Targeted therapies for myelodysplastic syndromes/neoplasms (MDS): current landscape and future directions
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Bewersdorf J, Shimony S, Shallis R, Liu Y, Berton G, Schaefer E, Zeidan A, Goldberg A, Stein E, Marcucci G, Bystrom R, Lindsley R, Chen E, Perez J, Stein A, Pullarkat V, Aldoss I, DeAngelo D, Neuberg D, Stone R, Garciaz S, Ball B, Stahl M. Intensive induction chemotherapy vs hypomethylating agents in combination with venetoclax in NPM1-mutant AML. Blood Advances 2024, 8: 4845-4855. PMID: 38941537, PMCID: PMC11416634, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012858.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensive induction chemotherapyAcute myeloid leukemiaNPM1-Mutant Acute Myeloid LeukemiaInduction chemotherapyHypomethylating agentsMulticenter retrospective cohort study of patientsPatients treated with ICAllogeneic stem cell transplantationRetrospective cohort study of patientsMulticenter retrospective cohort studyCohort study of patientsComposite complete remissionStem cell transplantationYears-oldFLT3-ITD mutationStudy of patientsStandard of careNormal cytogeneticsComplete remissionCell transplantationNPM1 mutationsMyeloid leukemiaFLT3-ITDYounger patientsOlder patientsCombination therapy with hypomethylating agents and venetoclax versus intensive induction chemotherapy in IDH1‐ or IDH2‐mutant newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia—A multicenter cohort study
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Shimony S, Bewersdorf J, Shallis R, Liu Y, Schaefer E, Zeidan A, Goldberg A, Stein E, Marcucci G, Lindsley R, Chen E, Ramos Perez J, Stein A, DeAngelo D, Neuberg D, Stone R, Ball B, Stahl M. Hypomethylating agents plus venetoclax compared with intensive induction chemotherapy regimens in molecularly defined secondary AML. Leukemia 2024, 38: 762-768. PMID: 38378841, DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02175-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with improved OSHypomethylating agentsCPX-351Overall survivalSplicing factor mutationsCo-mutationsAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationAssociated with better OSAssociated with worse OSSecondary acute myeloid leukemiaHematopoietic stem cell transplantationMedian overall survivalStem cell transplantationPatients aged >Acute myeloid leukemiaTreated with daunorubicinLiposomal daunorubicinMonosomal karyotypeNRAS/KRAS mutationsImproved OSSecondary AMLMyeloid diseasesMyeloid neoplasmsAML patientsAML treatmentClinical outcomes of hypomethylating agents plus Venetoclax as frontline treatment in patients 75 years and older with acute myeloid leukemia: Real‐world data from eight US academic centers
Abaza Y, Winer E, Murthy S, Shallis R, Matthews A, Badar T, Geramita E, Kota V, Swaroop A, Doukas P, Bradshaw D, Helenowski I, Liu Y, Zhang H, Im A, Litzow M, Perl A, Atallah E, Altman J. Clinical outcomes of hypomethylating agents plus Venetoclax as frontline treatment in patients 75 years and older with acute myeloid leukemia: Real‐world data from eight US academic centers. American Journal Of Hematology 2024, 99: 606-614. PMID: 38342997, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.27231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myeloid leukemiaHypomethylating agentsOverall survivalElderly patientsMedian OSMyeloid leukemiaTP53-mutated acute myeloid leukemiaNewly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemiaFailure of hypomethylating agentsMedian duration of responseDiagnosed AMLVIALE-A trialMedian overall survivalIncomplete count recoveryDuration of responseMulticenter retrospective studySingle-center studyTreatment of patientsStandard of careCR/CRi rateIntensive chemotherapyCount recoveryMedian durationFrontline treatmentRetrospective study