101. Clofarabine added to intensive treatment in adult patients with newly diagnosed ALL: the HOVON-100 trial
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Rijneveld, Anita W., van der Holt, Bronno, de Weerdt, Okke, Biemond, Bart J., van de Loosdrecht, Arjen A., van der Wagen, Lotte E., Bellido, Mar, van Gelder, Michel, van der Velden, Walter J.F.M., Selleslag, Dominik, van Lammeren-Venema, Daniëlle, Halkes, Constantijn J.M., Fijnheer, Rob, Havelange, Violaine, van Sluis, Geerte L., Legdeur, Marie-Cecile, Deeren, Dries, Gadisseur, Alain, Sinnige, Harm A.M., Breems, Dimitri A., Jaspers, Aurélie, Legrand, Ollivier, Terpstra, Wim E., Boersma, Rinske S., Mazure, Dominiek, Triffet, Agnes, Tick, Lidwine W., Beel, Karolien, Maertens, Johan A., Beverloo, H. Berna, Bakkus, Marleen, Homburg, Christa H.E., de Haas, Valerie, van der Velden, Vincent H.J., and Cornelissen, Jan J.
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Clofarabine (CLO) is a nucleoside analogue with efficacy in relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This randomized phase III study aimed to evaluate whether CLO added to induction and consolidation would improve outcome in adults with newly diagnosed ALL.Treatment for younger (18-40 years) patients consisted of a pediatric inspired protocol and for older patients (41-70 years) of a semi-intensive protocol was used. 340 patients were randomized. After a median follow up of 70 months,5-year EFS was 50% and 53% for arm A and B (CLO arm). For patients ≤40 years, EFS was 58% vs 65% in arm A vs B, while in patients >40 years EFS was 43% in both arms. CR rate was 89% in both arms and similar in younger and older patients.Minimal residual disease (MRD) was assessedin 200 patients (60%).Fifty-fourof 76evaluable patients(71%) were MRD negative after consolidation 1 in arm A vs 75/81 (93%) in arm B (p=0.001). Seventy (42%) patients proceeded to allogeneic hematopoietic stemcell transplantation in both arms. Five years OS was similar in both arms, 60% vs 61%. Among patients achieving CR, relapse rates were 28% and 24%, and non-relapse mortality was 16% vs 17% after CR. CLO treated patients experienced more serious adverse events, moreinfections, and more often went off-protocol. This was most pronounced in older patients. We conclude that, despite a higher rate of MRD-negativity, addition of CLO does not improve outcome in adults with ALL, which might be due to increased toxicity.The trial is registered at www.trialregister.nl as NTR2004.
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- 2021
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