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Luznik L, Pasquini MC, Logan B, Soiffer RJ, Wu J, Devine SM, Geller N, Giralt S, Heslop HE, Horowitz MM, Jones RJ, Litzow MR, Mendizabal A, Muffly L, Nemecek ER, O'Donnell L, O'Reilly RJ, Palencia R, Schetelig J, Shune L, Solomon SR, Vasu S, Ho VT, Perales MA. Randomized Phase III BMT CTN Trial of Calcineurin Inhibitor-Free Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Interventions in Myeloablative Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies. J Clin Oncol 2022; 40:356-368. [PMID: 34855460 PMCID: PMC8797487 DOI: 10.1200/jco.21.02293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) are standard components of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Prior data suggested that CNI-free approaches using donor T-cell depletion, either by ex vivo CD34 selection or in vivo post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) as a single agent, are associated with lower rates of chronic GVHD (cGVHD). METHODS This multicenter phase III trial randomly assigned patients with acute leukemia or myelodysplasia and an HLA-matched donor to receive CD34-selected peripheral blood stem cell, PTCy after a bone marrow (BM) graft, or tacrolimus and methotrexate after BM graft (control). The primary end point was cGVHD (moderate or severe) or relapse-free survival (CRFS). RESULTS Among 346 patients enrolled, 327 received HCT, 300 per protocol. Intent-to-treat rates of 2-year CRFS were 50.6% for CD34 selection (hazard ratio [HR] compared with control, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.56 to 1.15; P = .24), 48.1% for PTCy (HR, 0.86; 0.61 to 1.23; P = .41), and 41.0% for control. Corresponding rates of overall survival were 60.1% (HR, 1.74; 1.09 to 2.80; P = .02), 76.2% (HR, 1.02; 0.60 to 1.72; P = .95), and 76.1%. CD34 selection was associated with lower moderate to severe cGVHD (HR, 0.25; 0.12 to 0.52; P = .02) but higher transplant-related mortality (HR, 2.76; 1.26 to 6.06; P = .01). PTCy was associated with comparable cGVHD and survival outcomes to control, and a trend toward lower disease relapse (HR, 0.52; 0.28 to 0.96; P = .037). CONCLUSION CNI-free interventions as performed herein did not result in superior CRFS compared with tacrolimus and methotrexate with BM. Lower rates of moderate and severe cGVHD did not translate into improved survival.
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- Leo Luznik
- Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
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- Emmes Company, Rockville, MD
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockville, MD
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- University of Kansas Health Systems, Kansas City, KS
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Craddock C, Jackson A, Loke J, Siddique S, Hodgkinson A, Mason J, Andrew G, Nagra S, Malladi R, Peniket A, Gilleece M, Salim R, Tholouli E, Potter V, Crawley C, Wheatley K, Protheroe R, Vyas P, Hunter A, Parker A, Wilson K, Pavlu J, Byrne J, Dillon R, Khan N, McCarthy N, Freeman SD. Augmented Reduced-Intensity Regimen Does Not Improve Postallogeneic Transplant Outcomes in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:768-778. [PMID: 33373276 PMCID: PMC8078252 DOI: 10.1200/jco.20.02308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens have extended the curative potential of allogeneic stem-cell transplantation to older adults with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplasia (MDS) but are associated with a high risk of disease relapse. Strategies to reduce recurrence are urgently required. Registry data have demonstrated improved outcomes using a sequential transplant regimen, fludarabine/amsacrine/cytarabine-busulphan (FLAMSA-Bu), but the impact of this intensified conditioning regimen has not been studied in randomized trials. PATIENTS AND METHODS Two hundred forty-four patients (median age, 59 years) with high-risk AML (n = 164) or MDS (n = 80) were randomly assigned 1:1 to a fludarabine-based RIC regimen or FLAMSA-Bu. Pretransplant measurable residual disease (MRD) was monitored by flow cytometry (MFC-MRD) and correlated with outcome. RESULTS There was no difference in 2-year overall survival (hazard ratio 1.05 [85% CI, 0.80 to 1.38] P = .81) or cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR) (hazard ratio 0.94 [95%CI, 0.60 to 1.46] P = .81) between the control and FLAMSA-Bu arms. Detectable pretransplant MFC-MRD was associated with an increased CIR (2-year CIR 41.0% v 20.0%, P = .01) in the overall trial cohort with a comparable prognostic impact when measured by an unsupervised analysis approach. There was no evidence of interaction between MRD status and conditioning regimen intensity for relapse or survival. Acquisition of full donor T-cell chimerism at 3 months abrogated the adverse impact of pretransplant MRD on CIR and overall survival. CONCLUSION The intensified RIC conditioning regimen, FLAMSA-Bu, did not improve outcomes in adults transplanted for high-risk AML or MDS regardless of pretransplant MRD status. Our data instead support the exploration of interventions with the ability to accelerate acquisition of full donor T-cell chimerism as a tractable strategy to improve outcomes in patients allografted for AML.
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- Charles Craddock
- Centre for Clinical Haematology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Haematology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Haematology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Leicester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom
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- Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Imperial College Hospital, London, Unite Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Haematology, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Seydoux C, Medinger M, Gerull S, Halter J, Heim D, Chalandon Y, Levrat SM, Schanz U, Nair G, Ansari M, Simon P, Passweg JR, Cantoni N. Busulfan-cyclophosphamide versus cyclophosphamide-busulfan as conditioning regimen before allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a prospective randomized trial. Ann Hematol 2021; 100:209-216. [PMID: 33098041 PMCID: PMC7782401 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-020-04312-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Busulfan and cyclophosphamide (BuCy) is a frequently used myeloablative conditioning regimen for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Theoretical considerations and pharmacological data indicate that application of busulfan prior to subsequent cyclophosphamide (BuCy) may trigger liver toxicity. Reversing the order of application to cyclophosphamide-busulfan (CyBu) might be preferable, a hypothesis supported by animal data and retrospective studies. We performed a prospective randomized trial to determine impact of order of application of Bu and Cy before allo-HCT in 70 patients with hematological malignancy, 33 patients received BuCy and 37 CyBu for conditioning. In the short term, there were minimal differences in liver toxicity favoring CyBu over BuCy, significant only for alanine amino transferase at day 30 (p = 0.03). With longer follow-up at 4 years, non-relapse mortality (6% versus 27%, p = 0.05) was lower and survival (63% versus 43%, p = 0.06) was higher with CyBu compared to BuCy. Other outcomes, such as engraftment (p = 0.21), acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (p = 0.40; 0.36), and relapse (p = 0.79), were similar in both groups. We prospectively show evidence that the order of application of Cy and Bu in myeloablative conditioning in allo-HCT patients has impact on outcome.
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- Claire Seydoux
- Divisions of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Divisions of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Stem-/Immune- cell-transplant Unit, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Stem-/Immune- cell-transplant Unit, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department Women, Children and Adolescent, Unit of Oncology and Hematology Pediatric, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Cansearch Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Clinical Trials Unit, Department of Clinical Research, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Division of Oncology, Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Zhou J, Nutescu EA, Han J, Calip GS. Clinical trajectories, healthcare resource use, and costs of long-term hematopoietic stem cell transplantation survivors: a latent class analysis. J Cancer Surviv 2020; 14:294-304. [PMID: 31897877 DOI: 10.1007/s11764-019-00842-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To identify patterns of healthcare utilization in allogeneic and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients and evaluate factors associated with high-need and high-cost post-transplantation care. METHODS Latent class analysis of a retrospective cohort of long-term allogeneic (n = 436) and autologous (n = 888) HSCT survivors within the Truven MarketScan database (2009-2014). We assessed factors associated with the latent classes by comparing post-transplantation healthcare utilization including inpatient admissions and length of stay, emergency room visits, specialist visits, and primary care provider visits. RESULTS Four utilization classes were identified in allogeneic and autologous HSCT recipients: (i) outpatient specialist care dominant (51.8% and 57.3%), (ii) outpatient primary care dominant (10.3% and 25.7%), (iii) outpatient/inpatient balanced (20.6% and 13.5%), and (iv) inpatient dominant (17.2% and 3.5%). Mean monthly healthcare expenditures in the inpatient dominant utilization class were $41,097 and $25,556 for allogeneic and autologous survivors, respectively, which were two to five times higher compared with other classes during the 2-year post-transplantation period. Factors associated with the high utilization class were transfusion (OR = 1.87, 95% CI 1.06-3.30) and 100-day post-transplant graft-versus-host-disease (OR = 1.76, 95% CI 1.05-2.94) in allogeneic HSCT; higher baseline Charlson comorbidity index (OR = 1.45, 95% CI 1.19-1.76) in autologous HSCT. CONCLUSION Based on distinct patterns of healthcare utilization following HSCT, we identified factors associated with higher resource utilization and greater healthcare related expenditures. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS Earlier identification of high-cost and high-need HSCT long-term survivors could pave the way for clinicians to offer more continuous engagement in survivorship care delivery.
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- Jifang Zhou
- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
- Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Epidemiology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Middeke JM, Kollinger F, Baldauf H, Stölzel F, Wermke M, von Bonin M, Sockel K, Link CS, Teipel R, Röllig C, Thiede C, Platzbecker U, Ehninger G, Bornhäuser M, Schetelig J. Validation of the Revised Pretransplant Assessment of Mortality Score in Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2018; 24:1947-1951. [PMID: 29793046 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Despite recent advances, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) continues to be accompanied by a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Several scores have been developed to predict outcome after allo-HSCT. The recently revised Pretransplant Assessment of Mortality (PAM) score is based on patient age, donor type, disease risk, cytomegalovirus (CMV) serostatus of patient and donor, and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1). The aim of this study was to analyze the predictive power of the PAM score in an independent large cohort of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). We selected adult patients with AML who underwent a first allo-HSCT at the University Hospital of Dresden, a tertiary care hospital with a large transplantation program. All adult patients treated between January 1, 2003, and July 1, 2015, were included. The PAM score was calculated as described previously. Overall survival (OS), cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR), and nonrelapse mortality (NRM) after allo-HSCT were analyzed. Age, AML type, sex match, CMV match, donor type, European Leukemia Net risk classification, type of conditioning, disease stage, and PAM score as a continuous variable were selected a priori for multivariate Cox regression analyses. A total of 544 patients met the inclusion criteria. The median patient age was 57 years. With a median follow-up of 47 months (range, 1 to 161 months), the estimated OS for the whole cohort at 4 years was 43%, with a CIR of 30% and an NRM of 31%. The probability of OS at 4 years was 65% for patients with a PAM score of 0, 52% in those with a PAM score of 1, 33% in those with a PAM score of 2, and 22% in those with a PAM score of 3 (P < .001, log-rank test). Both the CIR and NRM increased with higher PAM scores (P = .005 and P < .001, respectively, Gray test). In multivariate analysis, age (hazard ratio [HR], 1.02 per year; P = .004), disease stage (primary induction failure versus first complete remission (CR1); HR, 1.5; P = .03), and the PAM score (HR 1.04; P = .03) had a significant impact on OS. This is the first independent validation of the revised PAM score allowing for simple and valid estimation of transplantation outcomes. It can serve as an important tool in counseling patients with AML, as well as in designing future trials.
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- Jan M Middeke
- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany.
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany; Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung, Partnerstandort, Dresden, Germany; Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany; Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany
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Sharma P, Pollyea DA, Smith CA, Purev E, Kamdar M, Haverkos B, Sherbenou D, Rabinovitch R, Hammes A, Gutman JA. Thiotepa-Based Intensified Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Adult Double-Unit Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Results in Decreased Relapse Rate and Improved Survival Compared with Transplantation Following Standard Reduced-Intensity Conditioning: A Retrospective Cohort Comparison. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2018; 24:1671-1677. [PMID: 29684565 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The "Minnesota" reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) cord blood transplantation (CBT) regimen (standard RIC) of fludarabine (Flu) (200 mg/m2), cyclophosphamide (Cy) (50 mg/kg), and 200- or 300-cGy total body irradiation (TBI) is the most published RIC CBT regimen. Though well tolerated, high relapse rates remain a concern with this regimen. Intensification of conditioning may reduce relapse without increasing transplant-related mortality (TRM). We performed a retrospective cohort comparison of outcomes in adult patients who underwent first double-unit CBT with standard RIC as compared with the intensified regimen of Flu 150 mg/m2, Cy 50 mg/kg, thiotepa 10 mg/kg, and 400-cGy TBI (intensified RIC). Of the 99 patients studied, 47 received intensified RIC. Acute myelogenous leukemia was the major indication for transplant. The median age at transplant was 67 years (range, 24 to 74 years) and 54 years (range, 25 to 67 years) in standard RIC and intensified RIC, respectively. Median hematopoietic stem cell transplantation comorbidity index was 3 (range, 0 to 5) and 1 (range, 0 to 6) in the standard RIC and intensified RIC groups, respectively. Median follow-up among survivors was 22 months (range, 3.7 to 79 months) following standard RIC and 15 months (range, 2.8 to 36 months) following intensified RIC. The cumulative incidence (CI) of relapse was significantly lower following intensified RIC compared with standard RIC (P = .0013); this finding maintained significance in multivariate analysis (P = .045). TRM was comparable between the 2 groups (P = .99). Overall survival (OS) was significantly improved following intensified RIC as compared with standard RIC (P = .03). Median OS was 17 months following standard RIC versus not reached followed intensified RIC. The CI of grade II to IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was significantly higher in the intensified RIC cohort than the standard RIC-cohort (P = .007), while CI of grade III to IV acute GVHD, any chronic GVHD, and moderate-to-severe chronic GVHD was comparable in each cohort (P = .20, P = .21, and P = .61, respectively). This retrospective analysis shows an improvement in OS and decreased relapse without increase in TRM in patients receiving intensified RIC as compared with standard RIC. Our data suggest that consideration of thiotepa-based intensified RIC may improve outcomes in fit, older patients undergoing double-unit CBT.
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- Prashant Sharma
- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado.
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Lee CJ, Savani BN, Ljungman P. Varicella Zoster Virus Reactivation in Adult Survivors of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: How Do We Best Protect Our Patients? Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2018; 24:1783-1787. [PMID: 29653205 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) remains a significant public health burden for long-term survivors of hematopoietic cell transplantation. Delayed immune reconstitution after transplantation due to immunosuppression, post-transplant therapies, poor engraftment, and graft-versus-host disease leave a large number of patients at risk for herpes zoster (shingles) and its highly morbid complications. Although prophylaxis with acyclovir or valacyclovir has reduced the incidence of VZV reactivation as long as prophylaxis is continued, the incidence of disease in the late post-transplant period or after stopping prophylaxis is greater in the hematopoietic cell transplantation population than the general public. Therefore, additional interventions beyond long-term use of prophylactic antivirals are required to suppress VZV. Vaccines to elicit VZV-specific immunity represent one method to enhance prevention of VZV reactivation, but care must be taken with live vaccines. Inactivated vaccines have been developed and require well-designed studies to determine their safety and efficacy in this high-risk population. Here, we report the available evidence for established and newly developed vaccines for VZV and discuss our view on their role in protecting our transplant survivors against VZV reactivation.
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- Catherine J Lee
- Utah Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Striha A, Ashcroft AJ, Hockaday A, Cairns DA, Boardman K, Jacques G, Williams C, Snowden JA, Garg M, Cavenagh J, Yong K, Drayson MT, Owen R, Cook M, Cook G. The role of ixazomib as an augmented conditioning therapy in salvage autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) and as a post-ASCT consolidation and maintenance strategy in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma (ACCoRd [UK-MRA Myeloma XII] trial): study protocol for a Phase III randomised controlled trial. Trials 2018; 19:169. [PMID: 29514706 PMCID: PMC5842589 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-2524-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell tumour with an approximate annual incidence of 4500 in the UK. Therapeutic options for patients with MM have changed in the last decade with the arrival of proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulatory drugs. Despite these options, almost all patients will relapse post first-line autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). First relapse management (second-line treatment) has evolved in recent years with an expanding portfolio of novel agents, driving response rates influencing the durability of response. A second ASCT, as part of relapsed disease management (salvage ASCT), has been shown to prolong the progression-free survival and overall survival following a proteasome inhibitor-containing re-induction regimen, in the Cancer Research UK-funded National Cancer Research Institute Myeloma X (Intensive) study. It is now recommended that salvage ASCT be considered for suitable patients by the International Myeloma Working Group and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence NG35 guidance. METHODS/DESIGN ACCoRd (Myeloma XII) is a UK-nationwide, individually randomised, multi-centre, multiple randomisation, open-label phase III trial with an initial single intervention registration phase aimed at relapsing MM patients who have received ASCT in first-line treatment. We will register 406 participants into the trial to allow 284 and 248 participants to be randomised at the first and second randomisations, respectively. All participants will receive re-induction therapy until maximal response (four to six cycles of ixazomib, thalidomide and dexamethasone). Participants who achieve at least stable disease will be randomised (1:1) to receive either ASCTCon, using high-dose melphalan, or ASCTAug, using high-dose melphalan with ixazomib. All participants achieving or maintaining a minimal response or better, following salvage ASCT, will undergo a second randomisation (1:1) to consolidation and maintenance or observation. Participants randomised to consolidation and maintenance will receive consolidation with two cycles of ixazomib, thalidomide and dexamethasone, and maintenance with ixazomib until disease progression. DISCUSSION The question of how best to maximise the durability of response to salvage ASCT warrants clinical investigation. Given the expanding scope of oral therapeutic agents, patient engagement with long-term maintenance strategies is a real opportunity. This study will provide evidence to better define post-relapse treatment in MM. TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN, ISRCTN10038996 . Registered on 15 December 2016.
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- Alina Striha
- Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU), Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Haematology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU), Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU), Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU), Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU), Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Haematology, Nottingham University Hospitals (City Campus), Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Haematology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University College Hospital, London, UK
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- Myeloma Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- HMDS, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Haematology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Cancer & Pathology, University of Leeds, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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Tseng YD, Stevenson PA, Cassaday RD, Cowan A, Till BG, Shadman M, Graf SA, Ermoian R, Smith SD, Holmberg LA, Press OW, Gopal AK. Total Body Irradiation Is Safe and Similarly Effective as Chemotherapy-Only Conditioning in Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2018; 24:282-287. [PMID: 29061536 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) consolidation has become a standard approach for patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), yet there is little consensus on the role of total body irradiation (TBI) as part of high-dose transplantation conditioning. We analyzed 75 consecutive patients with MCL who underwent ASCT at our institution between 2001 and 2011 with either TBI-based (n = 43) or carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan (BEAM; n = 32) high-dose conditioning. Most patients (97%) had chemosensitive disease and underwent transplantation in first remission (89%). On univariate analysis, TBI conditioning was associated with a trend toward improved PFS (hazard ratio [HR], .53; 95% confidence interval [CI], .28-1.00; P = .052) and similar OS (HR, .59; 95% CI, .26-1.35; P = .21), with a median follow-up of 6.3 years in the TBI group and 6.6 years in the BEAM group. The 5-year PFS was 66% in the TBI group versus 52% in the BEAM group; OS was 82% versus 68%, respectively. However, on multivariate analysis, TBI-based conditioning was not significantly associated with PFS (HR, .57; 95% CI .24-1.34; P = .20), after controlling for age, disease status at ASCT, and receipt of post-transplantation rituximab maintenance. Likewise, early toxicity, nonrelapse mortality, and secondary malignancies were similar in the 2 groups. Our data suggest that both TBI and BEAM-based conditioning regimens remain viable conditioning options for patients with MCL undergoing ASCT.
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- Yolanda D Tseng
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
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- Clinical Statistics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Leon Rodriguez E, Rivera Franco MM. Outcomes of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation at a Limited-Resource Center in Mexico Are Comparable to Those in Developed Countries. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2017; 23:1998-2003. [PMID: 28733265 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The first hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in Mexico was performed at our institution in 1980. Eighteen years later, our HSCT program was restructured to reduce transplantation-related mortality (TRM) and improve overall survival (OS). The aim of this study was to describe outcomes of HSCT at our institution despite limited resources. Consecutive patients undergoing HSCT, from November 1998 to February 2017, were retrospectively analyzed at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran in Mexico City. Three hundred nine HSCT (59% autologous) were performed in 275 patients. From 114 patients (41%) undergoing an allogeneic HSCT, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease developed in 21% and 33%, respectively. From the entire cohort, 98 patients relapsed after HSCT and at the last follow-up, 183 (67%) patients were alive. The 100-day TRM rates were 1.9% and 6.1% for autologous and allogeneic HSCT, respectively. Ten-year relapse/progression-free survival were 54% and 65%, for autologous and allogeneic HSCT, respectively. Ten-year OS rates in autologous and allogeneic HSCT were 61% and 57%, respectively. We highlight that HSCT is feasible in developing countries, despite financial and infrastructure limitations, and conclude that our results are comparable to international literature and probably better in terms of TRM and cost-effectiveness.
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- Eucario Leon Rodriguez
- Hematology and Oncology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico.
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- Hematology and Oncology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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Scordo M, Bhatt V, Hsu M, Omuro AM, Matasar MJ, DeAngelis LM, Dahi PB, Moskowitz CH, Giralt SA, Sauter CS. A Comprehensive Assessment of Toxicities in Patients with Central Nervous System Lymphoma Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Using Thiotepa, Busulfan, and Cyclophosphamide Conditioning. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2016; 23:38-43. [PMID: 27713090 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2016.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
High-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) with thiotepa, busulfan, and cyclophosphamide (TBC) conditioning has emerged as an effective postinduction treatment strategy for patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) or secondary central nervous system lymphoma (SCNSL), but it is associated with considerable toxicity and transplantation-related mortality (TRM) in the modern era. Forty-three adult patients with chemosensitive PCNSL or SCNSL underwent TBC-conditioned ASCT between 2006 and 2015. Twenty-eight of these patients received pharmacokinetically (PK)-targeted busulfan dosing. The median number of clinically relevant individual grade ≥3 nonhematologic toxicities per patient was 5. We found no association between pretransplantation patient characteristics and the presence of more than 5 grade ≥3 nonhematologic toxicities. Patients with elevated first-dose busulfan area under the curve values did not experience more toxicity. Paradoxically, patients treated with more than 2 regimens before undergoing ASCT had lower first-dose busulfan AUC values. With a median follow-up among survivors of 20 months, 1-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) from the time of ASCT were 83% and 87%, respectively. Although this study reaffirms the favorable PFS and OS associated with TBC-conditioned ASCT for PCNSL or SCNSL, this treatment strategy carries a large toxicity burden.
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- Michael Scordo
- Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
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- Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Lymphoma Service, Adult BMT Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Lymphoma Service, Adult BMT Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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Ji YS, Lee MS, Min CW, Park SK, Kim SH, Yun J, Kim HJ, Kim KH, Kim CK, Lee KT, Won JH, Hong DS. Does anti-thymocyte globulin have a place in busulfan/fludarabine conditioning for matched related donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation? Korean J Intern Med 2016; 31:750-61. [PMID: 27017944 PMCID: PMC4939503 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2015.234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 09/06/2015] [Accepted: 09/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS There is controversy about the prophylactic effect of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) on graft versus host disease (GVHD) in the setting of matched related-donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). This study assessed the inf luences of ATG on the incidences of acute and chronic GVHD and other clinical outcomes in matched related-donor HSCT. METHODS Sixty-one patients received allogeneic HSCT from human leukocyte antigen-matched, related donors. Patients received busulfan/fludarabine conditioning regimens and standard GVHD prophylaxis with or without additional ATG. RESULTS There was no significant difference in the cumulative incidences of overall acute GVHD, grade II to IV acute GVHD at day 100, and chronic GVHD during the follow-up period between the ATG and non-ATG groups. Three-year overall survival rates were very similar, but three year disease-free survival of the non-ATG group was higher than that of the ATG group (56.2% for ATG vs. 63.1% for non-ATG, p = 0.597). Relapse rate at 3 years in the ATG group was slightly higher than that of the non-ATG group (37.5% vs. 20%, p = 0.29). Non-relapse mortality rate at 3 years was lower in the ATG group (6.25% vs. 15.6%, p = 0.668). CONCLUSIONS Although the addition of ATG doesn't guarantee a reduction in the incidences of acute and chronic GVHD, pre-transplantation ATG may result in lower non-relapse mortality in the context of matched related-donor HSCT with a busulfan/fludarabine conditioning regimen. However, caution is needed when using ATG because of a possibility to increase relapse rate.
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- Young Sok Ji
- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
- Correspondence to Seong Kyu Park, M.D. Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 170 Jomaru-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon 14584, Korea Tel: +82-32-621-5185 Fax: +82-32-621-5016 E-mail:
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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Flowers CR, Costa LJ, Pasquini MC, Le-Rademacher J, Lill M, Shore TB, Vaughan W, Craig M, Freytes CO, Shea TC, Horwitz ME, Fay JW, Mineishi S, Rondelli D, Mason J, Braunschweig I, Ai W, Yeh RF, Rodriguez TE, Flinn I, Comeau T, Yeager AM, Pulsipher MA, Bence-Bruckler I, Laneuville P, Bierman P, Chen AI, Kato K, Wang Y, Xu C, Smith AJ, Waller EK. Efficacy of Pharmacokinetics-Directed Busulfan, Cyclophosphamide, and Etoposide Conditioning and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Lymphoma: Comparison of a Multicenter Phase II Study and CIBMTR Outcomes. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2016; 22:1197-1205. [PMID: 27040394 PMCID: PMC4914052 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2016.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Busulfan, cyclophosphamide, and etoposide (BuCyE) is a commonly used conditioning regimen for autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). This multicenter, phase II study examined the safety and efficacy of BuCyE with individually adjusted busulfan based on preconditioning pharmacokinetics. The study initially enrolled Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patients ages 18 to 80 years but was amended due to high early treatment-related mortality (TRM) in patients > 65 years. BuCyE outcomes were compared with contemporaneous recipients of carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan (BEAM) from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research. Two hundred seven subjects with HL (n = 66) or NHL (n = 141) were enrolled from 32 centers in North America, and 203 underwent ASCT. Day 100 TRM for all subjects (n = 203), patients > 65 years (n = 17), and patients ≤ 65 years (n = 186) were 4.5%, 23.5%, and 2.7%, respectively. The estimated rates of 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) were 33% for HL and 58%, 77%, and 43% for diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL; n = 63), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL; n = 29), and follicular lymphoma (FL; n = 23), respectively. The estimated rates of 2-year overall survival (OS) were 76% for HL and 65%, 89%, and 89% for DLBCL, MCL, and FL, respectively. In the matched analysis rates of 2-year TRM were 3.3% for BuCyE and 3.9% for BEAM, and there were no differences in outcomes for NHL. Patients with HL had lower rates of 2-year PFS with BuCyE, 33% (95% CI, 21% to 46%), than with BEAM, 59% (95% CI, 52% to 66%), with no differences in TRM or OS. BuCyE provided adequate disease control and safety in B cell NHL patients ≤ 65 years but produced worse PFS in HL patients when compared with BEAM.
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- Christopher R Flowers
- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Division of BMT, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Weill Cornell Medical Center Hematology/Oncology, The New York Hospital, New York, New York
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, University of Alabaman at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- West Virginia University, Health Science Center, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- South Texas Veterans Health Care System, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program, Division of Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology-Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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- Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois
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- Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, Tennessee
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- New Brunswick Stem Cell Transplant Program, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplant, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
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- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
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- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
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- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Division of BMT, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Le Bourgeois A, Peterlin P, Guillaume T, Delaunay J, Duquesne A, Le Gouill S, Moreau P, Mohty M, Campion L, Chevallier P. Higher Early Monocyte and Total Lymphocyte Counts Are Associated with Better Overall Survival after Standard Total Body Irradiation, Cyclophosphamide, and Fludarabine Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Double Umbilical Cord Blood Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Adults. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2016; 22:1473-1479. [PMID: 27118570 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2016.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
This single-center retrospective study aimed to report the impact of early hematopoietic and immune recoveries after a standard total body irradiation, cyclophosphamide, and fludarabine (TCF) reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen for double umbilical cord blood (dUCB) allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) in adults. We analyzed 47 consecutive patients older than 17 years who engrafted after a dUCB TCF allo-SCT performed between January 2006 and April 2013 in our department. Median times for neutrophil and platelet recoveries were 17 (range, 6 to 59) and 37 days (range, 0 to 164), respectively. The 3-year overall (OS) and disease-free survivals, relapse incidence, and nonrelapse mortality were 65.7%, 57.2%, 27.1%, and 19%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, higher day +30 monocyte (≥615/mm(3); hazard ratio [HR], .04; 95% confidence interval [CI], .004 to .36; P < .01) and day +42 lymphocyte (≥395/mm(3); HR, .16; 95% CI, .03 to .78; P = .02) counts were independently associated with better OS. These results suggest that early higher hematopoietic and immune recovery is predictive of survival after dUCB TCF RIC allo-SCT in adults. Factors other than granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, which was used in all cases, favoring expansion of monocytes or lymphocytes, should be tested in the future as part of the UCB transplantation procedure.
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- Amandine Le Bourgeois
- Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Nantes, Département d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre d'Investigation Clinique en Cancérologie (CI2C), Nantes, France.
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- Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Nantes, Département d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre d'Investigation Clinique en Cancérologie (CI2C), Nantes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Nantes, Département d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre d'Investigation Clinique en Cancérologie (CI2C), Nantes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Nantes, Département d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre d'Investigation Clinique en Cancérologie (CI2C), Nantes, France
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- Unité d'ingénierie cellulaire, EFS Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Nantes, Département d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre d'Investigation Clinique en Cancérologie (CI2C), Nantes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Nantes, Département d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre d'Investigation Clinique en Cancérologie (CI2C), Nantes, France
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- Hôpital saint Antoine, Département d'Hématologie Clinique, Paris, France
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- Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest - Centre René Gauducheau - Saint-Herblain, France; Université de Nantes and INSERM CRNCA UMR 892, Nantes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Nantes, Département d'Hématologie Clinique, Centre d'Investigation Clinique en Cancérologie (CI2C), Nantes, France; Université de Nantes and INSERM CRNCA UMR 892, Nantes, France
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Vaughn JE, Storer BE, Armand P, Raimondi R, Gibson C, Rambaldi A, Ciceri F, Oneto R, Bruno B, Martin PJ, Sandmaier BM, Storb R, Sorror ML. Design and Validation of an Augmented Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Comorbidity Index Comprising Pretransplant Ferritin, Albumin, and Platelet Count for Prediction of Outcomes after Allogeneic Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015; 21:1418-24. [PMID: 25862589 PMCID: PMC4506728 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Pretransplant values of serum ferritin, albumin, and peripheral blood counts were previously suggested to provide prognostic information about hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) outcomes. Whether these "biomarkers" have prognostic value independent of each other and the HCT-comorbidity index (HCT-CI) is unknown. We analyzed data from 3917 allogeneic HCT recipients at multiple sites in the United States and Italy using multivariate models including each biomarker and the HCT-CI. Data from all sites were then randomly divided into a training set (n = 2352) to develop weights for the relevant biomarkers to be added to the HCT-CI scores and a validation set (n = 1407) to validate an augmented HCT-CI compared with the original index. Multivariate analysis with data from one site showed that ferritin, albumin, and platelets-not neutrophils or hemoglobin-were independently associated with increased nonrelapse mortality (NRM) and decreased overall survival. Findings were validated in data from the other sites. Subsequently, in a training set from all sites, ferritin >2500 mg/dL (hazard ratio [HR], 1.69); albumin 3 to 3.5 g/dL (HR, 1.61) and <3.0 g/dL (HR, 2.27); and platelets 50 to <100,000 (HR, 1.28), 20 to <50,000 (HR, 1.29), and <20,000 (HR, 1.55) were statistically significantly associated with NRM. Weights were assigned to these laboratory values following the same equation used to design the original index. In the validation set, the addition of the biomarkers to the original index to develop an augmented HCT-CI resulted in a statistically significant increase in a higher c-statistic estimate for prediction of NRM (P = .0007). Ferritin, albumin, and platelet counts are important prognostic markers that further refine the discriminative power of the HCT-CI for transplant outcomes.
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- Jennifer E Vaughn
- Transplantation Biology Program, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Statistics Program, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington
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- Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Hematology and BMT Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Transplantation Biology Program, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Transplantation Biology Program, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Transplantation Biology Program, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Transplantation Biology Program, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
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Jaglowski SM, Ruppert AS, Hofmeister CC, Elder P, Blum W, Klisovic R, Vasu S, Penza S, Efebera YA, Benson DM, Devine SM, Andritsos LA. The hematopoietic stem cell transplant comorbidity index can predict for 30-day readmission following autologous stem cell transplant for lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Bone Marrow Transplant 2014; 49:1323-9. [PMID: 25068419 PMCID: PMC4192086 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2014.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Patients who undergo autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) for hematologic malignancies frequently have multiple comorbidities. The hematopoietic cell transplantation comorbidity index (HCT-CI), a transplant-specific modification of the Charlson comorbidity index, can predict risk of readmission following allogeneic stem cell transplant. Its utility in the autologous setting is unknown. We evaluated 620 patients who underwent ASCT at the Ohio State University from 2007 to 2012 for lymphoma or multiple myeloma (MM) to identify factors associated with readmission. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression were used to estimate the odds of readmission within 30 days of discharge following ASCT. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to evaluate OS. Sixty-four patients were readmitted within 30 days; the most common indications were fever and prolonged gastrointestinal toxicity. MM compared with lymphoma (odds ratio (OR) 1.89, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.06-3.38, P=0.03), HCT-CI⩾3 (OR 1.74, 95% CI: 1.03-2.96, P=0.04) and length of hospitalization ⩾28 days (OR 3.14, 95% CI: 1.26-7.83, P=0.01) remained significantly associated with 30-day readmission in a multivariable model. While the model had excellent fit (P>0.75), its ability to predict individual patients who would be readmitted was less than acceptable (receiver-operator curve=0.64, 95% CI: 0.57-0.71). In a multivariable proportional hazards model, 30-day readmission (hazards ratio (HR) 1.81, 95% CI: 1.04-3.18, P=0.04), length of hospitalization ⩾28 days (HR 4.93, 95% CI: 2.65-9.18, P<0.001) and chemorefractory disease (HR 3.08, 95% CI: 1.74-5.43, P<0.001) were independently associated with inferior OS, but HCT-CI was not. Evaluation of other assessment tools may allow better prediction of outcomes following ASCT.
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- Samantha M. Jaglowski
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Sorror ML, Martin PJ, Storb RF, Bhatia S, Maziarz RT, Pulsipher MA, Maris MB, Davis C, Deeg HJ, Lee SJ, Maloney DG, Sandmaier BM, Appelbaum FR, Gooley TA. Pretransplant comorbidities predict severity of acute graft-versus-host disease and subsequent mortality. Blood 2014; 124:287-95. [PMID: 24797298 PMCID: PMC4093684 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-01-550566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Whether the hematopoietic cell transplantation comorbidity index (HCT-CI) can provide prognostic information about development of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and subsequent mortality is unknown. Five institutions contributed information on 2985 patients given human leukocyte antigen-matched grafts to address this question. Proportional hazards models were used to estimate the hazards of acute GVHD and post-GVHD mortality after adjustment for known risk variables. Higher HCT-CI scores predicted increased risk of grades 3 to 4 acute GVHD (P < .0001 and c-statistic of 0.64), and tests of interaction suggested that this association was consistent among different conditioning intensities, donor types, and stem cell sources. Probabilities of grades 3 to 4 GVHD were 13%, 18%, and 24% for HCT-CI risk groups of 0, 1 to 4, and ≥5. The HCT-CI was statistically significantly associated with mortality rates following diagnosis of grade 2 (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.24; P < .0001) or grades 3 to 4 acute GVHD (HR = 1.19; P < .0001). Patients with HCT-CI scores of ≥3 who developed grades 3 to 4 acute GVHD had a 2.63-fold higher risk of mortality than those with scores of 0 to 2 and did not develop acute GVHD. Thus, pretransplant comorbidities are associated with the development and severity of acute GVHD and with post-GVHD mortality. The HCT-CI could be useful in designing trials for GVHD prevention and could inform expectations for GVHD treatment trials.
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- Mohamed L Sorror
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Knight Cancer Institute, and Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health and Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR
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- Division of Hematology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT; Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Primary Children's Medical Center, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Colorado Blood Cancer Institute at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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- Clinical Statistics Program, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; and Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA
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Warlick ED, Paulson K, Brazauskas R, Zhong X, Miller AM, Camitta BM, George B, Savani BN, Ustun C, Marks DI, Waller EK, Baron F, Freytes CO, Socie G, Akpek G, Schouten HC, Lazarus HM, Horwitz EM, Koreth J, Cahn JY, Bornhauser M, Seftel M, Cairo MS, Laughlin MJ, Sabloff M, Ringdén O, Gale RP, Kamble RT, Vij R, Gergis U, Mathews V, Saber W, Chen YB, Liesveld JL, Cutler CS, Ghobadi A, Uy GL, Eapen M, Weisdorf DJ, Litzow MR. Effect of postremission therapy before reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2014; 20:202-8. [PMID: 24184335 PMCID: PMC3924751 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2013.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The impact of pretransplant (hematopoietic cell transplantation [HCT]) cytarabine consolidation therapy on post-HCT outcomes has yet to be evaluated after reduced-intensity or nonmyeloablative conditioning. We analyzed 604 adults with acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission (CR1) reported to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research who received a reduced-intensity or nonmyeloablative conditioning HCT from an HLA-identical sibling, HLA-matched unrelated donor, or umbilical cord blood donor from 2000 to 2010. We compared transplant outcomes based on exposure to cytarabine postremission consolidation. Three-year survival rates were 36% (95% confidence interval [CI], 29% to 43%) in the no consolidation arm and 42% (95% CI, 37% to 47%) in the cytarabine consolidation arm (P = .16). Disease-free survival was 34% (95% CI, 27% to 41%) and 41% (95% CI, 35% to 46%; P = .15), respectively. Three-year cumulative incidences of relapse were 37% (95% CI, 30% to 44%) and 38% (95% CI, 33% to 43%), respectively (P = .80). Multivariate regression confirmed no effect of consolidation on relapse, disease-free survival, and survival. Before reduced-intensity or nonmyeloablative conditioning HCT, these data suggest pre-HCT consolidation cytarabine does not significantly alter outcomes and support prompt transition to transplant as soon as morphologic CR1 is attained. If HCT is delayed while identifying a donor, our data suggest that consolidation does not increase transplant treatment-related mortality and is reasonable if required.
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- Erica D Warlick
- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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- Department of Hematology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Oncology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics, Midwest Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Hematology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Bristol Adult BMT Unit, Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Center, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Universitaire de Liege, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire - Sart-Tilman, Liege, Belgium
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- Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program, South Texas Veterans Health Care System and University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Service d'Hematologie, Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
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- SCTCT Program, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Gilbert, Arizona
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- Division of Hematology, Academische Ziekenhuis Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Section of Hematology, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of BMT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Section of Hematology, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
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Busca A, Lovisone E, Aliberti S, Locatelli F, Serra A, Scaravaglio P, Omedè P, Rossi G, Cirillo D, Barbui A, Ghisetti V, Dall'Omo AM, Falda M. Immune Reconstitution and Early Infectious Complications Following Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Hematology 2013; 8:303-11. [PMID: 14530172 DOI: 10.1080/10245330310001612125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation (NMT) has been increasingly used in compromised patients who would otherwise have been unable to undergo allotransplant. There is little understanding of the kinetics of immune reconstitution and its influence on infective complications following NMT. The aim of present study was to evaluate lymphocyte subset reconstitution over the first 12 months post-transplant in 15 adult patients receiving NMT with comparison to that of 30 patients grafted with a conventional hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). NMT recipients were conditioned with fludarabine-based conditioning regimens. Peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) was the source of stem cells in 13 NMT recipients and in 24 conventional HSCT recipients. Absolute numbers of helper (CD4+) T cells, naive (CD4+ CD45RA+) and memory (CD4+ CD45RO+) T cells as well as suppressor (CD8+) T cells, CD19+ B cells and NK cells were comparable in the two groups at all time points after transplantation. A median value of 200 CD4+ T cells/microl was achieved at 2 months post-transplant by the NMT and HSCT recipients. The CD4:CD8 ratio remained severely depressed throughout the study period. Almost all CD4+ lymphocytes expressed CD45RO antigen in the both groups of patients B lymphocytes showed low counts throughout the entire study period in both groups. Bacteremia and CMV antigenemia occurred respectively in 13 and 36% of the patients in the NMT group and in 15 and 39% of the patients in the HSCT group. Our preliminary data indicate that patients receiving a NMT have a lymphocyte reconstitution similar to that observed in patients who received a conventional HSCT. The incidence of bacteremia and CMV infection were not significantly different between the groups. Nevertheless, due to the small sample size, these results should be considered suggestive rather than definitive.
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- Alessandro Busca
- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy.
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Davies JK, Taussig D, Oakervee H, Smith M, Agrawal S, Cavenagh JD, Gribben JG. Long-term survival with low toxicity after allogeneic transplantation for acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplasia using non-myeloablative conditioning without T cell depletion. Br J Haematol 2013; 162:525-9. [PMID: 23718277 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The toxicity burden and long-term anti-leukaemic effect of non-myeloablative (NMA) allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (AHSCT) for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and myelodysplasia (MDS) remains undefined. We report the outcome of 56 patients with AML/MDS transplanted from human leucocyte antigen-matched donors using NMA conditioning without T-cell depletion. With a median follow-up of 5 years, treatment-related mortality was 9% and current disease-free survival (CDFS) was 45% (overall) and 55% (patients transplanted in remission). Development of graft-versus-host disease upon withdrawal of post-transplant immunosuppression was associated with less relapse and better CDFS. These data confirm that NMA AHSCT without T-cell depletion is safe and can result in sustained remissions of AML/MDS.
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- Jeff K Davies
- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
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Xuan L, Huang F, Fan Z, Zhou H, Zhang X, Yu G, Zhang Y, Liu C, Sun J, Liu Q. Effects of intensified conditioning on Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus infections in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for hematological malignancies. J Hematol Oncol 2012; 5:46. [PMID: 22856463 PMCID: PMC3422173 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-5-46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Intensified conditioning regimens (increasing the intensity of standard myeloablative conditioning) for hematological malignancies in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) could reduce the relapse rate of the underlying disease, but it might simultaneously increase the transplant-related mortality including the mortality of infections. To explore whether intensified conditioning affected Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections, 185 patients undergoing allo-HSCT were enrolled. METHODS A total of 104 cases received standard and 81 intensified conditioning. Cyclosporine A (CsA) withdrawal and/or donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) were conducted in high-risk patients. The EBV-DNA and CMV-DNA levels of blood were monitored regularly by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) and immune reconstitution of recipients were analyzed by flow cytometry. RESULTS The 3-year cumulative incidence of EBV viremia, EBV-associated diseases and mortality of EBV-associated diseases were 25.3% ± 4.6%, 10.5% ± 3.4% and 0.0% ± 0.0% in the standard group, compared with 45.6% ± 6.5%, 26.0% ±5.3% and 7.3% ± 3.1% in the intensified group (P = 0.002, P = 0.002, P = 0.008). The 3-year cumulative incidence of CMV viremia and CMV-associated diseases, mortality of CMV-associated diseases and incidence of bacterial and fungal infections were similar between the two groups (P = 0.855, P = 0.581, P = 0.933, P = 0.142, P = 0.182, respectively). Multivariate analysis showed that intensified conditioning was one of the risk factors for EBV viremia and EBV-associated diseases (P = 0.037, P = 0.037), but it had no effects on CMV infections. The percentage of CD4+ T cells and CD4+/CD8+ ratio at 3 months post-transplantation were lower in the intensified group (P = 0.032, P = 0.022). The 3-year OS and DFS in the standard group were 62.2% ± 5.8% and 60.6% ± 5.6%, compared with 51.6% ± 6.2% and 51.1% ± 5.9% in the intensified group (P = 0.029, P = 0.063). CONCLUSIONS Intensified conditioning represents a promising approach for high-risk hematological malignancies, although it affects early immune reconstitution of recipients and increases the incidence and mortality of EBV infections.
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- Li Xuan
- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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Shin HC, Lee YJ, Joon Ho JH, Lee SJ, Kang BW, Chae YS, Kim JG, Choi JY, Seo JW, Kim YK, Suh JS, Sohn SK. Feasibility of non-TBI conditioning with busulfan and fludarabine for allogeneic stem cell transplantation in lymphoid malignancy. Korean J Intern Med 2012; 27:72-83. [PMID: 22403503 PMCID: PMC3295992 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2012.27.1.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2011] [Revised: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS This retrospective study evaluated the transplantation outcomes of patients with adult lymphoid malignancies who received chemotherapy-based conditioning with busulfan and fludarabine (BuFlu) and busulfan and cyclophosphamide (BuCy2). METHODS Thirty-eight patients (34 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 4 with lymphoblastic lymphoma) were included in the current study. The conditioning regimen was BuCy2 for 14 patients and BuFlu for the remaining 24 patients. Eight and 13 patients were high risk disease in the BuCy2 and BuFlu groups, respectively. RESULTS The cumulative incidence of grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was 56.5% and 55.2% and that of extensive chronic GVHD 17.0% and 55.6% (p = 0.018) for the BuFlu and BuCy2 groups, respectively. The 3-year relapse rate was 27.8% and 31.4% and 3-year overall survival 34.3% and 46.8% for the BuFlu and BuCy2 groups, respectively. Treatment-related mortality (TRM) was significantly lower in the BuFlu group (16.9%) than in the BuCy2 group (57.1%, p = 0.010). In multivariate analyses, the BuFlu regimen was identified as an independent favorable risk factor for TRM (hazard ratio [HR], 0.036; p = 0.017) and extensive chronic GVHD (HR, 0.168; p = 0.034). CONCLUSIONS Our BuFlu regimen would appear to be an acceptable conditioning option for lymphoid malignancies, including high-risk diseases. It was safely administered with a lower TRM rate than BuCy2 conditioning.
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- Ho Cheol Shin
- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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Piñana JL, Martino R, Barba P, Bellido-Casado J, Valcárcel D, Sureda A, Briones J, Brunet S, Rodriguez-Arias JM, Casan P, Sierra J. Pulmonary function testing prior to reduced intensity conditioning allogeneic stem cell transplantation in an unselected patient cohort predicts posttransplantation pulmonary complications and outcome. Am J Hematol 2012; 87:9-14. [PMID: 22031451 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.22183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2011] [Revised: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 08/30/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pretransplant pulmonary function tests (PFTs) have been checked mostly in myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation (Allo-SCT). Their value in the setting of reduced intensity conditioning Allo-SCT (Allo-RIC) has been less explored. We retrospectively evaluated the predictive value of PFTs on posttransplant pulmonary complications (PPC) and outcomes in 195 consecutive Allo-RIC patients, based on fludarabine plus busulphan or melphalan. PFT parameters included forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC ratio, total lung capacity (TLC), residual volume, and diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCo) corrected for the hemoglobin levels. Pretransplant PFTs abnormalities were observed in 130 patients (66%). The most frequent abnormalities were abnormal DLCO (n = 83, 44%), followed by FEV1/FVC (n = 75, 38%) and FVC (n = 47, 24%). The abnormalities were severe in 25 (13%) patients, moderate in 65 (33%) and mild in 40 patients (21%). Multivariate analysis showed that TLC was significantly associated with PPC, nonrelapse mortality and overall survival (OS), (HR 4.2, 95% CI. 2-8.5; HR 3.8, 95% CI. 1.7-8.5; HR 2.3, 95% CI. 1.3-4.1, respectively, P = 0.01), while abnormal FVC had a negative impact on PPC and OS (HR 1.8, 95% CI. 0.98-3.6, P = 0.06 and HR 1.7, 95% CI. 1.1-2.6, P = 0.008). This study emphasizes the valuable role of PFTs in identifying patients at risk for PPC, NRM, and lower OS in the Allo-RIC setting.
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- José Luis Piñana
- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Division, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
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Nakane T, Nakamae H, Hirose A, Nakamae M, Koh H, Hayashi Y, Nishimoto M, Umemoto Y, Yoshimura T, Bingo M, Okamura H, Yoshida M, Ichihara H, Aimoto M, Terada Y, Nakao Y, Ohsawa M, Hino M. Eosinophilia, regardless of degree, is related to better outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Intern Med 2012; 51:851-8. [PMID: 22504238 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Several recent studies report that, after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), eosinophilia is a favorable factor for transplant outcomes. However, whether the degree of eosinophilia influences transplant outcomes is yet to be established. METHODS We studied 144 patients with hematological malignancy who received allo-HCT at our institution. The stem cell sources were bone marrow in 84 patients, peripheral blood stem cells in 32 patients, and cord blood in 28 patients. One hundred and twelve patients underwent myeloablative conditioning and 49 patients had high-risk disease. We performed semi-landmark analysis to examine the influence of eosinophilia. RESULTS Eosinophilia developed at a median of 47 days after transplantation in 63 patients (44%). The patients with eosinophilia showed significantly better overall survival (OS) and a lower relapse rate at three years, compared to those without eosinophilia (66% vs 55%, p=0.04 and 30% vs 50%, p=0.002). On analysis following division into groups with mild (500-1,500×10(6)/L) and hyper- (>1,500×10(6)/L) eosinophilia, three-year OS and relapse rates were 68% and 65% (p=0.92), and 31% and 28% (p=0.90), respectively. On multivariate analysis, eosinophilia was significantly associated with lower relapse rates [HR: 0.5 (95% CI: 0.3-0.9), p=0.01] and the same trend was preserved in the analysis of the mild and hyper-eosinophilic groups. CONCLUSION The results suggest that eosinophilia after allo-HCT was associated with better OS and a lower relapse rate, regardless of the levels. The mechanism of this effect is still unclear, and requires study of the pathophysiological process to clarify the relationship between the higher levels of eosinophilia after allo-HCT and organ infiltration.
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- Takahiko Nakane
- Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Japan.
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Mori T. [Conditioning regimen of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for aplastic anemia in Japan]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2011; 52:674-678. [PMID: 21897074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Melanson SEF, Stevenson K, Kim H, Antin JH, Court MH, Ho VT, Ritz J, Soiffer RJ, Kuo FC, Longtine JA, Jarolim P. Allelic variations in CYP2B6 and CYP2C19 and survival of patients receiving cyclophosphamide prior to myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Am J Hematol 2010; 85:967-71. [PMID: 21108329 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Saddadi F, Najafi I, Hakemi MS, Falaknazi K, Attari F, Bahar B. Frequency, risk factors, and outcome of acute kidney injury following bone marrow transplantation at Dr Shariati Hospital in Tehran. Iran J Kidney Dis 2010; 4:20-26. [PMID: 20081300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a major modality for malignant and hematologic disorders. This procedure is associated with a high morbidity and mortality such as acute kidney injury (AKI). Many factors, such as therapeutic agents, irradiation, and graft versus host disease (GVHD) can cause AKI. Bone marrow transplantation conditioning therapy in Iran is based on drugs such as busulfan and cyclophosphamide and without irradiation therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency, risk factors, and mortality of AKI among patients who underwent BMT. MATERIALS AND METHODS Acute kidney injury was defined as doubling serum creatinine from baseline at any time during the first 180 days posttransplant. The risk of AKI in relation to non-total-body-irradiation-based conditioning regimen, type of graft (allograft and autograft), comorbidities, GVHD, drug toxicity, and veno-occlusive disease were examined in 375 patients with BMT. RESULTS One hundred and forty-two patients (37.6%) developed AKI at a median of 18 days after transplant. A higher frequency of AKI was observed in patients who received cyclosporine A (40%), patients with allograft BMT (42.1%), and those who developed gastrointestinal GVHD (47.3%) .The remainder AKI cases were associated with amphotericin B, veno-occlusive disease, and hemolytic-uremic syndrome. CONCLUSIONS The frequency of AKI in our patients with BMT remained high. Cyclosporine A and amphotericin B and the presence of GVHD and veno-occlusive disease increased the risk of AKI within the first 180 days after BMT.
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- Fereshteh Saddadi
- Nephrology Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Straathof KC, Rao K, Eyrich M, Hale G, Bird P, Berrie E, Brown L, Adams S, Schlegel PG, Goulden N, Gaspar HB, Gennery AR, Landais P, Davies EG, Brenner MK, Veys PA, Amrolia PJ. Haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation with antibody-based minimal-intensity conditioning: a phase 1/2 study. Lancet 2009; 374:912-20. [PMID: 19729196 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(09)60945-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stem-cell transplantation can cure primary immunodeficiencies. However, in patients with pre-existing organ toxicity, patients younger than 1 year, and those with DNA or telomere repair disorders, chemotherapy-based conditioning is poorly tolerated and results in major morbidity and mortality. We tested a novel antibody-based minimal-intensity conditioning (MIC) regimen to assess whether this approach allowed curative donor stem-cell engraftment without non-haemopoietic toxicity. METHODS 16 high-risk patients underwent stem-cell transplantation for primary immunodeficiencies with an MIC regimen consisting of two rat anti-CD45 monoclonal antibodies YTH 24.5 and YTH 54.12 for myelosuppression, and alemtuzumab (anti-CD52) and fludarabine, and low dose cyclophosphamide for immunosuppression. Donors were matched siblings (n=5), and matched (9) and mismatched (2) unrelated donors. FINDINGS Antibody-based conditioning was well tolerated, with only two cases of grade 3 and no grade 4 toxicity. Rates of clinically significant acute (n=6, 36%) and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) (n=5, 31%) were acceptable. 15 of 16 patients (94%) engrafted, of whom 11 (69%) achieved full or high-level mixed chimerism in both lymphoid and myeloid lineages, and three achieved engraftment in the T-lymphoid lineage only. One patient needed retransplantation. At a median of 40 months post-transplant, 13 of 16 patients (81%) in this high-risk cohort were alive and cured from their underlying disease. INTERPRETATION Monoclonal antibody-based conditioning seems well tolerated and can achieve curative engraftment even in patients with severe organ toxicity or DNA repair defects, or both. This novel approach represents a shift from the paradigm that intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, is needed for donor stem-cell engraftment. This antibody-based conditioning regimen may reduce toxicity and late effects and enable SCT in virtually any primary immunodeficiency patient with a matched donor. FUNDING None.
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Puig N, de la Rubia J, Remigia MJ, Jarque I, Martín G, Cupelli L, Sanz GF, Lorenzo I, Sanz J, Martínez JA, Jiménez C, Sanz MA. Morbidity and transplant-related mortality of CBV and BEAM preparative regimens for patients with lymphoid malignancies undergoing autologous stem-cell transplantation. Leuk Lymphoma 2009; 47:1488-94. [PMID: 16966258 DOI: 10.1080/10428190500527769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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CBV and BEAM are the two most frequently used regimens for patients with lymphoma undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (ASCT). This study compared their morbidity and transplant-related mortality (TRM) in 113 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (69) and Hodgkin's disease (44) undergoing ASCT between 1990 - 2004. CBV (cyclophosphamide, 6000 mg m(-2); VP-16, 750 mg m(-2); and high-dose BCNU, 800 mg m(-2)) was administered to 75 patients and 38 received BEAM (BCNU, 300 mg m(-2); VP-16, 800 mg m(-2); cytarabine, 800 mg m(-2); melphalan, 140 mg m(-2)). Patients in the BEAM group had a significantly higher median age (p = 0.002) and were more heavily treated before ASCT (p = 0.003). More patients showed active disease at transplant in the BEAM group (p = 0.04). Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) was more frequent in the CBV group (11% vs 0%, p = 0.048). There were 20 (18%) transplant-related deaths, 18 in the CBV and two in the BEAM group. Infectious complications (12 patients, seven with pneumonia) and SOS (four) were the most frequent causes of death. The cumulative incidences of TRM were 25% in the CBV and 7% in the BEAM group (p = 0.02). CBV thus produced a higher incidence of SOS and TRM than BEAM in this series.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/administration & dosage
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/toxicity
- Carmustine/administration & dosage
- Cyclophosphamide/administration & dosage
- Cytarabine/administration & dosage
- Etoposide/administration & dosage
- Female
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/methods
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/mortality
- Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease/chemically induced
- Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease/mortality
- Humans
- Infections/chemically induced
- Infections/mortality
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/complications
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/epidemiology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/mortality
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/therapy
- Leukemia, Lymphoid/complications
- Leukemia, Lymphoid/epidemiology
- Leukemia, Lymphoid/mortality
- Leukemia, Lymphoid/therapy
- Male
- Melphalan/administration & dosage
- Middle Aged
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Podophyllotoxin/administration & dosage
- Transplantation Conditioning/adverse effects
- Transplantation Conditioning/methods
- Transplantation Conditioning/mortality
- Transplantation, Autologous
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- Noemí Puig
- Hematology Service, University Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Baronciani D, Rambaldi A, Iori AP, Di Bartolomeo P, Pilo F, Pettinau M, Depau C, Mico C, Santarone S, Angelucci E. Treosulfan/fludarabine as an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant conditioning regimen for high-risk patients. Am J Hematol 2008; 83:717-20. [PMID: 18626885 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In recent years, new conditioning regimens have been explored in patients not eligible for conventional transplant with the aim to reduce transplant-related mortality. In a phase II multicentric prospective trial, we investigated the safety and feasibility of the treosulfan-fludarabine combination prior to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant in patients with various hematological malignancies not eligible for conventional regimens because of previous intensive treatment, older age, and comorbidities. Forty-six consecutive patients, median age 48 years (range 17-69), were enrolled. Sixteen of them were in complete remission, and 20 had a HSCT comorbidity index > or = 1. Forty-four patients had regular and sustained engraftment, and 39 out of 40 evaluable patients developed complete chimerism. Nonhematological toxicity was limited. Risk of transplant-related mortality was 9% (95% CI, 2-17%) at day +100 and plotted at 15% (95% CI, 7-22%) after 7 months. The estimated overall survival and progression-free survival with a median follow-up of 20 months were 51% and 38%, respectively. The estimated 30 months progression-free survival for patients transplanted in remission was 56%. The treosulfan-fludarabine combination is a reduced-toxicity but myeloablative regimen that can be proposed to patients not fitting criteria for conventional transplant regimens. Longer follow-up and further prospective studies are necessary to evaluate this regimen.
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- Donatella Baronciani
- Unità Operativa Ematologia e Centro Trapianti Wilma Deplano Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco, Cagliari
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Hari P, Carreras J, Zhang MJ, Gale RP, Bolwell BJ, Bredeson CN, Burns LJ, Cairo MS, Freytes CO, Goldstein SC, Hale GA, Inwards DJ, Lemaistre CF, Maharaj D, Marks DI, Schouten HC, Slavin S, Vose JM, Lazarus HM, van Besien K. Allogeneic transplants in follicular lymphoma: higher risk of disease progression after reduced-intensity compared to myeloablative conditioning. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2008; 14:236-45. [PMID: 18215784 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2007] [Accepted: 11/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens have been increasingly used for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in follicular lymphoma (FL). We compared traditional myeloablative conditioning regimens to RIC in FL. Outcomes of HLA-identical sibling HSCT for FL in 208 recipients reported to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) between 1997 and 2002 were studied. Conditioning regimens were categorized as myeloablative (N = 120) or RIC (N = 88). Use of RIC regimens increased from <10% of transplants in 1997 to >80% in 2002 signaling a major shift in practice. Patients receiving RIC were older and had a longer interval from diagnosis to transplant. These differences did not correlate with outcomes. Median follow-up of survivors was 50 months (4-96 months) after myeloablative conditioning versus 35 months (4-82 months) after RIC (P < .001). At 3 years, overall survival (OS) for the myeloablative and RIC cohorts were 71 (63%-79%) and 62 (51%-72%; P = .15) and progression free survival (PFS), 67 (58%-75%) and 55 (44%-65%; P = .07), respectively. Lower Karnofsky performance score (KPS) and resistance to chemotherapy were associated with higher treatment-related mortality (TRM) and lower OS and PFS. On multivariate analysis, an increased risk of lymphoma progression after RIC was observed (relative risk = 2.97, P = .04). RIC has become the de facto standard in allogeneic HSCT for FL, and appears to result in similar long-term outcomes. Although disease-free survival (DPS) is similar compared to myeloablative conditioning, an increased risk of late disease progression after RIC is concerning.
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- Parameswaran Hari
- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA.
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Ryu SG, Lee JH, Choi SJ, Lee JH, Lee YS, Seol M, Hur EH, Lee SH, Bae KS, Noh GJ, Lee MS, Yun SC, Han SB, Lee KH. Randomized comparison of four-times-daily versus once-daily intravenous busulfan in conditioning therapy for hematopoietic cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2007; 13:1095-105. [PMID: 17697972 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2007] [Accepted: 06/07/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sixty patients were randomized to receive intravenous busulfan (iBU) either as 0.8 mg/kg, over 2 hours 4 times a day (BU4 arm) or 3.2 mg/kg, over 3 hours once a day (BU1 arm) in conditioning therapy for hematopoietic cell transplantation. The complete pharmacokinetic parameters for the first busulfan dose were obtained from all patients and were comparable between the 2 arms: for the BU4 and BU1 groups, elimination half-life (mean+/-SD) was 2.75+/-0.22 versus 2.83+/-0.21 hours, estimated daily AUC was 6058.0+/-1091.9 versus 6475.5+/-1099.4 microM.min per day, and clearance was 2.05+/-0.36 versus 1.91+/-0.31 mL/min/kg, respectively. Times to engraftment after transplantation were similar between the 2 arms. No significant differences were evident in the occurrence of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) and hepatic veno-occlusion disease (VOD). Moreover, other toxicities observed within 100 days after transplantation were not significantly different between the 2 arms. The cumulative incidence of nonrelapse mortality was 20.8% in BU4 arm and 13.3% in BU1 arm. In conclusion, our randomized study demonstrates that the pharmacokinetic profiles and posttransplant complications are similar for once-daily iBU and traditional 4-times-daily iBU.
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- Seong-Gil Ryu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Shapira MY, Tsirigotis P, Resnick IB, Or R, Abdul-Hai A, Slavin S. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the elderly. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2007; 64:49-63. [PMID: 17303434 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2007.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2006] [Revised: 12/14/2006] [Accepted: 01/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The development of reduced intensity or non-myeloablative conditioning (NST) in preparation for allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) revolutionized the field and led to reconsideration of the dogma of upper age limit that was set up by the transplant centers as an eligibility parameter. Analysis of the literature data showed that NST regimens are associated with decreased transplant related mortality, and graft-versus-host disease, in comparison with standard myeloablative conditioning, in patients above the age of 50-55 years, or in younger patients with significant comorbidities. However we have to mention, that our considerations are based on the retrospective analysis of the literature data, and that well controlled prospective randomized studies are needed in order to definitely assess the role of NST. Comorbidity indices might be proved as the most important parameters for the choice of the most proper regimen for each patient in need and should be included in future trials.
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- Michael Y Shapira
- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cancer Immunotherapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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Heinzelmann F, Lang PJ, Ottinger H, Faul C, Bethge W, Handgretinger R, Bamberg M, Belka C. Immunosuppressive total lymphoid irradiation-based reconditioning regimens enable engraftment after graft rejection or graft failure in patients treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007; 70:523-8. [PMID: 17869449 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2007] [Revised: 06/13/2007] [Accepted: 06/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE To retrospectively evaluate the efficacy of total lymphoid irradiation (TLI)-based reconditioning regimens in patients with graft failure or graft rejection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. METHODS AND MATERIALS The results of 14 patients (7 adults and 7 children) with a variety of hematologic malignant diseases treated with a TLI-based reconditioning regimen with 7-Gy single-dose application plus anti-T-lymphocyte antibody OKT3 (n = 11) and/or antithymocyte globulin (n = 7)/fludarabine (n = 9), followed by an infusion of peripheral blood stem cells (n = 13) or bone marrow stem cells (n = 1) from related or unrelated donors, were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS Of the 14 recipients, the data from 11 were evaluable for engraftment after TLI-based reconditioning because 3 adults died early (at Day 2, 5, and 15) after the second transplantation of infectious complications. Engraftment in 4 adults was seen after a median of 12 days (range, 10-18) and occurred after a median of 10 days (range, 9-32) in the 7 children. TLI-based reconditioning was well-tolerated with no severe toxicity. The median overall survival and disease-free survival for the whole cohort was 140 days (range, 5-1,268). After a median follow-up of 681 days, the disease-free survival and overall survival rate was 85.7% and 85.7%, respectively, in the children. Despite engraftment in the 4 remaining adults, 1 died of fatal graft-vs.-host disease, 1 of infectious complications, 1 of disease relapse, and 1 of acute respiratory distress syndrome. CONCLUSIONS In patients with graft failure or graft rejection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, TLI-based reconditioning regimens allow sustained engraftment, paralleled by a favorable toxicity profile, potentially leading to long-term survival.
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- Frank Heinzelmann
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Background—
There is an elevated risk for poor outcomes after heart transplant (HTx) in patients sensitized to human leukocyte antigens including graft dysfunction, acute cellular and antibody-mediated (AMR) rejection, and cardiac allograft vasculopathy. We report our experience with human leukocyte antigens–sensitized pediatric HTx recipients.
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We identified pediatric HTx patients with elevated pre-HTx Panel Reactive Antibody (Class I/II; >10%), or a positive T- or B-cell crossmatch. Thirteen patients met criteria (5 female, 39%). The median age at HTx was 7 months (3.5 months to 15.5 years). Nine were infants who had prior palliation for congenital heart disease. Four were older patients (median 7.3 years; 4.8 to 15.5 years): 2 had congenital heart disease (Fontan), 2 were re-HTx. B-cell therapies were used in all patients, guided by assessment of CD19+ and CD20+ cells. Immunosuppression included thymoglobulin induction, and tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and steroids. Daily plasmapheresis ± intravenous immunoglobulin G was used if there was a positive crossmatch on day 1, with a gradual, biopsy-guided weaning schedule. Rituximab was used when AMR was detected on biopsy: more recently (n=3), used empirically perioperatively. AMR was confirmed in 9 patients within median 0.9 months post-HTx. Seven had early acute cellular rejection (≥ ISHLT Grade 2 R) with no hemodynamic compromise or graft dysfunction. There were 4 deaths post-HTx (range, 11 days to 9 months). The median follow-up of 9 survivors was 1.7 years (0.3 to 3.7 years). Of 7 patients >6 months post-HTx, no AMR or cardiac allograft vasculopathy was observed at a mean of 1.9+1.1 years post-HTx and no cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
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Despite aggressive management, acute cellular rejection and AMR occurred frequently early post-HTx. An algorithm of B cell–directed strategies can be effective in managing these patients with reasonable intermediate-term outcomes.
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- Stacey M Pollock-BarZiv
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Blaise D, Vey N, Faucher C, Mohty M. Current status of reduced-intensity-conditioning allogeneic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia. Haematologica 2007; 92:533-41. [PMID: 17488664 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is the most efficient antileukemic treatment for acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). However, elderly patients can rarely benefit from standard myeloablative allo-SCT because of an unacceptable rate of procedure-related toxicities. This point is critical when considering AML patients in first complete remission. The development of the so-called reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens appears to decrease allo-SCT-related toxicities, and has emerged as an attractive modality in AML patients not eligible for standard allo-SCT. Such RIC regimens aim primarily to provide the immune graft-versus-leukemia effect while causing little toxicity. Of note, treatment-related toxicity appears to be lower with RIC regimens as compared to standard myeloablative regimens. Nevertheless, toxicity might represent only one aspect of the problem, since AML encompasses a group of chemosensitive diseases, raising concerns that significant reduction of the intensity of the preparative regimen may have a negative impact on long-term leukemic control. Furthermore, no prospective studies have been reported thus far establishing RIC allo-SCT as the preferred option in AML. Investigators are currently faced with a dilemma on how to optimize the potential role of RIC allo-SCT in AML patients, while delivering minimal myeloablation and maximizing allogeneic immunotherapy. The aim of this review is to analyze the available research evidence in this field.
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- Didier Blaise
- Unité de Transplantation et de Thérapie Cellulaire, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille Cedex 09, France
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Lee KH, Park SS, Kim I, Kim JH, Ra EK, Yoon SS, Hong YC, Park S, Kim BK. P2X7 receptor polymorphism and clinical outcomes in HLA-matched sibling allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Haematologica 2007; 92:651-7. [PMID: 17488689 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The P2X7 receptor (P2X7 R) is a key player in the processing and release of interleukin (IL)-1. To evaluate whether the A1513C polymorphism of the P2X7 R gene is related to allogeneic stem cell transplantation outcome, we performed an association analysis between this polymorphism and clinical outcomes in patients treated with an HLA-matched sibling stem cell transplant. DESIGN AND METHODS Patients (n=152) with a malignancy or aplastic anemia underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation at a single institute. Peripheral blood DNA of these 152 patients and their 152 donors was genotyped. Genotypes of 145 recipients and 150 donors were obtained and analyzed for the polymorphism. RESULTS The frequencies of the A and C alleles in all 295 study subjects were 72% and 28%, respectively. The genotypes in patients were AA in 75, AC in 58, and CC in 12; the genotypes in donors were AA in 74, AC in 70, and CC in 6. Overall survival was significantly shorter for recipients with the CC genotype than for those with the AA or AC genotype (92 days for 1513CC vs. 821 days for 1513AA or 1513AC, p=0.012), and for recipients from donors with the CC genotype than for recipients from donors with the AA or AC genotype (63 days for 1513CC vs. 702 days for 1513AA or 1513AC, p=0.024). Multivariate analyses, which included sex, age, transplant method (reduced intensity conditioning vs. conventional conditioning), stem cell source, risk group, and P2X7R recipient and donor genotypes, as parameters, identified high-risk group (hazard ratio 3.25, 95% confidence interval 1.83~5.77) and a donor 1513CC genotype (hazard ratio 2.66, 95% confidence interval 1.02~6.91) as risk factors for a shorter survival. Microbiologically documented bacteremia occurred in 66.7% of recipients with the CC donor genotype and in 17.6% of recipients of transplants of AA or AC genotype (p=0.014). INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS We conclude that the A1513C polymorphism in the P2X7R gene is related to the occurrence of infections and survival after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Thus, the determination of this polymorphism may be helpful for the optimal selection of patients and donors.
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- Kyung-Hun Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Upton A, McCune JS, Kirby KA, Leisenring W, McDonald G, Batchelder A, Marr KA. Fluconazole coadministration concurrent with cyclophosphamide conditioning may reduce regimen-related toxicity postmyeloablative hematopoietic cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2007; 13:760-4. [PMID: 17580253 PMCID: PMC3690587 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In a previous study comparing fluconazole and itraconazole administered as antifungal prophylaxis in hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients, we found that fluconazole administration concurrent with cyclophosphamide (CY)-based conditioning was associated with fewer early toxicities compared to itraconazole. Fluconazole inhibits cytochrome P450 2C9, which is involved with the activation of CY, and so might provide protection from CY-related toxicities. To investigate this further, we compared CY and CY-metabolite data from patients who received fluconazole (n = 56) concurrent with CY-containing conditioning and in patients who did not (n = 17). The fluconazole group had greater exposure to CY, and lower peak serum concentration of CY-metabolite 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide. In a separate cohort, we examined outcomes in patients randomized to receive either fluconazole (n = 152) or placebo (n = 147) concurrent with CY-containing conditioning in a prior randomized trial. Patients who received fluconazole experienced less hepatic and renal toxicity, and had lower mortality. No difference in relapsed malignancy was apparent. These data support the hypothesis that fluconazole, when coadministered with CY, decreases CY-related toxicities by inhibiting cytochrome P450 2C9 metabolism.
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- Arlo Upton
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Secondino S, Carrabba MG, Pedrazzoli P, Castagna L, Spina F, Grosso F, Bertuzzi A, Bay JO, Siena S, Corradini P, Niederwieser D, Demirer T. Reduced intensity stem cell transplantation for advanced soft tissue sarcomas in adults: a retrospective analysis of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Haematologica 2007; 92:418-20. [PMID: 17339195 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We conducted a retrospective analysis on adult patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) other than rhabdomyosarcoma who received allogeneic stem cell transplantation and were registered at the EBMT database. The aim of of the study was to assess whether an immune-mediated graft-versus-tumor (GVT) effect could be generated in this disease. Among 26 patients included in the registry, 14 were eligible for this analysis as they had received reduced intensity stem cell transplantation for chemorefractory disease. Two patients died of transplant-related complications and eight of progressive disease; four are alive and experienced long-lasting disease stabilisation following transplant. Our study may suggest that an immune-mediated effect cannot be excluded in some STS.
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- Simona Secondino
- Divisione Oncologica Falck, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy.
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Wadehra N, Farag S, Bolwell B, Elder P, Penza S, Kalaycio M, Avalos B, Pohlman B, Marcucci G, Sobecks R, Lin T, Andrèsen S, Copelan E. Long-term outcome of Hodgkin disease patients following high-dose busulfan, etoposide, cyclophosphamide, and autologous stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2007; 12:1343-9. [PMID: 17162217 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2006] [Accepted: 08/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Busulfan (Bu)-based preparative regimens have not been extensively investigated in Hodgkin disease (HD). The purposes of this study were to investigate the toxicity and efficacy of a novel preparative regimen of Bu 14 mg/kg, etoposide 50-60 mg/kg, and cyclophosphamide 120 mg/kg in patients with primary refractory and relapsed HD. One hundred twenty-seven patients with a median age of 33 years (range, 14-67 years) underwent transplantation. The regimen was well tolerated, with 5.5% treatment-related mortality at 100 days after transplantation. With a median follow up of 6.7 years, the 5-year progression-free survival was 48 +/- 5%, and the 5-year overall survival was 51 +/- 5%. A Cox proportional hazards model identified refractory disease at time of transplantation as the only significant factor affecting relapse and overall survival, whereas disease bulk >10 cm affected overall survival. Five patients died between 5.3 and 9.3 years of late complications, including secondary myelodysplasia or acute myeloid leukemia, secondary solid malignancies, and pulmonary toxicity. This novel Bu regimen is comparable to other radiation-free preparative regimens in its effectiveness in the control of HD and with a low-risk of early treatment-related mortality.
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- Navin Wadehra
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, The Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Thomas X, Suciu S, Rio B, Leone G, Broccia G, Fillet G, Jehn U, Feremans W, Meloni G, Vignetti M, de Witte T, Amadori S. Autologous stem cell transplantation after complete remission and first consolidation in acute myeloid leukemia patients aged 61 70 years: results of the prospective EORTC GIMEMA AML 13 study. Haematologica 2007; 92:389-96. [PMID: 17339189 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The optimal post-remission treatment for elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is presently unknown. Recent studies have reported the feasibility of autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) in this population. We evaluate the outcome of this post-remission approach after complete remission (CR) and consolidation in elderly patients included in the EORTC-GIMEMA AML-13 trial. DESIGN AND METHODS PBSCT after induction and consolidation chemotherapy was evaluated in patients aged 61 to 70 years with a WHO performance status 0-1. The induction therapy was mitoxantrone, etoposide and cytarabine (MICE) with or without granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) during and/or after chemotherapy. The consolidation therapy consisted of non-infusion or infusional idarubicin, etposide and cytarabine (mini-ICE). RESULTS Sixty-one patients were scheduled for stem cell harvest by leukapheresis after s.c. recombinant human G-CSF administration initiated after hematopoietic recovery from consolidation. Stem cells were effectively harvested from 54 patients. A median of two aphereses (range, 1-5) were performed, resulting in a median collection of 11.7 x 10(8) nucleated cells/kg (range, 2.4-99.8) containing 40.2 x 10(4) CFU-GM/kg (range, 0-786.8), and 5 x 10(6) CD34+ cells/kg (range, 0.1-99.8). For the whole group of 61 patients, the median disease-free survival (DFS) was 1.0 years and the 3-year DFS rate was 21%, while the median overall survival (OS) was 1.4 years and the 3-year OS rate was 32%. A total of 26 patients could not be autografed due to inadequate/no harvest (21 patients), early relapse (3 patients), or treatment refusal (2 patients). Autologous transplantation was performed in 35 patients following conditioning with the BAVC regimen. The median time for granulocyte recovery >0.5 109 yen/L was 24 days and for platelets >20 x10(9)/L was 23 days following transplantation. After a median follow-up of 5.0 years from transplantation, the median DFS and OS were 1.1 and 1.6 years respectively, and the 3-year rates were 28% and 39% respectively. Eight autografted patients were still in continuous complete remission, 22 patients had relapsed and five had died in CR. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS Intensification of remission including autologous PBSCT is feasible in about half of harvested patients aged 61 to 70 years old, and did not improve the general outcome. This shows the limitations of autologous PBSCT and other intensive treatment modalities in elderly AML patients. Key words: acute myeloid leukemia, elderly, autologous stem cell transplantation.
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- Xavier Thomas
- Department of Hematology, Edouard Herriot Hospital, 69437 Lyon cedex 03, France.
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Cornelissen JJ, van Putten WLJ, Verdonck LF, Theobald M, Jacky E, Daenen SMG, van Marwijk Kooy M, Wijermans P, Schouten H, Huijgens PC, van der Lelie H, Fey M, Ferrant A, Maertens J, Gratwohl A, Lowenberg B. Results of a HOVON/SAKK donor versus no-donor analysis of myeloablative HLA-identical sibling stem cell transplantation in first remission acute myeloid leukemia in young and middle-aged adults: benefits for whom? Blood 2007; 109:3658-66. [PMID: 17213292 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-06-025627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 382] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The Dutch-Belgian Hemato-Oncology Cooperative Group and the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (HOVON-SAKK) collaborative study group evaluated outcome of patients (pts) with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first remission (CR1) entered in 3 consecutive studies according to a donor versus no-donor comparison. Between 1987 and 2004, 2287 pts were entered in these studies of whom 1032 pts (45%) without FAB M3 or t(15;17) were in CR1 after 2 cycles of chemotherapy, received consolidation treatment, and were younger than 55 years of age and therefore eligible for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT). An HLA-identical sibling donor was available for 326 pts (32%), whereas 599 pts (58%) lacked such a donor, and information was not available in 107 pts. Compliance with allo-SCT was 82% (268 of 326). Cumulative incidences of relapse were, respectively, 32% versus 59% for pts with versus those without a donor (P < .001). Despite more treatment-related mortality (TRM) in the donor group (21% versus 4%, P < .001), disease-free survival (DFS) appeared significantly better in the donor group (48% +/- 3% versus 37% +/- 2% in the no-donor group, P < .001). Following risk-group analysis, DFS was significantly better for pts with a donor and an intermediate- (P = .01) or poor-risk profile (P = .003) and also better in pts younger than 40 years of age (P < .001). We evaluated our results and those of the previous MRC, BGMT, and EORTC studies in a meta-analysis, which revealed a significant benefit of 12% in overall survival (OS) by donor availability for all patients with AML in CR1 without a favorable cytogenetic profile.
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- Jan J Cornelissen
- Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Groene Hilledijk 301, 3075 EA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Shore T, Harpel J, Schuster MW, Roboz GJ, Leonard JP, Coleman M, Feldman EJ, Silver RT. A study of a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen followed by allogeneic stem cell transplantation for patients with hematologic malignancies using Campath-1H as part of a graft-versus-host disease strategy. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2006; 12:868-75. [PMID: 16864057 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2006] [Accepted: 05/16/2006] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Nonmyeloablative transplantation (NMT) is intended to be less toxic than traditional allografts, but such regimens as fludarabine/melphalan still pose a significant risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). We used Campath-1H in an attempt to reduce the risk of GVHD in NMT. Patients with hematologic malignancies suitable for allogeneic transplantation underwent transplantation using a regimen of fludarabine 30 mg/m(2) on days -5 to -2 (total, 120 mg/m(2)), total body irradiation of 200 cGy on day -1, and Campath-1H 20 mg/day on days -7 to -3 (total dose, 100 mg). After loss of graft in 5 of the first 6 patients, the protocol was amended by decreasing the Campath-1H dose to 20 mg on days -4 and -3 and 10 mg on day -2 (total dose, 50 mg) for all subsequent patients. GVHD prophylaxis consisted of only cyclosporine, due to the immunosuppressive effect of Campath-1H. Patients received prophylactic acyclovir, fluconazole, and a quinolone. Other requirements included creatinine clearance > or = 25 mL/min, diffusing capacity > or = 45% of predicted, and cardiac ejection fraction > or = 40%. Twenty-five patients with hematologic malignancies entered the study. The median age was 40 years (range, 26-71 years). Median time to engraftment (defined as a neutrophil count of 500 mm(3) and a platelet count of 20,000 mm(3) without platelet support on at least 2 days) was 19 days (range, 9-32 days). All patients who were treated after the amendment engrafted with 90%-100% donor cells by day 100 except for 2 early deaths. Acute GVHD developed in 40% of the patients. Patients who underwent related transplants developed GVHD after donor lymphocyte infusions for poor engraftment or relapse whereas those undergoing unrelated transplants developed GVHD de novo. Two patients (8%) developed chronic GVHD, and 48% had cytomegalovirus reactivation, which was easily managed medically. Nonrelapse mortality within the first 12 months was 12%; 32% of the patients survived at a median of 269 days. We conclude that Campath-1H, fludarabine, and melphalan is a reasonable preparative regimen for reduced-intensity transplantation with a low nonrelapse mortality, but that issues of GVHD remain problematic, due to either the use of donor lymphocyte infusions or the use of volunteer unrelated donors.
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- Tsiporah Shore
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Anagnostopoulos A, Hari PN, Pérez WS, Ballen K, Bashey A, Bredeson CN, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Gertz MA, Gibson J, Goldschmidt H, Lazarus HM, McCarthy PL, Reece DE, Vesole DH, Giralt SA. Autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation in patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2006; 12:845-54. [PMID: 16864055 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 04/26/2006] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The role of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) has not been extensively studied. To determine the potential for long-term disease control using SCT in WM, we performed a retrospective review of 36 patients with WM who received autologous (n = 10) or allogeneic (n = 26) SCT and were reported to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research between 1986 and 2002. The following outcomes were described: nonrelapse mortality (NRM), relapse, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Median age at the time of SCT was 51 years (range, 30-76 years), and median time from initial treatment to SCT was 29 months (range, 2-198 months). A total of 78% of the patients had 2 or more previous chemotherapy regimens, and 52% had disease resistant to salvage chemotherapy. In the allogeneic SCT group, 58% of the patients received myeloablative conditioning regimens containing total body irradiation (TBI), and of the allograft recipients, 19% received nonmyeloablative/reduced-intensity conditioning. After a median follow-up of 65 months, 15 of the 36 patients (42%) are alive. Primary disease accounted for 29% of the deaths in the allogeneic SCT group and 25% of the deaths in the autologous SCT group. The relapse rate at 3 years was 29% (95% confidence interval [CI], 14%-48%) in the allogeneic group and 24% (95% CI, 4%-54%) in the autologous group. PFS at 3 years was 31% (95% CI, 14%-50%) in the allogeneic group and 65% (95% CI, 32%-91%) in the autologous group; OS was 46% (95% CI, 27%-65%) in the allogeneic group and 70% (95% CI, 40%-93%) in the autologous group. NRM at 3 years was 40% (95% CI, 23%-59%) in the allogeneic group and 11% (95% CI, 0-36%) in the autologous group. Autologous SCT is a safe and feasible treatment option for patients with WM, especially for those who present with adverse prognostic factors. Allogeneic SCT carries a much higher (40%) risk of NRM and should not be considered outside the context of a clinical trial.
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Alvarez I, Sureda A, Caballero MD, Urbano-Ispizua A, Ribera JM, Canales M, García-Conde J, Sanz G, Arranz R, Bernal MT, de la Serna J, Díez JL, Moraleda JM, Rubió-Félix D, Xicoy B, Martínez C, Mateos MV, Sierra J. Nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation is an effective therapy for refractory or relapsed hodgkin lymphoma: results of a spanish prospective cooperative protocol. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2006; 12:172-83. [PMID: 16443515 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2005] [Accepted: 09/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We report the results of reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-RIC) in patients with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Forty patients with relapsed or refractory HL were homogeneously treated with an RIC protocol (fludarabine 150 mg/m(2) intravenously plus melphalan 140 mg/m(2) intravenously) and cyclosporin A and methotrexate as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. Twenty-one patients (53%) had received >2 lines of chemotherapy, 23 patients (58%) had received radiotherapy, and 29 patients (73%) had experienced treatment failure with a previous autologous stem cell transplantation. Twenty patients (50%) were allografted in resistant relapse, and 38 patients received hematopoietic cells from an HLA-identical sibling. Five patients (12%) died from early transplant-related mortality (before day +100 after allo-RIC). One-year transplant-related mortality was 25%. Acute GVHD developed in 18 patients (45%). Chronic GVHD developed in 17 (45%) of the 31 evaluable patients. The response rate 3 months after the allo-RIC was 67% (21 [52%] complete remissions and 6 [15%] partial remissions). Eleven patients received donor lymphocyte infusions (DLIs) for disease relapse. The response rate after DLI was 54% (3 complete remissions and 3 partial remissions). Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were 48% +/- 10% and 32% +/- 10% at 2 years, respectively. Refractoriness to chemotherapy was the only adverse prognostic factor for both OS (63% +/- 12% versus 35% +/- 13%; P = .05) and PFS (55% +/- 16% versus 10% +/- 9%; P = .006). For patients with failure of a prior autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, results were especially good for those who experienced late relapses (>/=12 months: 2-year OS and PFS were 75% +/- 16% and 70% +/- 18%, respectively). These data suggest that allo-RIC is feasible in heavily pretreated HL patients and has an acceptable early transplant-related mortality. Results are better in patients allografted in sensitive disease. Both responses observed after the development of GVHD and DLI may suggest a graft-versus-HL effect. Allo-RIC has to be considered an effective therapeutic approach for patients who have had treatment failure with a previous autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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- Iván Alvarez
- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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Maris MB, Sandmaier BM, Storer BE, Maloney DG, Shizuru JA, Agura E, Kliem C, Pulsipher M, Maziarz RT, McSweeney PA, Wade J, Langston AA, Chauncey TR, Bruno B, Blume KG, Storb R. Unrelated donor granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral blood mononuclear cell transplantation after nonmyeloablative conditioning: the effect of postgrafting mycophenolate mofetil dosing. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2006; 12:454-65. [PMID: 16545729 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2005] [Accepted: 12/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We previously reported results in 71 patients with advanced hematologic malignancies given HLA-matched unrelated granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral blood mononuclear cell (G-PBMC) grafts after fludarabine 90 mg/m(2), 2 Gy of total body irradiation, and postgrafting mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) 15 mg/kg twice daily and cyclosporine 6.25 mg/kg twice daily orally. Graft rejection was 15%; the cumulative probability of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was 52%. According to MMF pharmacokinetic studies, which showed a short half-life of its active metabolite, mycophenolic acid, we increased MMF dosing from 15 mg/kg twice daily to 15 mg/kg 3 times daily to increase immunosuppression and reduce the incidence of both graft rejection and acute GVHD. Among 103 patients so treated, graft rejection occurred in 5%, whereas acute GVHD remained at 53%. Outcomes were compared with results of previous G-PBMC recipients given MMF twice daily. Infection rates were slightly higher with MMF 3 times daily than with MMF twice daily. Nevertheless, 2-year nonrelapse mortality and overall and progression-free survivals were similar for MMF 3-times-daily and twice-daily patients (19%, 58%, and 49% versus 20%, 48%, and 37%, respectively). Nonmyeloablative conditioning with postgrafting cyclosporine and MMF given 3 times daily allowed 95% durable engraftment of unrelated donor G-PBMC grafts.
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- Michael B Maris
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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We describe the results of a clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility and toxicity of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) for patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Fifteen patients (all patients with secondary progressive MS) were enrolled. The median expanded disability status scale (EDSS) score at baseline was 6.0 (range, 4.5-7.5). Peripheral blood stem cells were obtained by leukapheresis after mobilization with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. In 9 patients, CD34+ cell selection was performed with a CliniMACS cell selection system, and 6 patients accepted infusion of unmodified peripheral blood stem cells. The modified BEAM (carmustine, teniposide, cytarabine, and melphalan) was the sole conditioning regimen used. The adverse effects included infections, mucositis, transient hepatotoxicity, and diarrhea. Three patients had flares of neurologic deterioration during mobilization, 8 patients had the same manifestation during transplantation, and 2 patients had similar flares within 3 months of transplantation. Six patients experienced continuous neurologic improvement after transplantation, 5 patients experienced neurologic progression, and 4 patients had stabilization of their disease. The confirmed progression-free rate was 63.8% at 49 months. The results of lymphocyte purging were no better than for no purging. Auto-HSCT proved to be safe and beneficial for some MS patients. Further studies are needed to establish the merit of this procedure for MS patients.
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- Li Su
- Department of Hematology, XuanWu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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Perz JB, Giles C, Szydlo R, O'Shea D, Sanz J, Chaidos A, Wagner S, Davis J, Loaiza S, Marin D, Apperley J, Olavarria E, Rahemtulla A, Lampert I, Naresh K, Samson D, MacDonald D, Kanfer EJ. LACE-conditioned autologous stem cell transplantation for relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma: treatment outcome and risk factor analysis in 67 patients from a single centre. Bone Marrow Transplant 2006; 39:41-7. [PMID: 17115062 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is a recognized treatment option for patients with relapsed Hodgkin's lymphoma. We have analysed 67 patients who underwent ASCT after LACE (lomustine (CCNU), cytarabine (Ara-C), cyclophosphamide, etoposide) conditioning for relapsed (n=61) or primary refractory (n=6) Hodgkin's lymphoma. The 100-day treatment-related mortality was 3%. With a median follow-up of 67 months (range 3.3-161.0) the probabilities of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) at 5 years were 68 and 64%, respectively. Probabilities for OS and PFS at 5 years for patients with chemosensitive relapse (n=40) were 81 and 78% versus 50 and 35%, respectively, for patients (n=27) with chemoresistant relapse (P=0.012 for OS, P=0.002 for PFS). In multivariate analysis mixed cellularity classical or lymphocyte-depleted classical histology subtype and haemoglobin level of 10 g/dl or less at the time of ASCT were identified as risk factors for worse OS, whereas stage III or IV disease at diagnosis and disease status at ASCT other than complete or partial remission predicted inferior PFS. LACE followed by ASCT is an effective treatment for the majority of patients with chemosensitive relapsed Hodgkin's lymphoma and a proportion of chemorefractory patients also benefit.
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- J B Perz
- Department of Haematology, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK
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Idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF) is a clonal disorder resulting from the proliferation of aberrant hematopoietic stem cells. Conventional treatment is unsatisfactory, and with the exception of supportive blood transfusions, none of the standard therapies have been shown to confer a survival advantage. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation represents the only treatment modality with proven curative potential. Myeloablative conditioning regimens are associated with high transplant-related mortality, particularly in the elderly, making most patients with IMF ineligible for this treatment. Strategies using reduced intensity conditioning regimes have allowed application of allogeneic transplantation to a broader range of patients and a number of recent reports have demonstrated potential efficacy.
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- S G Papageorgiou
- Department of Haematology, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, UK
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