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What has the SAMBA trial taught us about the treatment of elderly high-risk AML/MDS patients?
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During the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO), the AML Hub spoke to Uwe Platzbecker, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, DE, about the SAMBA trial, and what impact the results will have on how we treat elderly high-risk patients with AML/MDS.
What has the SAMBA trial taught us about the treatment of elderly high-risk AML/MDS patients?
Patients with hypomethylating agent-refractory AML/MDS have very limited treatment options. The SAMBA trial aimed to address this unmet clinical need, and evaluated the safety and efficacy of single-agent talacotuzumab, a CD123-directed monoclonal antibody, in this setting.
Talacotuzumab was not well tolerated and showed limited efficacy in elderly high-risk patients with AML/MDS. In a parallel phase III study evaluating talacotuzumab + decitabine vs decitabine alone, the combination did not demonstrate superiority over single-agent decitabine.
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