Table 6.
For patients with newly diagnosed AML treated with VEN-HMAs, no clear benefit from administering antifungal prophylaxis was observed for all patients 
 For patients who are expected to have lower response to VEN-HMAs, such as those with adverse-risk genetics, antifungal prophylaxis should be strongly considered 
 If the decision is made to administer antifungal prophylaxis, no class of antifungal had an advantage over another 
  Micafungin is an acceptable choice that can allow administration of venetoclax without dose modification 
  Limited data support administering azoles with appropriate venetoclax dose reduction without impacting AML response 
 For de novo AML patients who achieve CR with neutrophil recovery, the benefit of continuing antifungal prophylaxis during postremission cycles remains debatable 
Although our data did not show a clear benefit of antifungal prophylaxis for patients with r/r AML treated with VEN-HMAs, who are at a higher risk for IFIs, based on their higher risk we recommend antifungal prophylaxis, particularly for the following subsets: 
 Patients with lower likelihood of response due to adverse risk genetics 
 Early post-alloHCT relapse 
 Secondary prophylaxis for patients with history of IFIs 
For patients with newly diagnosed AML treated with VEN-HMAs, no clear benefit from administering antifungal prophylaxis was observed for all patients 
 For patients who are expected to have lower response to VEN-HMAs, such as those with adverse-risk genetics, antifungal prophylaxis should be strongly considered 
 If the decision is made to administer antifungal prophylaxis, no class of antifungal had an advantage over another 
  Micafungin is an acceptable choice that can allow administration of venetoclax without dose modification 
  Limited data support administering azoles with appropriate venetoclax dose reduction without impacting AML response 
 For de novo AML patients who achieve CR with neutrophil recovery, the benefit of continuing antifungal prophylaxis during postremission cycles remains debatable 
Although our data did not show a clear benefit of antifungal prophylaxis for patients with r/r AML treated with VEN-HMAs, who are at a higher risk for IFIs, based on their higher risk we recommend antifungal prophylaxis, particularly for the following subsets: 
 Patients with lower likelihood of response due to adverse risk genetics 
 Early post-alloHCT relapse 
 Secondary prophylaxis for patients with history of IFIs 

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