Disease index

AML

Haematology · 2017–2024

12decisions
7medicines
9carried consumer input
3individual submissions

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
liposomal daunorubicin with cytarabine Treatment of newly diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukaemia (t-AML) or acute myeloid leukaemia with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) in… Apr 2024 Recommended with restriction no section in document
daunorubicin with cytarabine Treatment of newly diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukaemia (t-AML) or acute myeloid leukaemia with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) in adults… Jul 2023 Not recommended input received Rare Cancers Australia · Leukaemia Foundation
daunorubicin with cytarabine Treatment of newly diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukaemia (t-AML) or acute myeloid leukaemia with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) in adults. Nov 2023 Recommended with restriction input received
azacitidine Maintenance therapy in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) who achieve complete remission (CR) or complete remission with incomplete blood count… Jul 2022 Not recommended 2 individuals Leukaemia Foundation
gilteritinib Treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with an FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) mutation. Mar 2022 Recommended with restriction input received Rare Cancers Australia · Leukaemia Foundation · Lymphoma Group
venetoclax Treatment of patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) who are ineligible for standard intensive remission induction chemotherapy, in… Jul 2021 Recommended with restriction 1 individuals Leukaemia Foundation
gemtuzumab ozogamicin Previously untreated, de novo CD33-positive acute myeloid leukaemia (except acute promyelocytic leukaemia) in combination with standard intensive chemotherapy… Mar 2021 Not recommended input received Leukaemia Foundation · Rare Cancers Australia
venetoclax Treatment of patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), ineligible for standard intensive remission induction chemotherapy, given in… Mar 2021 Not recommended input received Leukaemia Foundation · Rare Cancers Australia
gemtuzumab ozogamicin Previously untreated, de novo CD33-positive acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), except acute promyelocytic leukaemia, with favourable/intermediate/unknown… Nov 2021 Recommended with restriction input received Leukaemia Foundation · Rare Cancers Australia · Lymphoma Group
gilteritinib Treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with an FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) mutation. Nov 2021 Not recommended input received Leukaemia Foundation
midostaurin Treatment of FMS-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) mutation positive acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in newly diagnosed patients eligible for standard intensive… Jul 2018 Recommended with restriction none received
midostaurin Treatment of FLT3 mutation positive acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in newly diagnosed patients eligible for standard intensive remission induction chemotherapy. Nov 2017 Not recommended none received

Who spoke

Leukaemia Foundation · Rare Cancers Australia · Lymphoma Group

What the PBS pays

$123M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 50,017 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
venetoclax $77.2M
gilteritinib $13.6M
azacitidine $11.3M
midostaurin $10.7M
daunorubicin with cytarabine $4.2M
liposomal daunorubicin and cytarabine $4.2M
daunorubicin with cytarabine (liposomal) $1.2M
gemtuzumab ozogamicin $0.4M

Appraised elsewhere

NICE, in England and Wales, has appraised 14 technologies for this condition, recommending 9 and declining 1. A different committee, a different population and a different price: this is what has been looked at there, not a verdict on what happened here.

TechnologyAppraisalOutcomeDate
quizartinibQuizartinib for induction, consolidation and maintenance treatment of newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD-positive acute myeloid leukaemia TA1013 recommended 2024-10
ivosidenibIvosidenib with azacitidine for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia with an IDH1 R132 mutation TA979 recommended restricted 2024-06
decitabine cedazuridineDecitabine–cedazuridine for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia when intensive chemotherapy is unsuitable (terminated appraisal) TA932 terminated 2023-11
oral azacitidineOral azacitidine for maintenance treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia after induction therapy TA827 recommended 2022-10
venetoclaxVenetoclax with low dose cytarabine for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia when intensive chemotherapy is unsuitable TA787 recommended restricted 2022-04
venetoclaxVenetoclax with azacitidine for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia when intensive chemotherapy is unsuitable TA765 recommended restricted 2022-02
glasdegibGlasdegib with chemotherapy for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia (terminated appraisal) TA646 terminated 2020-09
gilteritinibGilteritinib for treating relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia TA642 recommended restricted 2020-08
liposomal cytarabine daunorubicinLiposomal cytarabine–daunorubicin for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia TA552 recommended restricted 2018-12
decitabineDecitabine for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia (terminated appraisal) TA548 terminated 2018-12
gemtuzumab ozogamicinGemtuzumab ozogamicin for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia TA545 recommended restricted 2018-11
midostaurinMidostaurin for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia TA523 recommended restricted 2018-06

Showing the 12 most recent of 14.

Registered, not subsidised

Medicines on the ARTG for this condition with no PBAC record at all. Registration and subsidy are separate decisions: a medicine can be legally available in Australia and never have been put to the committee.

MedicineOn the ARTG sinceRegistrations
idarubicinIDARUBICIN EBEWE idarubicin hydrochloride 10mg/10mL concentrated injec 1999 7
mitozantroneMITOZANTRONE EBEWE mitozantrone (as hydrochloride) 10mg/5mL solution f 2001 6
tioguanineLANVIS tioguanine 40mg tablet bottle 1991 1

The ARTG export holds current registrations only, so the year is the earliest entry still on the register rather than a first-registration date. The condition here comes from the registered label, which is usually broader than the population a sponsor asks to have subsidised.

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 9 of 12 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.