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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogenous hematological malignancy, characterized by multiple genomic alterations, with limited therapeutic options for patients over the age of 60. Using a precision medicine approach, it may be possible to improve patient outcomes by matching each patient to the most effective targeted therapy for their specific subtype of AML.
The Beat AML Master trial is an umbrella study which contains 11 sub-studies covering the most prominent subtypes of AML. The study primarily aimed to assess whether molecular, immunophenotypic and/or biochemical studies could profile patients within seven calendar days, and subsequently assign them to molecularly defined, subtype-specific therapy based on the results. Another primary objective of the trial was to determine the clinical efficacy of novel treatment strategies in each sub study. The Beat AML trial was specifically conducted in an elderly patient population over the age of 60 years. Amy Burd, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, White Plains, US, presented the results from the Beat AML Master trial during the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting in Orlando, US.
Group
Prioritized schema
Treatment
-
N
%
-
Core binding factor (CBF)
9
2.3
Samalizumab + induction
NPM1 mutation / FLT3 wild type
46
11.7
Fit patients: entospletinib + induction
Unfit patients: entospletinib monotherapy
MLL rearrangements
11
2.8
Entospletinib
Entospletinib + azacitidine
IDH2 mutations
45
11.4
Enasidenib
Enasidenib + azacitidine
IDH1 mutations
23
5.8
Ivosidenib + azacitidine
TP53 mutations
76
19.2
Entospletinib + decitabine
Pevonedistat + azacitidine
Complex cytogenetics with no TP53 mutation
31
7.9
Entospletinib + decitabine
FLT3 mutations
27
6.8
Gilteritinib monotherapy
+/- decitabine
Hypermethylation
49
12.4
BI 836858 + azacitidine
Marker-negative
78
19.8
BI 836858 + azacitidine
Dr Burd and co-investigators concluded that a rapid precision medicine approach was feasible in patients aged 60 years and older with treatment naïve AML and that delaying treatment for up to seven days was safe.
Patients receiving an assigned therapy based on molecular, immunophenotypic and/or biochemical information had an overall lower early death rate and superior OS compared to standard therapy, indicating an umbrella approach may improve short- and long-term clinical outcomes of patients with AML.
The results of this study have now been published in the journal Nature Medicine.2
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