377, 454464 (2017). Clinical outcome stratified according to the FLT3-ITD length (cutoff 70bp) for all patients treated with intensive chemotherapy. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate the slides or the slide controller buttons at the end to navigate through each slide. PubMedGoogle Scholar. Naval Daver, M. D. et al. Venetoclax, FLT3 Inhibitor and Decitabine in FLT3mut Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Subgroup Analysis of a Phase II Trial (ASH, 2020). 3 A Survival curves stratified by the presence or absence of FLT3 -ITD and NPM1 mutation for patients younger than 65 years. PubMed Central Blood 136, 3233 (2020). Further evaluation and optimization of triplets is a major area of clinical research focus in FLT3mut AML. Konopleva, M. et al. FLT3 mutation and all but one patient died shortly after FLT3 mutation was acquired. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00050-x, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00050-x. The median RFS was 1.2years (CI 0.22.2) and 0.77years (CI 0.51.1), respectively (P=0.06). volume11, Articlenumber:104 (2021) Cancer Cell 1, 433443 (2002). We stop the venetoclax and the FLT3i after Day 14 in patients who achieve marrow remission (<5% blasts) and/or marrow aplasia/hypoplasia/insufficiency (<5% cellularity). FLT3 testing was historically viewed as being purely prognostic; however, with the advent of FLT3 inhibitors, it will likely be seen as both prognostic and predictive. Altman, J. K. et al. If C1 D28 marrow confirms remission and ANC<0.5 and/or platelet<50K consider interrupting FLT3i and using neupogen to enhance count recovery. 2018 Oct 23;2 (20):2744-2754. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018020305. Informed consent was a requisite for patients alive at the time of data lock (January 2019). CAS Mutations of FLT3 are found in approximately 30% of newly diagnosed AML patients and appear either as ITDs ( 25%) or point mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain (TKD) (710%)4. First, 161 AML patients with FLT3-ITD mutations treated with IC were analyzed using 39bp as the cutoff (<39bp; n=48,39bp; n=113). evaluated midostaurin with azacitidine in patients with both newly diagnosed and R/R AML regardless of FLT3 mutational status. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. There were two patients with core binding factor (CBF) translocations (one RUNX-RUNX1T1 and one CBFB-MYH11) and FLT3-ITD mutations. Selective inhibition of FLT3 by gilteritinib in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia: a multicentre, first-in-human, open-label, phase 1-2 study. FLT3 -ITD mutations occur in the form of a replicated sequence in the juxtamembrane domain (JMD) and/or TKD1 of the FLT3 gene. 7+37 days of cytarabine and 3 days of daunorubicin. FLT3-TKD activating mutations also constitutively activate FLT311; however, they have not been associated with a consistent prognostic impact12. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. We aimed to shed light on the prognostic importance of theFLT3-ITD length and site of insertion by validating previously suggested sites of insertion and thresholds of ITD length. A phase I study evaluating gilteritinib with 7+3 induction and high-dose cytarabine consolidation chemotherapy, followed by single-agent maintenance therapy, in patients with newly diagnosed AML showed that gilteritinib 120mg daily was well tolerated. Blood 111, 27762784 (2008). In summary, in our population of 161 intensively treated FLT3-ITD AML patients, we did not validate any of the previously published recurrent thresholds of ITD length obtained from smaller series. Article In patients with FLT3mut AML who relapsed after first ASCT, sorafenib was found to be tolerable with long-lasting remissions in 7 of 29 patients treated, suggesting a potential synergy with post-ASCT alloimmune effects41. 383, 617629 (2020). FLT3 mutations are the most common mutations in AML 2 Of patients newly diagnosed with AML and tested for FLT3 mutations: 30 were positive for FLT3-ITD 7 were positive for FLT3-TKD FLT3-ITD mutations negatively impact survival in relapsed or refractory AML 1 AR, allelic ratio. Abstract 44: CG806, a first-in-class FLT3/BTK inhibitor, exhibits Seventeen patients underwent autologous hematopoietic progenitor transplantation, and forty-four patients underwent allogeneic hematopoietic progenitor transplantation (Table 1). J. Hematol. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative, Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports (2022), Current Treatment Options in Oncology (2022), Blood Cancer Journal (Blood Cancer J.) Using the same response criteria, the CRc rate was 85.4% (n=35/41) which compared favorably to 52% with gilteritinib alone in the ADMIRAL study. Additionally, different subdomains of TKD1 (HR or beta1-sheet) have been highlighted as those conferring an adverse outcome10. PubMed In acute myeloid leukemia (AML) internal tandem duplications of the FLT3 gene ( FLT3- ITD) are associated with poor prognosis. FLT3-ITD mutational load, expressed as an AR determined by fragment length analysis, has a clear prognostic value and is, therefore, included in the genetic prognostic classification of the European Leukemia Net (ELN) published in 20178. Dipsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona: Prognostic impact of All eligible intermediate or high-risk patients (defined as patients with FLT3-ITDmut AR>0.50 irrespective of NPM1mut status, or FLT3-ITDmut AR<0.50 without NPM1mut) are equivocally recommended to proceed to ASCT in CR1 followed by post-ASCT FLT3i maintenance for at least 2 years (although we often continue indefinite FLT3i maintenance until long-term maintenance data becomes available). Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Posterior reversible encephalopathy and pancreatitis are rare (<12%) but important side effects to be aware of. Hematol. Strati et al. (5) No data regarding minimal residual disease (MRD) were available in our cohort, and MRD data could be interesting to analyze in future studies. Oran, B. et al. The BSC group included 7 patients receiving transfusions and other supportive measures. Yilmaz, M. et al. PubMed 17 D2 D8, H-S Kim S Lee JH Kim 2018 Real-world evidence versus randomized controlled trial: Clinical research based on electronic medical records J Korean Med Sci 33 e213, RF Schlenk 2014 Differential impact of allelic ratio and insertion site in FLT3-ITD-positive AML with respect to allogeneic transplantation Blood 124 3441 3449, I Abou Dalle 2020 Impact of numerical variation, allele burden, mutation length and co-occurring mutations on the efficacy of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in newly diagnosed FLT3- mutant acute myeloid leukemia Blood Cancer J. For . The authors declare no competing interests. Alotaibi, A. S. et al. Targeting FLT3 mutations in AML: review of current knowledge and Mutations of the fms-tyrosine kinase ( FLT3) were first described in 1997 4 and account for the most frequent molecular mutations in AML. Allogeneic transplantation in first remission improves outcomes irrespective of FLT3-ITD allelic ratio in FLT3-ITD-positive acute myelogenous leukemia. Internal tandem duplication of the flt3 gene found in acute myeloid leukemia. Midostaurin plus chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia with a FLT3 mutation. Blood 132, 598607 (2018). The combination continues to enroll. CAS Patients were classified into four therapeutic groups according to the first-line approach: intensive chemotherapy (IC), n=161; non-intensive therapy, n=43; clinical trial, n=15; and best supportive care (BSC) only, n=7. 373 1136 1152, N Daver RF Schlenk NH Russell MJ Levis 2019 Targeting FLT3 mutations in AML: Review of current knowledge and evidence Leukemia 33 299 312, Article evaluated the outcomes of sequential FLT3i-based therapies in FLT3mut AML. Resistance Mutations Present an Ongoing Challenge in Aggressive Administration of the triplet is associated with prolonged cytopenias, requiring close monitoring and experience with venetoclax based combinations. McMahon, C. M. et al. It's the most common genetic change in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a type of leukemia that starts in the bone marrow and. Prognostic impact of FLT3-ITD, NPM1 mutation and CEBPA bZIP domain CBF translocations have been associated with FLT3-ITD mutations in very few patients, and there is no clear information regarding their ELN prognostication18,19,20. Blood 128, 449452 (2016). Midostaurin has been approved and widely used in combination with induction and consolidation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed FLT3mut AML25. This study shows that the size of FLT3-ITD mutations has no prognostic impact in terms of survival, relapse or CR rate among newly diagnosed AML patients treated with first-line intensive regimens. The impact of prognostic factors may change as the AML treatment landscape evolves. Chyla, B. et al. Acute myeloid leukemia, Version 3.2019, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology. Among 38 patients with FLT3mut AML who received gilteritinib 120mg daily, the CRc rate was 81.6% (n=31) including 39.5% CR and median OS was not reached at a median follow-up of 35.8 months. 2013 220 226, H Dhner 2017 Diagnosis and management of AML in adults: 2017 ELN recommendations from an international expert panel Blood 129 424 447, F Breitenbuecher 2009 Identification of a novel type of ITD mutations located in nonjuxtamembrane domains of the FLT3 tyrosine kinase receptor Blood 113 4074 4077, S Liu 2018 Pattern and prognostic value of FLT3-ITD mutations in Chinese de novo adult acute myeloid leukemia Cancer Sci. Abhishek Maiti, M. D. et al. Lancet Oncol. Type I FLT3is are active against both the FLT3-ITD or TKD, type II inhibitors are only active against FLT3-ITD, not TKD. Zarrinkar, P. P. et al. A Conventional approach. Although the triplet approaches are still in development, emerging data with the triplets as discussed previously, suggest rapid and high potency, deep molecular remissions, and encouraging survival. Google Scholar. Regarding ITD length, some authors have found that patients with shorter ITD lengths have more favorable outcomes11,12 or worse prognoses13, while other researchers did not find a prognostic relationship14. PubMedGoogle Scholar. Therefore, in patients not eligible for intensive chemotherapy at MDACC, we prefer a combination of HMA with venetoclax and FLT3i (gilteritinib) over an HMA with venetoclax doublet (Fig. Interestingly, all patients with an FLT3-ITD inserted in the TKD1 domain showed DNMT3A mutations. de Sonsoles de vila-Complejo Asistencial vila, vila, Spain, Hematology Department, Hospital General de Albacete, Albacete, Spain, Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrn, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Carlos Rodrguez-Medina&Cristina Bilbao-Syeiro, Hematology Department, Hospital General Ciudad de Jan, Jan, Spain, UGC de Hematologia, Hospital U. Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, UCO, Cordoba, Crdoba, Spain, Josefina Serrano&Joaqun Snchez-Garca, Hematology Department, Hospital Comarcal del Bierzo, Len, Spain, Hematology Department, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, Hematology Department, Hospital Clnico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, Hematology Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Spain, You can also search for this author in These mutations arearranged in increasing order by FLT3-ITD length.