Onco 1: Leukemia Flashcards
Anthracycline (class) ADR
- myelosuppression - drop blood count (kind of what we want it to do in treatment of leukemia)
- cardiac tox (life time dose to reduce risk of HF)
cytarabine HiDAC ADR
hidac - high dose
- neurotox (cerebellar/motor area)-> neuro check prior to each dose
- conjunctivitis -> give dexamethasoe eye drops Q6H (or artificial tears Q1-2H) during and 3 days after HiDAC is compelte
- hand-foot syndrome (palmar rash)
gemtuzumab ozogamicin ADR
- infusion related reaction -> premedicate with APAP, benadryl, methylprednisolone
- hepatotox: including fatal veno-occlusive disease
azacitidine ADR
HMA
- constipation -> standing bowel regimen
- low-moderate emetogenicity -> pre medicate with ondansetron
secondary AML
- ## secondary prior to chemo; much poorer outcomes
- anthracyclines
- alkylators
- topoisomerase inhibitors
cytogenetics and AML
- predict ability to obtain remission with induction chemo, risk of relapse, and overall survival
- looks at chromosomal abnormalities in leukemia cells
FMS-like tyrosine kinase (FLT3) mutation
AML
- targetable proliferative mutation
- has subtypes
- internal tadem duplication (ITD) - worse prognosis
- tyrosine kinase domain (TKD)
isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation
AML
IDH 1 and 2 are targetable mutations
risk stratification in AML
- based on cytogenetics and mutatiosn
- idnetifies prognosis relative to relapse (risk of relapse after remission)
- poor and intermediate risk likely to relapse without stem cell transplant
“clogged pipe”
AML
- hypercellular bone marrow: immature cells otugrow all other cells - crowding out -> cytopenia
- goal of AML treatment is hypocelllular to allow for normal hematopoeisis
hyperleukocytosis
- onco emergency
- can present with hyperviscosity syndrome (“blood sludging”)
- can present with
- SOB
- vision change
- stroke
- retinal hemorrhage
- resp failure
- cardiac ischemia
- renal failure
management of hyperleukocytosis
hydroxyurea: “count control”, it suppresses it until we can acutely treat - use until pt clinally stable and ready to start chemo
dose is whatever works tbh
hydroxyurea MOA
ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor
hydroxyurea ADR
- N/V/D
- TLS
- long term tox: unlikely to occur in the treatment of hyperleukcytosis dt short duration
- cutaneous vasculitic ulcerations
- mucositis
- alopecia
- hyperpigmentation
AML: who qualifies for aggressive induction chemo
- <60
- > 60 with NO signficiant comorbidites
- aggressvie dsiease
- canditiate for transplant
aggressive inductio chemo treatment pathway for AML
- cytarabine 7 days+ anthracyline 3 days (daunorubicin or idarubacin)
- bone marrow biopsy at day 14
- if pt leukemia free at bone biopsy: wait for count recovery and re-biopsy for documentation of complete remission; if NOT, reinduction or salvage therapy
- after complete remission: consolidation and consderation for bone marrow transplant
in step 1 can use lipossomal daunorubicin/cytarbine if pt qualifies
what is considered leukemia free at day 14 in AML?
bone biopsy
- 5-10% blasts
- hypocellular
- < 10-20% cells
what is cosidered complete remission in AML?
- <5% blasts
- ANC > 1000
- plts > 100,000
what to do if pt fails reinduciton or salvage therapy in AML?
switch over to supportive care/comfort measures
treatment for pts who did NOT qualify for aggressive induction chem in AML
- low-intensity chemo
- azacitidine + venetoclax
- if pt has IDH1: ivosidenib+venetoclax
- if pt qualifies: gemtuzumab ozogamicin
- if pt progresses, switch to supportive care/comfort measures
pts who go down this route do NOT receive curative treatment
venetoclax DDI
azole antifungals -> dose reduce
relapse AML treatment
- venetoclax if pt has NOT received it in the past
- targeted relapse treatment
- gilteritinib: FLT - ITD or TKD
- ivosidenib: IDH1
- enasidenib: IDH2
AML consolidation treatment
-
pts with favorable outcomes:high dose cytarabine (HiDAC)
- give with growth factor (do NOT give growth facotrs to plts with active AML) - pt who have intermediate/high risk: can get stem cell trasplant
growth factor ADR
bone pain (treat with claritin)