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Acute promyelocytic leukemia. Severe coagulopathy. Striking sensitivity to anthracyclines. TAILORED DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT. Response to differentiating agents (RA, ATO). Specific genetic lesion. M2. M1. M5. M3. PML/RAR. RAR/PML. fusion gene. fusion gene. PML locus.
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia Severe coagulopathy Striking sensitivity to anthracyclines TAILORED DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT Response to differentiating agents (RA, ATO) Specific genetic lesion
M2 M1 M5 M3
PML/RAR RAR/PML fusion gene fusion gene PML locus RAR locus 15 17 15q+ 17q-
Pharmacologic doses (10-6 M) HDAC Sin3 NCor Sin3 HDAC NCor Co-activators (HAT) RA PML PML/RAR Co-repressor RAR RARE transcriptional activation Represión
RT-PCR amplification of the PML/RAR hybrid PML RAR bcr 1 3 3 4 5 6 3 bcr 2 3 4 5 6 3 bcr 3 3
PML/RARa as Ideal Marker for Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring • Causally related to disease pathogenesis • Targeted by specific therapy • Predicts response to retinoids
Clinical relevance of genetic studies in APL • Diagnosis • Response to front-line therapy • Follow-up monitoring and therapy of molecular relapse
PML/RARa predicts response to R.A. Miller et al, PNAS 1992 N. cases Cytogenetics PML/RARa R.A. response 24 24 +ve 24 +ve 100% 4 4 not evaluable 4 +ve 100% 4 +ve 100% 8 8 normal 4 -ve 0%
PCR-monitoring studies in large clinical trials • GIMEMA • MRC • PETHEMA • AMLCG • MDACC • US Intergroup • MSKCC • JALSG
PCR-Adapted Therapy in APL PML-RARa neg. RA + CHT Induction RA + CHT Consolidation PML-RARa pos. (sensitivity 10-4) Maintenance DIAGNOSIS Further intensification Salvage Rx
MILESTONES IN APL THERAPY 1972 Exquisite sensitivity to anthracyclines 1987 Differentiative response to RA 1993 RA + CHT > CHT 93-99 Optimization of RA +CHT combination 97-99 ATO, other RA derivatives 2000 Anti-CD33, HDAC inhibitors
APL AS A MODEL FOR TARGETED Rx • RA + anthracycline CHT • Arsenic & other RA derivatives • Anti-CD33 MoAbs • HDAC inhibitors • FLT3 inhibitors
TARGETED TREATMENT OF APL • RA + anthracycline CHT • Arsenic & other RA derivatives • Anti-CD33 MoAbs • HDAC inhibitors • FLT3 inhibitors
Disease-Free Survival AIDA 0493 vs AIDA 2000 (all risks) 1 AIDA2000: 86% (CI 95%: 80 - 92) .75 AIDA0493: 72% (CI 95%: 66 - 78) .50 .25 p=0.09 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 years
TARGETED TREATMENT OF APL • RA + anthracycline CHT • Arsenic & other RA derivatives • Anti-CD33 MoAbs • HDAC inhibitors • FLT3 inhibitors
US Multicenter trial with A2O3Molecular Response by Cycle PCR Response n=45
Molecular remission as a therapeutic goal in APL - Molecular remission in PML-RARa positive APL by combined ATRA and idarubicin. Mandelli et al 1997 - Presenting WBC count and kinetics of molecular remission predict prognosis in APL treated with ATRA. Burnett et al. 1999 -Molecular remissionby liposomal encapsulated ATRA in newly diagnosed APL. Estey et al. 1999 - Molecular remission induction with ATRA and anti-CD33 MoAb HuM195 in APL. Jurcic et al. 2000
18-Month OS estimate: 66% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% Median Follow-up: 18.3 months 0% 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 Months US Multicenter trial with As2O3 for relapsed APL
TARGETED TREATMENT OF APL • RA + anthracycline CHT • Arsenic & other RA derivatives • Anti-CD33 MoAbs • HDAC inhibitors • FLT3 inhibitors
RATIONALE FOR MYLOTARG IN APL -Homogeneous CD33 staining in 100% cases -Striking sensitivity to anthracyclines -Absent / minimal gp170 (MDR) expression
ATRA (A) + Mylotarg (M) Trial In Untreated APL (MD Aderson) Induction ATRA until CR M 9 mg/m2 d 5 (d 1 if WBC >10) Ida 12 mg/m2 d1-3 (if WBC > 30) In CR ATRA 2 weeks on/2 weeks off M 9 mg/m2 Q 4-5 weeks (X 8) Ida 12 mg/m2 X 3 only if PCR +
MYLOTARG FOR MOLECULAR RELAPSE (Gimema) Dose 1* Dose 2* PCR PCR+ve PCR-ve Dose 3* and successive doses until PCR-negativity (max 3 further doses) Dose 3* ( final dose) *6mg/m2 i.v.
Mylotarg for molecular relapse (GIMEMA) Mos from Pts Pts My dosesTestedPCR Negative After 2nd 8 8 After 3rd 6 6 4-6 m 4 2 8-10 m 2 2 12-14 m 2 2
Mylotarg per la recidiva molecolare Sopravvivenza globale (N=16) 74% ± 14% Lo Coco, Blood 2004
TARGETED TREATMENT OFAPL • RA + anthracycline CHT • Arsenic & other RA derivatives • Anti-CD33 MoAbs • HDAC inhibitors • FLT3 inhibitors
HDAC Pharmacologic doses (10-6 M) Sin3 NCor Sin3 HDAC Differentiation induction NCor Co-activators (HAT) RA PLZF HDAC NCor Sin3 TSA PLZF/RAR Co-repressor RAR RARE
TARGETED TREATMENT OF APL • RA + anthracycline CHT • Arsenic & other RA derivatives • Anti-CD33 MoAbs • HDAC inhibitors • FLT3 inhibitors
= Ig-like = TM = TK P P P P P P = JM P = FL P STAT JAK RAS MAD
FINDING THE NEXT GLEEVEC: FLT3 TARGETED KINASE INHIBITOR THERAPY FOR AML Sawyers, Cancer Cell 2002
Survival of FLT3-ITD+ mice treated with/wo (P) PKC412 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 P P=0.0005 0 20 40 60 80 100 d. Weisberg, Cancer cell 2002
Combined Modality Therapy for APL (MSKCC) Immunotherapy Differentiation Therapy Chemotherapy Transcription Modulation HuM195 All-Trans Retinoic Acid Idarubicin Arsenic Trioxide RT-PCR* *Adaptive Regulation: Number of idarubicin courses determined by RT-PCR results.
Type I lesions (point mutations) Type II lesions (fusion genes) differentiation block prolif./survival advantage APL (AML) Transcriptional targeting (ATRA, ATO, HDAC inhib.) Targeting prolif. (e.g. FLT3 inhib.)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Daniela Diverio Miguel A. Sanz David Grimwade Andrea Biondi Pascual Bolufer Alan K. Burnett Pier G. Pelicci Guillermo Martin Antony Goldstone Franco Mandelli Eva Barragan GIMEMA (Italy) PETHEMA (Spain) MRC (UK) Steve Soignet Elihu Estey David Scheinberg Hagop Kantarjian MSKCC, NY MDACC, Houston