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Dasatinib and low-intensity chemotherapy in elderly patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL.


ABSTRACT: Prognosis of Philadelphia-positive (Ph(+)) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the elderly has improved during the imatinib era. We investigated dasatinib, another potent tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in combination with low-intensity chemotherapy. Patients older than age 55 years were included in the European Working Group on Adult ALL (EWALL) study number 01 for Ph(+) ALL (EWALL-PH-01 international study) and were treated with dasatinib 140 mg/day (100 mg/day over 70 years) with intrathecal chemotherapy, vincristine, and dexamethasone during induction. Patients in complete remission continued consolidation with dasatinib, sequentially with cytarabine, asparaginase, and methotrexate for 6 months. Maintenance therapy was dasatinib and vincristine/dexamethasone reinductions for 18 months followed by dasatinib until relapse or death. Seventy-one patients with a median age of 69 years were enrolled; 77% had a high comorbidity score. Complete remission rate was 96% and 65% of patients achieved a 3-log reduction in BCR-ABL1 transcript levels during consolidation. Only 7 patients underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. At 5 years, overall survival was 36% and up to 45% taking into account deaths unrelated to disease or treatment as competitors. Thirty-six patients relapsed, 24 were tested for mutation by Sanger sequencing, and 75% were T315I-positive. BCR-ABL1(T315I) was tested by allele-specific oligonucleotide reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 43 patients and detection was associated with short-term relapses. Ten patients (23%) were positive before any therapy and 8 relapsed, all with this mutation. In conclusion, dasatinib combined with low-intensity chemotherapy was well-tolerated and gave long-term survival in 36% of elderly patients with Ph(+) ALL. Monitoring of BCR-ABL1(T315I) from diagnosis identified patients with at high risk of early relapse and may help to personalize therapy.

SUBMITTER: Rousselot P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5085255 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dasatinib and low-intensity chemotherapy in elderly patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL.

Rousselot Philippe P   Coudé Marie Magdelaine MM   Gokbuget Nicola N   Gambacorti Passerini Carlo C   Hayette Sandrine S   Cayuela Jean-Michel JM   Huguet Françoise F   Leguay Thibaut T   Chevallier Patrice P   Salanoubat Celia C   Bonmati Caroline C   Alexis Magda M   Hunault Mathilde M   Glaisner Sylvie S   Agape Philippe P   Berthou Christian C   Jourdan Eric E   Fernandes José J   Sutton Laurent L   Banos Anne A   Reman Oumedaly O   Lioure Bruno B   Thomas Xavier X   Ifrah Norbert N   Lafage-Pochitaloff Marina M   Bornand Anne A   Morisset Laure L   Robin Valérie V   Pfeifer Heike H   Delannoy Andre A   Ribera Josep J   Bassan Renato R   Delord Marc M   Hoelzer Dieter D   Dombret Herve H   Ottmann Oliver G OG  

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Prognosis of Philadelphia-positive (Ph(+)) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the elderly has improved during the imatinib era. We investigated dasatinib, another potent tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in combination with low-intensity chemotherapy. Patients older than age 55 years were included in the European Working Group on Adult ALL (EWALL) study number 01 for Ph(+) ALL (EWALL-PH-01 international study) and were treated with dasatinib 140 mg/day (100 mg/day over 70 years) with intrathecal che  ...[more]

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