The prognostic impact of TP53 mutations (TP53mut) in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remains debatable. Herein, we determined the clinical significance of TP53mut in 283 adult ALL patients treated with a pediatric-type regimen. TP53mut were found in 11.0% (31) of patients, including 19 cases in adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients and 12 cases in non-AYA patients. Patients with TP53mut had poorer overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) in the non-AYA subgroup (n = 64) (3-year OS, 18.2% vs 50.9%, p = .0033; 3-year EFS, 0 vs 45.3%, p = .00028). however, this had to be taken cautiously due to a limited number of patients. In the AYA subgroup (n = 219), TP53mut did not impact OS or EFS (3-year OS, 60.6%vs71.0%, p = .55; 3-year EFS, 52.5%vs59.6%, p = .57). Collectively, our data reveal that the pediatric-type regimen eliminated the poor prognostic impact of TP53mut in AYA ALL. However, in non-AYA ALL patients, TP53mut remain a potential biomarker associated with poor outcomes.
Keywords: TP53; acute lymphoblastic leukemia; minimal residual disease; next-generation sequencing; pediatric-type regimen; prognosis.