Among 301 newly diagnosed patients with acute myeloid leukaemia receiving venetoclax and a hypomethylating agent, 23 (7.6%) experienced major cardiac complications: 15 cardiomyopathy, 5 non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and/or 7 pericarditis/effusions. Four patients had more than one cardiac complication. Baseline characteristics included median age ± interquartile range; 73 ± 5 years; 87% males; 96% with cardiovascular risk factors; and 90% with preserved baseline ejection fraction. In multivariate analysis, males were more likely (p = 0.02) and DNMT3A-mutated cases less likely (p < 0.01) to be affected. Treatment-emergent cardiac events were associated with a trend towards lower composite remission rates (43% vs. 62%; p = 0.09) and shorter survival (median 7.7 vs. 13.2 months; p < 0.01). These observations were retrospectively retrieved and warrant further prospective examination.
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Johnson, I. M., Karrar, O., Rana, M., Iftikhar, M., Chen, S., McCullough, K., … Gangat, N. (2024). Cardiac events in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia during treatment with venetoclax + hypomethylating agents. British Journal of Haematology, 204(4), 1232–1237. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.19325
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