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Case report: Venetoclax therapy in a boy with acute myeloid leukemia in Shwachman Diamond syndrome

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العنوان: Case report: Venetoclax therapy in a boy with acute myeloid leukemia in Shwachman Diamond syndrome
المؤلفون: Naviglio, Samuele, Grasso, Antonio Giacomo, Iacono, Chiara, Zanella, Giada, Kiren, Valentina, Giurici, Nagua, Verzegnassi, Federico, Maximova, Natalia, Rabusin, Marco
المصدر: Frontiers in Pediatrics ; volume 10 ; ISSN 2296-2360
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media SA
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Frontiers (Publisher - via CrossRef)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
الوصف: Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, bone abnormalities, progressive cytopenia, and predispositions to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). AML, in these patients, is associated with a poor prognosis and with an increased risk of organ toxicity and infectious complications from chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), thus leading to high rates of treatment-related morbidity and mortality. The BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax has revolutionized the treatment of AML in elderly adults, especially for treatment-naive elderly patients who are ineligible for intensive chemotherapy. There is limited evidence on the use of venetoclax in pediatric patients with SDS-related MDS or AML. Here, we report a case of a 14-year-old boy with SDS with AML arising from MDS. The patient was treated with two cycles of conventional chemotherapy with fludarabine and cytarabine with an initial good response but immediate relapse and substantial toxicity. Treatment with venetoclax and azacitidine was started, with a substantial reduction of leukemic burden (good response on peripheral leukemic infiltration and partial response in the bone marrow after one course). However, it was followed by multiple infectious complications and worsening of the general condition not allowing treatment to be continued, and the patient eventually died from multiorgan failure. With the limitations of observation of a single patient, our experience suggests that venetoclax/azacitidine combination therapy may represent a therapeutic possibility for patients with SDS and AML, even though it may be associated with significant toxicity.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: unknown
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1059569
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1059569/full
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.1059569Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.532455E4
قاعدة البيانات: BASE