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Apel, Arie; Moshe, Yakir; Ofran, Yishai; Gural, Alexander; Wolach, Ofir; Ganzel, Chezi; Canaani, Jonathan; Zektser, Miri; Duek, Adrian; Stemer, Galia; Hellman, Ilana; Basood, May; Frisch, Avraham; Leibovitch, Chiya; Koren‐Michowitz, Maya
American journal of hematology, 1 July 2021, Volume: 96, Issue: 7Journal Article
Combinations of the BCL‐2 inhibitor, venetoclax, with either hypomethylating agents (HMA) or low dose cytarabine (LDAC), have shown promising results in clinical trials of AML patients unfit for intensive therapy. We report on the efficacy and safety of venetoclax combinations in AML patients treated outside of clinical trials. Complete remission (CR) + CR with incomplete count recovery (CRi) were achieved in 61% of patients, with similar CR+CRi rates in with secondary AML, and in patients who were previously treated with HMA (61% and 43%, respectively). Relapse occurred in 25% of patients, with a median event‐free survival (EFS) of 11.7 months (95% CI, 10.09–13.35) in responding patients. At a median follow up of 8.7 months, the median overall survival (OS) was 9.8 months (95% CI 6.42–13.3) in the entire cohort. In multivariate analysis adverse karyotype was the only negative predictor of CR/CRi (p = .03), while both ECOG performance status (PS) and adverse karyotype were significantly associated with shorter OS (p = .023 and .038, respectively). Median OS was higher in patients achieving CR/CRi and in patients proceeding to allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo‐SCT). Treatment was well tolerated, with side effects similar to those described in the randomized clinical trials. Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) occurred in 12% of patients. Our data support the efficacy and safety of venetoclax combinations in newly diagnosed AML patients not eligible for intensive therapy. According to our data, secondary AML patients could benefit from venetoclax combinations similarly to de‐novo AML patients, and allo‐SCT could be offered to selected patients achieving CR/CRi.
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