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Phase 2 clinical trial of 5-azacitidine, valproic acid, and all-trans retinoic acid in patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome

Emmanuel Raffoux _, Audrey Cras, Christian Recher, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Adrienne de Labarthe, Pascal Turlure, Jean-Pierre Marolleau, Oumedaly Reman, Claude Gardin, Maud Victor, Sébastien Maury, Philippe Rousselot, Jean-Valère Malfuson, Odile Maarek, Marie-Thérèse Daniel, Pierre Fenaux, Laurent Degos, Christine Chomienne, Sylvie Chevret and Hervé Dombret

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Oncotarget. 2010; 1:34-42. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.106

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Abstract

Received: April 24, 2010, Accepted: May 6, 2010, Published: May 19, 2010

In this Phase 2 study, we evaluated the efficacy of combination of 5-azacitidine (AZA), valproic acid (VPA), and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Treatment consisted of six cycles of AZA and VPA for 7 days, followed by ATRA for 21 days. Sixty-five patients were enrolled (median age, 72 years; 55 AML including 13 relapsed/refractory patients, 10 MDS; 30 unfavorable karyotypes). Best responses included 14 CR and 3 PR (26%), 75% of the responders and 36% of the non-responders achieving an erythroid response. Median overall survival (OS) was 12.4 months. Untreated patients had a longer OS than relapsed/refractory patients. In patients who fulfilled the 6 planned cycles, OS did not appear to depend on CR/PR achievement, suggesting that stable disease while on-treatment would be a surrogate for survival with this approach. During therapy, early platelet response and demethylation of the FZD9, ALOX12, HPN, and CALCA genes were associated with clinical response. Finally, there was no evidence for the restoration of an ATRA-induced differentiation during therapy. Epigenetic modulation deserves prospective comparisons to conventional care in patients with high-risk AML, at least in those presenting previously untreated disease and low blast count.

 


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