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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In Highly Pretreated KMT2A-Rearranged Leukemia, Novel Targeted Therapy Achieves MRD Negativity


Originally published by our sister publication Clinical Oncology News

By Ted Bosworth

In highly pretreated histone lysine N-methyltransferase 2A (KMT2A)-rearranged acute leukemia, which is associated with a very poor prognosis, a small molecule inhibitor of the menin–KMT2A interaction, revumenib (Syndax), provided impressive rates of response in a pivotal phase 2 trial. 

For patients with this particular subtype of acute leukemia, the median overall survival (OS) following relapse after