Blood Parameters in Treatment with Arsenic Trioxide in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: A Systematic Review
Abstract
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). APL is famed with some special blood coagulation disorders such as disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The therapeutic methods of APL contain All Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA), arsenic trioxide (ATO) or/and chemotherapy. Many studies have been done on APL blood disorders and its treatment. These studies have shown different results. In this systematic article, we tried to review the effect of ATO therapy with or without ATRA and chemotherapy on DIC parameters (D.dimer, Prothrombin Time, Activated Partial Thrombin Time, Platelet count) in APL patients. The result of included studies demonstrated that although ATO can reduce the number of malignant cells in the bone marrow and peripheral blood, it does not have enough potential to attenuate the danger of high score DIC that is usual in APL patients and should be better to be used with other therapeutic methods.
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4. Chang H, Kuo MC, Shih LY, et al. Clinical bleeding events and laboratory coagulation profiles in acute promyelocytic leukemia. Eur J Haematol. 2012; 88(4):321–8.
5. Coombs CC, Tavakkoli M, Tallman MS. Acute promyelocytic leukemia: where did we start, where are we now, and the future. Blood Cancer J. 2015; 5:e304.
6. Lee HJ, Park HJ, Kim HW, et al. Comparison of laboratory characteristics between acute promyelocytic leukemia and other subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Blood Res. 2013; 48(4):250–3.
7. Xu F, Wang C, Yin C, et al. Analysis of early death in newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia patients. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017; 96(51):e9324.
8. Shahmarvand N, Oak JS, Cascio MJ, et al. A study of disseminated intravascular coagulation in acute leukemia reveals markedly elevated D-dimer levels are a sensitive indicator of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Int J Lab Hematol. 2017; 39(4):375–383.
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14. Cao M, Li T, He Z, et al. Promyelocytic extracellular chromatin exacerbates coagulation and fibrinolysis in acute promyelocytic leukemia. Blood. 2017; 129(13):1855–1864.
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17. Wang P, Zhang Y, Yang H, et al. Characteristics of fibrinolytic disorders in acute promyelocytic leukemia. Hematology. 2018; 23(10):756-764.
18. Shen ZX, Shi ZZ, Fang J, et al. All-trans retinoic acid/As2O3 combination yields a high quality remission and survival in newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004; 101(15):5328–35.
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24. Ishitsuka K, Shirahashi A, Iwao Y, et al. Bone marrow necrosis in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia during re-induction therapy with arsenic trioxide. Eur J Haematol. 2004; 72(4):280–4.
25. Agis H, Weltermann A, Mitterbauer G, et al. Successful treatment with arsenic trioxide of a patient with ATRA-resistant relapse of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Ann Hematol. 1999; 78(7):329–32.
26. Soignet SL. Clinical Experience of Arsenic Trioxide in Relapsed Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Oncologist. 2001; 6 Suppl 2:11-6.
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/ijhoscr.v14i2.2678 | |
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Mohammadi Kanesbi M, Jarahi L, Keramati MR. Blood Parameters in Treatment with Arsenic Trioxide in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: A Systematic Review. Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res. 2020;14(2):130-139.
