Hematologic response to vorinostat treatment in relapsed myeloid leukemia of Down syndrome

Children with Down syndrome are at high risk to develop myeloid leukemia (ML-DS). Despite their excellent prognosis, children with ML-DS particularly suffer from severe therapy-related toxicities and for relapsed ML-DS the cure rates are very poor. Here we report the clinical course of one child wit...

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Hauptverfasser: Scheer, Carina (VerfasserIn) , Witt, Olaf (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 18 May 2016
In: Pediatric blood & cancer
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 63, Heft: 9, Pages: 1677-1679
ISSN:1545-5017
DOI:10.1002/pbc.26062
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26062
Verlag, Volltext: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pbc.26062/abstract
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Verfasserangaben:Carina Scheer, Christian Kratz, Olaf Witt, Ursula Creutzig, Dirk Reinhardt, and Jan-Henning Klusmann
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Zusammenfassung:Children with Down syndrome are at high risk to develop myeloid leukemia (ML-DS). Despite their excellent prognosis, children with ML-DS particularly suffer from severe therapy-related toxicities and for relapsed ML-DS the cure rates are very poor. Here we report the clinical course of one child with ML-DS treated with the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor vorinostat (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid) after second relapse. The child had previously received conventional chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation, yet showed a remarkable clinical and hematologic response. Thus, HDAC inhibitor may represent an effective class of drugs for the treatment of ML-DS.
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ISSN:1545-5017
DOI:10.1002/pbc.26062