Heikki Kuusanmäki, Sari Kytölä, Ida Vänttinen, Tanja Ruokoranta, Amanda Ranta, Jani Huuhtanen, Minna Suvela, Alun Parsons, Annasofia Holopainen, Anu Partanen, Milla E L Kuusisto, Sirpa Koskela, Riikka Räty, Maija Itälä-Remes, Imre Västrik, Olli Dufva, Sanna Siitonen, Kimmo Porkka, Krister Wennerberg, Caroline A Heckman, Pia Ettala, Marja Pyörälä, Johanna Rimpiläinen, Timo Siitonen, Mika Kontro
The BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax has revolutionized the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in patients not benefiting from intensive chemotherapy. Nevertheless, treatment failure remains a challenge, and predictive markers are needed, particularly for relapsed or refractory AML. Ex vivo drug sensitivity testing may correlate with outcomes, but its prospective predictive value remains unexplored. Here we report the results of the first stage of the prospective phase II VenEx trial evaluating the utility and predictiveness of venetoclax sensitivity testing using different cell culture conditions and cell viability assays in patients receiving venetoclax-azacitidine...
July 1, 2023: Haematologica