"AIDA" Protocol (LAP 0493)

Summary

The main purposes of the AIDA protocol are to test the role of intermittent maintenance therapy with ATRA, standard maintenance chemotherapy with methotrexate and 6-mercaptopurine of both in PCR negative patients at the end of the consolidation phase and to evaluate the role of allogeneic or autologous bone marrow transplantation in PCR positive patients at the end of the consolidation phase.

Timeline

Start

1993-10

Primary completion

2020-12

Completion

2020-12

Publications

• Background Avvisati G, Lo Coco F, Diverio D, Falda M, Ferrara F, Lazzarino M, Russo D, Petti MC, Mandelli F. AIDA (all-trans retinoic acid + idarubicin) in newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia: a Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche Maligne dell'Adulto (GIMEMA) pilot study. Blood. 1996 Aug 15;88(4):1390-8.
• Results Avvisati G, Lo-Coco F, Paoloni FP, Petti MC, Diverio D, Vignetti M, Latagliata R, Specchia G, Baccarani M, Di Bona E, Fioritoni G, Marmont F, Rambaldi A, Di Raimondo F, Kropp MG, Pizzolo G, Pogliani EM, Rossi G, Cantore N, Nobile F, Gabbas A, Ferrara F, Fazi P, Amadori S, Mandelli F; GIMEMA, AIEOP, and EORTC Cooperative Groups. AIDA 0493 protocol for newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia: very long-term results and role of maintenance. Blood. 2011 May 5;117(18):4716-25. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-08-302950. Epub 2011 Mar 8.
• Results Latagliata R, Breccia M, Fazi P, Vignetti M, Di Raimondo F, Sborgia M, Vincelli D, Candoni A, Salvi F, Rupoli S, Martinelli G, Kropp MG, Tonso A, Venditti A, Melillo L, Cimino G, Petti MC, Avvisati G, Lo-Coco F, Mandelli F; GIMEMA Acute Leukaemia Working Party. GIMEMA AIDA 0493 amended protocol for elderly patients with acute promyelocytic leukaemia. Long-term results and prognostic factors. Br J Haematol. 2011 Sep;154(5):564-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08593.x. Epub 2011 Jul 14.

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