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Differential ex vivo drug resistance profile in first <strong>and</strong> subsequent relapsed childhood acute myeloid leukemia... 51<br />

Table III. Comparison of ex vivo drug resistance profile between relapsed <strong>and</strong> de novo childhood acute myeloid leukemia<br />

Tabela III. Porównanie profile oporności ex vivo na cytostatyki u pacjentów z ostrą białaczką mieloblastyczną<br />

i jej wznowami<br />

DRUG<br />

Lek<br />

INITIAL AML<br />

AML de novo<br />

RELAPSED AML<br />

Wznowa AML<br />

n Median Min Max n Median Min Max<br />

Prednisolone 38 94.65 0.40 250.00 24 100.65 3.40 250.00 1.1 0.295<br />

Dexamethasone 18 6.00 0.01 8.00 18 6.00 0.03 6.00 1.0 0.664<br />

Vincristine 38 2.73 0.02 16.09 24 4.08 0.13 20.00 1.5 0.435<br />

Idarubicin 40 0.22 0.01 2.00 26 0.38 0.03 2.00 1.8 0.041<br />

Daunorubicin 37 0.27 0.01 2.00 24 0.55 0.03 2.00 2.0 0.052<br />

Doxorubicin 33 1.69 0.24 8.00 19 1.41 0.34 8.00 0.8 0.870<br />

Epirubicin 17 0.90 0.13 2.00 12 0.80 0.28 2.00 0.9 0.790<br />

Mitoxantrone 34 0.23 0.00 13.28 18 0.61 0.01 1.00 2.6 0.077<br />

Etoposide 36 3.44 0.05 50.00 24 20.14 0.30 50.00 5.9 0.007<br />

L-asparaginase 33 0.68 0.03 10.00 22 1.35 0.01 10.00 2.0 0.058<br />

Cytarabine 40 0.47 0.01 12.19 24 0.78 0.14 10.00 1.7 0.050<br />

Fludarabine 35 0.40 0.02 15.54 19 1.46 0.06 20.00 3.7 0.022<br />

Cladribine 32 0.04 0.00 40.00 25 0.75 0.00 40.00 21.2 0.072<br />

Treosulfan 31 0.32 0.00 1.00 15 0.60 0.00 2.11 1.9 0.572<br />

Thiotepa 31 1.88 0.12 100.00 14 1.94 0.03 12.11 1.0 0.787<br />

Melfalan 25 4.65 0.10 40.00 11 6.57 0.91 34.45 1.4 0.973<br />

4-HOO-cyclophosphamide 30 1.68 0.24 9.35 16 2.16 0.38 17.41 1.3 0.890<br />

4-HOO-ifosfamide 13 1.98 0.35 34.74 6 13.27 1.19 96.90 6.7 0.136<br />

Bortezomib 16 353.74 191.50 1096.83 5 1044.27 261.82 2000.00 3.0 0.137<br />

Busulfan 14 15.19 1.17 42.30 5 64.65 24.12 1200.00 4.3 0.004<br />

6-Thiguanine 17 14.63 1.36 50.00 15 14.79 1.56 50.00 1.0 0.533<br />

6-Mercaptopurine 18 106.15 15.63 500.00 13 229.25 31.25 500.00 2.2 0.118<br />

RR<br />

P<br />

Median <strong>and</strong> range of LC50, as the value of in vitro resistance is provided given in IU/ml for L-asparaginase, nM for bortezomib, µM for<br />

clofarabine <strong>and</strong> in µg/ml for the remaining drugs; n – number of patients; RR – relative resistance = median LC50 (initial AML) / median<br />

LC50 (relapsed AML); n, number of patients; p-value, Mann-Whitney U-test.<br />

leukemia. It is commonly assumed that relapsed<br />

patients are more drug resistant than those diagnosed<br />

de novo, <strong>and</strong> it was shown in this analysis for relapsed<br />

AML samples. No conclusive results were obtained for<br />

stem cell transplant teams, as relapsed patients were<br />

highly resistant to busulfan, which is a key compound<br />

used in conditioning of AML patients before<br />

hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. On the other<br />

h<strong>and</strong>, no significant differences were found between de<br />

novo <strong>and</strong> relapsed patients for cyclophosphamide <strong>and</strong><br />

treosulfan. In current therapeutic regimens, based on<br />

reduced intensity conditioning, these drugs play an<br />

important role.<br />

Unlike ALL, the role of individual in vitro tumor<br />

response testing in childhood AML has not been<br />

established yet. Several groups reported possible<br />

prognostic value of in vitro drug sensitivity in pediatric<br />

AML, showing a good correlation between in vitro<br />

drug resistance <strong>and</strong> short-term clinical outcome after<br />

chemotherapy [7,11-14]. These findings were related<br />

mainly to cytarabine [7] <strong>and</strong> cyclophosphamide [14].<br />

Part of these studies included both children <strong>and</strong> adults.<br />

Newer, large studies showed no correlation between in<br />

vitro drug resistance to individual drugs <strong>and</strong> long-term<br />

clinical outcome in childhood AML [15-17]. So far, no<br />

data exist to support the prognostic value of any in<br />

vitro drug resistance profile in childhood AML, while<br />

this relationship has been confirmed in adult AML<br />

[18]. In our previous preliminary report of our group,<br />

we showed the possible prognostic value of a<br />

combined fludarabine, treosulfan <strong>and</strong> mitoxantrone<br />

resistance profile in children with AML [8]. Recently,

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