Increased fibrinogen levels at diagnosis are associated with adverse outcome in patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Berger, Martin Dave; Heini, Alexander D; Seipel, Katja; Mueller, Beatrice; Angelillo-Scherrer, Anne; Pabst, Thomas (2017). Increased fibrinogen levels at diagnosis are associated with adverse outcome in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Hematological oncology, 35(4), pp. 789-796. Wiley 10.1002/hon.2307

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Increased plasma fibrinogen levels are associated with shortened overall survival (OS) in some solid tumor types. In contrast, the prognostic significance of varying fibrinogen levels in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at diagnosis is unknown. In this study, we assessed the prognostic significance of fibrinogen levels in AML patients. In a comprehensive retrospective single-center study, we determined the survival rates of 375 consecutive AML patients undergoing at least one cycle of intensive chemotherapy induction treatment. Patients were dichotomized between low (<4.1 g/L) and high fibrinogen levels (≥4.1 g/L) at diagnosis of AML before initiation of treatment. Subsequently, quartile ranges were applied to analyze the association of varying fibrinogen levels on survival. We observed that the rates of complete remission, early death, and admission to intensive care unit were equal in the low versus high fibrinogen group. However, OS was significantly better in the low fibrinogen group (27.3 vs 13.5 months; p = 0.0009) as well as progression-free survival (12.3 vs 7.8 months; p = 0.0076). This survival difference remained significant in the multivariate analysis (p = 0.003). Assessing quartiles of fibrinogen values, we further confirmed this observation. Our data suggest that high fibrinogen levels at diagnosis of AML are associated with unfavorable OS and progression-free survival but not with increased mortality during induction treatment.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Medical Oncology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Haematology and Central Haematological Laboratory
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Unit Childrens Hospital > Forschungsgruppe Hämatologie (Erwachsene)

UniBE Contributor:

Berger, Martin Dave, Seipel, Katja, Angelillo, Anne, Pabst, Thomas Niklaus

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1099-1069

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Verena Zwahlen

Date Deposited:

19 Jul 2016 14:08

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:27

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/hon.2307

PubMed ID:

27301773

Uncontrolled Keywords:

AML; biomarker; fibrinogen; prognostic; survival

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.83969

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/83969

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