LEUKEMIA: ACUTE MYELOGENOUS

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

5+2*

(Ral kr, et al.

Blood.

1981;58:1203-12)

 

N = 75

Cytarabine 100 mg/m2/d IV continuous

Infusion days 1-5

Daunorubicin 45 mg/m2/d IV days 1, 2

*For reinduction

 

 

Infection 51%

Hemorrhage 20%

Hepatic 7%

Renal 5%

Cardiac 4%

 

Days 1, 2―

level 4

Days 3-5―

level 2

 

Death due to

therapy 32%

Sepsis was the

most common

cause of death

CECA

(Kornblau SM, et al.

Leuk Lymphoma.

1998;28:371-75)

 

N = 25

 

 

 

Cyclophosphamide 1000 mg/m2/d IV over  2 hours days 1-3

Etoposide 200  mg/m2/d IV over 3 hours   days 1-3

Carboplatin 150 mg/m2/d for 3 days IV  continuous Infusion days 1-3

Cytarabine 1000 mg/m2/d IV over 2 hours   days 1-3

 

Note: Agents administered sequentially, with

cyclophosphamide first, then etoposide,

carboplatin, and finally cytarabine.

 

 

 

Neutropenic Fever 76%

Hyperbilirubinemia

(Grade IV) 4%

Hemorrhagic cystitis

(Grade IV) 4%

Diarrhea (Grade III) 4%

Mucositis (Grade III) 4%

Cardiac Toxicity

(Grade III) 4%

Days 1-3―

level 5

 

Cytarabine

(Mayer RJ, et al.

N Engl J Med.

1994;331:896-903)

 

N = 203

Cytarabine 100  mg/m2/d IV continuous

Infusion days 1-5*

Repeat cycle every 28 days or 1 week after

marrow recovery

*For patients > 60 years of age

Grade III-IV >                 16%

 

Patients Requiring

Hospitalization Due to

Neutropenic Fever 16%

Patients Requiring

Transfusions Due to

Thrombocytopenia 28%

Days 1-5―

level 2

 

1% of patients died

while in remission

76% of patients tolerated

full-dose therapy for

4 courses

EMA-86

(Archimbaud E, et al.

J Clin Oncol.   1995;13:11-18)

 

N = 133

Mitoxantrone 12  mg/m2/d IV days 1-3

Cytarabine 500 mg/m2/d IV continuous

Infusion days 1-3, 8-10

Etoposide 200 mg/m2/d IV continuous

Infusion days 8-10

 

100%

 

Neutropenic

Infection* 54%

Thrombocytopenia* 100%

Mucositis* 23%

Hyperbilirubinemia* 8%

Bleeding* 6%

Rash* 5%

Diarrhea* 3%

Metabolic Disorders* 2%

Cerebellar Syndrome* 1%

Vomiting* 9%

 

*WHO Grade > 2 toxicity

Days 1-3―

level 4

Days 8-10―

level 3

Infection death 9%

Median duration of

neutropenia (Grade IV)

31 days

of patients receiving a

2nd course, 5 patients

(19%) died of toxicity

(4 of infection, 1 of

cerebral hemorrhage)

 

 

  

 

LEUKEMIA: ACUTE MYELOGENOUS (continued ) : Page 2

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

FLAG

(Montillo M, et al.

AM J Hematol.

1998;58:105-109)

 

N = 38

Fludarabine 30 mg/m2/d IV over 30 minutes

days 1-5

Cytarabine 2000 mg/m2/d IV over 4 hours

after completion of fludarabine days 1-5

G-CSF 5 mcg/kg/d IV day 0

(24 hours prior to starting chemotherapy)

until ANC recovery

 

 

Neutropenia

Grade IV 100%

 

Documented Infections

(> Grade III) 44%

Bacterial Infection 34%

Fungal                                                infection 10%

Fever of unknown

Origin 44%

Mucositis (> Grade III) 10%

Diarrhea (> Grade III) 8%

Hepatic (> Grade III) 8%

Neurologic (> Grade III)2%

Days 1-5―

level 4

Median time to ANC

500/mL was 21 days and to ANC > 1000/mL  was 23 days

Median time to platelet  levels > 20,000 was  26 days and to

platelets > 100,000

was 28 days

Median time of G-CSF  Administration was   21 days (range 17-61)

Median time hospitalized

Was 31 days

(range 17-16)

HiDAC

(Mayer RJ, et al.

N Engl J Med.

1994;331:896-903)

 

N = 187

Cytarabine 3000 mg/m2 IV

Over 3 hours every 12 hours

Days1, 3, 5 (total 6 doses)

Administer with saline, methylcellulose, or

Steroid eye drops OU, every 6 hours,

beginning with cytarabine and continuing

48-72 hours after the last cytarabine dose

Repeat cycle every 28 days or 1 week after

marrow recovery

Grade III-IV 71%

 

Patients Requiring

Hospitalization

Due to Neutropenic    Fever/Infection 71%

Thrombocytopenia

(Grade IV) 86%

CNS Toxicities 12%

(32% with age > 60 yrs)

Days 1, 3, 5

―level 4

5% of patients died

while in remission

patients hospitalized for

neutropenic fever 71%

56% of patients tolerated 4 courses of therapy   at full dose

86% of patients required  platelet transfusions

 

 

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Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

Gemtuzumab    ozogamicin

(sievers EL, et al.

J Clin Oncol.

2001;19:3244-54)

 

N = 142

Gemtuzumab 9 mg/m2 IV for up to 3 doses

with at least 14 days, but not greater than

days between doses

Appropriate premedications listed in Section 2,

Commonly Used Premedication Regimens

Neutropenia

Grade III-IV

97%

 

Infection 28%

Sepsis 16%

Pneumonia 7%

Fever 15%

Chills 13%

Thrombocytopenia 99%

Hypertension 9%

Hypotension 8%

Asthenia 7%

Mucositis 4%

Hyperbilirubinemia

(Grade III) 23%

(Grade IV) 1%

Transaminases 17%

Nausea/Vomiting 11%

Dyspnea 9%

Days 1, 14―

level 3

Grade III-IV bleeding

15%, which included

epistaxis (3%)

and intracranial

hemorrhage (4%)

patients (13%) died

during the treatment

period: disease

progression (8),

multiorgan failure (4),

CNS hemorrhage (5),

sepsis (2)

Incidence of infusion related symptoms

was significantly lower  after the second dose

compared with the

first dose (Grade III-IV

34% vs 12%)

Hepatotoxicity, including

severe veno-occlusive

disease (VOD), has been reported in

association with the use of gemtuzumab

Median time to onset

of Grade III-IV hyper.

bilirubinemia was

8 days and the median   duration was 20 days

1 patient died with

liver failure in the

setting of tumor lysis

syndrome and multi-

system organ failure

1 patient died after

an episode of

persistent ascites and hepatosplenomegaly