Natthapol Songdej, MD, MPH - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile

Natthapol Songdej, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Blood and Vascular Disorders
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Blood and Vascular Disorders
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Clinical Trials
Protocol for a Research Sample Repository for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
A Phase 3 Randomized Study Comparing Talquetamab in Combination with Pomalidomide (Tal-P),Talquetamab in Combination with Teclistamab (Tal-Tec), and Investigator s Choice of Either Elotuzumab, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone (EPd) or Pomalidomide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone (PVd) in Participants with Relapsed or Refractory Myeloma who Have Received 1 to 4 Prior Lines of Therapy Including an Anti-CD38 Antibody and Lenalidomide. MonumenTAL-6
A Multicenter Access and Distribution Protocol for Unlicensed Cryopreserved Cord Blood Units (CBUs) for Transplantation in Pediatric and Adult Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Other Indications
Protocol for a Research Database for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, other Cellular Therapies and Marrow Toxic Injuries.
Assessment of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Medicare Beneficiaries with Multiple Myeloma: A Study to Develop Evidence of Effectiveness for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Recent Publications
2025
Rao, P, Segel, JE, Bingen, K, Devine, KA, Scott, AM, Koehly, LM, Verdery, AM, Rumbaugh, CL, Wasserman, E, Costigan, HJ, Dandekar, S, Rakszawski, K, Songdej, N, Blackall, GF, Vasekar, M, Naik, S, Lengerich, EJ & Van Scoy, LJ 2025, 'The impact of a personal cancer diagnosis on adolescent and young adult cancer survivors’ social connectedness: A qualitative analysis', Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053241311977
Del Carpio-Cano, F, Songdej, N, Guan, L, Mao, G, Goldfinger, LE, Wurtzel, JGT, Lee, K, Lambert, MP, Poncz, M & Rao, AK 2025, 'Transcription factor RUNX1 regulates coagulation factor XIII-A (F13A1): decreased platelet-megakaryocyte F13A1 expression and clot contraction in RUNX1 haplodeficiency', Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol. 9, no. 1, 102680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rpth.2025.102680
2024
Rao, P, Segel, JE, Bingen, K, Devine, KA, Rumbaugh, CL, Costigan, HJ, Dandekar, S, Wasserman, E, Koehly, LM, Blackall, GF, Rakszawski, K, Songdej, N, Verdery, AM, Lengerich, EJ & Van Scoy, LJ 2024, 'Educational and occupational aspirations of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: a qualitative analysis', Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 32, no. 9, 572. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-08761-3
Zulch, E, Inoue, Y, Cioccio, J, Rakszawski, K, Songdej, N, Nickolich, M, Zheng, H, Naik, S, Rybka, W, Ehmann, C, Sivik, J, Mierski, J, Silar, B, Vajdic, C, Greiner, R, Brown, V, Hohl, R, Claxton, D, Shike, H, Paules, CI, Mineishi, S & Minagawa, K 2024, 'Impact of post-transplant cyclophosphamide and splenomegaly on primary graft failure and multi-lineage cytopenia after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation', Leukemia Research, vol. 143, 107530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leukres.2024.107530
Khosla, A, Inoue, Y, Cioccio, J, Rakszawski, K, Songdej, N, Nickolich, M, Zheng, H, Naik, S, Ehmann, C, Claxton, D, Rybka, W, Sivik, J, Mierski, J, Silar, B, Vajdic, C, Hohl, R, Shike, H, Mineishi, S & Minagawa, K 2024, 'Recurrent disease after a matched sibling hematopoietic transplant in an aplastic anemia patient with a disease risk allele, HLA-B*40:02', Blood Transfusion, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 525-528. https://doi.org/10.2450/BloodTransfus.674
Guare, EG, Hale, CM, Sivik, J, Lehman, E, Inoue, Y, Rakszawski, K, Songdej, N, Nickolich, M, Zheng, H, Naik, S, Claxton, D, Rybka, W, Hohl, R, Mineishi, S, Minagawa, K & Paules, CI 2024, 'The addition of doxycycline to fluoroquinolones for bacterial prophylaxis in autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma', Transplant Infectious Disease, vol. 26, no. 2, e14241. https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.14241
2023
Zhou, H, Jia, B, Annageldiyev, C, Minagawa, K, Zhao, C, Mineishi, S, Ehmann, WC, Naik, SG, Cioccio, J, Wirk, B, Songdej, N, Rakszawski, KL, Nickolich, MS, Shen, J & Zheng, H 2023, 'CD26lowPD-1+ CD8 T cells are terminally exhausted and associated with leukemia progression in acute myeloid leukemia', Frontiers in immunology, vol. 14, 1169144. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1169144
Wirk, B, Malysz, J, Choi, E & Songdej, N 2023, 'Lorlatinib Induces Rapid and Durable Response in Refractory Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-Positive Large B-Cell Lymphoma', JCO Precision Oncology, vol. 7, e2200536. https://doi.org/10.1200/PO.22.00536
2022
Chen, T, Malysz, J, Washburn, E, Songdej, N, Zhang, Y & Bayerl, M 2022, 'Mast cell leukemia with novel BRAF variant and concomitant atypical KIT variant', Cancer genetics, vol. 266-267, pp. 33-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cancergen.2022.05.040