Inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria and study summary
This study investigates venetoclax use in the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in Great Britain (GB). Venetoclax is a treatment for AML that was recently approved in GB. Venetoclax is given as a combination with other medications, with different combinations available, for AML patients who have never received a previous treatment and who cannot receive intensive chemotherapy. Clinical trials have shown venetoclax works well compared to other medications, but currently there is limited information on how it works in everyday clinics. This study will help provide information on how this treatment is used in the real world. The study aims to describe how well this treatment works, including survival, time the treatment continues to work for the patient, how often patients have to visit their doctor or hospital when taking the treatment, and how different treatment combinations are used in GB overall. This multi-centre study will be run across eight to nine sites. Doctors will review medical records for AML patients treated with different venetoclax combinations and enter patient information into an online form. Patients themselves are not directly involved, and there will be no changes to their care. The study aims to include data for 150-200 adult patients with AML (aged 18 years or older at AML diagnosis) who are taking a venetoclax combination treatment (for at least 28 days) because they cannot receive chemotherapy. Patient demographics (e.g. age, sex), clinical characteristics (e.g. other diseases or medical conditions a patient has at the time), treatment patterns (e.g. when the treatment was taken and how much was taken), effectiveness (how well the medicine works including survival), and how often patients visit their doctor or hospital whilst taking the treatment will be collected. Information that cannot reveal the patient’s identity will be collected, and this will be anonymised in the final database.