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Trial reportMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2012

The early addition of arsenic trioxide versus high-dose arabinoside is more effective and safe as consolidation chemotherapy for risk-tailored patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia: multicenter experience.

Bin-Tao Huang, Qing-Chun Zeng, Arati Gurung, Wei-Hong Zhao, Zhen Xiao, Bing-Sheng Li

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Trial report in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Bin-Tao HuangDepartment of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical College, 1 TongDao Avenue North, Hohhot 010059, People's Republic of China.
Qing-Chun Zeng
Arati Gurung
Wei-Hong Zhao
Zhen Xiao
Bing-Sheng Li
Guangdong Medical College · CNHuizhou University · CNInner Mongolia Medical College Hospital · CNInner Mongolia Medical University · CNUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to evaluate event-free survival (EFS), overall survival (OS) and safety for early addition of arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) as frontline consolidation therapy compared to high-dose arabinoside (HiDAC) in adult patients with de novo acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). 271 patients (aged 17-65 years) received consolidation therapy containing As(2)O(3) (two 21-day courses) or HiDAC regimen. EFS at 5 years was 75% versus 54% (P < 0.001), and OS at 5 years was 83% versus 71% (P = 0.002) in As(2)O(3) and HiDAC treatment arms. 139 patients treated with As(2)O(3), EFS at 5 years reached 79% versus 56% (P = 0.014), but OS at 5 years was 77% versus 84% (P = 0.32) in low-risk (WBC ≤ 10 × 10(9)/L) and high-risk (WBC > 10 × 10(9)/L) cohorts. Further, patients treated with As(2)O(3) rarely incurred agranulocytosis (1.4%, P < 0.001), or severe infection (0.7%, P < 0.001). It is still very well tolerated compared to HiDAC. We confirmed that As(2)O(3) as a first-line consolidation regimen provided significant benefits of OS to patients with APL. The As(2)O(3) regimen made low-risk patients gain more EFS benefits than high-risk group. The high-risk cohort receiving As(2)O(3) overcame the negative impact, yielding OS similar to that for with the low-risk patients treated with As(2)O(3).

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AdolescentAdultAgedAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideConsolidation ChemotherapyCytarabineDaunorubicinDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLeukemia, Promyelocytic, AcuteMaleAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideCytarabineDaunorubicinOxidesTretinoin

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