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Tachibana T, Kanda J, Ishizaki T, Najima Y, Tanaka M, Doki N, Fujiwara SI, Kimura SI, Onizuka M, Takahashi S, Saito T, Mori T, Fujisawa S, Sakaida E, Miyazaki T, Aotsuka N, Gotoh M, Watanabe R, Shono K, Kanamori H, Kanda Y, Okamoto S. Pre-conditioning intervention in patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a KSGCT multicenter retrospective analysis. Ann Hematol 2021; 100:2763-2771. [PMID: 34357435 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-021-04607-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The efficacy and clinical significance of pre-conditioning intervention (PCI) before allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) not in remission remain inconclusive. The purpose of this multicenter retrospective study was to clarify the clinical significance of PCI before HCT in patients with non-remission ALL. Patients with non-remission ALL who received HCT between 2005 and 2015 at 16 institutions were included. PCI was objectively defined and classified to three groups according to the intensity of PCI (no, intensive, or moderate). The study cohort consisted of 104 patients with a median age of 38 (range 17-68). A significant decrease of blast percentage in the peripheral blood (PB) was confirmed in both PCI groups, suggesting that PCIs were effective to stabilize the disease activity. The group with moderate PCI had higher nucleated cell count in the BM compared to the group with intensive PCI or the group without PCI. The overall survival (OS) rates of groups with intensive and no PCI showed comparable and significantly better compared to the group with moderate PCI (P = 0.009). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the OS of moderate PCI group was significantly worse compared to that of intensive PCI group (HR = 2.43, 95% CI: 1.32-4.14, P = 0.004), while the OS of intensive PCI group was comparable to that of the group without PCI. These results suggest that the intensity of PCI rather than the response to PCI may contribute to improve the transplant outcome in patients with ALL not in remission.
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- Takayoshi Tachibana
- Department of Hematology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, 241 -8515, Japan.
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- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.,Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, 241 -8515, Japan
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Therapy, The Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Society Narita Hospital, Narita, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, 241 -8515, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.,Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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INTRODUCTION Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) is an antibody-drug conjugate consisting of a monoclonal antibody targeting CD33 linked to a cytotoxic derivative of calicheamicin. Despite the known clinical efficacy in relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), GO was withdrawn from the market in 2010 due to increased early deaths witnessed in newly diagnosed AML patients receiving GO + intensive chemotherapy. In 2017, new data on the clinical efficacy and safety of GO administered on a fractionated-dosing schedule led to re-approval for newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory AML. Areas covered: Addition of fractionated GO to chemotherapy significantly improved event-free survival of newly diagnosed AML patients with favorable and intermediate cytogenetic-risk disease. GO monotherapy also prolonged survival in newly diagnosed unfit patients and relapse-free survival in relapsed/refractory AML. This new dosing schedule was associated with decreased incidence of hepatotoxicity, veno-occlusive disease, and early mortality. Expert commentary: GO represents the first drug-antibody conjugate approved (twice) in the United States for AML. Its re-emergence adds a valuable agent back into the armamentarium for AML. The approval of GO as well as three other agents for AML in 2017 highlights the need for rapid cytogenetic and molecular characterization of AML and incorporation into new treatment algorithms.
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- Jeffrey Baron
- a Department of Pharmacy , Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center , Buffalo , NY , USA
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- b Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine , Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center , Buffalo , NY , USA
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Zeidan AM, Smith BD, Carraway HE, Gojo I, DeZern A, Gore SD. A phase 2 trial of high dose lenalidomide in patients with relapsed/refractory higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukaemia with trilineage dysplasia. Br J Haematol 2016; 176:241-247. [PMID: 27790720 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Limited therapies exist for patients with refractory and relapsed (RR) higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (HR-MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia with trilineage dysplasia (AML-TD). High dose (HD) lenalidomide (50 mg) has activity as frontline therapy in elderly AML but there is limited data in the RR setting. This phase II trial included patients with RR HR-MDS or AML-TD at 2 doses of lenalidomide (15 or 50 mg) on days 1-28 of 42-day cycles. The primary endpoint was response rate using the 2006 International Working Group criteria. Overall survival (OS) was estimated by Kaplan-Meier methods. Of 27 patients enrolled, 59% had HR-MDS and 31% AML-TD. No patient had isolated del5q; 41% had poor-risk karyotype. Of 9 patients treated at 15 mg, 56% completed ≥2 cycles with no responses. Of 18 patients treated at 50 mg, 39% completed ≥2 cycles and 11% responded but all experienced grade 3/4 neutropenic fever/infection. The 60-day mortality rate was 30%. Median OS was 114 days with 19% surviving ≥1 year. The study was terminated due to lack of robust clinical activity. In conclusion, lenalidomide at 15 mg is ineffective in RR myeloid malignancies. Continous high dosing schedules are poorly tolerated and minimally active. Further evaluation should be considered in upfront intensive chemotherapy-ineligible patients.
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- Amer M Zeidan
- Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Core-binding factor acute myeloid leukemia in first relapse: a retrospective study from the French AML Intergroup. Blood 2014; 124:1312-9. [PMID: 25006122 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-01-549212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Although core-binding factor-acute myeloid leukemia (CBF-AML) (t[8;21] or inv[16]/t[16;16]) represents a favorable cytogenetic AML subgroup, 30% to 40% of these patients relapse after standard intensive chemotherapy. The encouraging results of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) in newly diagnosed AML, and particularly in CBF-AML, incited us to retrospectively investigate the impact of GO-based salvage in these patients. We retrospectively analyzed the outcome of 145 patients with CBF-AML (59 t[8;21], 86 inv[16]/t[16;16]) in first relapse. As salvage, 48 patients received GO-based chemotherapy and 97 patients received conventional chemotherapy. Median age was 43 years (range, 16-76). Median first complete remission duration was 12.1 months (range, 2.1-93.6). Overall, second complete remission (CR2) rate was 88%. With a median follow-up from relapse of 3.5 years, the estimated 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) was 50% and 5-year overall survival (OS) was 51%. Older age and shorter first complete remission duration was associated with a shorter OS. Patients treated with GO had similar CR2 rate but significantly higher 5-year DFS (68% vs 42%; P = .05) and OS (65% vs 44%; P = .02). In multivariate analysis, GO salvage was still associated with a significant benefit in DFS and OS. In the 78 patients who received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in CR2, GO before transplant significantly improved posttransplant DFS and OS without excess of treatment-related mortality.
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Chen GL, Liu H, Zhang Y, Thomas J, Ross M, Wang ES, Block AW, Sait S, Deeb G, Wallace P, Wetzler M, Hahn T, McCarthy PL. Early versus late preemptive allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2014; 20:1369-74. [PMID: 24867777 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Many patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) do not receive allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) because they are unable to achieve a complete remission (CR) after reinduction chemotherapy. Starting in January 2003, we prospectively assigned patients with AML with high-risk clinical features to preemptive alloHCT (p-alloHCT) as soon as possible after reinduction chemotherapy. High-risk clinical features were associated with poor response to chemotherapy: primary induction failure, second or greater relapse, and first CR interval <6 months. We hypothesized that any residual disease would be maximally reduced at the time of transplant, resulting in the best milieu and most lead time for developing a graft-versus-leukemia effect and in improved long-term overall survival (OS) without excess toxicity. This analysis studied the effect of transplant timing on p-alloHCT in 30 patients with high-risk clinical features of 156 consecutive AML patients referred for alloHCT. We compared early p-alloHCT within 4 weeks of reinduction chemotherapy before count recovery with late p-alloHCT 4 weeks after reinduction chemotherapy with count recovery. OS and progression-free survival (PFS) at 2 years were not significantly different for early versus late p-alloHCT (OS 23% versus 33%, respectively, P > .1; PFS 18% versus 22%, respectively, P > .1). Day 100 and 1-year transplant-related mortality were similar (33.3% versus 22.2%, P > .1; 44.4% versus 42.9%, P > .1, respectively). Preemptive alloHCT allowed 30 patients to be transplanted who would normally not receive alloHCT. Clinical outcomes for early p-alloHCT are similar to those for late p-alloHCT without excess toxicity. Early p-alloHCT is a feasible alternative to late p-alloHCT for maximizing therapy of AML that is poorly responsive to induction chemotherapy.
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- George L Chen
- Department of Medicine, BMT Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Medicine, BMT Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Medicine, BMT Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Medicine, BMT Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Medicine, BMT Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Leukemia Division, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Flow Cytometry, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Leukemia Division, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Medicine, BMT Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Medicine, BMT Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
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