TY - JOUR
T1 - HCVAD plus imatinib or dasatinib in lymphoid blastic phase chronic myeloid leukemia
AU - Strati, Paolo
AU - Kantarjian, Hagop
AU - Thomas, Deborah
AU - O'Brien, Susan
AU - Konoplev, Sergej
AU - Jorgensen, Jeffrey L.
AU - Luthra, Raja
AU - Abruzzo, Lynne
AU - Jabbour, Elias
AU - Quintas-Cardama, Alfonso
AU - Borthakur, Gautam
AU - Faderl, Stefan
AU - Ravandi, Farhad
AU - Cortes, Jorge
PY - 2014/2/1
Y1 - 2014/2/1
N2 - Background Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) may progress to blast phase (BP) at the rate of 1% to 1.5% per year. With the use of single-agent tyrosine kinase inhibitors, median overall survival ranges between 7 and 11 months. Methods The outcome was analyzed for 42 patients with lymphoid BP-CML who were treated with hyperfractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, Adriamycin, dexamethasone (HCVAD) plus imatinib or dasatinib. Results Complete hematological response was achieved in 90% of patients, complete cytogenetic remission in 58%, and complete molecular remission in 25%. Flow cytometry minimal residual disease negativity was achieved by 42% of evaluable patients after induction. Eighteen patients received allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) while in first complete hematological response. Median remission duration was 14 months and was longer among SCT recipients (P =.01) on multivariate analysis. Median overall survival was 17 months (range, 7-27 months) and was longer among SCT recipients (P <.001) and patients treated with dasatinib (P =.07) on multivariate analysis. Although a high rate of hematologic toxicity (100%) and infectious complications (59%) were observed, the related rate of treatment discontinuation was low (7% and 9%, respectively). Conclusions HCVAD combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitors is an effective regimen for the management of BP-CML, particularly when followed by allogeneic SCT.
AB - Background Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) may progress to blast phase (BP) at the rate of 1% to 1.5% per year. With the use of single-agent tyrosine kinase inhibitors, median overall survival ranges between 7 and 11 months. Methods The outcome was analyzed for 42 patients with lymphoid BP-CML who were treated with hyperfractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, Adriamycin, dexamethasone (HCVAD) plus imatinib or dasatinib. Results Complete hematological response was achieved in 90% of patients, complete cytogenetic remission in 58%, and complete molecular remission in 25%. Flow cytometry minimal residual disease negativity was achieved by 42% of evaluable patients after induction. Eighteen patients received allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) while in first complete hematological response. Median remission duration was 14 months and was longer among SCT recipients (P =.01) on multivariate analysis. Median overall survival was 17 months (range, 7-27 months) and was longer among SCT recipients (P <.001) and patients treated with dasatinib (P =.07) on multivariate analysis. Although a high rate of hematologic toxicity (100%) and infectious complications (59%) were observed, the related rate of treatment discontinuation was low (7% and 9%, respectively). Conclusions HCVAD combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitors is an effective regimen for the management of BP-CML, particularly when followed by allogeneic SCT.
KW - HCVAD
KW - blast phase
KW - chronic myeloid leukemia
KW - lymphoid variant
KW - tyrosine kinase inhibitors
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U2 - 10.1002/cncr.28433
DO - 10.1002/cncr.28433
M3 - Article
C2 - 24151050
AN - SCOPUS:84892944529
SN - 0008-543X
VL - 120
SP - 373
EP - 380
JO - Cancer
JF - Cancer
IS - 3
ER -