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Azacitidine prolongs overall survival and reduces infections and hospitalisations in patients with WHO-defined acute myeloid leukaemia compared with conventional care regimens: an update

10 Dec 2008
P Fenaux, GJ Mufti, E Hellström-Lindberg, V Santini, N Gattermann, G Sanz, AF List, SD Gore, JF Seymour, J Backstrom, L Zimmerman, D McKenzie, CL Beach, LB Silverman

Azacitidine (AZA), as demonstrated in the phase III trial (AZA-001), is the first MDS treatment to significantly prolong overall survival (OS) in higher risk MDS pts ((2007) Blood 110 817). Approximately, one-third of the patients (pts) enrolled in AZA-001 were FAB RAEB-T (¡Ý20¨C30% blasts) and now meet the WHO criteria for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) ((1999) Blood 17 3835). Considering the poor prognosis (median survival <1 year) and the poor response to chemotherapy in these pts, this sub-group analysis evaluated the effects of AZA versus conventional care regimens (CCR) on OS and on response rates in pts with WHO AML.

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