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 patients with newly diagnosed low to intermediate risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia (APL) (defined as WCC <= 10x10^9L). 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 newly diagnosed low to intermediate risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia (APL) (defined as WCC count <= 10x10^9/L)
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Therapeutic 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 |