Table 3

Recent and ongoing studies in pediatric AML without information on treatment outcome but with guidelines on risk-group stratified allo-SCT or not

Group/studyPeriodRisk groups, %Low riskStandard riskHigh riskWho underwent allo-SCT
AIEOP LAM 2002 December 2002 to December 2009 LR, 18; HR, 82 Isolated t(8;21), inv(16)/t(16;16), and CR after course 1 — All others HR patients; SR patients after relapse only 
AML-BFM 200415  March 2004 to December 2009 LR, 30; HR, 70 FAB M1/M2 with Auer rods, FAB M4Eo+, t(8;21), inv(16), and blasts on day 15 < 5% and absence of FLT3/ITD — All patients who are not low risk HR patients (until 2006); afterward no patients in CR1 
St Jude AML0830  March 2008-2013 LR, 31; SR, 32; HR, 37 t(8;21) or inv(16) or t(16;16) and good response to therapy All others t(6;9), t(8;16), t(16;21), −7, −5, or 5q−, FLT3-ITD unless MRD negative after induction course I, FAB M0 or M6, FAB M7 without t(1;22), treatment related-AML, RAEB-2 or secondary AML after MDS, patients with poor response to therapy (MRD > 5% at day 22, and/or MRD > 0.1% after induction course II) HR patients; also eligible for natural killer cell therapy, like SR patients 
NOPHO-AML 200425  January 2004- 2014 LR, 80; HR, 20 Less than 15% blasts after the first and CR after the second course, or t(8;21), inv(16), t(16;16), t(9;11) and CR after the second course — 11q23 abnormalities other than t(9;11), > 15% blasts at day 15, or lack of remission after 2 courses of chemotherapy HR patients 
COG AAML053118  August 2006-2010 LR, 25; SR, 57; HR, 18 t(8;21), inv(16), t(16;16) All others −7, −5, −5q; bone marrow M3 (> 15% blasts) after course 1, except for those with low risk cytogenetics SR and HR patients 
ELAM0223  March 2005-2012 LR, 14; SR, 81; HR, 5 t(8;21) All others −7, −5q, t(9;22), t(6;9) SR and HR patients 
JPLSG AML-05 November 2006-2013 LR, 40; SR, 40; HR, 20 t(8;21), inv(16), t(16;16) All others −7, −5q, t(9;22), t(16;21), FLT3/ITD, no CR after course 1 HR patients 
MRC/DCOG AML 15 March 2005 to February 2010 LR, 30; SR, 55; HR, 15 t(8;21) and inv(16)/t(16;16), irrespective of marrow status after first course or the presence of other genetic abnormalities All others More than 15% blasts after the first course, or adverse cytogenetics [−5, −7, del(5q), abn(3q), t(9;22), complex karyotype] HR patients 
Group/studyPeriodRisk groups, %Low riskStandard riskHigh riskWho underwent allo-SCT
AIEOP LAM 2002 December 2002 to December 2009 LR, 18; HR, 82 Isolated t(8;21), inv(16)/t(16;16), and CR after course 1 — All others HR patients; SR patients after relapse only 
AML-BFM 200415  March 2004 to December 2009 LR, 30; HR, 70 FAB M1/M2 with Auer rods, FAB M4Eo+, t(8;21), inv(16), and blasts on day 15 < 5% and absence of FLT3/ITD — All patients who are not low risk HR patients (until 2006); afterward no patients in CR1 
St Jude AML0830  March 2008-2013 LR, 31; SR, 32; HR, 37 t(8;21) or inv(16) or t(16;16) and good response to therapy All others t(6;9), t(8;16), t(16;21), −7, −5, or 5q−, FLT3-ITD unless MRD negative after induction course I, FAB M0 or M6, FAB M7 without t(1;22), treatment related-AML, RAEB-2 or secondary AML after MDS, patients with poor response to therapy (MRD > 5% at day 22, and/or MRD > 0.1% after induction course II) HR patients; also eligible for natural killer cell therapy, like SR patients 
NOPHO-AML 200425  January 2004- 2014 LR, 80; HR, 20 Less than 15% blasts after the first and CR after the second course, or t(8;21), inv(16), t(16;16), t(9;11) and CR after the second course — 11q23 abnormalities other than t(9;11), > 15% blasts at day 15, or lack of remission after 2 courses of chemotherapy HR patients 
COG AAML053118  August 2006-2010 LR, 25; SR, 57; HR, 18 t(8;21), inv(16), t(16;16) All others −7, −5, −5q; bone marrow M3 (> 15% blasts) after course 1, except for those with low risk cytogenetics SR and HR patients 
ELAM0223  March 2005-2012 LR, 14; SR, 81; HR, 5 t(8;21) All others −7, −5q, t(9;22), t(6;9) SR and HR patients 
JPLSG AML-05 November 2006-2013 LR, 40; SR, 40; HR, 20 t(8;21), inv(16), t(16;16) All others −7, −5q, t(9;22), t(16;21), FLT3/ITD, no CR after course 1 HR patients 
MRC/DCOG AML 15 March 2005 to February 2010 LR, 30; SR, 55; HR, 15 t(8;21) and inv(16)/t(16;16), irrespective of marrow status after first course or the presence of other genetic abnormalities All others More than 15% blasts after the first course, or adverse cytogenetics [−5, −7, del(5q), abn(3q), t(9;22), complex karyotype] HR patients 

FAB indicates French-American, British; RAEB, refractory anemia with excess blasts; NOPHO, Nordic Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology; MRC, Medical Research Council; and DCOG, Dutch Childhood Oncology Group.

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