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LEU ALL - HyperCVAD Part A and B followed by POMP Maintenance [over 60 years]

Treatment Overview

HyperCVAD Part A and B followed by POMP Maintenance [over 60 years] is intended for those over 60 years, BCR-ABL1 negative and have CD20 expression less than 10%.


Treatment overview

HyperCVAD Part A and B is given as alternating cycles of Part A and B as follows: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B; every 21 days, or sooner if counts have recovered.

This is followed, in non-transplant patients, by POMP Maintenance for 2 years.

General schema:


Intrathecal therapy is dependent on patients CNS risk, see Overview of Intrathecal CNS Prophylaxis in Additional details.

  • Use the appropriate HyperCVAD Part A and B regimen below for the patient's CNS disease risk.
  • If CNS is positive for disease, administer intrathecal chemotherapy as per institutional practice twice a week until the CNS is cleared, then continue with intrathecal therapy for High Risk.
HyperCVAD [over 60 years] - Part A with CNS prophylaxis for Unknown Risk [default]

Alternates with a cycle of Part B every 21 days, or sooner if counts have recovered.

Use the Part A regimen specific for CNS risk of the patient.

Intrathecal therapy in this Part A regimen is intended for patients with Unknown Risk [default].

HyperCVAD [over 60 years] - Part A with CNS prophylaxis for High Risk

Alternates with a cycle of Part B every 21 days, or sooner if counts have recovered.

Use the Part A regimen specific for CNS risk of the patient.

Intrathecal therapy in this Part A regimen is intended for patients with High Risk.

HyperCVAD [over 60 years] - Part B with CNS prophylaxis for Unknown risk [default]

Alternates with a cycle of Part A every 21 days, or sooner if counts have recovered.

Use the Part B regimen specific for CNS risk of the patient.

Intrathecal therapy in this Part B regimen is intended for patients with Unknown Risk [default].

HyperCVAD [over 60 years] - Part B with CNS prophylaxis for High Risk

Alternates with a cycle of Part A every 21 days, or sooner if counts have recovered.

Use the Part B regimen specific for CNS risk of the patient.

Intrathecal therapy in this Part B regimen is intended for patients with High Risk.

POMP Maintenance

Follows HyperCVAD Cycle 4B.

Not used for transplant patients.

Additional details

Section 1: Overview of Intrathecal CNS Prophylaxis

Supportive Care Factors

Factor Value
Antifungal prophylaxis: Variable
Antiviral prophylaxis for herpes virus: Routine antiviral prophylaxis recommended
Constipation risk: Variable
Emetogenicity: Variable
Folinic acid rescue for high dose methotrexate: Variable
Gastroprotection: Gastroprotection is recommended
Growth factor support: Variable
Hydration: Variable
Ocular toxicity risk: Variable
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis: Routine antibiotic prophylaxis recommended
Tumour lysis syndrome prophylaxis: Variable

Antiviral prophylaxis for hepatitis B virus: Guidance is limited to high-risk anti-cancer medicines. Clinicians will need to assess individual patient risk for other anti-cancer medicines.


Gastroprotection: Gastroprotection agents are only intended for short term use while patient is receiving corticosteroid treatment doses.

References

Kantarjian H, Thomas D, O'Brien S, Cortes J, Giles F, Jeha S, Bueso-Ramos CE, Pierce S, Shan J, Koller C, Beran M, Keating M, Freireich EJ. Long-term follow-up results of hyperfractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone (Hyper-CVAD), a dose-intensive regimen, in adult acute lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer. 2004 Dec 15;101(12):2788-801. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20668., PMID: 15481055

Thomas DA, Faderl S, O'Brien S, Bueso-Ramos C, Cortes J, Garcia-Manero G, Giles FJ, Verstovsek S, Wierda WG, Pierce SA, Shan J, Brandt M, Hagemeister FB, Keating MJ, Cabanillas F, Kantarjian H. Chemoimmunotherapy with hyper-CVAD plus rituximab for the treatment of adult Burkitt and Burkitt-type lymphoma or acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer. 2006 Apr 1;106(7):1569-80. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21776., PMID: 16502413

Thomas DA, O'Brien S, Faderl S, Garcia-Manero G, Ferrajoli A, Wierda W, Ravandi F, Verstovsek S, Jorgensen JL, Bueso-Ramos C, Andreeff M, Pierce S, Garris R, Keating MJ, Cortes J, Kantarjian HM. Chemoimmunotherapy with a modified hyper-CVAD and rituximab regimen improves outcome in de novo Philadelphia chromosome-negative precursor B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Aug 20;28(24):3880-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.26.9456. Epub 2010 Jul 26., PMID: 20660823

Rausch CR, Jabbour EJ, Kantarjian HM, Kadia TM. Optimizing the use of the hyperCVAD regimen: Clinical vignettes and practical management. Cancer. 2020 Mar 15;126(6):1152-1160. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32606. Epub 2019 Dec 3., PMID: 31794095

Regimen details sometimes vary slightly from the published literature after recommendation by expert committee consensus.

* The medicines, doses, combinations, and schedule in this treatment regimen have been carefully reviewed against international best practice guidelines by specialists in medical oncology around New Zealand and this advice has been accepted for publication by Te Aho o Te Kahu (the Cancer Control Agency). Sometimes medicines that are used in routine clinical practice have not been through a formal review process by the NZ Medicines Regulator Medsafe and are therefore considered unapproved or off-label. These medicines are legally able to be prescribed through sections 25 and 29 of the Medicines Act and by obtaining informed consent from patients. All treatment regimens listed on this website have been through robust peer review and are considered an accepted standard of care, whether prescribed through sections 25 or 29 or carrying formal Medsafe Approval.

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