Experimental Hematology & Oncology (Jan 2021)

Case report of combination therapy with Azacytidine, Enasidenib and Venetoclax in primary refractory AML

  • Sakshi Jasra,
  • Mohammed Kazemi,
  • Nishi Shah,
  • Jiahao Chen,
  • Karen Fehn,
  • Yanhua Wang,
  • Ioannis Mantzaris,
  • Noah Kornblum,
  • Alejandro Sica,
  • LizaMarie Bachier,
  • Mendel Goldfinger,
  • Kira Gritsman,
  • Ira Braunschweig,
  • Ulrich Steidl,
  • Aditi Shastri,
  • Amit Verma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40164-020-00186-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Abstract Optimal treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) arising in elderly patients remains a challenge. FDA approval of Ivosidenib and Enasidenib, small molecule inhibitors of isocitrate dehydrogenase enzymes (IDH1 and 2) have opened new avenues of treatment. We present a 60-year-old woman with refractory AML, achieving complete response to the combination therapy of hypomethylating agent, Azacytidine with the IDH2 inhibitor, Enasidenib, and BCL2 inhibitor, Venetoclax. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of a patient with IDH2 mutated refractory AML achieving complete response to combination therapy with azacytidine, enasidenib and venetoclax.