Laura Simon , Alexis Caulier , Céline Berthon , Thomas Boyer , Véronique Harrivel , Magalie Joris , Isabelle Leduc , Nicolas Duployez , Claude Preudhomme , Jean-Pierre Marolleau , Delphine Lebon
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Abstract
Older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have a poor prognosis because frailty and the characteristics of the disease limit the use of intensive chemotherapy (ICT). Treatment with 5-azacitidine (5-AZA) or low-dose cytarabine (Cytarabine) (LDAC) – with or without venetoclax – is currently recommended in this setting. However, we lack real-life data on response rates and treatment outcomes.
We conducted a retrospective, multicenter registry study of 279 older adults with AML (median [interquartile range (IQR)] age: 76 [70–81]) having undergone first-line treatment with LDAC (n = 87) or 5-AZA (n = 192) between 2009 and 2019 (i.e. mainly before the venetoclax era) in a university medical center in France. The complete remission rate was 27.3 % overall. After a median follow-up period of 6.9 months, the median [IQR] overall survival (OS) time was shorter in the LDAC group (4.8 months [2.13–14.41]) than in the 5-AZA group (8.9 months [3.2–13.5]; p = 0.046). Ultimately, however, the OS rates were similar in the LDAC and 5-AZA groups (hazard ratio [HR]: 95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.37 [0.92–2.04], p = 0.12).
None of the conventional markers with prognostic value in younger patients receiving ICT (such as those in the European LeukemiaNet classification) appeared to predict the outcome in our population of older patients. Albumin <30 g/L was the only factor that predicted day-30 mortality and OS (adjusted odds ratio [95 %CI]: 6.25 [2.08 – 20.0]; p < 0.001; adjusted HR [95 %CI]: 0.65 [0.44–0.96]; p = 0.030).
期刊介绍:
Current Research in Translational Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal, publishing worldwide clinical and basic research in the field of hematology, immunology, infectiology, hematopoietic cell transplantation, and cellular and gene therapy. The journal considers for publication English-language editorials, original articles, reviews, and short reports including case-reports. Contributions are intended to draw attention to experimental medicine and translational research. Current Research in Translational Medicine periodically publishes thematic issues and is indexed in all major international databases (2017 Impact Factor is 1.9).
Core areas covered in Current Research in Translational Medicine are:
Hematology,
Immunology,
Infectiology,
Hematopoietic,
Cell Transplantation,
Cellular and Gene Therapy.