VCA Regimen Followed by D-MAG Regimen on the Treatment of Elderly Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Lab values

• 1)Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and low risk cytogenetics such as t(8;21), inv(16) or t(16;16).
  • 2\) Active central nervous system leukemia. 3) History of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) including myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia, polycythemia vera, chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with or without BCR-ABL1 translocation and AML with BCR- ABL1 translocation.
  • 4\) HIV positive patients and/or HBV or HCV active infection (documented by HBV-DNA and HCV-RNA positive test) 5) Patients suffering from chronic respiratory diseases that require continuous oxygen inhalation, or a history of obvious renal, nervous system, psychiatric, endocrine, metabolic, immune, liver, and cardiovascular diseases 6) Patients suffering from malabsorption syndrome or other conditions that exclude enteral route of administration.
  • 7\) Patients has clinically significant QTc prolongation (\>450 ms in men; \>470 ms in women), ventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation, second-degree heart block, myocardial infarction within the year prior to enrollment, and congestive heart failure;and patients with coronary heart disease with clinical symptoms requiring drug treatment.
  • 8\) Active, uncontrolled severe infection. 9) History of other malignancies within 2 years, except for the following: Adequately treated cervix or breast cancer in situ; Basal cell cancer or local squamous cell carcinoma of the skin; 10) White blood cell count \> 25 × 10\^9/L. (Hydroxyurea or leukapheresis may meet this criterion.) 11) Mental disorders that hinder research participation 12) Participants have received the following treatments: hypomethylating agents, veneclax and/or chemotherapy for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), solid organ transplantation.
  • 13\) Any other circumstances that the investigator believes that the patient is not suitable to participate in this trial

• 1\) Histologically confirmed acute myeloid leukemia (non-M3). Treatment-na?ve and unable to receive standard cytarabine and anthracycline induction regimens due to age or comorbidities or patient preference.
  • 2\) Age ≥ 60 years old, male or female, with an expected survival more than 3 months.
  • 3\) Estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min. 4) AST and ALT ≤ 3.0 x ULN (unless leukemic organ involvement). Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (unless considered due to leukemic organ involvement).
  • 5\) ECOG ≤ 2. 6) Able to understand and voluntarily provide informed consent.