Haematologica (Jan 2019)

Gemtuzumab ozogamicin in children with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia: a report by Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster study group

  • Naghmeh Niktoreh,
  • Beate Lerius,
  • Martin Zimmermann,
  • Bernd Gruhn,
  • Gabriele Escherich,
  • Jean-Pierre Bourquin,
  • Michael Dworzak,
  • Lucie Sramkova,
  • Claudia Rossig,
  • Ursula Creutzig,
  • Dirk Reinhardt,
  • Mareike Rasche

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.191841
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 104, no. 1

Abstract

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Despite intensified salvage treatments, children with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have poor survival. We evaluated gemtuzumab ozogamicin (CD33-targeted drug) used on a compassionate basis in patients diagnosed from 1995 until 2014 within Acute Myeloid Leukemia Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster studies, and identified 76 patients (