American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for treating newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia in older adults

MA Sekeres, G Guyatt, G Abel, S Alibhai… - Blood …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Background: Older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) represent a vulnerable
population in whom disease-based and clinical risk factors, patient goals, prognosis, and …

Therapeutic advances in acute myeloid leukemia

A Burnett, M Wetzler, B Löwenberg - Journal of clinical oncology, 2011 - ascopubs.org
The choice of treatment approach and outcome in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends
on the age of the patient. In younger patients, arbitrarily defined as being younger than 60 …

CPX-351 (cytarabine and daunorubicin) liposome for injection versus conventional cytarabine plus daunorubicin in older patients with newly diagnosed secondary …

JE Lancet, GL Uy, JE Cortes, LF Newell… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose CPX-351 is a dual-drug liposomal encapsulation of cytarabine and daunorubicin
that delivers a synergistic 5: 1 drug ratio into leukemia cells to a greater extent than normal …

Three decades of P-gp inhibitors: skimming through several generations and scaffolds

A Palmeira, E Sousa, MH Vasconcelos… - Current medicinal …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Many tumor cells become resistant to commonly used cytotoxic drugs due to the
overexpression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, namely P-glycoprotein (P-gp) …

High-dose daunorubicin in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia

B Löwenberg, GJ Ossenkoppele… - … England Journal of …, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
Background A complete remission is essential for prolonging survival in patients with acute
myeloid leukemia (AML). Daunorubicin is a cornerstone of the induction regimen, but the …

P-glycoprotein inhibition as a therapeutic approach for overcoming multidrug resistance in cancer: current status and future perspectives

Z Binkhathlan, A Lavasanifar - Current cancer drug targets, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
One of the major causes of failure in cancer chemotherapy is multidrug resistance (MDR),
where cancer cells simultaneously become resistant to different anticancer drugs. Over …

Sorafenib in combination with intensive chemotherapy in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia: results from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

H Serve, U Krug, R Wagner, MC Sauerland… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The prognosis of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is still dismal
even with intensive chemotherapy. In this trial, we compared the antileukemic activity of …

Pevonedistat, a first-in-class NEDD8-activating enzyme inhibitor, combined with azacitidine in patients with AML

RT Swords, S Coutre, MB Maris… - Blood, The Journal …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Abstract Pevonedistat (TAK-924/MLN4924) is a novel inhibitor of NEDD8-activating enzyme
(NAE) with single-agent activity in relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We …

Evaluating measurable residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia

F Ravandi, RB Walter, SD Freeman - Blood advances, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Mounting evidence indicates that the presence of measurable (“minimal”) residual disease
(MRD), defined as posttherapy persistence of leukemic cells at levels below morphologic …

Pevonedistat (MLN 4924), a First‐in‐Class NEDD 8‐activating enzyme inhibitor, in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes: a phase 1 …

RT Swords, HP Erba, DJ DeAngelo… - British journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This trial was conducted to determine the dose‐limiting toxicities (DLT s) and maximum
tolerated dose (MTD) of the first in class NEDD 8‐activating enzyme (NAE) inhibitor …