title: Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first complete remission.
abstract: Twenty-seven patients ranging in age from 15 to 36 years participated in a pilot study, and underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in first complete remission (CR) in four French centers. All patients were grafted from human leukocyte antigen/mixed leukocyte culture (HLA/MLC) identical sibling after conditioning regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation (TBI). Sixteen patients are alive in persistent first remission, with a median follow-up of 56 months (range, 41 to 82 months). The 6-year Kaplan-Meier probability of disease-free survival (DFS) is 59%. Only three patients relapsed (5, 7, and 7 months after transplantation). These interesting results have led us to propose, in accord with a French multicentric protocol, allogeneic BMT for adults under 40 years of age during the first CR of ALL.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hématologie, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vernant
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marit
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maraninchi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guyotat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuentz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cordonnier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reiffers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D001379:Azathioprine