title: [Comparison of chemotherapy alone with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in first full remission in children with acute myeloid leukemia in the AML-BFM-83 and AML-BFM-87 studies--matched pair analysis].
abstract: 16 patients of studies AML-BFM-83 and -87 with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in first complete remission (CR) were compared with matched controls with postremission chemotherapy (CT-MC). CT-MC were selected from 250 non-grafted patients with a minimum of remission duration corresponding to the median interval between remission and allogeneic BMT (7.3 and 3.6 months in studies BFM-83 and BFM-87). Matched pair criteria according to prognostic significance were: blast cell reduction day 15 in bone marrow, FAB subtypes, white blood cell count, age, and time to CR. Therapy results in BMT and CT-MC groups were comparable: 2 relapses and 2 treatment-related deaths after BMT vs. 5 relapses. The probability for event-free interval of 9 years was: .73 (SD .12) in the BMT group vs. .67 (SD .12) in the CT-MC group. Early and late toxicity was higher in the BMT group. 3 children of the BMT group had tolerable or severe sequelae (convulsive seizures, hemiparesis). Currently, there is no advantage for allogeneic BMT in first CR according to our results. Only high risk patients should be grafted as soon as possible after achieving CR.
authors.affiliation: Universitätskinderkliniken, Münster.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Creutzig
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bender-Götze
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klingebiel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ebell
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stollmann-Gibbels
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suttorp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gratwohl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heyen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016371:Cranial Irradiation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D012074:Remission Induction; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Vergleich der alleinigen Chemotherapie mit der allogenen Knochenmarktransplantation in erster Vollremission bei Kindern mit akuter myeloischer Leukämie in den Studien AML-BFM-83 und AML-BFM-87--Matched-Pair-Analyse.