Abstract:Objective To investigate the efficacy and toxicity of modified FLAG and HAA on relapsed refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Methods Retrospective analysis was used to observe the therapeutic effects and side effects of 29 cases of relapsed refractory adult AML, which were divided into modified FLAG group (17 cases) and HAA group (12 cases) according to chemotherapy regimens. Results In the modified FLAG group, the complete remission (CR) rate was 58.80% (10/17), the partial remission (PR) rate was 5.88% (1/17), the overall response (■) rate was 64.68% (11/17). In the HAA group, the CR rate was 50.00% (6/12), the PR rate was 8.33% (1/12), and the overall response ■ rate was 58.33% (7/12); there were no statistical differences between the two groups (P > 0.05). The main toxicities of the two groups were myelosupression and infection. Myelosupression in the modified FLAG group was severer than that in the HAA group. There was no significant difference in the incidence of secondary infection, haemorrhagia, hepatic toxicity or cardiac toxicities between both groups. Conclusions Both HAA regimen and modified FLAG regimen are effective for treatment of relapsed refractory adult acute myeloid leukemia with similar efficacy and low cardiac toxicity, and their side effects can be well tolerated. Thus, modified FLAG regimen and HAA regimen can be used as first-line treatment for this disease.