All-trans retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia:: long-term outcome and prognostic factor analysis from the North American Intergroup protocol
All-trans retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia:: long-term outcome and prognostic factor analysis from the North American Intergroup protocol
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2002-02-0632
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发表时间:
2002-12-15
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20.3
通讯作者:
Wiernik, PH
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作者:
Tallman, MS;Andersen, JW;Wiernik, PH
We previously reported a benefit for all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in both induction and maintenance therapy in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). To determine the durability of this benefit and identify important prognostic factors, long-term follow-up of the North American Intergroup APL trial is reported. A total of 350 patients with newly diagnosed APL were randomized to either daunorubicin and cytarabine (DA) or ATRA for induction and then either ATRA maintenance or observation following consolidation chemotherapy. The complete remission (CR) rates were not significantly different between the ATRA and DA groups (70% and 73%, respectively). However, the 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were longer with ATRA than with DA for induction (69% vs 29% and 69% vs 45%, respectively). Based on both induction and maintenance randomizations, the 5-year DFS was 16% for patients randomized to DA and observation, 47% for DA and ATRA, 55% for ATRA and observation, and 74% for ATRA and ATRA. There was no advantage of either induction regimen among any subgroups when CR alone was considered. However, female sex, classical M3 morphology (vs the microgranular variant [M3v]), and treatment-white blood cell count (WBC) interaction (ATRA/WBC below 2 x 10(9)/L [2000/muL] best, DA/WBC above 2 x 10(9)/L worst) were each significantly associated with improved DFS (P