Adjunctive Volasertib in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia not Eligible for Standard Induction Therapy: A Randomized, Phase 3 Trial

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, twic...

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Main Authors: Hartmut Döhner, Argiris Symeonidis, Dries Deeren, Judit Demeter, Miguel A. Sanz, Achilles Anagnostopoulos, Jordi Esteve, Walter Fiedler, Kimmo Porkka, Hee-Je Kim, Je-Hwan Lee, Kensuke Usuki, Stefano D'Ardia, Chul Won Jung, Olga Salamero, Heinz-August Horst, Christian Recher, Philippe Rousselot, Irwindeep Sandhu, Koen Theunissen, Felicitas Thol, Konstanze Döhner, Veronica Teleanu, Daniel J. DeAngelo, Tomoki Naoe, Mikkael A. Sekeres, Valerie Belsack, Miaomiao Ge, Tillmann Taube, Oliver G. Ottmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-08-01
Series:HemaSphere
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/HS9.0000000000000617