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  • Azacitidine, Venetoclax, an...
    Short, Nicholas J; Daver, Naval; Dinardo, Courtney D; Kadia, Tapan; Nasr, Lewis F; Macaron, Walid; Yilmaz, Musa; Borthakur, Gautam; Montalban-Bravo, Guillermo; Garcia-Manero, Guillermo; Issa, Ghayas C; Chien, Kelly S; Jabbour, Elias; Nasnas, Cedric; Huang, Xuelin; Qiao, Wei; Matthews, Jairo; Stojanik, Christopher J; Patel, Keyur P; Abramova, Regina; Thankachan, Jennifer; Konopleva, Marina; Kantarjian, Hagop; Ravandi, Farhad

    Journal of clinical oncology, 2024-May-01, 2024-05-01, 20240501, Volume: 42, Issue: 13
    Journal Article

    Azacitidine plus venetoclax is a standard of care for patients with newly diagnosed AML who are unfit for intensive chemotherapy. However, mutations are a common mechanism of resistance to this regimen. The addition of gilteritinib, an oral FLT3 inhibitor, to azacitidine and venetoclax may improve outcomes in patients with -mutated AML. This phase I/II study evaluated azacitidine, venetoclax, and gilteritinib in two cohorts: patients with (1) newly diagnosed -mutated AML who were unfit for intensive chemotherapy or (2) relapsed/refractory -mutated AML (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04140487). The primary end points were the maximum tolerated dose of gilteritinib (phase I) and the combined complete remission (CR)/CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi) rate (phase II). Fifty-two patients were enrolled (frontline n = 30; relapsed/refractory n = 22). The recommended phase II dose was gilteritinib 80 mg once daily in combination with azacitidine and venetoclax. In the frontline cohort, the median age was 71 years and 73% of patients had an -internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutation. The CR/CRi rate was 96% (CR, 90%; CRi, 6%). Sixty-five percent of evaluable patients achieved -ITD measurable residual disease <5 × 10 within four cycles. With a median follow-up of 19.3 months, the median relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) have not been reached and the 18-month RFS and OS rates are 71% and 72%, respectively. In the relapsed/refractory cohort, the CR/CRi rate was 27%; nine additional patients (41%) achieved a morphologic leukemia-free state. The most common grade 3 or higher nonhematologic adverse events were infection (62%) and febrile neutropenia (38%), which were more frequent in the relapsed/refractory cohort. The combination of azacitidine, venetoclax, and gilteritinib resulted in high rates of CR/CRi, deep molecular responses, and encouraging survival in newly diagnosed -mutated AML. Myelosuppression was manageable with mitigative dosing strategies.