PURPOSE: Recent reports of extramedullary disease (EMD) at recurrence in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) have raised increasing concern about a possible role of retinoic acid (RA) therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed the risk of developing EMD localization at relapse in APL patients enrolled onto two consecutive studies of the Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto. The studies investigated chemotherapy alone (LAP0389) versus RA plus chemotherapy (AIDA). RESULTS: When all relapse types were taken into account, 94 (51%) of 184 patients and 131 (18%) of 740 patients who attained hematologic remission underwent relapse in the LAP0389 and AIDA studies, respectively (P < .0001). EMD localization was documented in five (5%) of 94 and 16 (12%) of 131 patients (P = .08). Hematologic and/or molecular relapse was diagnosed concomitantly in all but two patients with EMD in the AIDA study. For patients in the LAP0389 and AIDA series, the probability of EMD localization of any type at relapse was 3% and 4.5%, respectively (P = .79), while the probability of CNS involvement was 0.6% and 2% (P = .28). No significant differences were found with regard to mean WBC count and promyelocytic leukemia/retinoic acid receptor-alpha junction type in comparisons of patients with EMD and hematologic relapse. CONCLUSION: APL patients receiving all-trans retinoic acid in addition to chemotherapy have no increased risk of developing EMD at relapse as compared with those treated with chemotherapy alone.
PURPOSE: Recent reports of extramedullary disease (EMD) at recurrence in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) have raised increasing concern about a possible role of retinoic acid (RA) therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed the risk of developing EMD localization at relapse in APLpatients enrolled onto two consecutive studies of the Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto. The studies investigated chemotherapy alone (LAP0389) versus RA plus chemotherapy (AIDA). RESULTS: When all relapse types were taken into account, 94 (51%) of 184 patients and 131 (18%) of 740 patients who attained hematologic remission underwent relapse in the LAP0389 and AIDA studies, respectively (P < .0001). EMD localization was documented in five (5%) of 94 and 16 (12%) of 131 patients (P = .08). Hematologic and/or molecular relapse was diagnosed concomitantly in all but two patients with EMD in the AIDA study. For patients in the LAP0389 and AIDA series, the probability of EMD localization of any type at relapse was 3% and 4.5%, respectively (P = .79), while the probability of CNS involvement was 0.6% and 2% (P = .28). No significant differences were found with regard to mean WBC count and promyelocytic leukemia/retinoic acid receptor-alpha junction type in comparisons of patients with EMD and hematologic relapse. CONCLUSION:APLpatients receiving all-transretinoic acid in addition to chemotherapy have no increased risk of developing EMD at relapse as compared with those treated with chemotherapy alone.
Authors: C Ganzel; V Mathews; K Alimoghaddam; A Ghavamzadeh; D Kuk; S Devlin; H Wang; M-J Zhang; D Weisdorf; D Douer; J M Rowe; E Polge; J Esteve; A Nagler; M Mohty; M S Tallman Journal: Bone Marrow Transplant Date: 2016-04-18 Impact factor: 5.483
Authors: Pau Montesinos; Joaquín Díaz-Mediavilla; Guillermo Debén; Virginia Prates; Mar Tormo; Vicente Rubio; Inmaculada Pérez; Isolda Fernández; Maricruz Viguria; Chelo Rayón; José González; Javier de la Serna; Jordi Esteve; Juan M Bergua; Concha Rivas; Marcos González; Jose D González; Silvia Negri; Salut Brunet; Bob Lowenberg; Miguel A Sanz Journal: Haematologica Date: 2009-07-16 Impact factor: 9.941