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Gilteritinib

Approved gilteritinib for the treatment of adult patients with FLT3 mutation–positive relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Trade name Xospata.

ADMIRAL study, in which 138 adult patients with FLT3-positive relapsed/refractory AML received gilteritinib orally at 120 mg daily: rate of complete remission (CR) or CR with partial hematologic recovery (CRh) was 21% at a median follow-up of 4.6 months.

The CR rate was 11.6%.

Resulted in significantly longer survival and higher percentages of patients with remission than salvage chemotherapy among patients with relapse or refractory FLT 3-mutated AML (Perl AE).

Adverse events occurring in at least 20% of patients receiving gilteritinib included myalgia/arthralgia, transaminase increase, fatigue/malaise, fever, noninfectious diarrhea, dyspnea, edema, rash, pneumonia, nausea, stomatitis, cough, headache, hypotension, dizziness, and vomiting.

Serious AEs were relatively rare, and include febrile neutropenia (39%), sepsis (14%), pneumonia (11%), acute renal failure (10%), pyrexia (8%), bacteremia (6%), and respiratory failure (6%), but only febrile neutropenia, acute renal failure, pyrexia, sepsis, and bacteremia were determined to be treatment-related.

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