitza IC, Davies MA. Genotyping of cutaneous melanoma. Chin Clin Oncol 3(3):1-16, 2014. PMID: 25632386.
29. Lu G, Muddasani R, Orlowski RZ, Abruzzo LV, Qazilbash MH, You MJ, Wang Y, Zhao M, Chen S, Glitza IC, Medeiros LJ. Plasma cell enrichment enhances detection of high-risk cytogenomic abnormalities by fluorescence in situ hybridization and improves risk stratification of patients with plasma cell neoplasms. Arch Pathol Lab Med 137(5):625-31, 2013. PMID: 23627452.
30. Hui D, Glitza I, Chisholm G, Yennu S, Bruera E. Attrition rates, reasons, and predictive factors in supportive care and palliative oncology clinical trials. Cancer 119(5):1098-105, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23132290.
31. Glitza IC, Ehrhard I, Müller-Pebody B, Reintjes R, Breuer T, Ammon A, Sonntag HG. Longitudinal study of meningococcal carrier rates in teenagers. Int J Hyg Environ Health 211(3-4):263-72, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17981083.
32. Chen WS, Tetzlaff MT, Diwan H, Jahan-Tigh R, Diab A, Nelson K, Glitza IC, Kaunitz GJ, Johnson D, Torres-Cabala C, Pacha O, Taube JM, Maloney K, Prieto VG, Curry JL. Suprabasal acantholytic dermatologic toxicities associated checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A spectrum of immune reactions from paraneoplastic pemphigus-like to Grover-like lesions. J Cutan Pathol. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29943453.
33. Ferguson SD, Zheng S, Xiu J, Zhou S, Khasraw M, Brastianos PK, Kesari S, Hu J, Rudnick J, Salacz ME, Piccioni D, Huang S, Davies MA, Glitza IC, Heymach JV, Zhang J, Ibrahim NK, DeGroot JF, McCarty J, O'Brien BJ, Sawaya R, Verhaak RGW, Reddy SK, Priebe W, Gatalica Z, Spetzler D, Heimberger AB. Profiles of Brain Metastases: Prioritization of Therapeutic Targets. Int J Cancer. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29923182.
34. Forget MA, Haymaker C, Hess KR, Meng YJ, Creasy C, Karpinets T, Fulbright OJ, Roszik J, Woodman SE, Kim YU, Sakellariou-Thompson D, Bhatta A, Wahl A, Flores E, Thorsen ST, Tavera RJ, Ramachandran R, Gonzalez AM, Toth CL, Wardell S, Mansaray R, Patel V, Carpio DJ, Vaughn C, Farinas CM, Velasquez PG, Hwu WJ, Patel SP, Davies MA, Diab A, Glitza IC, Tawbi H, Wong MK, Cain S, Ross MI, Lee JE, Gershenwald JE, Lucci A, Royal R, Cormier JN, Wargo JA, Radvanyi LG, Torres-Cabala CA, Beroukhim R, Hwu P, Amaria RN, Bernatchez C. Prospective analysis of adoptive TIL therapy in patients with metastatic melanoma: response, impact of anti-CTLA4, and biomarkers to predict clinical outcome. Clin Cancer Res. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29848573.

Abstracts

1. Glitza IC, Tawbi H, Davies MA. Melanoma Brain Metastases: Current Areas of Investigation and Future Directions. Cancer Journal, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
2. McQuade J, Guo C, Panka D, Reuben A, Bassett R, Joon a, Lazar A, Tetzlaff M, Simpson L, Mouton R, Glitza IC, Patel S, Hwu WJ, Amara R, Diab A, Hwu P, Wargo JA, Sullivan R, Kim K, Davies M,. Phase II study of dabrafenib (D) and trametinib (T) following progression on BRAF inhibitor (BRAFi): clinical and molecular predictors of response. Society for Melanoma Research, 2015.
3. Kim DW, Haymaker C, McQuail N, Sirmans E, Spencer C, Glitza IC, Amaria R, Woodman S, Patel S, Davies MA, Yee C, Hwu WJ, Bernatchez C, Wargo JA, Sharma P, Allison J, Hwu P, Tam A, Diab A. Pilot Study of intratumoral cryoablation in combination with systemic checkpoint blockade in patients with metastatic melanoma, 2015.
4. I.C. Glitza M.L. Rohlfs, R. Bassett Jr., I. John, J. Richard, M. Iqbal, T. Bernzen, D.L. Gerber, C. Lacey, A. Diab, R.N. Amaria, S.E. Woodman, S.P. Patel, C. Yee, W.J. Hwu, P. Hwu, N. Papadopoulos, M.A. Davies. Long-term efficacy of intrathecal interleukin‐2 (IT IL2) in metastatic melanoma (MM) patients (pts) with leptomeningeal disease (LMD). ESMO 2015, 2015.
5. Chakravarti N, Glitza IC, Trinh VA, Bassett RL, Hwu WJ, Prieto VG. Biomarker analysis predicts antitumor activity of Ipilimumab therapy in patients with refractory metastatic melanoma. Cancer Research(74), 2014.
6. Glitza IC, Bernatchez C, Bassett RL, Vaugh C, Velasquez P, Diab A, Amaria RN, Yee C, Wood SE, Patel SP, Kim K, Davis MA, Papadopoulos NE, Bedikian AY, Hwu WJ, Radvanyi LG, Hwu P. Treatment with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) in metastatic melanoma and clinical benefit regardless of site of origin, mutation status, or prior checkpoint blockade 32(5s), 2014.
7. Hui D, Glitza I, Chisholm G, Yennu S, Bruera E. Attrition rates, reasons, and predictive factors in supportive care and palliative oncology clinical trials. Cancer 119(5):1098-105, 2013.
8. Glitza IC, Conter HJ, Turner R, Reddy S, Bruera E. Opinions of Nurses on the application and implications of DNR/DNI orders. ESMO 23(Supplement 9), 2012.
9. Kim DW, Haymaker C, Perdon K, Amaria R, McQuail N, Fa'ak F, Spencer CN, Sirmans E, Glitza IC, Wargo JA, Woodman S, Patel S, Davies M, Hwu WJ, Bernatchez C, Hwu P, Diab A. Phase II trial of nab-paclitaxel (ABI) plus ipilimumab (ipi) in patients with metastatic melanoma (MM). Society for Melanoma Research. e-Pub 2015.

Book Chapters

1. Glitza IC, Heimberger Amy, Sulman Erik, Davies MA. Prognostic Factors for Survival in Melanoma Patients with Brain Metastases. In: Brain Metastases from Primary Tumors, 2016.
2. Glitza IC, Kim DW, Chae YK, Kim KB. Targeted Therapy in Melanoma. In: Cancer Genetics. Springer: New York, 2016.
3. Glitza IC, Varadhachary GR. Special Issues in Hematology and Oncology. In: Cancer Consult: Expertise for Clinical Practice. Wiley-Blackwell, 817-821, 2014.
4. Berger JR, Glitza IC. In: Clinical Neurovirology. Marcel Dekker, Inc, 2003.