Clonal selection in therapy-related myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia under azacitidine treatment

Autor: Seongseok Yun, Bérangère Dadone-Montaudie, David A. Sallman, Rami S. Komrokji, Anne Calleja, Jean Michel Karsenti, Lauris Gastaud, Chimène Moreilhon, Najla Al Ali, Thomas Cluzeau, Lionel Mannone, Guillaume Robert, Patrick Auberger, Sophie Raynaud
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Zdroj: European journal of haematologyREFERENCES. 104(5)
ISSN: 1600-0609
Popis: Introduction Therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia (t-MDS/AML) are defined as complications of previous cytotoxic therapy. Azacitidine (AZA), a hypomethylating agent, has showed activity in t-MDS/AML. Objectives We evaluated the clonal dynamics of AZA-treated t-MDS/AML. Methods We collected bone marrow samples, at diagnosis and during treatment, from AZA-treated t-MDS/AML patients. NGS on 19 myeloid genes was performed, and candidate mutations with a variant allele frequency >5% were selected. Results Seven t-AML and 12 t-MDS were included with median age of 71 (56-82) years old, median number of AZA cycles of 6 (1-15), and median overall survival (OS) of 14 (3-29) months. We observed correlation between AZA response and clonal selection. Decrease of TP53-mutated clone was correlated with response to AZA, confirming AZA efficacy in this subgroup. In some patients, emergence of mutations was correlated with progression or relapse without impact on OS. Clones with mutations in genes for DNA methylation regulation frequently occurred with other mutations and remained stable during AZA treatment, independent of AZA response. Conclusion We confirmed that the molecular complexity of t-MNs and that the follow-up of clonal selection during AZA treatment could be useful to define treatment combination.
Databáze: OpenAIRE