Overview
Background
Dr Keane is a haematologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital and runs the Lymphoma Research Lab at the UQDI in Brisbane. His main research interest is focused on the interface between the tumour microenvironment and the malignant lymphoma cell, with a goal to build an understanding of lymphoma from an immunological and biomarkers perspective. To bridge developments between the clinic and bench-top, the laboratory has a strong emphasis on patient material, which it obtains from international and national clinical collaborators, much being from investigator-led clinical trials.
Lymphomas studied include more common lymphomas such as Hodgkin Lymphoma, Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma and Follicular Lymphoma but his lab has a particular focus on rare lymphomas such as primary central nervous system lymphoma and lymphomas that develop in patients who are immunocompromised.
Dr. Keane has been instrumental in translating work from his lab into multiple immune based clinical trials currently being run across Australia, many in rare and hard to treat lymphomas, where patients have limited treatments available.
The goals of the lab are to directly improve outcomes for all lymphoma patients by performing innovative translational science that not only generates new knowledge and brings new treatments to Australian patients but helps to train the next generation of lymphoma researchers in Australia.
Availability
- Associate Professor Colm Keane is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Business Administration, Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Research interests
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Tumour Immunology
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DLBCL
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Primary CNS Lymphoma
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Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Viral Associated Lymphomas
Works
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2022
Journal Article
CD4 T Cells: the complicated key to unlocking the immune environment of classical Hodgkin Lymphoma
Gandhi, Maher K and Keane, Colm (2022). CD4 T Cells: the complicated key to unlocking the immune environment of classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. Haematologica, 108 (4), 1-3. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281440
2022
Conference Publication
Favezelimab (anti-LAG-3) plus pembrolizumab in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) after anti-PD-1 treatment: An open-label phase 1/2 study
Timmerman, John, Lavie, David, Johnson, Nathalie A., Avigdor, Abraham, Borchmann, Peter, Andreadis, Charalambos, Bazargan, Ali, Gregory, Gareth, Keane, Colm, Inna, Tzoran, Vucinic, Vladan, Zinzani, Pier Luigi, Zhang, Hong, Pillai, Pallavi, Marinello, Patricia and Herrera, Alex Francisco (2022). Favezelimab (anti-LAG-3) plus pembrolizumab in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) after anti-PD-1 treatment: An open-label phase 1/2 study. Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), Electr Network, Jun 03-07, 2022. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
2022
Conference Publication
Favezelimab (anti-LAG-3) plus pembrolizumab in patients with anti-PD-1-naive relapsed or refractory (R/R) classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL): An open-label phase 1/2 study
Johnson, Nathalie A., Lavie, David, Borchmann, Peter, Gregory, Gareth, Herrera, Alex Francisco, Minuk, Leonard, Vucinic, Vladan, Armand, Philippe, Avigdor, Abraham, Gasiorowski, Robin, Herishanu, Yair, Keane, Colm, Kuruvilla, John, Palcza, John, Pillai, Pallavi, Marinello, Patricia and Timmerman, John (2022). Favezelimab (anti-LAG-3) plus pembrolizumab in patients with anti-PD-1-naive relapsed or refractory (R/R) classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL): An open-label phase 1/2 study. Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), Electr Network, Jun 03-07, 2022. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
2021
Journal Article
Intratumoral T‐cell receptor repertoire is predictive of interim PET scan results in patients with diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma treated with rituximab/cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin/prednisolone/vincristine (R‐CHOP) chemoimmunotherapy
Shanavas, Mohamed, Law, Soi‐Cheng, Hertzberg, Mark, Hicks, Rodney J., Seymour, John F., Li, Zhixiu, Merida de Long, Lilia, Nath, Karthik, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Gunawardana, Jay, Gandhi, Maher K. and Keane, Colm (2021). Intratumoral T‐cell receptor repertoire is predictive of interim PET scan results in patients with diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma treated with rituximab/cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin/prednisolone/vincristine (R‐CHOP) chemoimmunotherapy. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 10 (11) e1351, e1351. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1351
2021
Journal Article
Immune system disequilibrium-neutrophils, their extracellular traps, and COVID-19-induced sepsis
Keane, Colm, Coalter, Matthew and Martin-Loeches, Ignacio (2021). Immune system disequilibrium-neutrophils, their extracellular traps, and COVID-19-induced sepsis. Frontiers in Medicine, 8 711397, 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.711397
2021
Journal Article
Targeting Replication Stress Using CHK1 Inhibitor Promotes Innate and NKT Cell Immune Responses and Tumour Regression
Proctor, Martina, Gonzalez Cruz, Jazmina L., Daignault-Mill, Sheena M., Veitch, Margaret, Zeng, Bijun, Ehmann, Anna, Sabdia, Muhammed, Snell, Cameron, Keane, Colm, Dolcetti, Riccardo, Haass, Nikolas K., Wells, James W. and Gabrielli, Brian (2021). Targeting Replication Stress Using CHK1 Inhibitor Promotes Innate and NKT Cell Immune Responses and Tumour Regression. Cancers, 13 (15) 3733, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/cancers13153733
2021
Conference Publication
Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Radiotherapy and Durvalumab (MEDI4736) in Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL): The RaDD Study
Manos, Kate, Khor, Richard, Chong, Geoffrey, Palmer, Jodie, MacManus, Michael, Keane, Colm, Scott, Andrew M., Shortt, Jake, Ritchie, David, Churilov, Leonid, Johnston, Laura, Witkowski, Tom, Barraclough, Allison, Lee, Sze Ting, Lin, Wendi, Koldej, Rachel and Hawkes, Eliza (2021). Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Radiotherapy and Durvalumab (MEDI4736) in Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL): The RaDD Study. Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR), Philadelphia Pa, Apr 10-May 21, 2021. PHILADELPHIA: AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH.
2021
Journal Article
Intratumoral T cells have a differential impact on FDG-PET parameters in follicular lymphoma
Nath, Karthik, Law, Soi-Cheng, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Gunawardana, Jay, de Long, Lilia M., Sester, David, Shanavas, Mohamed, Tsang, Hennes, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Halliday, Sarah-Jane, Hernandez, Annette, Cross, Donna, Bird, Robert J., Jain, Sanjiv, Keane, Colm, Talaulikar, Dipti, Trotman, Judith, Law, Phillip and Gandhi, Maher K. (2021). Intratumoral T cells have a differential impact on FDG-PET parameters in follicular lymphoma. Blood Advances, 5 (12), 2644-2649. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020004051
2021
Journal Article
Successful treatment of Epstein–Barr virus–associated primary central nervous system lymphoma due to post‐transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, with ibrutinib and third‐party Epstein–Barr virus–specific T cells
Law, Soi C., Hoang, Thanh, O'Rourke, Kacey, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Gunawardana, Jay, Loo‐Oey, Dorothy, Bednarska, Karolina, Merida de Long, Lilia, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Hapgood, Greg, Blyth, Emily, Clancy, Leighton, Hennig, Stefanie, Keane, Colm and Gandhi, Maher K. (2021). Successful treatment of Epstein–Barr virus–associated primary central nervous system lymphoma due to post‐transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, with ibrutinib and third‐party Epstein–Barr virus–specific T cells. American Journal of Transplantation, 21 (10) ajt.16628, 3465-3471. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16628
2021
Journal Article
PD-1 and LAG-3 checkpoint blockade: potential avenues for therapy in B-cell lymphoma
Tobin, Joshua W. D., Bednarska, Karolina, Campbell, Ashlea and Keane, Colm (2021). PD-1 and LAG-3 checkpoint blockade: potential avenues for therapy in B-cell lymphoma. Cells, 10 (5) 1152, 1-23. doi: 10.3390/cells10051152
2021
Journal Article
EBV-associated primary CNS lymphoma occurring after immunosuppression is a distinct immunobiological entity
Gandhi, Maher K., Hoang, Thanh, Law, Soi C., Brosda, Sandra, O'Rourke, Kacey, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Vari, Frank, Murigneux, Valentine, Fink, J. Lynn, Gunawardana, Jay, Gould, Clare M., Oey, Harald, Bednarska, Karolina, Delecluse, Susanne, Trappe, Ralf Ulrich, de Long, Lilia Merida, Sabdia, Muhammed Bilal, Bhagat, Govind, Hapgood, Greg, Blyth, Emily, Clancy, Leighton E., Wight, Joel, Hawkes, Eliza A., Rimsza, Lisa M., Maguire, Alanna, Bojarczuk, Kamil, Chapuy, Bjoern and Keane, Colm (2021). EBV-associated primary CNS lymphoma occurring after immunosuppression is a distinct immunobiological entity. Blood, 137 (11), 1468-1477. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020008520
2020
Conference Publication
Neoantigens are typically associated with intact HLA class I presentation in early-stage follicular lymphoma
Tsang, Hennes, Patch, Ann-Marie, Keane, Colm, Law, Soi C., Gunawardana, Jay, Blombery, Piers, Thompson, Ella R., Sabdia, Muhammed B., De Long, Lilia Merida, Belle, Clemence J., Nath, Karthik, Tobin, Joshua W.D., Kazakoff, Stephen H., Seymour, John F., MacManus, Michael and Gandhi, Maher K. (2020). Neoantigens are typically associated with intact HLA class I presentation in early-stage follicular lymphoma. 62nd ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, Online, 5-8 December 2020. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood-2020-135954
2020
Conference Publication
Phase I study of radiotherapy (RT) & durvalumab in relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) & follicular lymphoma (FL): The RADD study
Hawkes, Eliza Anne, Manos, Kate, Chong, Geoffrey, Palmer, Jodie, MacManus, Michael Patrick, Keane, Colm, Scott, Andrew Mark, Shortt, Jake, Ritchie, David, Churilov, Leonid, Johnston, Laura, Witkowski, Tom, Barraclough, Allison Anne, Lee, Sze Ting, Lin, Wendi, Koldej, Rachel and Khor, Richard (2020). Phase I study of radiotherapy (RT) & durvalumab in relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) & follicular lymphoma (FL): The RADD study. Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), Electr Network, May 29-31, 2020. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
2020
Journal Article
LAG3: a novel immune checkpoint expressed by multiple lymphocyte subsets in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Keane, Colm, Law, Soi C., Gould, Clare, Birch, Simone, Sabdia, Muhammed B., Merida de Long, Lilia, Thillaiyampalam, Gayathri, Abro, Emad, Tobin, Joshua W., Tan, Xiaohong, Xu-Monette, Zijun Y., Young, Ken H., Gifford, Grace, Gabreilli, Sara, Stevenson, William S., Gill, Anthony, Talaulikar, Dipti, Jain, Sanjiv, Hernandez, Annette, Halliday, Sarah-Jane, Bird, Robert, Cross, Donna, Hertzberg, Mark and Gandhi, Maher K. (2020). LAG3: a novel immune checkpoint expressed by multiple lymphocyte subsets in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Advances, 4 (7), 1367-1377. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001390
2020
Journal Article
Reply to M. Sorigue
Tobin, Joshua W.D., Keane, Colm, Gunawardana, Jay and Gandhi, Maher K. (2020). Reply to M. Sorigue. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 38 (6), 648-649. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02935
2019
Conference Publication
y Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Radiotherapy and Durvalumab (MEDI4736) in Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL): The RaDD Study
Hawkes, Eliza A., Manos, Kate, Chong, Geoff, Palmer, Jodie, MacManus, Michael, Keane, Colm, Scott, Andrew, Shortt, Jake, Ritchie, David, Churilov, Leonid, Johnston, Laura, Witkowski, Tom, Barraclough, Allison, Lee, Sze-Ting, Lin, Wendi, Koldej, Rachel and Khor, Richard (2019). y Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Radiotherapy and Durvalumab (MEDI4736) in Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL): The RaDD Study. 61st Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), Orlando, FL USA, 7-10 December 2019. Washington, DC USA: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood-2019-122635
2019
Conference Publication
Intra-tumoral CD8+T-cells in follicular lymphoma contain large clonal expansions that are amenable to dual-checkpoint blockade
Nath, Karthik, Law, Soi C., Sabdia, Muhammed B., De Long, Lilia Merida, Shanavas, Mohamed, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Gunawardana, Jay, Vari, Frank, Halliday, Sarah-Jane, Hernandez, Annette, Cross, Donna, Bird, Robert J., Keane, Colm and Gandhi, Maher K. (2019). Intra-tumoral CD8+T-cells in follicular lymphoma contain large clonal expansions that are amenable to dual-checkpoint blockade. 61st Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), Orlando, FL, United States, 7 - 10 December 2019. Washington, DC, United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood-2019-130050
2019
Journal Article
EBV-microRNA-BHRF1-2-5p targets the 3'UTR of immune-checkpoint ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2
Cristino, Alexandre S., Nourse, Jamie, West, Rachael A., Sabdia, Muhammed Bilal, Law, Soi C., Gunawardana, Jay, Vari, Frank, Mujaj, Sally, Thillaiyampalam, Gayathri, Snell, Cameron, Gough, Madeline, Keane, Colm and Gandhi, Maher K. (2019). EBV-microRNA-BHRF1-2-5p targets the 3'UTR of immune-checkpoint ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2. Blood, 134 (25), 2261-2270. doi: 10.1182/blood.2019000889
2019
Journal Article
Outcomes of synchronous systemic and central nervous system (CNS) involvement of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma are dictated by the CNS disease: a collaborative study of the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance
Wight, Joel C., Yue, Mimi, Keane, Colm, Johnston, Anna, Linton, Kim, Chin, Collin, Wai, Shin Hnin, Talaulikar, Dipti, Gasiorowski, Robin, Yoon Cheah, Chan, Gregory, Gareth P., Dickinson, Michael, Minson, Adrian, Coombes, Caitlin, Ku, Matthew, Lam, Stephanie and Hawkes, Eliza A. (2019). Outcomes of synchronous systemic and central nervous system (CNS) involvement of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma are dictated by the CNS disease: a collaborative study of the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance. British Journal of Haematology, 187 (2) bjh.16064, 174-184. doi: 10.1111/bjh.16064
2019
Journal Article
The tumour microenvironment is immuno‐tolerogenic and a principal determinant of patient outcome in EBV‐positive diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma
Keane, Colm, Tobin, Joshua, Gunawardana, Jay, Francis, Santiyagu, Gifford, Grace, Gabrielli, Sara, Gill, Anthony, Stevenson, William, Talaulikar, Dipti, Gould, Clare, Jain, Sanjiv, Birch, Simone, Hertzberg, Mark and Gandhi, Maher K. (2019). The tumour microenvironment is immuno‐tolerogenic and a principal determinant of patient outcome in EBV‐positive diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma. European Journal of Haematology, 103 (3) ejh.13274, 200-207. doi: 10.1111/ejh.13274
Funding
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Supervision
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- Associate Professor Colm Keane is:
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Immuno-genetic biomarkers of response in a prospective study of immune checkpoint therapy in primary CNS lymphoma
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Arutha Kulasinghe, Dr Zachary Hawula
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the mechanisms of immune evasion in relapsed/refractory DLBCL
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zachary Hawula
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigation of immune responses to novel and standard therapies in DLBCL
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Joshua Tobin, Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes
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Doctor Philosophy
Impact of genetics upon the tumour microenvironment in Follicular Lymphoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Joshua Tobin, Dr Soi Law, Professor Maher Gandhi
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Master Philosophy
Amyloidosis Monitoring and Outcomes in an Australian Tertiary Centre
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Reversing tumour necrosis factor-mediated immunosuppression to boost immunity against experimental CD19+ blood cancers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allie Lam, Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
A Comprehensive Study of Intratumoural T-cells in Follicular Lymphoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Soi Law, Professor Maher Gandhi
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Clinical and Prognostic Tools to Improve Frontline Management Strategies in Follicular Lymphoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Maher Gandhi
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The impact of deficient antigen presentation on the tumour microenvironment of diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Maher Gandhi
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
A LABORATORY STUDY OF PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Maher Gandhi
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