Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients treated with doublet vs. triplet regimens.

From: Hypomethylating agent and venetoclax with FLT3 inhibitor “triplet” therapy in older/unfit patients with FLT3 mutated AML

Characteristics

Doublet (N = 60) N (%), Median [Range]

Triplet (N = 27) N (%), Median [Range]

P

Median age, years

71 [51–83]

69 [40–85]

0.17

Age ≥75 years old

22 (37)

7 (26)

0.32

Male gender

30 (50)

11 (41)

0.42

Type of AML

 De novo

43 (71)

20 (74)

0.97

 Secondary AML

7 (12)

3 (11)

 

 Therapy related

10 (17)

4 (15)

 

 WBC, x109/L

5.3 [0.3–164]

4.2 [1–201]

0.62

 Hemoglobin, g/dl

9.2 [7–13]

9.0 [6–12]

0.12

 Platelets, x109/L

27 [3–326]

53 [9–116]

0.01

 Creatinine

0.9 [0.5–4.5]

0.9 [0.5–2.2]

0.9

 Total Bilirubin

0.6 [0.2–7.9]

0.5 [0.2–1.6]

0.29

 Peripheral blood blasts, %

26 [0–98]

19 [0–89]

0.7

 Bone marrow blasts, %

70 [22–97]

60 [22–85]

0.39

Cytogenetics

 Diploid

37 (62)

13 (48)

0.57

 Complex/−5/−7

6 (10)

5 (19)

 

 Other

12 (20)

7 (26)

 

 Insufficient Metaphase

5 (8)

2 (7)

 

FLT3 Mutation

 ITD (only)

53 (88)

21 (78)

<0.01

 D835 (only)

0 (0)

5 (18)

 

 ITD/D835 (both)

7 (12)

1 (4)

 

Baseline Allelic Ratio

 ITD

0.71 [0.06–4.1]

0.41 [0–3.34]

<0.01

 D835

0 [0-0.41]

0 [0-0.46]

0.17

Other Mutations

 NPM1

30/58 (52)

12/27 (44)

0.53

 DNMT3A

23/57 (40)

11/26 (42)

0.86

 RAS

8/56 (14)

4/27 (15)

0.94

 IDH2

8/57 (14)

5/27 (18)

0.59

 RUNX1

4/39 (10)

3/27 (11)

0.91

 CEBPA

5/53 (9)

1/27 (4)

0.35

 ASXL1

3/39 (8)

2/27 (7)

0.96

 IDH1

4/57 (7)

3/27 (11)

0.52

 TP53

4/52 (7)

1 /27 (4)

0.49

  1. Doublet, low-intensity chemotherapy + FLT3 inhibitor; Triplet, low-intensity chemotherapy + FLT3 inhibitor + venetoclax; N number, AML acute myeloid leukemia, WBC white blood cell, L liter, dl deciliter, ITD internal tandem duplication.