Azacitidine in CMML: matched-pair analyses of daily-life patients reveal modest effects on clinical course and survival

Leuk Res. 2014 Apr;38(4):475-83. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2014.01.006. Epub 2014 Jan 18.

Abstract

Recent data suggest that azacitidine may be beneficial in CMML. We report on 48 CMML-patients treated with azacitidine. Overall response rates were high (70% according to IWG-criteria, including 22% complete responses). Monocyte count and cytogenetics adversely affected survival, whereas age, WHO-type, FAB-type, and spleen size did not. Matched-pair analyses revealed a trend for higher two-year-survival for azacitidine as compared to best supportive care (62% vs. 41%, p=0.067) and longer OS for azacitidine first-line vs. hydroxyurea first-line (p=0.072, median OS 27.7 vs. 6.2 months). This report reinforces existing evidence that azacitidine is safe and efficacious in both myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative CMML.

Keywords: Austrian Azacitidine Registry; Azacitidine; CMML; Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; Matched-pair analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use*
  • Azacitidine / therapeutic use*
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / mortality*
  • Male
  • Matched-Pair Analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Survival Analysis

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Azacitidine