Research Summary

My primary research focus is the supportive care aspects of pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), with a goal of decreasing treatment-related morbidity and mortality, especially infections, through clinical trials. I am the past-Chair of the international Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium’s (PBMTC) Supportive Care Strategy Group, where I led individuals in the design of pilot multi-center trials in this field. These trials serve as the basis for the design of larger phase III trials in the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). In the COG, I am the Chair of the Cancer Control & Supportive Care Committee, and serve on the Cellular Therapy Committee, overseeing the design of trials in this field.

I was the national principal investigator on the COG protocol ACCL1131: An Open-Label Phase III Trial of Caspofungin vs. Azole Prophylaxis for Patients at High-Risk for Invasive Fungal Infections Undergoing Allogeneic HCT. I was the national vice-chair for COG ACCL1034: Impact of Cleaning with Chlorhexidine Gluconate on Reducing Central Line Associate Bloodstream Infection and Acquisition of Multi-drug Resistant Organisms. I am the national vice-chair of PBMTC SUP1601: Pathogen Identification in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients with Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection.

Other areas of interest include the optimization of conditioning regimens for young patients undergoing HCT. I was the national principal investigator on another COG trial, ASCT1221: A Randomized Phase II Study Comparing Two Different Conditioning Regimens Prior to Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Children with JMML.

Research Funding

  • September 12, 2009 - August 31, 2024 - Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U54AI082973

Education

University of California at San Diego, BS, 1994, Molecular Biology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, MD, 1998, Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine, Intern, 1999, Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine, Resident, 2001, Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine, Fellow, 2005, Hematology/Oncology

Honors & Awards

  • 1990-1994
    Regents Scholar, University of California at San Diego
  • 2002-2005
    Arline & Pete Harman Pediatric Fellow, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
  • 2011
    Pediatric Faculty Leadership Award, UCSF Fellow's College

Selected Publications

  1. Gale RP, Hinterberger W, Young NS, Gennery AR, Dvorak CC, Hebert KM, Heim M, Broglie L, Eapen M. What causes aplastic anaemia? Leukemia. 2023 Apr 27.  View on PubMed
  2. Knight TE, Ahn KW, Hebert KM, Atshan R, Wall DA, Chiengthong K, Rotz SJ, Fraint E, Rangarajan HG, Auletta JJ, Sharma A, Kitko CL, Hashem H, Williams KM, Wirk B, Dvorak CC, Myers KC, Pulsipher MA, Warwick AB, Lalefar NR, Schultz KR, Qayed M, Broglie L, Eapen M, Yanik GA. Effect of Autograft CD34+ Dose on Outcome in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Central Nervous System Tumors. Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 Mar 27.  View on PubMed
  3. Frederick NN, Klosky JL, Meacham L, Quinn GP, Kelvin JF, Cherven B, Freyer DR, Dvorak CC, Brackett J, Ahmed-Winston S, Bryson E, Su HI, Chow EJ, Levine J. Fertility Preservation Practices at Pediatric Oncology Institutions in the United States: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 Apr; 19(4):e550-e558.  View on PubMed
  4. Gale R, Hinterberger W, Young NS, Gennery A, Dvorak C, Hebert K, Heim M, Broglie L, Eapen M. What Causes Aplastic Anaemia: Results of Transplants from Genetically-Identical Twins. Res Sq. 2023 Feb 03.  View on PubMed
  5. Cowan MJ, Yu J, Facchino J, Fraser-Browne C, Sanford U, Kawahara M, Dara J, Long-Boyle J, Oh J, Chan W, Chag S, Broderick L, Chellapandian D, Decaluwe H, Golski C, Hu D, Kuo CY, Miller HK, Petrovic A, Currier R, Hilton JF, Punwani D, Dvorak CC, Malech HL, McIvor RS, Puck JM. Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Artemis-Deficient SCID. N Engl J Med. 2022 Dec 22; 387(25):2344-2355.  View on PubMed
  6. Pulsipher MA, Ahn KW, Bunin NJ, Lalefar N, Anderson E, Flower A, Cairo MS, Talano JA, Chaudhury S, Kitko CL, Duke JL, Monos D, Leung W, Dvorak CC, Abdel-Azim H. KIR-favorable TCR-αβ/CD19-depleted haploidentical HCT in children with ALL/AML/MDS: primary analysis of the PTCTC ONC1401 trial. Blood. 2022 12 15; 140(24):2556-2572.  View on PubMed
  7. Forlanini F, Chan A, Dara J, Dvorak CC, Cowan MJ, Puck JM, Dorsey MJ. Impact of Genetic Diagnosis on the Outcome of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders. J Clin Immunol. 2023 04; 43(3):636-646.  View on PubMed
  8. Dvorak CC, Haddad E, Heimall J, Dunn E, Buckley RH, Kohn DB, Cowan MJ, Pai SY, Griffith LM, Cuvelier GDE, Eissa H, Shah AJ, O'Reilly RJ, Pulsipher MA, Wright NAM, Abraham RS, Satter LF, Notarangelo LD, Puck JM. The diagnosis of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID): The Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC) 2022 Definitions. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 02; 151(2):539-546.  View on PubMed
  9. Dvorak CC, Haddad E, Heimall J, Dunn E, Cowan MJ, Pai SY, Kapoor N, Satter LF, Buckley RH, O'Reilly RJ, Chandra S, Bednarski JJ, Williams O, Rayes A, Moore TB, Ebens CL, Davila Saldana BJ, Petrovic A, Chellapandian D, Cuvelier GDE, Vander Lugt MT, Caywood EH, Chandrakasan S, Eissa H, Goldman FD, Shereck E, Aquino VM, Desantes KB, Madden LM, Miller HK, Yu L, Broglie L, Gillio A, Shah AJ, Knutsen AP, Andolina JP, Joshi AY, Szabolcs P, Kapadia M, Martinez CA, Parrot RE, Sullivan KE, Prockop SE, Abraham RS, Thakar MS, Leiding JW, Kohn DB, Pulsipher MA, Griffith LM, Notarangelo LD, Puck JM. The diagnosis of severe combined immunodeficiency: Implementation of the PIDTC 2022 Definitions. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 02; 151(2):547-555.e5.  View on PubMed
  10. Brooks JT, Solans BP, Lu Y, Kharbanda S, Dvorak CC, Lalefar N, Long S, Gupta AO, Horn B, Lamba JK, Huang L, Apsel-Winger B, Keizer RJ, Savic R, Long-Boyle J. Prospective Validation and Refinement of a Population Pharmacokinetic Model of Fludarabine in Children and Young Adults Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Pharmaceutics. 2022 Nov 15; 14(11).  View on PubMed
  11. Otto WR, Dvorak CC, Boge CLK, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Esbenshade AJ, Nieder ML, Alexander S, Steinbach WJ, Dang H, Villaluna D, Chen L, Skeens M, Zaoutis TE, Sung L, Fisher BT. Prospective Evaluation of the Fungitell® (1→3) Beta-D-Glucan Assay as a Diagnostic Tool for Invasive Fungal Disease in Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 02; 27(1):e14399.  View on PubMed
  12. Cuvelier GDE, Logan BR, Prockop SE, Buckley RH, Kuo CY, Griffith LM, Liu X, Yip A, Hershfield MS, Ayoub PG, Moore TB, Dorsey MJ, O'Reilly RJ, Kapoor N, Pai SY, Kapadia M, Ebens CL, Forbes Satter LR, Burroughs LM, Petrovic A, Chellapandian D, Heimall J, Shyr DC, Rayes A, Bednarski JJ, Chandra S, Chandrakasan S, Gillio AP, Madden L, Quigg TC, Caywood EH, Dávila Saldaña BJ, DeSantes K, Eissa H, Goldman FD, Rozmus J, Shah AJ, Vander Lugt MT, Thakar MS, Parrott RE, Martinez C, Leiding JW, Torgerson TR, Pulsipher MA, Notarangelo LD, Cowan MJ, Dvorak CC, Haddad E, Puck JM, Kohn DB. Outcomes following treatment for ADA-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency: a report from the PIDTC. Blood. 2022 08 18; 140(7):685-705.  View on PubMed
  13. Labrosse R, Boufaied I, Bourdin B, Gona S, Randolph HE, Logan BR, Bourbonnais S, Berthe C, Chan W, Buckley RH, Parrott RE, Cuvelier GDE, Kapoor N, Chandra S, Dávila Saldaña BJ, Eissa H, Goldman FD, Heimall J, O'Reilly R, Chaudhury S, Kolb EA, Shenoy S, Griffith LM, Pulsipher M, Kohn DB, Notarangelo LD, Pai SY, Cowan MJ, Dvorak CC, Haddad É, Puck JM, Barreiro LB, Decaluwe H. Aberrant T-cell exhaustion in severe combined immunodeficiency survivors with poor T-cell reconstitution after transplantation. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 01; 151(1):260-271.  View on PubMed
  14. Chehab L, Doody DR, Esbenshade AJ, Guilcher GMT, Dvorak CC, Fisher BT, Mueller BA, Chow EJ, Rossoff J. A Population-Based Study of the Long-Term Risk of Infections Associated With Hospitalization in Childhood Cancer Survivors. J Clin Oncol. 2023 01 10; 41(2):364-372.  View on PubMed
  15. Arnold DE, Chellapandian D, Parikh S, Mallhi K, Marsh RA, Heimall JR, Grossman D, Chitty-Lopez M, Murguia-Favela L, Gennery AR, Boulad F, Arbuckle E, Cowan MJ, Dvorak CC, Griffith LM, Haddad E, Kohn DB, Notarangelo LD, Pai SY, Puck JM, Pulsipher MA, Torgerson T, Kang EM, Malech HL, Leiding JW. Granulocyte Transfusions in Patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation or Gene Therapy. J Clin Immunol. 2022 07; 42(5):1026-1035.  View on PubMed
  16. Miller TP, Marx MZ, Henchen C, DeGroote NP, Jones S, Weiland J, Fisher B, Esbenshade AJ, Aplenc R, Dvorak CC, Fisher BT. Challenges and Barriers to Adverse Event Reporting in Clinical Trials: A Children's Oncology Group Report. J Patient Saf. 2022 Apr 01; 18(3):e672-e679.  View on PubMed
  17. Li S, Dvorak CC, Lu Y, Chan D, Gobburu JVS, Long-Boyle J, Apsel Winger B. Population Pharmacokinetics of Melphalan for Pediatric Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. J Clin Pharmacol. 2022 07; 62(7):873-882.  View on PubMed
  18. Zinter MS, Versluys AB, Lindemans CA, Mayday MY, Reyes G, Sunshine S, Chan M, Fiorino EK, Cancio M, Prevaes S, Sirota M, Matthay MA, Kharbanda S, Dvorak CC, Boelens JJ, DeRisi JL. Pulmonary microbiome and gene expression signatures differentiate lung function in pediatric hematopoietic cell transplant candidates. Sci Transl Med. 2022 03 09; 14(635):eabm8646.  View on PubMed
  19. Higham CS, Shimano KA, Melton A, Kharbanda S, Chu J, Dara J, Winestone LE, Hermiston ML, Huang JN, Dvorak CC. A pilot trial of prophylactic defibrotide to prevent serious thrombotic microangiopathy in high-risk pediatric patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 05; 69(5):e29641.  View on PubMed
  20. Bognàr T, Bartelink IH, Egberts TCG, Rademaker CMA, Versluys AB, Slatter MA, Kletzel M, Nath CE, Cuvelier GDE, Savic RM, Dvorak C, Long-Boyle JR, Cowan MJ, Bittencourt H, Bredius RGM, Güngör T, Shaw PJ, Ansari M, Hassan M, Krajinovic M, Hempel G, Marktel S, Chiesa R, Théoret Y, Lund T, Orchard PJ, Wynn RF, Boelens JJ, Lalmohamed A. Association Between the Magnitude of Intravenous Busulfan Exposure and Development of Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease in Children and Young Adults Undergoing Myeloablative Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 04; 28(4):196-202.  View on PubMed

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