Realgar Indigo Formula Plus ATRA As Postremission Treatment in an Rral and Chemo-Free Model for High-Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Patients: A Prospective, Multicenter, Phase II Study
Abstract:Background:
Low-risk patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) can be cured using only ATRA and arsenic trioxide (ATO), without chemotherapy(Lo-Coco F, et al. NEJM 2013) .Our group simplified the protocol by replacing iv ATO with oral arsenic, referred to as RIF, allowing for outpatient, oral and chemotherapy-free treatment for an increasing number of APL patients (Zhu HH, et al. NEJM 2014; 371:2239-41;Zhu HH, et al. Lancet Oncol 2018;19:871-879; Zhu HH, et al. Blood 2019;134:597-605). We… Show more
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