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<div class="main-content lit-style" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><div class="meta-content fm-sec"><h1 id="_NBK602738_"><span class="title" itemprop="name">Childhood Myeloid Proliferations Associated With Down Syndrome Treatment (PDQ®)</span></h1><div class="subtitle whole_rhythm">Health Professional Version</div><p class="contrib-group"><span itemprop="author">PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board</span>.</p><p class="small">Published online: March 6, 2024.</p><p class="small">Created: <span itemprop="datePublished">March 5, 2024</span>.</p></div><div class="jig-ncbiinpagenav body-content whole_rhythm" data-jigconfig="allHeadingLevels: ['h2'],smoothScroll: false" itemprop="text"><div id="_abs_rndgid_" itemprop="description"><p id="CDR0000810726__773">This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about the treatment of childhood myeloid proliferations associated with Down syndrome. It is intended as a resource to inform and assist clinicians in the care of their patients. It does not provide formal guidelines or recommendations for making health care decisions.</p><p id="CDR0000810726__774">This summary is reviewed regularly and updated as necessary by the PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board, which is editorially independent of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The summary reflects an independent review of the literature and does not represent a policy statement of NCI or the National Institutes of Health (NIH).</p></div><div id="CDR0000810726__859"><h2 id="_CDR0000810726__859_">General Information About Childhood Myeloid Proliferations Associated With Down Syndrome</h2><p id="CDR0000810726__1964">Myeloid leukemias that arise in children with Down syndrome, particularly in patients younger than 4 years, are a distinct subset of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) characterized by the co-existence of trisomy 21 and <i>GATA1</i> mutations within the leukemic blasts that are often, but not always, megakaryoblastic.</p><p id="CDR0000810726__1990"> This distinct leukemia is further subdivided into two types:[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_859_1">1</a>]</p><ul id="CDR0000810726__1991"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM): A transient newborn and young-infant version, which spontaneously remits over time.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Myeloid leukemia of Down syndrome (MLDS): An unremitting but chemosensitive version that appears later, between the ages of 90 days and 3 years.</div></li></ul><p id="CDR0000810726__1992"> It is important to recognize the possibility of these versions in both children with Down syndrome phenotypes and in those who have mosaic trisomy 21, which can be solely present in the leukemic blasts. If possible, newborns with apparent AML should not begin therapy until genetic testing results have been returned.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_859_2">2</a>]</p><p id="CDR0000810726__1993"> In older children with megakaryocytic AML, it is important to rule out the presence of co-existing trisomy 21 and <i>GATA1</i> mutations. These children may be successfully treated with the lower-intensity chemotherapy regimens that are used for children with myeloid leukemia associated with Down syndrome.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_859_3">3</a>]</p><div id="CDR0000810726_rl_859"><h3>References</h3><ol><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_859_1">Lange B: The management of neoplastic disorders of haematopoiesis in children with Down's syndrome. Br J Haematol 110 (3): 512-24, 2000. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10997960" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 10997960</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_859_2">Gamis AS, Smith FO: Transient myeloproliferative disorder in children with Down syndrome: clarity to this enigmatic disorder. Br J Haematol 159 (3): 277-87, 2012. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22966823" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 22966823</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_859_3">de Rooij JD, Branstetter C, Ma J, et al.: Pediatric non-Down syndrome acute megakaryoblastic leukemia is characterized by distinct genomic subsets with varying outcomes. Nat Genet 49 (3): 451-456, 2017. [<a href="/pmc/articles/PMC5687824/" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pmc">PMC free article<span class="bk_prnt">: PMC5687824</span></a>] [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28112737" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 28112737</span></a>]</div></li></ol></div></div><div id="CDR0000810726__966"><h2 id="_CDR0000810726__966_">Transient Abnormal Myelopoiesis (TAM) Associated With Down Syndrome</h2><div id="CDR0000810726__1994"><h3>Incidence</h3><p id="CDR0000810726__274">Approximately 10% of neonates with Down syndrome develop TAM (also termed transient myeloproliferative disorder [TMD]).[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_1">1</a>] This disorder mimics congenital AML but typically improves spontaneously within the first 3 months of life (median, 49 days). However, TAM has been reported to remit as late as 20 months.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_2">2</a>] The late remissions likely reflect a persistent hepatomegaly from TAM-associated hepatic fibrosis rather than active disease.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">3</a>]</p></div><div id="CDR0000810726__1995"><h3>Clinical Presentation and Risk Groups</h3><p id="CDR0000810726__967"> Although TAM is usually a self-resolving condition, it can be associated with significant morbidity and may be fatal in 10% to 17% of affected infants.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_2">2</a>-<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_6">6</a>] When TAM is detected, it is either in a proliferative, worsening phase or it has already converted to a resolving, improving phase. Observation over time is needed to determine which phase is present. Infants with progressive organomegaly, visceral effusions, preterm delivery (less than 37 weeks of gestation), bleeding diatheses, failure of spontaneous remission, laboratory evidence of progressive liver dysfunction (elevated direct bilirubin), renal failure, and very high white blood cell (WBC) count are at particularly high risk of early mortality.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">3</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_4">4</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_6">6</a>] In one report, death occurred in 21% of these patients with high-risk TAM, although only 10% were attributable to TAM. The remaining deaths were caused by coexisting conditions known to be more prominent in neonates with Down syndrome.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">3</a>]</p><p id="CDR0000810726__968">The following three risk groups have been identified on the basis of the diagnostic clinical findings of hepatomegaly with or without life-threatening symptoms:[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">3</a>]</p><ul id="CDR0000810726__969"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>
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<b>Low risk.</b> Includes those without hepatomegaly or life-threatening symptoms (38% of patients and an overall survival [OS] rate of 92% ± 8%).</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div><b>Intermediate risk.</b> Includes those with hepatomegaly alone (40% of patients and an OS rate of 77% ± 12%).</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div><b>High risk.</b> Includes those with hepatomegaly and life-threatening symptoms (21% of patients and an OS rate of 51% ± 19%).</div></li></ul></div><div id="CDR0000810726__1996"><h3>Molecular Features</h3><div id="CDR0000810726__sm_CDR0000813746_2028"><h4>Genomics of TAM</h4><p id="CDR0000810726__sm_CDR0000813746_949">TAM blasts most commonly have megakaryoblastic differentiation characteristics and distinctive mutations involving the <i>GATA1</i> gene in the presence of trisomy 21.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_7">7</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_8">8</a>] TAM may occur in phenotypically normal infants with genetic mosaicism in the bone marrow for trisomy 21. While TAM is generally not characterized by cytogenetic abnormalities other than trisomy 21, the presence of additional cytogenetic findings may predict an increased risk of developing subsequent AML.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_4">4</a>] </p><p id="CDR0000810726__sm_CDR0000813746_2003">
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<i>GATA1</i> mutations are present in most, if not all, children with Down syndrome who have either transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM) or acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL).[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_7">7</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_9">9</a>-<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_11">11</a>] GATA1 is a transcription factor that is required for normal development of erythroid cells, megakaryocytes, eosinophils, and mast cells. X-linked <i>GATA1</i> mutations result in the absence of the full-length GATA1 protein, leaving only the normally minor variant, a truncated GATA1s transcription factor that has decreased activity.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_7">7</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_8">8</a>] This confers increased sensitivity to cytarabine by down-regulating cytidine deaminase expression, possibly providing an explanation for the superior outcome of children with Down syndrome and M7 AML when treated with cytarabine-containing regimens.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_12">12</a>] </p><p id="CDR0000810726__sm_CDR0000813746_2004">Approximately 20% of infants with TAM and Down syndrome eventually develop AML. Most of these cases are diagnosed within the first 3 years of life.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_4">4</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_8">8</a>]</p></div></div><div id="CDR0000810726__1997"><h3>Treatment of TAM</h3><p id="CDR0000810726__970">While observation is appropriate for most infants with TAM, therapeutic intervention is warranted in patients with apparent severe hydrops or organ failure. Because TAM eventually spontaneously remits, treatment is short in duration and primarily aimed at the reduction of leukemic burden and resolution of immediate symptoms. Several treatment approaches have been used, including the following:</p><ul id="CDR0000810726__971"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Exchange transfusion.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Leukapheresis.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Low-dose cytarabine. Of these approaches, only cytarabine has been shown to consistently reduce TAM complications and related mortality.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">3</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_6">6</a>]; [<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_13">13</a>][<a href="/books/n/pdqcis/glossary_loe/def-item/glossary_loe_CDR0000810033/" class="def">Level of evidence B4</a>] Cytarabine dosing has ranged from 0.4 to 1.5 mg/kg per dose given intravenously (IV) or subcutaneously (SC) once to twice daily for 4 to 12 days.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_6">6</a>] This dosing schedule has produced similar efficacies and less toxicity than higher doses given in continuous 5-day infusions, which led to prolonged severe neutropenia.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">3</a>] A prospective trial examined the use of low-dose cytarabine (1.5 mg/kg per day IV or SC for 7 days) to treat symptomatic patients. This trial reported a significant reduction in early death using this regimen, compared with similar patients in the historical control group (12% ± 5% vs. 33% ± 7%, respectively; <i>P</i> = .02).[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_13">13</a>][<a href="/books/n/pdqcis/glossary_loe/def-item/glossary_loe_CDR0000810033/" class="def">Level of evidence B4</a>]</div></li></ul></div><div id="CDR0000810726__1998"><h3>Risk Factors for the Development of AML After Resolution of TAM</h3><p id="CDR0000810726__1334">Subsequent development of myeloid leukemia of Down syndrome (MLDS) is seen in 10% to 30% of children with TAM. It has been reported at a mean age of 16 months (range, 1–30 months).[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_2">2</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">3</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_14">14</a>] While TAM is generally not characterized by cytogenetic abnormalities other than trisomy 21, the presence of additional cytogenetic findings may connote an increased risk of developing subsequent MLDS.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_4">4</a>] An additional risk factor reported in two studies is the late resolution of TAM, measured by either time to complete resolution of signs of TAM (defined as resolution beyond the median, 47 days from diagnosis) or by persistence of minimal residual disease (MRD) in the peripheral blood at week 12 of follow-up.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">3</a>]; [<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_13">13</a>][<a href="/books/n/pdqcis/glossary_loe/def-item/glossary_loe_CDR0000810033/" class="def">Level of evidence B4</a>] </p><p id="CDR0000810726__1999">The use of cytarabine for TAM symptoms or persistent MRD in TAM has failed to show a reduction in later MLDS, as reported in large observational cohort studies.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">3</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_6">6</a>] In a prospective single-arm trial designed to assess whether cytarabine treatment for TAM could prevent the development of later MLDS, no benefit was found when compared with historical controls (19% ± 4% vs. 22% ± 4%, respectively; <i>P</i> = .88).[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_966_13">13</a>][<a href="/books/n/pdqcis/glossary_loe/def-item/glossary_loe_CDR0000810033/" class="def">Level of evidence B4</a>]</p></div><div id="CDR0000810726_rl_966"><h3>References</h3><ol><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_1">Gamis AS, Smith FO: Transient myeloproliferative disorder in children with Down syndrome: clarity to this enigmatic disorder. Br J Haematol 159 (3): 277-87, 2012. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22966823" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 22966823</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_2">Homans AC, Verissimo AM, Vlacha V: Transient abnormal myelopoiesis of infancy associated with trisomy 21. Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 15 (4): 392-9, 1993. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8214361" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 8214361</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_3">Gamis AS, Alonzo TA, Gerbing RB, et al.: Natural history of transient myeloproliferative disorder clinically diagnosed in Down syndrome neonates: a report from the Children's Oncology Group Study A2971. Blood 118 (26): 6752-9; quiz 6996, 2011. [<a href="/pmc/articles/PMC3245202/" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pmc">PMC free article<span class="bk_prnt">: PMC3245202</span></a>] [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21849481" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 21849481</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_4">Massey GV, Zipursky A, Chang MN, et al.: A prospective study of the natural history of transient leukemia (TL) in neonates with Down syndrome (DS): Children's Oncology Group (COG) study POG-9481. Blood 107 (12): 4606-13, 2006. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16469874" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 16469874</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_5">Muramatsu H, Kato K, Watanabe N, et al.: Risk factors for early death in neonates with Down syndrome and transient leukaemia. Br J Haematol 142 (4): 610-5, 2008. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18510680" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 18510680</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_6">Klusmann JH, Creutzig U, Zimmermann M, et al.: Treatment and prognostic impact of transient leukemia in neonates with Down syndrome. Blood 111 (6): 2991-8, 2008. [<a href="/pmc/articles/PMC2265448/" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pmc">PMC free article<span class="bk_prnt">: PMC2265448</span></a>] [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18182574" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 18182574</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_7">Hitzler JK, Cheung J, Li Y, et al.: GATA1 mutations in transient leukemia and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia of Down syndrome. Blood 101 (11): 4301-4, 2003. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12586620" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 12586620</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_8">Mundschau G, Gurbuxani S, Gamis AS, et al.: Mutagenesis of GATA1 is an initiating event in Down syndrome leukemogenesis. Blood 101 (11): 4298-300, 2003. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12560215" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 12560215</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_9">Groet J, McElwaine S, Spinelli M, et al.: Acquired mutations in GATA1 in neonates with Down's syndrome with transient myeloid disorder. Lancet 361 (9369): 1617-20, 2003. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12747884" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 12747884</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_10">Rainis L, Bercovich D, Strehl S, et al.: Mutations in exon 2 of GATA1 are early events in megakaryocytic malignancies associated with trisomy 21. Blood 102 (3): 981-6, 2003. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12649131" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 12649131</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_11">Wechsler J, Greene M, McDevitt MA, et al.: Acquired mutations in GATA1 in the megakaryoblastic leukemia of Down syndrome. Nat Genet 32 (1): 148-52, 2002. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12172547" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 12172547</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_12">Ge Y, Stout ML, Tatman DA, et al.: GATA1, cytidine deaminase, and the high cure rate of Down syndrome children with acute megakaryocytic leukemia. J Natl Cancer Inst 97 (3): 226-31, 2005. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15687366" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 15687366</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_13">Flasinski M, Scheibke K, Zimmermann M, et al.: Low-dose cytarabine to prevent myeloid leukemia in children with Down syndrome: TMD Prevention 2007 study. Blood Adv 2 (13): 1532-1540, 2018. [<a href="/pmc/articles/PMC6039662/" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pmc">PMC free article<span class="bk_prnt">: PMC6039662</span></a>] [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29959152" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 29959152</span></a>]</div></li><li><div class="bk_ref" id="CDR0000810726_rl_966_14">Ravindranath Y, Abella E, Krischer JP, et al.: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in Down's syndrome is highly responsive to chemotherapy: experience on Pediatric Oncology Group AML Study 8498. Blood 80 (9): 2210-4, 1992. [<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1384797" ref="pagearea=cite-ref&targetsite=entrez&targetcat=link&targettype=pubmed">PubMed<span class="bk_prnt">: 1384797</span></a>]</div></li></ol></div></div><div id="CDR0000810726__1237"><h2 id="_CDR0000810726__1237_">Myeloid Leukemia of Down Syndrome (MLDS)</h2><div id="CDR0000810726__2000"><h3>General Information</h3><p id="CDR0000810726__1238">Children
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with Down syndrome have a 10-fold to 45-fold increased risk of leukemia when compared with children without Down syndrome.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_1">1</a>] However, the ratio of acute
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when AML, particularly the megakaryoblastic subtype, predominates and exhibits a distinctive biology characterized by <i>GATA1</i> mutations and increased sensitivity to cytarabine.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_2">2</a>-<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_7">7</a>] Importantly, these risks appear to be similar whether a child has phenotypic characteristics of Down syndrome or whether a child has only genetic bone marrow mosaicism.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_8">8</a>]</p></div><div id="CDR0000810726__972"><h3>Prognosis of Children With MLDS</h3><p id="CDR0000810726__276">Outcome is generally favorable for children with Down syndrome who develop AML. This is called myeloid leukemia of Down syndrome (MLDS) in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_9">9</a>-<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_11">11</a>] For more information, see the sections on <a href="/books/n/pdqcis/CDR0000062896/#CDR0000062896__1">General Information About Childhood Myeloid Malignancies</a> and <a href="/books/n/pdqcis/CDR0000062896/#CDR0000062896__144">World Health Organization (WHO) Classification System for Childhood AML</a> in Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment.</p><p id="CDR0000810726__1184">Prognostic factors for children with MLDS include the following:</p><ul id="CDR0000810726__1185"><li class="half_rhythm"><div><b>Age.</b> The prognosis is particularly good (event-free survival [EFS] rates exceeding 85%) in children aged 4 years or younger at diagnosis. This age group accounts for the vast majority of patients with MLDS.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_10">10</a>-<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_13">13</a>] Children with MLDS who are older than 4 years have a significantly worse prognosis. These patients should undergo the therapy that is used in children with AML without Down syndrome, unless a <i>GATA1</i> mutation is found.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_14">14</a>]</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div><b>White blood cell (WBC) count.</b> A large international Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM) retrospective study of 451 children with MLDS (aged >6 months and <5 years) observed a 7-year EFS rate of 78% and a 7-year overall survival (OS) rate of 79%. In multivariate analyses, WBC count (≥20 × 10<sup>9</sup>/L) and age (>3 years) were independent predictors of lower EFS. The 7-year EFS rate for the older population (>3 years) and for the higher WBC-count population still exceeded 60%.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_15">15</a>] </div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div><b>AML karyotype.</b> The presence of trisomy 8 has been shown to adversely impact prognosis.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_13">13</a>] In another study, complex karyotypes (≥3 independent abnormalities) were associated with an increased cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR) rate at 2 years (30.8% compared with 7.5% in patients without complex karyotypes; <i>P</i> = .001).[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_16">16</a>]</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div><b>Minimal residual disease (MRD).</b> MRD at the end of induction 1 was found to be a strong prognostic factor.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_11">11</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_17">17</a>] This finding was consistent with the BFM finding that early response correlated with improved OS.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_13">13</a>] However, a negative MRD status at the end of induction 1 did not identify a favorable-risk group of patients who could receive reduced chemotherapy.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_16">16</a>]</div></li></ul><p id="CDR0000810726__1186">Approximately 29% to 47% of patients with Down syndrome present with myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) (<20% blasts) but their outcomes are similar to those with AML.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_10">10</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_11">11</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_13">13</a>]</p></div><div id="CDR0000810726__2001"><h3>Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Childhood MLDS</h3><p id="CDR0000810726__974">Appropriate therapy for younger children (aged ≤4 years) with MLDS is less intensive than current standard childhood AML therapy. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant is not indicated in first remission.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_4">4</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_9">9</a>-<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_14">14</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_18">18</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_19">19</a>]</p><p id="CDR0000810726__1141">Treatment options for newly diagnosed children with MLDS include the following:</p><ol id="CDR0000810726__1142"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Chemotherapy.</div></li></ol><p id="CDR0000810726__1143">Evidence (chemotherapy):</p><ol id="CDR0000810726__975"><li class="half_rhythm"><div class="half_rhythm">In a Children's Oncology Group (COG) trial for newly diagnosed children with MLDS (<a href="https://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/NCT00369317" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">AAML0431 [NCT00369317]</a>), 204 children received a regimen that substituted high-dose cytarabine for the second of four induction cycles (thereby reducing cumulative anthracycline exposure from 320 mg to 240 mg), moving this cycle from intensification where it was used in the previous COG <a href="https://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/NCT00003593" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">A2971 (NCT00003593)</a> trial.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_10">10</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_11">11</a>] Intrathecal doses were reduced from seven to two total injections, and intensification included two cycles of cytarabine/etoposide. <ul id="CDR0000810726__976"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>When compared with the previous trial, these changes resulted in an overall improvement of approximately 10%.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>The EFS rate was 89.9%, and the OS rate was 93%.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Relapse occurred in 14 patients and there were two treatment-related deaths, both related to pneumonia, neither of which occurred during induction 2.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>No patient had central nervous system (CNS) involvement in this trial or the preceding COG A2971 trial.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_10">10</a>]</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>The only prognostic factor identified was MRD using flow cytometry on day 28 of induction 1. Among those who were MRD negative (≤0.01%), the disease-free survival (DFS) rate was 92.7%. In the 14.4% of patients who were MRD positive, the DFS rate was 76.2% (<i>P</i> = .011).</div></li></ul></div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div class="half_rhythm">In a joint trial (ML-DS 2006) from the BFM, Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), and Nordic Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (NOPHO), 170 children with Down syndrome were enrolled. This trial focused on reducing therapy by eliminating etoposide during consolidation, reducing the number of intrathecal doses from 11 to 4, and the elimination of maintenance from the reduced-therapy Down syndrome arm of AML-BFM 98.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_13">13</a>] As in the COG trials, no patient had CNS disease at diagnosis. <ul id="CDR0000810726__977"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Outcomes were no worse despite reduction in chemotherapy. The OS rate was 89% (± 3%), and the EFS rate was 87% (± 3%), similar to that observed in AML-BFM 98 (OS rate, 90% ± 4% [<i>P</i> = NS]; EFS rate, 89% ± 4% [<i>P</i> = NS]). The CIR rate was 6% in both trials.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Nine patients relapsed, and seven of those patients died.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Patients with a good early response (<5% blasts by morphology before induction cycle 2, n = 123 [72%]) had better outcomes (OS rate, 92% ± 3% vs. 57% ± 16%, <i>P</i> < .0001; EFS rate, 88% ± 3% vs. 58% ± 16%, <i>P</i> = .0008; and CIR rate, 3% ± 2% vs. 27% ± 18%, <i>P</i> = .003). </div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Less toxicity was seen in this trial, and treatment-related mortality remained low (2.9% vs. 5%, <i>P</i> = .276).</div></li></ul></div><div class="half_rhythm">The following two prognostic factors were identified:[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_13">13</a>]<ul id="CDR0000810726__979"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Trisomy 8 was an adverse factor (n = 37; OS rate, 77% vs. 95%, <i>P</i> = .07; EFS rate, 73% ± 8% vs. 91% ± 4%, <i>P</i> = .018; CIR rate, 16% ± 7% vs. 3% ± 2%, <i>P</i> = .02).</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>This was confirmed in multivariate analysis, where lack of good early response and trisomy 8 maintained their adverse impact on relapse, with relative risks of 8.55 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.96–37.29; <i>P</i> = .004) and 4.36 (95% CI, 1.24–15.39; <i>P</i> = .022), respectively.</div></li></ul></div></li></ol><p id="CDR0000810726__498">Children with mosaicism for trisomy 21 are treated similarly to those children with clinically evident Down syndrome.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_8">8</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_10">10</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_20">20</a>] Children with MLDS who are older than 4 years have a significantly worse prognosis.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_14">14</a>] Although an optimal treatment for these children has not been defined, they are usually treated with AML regimens designed for children without Down syndrome.</p><div id="CDR0000810726__864"><h4>Treatment options under clinical evaluation</h4><p id="CDR0000810726__865">Information about National Cancer Institute (NCI)–supported clinical trials can be found on the <a href="https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/search" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">NCI website</a>. For information about clinical trials sponsored by other organizations, see the <a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/" ref="pagearea=body&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=uri">ClinicalTrials.gov website</a>.</p></div></div><div id="CDR0000810726__626"><h3>Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Childhood MLDS</h3><p id="CDR0000810726__627">A small number of trials address outcomes in children with MLDS who relapse after initial therapy or who have refractory MLDS. In three prospective trials of children with newly diagnosed MLDS, outcomes were poor for those who relapsed (4 of 11, 2 of 9, and 2 of 12 patients who relapsed survived).[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_9">9</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_13">13</a>,<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_16">16</a>] Thus, these children are treated similarly to children without Down syndrome, with an intensive reinduction chemotherapy regimen. If a remission is achieved, therapy is followed by an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT).</p><p id="CDR0000810726__1144">Treatment options for children with refractory or relapsed MLDS include the following:</p><ol id="CDR0000810726__1145"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Chemotherapy, which may be followed by an allogeneic HSCT.</div></li></ol><p id="CDR0000810726__1032">Evidence (treatment of children with refractory or relapsed MLDS):</p><ol id="CDR0000810726__1033"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>The Japanese Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma Study Group reported the outcomes of 29 patients with relapsed (n = 26) or refractory (n = 3) MLDS. As expected with Down syndrome, the children in this cohort were very young (median age, 2 years); relapses were almost all early (median, 8.6 months; 80% <12 months from diagnosis); and 89% had M7 French-American-British classification.[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_21">21</a>][<a href="/books/n/pdqcis/glossary_loe/def-item/glossary_loe_CDR0000810035/" class="def">Level of evidence C1</a>] <ul id="CDR0000810726__1034"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>In contrast to the excellent outcomes achieved after initial therapy, only 50% of the children attained a second remission, and the 3-year OS rate was 26%. Attainment of second remission was more successful the later the relapse occurred after completing initial therapies.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Approximately one-half of the children underwent allogeneic transplant, and no advantage was noted for transplant compared with chemotherapy. However, the number of patients was small.</div></li></ul></div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research study of children with MLDS who underwent allogeneic HSCT reported the following results:[<a class="bk_pop" href="#CDR0000810726_rl_1237_22">22</a>][<a href="/books/n/pdqcis/glossary_loe/def-item/glossary_loe_CDR0000810035/" class="def">Level of evidence C1</a>]<ul id="CDR0000810726__1989"><li class="half_rhythm"><div>A similarly poor outcome, with a 3-year OS rate of 19%.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>The main cause of failure after transplant was relapse, which exceeded 60%. Survival was significantly worse for patients who relapsed early.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>The transplant-related mortality was approximately 20%.</div></li></ul>
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