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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
PURPOSE Event-free survival following all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) -based therapy for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) averages 70% at 5 years. While arsenic trioxide (ATO) can induce remissions in 95% of relapsed patients, few studies have addressed the integration of ATO into the primary management of APL. This study examines the efficacy of a single cycle of ATO-based consolidation therapy in a treatment regimen designed to decrease exposure to other cytotoxic agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS After induction with ATRA and daunorubicin (DRN), untreated patients with APL received 3 days of cytarabine and DRN followed by 30 doses of ATO beginning on day 8. Molecular remitters received 2 years of risk-based maintenance therapy. Results Forty-one of 45 patients receiving induction therapy achieved remission; four patients died (one before treatment was initiated). Thirty-seven patients received consolidation and maintenance; of these one patient relapsed (CNS) and one died in remission during maintenance therapy (hepatic sickle cell crisis). With a median follow-up of 2.7 years, estimated disease-free survival was 90%; overall survival for all patients was 88%. Despite a total anthracycline dose of only 360 mg/m(2), cardiac ejection fraction decreased by > or = 20% in 20% of patients. CONCLUSION These data, combined with other recent studies using ATO in the primary management of APL, demonstrate the important role that ATO can play in the primary management of this curable disease. Future studies should continue to focus on reducing the toxicity of treatment without increasing the relapse rate.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1527-7755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1047-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Arsenicals, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Child, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Cytarabine, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Daunorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Oxides, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Tretinoin, pubmed-meshheading:20085935-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Single cycle of arsenic trioxide-based consolidation chemotherapy spares anthracycline exposure in the primary management of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, CRB1-288, 1650 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. gorest@jhmi.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Phase II, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural