Gilteritinib or Chemotherapy for Relapsed or Refractory FLT3-Mutated AML

Alexander E Perl1, Giovanni Martinelli1, Jorge E Cortes1

  • 1From the Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania (A.E.P.), and Thomas Jefferson University (M.K.) - both in Philadelphia; Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Meldola (G.M.), L. and A. Seràgnoli Institute of Hematology, Bologna University Medical School, Bologna (S.P.), Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo (F.F.), and IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan (F.C.) - all in Italy; University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.E.C.); Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Marburg, Germany (A.N.); Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (E. Berman); Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer (CIBERONC), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid - both in Spain (P.M.); University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (M.R.B.) and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University (M.J.L.) - both in Baltimore; University of Chicago, Chicago (R.A.L.), and Astellas Pharma, Northbrook (C.L., N. Hasabou, X.L., E. Bahceci) - both in Illinois; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (C.U.); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (H.P.E., A.D.S.); Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (R.S.); University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (R.O.); National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan (W.-C.C.); Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (N.P.); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France (C.R.); Sendai Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Sendai (H.Y.), and University of Fukui, Fukui (N. Hosono) - both in Japan; Seoul National University (S.-S.Y.) and Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine (J.-H.L.) - both in Seoul, South Korea; Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC (T.P.); and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (A.T.F.).

Summary

Gilteritinib significantly improved survival and remission rates in patients with relapsed or refractory FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia compared to salvage chemotherapy.

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