Bortezomib with standard chemotherapy for children with acute myeloid leukemia does not improve treatment outcomes: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.

Bortezomib with standard chemotherapy for children with acute myeloid leukemia does not improve treatment outcomes: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Haematologica. 2020 Feb 06;: Authors: Aplenc R, Meshinchi S, Sung L, Alonzo T, Choi J, Fisher B, Gerbing R, Hirsch B, Horton T, Khawash S, Levine J, Loken M, Brodersen L, Pollard J, Raimondi S, Kolb EA, Gamis A Abstract New therapeutic strategies are needed for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia to reduce disease recurrence and treatment-related morbidity. The Children's Oncology Group Phase III AAML1031 trial tested whether the addition of bortezomib to standard chemotherapy improves survival in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. AAML1031 randomized patients younger than 30 years of age with de novo acute myeloid leukemia to standard treatment with or without bortezomib. All patients received the identical chemotherapy backbone with either four intensive chemotherapy courses or three courses followed by allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for high-risk patients. For those randomized to the intervention arm, bortezomib 1.3 mg/m2 was given on days 1, 4 and 8 of each chemotherapy course. For those randomized to the control arm, bortezomib was not administered. In total, 1097 patients were randomized to standard chemotherapy (n=542) or standard chemotherapy with bortezomib (n=555). Remission induction rate did not differ between bortezom...
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