Dr Robert Weinkove

Brown JR, Eichhorst B, Hillmen P, Jurczak W, Kaźmierczak M, Lamanna N, O'Brien SM, Tam CS, Qiu L, Zhou K, Simkovic M, Mayer J, Gillespie-Twardy A, Ferrajoli A, Ganly PS, Weinkove R, Grosicki S, Mital A, Robak T, Osterborg A, Yimer HA, Salmi T, Wang MD, Fu L, Li J, Wu K, Cohen A, Shadman M (2022). Zanubrutinib or Ibrutinib in Relapsed or Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. N Engl J Med. 388(4):319-332

Hillmen P, Eichhorst B, Brown JR, Lamanna N, O'Brien SM, Tam CS, Qiu L, Kazmierczak M, Zhou K, Šimkovič M, Mayer J, Gillespie-Twardy A, Shadman M, Ferrajoli A, Ganly PS, Weinkove R, Grosicki S, Mital A, Robak T, Österborg A, Yimer HA, Salmi T, Ji M, Yecies J, Idoine A, Wu K, Huang J, Jurczak W (2022). Zanubrutinib Versus Ibrutinib in Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma: Interim Analysis of a Randomized Phase III Trial. J Clin Oncol. 41(5):1035-1045

Mulligan SP, Opat S, Cheah CY, Kuss B, Hertzberg M, Marlton P, Poplar S, Puig A, McGeachie M, Weinkove R, Tam CS (2022). Real-world experience of Australian and New Zealand patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma accessing ibrutinib through a Named Patient Program. Leuk Lymphoma. 2022 Nov 24:1-7

Hillmen P, Eichhorst B, Brown JR, Lamanna N, O'Brien SM, Tam CS, Qiu L, Kazmierczak M, Zhou K, Šimkovič M, Mayer J, Gillespie-Twardy A, Shadman M, Ferrajoli A, Ganly PS, Weinkove R, Grosicki S, Mital A, Robak T, Österborg A, Yimer HA, Salmi T, Ji M, Yecies J, Idoine A, Wu K, Huang J, Jurczak W (2022). Zanubrutinib Versus Ibrutinib in Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma: Interim Analysis of a Randomized Phase III Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Nov 17

Perram J, Purtill D, Bajel A, Butler J, O'Brien T, The B, Gilroy N, Ho PJ, Doocey R, Hills T, Perera T, Douglas G, Ramachadran S, Chee L, Trotman J, Weinkove R, Keogh S, Fraser C, Cochrane T, Watson AM, Diamond P, Latimer M, Irving I, Blyth E, Cheah C, Cole T, Milliken S, Yang H, Greenwood M, Bardy P, Kennedy G, Larsen S, Conyers R, Hamad N (2022). ANZTCT Position Statement: COVID-19 Management in Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant and Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell Patients. Intern Med J. 2022 Nov 13

Qin L, Cui Y, Yuan T, Chen D, Zhao R, Li S, Jiang Z, Wu Q, Long Y, Wang S, Tang Z, Pan H, Li X, Wei W, Yang J, Luo X, Zhang Z, Tang Q, Liu P, Weinkove R, Yao Y, Qin D, Thiery JP, Li P (2022). Co-expression of a PD-L1-specific chimeric switch receptor augments the efficacy and persistence of CAR T cells via the CD70-CD27 axis. Nat Commun. 13(1):6051

Brown JR, Hillmen P, Eichhorst B, Lamanna N, O'Brien S, Tam CS, Qiu L, Kazmierczak M, Zhou K, Šimkovič M, Mayer J, Gillespie-Twardy A, Shadman M, Ferrajoli A, Ganly PS, Weinkove R, Salmi T, Wu K, Novotny W, Jurczak W (2022). CLL-115 First Interim Analysis of ALPINE Study: Results of a Phase 3 Randomized Study of Zanubrutinib vs Ibrutinib in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (CLL/SLL). Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 22 Suppl 2:S266

Chai KL, Wong JWK, Weinkove R, Keegan A, Crispin PJ, Stanworth SJ, Morrissey O, Wood EM, McQuilten Z (2022). Interventions to reduce infections in patients with hematological malignancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Blood Adv. 2022 Jul 26

Burn OK, Farrand K, Pritchard T, Draper S, Tang CW, Mooney AH, Schmidt AJ, Yang SH, Williams GM, Brimble MA, Kandasamy M, Marshall AJ, Clarke K, Painter GF, Hermans IF, Weinkove R (2022). Glycolipid-peptide conjugate vaccines elicit CD8+ T-cell responses and prevent breast cancer metastasis. Clin Transl Immunology. 11(7):e1401

Jiang Z, Qin L, Tang Y, Liao R, Shi J, He B, Li S, Zheng D, Cui Y, Wu Q, Long Y, Yao Y, Wei Z, Hong Q, Wu Y, Mai Y, Gou S, Li X, Weinkove R, Norton S, Luo W, Feng W, Zhou H, Liu Q, Chen J, Lai L, Chen X, Pei D, Graf T, Liu X, Li Y, Liu P, Zhang Z, Li P (2022). Human induced-T-to-natural killer cells have potent anti-tumour activities. Biomark Res. 10(1):13

Fernando SS, Paige EK, Dendle C, Weinkove R, Kong DCM, Omond P, Routledge DJ, Szer J, Blyth CC; Australasian Antifungal Guidelines Steering Committee (2021). Consensus guidelines for improving patients' understanding of invasive fungal disease and related risk prevention in the haematology/oncology setting, 2021. Intern Med J. 51 Suppl 7:220-233

McQuilten ZK, Busija L, Seymour JF, Stanworth S, Wood EM, Kenealy M, Weinkove R; Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG) (2021). Hemoglobin is a key determinant of quality of life before and during azacitidine-based therapy for myelodysplasia and low blast count acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma. 63(3):676-683

Nouri Y, Weinkove R, Perret R (2021). T-cell intrinsic Toll-like receptor signaling: implications for cancer immunotherapy and CAR T-cells. J Immunother Cancer. 9(11):e003065

Jarvis E-M, Collings S, Authier-Hall A, Dasyam N, Luey B, Nacey J, Painter GF, Delahunt B, Hermans IF and Weinkove R (2021). Mucosal-Associated Invariant T (MAIT) Cell Dysfunction and PD-1 Expression in Prostate Cancer: Implications for Immunotherapy. Front. Immunol. 12:748741

Cochrane T, Enrico A, Gomez-Almaguer D, Hadjiev E, Lech-Maranda E, Masszi T, Nikitin E, Robak T, Weinkove R, Wu SJ, Sail KR, Pesko J, Pai M, Komlosi V, Anderson MA (2021). Impact of venetoclax monotherapy on the quality of life of patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia: results from the phase 3b VENICE II trial. Leuk Lymphoma. 1-11

Weinkove R, George P, Ruka M, Haira TH, Giunti G (2021). Chimeric antigen receptor T-cells in New Zealand: challenges and opportunities. N Z Med J. 134(1542):96-108

Di Ciaccio P, McCaughan G, Trotman J, Ho PJ, Cheah CY, Gangatharan S, Wight J, Ku M, Quach H, Gasiorowski R, Polizzotto MN, Prince HM, Mulligan S, Tam CS, Gregory G, Hapgood G, Spencer A, Dickinson M, Latimer M, Johnston A, Armytage T, Lee C, Cochrane T, Berkhahn L, Weinkove R, Doocey R, Harrison SJ, Webber N, Lee HP, Chapman S, Campbell BA, Gibbs SDJ, Hamad N (2020). Australian and New Zealand consensus statement on the management of lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and myeloma during the COVID-19 pandemic. Intern Med J.

Weinkove R, McQuilten ZK, Adler J, Agar MR, Blyth E, Cheng AC, Conyers R, Haeusler GM, Hardie C, Jackson C, Lane SW, Middlemiss T, Mollee P, Mulligan SP, Ritchie D, Ruka M, Solomon B, Szer J, Thursky KA, Wood EM, Worth LJ, Yong MK, Slavin MA, Teh BW (2020). Managing haematology and oncology patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: interim consensus guidance. Med J Aust. 2020

George P, Brown A, Weinkove R (2020). B-cell Prolymphocytic Leukaemia With a t(4;14) FGFR3/IGH Translocation: Response to Ibrutinib. Pathology. 52(4):491-492.

Grasso C, Field CS, Tang CW, Ferguson PM, J Compton B, Anderson RJ, Painter GF, Weinkove R, F Hermans I, Berridge MV (2020). Vaccines adjuvanted with an NKT cell agonist induce effective T-cell responses in models of CNS lymphoma. Immunotherapy.

Dasyam N, George P, Weinkove R (2020). Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies: Optimising the dose. Br J Clin Pharmacol.

George P, Dasyam N, Giunti G, Mester B, Bauer E, Andrews B, Perera T, Ostapowicz T, Frampton C, Li P, Ritchie D, Bollard CM, Hermans IF, Weinkove R (2020). Third-generation anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cells incorporating a TLR2 domain for relapsed or refractory B-cell lymphoma: a phase I clinical trial protocol (ENABLE). BMJ Open.10(2):e034629 

Stanworth SJ, Killick S, McQuilten ZK, Karakantza M, Weinkove R, Smethurst H, Pankhurst LA, Hodge RL, Hopkins V, Thomas HL, Deary AJ, Callum J, Lin Y, Wood EM, Buckstein R, Bowen D; REDDS Investigators (2020). Red cell transfusion in outpatients with myelodysplastic syndromes: a feasibility and exploratory randomised trial. Br J Haematol. 189(2):279-290 

Weng J, Lai P, Qin L, Lai Y, Jiang Z, Luo C, Huang X, Wu S, Shao D, Deng C, Huang L, Lu Z, Zhou M, Zeng L, Chen D, Wang Y, Chen X, Geng S, Weinkove R, Tang Z, He C, Li P, Du X (2019). Correction to: A novel generation 1928zT2 CAR T cells induce remission in extramedullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Hematol Oncol. 12(1):117 

Dickinson M, Weinkove R (2019). Maintaining a fit T-cell compartment: lymphoma treatment sequencing in the era of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies. Intern Med J. 49(10):1338 

Compton BJ, Farrand KJ, Tang CW, Osmond TL, Speir M, Authier-Hall A, Wang J, Ferguson PM, Chan STS, Anderson RJ, Cooney TR, Hayman CM, Williams GM, Brimble MA, Brooks CR, Yong LK, Metelitsa LS, Zajonc DM, Godfrey DI, Gasser O, Weinkove R, Painter GF, Hermans IF (2019) Enhancing T cell responses and tumour immunity by vaccination with peptides conjugated to a weak NKT cell agonist. Org & Biomol Chem 17(5):1225-1237

Wong J, Wood EM, Crispin P, Weinkove R, McQuilten ZK; Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG) Supportive Care Group (2019) Managing hypogammaglobulinaemia secondary to haematological malignancies in Australia and New Zealand: a clinician survey. Intern Med J49(3):358-363

Fischer K, Al-Sawaf O, Bahlo J, Fink AM, Tandon M, Dixon M, Robrecht S, Warburton S, Humphrey K, Samoylova O, Liberati AM, Pinilla-Ibarz J, Opat S, Sivcheva L, Le Dû K, Fogliatto LM, Niemann CU, Weinkove R, Robinson S, Kipps TJ, Boettcher S, Tausch E, Humerickhouse R, Eichhorst B, Wendtner CM, Langerak AW, Kreuzer KA, Ritgen M, Goede V, Stilgenbauer S, Mobasher M, Hallek M (2019) Venetoclax and Obinutuzumab in Patients with CLL and Coexisting Conditions. N Engl J Med 380(23):2225-2236

Weinkove R, George P, Dasyam N, McLellan AD (2019) Selecting costimulatory domains for chimeric antigen receptors: functional and clinical considerations. Clin Transl Immunology 8(5):e1049

Weinkove R, Bowden E, Wood C, Campion V, Carter J, Hall R, Weatherall M, Beasley R, Young P (2019) A randomized controlled feasibility trial of paracetamol during febrile neutropenia in hemato-oncology patients. Leukemia & Lymphoma 1-8 60(6):1540-1547

Wheeler M, White G, Brockie S, Dickson M, Weinkove R (2018) Flow Cytometric Analysis of Mechanically Disaggregated Bone Marrow Trephine Biopsies. Cytometry B Clin Cytom94(6):935-940

Weng J, Peilong L, Le Q, Yunxin L, Zhiwu J, Chenwei L, Xin H, Suijin W, Shao D, Chengxin D, Lisi H, Zesheng L,  Maohua Z, Lingji Z, Dongmei C, Yulian W, Xiaomei C, Suxia G, Weinkove R, Zhaoyang T, Chang H,  Peng L, Xin D (2018) A novel generation 1928zT2 CAR T cells induce remission in extramedullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Hemat Oncol 11(1):25

Gasser O, Sharples KJ, barrow C, Williams GM, Bauer E, Wood CE, Mester B, Dzhelali M, Caygill G, Jones J, Haman CM, Hinder VA, Macapagal J, McCuster M, Weinkove R, Painter GF, Brimble MA, Findlay MP, Dunbar PR, Hermans IF (2018) A phase I vaccination study with dendritic cells loaded with NY-ESO-1 & a-galactosylceramide: induction of polyfunctional T cells in high risk melanoma patients.Cancer Immunol Immunother 67(2):285-298

Speir M, Authier-Hall A, Brooks CR, Farrand KJ, Compton BJ, Anderson RJ, Heiser A, Osmond TL, Tang CW, Berzofsky JA, Terabe M, Painter GF, Hermans IF, Weinkove R (2017) Glycolipid-peptide conjugate vaccines enhance CD8+ T cell responses against human viral proteins. Scientific Reports7:14273

Lucas N, Humble M, Sim D, Balm M, Carter JM and Weinkove R (2017) Temporal changes in neutropenic blood culture isolates: and disease associations: a single centre series of 1139 episodes. Int Med J 47(8):962-965

Speir, M., Hermans, I.F. and Weinkove, R. (2017) Engaging natural killer T cells as 'universal helpers' for vaccination. Drugs 

Collings S, Thompson O, Hirst E, Goossens L, George A, Weinkove R  (2016) Non-Invasive Detection of Anaemia Using Digital Photographs of the Conjunctiva. PLoS One