Associate Professor

Colm Keane

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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

  • Tumour Immunology

  • DLBCL

  • Primary CNS Lymphoma

  • Hodgkin Lymphoma

  • Viral Associated Lymphomas

Search Professor Colm Keane’s works on UQ eSpace

129 works between 2004 and 2024
All (129) Journal Article (69) Book Chapter (1) Conference Publication (59)

61 - 80 of 129 works

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

EBV-associated primary CNS lymphoma occurring after immunosuppression is a distinct immunobiological entity

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

Neoantigens are typically associated with intact HLA class I presentation in early-stage follicular lymphoma

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.

Phase I study of radiotherapy (RT) & durvalumab in relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) & follicular lymphoma (FL): The RADD study

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

LAG3: a novel immune checkpoint expressed by multiple lymphocyte subsets in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

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

Reply to M. Sorigue

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

Intra-tumoral CD8+T-cells in follicular lymphoma contain large clonal expansions that are amenable to dual-checkpoint blockade

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

y Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Radiotherapy and Durvalumab (MEDI4736) in Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL): The RaDD Study

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

EBV-microRNA-BHRF1-2-5p targets the 3'UTR of immune-checkpoint ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2

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

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

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

The tumour microenvironment is immuno‐tolerogenic and a principal determinant of patient outcome in EBV‐positive diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma

2019

Journal Article

Progression of disease within 24 months in follicular lymphoma is associated with reduced intratumoral immune infiltration

Tobin, Joshua W. D., Keane, Colm, Gunawardana, Jay, Mollee, Peter, Birch, Simone, Hoang, Thanh, Lee, Justina, Li, Li, Huang, Li, Murigneux, Valentine, Fink, J. Lynn, Matigian, Nicholas, Vari, Frank, Francis, Santiyagu, Kridel, Robert, Weigert, Oliver, Haebe, Sarah, Jurinovic, Vindi, Klapper, Wolfram, Steidl, Christian, Sehn, Laurie H., Law, Soi-Cheng, Wykes, Michelle N. and Gandhi, Maher K. (2019). Progression of disease within 24 months in follicular lymphoma is associated with reduced intratumoral immune infiltration. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 37 (34), 3300-3309. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.02365

Progression of disease within 24 months in follicular lymphoma is associated with reduced intratumoral immune infiltration

2019

Conference Publication

EBV+ CNS lymphomas have a distinctive tumor microenvironment and genetic profile, which is amenable to combination 3rd party EBV-specific CTL and Ibrutinib therapy

Gandhi, M.K., Hoang, T., Tobin, J.W., Law, S.C., Talaulikar, D., Jain, S., Vari, F., Murigneux, V., Fink, L., Gunawardana, J., Gould, C., Oey, H., Delecluse, S., Trappe, R.U., Merida de Long, L., Sabdia, M.B., Bhagat, G., Hapgood, G., Blyth, E., Clancy, L., Casey, J., Wight, J., Hawkes, E. and Keane, C. (2019). EBV+ CNS lymphomas have a distinctive tumor microenvironment and genetic profile, which is amenable to combination 3rd party EBV-specific CTL and Ibrutinib therapy. 15th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma, Lugano, Switzerland, 18–22 June 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/hon.91_2629

EBV+ CNS lymphomas have a distinctive tumor microenvironment and genetic profile, which is amenable to combination 3rd party EBV-specific CTL and Ibrutinib therapy

2019

Journal Article

Biology and therapy of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma: current status and future directions

Lees, Charlotte, Keane, Colm, Gandhi, Maher K. and Gunawardana, Jay (2019). Biology and therapy of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma: current status and future directions. British Journal of Haematology, 185 (1), 25-41. doi: 10.1111/bjh.15778

Biology and therapy of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma: current status and future directions

2019

Journal Article

Simple, rapid and inexpensive typing of common HLA class I alleles for immunological studies

Law, Soi Cheng, Haigh, Oscar L., Walpole, Carina M., Keane, Colm, Miles, John, Gandhi, Maher K., Radford, Kristen J. and Steptoe, Raymond J. (2019). Simple, rapid and inexpensive typing of common HLA class I alleles for immunological studies. Journal of Immunological Methods, 465, 72-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2018.12.002

Simple, rapid and inexpensive typing of common HLA class I alleles for immunological studies

2019

Conference Publication

B2M Gene Expression Reflects an Immunologically Active Tumor Microenvironment in DLBCL

Gould, Clare, Keane, Colm, Murigneux, Valentine, Oey, Harald, Ellis, Jonathan, Birch, Simone, Gunawardana, Jay, Talaulikar, Dipti, Hertzberg, Mark S., Jones, Kimberley and Gandhi, Maher K. (2019). B2M Gene Expression Reflects an Immunologically Active Tumor Microenvironment in DLBCL. ASH Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, 7-10 December 2019. Washington, DC, United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood-2019-126537

B2M Gene Expression Reflects an Immunologically Active Tumor Microenvironment in DLBCL

2019

Journal Article

Designing optimal prognostic models for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Keane, Colm and Yoon Cheah, Chan (2019). Designing optimal prognostic models for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leukemia and Lymphoma, 60 (8), 1-3. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1599117

Designing optimal prognostic models for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

2018

Conference Publication

A critical role for intratumoral and circulating LAG3 in classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: analysis from the Rathl prospective phase III international clinical trial

Abro, Emad Uddin, Law, Soi C., Keane, Colm, Birch, Simone, Sabdia, Muhammed Bilal, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Johnson, Peter, Trotman, Judith, Berkahn, Leanne, Fulham, Michael, Anderson, Richard A., Saunderson, Anne L., Gunawardana, Jay, Cross, Donna, Hernandez, Annette, Halliday, Sarah-Jane, Bird, Robert, Law, W. P., Gill, Devinder and Gandhi, Maher K. (2018). A critical role for intratumoral and circulating LAG3 in classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: analysis from the Rathl prospective phase III international clinical trial. 60th ASH Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA United States, 1-4 December 2020. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-112008

A critical role for intratumoral and circulating LAG3 in classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: analysis from the Rathl prospective phase III international clinical trial

2018

Journal Article

Circulating cell-free miR-494 and miR-21 are disease response biomarkers associated with interim-positron emission tomography response in patients with diffuse large b-cell lymphoma

Cui, Qingyan, Vari, Frank, Cristino, Alexandre S., Salomon, Carlos, Rice, Gregory E., Sabdia, Muhammed B., Guanzon, Dominic, Palma, Carlos, Mathew, Marina, Talaulikar, Dipti, Jain, Sanjiv, Han, Erica, Hertzberg, Mark S., Gould, Clare, Crooks, Pauline, Thillaiyampalam, Gayathri, Keane, Colm and Gandhi, Maher K. (2018). Circulating cell-free miR-494 and miR-21 are disease response biomarkers associated with interim-positron emission tomography response in patients with diffuse large b-cell lymphoma. Oncotarget, 9 (78), 34644-34657. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.26141

Circulating cell-free miR-494 and miR-21 are disease response biomarkers associated with interim-positron emission tomography response in patients with diffuse large b-cell lymphoma

2018

Journal Article

A high LDH to absolute lymphocyte count ratio in patients with DLBCL predicts for a poor intratumoral immune response and inferior survival

Keane, Colm, Tobin, Joshua, Talaulikar, Dipti, Green, Michael, Crooks, Pauline, Jain, Sanjiv and Gandhi, Maher (2018). A high LDH to absolute lymphocyte count ratio in patients with DLBCL predicts for a poor intratumoral immune response and inferior survival. OncoTarget, 9 (34), 23620-23627. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.25306

A high LDH to absolute lymphocyte count ratio in patients with DLBCL predicts for a poor intratumoral immune response and inferior survival

2018

Journal Article

Immune evasion via PD-1/PD-L1 on NK-cells and monocyte/macrophages is more prominent in Hodgkin lymphoma than DLBCL

Vari, Frank, Arpon, David, Keane, Colm, Hertzberg, Mark S, Talaulikar, Dipti, Jain, Sanjiv, Cui, Qingyan, Han, Erica, Tobin, Josh, Bird, Robert, Cross, Donna, Hernandez, Annette, Gould, Clare, Birch, Simone and Gandhi, Maher K (2018). Immune evasion via PD-1/PD-L1 on NK-cells and monocyte/macrophages is more prominent in Hodgkin lymphoma than DLBCL. Blood, 131 (16), 1809-1819. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-07-796342

Immune evasion via PD-1/PD-L1 on NK-cells and monocyte/macrophages is more prominent in Hodgkin lymphoma than DLBCL

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2029
    BrainCAR19 Study- Treatment of relapsed Primary Brain Lymphoma with CD19 directed CAR-T cells
    NHMRC MRFF CTA - Clinical Trials Activity
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    An early phase, open label, multi-centre trial of front-line TheRapy for EBv-associated Lymphomas -- 2: TREBL-2 (Stream 6)
    NHMRC MRFF - Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    Investigation of Immune evasion in relapsed lymphoma (RADD Trial) (Victorian Cancer Agency Translational Research Project administered by La Trobe University)
    Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Employing rational novel agent combination therapy to improve transplant cure rates for relapsed/refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma (MRFF RCRDUN administered by La Trobe University)
    La Trobe University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Immuno-genetic biomarkers of response in a prospective study of immune checkpoint therapy in primary CNS lymphoma
    NHMRC MRFF Investigator Grant
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2026
    An Open Label, Multicentre, Phase One Study Incorporating Early Application of CAR T cells for Primary Refractory Aggressive Lymphoma
    NHMRC MRFF - Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2025
    An Open label, Multicentre, Phase I study of Ibrutinib, Rituximab and EBV specific T-cells in Patients with EBV-positive Primary or Secondary CNS Lymphoma unsuitable for standard therapies
    NHMRC MRFF - Lifting Clinical Trials Registries Capacity
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2024
    ALLGNHL32 Study - An ALLG Phase II study of pembrolizumab checkpoint blockade following chemoimmunotherapy for primary central nervous system lymphoma
    Australasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Novel immune based approaches to improve survival for patients with Primary Central Nervous Lymphoma
    Queensland Advancing Clinical Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Investigation of the key immuno-genetic drivers of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma that occurs in patients with HIV infection
    Cancer Australia
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Investigation of unique immune microenvironment of Primary CNS Lymphoma
    NHMRC Early Career Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    The prognostic utility of the tumour microenvironment in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
    Celgene Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Does lymphoma avoid immune destruction by inducing T-cell tolerance?
    Cancer Council Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    A correlative laboratory study of primary CNS lymphoma
    Research Donation Generic
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Net tumoral immunity and its impact on outcome in lymphoma
    The Leukaemia Foundation of Australia Limited
    Open grant

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