PMID- 31213774 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191223 LR - 20200225 IS - 1177-8881 (Electronic) IS - 1177-8881 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2019 TI - Efficacy and toxicity of cladribine for the treatment of refractory acute myeloid leukemia: a meta-analysis. PG - 1867-1878 LID - 10.2147/DDDT.S207425 [doi] AB - Purpose: To investigate the overall efficacy and toxicity of cladribine and cladribine-based chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) based on meta-analysis. Methods: PubMed, EMBASE database, and the Cochrane Library were searched for relevant studies. Eligible studies were clinical trials of refractory AML assigned to cladribine with data on efficacy including complete remission (CR) rate, overall response rate (ORR) and overall survival. Toxicity was evaluated based on the early death rate and the incidence of grade 3 and 4 adverse events (AEs). Results: A total of 10 clinical trials including 422 refractory AML patients were analyzed. The overall CR rate was 42.2% (95% CI: 31.0-54.3%). And the ORR of seven trials including 235 patients was 49.7% (95% CI: 33.5-66.0%). The overall early death rate of 260 patients enrolled in five trials was 6.8% (95% CI: 4.3-10.6%). Thrombocytopenia, anemia, neutropenia, and infection were the most common grade 3 and 4 AEs. Conclusion: Cladribine is effective for refractory AML, and its efficacy can be increased with the combination of cladribine, cytarabine, and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor regimen. FAU - Zhou, Anqi AU - Zhou A AD - Department of Hematology, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China. FAU - Han, Qi AU - Han Q AD - Department of Hematology, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China. FAU - Song, Huihui AU - Song H AD - Department of Hematology, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zi, Jie AU - Zi J AD - Department of Hematology, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China. FAU - Ma, Jinlong AU - Ma J AD - Department of Hematology, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China. FAU - Ge, Zheng AU - Ge Z AD - Department of Hematology, Zhongda Hospital Southeast University, Institute of Hematology Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis DEP - 20190529 PL - New Zealand TA - Drug Des Devel Ther JT - Drug design, development and therapy JID - 101475745 RN - 47M74X9YT5 (Cladribine) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Cladribine/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Clinical Trials as Topic MH - Humans MH - Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/*drug therapy/pathology PMC - PMC6549775 OTO - NOTNLM OT - acute myeloid leukemia OT - cladribine OT - meta-analysis OT - refractory AML COIS- The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2019/06/20 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/24 06:00 PMCR- 2019/05/29 CRDT- 2019/06/20 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/06/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/06/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 207425 [pii] AID - 10.2147/DDDT.S207425 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Drug Des Devel Ther. 2019 May 29;13:1867-1878. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S207425. eCollection 2019.