PMID- 35156731 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220517 LR - 20220731 IS - 1600-0609 (Electronic) IS - 0902-4441 (Print) IS - 0902-4441 (Linking) VI - 108 IP - 6 DP - 2022 Jun TI - Impact of infectious comorbidity and overall time of hospitalization in total outpatient management of acute myeloid leukemia patients following venetoclax and hypomethylating agents. PG - 449-459 LID - 10.1111/ejh.13753 [doi] AB - Venetoclax (VEN) and hypomethylating agent (HMAs) regimens are emerging as the standard of care for unfit for chemotherapy acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, but the safety and feasibility of a total outpatient management have not been fully investigated. Fifty-nine AML patients with active disease received VEN and HMAs. Nineteen out of 59 (32.2%) patients received the first cycle as inpatients, whereas 40/59 (67.8%) patients were treated in the outpatient setting. No significant differences were observed with regard to incidence of adverse events (AEs), including tumor lysis syndrome (TLS), and the 30-day and 60-day mortality was comparable. Notably, an infectious prophylaxis inspired to that adopted during intensive chemotherapy resulted in a low infection rate with a reduced bacterial infections incidence in out- versus hospitalized patients (p < .0001). The overall time of hospitalization was significantly shorter in patients who received a total outpatient treatment as compared to those who received the first cycle as inpatients (5.9 vs. 39.7 days, p < .0001). Despite the adopted differences in treatment management, the efficacy was similar. These data indicate that a total outpatient management of VEN and HMAs is feasible in AML patients without negatively impacting on treatment efficacy and may yield pharmacoeconomic and quality-of-life benefits. CI - (c) 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Haematology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Papayannidis, Cristina AU - Papayannidis C AD - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy. FAU - Nanni, Jacopo AU - Nanni J AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Cristiano, Gianluca AU - Cristiano G AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Marconi, Giovanni AU - Marconi G AD - IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy. FAU - Sartor, Chiara AU - Sartor C AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Parisi, Sarah AU - Parisi S AD - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy. AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Zannoni, Letizia AU - Zannoni L AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Saed, Rashed AU - Saed R AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Ottaviani, Emanuela AU - Ottaviani E AD - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy. FAU - Bandini, Lorenza AU - Bandini L AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Testoni, Nicoletta AU - Testoni N AD - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy. AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Baldazzi, Carmen AU - Baldazzi C AD - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy. FAU - Solli, Vincenza AU - Solli V AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Ricci, Paolo AU - Ricci P AD - Assistenza Domiciliare AIL Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Di Giovanni Bezzi, Chiara AU - Di Giovanni Bezzi C AD - Assistenza Domiciliare AIL Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Abd-Alatif, Rania AU - Abd-Alatif R AD - Assistenza Domiciliare AIL Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Stanzani, Marta AU - Stanzani M AD - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy. FAU - Paolini, Stefania AU - Paolini S AD - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy. FAU - Cavo, Michele AU - Cavo M AD - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy. AD - Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Curti, Antonio AU - Curti A AD - IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia "Seragnoli", Bologna, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220228 PL - England TA - Eur J Haematol JT - European journal of haematology JID - 8703985 RN - 0 (Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - N54AIC43PW (venetoclax) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects MH - Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic MH - Comorbidity MH - Hospitalization MH - Humans MH - *Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/complications/drug therapy/epidemiology MH - *Outpatients MH - Sulfonamides PMC - PMC9314138 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Venetoclax OT - acute myeloid leukemia OT - hospitalization OT - hypomethylating agents OT - infections OT - outpatient OT - real life COIS- Dr. Cristina Papayannidis received honoraria from Pfizer, Amgen, and Novartis. Dr. Antonio Curti received honoraria from Novartis, Pfizer, and Abbvie and acted as speaker in Advisory Board for Novartis and Abbvie. Prof. Michele Cavo acted as consultant for and received honoraria from AbbVie, Glaxo Smith Kline, Bristol-Myers Squib, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Takeda, Janssen, Celgene, and Amgen. Moreover, Prof. Cavo is in the speaker's bureau of AbbVie and Glaxo Smith Kline. The other authors declare no conflict of interest or activities that could appear to have influenced this manuscript. EDAT- 2022/02/15 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/18 06:00 PMCR- 2022/07/25 CRDT- 2022/02/14 09:18 PHST- 2022/02/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/02/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/14 09:18 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - EJH13753 [pii] AID - 10.1111/ejh.13753 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Haematol. 2022 Jun;108(6):449-459. doi: 10.1111/ejh.13753. Epub 2022 Feb 28.