Regulatory approval
Published by the Health Service Executive.
The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved tretinoin (ATRA) with arsenic trioxide (ATO) for reimbursement as a treatment option for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia (APL) after ATRA/chemotherapy. This regimen contains the eligibility criteria of a clinical diagnosis of APL and subsequently confirmed to have PML::RARA rearrangements by a valid test method.
This is written in the approval document as:
Treatement of patients with relapsed or refractory APL after ATRA/chemotherapy
Citation
Trentinoin (ATRA) and Arsenic Trioxide (ATO) Induction Therapy, 2023, version number 4, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 01/09/2024, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/chemoprotocols/leukemia-bmt/356-tretinoin-atra-with-arsenic-trioxide-ato-induction-therapy.pdfTherapeutic response
Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.| Type | Biomarker(s) | Cancer type | Therapy(ies) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity (+) | PML::RARA | APL with PML-RARA | Arsenic trioxide |