Arrigo Giulia, D'Ardìa Stefano, Audisio Ernesta, Cerrano Marco, Freilone Roberto, Giai Valentina, Secreto Carolina, Urbino Irene, Frairia Chiara
Division of Hematology, Department of Oncology, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.
Acta Haematol. 2022;145(5):566-570. doi: 10.1159/000524878. Epub 2022 May 17.
Extramedullary relapse of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is not a rare event, and the FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) mutation is a well-known risk factor. Gilteritinib is approved for relapsed/refractory FLT3+ AML, but its efficacy in extramedullary relapse is still undefined. Here, we present the case of a 69-year-old woman with therapy-related nucleophosmin-1 and FLT3-internal tandem duplication (FLT3-ITD) positive AML treated with induction and consolidation with CPX-351 (liposomal daunorubicin plus cytarabine) followed by off-label azacitidine maintenance who obtained a complete remission (CR) with persistent measurable residual disease. After 19 months of CR, she experienced an isolated breast relapse of FLT3-ITD+ AML. She was started on single-agent gilteritinib, resulting in a rapid and persistent complete regression of the breast nodule. Targeted therapy with gilteritinib for relapsed/refractory FLT3-ITD+ AML can be effective in isolated extramedullary relapse.
急性髓系白血病(AML)的髓外复发并非罕见事件,而FMS样酪氨酸激酶3(FLT3)突变是一个众所周知的危险因素。吉瑞替尼已被批准用于复发/难治性FLT3+ AML,但它在髓外复发中的疗效仍不明确。在此,我们报告一例69岁女性患者,其患有治疗相关的核磷蛋白-1和FLT3内部串联重复(FLT3-ITD)阳性AML,接受了CPX-351(脂质体柔红霉素加阿糖胞苷)诱导和巩固治疗,随后接受了标签外阿扎胞苷维持治疗,获得了完全缓解(CR),但仍有持续可测量的残留疾病。在CR 19个月后,她出现了FLT3-ITD+ AML的孤立性乳腺复发。她开始接受单药吉瑞替尼治疗,乳腺结节迅速且持续完全消退。吉瑞替尼针对复发/难治性FLT3-ITD+ AML的靶向治疗对孤立性髓外复发可能有效。