Limited Efficacy of Venetoclax Combination Regimens in Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Extramedullary Relapse. 2024

Soyoung Bae, and Seungwon Sa, and Silvia Park, and Byung-Sik Cho, and Hee-Je Kim
College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

The recently approved BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax (VEN) has achieved promising outcomes in new and relapsed/refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Although its use is not well established in R/R AML with extramedullary disease (EMD), some reports have shown promising outcomes. We retrospectively analyzed 11 patients of R/R AML with EMD (with (n = 4) or without (n = 7) concurrent marrow involvement), who were treated with VEN plus decitabine (n = 9) or low-dose cytarabine (n = 2) between May 2020 and October 2020 in Seoul St. Mary's Hospital. The median number of prior treatment lines was 3 (1-6), and most (n = 9, 81.8%) had multiple sites of EMD. Nine patients (81.8%) received concurrent therapy for extramedullary (EM) involvement sites with radiotherapy (RT) (n = 4), surgery (n = 1), and both of them (n = 4). Among 11 patients, 4 patients (36.4%) had either marrow or EM responses to VEN combination; EM response was seen in 1 patient (9.1%, partial response) who had received concurrent RT (25 Gy, 10 fx) during the 1st cycle of VEN combination, and other 3 patients showed marrow response without EM response. After median follow-up of 27.0 months, the median overall survival was estimated to be 5.4 months. To conclude, VEN combination regimens have shown only modest efficacy in EM recurrence of AML with little impact on eliciting EM response.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D003561 Cytarabine A pyrimidine nucleoside analog that is used mainly in the treatment of leukemia, especially acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia. Cytarabine is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent that inhibits the synthesis of DNA. Its actions are specific for the S phase of the cell cycle. It also has antiviral and immunosuppressant properties. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p472) Ara-C,Arabinofuranosylcytosine,Arabinosylcytosine,Cytosine Arabinoside,Aracytidine,Aracytine,Cytarabine Hydrochloride,Cytonal,Cytosar,Cytosar-U,beta-Ara C,Ara C,Arabinoside, Cytosine,Cytosar U,beta Ara C
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077209 Decitabine An azacitidine derivative and antineoplastic antimetabolite. It inhibits DNA methyltransferase to re-activate silent genes, limiting METASTASIS and NEOPLASM DRUG RESISTANCE. Decitabine is used in the treatment of MYELODISPLASTIC SYNDROMES, and ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA. 2'-Deoxy-5-azacytidine,5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine,5-AzadC,5-Azadeoxycytidine,5-Deoxyazacytidine,5AzadC,AzadC Compound,Dacogen,Decitabine Mesylate,NSC 127716,NSC-127716,2' Deoxy 5 azacytidine,5 Aza 2' deoxycytidine,5 Azadeoxycytidine,5 Deoxyazacytidine,Compound, AzadC,Mesylate, Decitabine,NSC127716
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000971 Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols The use of two or more chemicals simultaneously or sequentially in the drug therapy of neoplasms. The drugs need not be in the same dosage form. Anticancer Drug Combinations,Antineoplastic Agents, Combined,Antineoplastic Chemotherapy Protocols,Antineoplastic Drug Combinations,Cancer Chemotherapy Protocols,Chemotherapy Protocols, Antineoplastic,Drug Combinations, Antineoplastic,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Regimens,Combined Antineoplastic Agents,Agent, Combined Antineoplastic,Agents, Combined Antineoplastic,Anticancer Drug Combination,Antineoplastic Agent, Combined,Antineoplastic Chemotherapy Protocol,Antineoplastic Drug Combination,Cancer Chemotherapy Protocol,Chemotherapy Protocol, Antineoplastic,Chemotherapy Protocol, Cancer,Chemotherapy Protocols, Cancer,Combinations, Antineoplastic Drug,Combined Antineoplastic Agent,Drug Combination, Anticancer,Drug Combination, Antineoplastic,Drug Combinations, Anticancer,Protocol, Antineoplastic Chemotherapy,Protocol, Cancer Chemotherapy,Protocols, Antineoplastic Chemotherapy,Protocols, Cancer Chemotherapy

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