Reduced intensity conditioning for acute myeloid leukemia using melphalan- vs busulfan-based regimens: a CIBMTR report.

Zhou, Zheng; Nath, Rajneesh; Cerny, Jan; Wang, Hai-Lin; Zhang, Mei-Jie; Abdel-Azim, Hisham; Agrawal, Vaibhav; Ahmed, Gulrayz; Al-Homsi, A Samer; Aljurf, Mahmoud; Alkhateeb, Hassan B; Assal, Amer; Bacher, Vera; Bajel, Ashish; Bashir, Qaiser; Battiwalla, Minocher; Bhatt, Vijaya Raj; Byrne, Michael; Cahn, Jean-Yves; Cairo, Mitchell; ... (2020). Reduced intensity conditioning for acute myeloid leukemia using melphalan- vs busulfan-based regimens: a CIBMTR report. Blood advances, 4(13), pp. 3180-3190. American Society of Hematology 10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001266

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There is a lack of large comparative study on the outcomes of reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) transplantation using fludarabine/busulfan (FB) and fludarabine/melphalan (FM) regimens. Adult AML patients from Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research who received first RIC allo-transplant between 2001 and 2015 were studied. Patients were excluded if they received cord blood or identical twin transplant, total body irradiation in conditioning, or graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis with in vitro T-cell depletion. Primary outcome was overall survival (OS), secondary end points were leukemia-free survival (LFS), nonrelapse mortality (NRM), relapse, and GVHD. Multivariate survival model was used with adjustment for patient, leukemia, and transplant-related factors. A total of 622 patients received FM and 791 received FB RIC. Compared with FB, the FM group had fewer transplant in complete remission (CR), fewer matched sibling donors, and less usage of anti-thymocyte globulin or alemtuzumab. More patients in the FM group received marrow grafts and had transplantation before 2005. OS was significantly lower within the first 3 months posttransplant in the FM group (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.82, P < .001), but was marginally superior beyond 3 months (HR = 0.87, P = .05). LFS was better with FM compared with FB (HR = 0.89, P = .05). NRM was significantly increased in the FM group during the first 3 months of posttransplant (HR = 3.85, P < .001). Long-term relapse was lower with FM (HR = 0.65, P < .001). Analysis restricted to patients with CR showed comparable results. In conclusion, compared with FB, the FM RIC showed a marginally superior long-term OS and LFS and a lower relapse rate. A lower OS early posttransplant within 3 months was largely the result of a higher early NRM.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Haematology and Central Haematological Laboratory

UniBE Contributor:

Bacher, Vera Ulrike

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2473-9529

Publisher:

American Society of Hematology

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pierrette Durand Lüthi

Date Deposited:

22 Jul 2020 15:14

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:39

Publisher DOI:

10.1182/bloodadvances.2019001266

PubMed ID:

32663298

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.145308

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/145308

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