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Sorafenib

Source: Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: April 15, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Context: Treatment of Childhood AML / Induction Therapy / Targeted therapy / FLT3 inhibitors in de novo AML

Sorafenib, another multikinase inhibitor, has been approved for the treatment of other malignancies, but it has not been approved for use in patients with AML. This agent has been evaluated for use in adult and pediatric patients with de novo AML and FLT3 variants.

Evidence (sorafenib):

Sorafenib was shown to improve EFS in the COG AAML1031 (NCT01371981) study of pediatric patients with de novo AML and high-allelic ratio (HAR) (i.e., >0.4) FLT3 ITD variants. Seventy-two patients who received sorafenib were evaluable for response. The patients in this study were compared with patients with AML and HAR FLT3 ITD (N = 76) in the AAML1031 and the COG AAML0531 trials who did not receive sorafenib.[31]

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Sorafenib was shown to improve EFS in the COG AAML1031 (NCT01371981) study of pediatric patients with de novo AML and high-allelic ratio (HAR) (i.e., >0.4) FLT3 ITD variants. Seventy-two patients who received sorafenib were evaluable for response. The patients in this study were compared with patients with AML and HAR FLT3 ITD (N = 76) in the AAML1031 and the COG AAML0531 trials who did not receive sorafenib.[31]

The morphological CR rate after induction cycle I was significantly improved for patients who received sorafenib (75% vs. 57%; P = .028).

Sorafenib was shown to improve EFS in the COG AAML1031 (NCT01371981) study of pediatric patients with de novo AML and high-allelic ratio (HAR) (i.e., >0.4) FLT3 ITD variants. Seventy-two patients who received sorafenib were evaluable for response. The patients in this study were compared with patients with AML and HAR FLT3 ITD (N = 76) in the AAML1031 and the COG AAML0531 trials who did not receive sorafenib.[31]

However, there was similar prevalence of MRD in both groups of patients (48% vs. 45%; P = .724).

Sorafenib was shown to improve EFS in the COG AAML1031 (NCT01371981) study of pediatric patients with de novo AML and high-allelic ratio (HAR) (i.e., >0.4) FLT3 ITD variants. Seventy-two patients who received sorafenib were evaluable for response. The patients in this study were compared with patients with AML and HAR FLT3 ITD (N = 76) in the AAML1031 and the COG AAML0531 trials who did not receive sorafenib.[31]

Patients who received sorafenib had significantly improved 3-year EFS rates (55.9% vs. 31.9%, P = .001), DFS rates (70.9% vs. 49.4%, P = .032), and relapses after CR (17.6% vs. 44.1%, P = .012).

Sorafenib was shown to improve EFS in the COG AAML1031 (NCT01371981) study of pediatric patients with de novo AML and high-allelic ratio (HAR) (i.e., >0.4) FLT3 ITD variants. Seventy-two patients who received sorafenib were evaluable for response. The patients in this study were compared with patients with AML and HAR FLT3 ITD (N = 76) in the AAML1031 and the COG AAML0531 trials who did not receive sorafenib.[31]

The OS rate did not improve after treatment with sorafenib (65.8% vs. 55.3%, P = .244).

Sorafenib was shown to improve EFS in the COG AAML1031 (NCT01371981) study of pediatric patients with de novo AML and high-allelic ratio (HAR) (i.e., >0.4) FLT3 ITD variants. Seventy-two patients who received sorafenib were evaluable for response. The patients in this study were compared with patients with AML and HAR FLT3 ITD (N = 76) in the AAML1031 and the COG AAML0531 trials who did not receive sorafenib.[31]

Although similar trends were seen in patients with AML harboring both HAR FLT3 ITD variants and NPM1 variants, they did not approach a significant level of benefit.

Sorafenib was shown to improve EFS in the COG AAML1031 (NCT01371981) study of pediatric patients with de novo AML and high-allelic ratio (HAR) (i.e., >0.4) FLT3 ITD variants. Seventy-two patients who received sorafenib were evaluable for response. The patients in this study were compared with patients with AML and HAR FLT3 ITD (N = 76) in the AAML1031 and the COG AAML0531 trials who did not receive sorafenib.[31]

Statistics showed that a benefit of sorafenib treatment remained in multivariable analyses controlling for both NPM1 status and HSCT, a time-varying covariate.

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