Optimizing maintenance therapy in acute myeloid leukemia: where do we stand in the year 2024?
Caterina AlatiMartina PiteaMaria Caterina MicoVioletta MarafiotiBruna GreveGiulia PraticoBarbara LotetaFrancesca CogliandroGaetana PortoGiorgia PolicastroGiovanna UtanoAnnalisa SgarlataLucrezia ImbalzanoIlaria Maria DelfinoElisa MontechiarelloJessyca GermanoGianfranco FilippelliMassimo MartinoPublished in: Expert review of hematology (2024)
Patients withFLT3-positive AML should receive midostaurin or quizartinib in the first-linesetting. For a patient initially receiving midostaurin, consider switching to sorafenib in the post-transplant setting. Because of the improved safety profile and potency, many experts will lean toward using a second-generation FLT3 inhibitor such as quizartinib or gilteritinib. Finally, no data indicate whether maintenance therapy should be prolonged until progression or for a defined period.