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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients and characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Efficacy and safety of venetoclax combined with hypomethylating agents for relapse of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome post allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Country

Study type

Diagnose

Patients

(numbers)

Male

(%)

Median age

(years)

Median time to relapse post-Transplantation

(months)

Risk stratification

by ELN-2017

prior HMAs exposure (%)

Treatment protocol

Efficacy (%)

Adverse effects (3/4) (%)

CR/CRi

(%)

ORR(%)

median OS

(months)

Survival rate

(%)

Thrombocyt-

openia

Neutropenia

Neutropenic fever

Infection

Mittal. et al.

2019 [24]

American

retrospective

AML

11

NM

66 (25–75)

7 (3–36)

NM

82

Ven + AZA (73%); Ven + DEC (27%)

Ven + HMAs + DLI (9%)

Ven ≥ 14days/cycle; cycles: 3 (1–20)

36.4

82

11.0

6 months: 81.8

12 months: 36.4

NM

NM

NM

NM

Byrne. et al.

2020 [25]

American

retrospective

AML

16

NM

64.3 (34.5–73.7)

5.7 (0.9–44.9)

Favorable: 6.25%

Intermediate: 50%

Adverse: 43.75%

NM

Ven + AZA (75%); Ven + DEC (25%)

Ven: 14days, 21days or 28days/cycle

cycles: 3 (1–11)

31.3

56.3

4.3 (2.1–6.5)

6 months: 18.8

12 months: 6.3

NM

NM

NM

56.3

Diab.et al

2020 [26]

American

retrospective

AML

17

53

62 (31–71)

6.03 (1.5–28.4)

Favorable: 12%

Intermediate: 30%

Adverse: 58%

35

Ven + AZA (53%); Ven + DEC (47%)

cycles: 2 (1–10)

35.3

NM

12.0

NM

NM

NM

47.1

NM

Bewersdorf. et al.

2021 [27]

American

retrospective

AML/MDS

33

51

62 (30–73)

≤ 12 months (70%)

≥ 12 months (30%)

Favorable: 0

Intermediate: 24%

Adverse: 76%

61

Ven + AZA (79%); Ven + DEC (21%)

Ven + HMAs + DLI (21.6%)

cycles: NM

NM

36.4

4.7 (3.8-NR)

6 months: 48.5

12 months: 42.4

NM

NM

NM

NM

Joshi.et al

2021 [28]

American

retrospective

AML

26

48

58 (20–72)

9.0 (2.0–37.0)

Favorable: 3%

Intermediate: 35%

Adverse: 62%

41

Ven + AZA (31%); Ven + DEC (69%)

cycles: 1.5 (1–10)

26.9

38.5

2.6 (1.1–4.1)

6 months: 26.9

12 months: 11.5

65.5

69.0

NM

55.2

Schuler. et al.

2021 [29]

Germany

retrospective

AML/MDS

32

50

54 (30.8–71.5)

1.8 (0.8–42.9)

Favorable: 13%

Intermediate: 20%

Adverse: 67%

66

Ven + AZA (37.5%); Ven + DEC (59.4%)

Ven + AZA + DEC (3.1%)

Ven + HMAs + DLI (34.4%)

Ven: 21days or 28days/cycle; cycles: 2 (1–19)

31.3

43.8

3.7 (2.8–4.6)

6 months: 37.5

12 months: 21.9

81.3

96.9

NM

71.9

Gao.et al

2021 [30]

China

retrospective

AML/MDS

41

54.5

44 (14–60)

< 12 months(63.6%)

> 12 months (36.4%)

others 47.7%

adverse 52.3%

NM

Ven + AZA (93.2%); Ven + DEC (6.8%)

Ven + HMAs + DLI (2.3%)

Ven: 21days or 28days/cycle; cycles: 2 (1–19)

34.1

38.6

NM

6 months: 36.4

12 months: 6.8

68.2

79.5

NM

47.7

Ozturk. et al.

2022 [31]

Turkey

retrospective

AML

30

46.7

43.1 (20–69)

8.5 (1.7–47.8)

Favorable: 6.7%

Intermediate: 66.7%

Adverse: 26.7%

30

Ven + AZA (93%); Ven + DEC (7%)

cycles: 3 (1–6)

43.5

56.5

5.3 (2.6 ~ 8.0)

NM

78.3

82.6

NM

NM

Serpenti. et al.

2022 [32]

Italy

retrospective

AML

11

54.5

65 (31–72)

6.5 (0.9–48.1)

Favorable: 27.3%

Intermediate: 45.4%

Adverse: 27.3%

73

Ven + AZA (91%); Ven + DEC (9%)

Ven + HMAs + DLI (45.5%)

cycles: 3 (1–6)

27.3

36.4

NM

NM

NM

NM

NM

27.3

Zhao. et al.

2022 [33]

China

retrospective

AML

26

57.7

35.2 ± 11.4

7.6 (3.2–18.4)

Favorable: 0

Intermediate: 69.2%

Adverse: 30.8%

50

Ven + AZA + DLI (100%)

cycles: 6–8

26.9

61.5

9.5 (2.7–20.3)

6 months: 53.8

12 months: 50.0

100

100

57.7

NM

  1. Abbreviations: AML, Acute myeloid leukemia; MDS, Myelodysplastic syndromes; ELN, European LeukemiaNet; AZA, azacytidine; DEC, decitabine; HMAs, hypomethylating agents; DLI, Donor lymphocyte infusion; NM, not mentioned;