Long-term effect of all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide sequential maintenance in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia

Autor: Chunling Wang, Yue Chen, Banghe Ding, Yuan Deng, Lixiao Song, Zhengmei He, Shan-Dong Tao, Lanlan Ling, Liang Yu, Yuyue Shi
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Leukemia & Lymphoma. 60:711-719
ISSN: 1029-2403
1042-8194
DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2018.1504941
Popis: The specific prognostic factors and the long-term effects of different treatment options in APL remain unclear. In this retrospective study, 70 APL patients were treated with ATRA + DNR/DA or ATRA + ATO regimens for induction therapy and DA or ATRA + ATO for consolidation and maintenance therapy. The prognostic factors and treatment effects on outcome were analyzed. Results showed that the 5-year OS in low-intermediate risk and high risk groups were 95.63% and 100%, and the 5-year RFS were 95.34% and 100%, respectively, the early mortality rate was 4.28%. No significant difference was found on OS and RFS with different regimens, but side-effects and treatment-related mortality rates were lower in ATRA + ATO group. CD34 expression, FLT3-ITD mutation and PML-RARA isoform had no significance on OS and RFS. In conclusion, cytogenetic and molecular abnormalities had no influence on effect of APL patients; ATRA + ATO sequential maintenance may alleviate complications, treatment-related mortality, and the previously high risk factors.
Databáze: OpenAIRE