Patient characteristics
| Patients (n = 31) . | n (% or range) . | 
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 18 (58.1) | 
| Female | 13 (41.9) | 
| Diagnosis | |
| Advanced MDS | 4 (23.5) | 
| Relapsed AML | 11 (35.5) | 
| Refractory AML | 7 (22.6) | 
| Postcytotoxic therapy MDS/AML | 9 (29.0) | 
| Age, y, median (range) | 10.2 (1.3-17.4) | 
| Extramedullary disease | |
| No | 29 (93.5) | 
| Yes | 2 (6.5) | 
| BM blast at diagnosis, median (range) | 25% (0-95) | 
| BM blasts before the first venetoclax therapy, median (range) | 20% (0-80) | 
| Previous lines of therapies since last complete response, median (range) | 3 (1-7) | 
| 0 | 4 (23.5) | 
| 1 | 3 (17.6) | 
| 2 | 2 (11.8) | 
| ≥ 2 | 8 (45.1) | 
| Previous HSCT | |
| 0 | 18 (58.1) | 
| 1 | 9 (29.0) | 
| 2 | 4 (12.9) | 
| Unfavorable genetics | |
| KMT2A rearrangements | 8 (25.8) | 
| - 7/del7q | 6 (19.3) | 
| FLT3-ITD | 5 (16.1) | 
| Complex karyotype | 2 (6.5) | 
| KRAS | 2 (6.5) | 
| PTPN11 | 1 (3.2) | 
| No. of venetoclax cycles per patient, median (range) | 2 (1-15) | 
| Best response achieved | |
| CR∗ | 16 (51.6) | 
| PR | 6 (19.4) | 
| ORR | 22 (71.0) | 
| NR | 8 (25.8) | 
| TF | 1 (3.2) | 
| No. of cycles to best response (in 22 responders), median, range | 1 (1-7) | 
| Patients (n = 31) . | n (% or range) . | 
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 18 (58.1) | 
| Female | 13 (41.9) | 
| Diagnosis | |
| Advanced MDS | 4 (23.5) | 
| Relapsed AML | 11 (35.5) | 
| Refractory AML | 7 (22.6) | 
| Postcytotoxic therapy MDS/AML | 9 (29.0) | 
| Age, y, median (range) | 10.2 (1.3-17.4) | 
| Extramedullary disease | |
| No | 29 (93.5) | 
| Yes | 2 (6.5) | 
| BM blast at diagnosis, median (range) | 25% (0-95) | 
| BM blasts before the first venetoclax therapy, median (range) | 20% (0-80) | 
| Previous lines of therapies since last complete response, median (range) | 3 (1-7) | 
| 0 | 4 (23.5) | 
| 1 | 3 (17.6) | 
| 2 | 2 (11.8) | 
| ≥ 2 | 8 (45.1) | 
| Previous HSCT | |
| 0 | 18 (58.1) | 
| 1 | 9 (29.0) | 
| 2 | 4 (12.9) | 
| Unfavorable genetics | |
| KMT2A rearrangements | 8 (25.8) | 
| - 7/del7q | 6 (19.3) | 
| FLT3-ITD | 5 (16.1) | 
| Complex karyotype | 2 (6.5) | 
| KRAS | 2 (6.5) | 
| PTPN11 | 1 (3.2) | 
| No. of venetoclax cycles per patient, median (range) | 2 (1-15) | 
| Best response achieved | |
| CR∗ | 16 (51.6) | 
| PR | 6 (19.4) | 
| ORR | 22 (71.0) | 
| NR | 8 (25.8) | 
| TF | 1 (3.2) | 
| No. of cycles to best response (in 22 responders), median, range | 1 (1-7) | 
ORR, overall response rate.
Five with morphological CR; 4 who tested flow cytometry-minimal residual disease negative; 2 who tested polymerase chain reaction-minimal residual disease negative (with extramedullary complete remission detected upon fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography and skin biopsy in 1 case); and 5 with CR with incomplete recovery.