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Background Gemtuzumab ozogamicin was the first example of antibody-directed chemotherapy in cancer, and was developed for acute myeloid leukaemia. However, randomised trials in which it was combined with standard induction chemotherapy in adults have produced conflicting results. We did a meta-analysis of individual patient data to assess the efficacy of adding gemtuzumab ozogamicin to induction chemotherapy in adult patients with acute myeloid leukaemia.Methods We searched PubMed for reports of randomised controlled trials published in any language up to May 1, 2013, that included an assessment of gemtuzumab ozogamicin given to adults (aged 15 years and older) in conjunction with the first course of intensive induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (excluding acute promyelocytic leukaemia) compared with chemotherapy alone. Published data were supplemented with additional data obtained by contacting individual trialists. The primary endpoint of interest was overall survival. We used standard meta-analytic techniques, with an assumption-free (or fixed-effect) method. We also did exploratory stratified analyses to investigate whether any baseline features predicted a greater or lesser benefit from gemtuzumab ozogamicin.Findings We obtained data from five randomised controlled trials (3325 patients); all trials were centrally randomised and open label, with overall survival as the primary endpoint. The addition of gemtuzumab ozogamicin did not increase the proportion of patients achieving complete remission with or without complete peripheral count recovery (odds ratio [OR] 0.91, 95% CI 0.77-1.07; p = 0.3). However, the addition of gemtuzumab ozogamicin significantly reduced the risk of relapse (OR 0.81, 0.73-0.90; p = 0.0001), and improved overall survival at 5 years (OR 0 90, 0.82-0.98; p = 0.01). At 6 years, the absolute survival benefit was especially apparent in patients with favourable cytogenetic characteristics (20.7%; OR 0.47, 0.31-0.73; p = 0.0006), but was also seen in those with intermediate characteristics (5.7%; OR 0.84, 0.75-0.95; p = 0.005). Patients with adverse cytogenetic characteristics did not benefit (2.2%; OR 0.99, 0.83-1.18; p = 0.9). Doses of 3 mg/m(2) were associated with fewer early deaths than doses of 6 mg/m(2), with equal efficacy.Interpretation Gemtuzumab ozogamicin can be safely added to conventional induction therapy and provides a significant survival benefit for patients without adverse cytogenetic characteristics. These data suggest that the use of gemtuzumab ozogamicin should be reassessed and its licence status might need to be reviewed.
Author(s): Hills RK, Castaigne S, Appelbaum FR, Delaunay J, Petersdorf S, Othus M, Estey EH, Dombret H, Chevret S, Ifrah N, Cahn JY, Recher C, Chilton L, Moorman AV, Burnett AK
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Lancet Oncology
Year: 2014
Volume: 15
Issue: 9
Pages: 986-996
Print publication date: 01/08/2014
Online publication date: 06/07/2014
ISSN (print): 1470-2045
ISSN (electronic): 1474-5488
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(14)70281-5
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)70281-5
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