Matching-adjusted indirect comparison of CPX- 351 in secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia between the registrative trial and a real-life study

A real-life study on CPX-351 and the standard arm (‘7 + 3’) of the CPX-351 registrative trial in adults with secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia were compared by an unanchored Matching-adjusted indirect comparison (MAIC), in order to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of CPX-351. Results of this study are important to confirm the role of CPX-351 in significantly improving survival and remission rates compared with ‘7 + 3’ with a good safety profile in AML patients with high-risk features, a target group traditionally with a very poor prognosis. Moreover, this pilot analysis underlines the potentiality of the statistical method to compare studies with strong differences.