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April F. Eichler, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital
Phone: (617) 724-8770
Fax: (617) 724-8769

April F. Eichler, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Assistant Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School
  • Assistant in Neurology, Neuro-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital

DF/HCC PROGRAM AFFILIATION

Research Abstract

My research will focus on designing clinical trials to test novel therapeutic agents in metastatic brain tumors. I will also be studying risk factors associated with the development of brain metastases in patients with early and late stage malignancy.

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  • Brastianos PK, Strickland MR, Lee EQ, Wang N, Cohen JV, Chukwueke U, Forst DA, Eichler A, Overmoyer B, Lin NU, Chen WY, Bardia A, Juric D, Dagogo-Jack I, White MD, Dietrich J, Nayyar N, Kim AE, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Mahar M, Mora JL, Nahed BV, Jones PS, Shih HA, Gerstner ER, Giobbie-Hurder A, Carter SL, Oh K, Cahill DP, Sullivan RJ. Phase II study of ipilimumab and nivolumab in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5954. PubMed
  • Dietrich J, Versmee L, Drappatz J, Eichler AF, Nayak L, Norden A, Wong E, Pisapia MR, Jones SS, Gordon AB, Chabner BA, Hochberg F, Batchelor TT. Pemetrexed in Recurrent or Progressive Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Phase I Multicenter Clinical Trial. Oncologist 2020. PubMed
  • Andronesi OC, Esmaeili M, Borra RJH, Emblem K, Gerstner ER, Pinho MC, Plotkin SR, Chi AS, Eichler AF, Dietrich J, Ivy SP, Wen PY, Duda DG, Jain R, Rosen BR, Sorensen GA, Batchelor TT. Early changes in glioblastoma metabolism measured by MR spectroscopic imaging during combination of anti-angiogenic cediranib and chemoradiation therapy are associated with survival. NPJ Precis Oncol 2017. PubMed
  • Ho AL, Koch MJ, Tanaka S, Eichler AF, Batchelor TT, Tanboon J, Louis DN, Cahill DP, Chi AS, Curry WT. Impact of histopathological transformation and overall survival in patients with progressive anaplastic glioma. J Clin Neurosci 2016. PubMed
  • Chheda MG, Wen PY, Hochberg FH, Chi AS, Drappatz J, Eichler AF, Yang D, Beroukhim R, Norden AD, Gerstner ER, Betensky RA, Batchelor TT. Vandetanib plus sirolimus in adults with recurrent glioblastoma: results of a phase I and dose expansion cohort study. J. Neurooncol. 2015. PubMed
  • Panageas KS, Reiner AS, Iwamoto FM, Cloughesy TF, Aldape KD, Rivera AL, Eichler AF, Louis DN, Paleologos NA, Fisher BJ, Ashby LS, Cairncross JG, Urgoiti GB, Wen PY, Ligon KL, Schiff D, Robins HI, Rocque BG, Chamberlain MC, Mason WP, Weaver SA, Green RM, Kamar FG, Abrey LE, DeAngelis LM, Jhanwar SC, Rosenblum MK, Lassman AB. Recursive partitioning analysis of prognostic variables in newly diagnosed anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors. 2014; 16:1541-6. PubMed
  • Batchelor TT, Gerstner ER, Emblem KE, Duda DG, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Snuderl M, Ancukiewicz M, Polaskova P, Pinho MC, Jennings D, Plotkin SR, Chi AS, Eichler AF, Dietrich J, Hochberg FH, Lu-Emerson C, Iafrate AJ, Ivy SP, Rosen BR, Loeffler JS, Wen PY, Sorensen AG, Jain RK. Improved tumor oxygenation and survival in glioblastoma patients who show increased blood perfusion after cediranib and chemoradiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:19059-64. PubMed
  • Lin NU, Freedman RA, Ramakrishna N, Younger J, Storniolo AM, Bellon JR, Come SE, Gelman RS, Harris GJ, Henderson MA, Macdonald SM, Mahadevan A, Eisenberg E, Ligibel JA, Mayer EL, Moy B, Eichler AF, Winer EP. A phase I study of lapatinib with whole brain radiotherapy in patients with Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer brain metastases. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2013; 142:405-14. PubMed
  • Lu-Emerson C, Snuderl M, Kirkpatrick ND, Goveia J, Davidson C, Huang Y, Riedemann L, Taylor J, Ivy P, Duda DG, Ancukiewicz M, Plotkin SR, Chi AS, Gerstner ER, Eichler AF, Dietrich J, Stemmer-Rachamimov AO, Batchelor TT, Jain RK. Increase in tumor-associated macrophages after antiangiogenic therapy is associated with poor survival among patients with recurrent glioblastoma. 2013; 15:1079-87. PubMed
  • Drappatz J, Brenner A, Wong ET, Eichler A, Schiff D, Groves MD, Mikkelsen T, Rosenfeld S, Sarantopoulos J, Meyers CA, Fielding RM, Elian K, Wang X, Lawrence B, Shing M, Kelsey S, Castaigne JP, Wen PY. Phase I study of GRN1005 in recurrent malignant glioma. Clin Cancer Res 2013; 19:1567-76. PubMed
  • Volandes AE, Paasche-Orlow MK, Mitchell SL, El-Jawahri A, Davis AD, Barry MJ, Hartshorn KL, Jackson VA, Gillick MR, Walker-Corkery ES, Chang Y, López L, Kemeny M, Bulone L, Mann E, Misra S, Peachey M, Abbo ED, Eichler AF, Epstein AS, Noy A, Levin TT, Temel JS. Randomized controlled trial of a video decision support tool for cardiopulmonary resuscitation decision making in advanced cancer. J Clin Oncol 2013; 31:380-6. PubMed
  • Kodack DP, Chung E, Yamashita H, Incio J, Duyverman AM, Song Y, Farrar CT, Huang Y, Ager E, Kamoun W, Goel S, Snuderl M, Lussiez A, Hiddingh L, Mahmood S, Tannous BA, Eichler AF, Fukumura D, Engelman JA, Jain RK. Combined targeting of HER2 and VEGFR2 for effective treatment of HER2-amplified breast cancer brain metastases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:E3119-27. PubMed
  • Panageas KS, Iwamoto FM, Cloughesy TF, Aldape KD, Rivera AL, Eichler AF, Louis DN, Paleologos NA, Fisher BJ, Ashby LS, Cairncross JG, Roldán Urgoiti GB, Wen PY, Ligon KL, Schiff D, Robins HI, Rocque BG, Chamberlain MC, Mason WP, Weaver SA, Green RM, Kamar FG, Abrey LE, Deangelis LM, Jhanwar SC, Rosenblum MK, Lassman AB. Initial treatment patterns over time for anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors. 2012; 14:761-7. PubMed
  • Eichler AF, Kahle KT, Wang DL, Joshi VA, Willers H, Engelman JA, Lynch TJ, Sequist LV. EGFR mutation status and survival after diagnosis of brain metastasis in nonsmall cell lung cancer. 2010; 12:1193-9. PubMed
  • Gerstner ER, Eichler AF, Plotkin SR, Drappatz J, Doyle CL, Xu L, Duda DG, Wen PY, Jain RK, Batchelor TT. Phase I trial with biomarker studies of vatalanib (PTK787) in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma treated with enzyme inducing anti-epileptic drugs and standard radiation and temozolomide. J. Neurooncol. 2010. PubMed
  • Batchelor TT, Duda DG, di Tomaso E, Ancukiewicz M, Plotkin SR, Gerstner E, Eichler AF, Drappatz J, Hochberg FH, Benner T, Louis DN, Cohen KS, Chea H, Exarhopoulos A, Loeffler JS, Moses MA, Ivy P, Sorensen AG, Wen PY, Jain RK. Phase II study of cediranib, an oral pan-vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:2817-23. PubMed
  • El-Jawahri A, Podgurski LM, Eichler AF, Plotkin SR, Temel JS, Mitchell SL, Chang Y, Barry MJ, Volandes AE. Use of video to facilitate end-of-life discussions with patients with cancer: a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:305-10. PubMed
  • Eichler AF, Lamont EB. Utility of administrative claims data for the study of brain metastases: a validation study. J. Neurooncol. 2009; 95:427-31. PubMed
  • Costello DJ, Eichler AF, Eichler FS. Leukodystrophies: classification, diagnosis, and treatment. Neurologist 2009; 15:319-28. PubMed
  • Snuderl M, Eichler AF, Ligon KL, Vu QU, Silver M, Betensky RA, Ligon AH, Wen PY, Louis DN, Iafrate AJ. Polysomy for chromosomes 1 and 19 predicts earlier recurrence in anaplastic oligodendrogliomas with concurrent 1p/19q loss. Clin Cancer Res 2009; 15:6430-7. PubMed
  • Eichler AF,Plotkin SR. Brain metastases. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2008; 10:308-14. PubMed
  • Eichler AF, Kuter I, Ryan P, Schapira L, Younger J, Henson JW. Survival in patients with brain metastases from breast cancer: the importance of HER-2 status. Cancer 2008; 112:2359-67. PubMed
  • Eichler AF, Loeffler JS. Multidisciplinary management of brain metastases. Oncologist 2007; 12:884-98. PubMed
  • Eichler AF, Batchelor TT, Henson JW. Diffusion and perfusion imaging in subacute neurotoxicity following high-dose intravenous methotrexate. Neuro-oncol 2007; 9:373-7. PubMed
  • Eichler AF, Batchelor TT. Primary central nervous system lymphoma: presentation, diagnosis and staging. Neurosurg Focus 2006; 21:E15. PubMed
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