Brancati Serena, Gozzo Lucia, Romano Giovanni Luca, Vetro Calogero, Dulcamare Ilaria, Maugeri Cinzia, Parisi Marina, Longo Laura, Vitale Daniela Cristina, Di Raimondo Francesco, Drago Filippo
Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre, University Hospital of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Cancers (Basel). 2021 Dec 21;14(1):22. doi: 10.3390/cancers14010022.
Despite the progress in the development of new therapeutic strategies, relapsed/refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia (AML) still represents a high unmet medical need. Treatment options in this setting include enrollment into clinical trials, allogeneic stem cell transplantation and/or targeted therapy. Nevertheless, it is associated with poor outcomes. Thus, the development of new treatments, which could ameliorate the prognosis of these patients with a good safety profile are highly demanded. Recently, venetoclax (VEN) has been approved for naïve AML patients unfit for intensive chemotherapy. In this regard, regimens including VEN could represent a valuable treatment option even in those with R/R disease and several studies have been conducted to demonstrate its role in this clinical setting. This review aims to summarize the current evidence on the use of VEN regimens in the treatment of R/R AML.
尽管在新治疗策略的开发方面取得了进展,但复发/难治性(R/R)急性髓系白血病(AML)仍然代表着尚未满足的高度医疗需求。这种情况下的治疗选择包括参加临床试验、异基因干细胞移植和/或靶向治疗。然而,其预后较差。因此,迫切需要开发新的治疗方法,以改善这些患者的预后并具有良好的安全性。最近,维奈克拉(VEN)已被批准用于不适合强化化疗的初治AML患者。在这方面,即使对于R/R疾病患者,包含VEN的治疗方案也可能是一种有价值的治疗选择,并且已经进行了多项研究来证明其在这种临床情况下的作用。本综述旨在总结关于VEN方案用于治疗R/R AML的当前证据。