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Adding Oral Pioglitazone to Standard Induction Chemotherapy of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

(2019) Adding Oral Pioglitazone to Standard Induction Chemotherapy of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. pp. 206-212. ISSN 2152-2650

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Abstract

In an evaluation of the effect of adding pioglitazone to chemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, pioglitazone was found to increase the remission rate in AML patients compared to controls. Pioglitazone could have benefits as an adjuvant therapy for AML patients and causes no serious adverse events. Background: The hypothesis of an effect by thiazolidinedione on leukemia cells was proposed 2 decades ago, but there is little clinical evidence regarding its efficacy. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of adding pioglitazone to standard induction chemotherapy in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Patients and Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, newly diagnosed AML patients were randomized to 1 of 2 groups. Patients in both groups received cytarabine (100 mg/m(2) per day for 7 days) and daunorubicin (60 mg/m(2) per day for 3 days). Patients in the pioglitazone group additionally received oral pioglitazone (45 mg per day). The 2 groups were compared according to remission rate, laboratory findings, and adverse events during treatment. Results: Forty patients were evaluated, 20 patients in each group. The complete remission rate was 20 more in the pioglitazone group compared to the control group (P = .202). Complications due to pioglitazone discontinuation were observed in 2 cases. The mean serum alanine aminotransferase in the fourth treatment week was significantly more in pioglitazone group compared to the control group (65.5 vs. 33.6 mg/dL, P = .039). The mean serum creatinine in all treatment phases was significantly higher in the pioglitazone group compared to the control group (P < .05). There were no significant differences between the 2 groups regarding other laboratory findings (P > .05). Conclusion: Adding pioglitazone to cytarabine and daunorubicin increased the remission rate in AML patients compared to control subjects. Although this difference in remission rate between the 2 groups was not statistically significant, it could be important in the clinical setting. Pioglitazone may provide benefits as an adjuvant therapy for AML patients without causing serious adverse events.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Drug efficacy Drug safety Leucocythaemia Remission induction Thiazolidinediones activated receptor-gamma ppar-gamma triterpenoid cddo growth-inhibition cell-growth apoptosis differentiation expression ligands kinase Oncology Hematology
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Page Range: pp. 206-212
Journal or Publication Title: Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia
Journal Index: ISI
Volume: 19
Number: 4
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clml.2019.01.006
ISSN: 2152-2650
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.bmsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/2622

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