Health Disparities in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Undergoing Treatment with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) Therapy Targeting FLT3, IDH1, or IDH2

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Authors: Manuel Ricardo Espinoza-Gutarra, Brooke A. Jarrett, Xiaoliang Wang, Anosheh Afghahi, Sejong Bae
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Abstract

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a common hematologic neoplasm in adults and usually carries a grim prognosis. Therapy has traditionally consisted of intensive chemotherapy; however, recent advances have led to the development of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI) as Targeted Therapies for subtypes carrying certain mutations. While the clinical impact of these therapies has been well described, there have been no studies looking at clinical disparities among different racial/ethnic groups receiving these therapies. We leveraged an EHR-derived database to evaluate real-world outcomes in patients receiving TKIs for AML. Our study found no significant differences between real-world Event Free Survival (rwEFS) and real world Overall Survival (rwOS) across patients of different racial/ethnic groups, this suggests that when patients have access to targeted therapy outcomes across different racial/ethnic groups become more equitable.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes

Publication details

Journal / source
Blood and Lymphatic Cancer Targets and Therapy
Volume
Volume 16
Pages
1–8
Publication date
1 March 2026
Language
EN