A real-world analysis of the impact of azole antifungal prophylaxis on outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia treated with venetoclax-based therapy. (PubMed, Leuk Res)
In multivariable analysis, patients who received azole AFP did not have improved survival (HR 1.29, 95% CI 1.10-1.53, P = .004) compared to patients who did not (median OS 10 months vs. 11 months), with similar lack of benefit across agents: voriconazole (HR 1.04, p = 0.75), fluconazole (HR 1.26, p = 0.039), isavuconazole (1.52, p = 0.048), and posaconazole (HR 1.62, p = 0.005). Routine azole AFP does not improve overall survival in patients receiving Ven/HMA, contrasting with proven benefits in intensive chemotherapy, likely due to lower fungal infection risk combined with the complexities of managing drug-drug interactions in routine practice, as evidenced by high rates of inadequate venetoclax dose adjustment in this cohort.