BACKGROUND The most frequent nonhematologic side effects associated with dasatinib therapy in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are gastrointestinal, rash, and fluid retention syndromes. However, bleeding has been observed in some patients receiving dasatinib. In the current study, the authors investigated the risk factors and management of bleeding associated with dasatinib therapy for CML after imatinib failure. METHODS The bleeding episodes associated with dasatinib therapy in 138 patients with CML who were consecutively treated at the study institution in clinical trials were evaluated. RESULTS Bleeding occurred in 32 (23%) patients (grade ≥3 in 9 [7%] patients [according to National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria]), including in 12% of patients treated in chronic phase, 31% of patients treated in accelerated phase (AP), and 35% of patients treated in blast phase (BP) (P = .02). The majority of episodes (81%) affected the gastrointestinal tract. Basic coagulation studies were normal in 97% of patients who developed bleeding complications. Although 37% of episodes occurred with platelet counts >100 × 109/L, multivariate analysis identified thrombocytopenia and advanced phase CML as risk factors for bleeding. A trend toward an increased risk with a twice-daily schedule was observed (P = .17). Management included dasatinib interruption for a median of 17 days (range, 3–51 days) in 47%, of patients and transfusions in 72% of patients. CONCLUSIONS Bleeding occurs during dasatinib therapy, particularly in patients with AP or BP disease and low platelet counts. Appropriate clinical monitoring and the timely interruption of dasatinib therapy are warranted in this subset of patients.

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INTRODUCTION Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia (s-AML) evolves from a previous hematopoietic clonal disease such as Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS/AML), myeloproliferative neoplasia (NPM/AML), medullary insufficiencies - aplastic anemia - (AA/AML) or exposure to chemo or radiotherapy (t-AML). The objective of this work is to describe and highlight the demographic, pathophysiologic and clinical-therapeutic characteristics of s-AML patients compared with p-AML. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study based on the casuistry from 34 reference centers in Latin America during a period of 10 years (JAN10'-MAY19'). Patients ≥18 years old with primary AML, excluding the promyelocytic subtype (p-AML), and s-AML were admitted. Age, gender, performance status, comorbidity, cytogenetics, mutations, AML subtypes, extramedullary compromise, treatments and overall survival (OS) were analyzed. Statistically, Graph Pad Prism version 5.00 and, SPSS version 17 were used. RESULTS One thousand eleven patients with newly diagnosed AML were recruited, 693 (68.5%) corresponded to p-AML and 318 (31.5%) to s-AML. The demographic differences between p-AML and s-AML are shown on Table 1. Subtypes of s-AML: t-AML (18.5%), MDS/AML (58.2%), NMP/AML (13.5%), AA/AML (5.7%) and others s-AML (4.1%). Global median age was 58 years (R 18-93) and male 52%. Extramedullary compromise in CNS (3.2%) and other organs (5.5%). Seven hundred ninety-three cytogenetic studies were evaluable (based on MRC classification): High (22.3%), Intermediate (68.3%) and Low Risk (9.3%). FLT3 mutation was more frequently found in p-AML. In s-AML, the multivariate study showed short overall survival associated with ECOG ≥2 (HR:2.0), white blood count ≥ 50x109/L at diagnosis (HR:1.9), poor risk karyotype (HR:1.6) and age over 60 years (HR:1.5). At least, 883 patients received treatment (Table 2). During this study period, 211 patients (21%) were transplanted; 49 (23%) were s-AML; histoidentical related donor (46%), haploidentical (39%), non-related (8%) and autologous (7%). The median survival for all AML was 11.0 months with a statistically significant difference in favor of the p-AML (Figure 1). CONCLUSION Performance status (by ECOG ≥2), age ≥60, level of leukocytes a ≥50x109/L, poor risk karyotype and s-AML subtype at diagnosis had a significant worse impact on overall survival. Most patients with s-AML came from MDS, they were older and their incidence increased as the population aged. They presented more comorbidities and worse performance status. Undoubtedly, our findings showed that s-AML is a distinct high risk subset of myeloid disorder with adverse prognosis and represents a therapeutic challenge. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

BackgroundAplastic anemia (AA) is a rare but serious disease that affects hematopoietic stem cells and is characterized by pancytopenia and a hypocellular bone marrow. It can be a hereditary or acquired condition. Acquired AA has an incidence of 2 per million per year in Europe, but the incidence is two to three times higher in Asia. In Latin America, there is little epidemiologic data on this disease. The most important treatments for AA are bone marrow transplantation and immunosuppressive treatment with antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine. But access to these treatments is restricted in some areas of Latin America.At the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in 2016, representatives of the Hematology Societies of Latin America, with the support of the ASH International Program, met to discuss possible collaborative efforts. Everyone agreed that lack of reliable information is one of the main barriers to designing significant clinical trials for the region; therefore, starting a registry of hematologic diseases for the region has become a main goal of the group. In April 2017, at the ASH Highlights meeting in Latin America, AA was selected as the first disease that would be used to begin the collaborative action. National hematology societies of Argentina,

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