ASH Clinical News June 2017 NEW #2 | Page 22

Written in Blood Predicting Response and Prognosis With Midostaurin in Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis In April 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the multitargeted KIT inhibi- tor for the treatment of adult patients with FLT3-positive, newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia and adults with aggres- sive systemic mastocytosis (SM), SM with associated hematologic neoplasm, or mast cell leukemia. The approval for SM was based on results from a clinical t