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Trial reportHaematologica2009

Gene mutations and response to treatment with all-trans retinoic acid in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Results from the AMLSG Trial AML HD98B.

Richard F Schlenk, Konstanze Döhner, Michael Kneba, Katharina Götze, Frank Hartmann, Francesco Del Valle, Heinz Kirchen, Elisabeth Koller, Jörg T Fischer, Lars Bullinger and 11 more

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Trial report in Haematologica, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00151242 (Randomized Phase II/III-Study on All-Trans Retinoic Acid in Combination With Induction and Consolidation Therapy as Well as Pegfilgrastim After Consolidation Therapy in Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia), which is not on this map. Cited by 101 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT00151242 phase2 / phase3completednot on this map

Randomized Phase II/III-Study on All-Trans Retinoic Acid in Combination With Induction and Consolidation Therapy as Well as Pegfilgrastim After Consolidation Therapy in Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of UlmRan2004 to 2013Enrolled920ConditionsAcute Myeloid LeukemiaArmsCytarabine, Idarubicin, Etoposide, All-trans retinoic acid, Pegfilgrastim
3 · Its place in the literature

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101 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Richard F SchlenkDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. richard.schlenk@uniklinik-ulm.de
Konstanze Döhner
Michael Kneba
Katharina Götze
Frank Hartmann
Francesco Del Valle
Heinz Kirchen
Elisabeth Koller
Jörg T Fischer
Lars Bullinger
Marianne Habdank
Daniela Späth
Silja Groner
Bernhard Krebs
Sabine Kayser
Andrea Corbacioglu
Andreas Anhalt
Axel Benner
Stefan Fröhling
Hartmut Döhner
German-Austrian AML Study Group (AMLSG)

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn a previous randomized trial, AML HD98B, we showed that administration of all-trans retinoic acid in addition to intensive chemotherapy improved the outcome of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the prognostic impact of gene mutations and to identify predictive genetic factors for the all-trans retinoic acid treatment effect. DESIGN AND

methodsData from mutation analyses of the NPM1, CEBPA, FLT3, and MLL genes were correlated with outcome in patients 61 years and older treated within the AML HD98B trial.

resultsThe frequencies of mutations were: NPM1, 23%; CEBPA, 8.5% (analysis restricted to patients with a normal karyotype); FLT3 internal tandem duplications (ITD), 17%; FLT3 tyrosine kinase domain mutations, 5%; and MLL partial tandem duplications, 4.5%. The genotype mutant NPM1 was positively and adverse cytogenetics as well as higher white blood cell count negatively correlated with achievement of complete remission. In Cox regression analysis, a significant interaction between the genotype mutant NPM1 without FLT3-ITD and treatment with all-trans retinoic acid was identified, in that the beneficial effect of all-trans retinoic acid on relapse-free and overall survival was restricted to this subgroup of patients. Other significant factors for survival were age, adverse cytogenetics, and logarithm of white cell count.

conclusionsIn elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia, NPM1 mutations are associated with achievement of complete remission, and the genotype 'mutant NPM1 without FLT3-ITD' appears to be a predictive marker for response to all-trans retinoic acid given as an adjunct to intensive chemotherapy (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00151242).

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AgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMaleMiddle AgedMutationNucleophosminPilot ProjectsSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeTretinoinBiomarkersNPM1 protein, humanNucleophosminTretinoin

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PMID19059939
PMCPMC2625424

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