High-dose Cytarabine and Survival in AML

NCT ID: NCT01034839

Last Updated: 2009-12-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

499 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-01-31

Study Completion Date

2009-12-31

Brief Summary

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In adults with acute myeloid leukemia, especially those \< 60 years of age, high-dose cytarabine consolidation therapy has been shown to influence survival, but the appropriate dose has not been defined.

Detailed Description

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Background In adults with acute myeloid leukemia, especially those \< 60 years of age, high-dose cytarabine consolidation therapy has been shown to influence survival. However, the appropriate dose has not been defined. We evaluated survival after cytarabine consolidation therapy at three different doses.

Design and Methods We conducted a single-center, retrospective study involving 499 acute myeloid leukemia patients, aged 18-92 years, all evaluated between 1978 and 2007. Of those 499 patients, 400 received curative treatment and 203 received cytarabine consolidation. The latter were divided into three groups: low-dose (receiving \< 1.5 g/m2 of i.v. cytarabine, every 12 h, on 3 alternate days, for up to 4 cycles); medium-high-dose (\< 45.45 g-the median dose-by the end of the cycles); and very-high-dose (≥ 45.45 g by the end of the cycles).

Results Among the 400 patients receiving curative treatment, five-year survival was 22.8% (91 patients). Cytarabine consolidation dose was an independent determinant of survival (significant differences were found among the groups), whereas age, karyotype, induction protocol, French-American-British classification and etiology were not. In comparison with the very-high-dose group, the risk of death was 3.871 times (95% CI, 1.043 to 14.370 times) higher in the high-dose group (p=0.043) and 9.775 times (95% CI, 2.493 to 38.320 times) higher in the low-dose group (p=0.001), assuming, in both cases, that age, karyotype, French-American-British classification and etiology of acute myeloid leukemia were constant.

Conclusions Consolidation therapy with high-dose cytarabine appears to improve survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Conditions

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Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Keywords

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acute myeloid leukemia prognosis cytarabine

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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acute myeloid leukemia, adults

Adults treated for acute myeloid leukemia in our hospital between 1978 and 2007

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* clinical diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia
* age 18 years or above
* must have been treated with potentially curative therapy

Exclusion Criteria

* children or age less than 18 years
* palliative therapy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

92 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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University of Sao Paulo, General Hospital

Principal Investigators

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Pedro ED Llacer, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Sao Paulo

Locations

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University of Sao Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

Other Identifiers

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mcazevedo01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id