Long-term results of children with acute myeloid leukemia: A report of three consecutive Phase III trials by the Children's Cancer Group: CCG 251, CCG 213 and CCG 2891
Long-term results of children with acute myeloid leukemia: A report of three consecutive Phase III trials by the Children's Cancer Group: CCG 251, CCG 213 and CCG 2891
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10.1038/sj.leu.2403925
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发表时间:
2005-12-01
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11.4
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Arceci, R
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Smith, FO;Alonzo, T;Arceci, R
The Children's Cancer Group (CCG) conducted three Phase III prospective clinical trials for children with de novo acute myeloid leukemia between the years 1979 and 1995. A total of 1903 eligible children ages birth to 21 years of age were enrolled on CCG 251 (n = 485), CCG 213 (n = 532) and CCG 2891 (n = 886). Follow-up is ongoing, with medians of 7.9, 10.9 and 8.6 years, respectively. These three clinical trials developed dose- and time-intensive induction regimens based upon high-dose cytarabine and daunomycin and randomly assigned patients to allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in first remission if an HLA-matched related donor was identified. Despite dose- and time-intensive induction regimens, remission induction rates remained relatively stable at 77 - 78%. However, overall survival, event-free survival and disease-free survival (DFS) increased for patients receiving intensive-timing induction therapy in comparison to patients who received standard-timing induction, regardless of the type of postremission therapy. Outcomes were best for patients receiving intensive-timing induction followed by matched related donor allogeneic transplantation with DFS of 65 +/- 9% at 6 years. These three clinical trials have established a strong foundation for the development of future studies focusing on further risk group stratification and the development of novel, molecularly-targeted therapies.