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LEUKOCYTOSIS AND RETINOIC ACID SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA TREATED WITH ARSENIC TRIOXIDE
Author(s): Bo Jin, Ke-zuo Hou, Yun-peng Liu, Ping Yu
Pages: 171-
174
Year: 2006
Issue:
3
Journal: CHINESE MEDICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL
Keyword: arsenic trioxide; acute promyelocytic leukemia; leukocytosis; retinoic acid syndrome;
Abstract: Objective To study the incidence of leukocytosis and retinoic acid (RA) syndrome in newly diagnosed and relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) patients treated with arsenic trioxide (ATO).Methods Thirty patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed APL received ATO for remission induction at the dose of 10 mg/d. RA syndrome was defined when patient was with one or more of the following signs or symptoms: fever,dyspnea, serous cavity effusion, muscular pain, pulmonary infiltration, weight gain, or pulmonary infiltration on chest X-ray.Results Twenty-three (77%) patients achieved complete remission, mean time to remission was 37.1 days. Leukocytosis was observed in 14 (47%) patients, mean time to leukocytosis was 12.7 days, median baseline leukocyte count for patients with leukocytosis was 3.1 × 109/L, which was higher than that for patients who did not develop leukocytosis (2.6×109/L, z=-2.635, P=0.008). No other cytotoxic therapy was administered, and the leukocytosis resolved in all cases. The RA syndrome was observed in 9(30%) patients, mean time to diagnose of RA syndrome was 13.9 days, median baseline leukocyte count for patients with RA syndrome was 3.6×109/L, which was higher than that for patients who did not develop RA syndrome (2.6 × 109/L, z=-1.909, P=0.046). No patient died of RA syndrome.Conclusion Leukocytosis and RA syndrome are associated with ATO and baseline leukocyte count respectively,and there is distinct link between leukocytosis and RA syndrome.
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