Abstract:
Objective To investigate the efficacy and prognosis of induction therapy combined with chemotherapy and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in adult Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ALL).
Methods This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical features, biological characteristics, complete remission,curative effect, and prognosis of 60 adult patients with Ph+ALL treated in GeneraI Hospital of Ningxia Medical University from January 2012 to October 2023.
Results Among the patients, 43 (71.67%, 43/60) achieved complete remission (CR) after the first induction therapy, including 7 (41.18%, 7/17) in the chemotherapy-alone group and 36 (83.72%, 36/43) in the TKI-plus-chemotherapy group (P=0.003). The 2-year overall survival (OS) rate of patients in the chemotherapy-alone group (28.2%) was significantly less than that of patients in the TKI-plus-chemotherapy group (56%, P=0.041). In the transplant and non-transplant groups, the 2-year and 5-year OS rates were 76.9% vs. 51.9%, 56.1% vs. 19.4%, respectively (P=0.003). The 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) rate was better in the transplant group (38.5%) than in the non-transplant group (12.1%, P=0.018). Univariate prognostic analysis showed that whether TKI was selected, whether CR was obtained after the initial induction therapy, and whether bone marrow transplantation was performed, significantly affected OS prognosis (P<0.05). The white blood cell count and whether TKI was selected significantly affected the relapse-free survival (RFS) of patients (P<0.05). Cox multivariate prognostic analysis showed that CR, after induction therapy, and subsequent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation were independent prognostic factors for OS.
Conclusions In the Ph+ALL induction therapy regimens, TKI-plus-chemotherapy induction therapy can achieve early remission and a high remission rate, and the OS is better than chemotherapy alone. After CR, bone marrow hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Ph+ALL had a good prognosis.