Relapse prevention with second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors for Ph+ve acute leukemia after allogenic stem cell transplantation.

Authors

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Faiz K. Anwer

University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ

Faiz K. Anwer , Zabih Warraich , Atif Sohail , Theresa Thai , Azka Latif , Vikas Kapoor , Keri Renee Maher , Faiza Hassan Warraich , Sami Warraich , Zeeshan Baig , Adeela Mushtaq , Pavan Tenneti , Ali McBride

Organizations

University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, University Of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Tucson, AZ, St Joseph's Regional Medical center, Patterson, NJ, Banner University Medical Center, Tuscon, AZ, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ

Research Funding

Other

Background: Relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AlloHSCT) for Ph+ve acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) remains the major cause of treatment failure. Use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for post-transplant maintenance is not well defined. Methods: Database search using PubMed, Cochrane library, and Embase was performed on 08/10/2017 yielding 861 articles, 17 articles met inclusion criteria (n = 502). Results: Patients in seven prospective trials (n = 224) received imatinib post-transplant (PT) either prophylactically or pre-emptively for median duration of 3-12 months, at dose of 200–600 mg. Imatinib yielded a better overall survival (OS) (1.7 to 5-year OS was 30-86.7%), disease free survival (DFS) (30–81.5%) and low relapse rate (13 – 31.5%). Chen et al, in 2012 reported 52.4% higher OS (p = 0.0) with imatinib. Five retrospective trial patients (n = 221) received TKI PT either prophylactically or pre-emptively for median duration of 1-11 months, at dose of 300–800mg. TKI prophylactically led to better OS (1-year OS-100%, 2-year OS-66.7%), DFS (20-100%) and with the 3-year relapse rate of 63.6%. Three prospective trial patients (n = 28) received nilotinib PT prophylactically for a median duration of 0-20 month, at dose of 200-300 mg. Nilotinib prophylactically had a better OS (2-year OS was 69%, and mOS was 35.5 months) and DFS (56% in one study and median 34.1 months in another). Two retrospective trial patients (n = 29) received post-AlloHSCT dasatinib for median duration of 11-15 months, at dose of 50-100 mg. Patients who received dasatinib had a better OS (3-year 87% in one study, and median OS was 22 months in another study) and DFS (88%). Conclusions: Post-transplant prophylactic or maintenance TKIs in Ph+ ALL showed increase in OS, DFS and decrease in relapse rates. Limited data appears to favor a prophylactic rather than a pre-emptive strategy. In retrospective trials, use of dasatinib reported increase 3-year OS-87% whereas imatinib 3-year OS was 40% is post-transplant patients. The second generation TKIs have better outcomes in comparison to imatinib although further studies are needed to assess this fact definitively.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2018 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Hematologic Malignancies—Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Allotransplant

Track

Hematologic Malignancies—Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Allotransplant

Sub Track

Acute Leukemia

Citation

J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl; abstr 7050)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2018.36.15_suppl.7050

Abstract #

7050

Poster Bd #

110

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