Combination of all-trans-retinoic acid and gemtuzumab ozogamicin in an elderly patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia and severe cardiac failure.

Abstract:

:All-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) combined with anthracyclines is currently the standard treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). In elderly patients the presence of comorbidities, such as cardiomyopathy or different organ failures, often represents an absolute contraindication to standard chemotherapy. In this particular setting of patients, alternative front-line approaches are needed. Here we report the use of gemtuzumab ozogamicin as consolidation therapy in a 68-year-old patient not eligible for standard dose anthracycline due to severe cardiac failure and chronic anticoagulant therapy, affected by low-risk APL. Induction therapy was started with ATRA alone, at a dose of 45 mg/m2 for 80 days. The patient obtained a complete hematological and molecular remission. At day +170 the patient was treated with 6 mg/m2 gemtuzumab ozogamicin monthly for two months (2 total doses) as a consolidation therapy and then started a maintenance program with ATRA 45 mg/m2 for 15 days every three months, for a total time of two years. No adverse events were observed in every phase of treatment and the patient is still in complete continuous hematological and molecular remission 29 months from diagnosis. This approach represents an intriguing therapeutic option to be investigated in randomized studies in low- and intermediate-risk elderly patients (older than 65 years), aiming to minimize or to eliminate standard chemotherapy in advantage of new non-conventional agents, including ATO.

journal_name

Acta Haematol

journal_title

Acta haematologica

authors

Finizio O,Pezzullo L,Rocco S,Bene L,De Rosa C,Nunziata GR,Mettivier V

doi

10.1159/000097880

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-01-01 00:00:00

pages

188-90

issue

3

eissn

0001-5792

issn

1421-9662

pii

000097880

journal_volume

117

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