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ArticleRevista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia

Survival and treatment response in adults with acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with a modified International Consortium on Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia protocol.

Erick Crespo-Solis, Jorge Contreras-Cisneros, Roberta Demichelis-Gómez, Adriana Rosas-López, Juan Mauricio Vera-Zertuche, Alvaro Aguayo, Xavier López-Karpovitch

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Article in Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Erick Crespo-SolisInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Ciudad de México, Mexico. Electronic address: erick.crespo.solis@gmail.com.
Jorge Contreras-CisnerosInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Roberta Demichelis-GómezInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Adriana Rosas-LópezInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Juan Mauricio Vera-ZertucheInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Alvaro AguayoInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Xavier López-KarpovitchInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Ciudad de México, Mexico.

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Abstract

Acute promyelocytic leukemia has good prognosis in view of the high complete remission and survival rates achieved with therapies containing all-trans retinoic acid or arsenic trioxide. However, there is a significant risk of death during induction due to hemorrhage secondary to disseminated intravascular coagulation. This has contributed to a gap in the prognosis of patients between developed and developing countries. The International Consortium on Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia was created in 2005 and proposed a treatment protocol based on daunorubicin and all-trans retinoic acid stratified by risk geared toward developing countries. Herein are presented the results from the first patient cohort treated in a single developing country hospital employing a slightly modified version of the International Consortium protocol in a real life setting. Twenty patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia were enrolled: 27.8% had low-risk, 55.6% intermediate risk and 16.7% high-risk. The complete remission rate was 94.4% after a median of 42 days. Both relapse rates and death rates were one patient (5.5%) each. No deaths were observed during consolidation. After a median follow-up of 29 months, the overall survival rate was 89.1%. Efficacy and safety of the International Consortium on Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia protocol has been reproduced in acute promyelocytic leukemia patients from a developing country.

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Acute promyelocytic leukemiaDeveloping countriesIC-APL protocolSurvival

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PMCPMC5119665

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