Adjunctive volasertib in patients with acute myeloid leukemia not eligible for standard induction therapy: a randomized, phase 3 trial

Döhner, Hartmut, Symeonidis, Argiris, Deeren, Dries, Demeter, Judit, Sanz, Miguel A., Anagnostopoulos, Achilles, Esteve, Jordi, Fiedler, Walter, Porkka, Kimmo, Kim, Hee-Je, Lee, Je-Hwan, Usuki, Kensuke, D?Ardia, Stefano, Jung, Chul Won, Salamero, Olga, Horst, Heinz-August, Recher, Christian, Rousselot, Philippe, Sandhu, Irwindeep, Theunissen, Koen, Thol, Felicitas, Döhner, Konstanze, Teleanu, Veronica, DeAngelo, Daniel J., Naoe, Tomoki, Sekeres, Mikkael A., Belsack, Valerie, Ge, Miaomiao, Taube, Tillmann and Ottmann, Oliver 2021. Adjunctive volasertib in patients with acute myeloid leukemia not eligible for standard induction therapy: a randomized, phase 3 trial. HemaSphere 5 (8) , e617. 10.1097/FHS9.0000000000000617

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Abstract

In this phase 3 trial, older patients with acute myeloid leukemia ineligible for intensive chemotherapy were randomized 2:1 to receive the polo-like kinase inhibitor, volasertib (V; 350 mg intravenous on days 1 and 15 in 4-wk cycles), combined with low-dose cytarabine (LDAC; 20 mg subcutaneous, twice daily, days 1–10; n = 444), or LDAC plus placebo (P; n = 222). Primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR); key secondary endpoint was overall survival (OS). Primary ORR analysis at recruitment completion included patients randomized ≥5 months beforehand; ORR was 25.2% for V+LDAC and 16.8% for P+LDAC (n = 371; odds ratio 1.66 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.95–2.89]; P = 0.071). At final analysis (≥574 OS events), median OS was 5.6 months for V+LDAC and 6.5 months for P+LDAC (n = 666; hazard ratio 0.97 [95% CI, 0.8–1.2]; P = 0.757). The most common adverse events (AEs) were infections/infestations (grouped term; V+LDAC, 81.3%; P+LDAC, 63.5%) and febrile neutropenia (V+LDAC, 60.4%; P+LDAC, 29.3%). Fatal AEs occurred in 31.2% with V+LDAC versus 18.0% with P+LDAC, most commonly infections/infestations (V+LDAC, 17.1%; P+LDAC, 6.3%). Lack of OS benefit with V+LDAC versus P+LDAC may reflect increased early mortality with V+LDAC from myelosuppression and infections.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	European Hematology Association
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 June 2021
Date of Acceptance:	9 June 2021
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2021 12:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/141947

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