New Food and Drug Administration–Approved and Emerging Novel Treatment Options for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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Advancements in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have been sparse during the past several decades, and the disease continues to have a poor prognosis. However, in 2017 alone, four new medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of AML reached the market. Midostaurin, liposomal cytarabine and daunorubicin, enasidenib, and gemtuzumab ogozamicin all showed benefit in respective clinical trials to gain approval for the treatment of AML in various patient populations. Additionally, many phase II and III clinical trials are currently ongoing to assess the safety and efficacy of other potential therapies for the treatment of AML. In this review, we summarize the results of the landmark clinical trials associated with the newly approved agents as well as the current ongoing clinical trials for the treatment of AML. A literature search was performed to retrieve data on agents currently being studied for use. Although the overall prognosis for patients with AML remains poor, the addition of the newly FDA‐approved medications is a step in the right direction for a disease state that has proved difficult to treat.
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A liposomal formulation having two agents (non-RA drugs) has been approved recently for AML.
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- Authors
- Click, Z. R., Seddon, A. N., Bae, Y. R., Fisher, J. D., & Ogunniyi, A.
- Affiliations
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Endeavor Health (US)
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital (US)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Click, Zach R.
- ORCID
- Click, Zach R.
- Venue
- Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-10-17
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1143-1154
- ISSN
- 0277-0008 (ISSN-L)
- 1875-9114
- OpenAlex
- W2890607923
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 8
- FWCI
- 0.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
- Keywords
- acute myeloid leukemia, FDA-approved drugs, midostaurin, enasidenib, clinical trials, prognostic outcome
- MeSH terms
- Antineoplastic Agents, Clinical Trials as Topic, Humans, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Drug Approval
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