Abstract
BackgroundEarly assessment of response to chemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia may be performed by examining bone marrow aspirate (BMA) or biopsy (BMB); a hypocellular bone marrow sample indicates adequate anti-leukemic activity. We sought to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative assessment of BMA performed on day 14 (D14) of chemotherapy, to verify the inter-observer agreement, to compare the results of BMA and BMB, and to evaluate the impact of D14 blast clearance on the overall survival (OS).MethodsA total of 107 patients who received standard induction chemotherapy and had bone marrow samples were included. BMA evaluation was performed by two observers using two methods: quantitative assessment and a qualitative (Likert) scale. ROC curves were obtained correlating the BMA quantification of blasts and the qualitative scale, by both observers, with BMB result as gold-standard.ResultsThere was a significant agreement between the two observers in both the qualitative and quantitative assessments (Kw = 0.737, p < 0.001, and rs = 0.798, p < 0.001; ICC = 0.836, p < 0.001, respectively). The areas under the curve (AUC) were 0.924 and 0.946 for observer 1 and 0.867 and 0.870 for observer 2 for assessments of the percentage of blasts and qualitative scale, respectively. The best cutoff for blast percentage in BMA was 6 % and 7 % for observers 1 and 2, respectively. A similar analysis for the qualitative scale showed the best cutoff as “probably infiltrated”. Patients who attained higher grades of cytoreduction on D14 had better OS.ConclusionsEvaluation of D14 BMA using both methods had a significant agreement with BMB and between observers, identifying a population of patients with poor outcome.
Highlights
Assessment of response to chemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia may be performed by examining bone marrow aspirate (BMA) or biopsy (BMB); a hypocellular bone marrow sample indicates adequate anti-leukemic activity
This early assessment of treatment response is usually performed between the 14th (D14) and 17th day of the first cycle of induction chemotherapy, by analyzing the cellular content of the bone marrow aspirate (BMA) and/or biopsy (BMB)
We reviewed all available slides from BMA performed at diagnosis and on day 14 (D14)
Summary
Assessment of response to chemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia may be performed by examining bone marrow aspirate (BMA) or biopsy (BMB); a hypocellular bone marrow sample indicates adequate anti-leukemic activity. Previous studies have shown an association between the lack of early blasts clearance and failure to obtain CR after a first cycle of induction [8, 9]. This early assessment of treatment response is usually performed between the 14th (D14) and 17th day of the first cycle of induction chemotherapy, by analyzing the cellular content of the bone marrow aspirate (BMA) and/or biopsy (BMB).
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