acute myeloid leukemia

Oral Decitabine and Cedazuridine as Maintenance Therapy Post-HSCT in Very High-Risk AML and MDS: Insights from the GFM-DACORAL-DLI Phase 2 Trial

By MedXY 09/21/2025

A phase 2 trial demonstrates that oral decitabine and cedazuridine maintenance following hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation may improve disease-free survival in very high-risk AML and MDS patients with manageable safety.

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Promising Frontline Triplet Therapies for IDH-Mutated AML Patients Ineligible for Intensive Chemotherapy

By MedXY 09/09/2025

Triplet regimens combining hypomethylating agents, venetoclax, and IDH inhibitors demonstrate high remission rates and survival in intensive chemotherapy-ineligible IDH-mutant AML patients, warranting further comparative studies against approved doublet therapies.

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ENHANCE-3 Trial: Evaluating Magrolimab Addition to Venetoclax and Azacitidine in Untreated AML Unfit for Intensive Chemotherapy

By MedXY 08/29/2025

The ENHANCE-3 phase 3 trial assessed whether adding magrolimab to venetoclax and azacitidine improves outcomes in untreated AML patients unfit for intensive chemotherapy, finding no survival benefit and a higher rate of fatal adverse events with magrolimab.

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Intermediate-Dose Cytarabine Matches High-Dose Efficacy with Fewer Side Effects in Postinduction AML Therapy

By MedXY 08/05/2025

A major RCT shows intermediate-dose cytarabine is noninferior to high-dose as postinduction therapy in AML, with similar survival and lower toxicity.