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SUBMITTER: DiNardo CD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7549397 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

The Lancet. Haematology 20200905 10
<h4>Background</h4>Venetoclax combined with hypomethylating agents is a new standard of care for newly diagnosed patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) who are 75 years or older, or unfit for intensive chemotherapy. Pharmacodynamic studies have suggested superiority of the longer 10-day regimen of decitabine that has shown promising results in patients with high-risk AML in phase 2 trials. We hypothesised that venetoclax with 10-day decitabine could have improved activity in patients with n ...[more]