2024
Hypomethylating agents plus venetoclax compared with intensive induction chemotherapy regimens in molecularly defined secondary AML
Shimony S, Bewersdorf J, Shallis R, Liu Y, Schaefer E, Zeidan A, Goldberg A, Stein E, Marcucci G, Lindsley R, Chen E, Ramos Perez J, Stein A, DeAngelo D, Neuberg D, Stone R, Ball B, Stahl M. Hypomethylating agents plus venetoclax compared with intensive induction chemotherapy regimens in molecularly defined secondary AML. Leukemia 2024, 38: 762-768. PMID: 38378841, DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02175-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with improved OSHypomethylating agentsCPX-351Overall survivalSplicing factor mutationsCo-mutationsAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationAssociated with better OSAssociated with worse OSSecondary acute myeloid leukemiaHematopoietic stem cell transplantationMedian overall survivalStem cell transplantationPatients aged >Acute myeloid leukemiaTreated with daunorubicinLiposomal daunorubicinMonosomal karyotypeNRAS/KRAS mutationsImproved OSSecondary AMLMyeloid diseasesMyeloid neoplasmsAML patientsAML treatment
2023
What Is the Optimal Treatment Modality in Molecularly Defined Secondary AML? a Multicenter Cohort Study
Shimony S, Bewersdorf J, Shallis R, Liu Y, Schaefer E, Zeidan A, Goldberg A, Stein E, Marcucci G, Chen E, Ramos J, Lindsley R, Stein A, DeAngelo D, Neuberg D, Stone R, Ball B, Stahl M. What Is the Optimal Treatment Modality in Molecularly Defined Secondary AML? a Multicenter Cohort Study. Blood 2023, 142: 1478. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-172763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myeloid leukemiaComposite complete responseStem cell transplantationOverall survivalCPX-351Complete responseTreatment modalitiesMonosomal karyotypeCohort studyOdds ratioTreatment groupsLarge multicenter retrospective cohort studyMulticenter retrospective cohort studyAllogeneic stem cell transplantationSecondary acute myeloid leukemiaIncomplete count recoveryImproved overall survivalMedian overall survivalMulticenter cohort studyRetrospective cohort studyWorse overall survivalOptimal treatment modalityOptimal treatment selectionLog-rank testEffect of treatmentOutcomes of Patients Receiving Intensive Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Relapsed after/Refractory to Frontline Less-Intensive Therapy
Achar R, McCormick B, Dworkin E, Geramita E, Im A, Patel A, Badar T, Shallis R. Outcomes of Patients Receiving Intensive Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Relapsed after/Refractory to Frontline Less-Intensive Therapy. Blood 2023, 142: 5859. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-179336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOverall response rateAcute myeloid leukemiaMedian overall survivalMajority of ptsIntensive induction therapyIntensive therapyOverall survivalComplete remissionFrontline therapyR therapyInduction chemotherapyInduction therapyCPX-351Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance statusExact testResponse rateMorphologic leukemia-free stateR AMLRelapsed/refractory (R/R) diseaseHematopoietic stem cell transplantationCox proportional hazards modelContinuous variablesAdverse-risk diseaseIncomplete count recoveryIntensive induction chemotherapy