A Real-life Turkish Experience of Venetoclax Treatment in High-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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INTRODUCTION: Venetoclax is a selective B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2) inhibitor, which is approved to treat elderly patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in combination with either low-dose cytarabine (ARA-C) or hypomethylating agents. We aimed to collect and share data among the efficacy and safety of venetoclax both as a monotherapy or in combination with other drugs used to treat high-risk MDS or AML.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 60 patients with a median age of 67 (30-83) years from 14 different centers were included in the final analysis. Thirty (50%) of the patients were women; 6 (10%) of the 60 patients were diagnosed with high-risk MDS and the remaining were diagnosed with AML.

RESULTS: The best objective response rate (complete remission [CR], complete remission with incomplete hematological recovery (CRi), morphological leukemia-free state [MLFS], partial response [PR]) was 35% in the entire cohort. Best responses achieved during venetoclax per patient number were as follows: 7 CR, 1 CRi, 8 MLFS, 5 PR, and stable disease. Median overall survival achieved with venetoclax was 5 months in patients who relapsed and not achieved in patients who were initially treated with venetoclax. Nearly all patients (86.7%) had experienced a grade 2 or more hematologic toxicity. Some 36.7% of these patients had received granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF) support. Infection, mainly pneumonia (26.7%), was the leading nonhematologic toxicity, and fatigue, diarrhea, and skin reactions were the others reported.

CONCLUSION: Our real-life data support the use of venetoclax in patients with both newly diagnosed and relapsed high-risk MDS and AML.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia - 21(2021), 8 vom: 28. Aug., Seite e686-e692

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gemici, Aliihsan [VerfasserIn]
Ozkalemkas, Fahir [VerfasserIn]
Dogu, Mehmet Hilmi [VerfasserIn]
Tekinalp, Atakan [VerfasserIn]
Alacacioglu, Inci [VerfasserIn]
Guney, Tekin [VerfasserIn]
Ince, Idris [VerfasserIn]
Geduk, Ayfer [VerfasserIn]
Cagliyan, Gulsum Akgun [VerfasserIn]
Maral, Senem [VerfasserIn]
Serin, Istemi [VerfasserIn]
Gunduz, Eren [VerfasserIn]
Karakus, Volkan [VerfasserIn]
Bekoz, Huseyin Saffet [VerfasserIn]
Eren, Rafet [VerfasserIn]
Pinar, Ibrahim Ethem [VerfasserIn]
Gunes, Ahmet Kursad [VerfasserIn]
Sargın, Fatma Deniz [VerfasserIn]
Sevindik, Omur Gokmen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute myeloid leukemia
Antineoplastic Agents
Bcl2
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
Inhibitor
Journal Article
N54AIC43PW
Real life
Sulfonamides
Venetoclax

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Date Completed 28.01.2022

Date Revised 28.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.clml.2021.04.004

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NLM32608097X