title: [Sezary syndrome treated by cytapheresis. Short and long-term results].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sezary syndrome is usually resistant to most treatments. The aim of this work was to evaluate short and long-term results of cytapheresis in patients with Sezary syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-two patients with Sezary syndrome were included in the study (13 men, 9 women, man age 58 +/- 35.4 years). The mean duration of Sezary syndrome before cytapheresis was 6.5 +/- 2 months. Extra-cutaneous involvement was observed in 16 of the patients. Each patient underwent 33 +/- 63 cytapheresis sessions (total number = 685). Complete remission in "responders" was defined as the absence of clinical signs and Sezary cells < 1,000/mm3. In "non responders" partial remission was defined as incomplete regression of clinical signs and Sezary cells > 1,000/mm3 and failure as lack of improvement or worsened clinical situation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Complete remission was obtain in 10/22 patients (45.5 p. 100), partial remission in 4/22 (18 p. 100) and failure in 8/22 (36.5 p. 100). There was no significant difference between responders and non-responders for age, duration of the Sezary syndrome before cytapheresis, the number of sessions, extracutaneous involvement, or another associated treatment. In the responders, mean survival was 90 +/- 42 months. Two patients were alive at 5 years and 1 at 10 years. In the non responders, mean survival was 8 +/- 1.4 months and median survival was 11 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no significant evidence suggesting a difference between responders and non-responders. Nevertheless, mean survival was longer in patients who had achieved complete remission. Cytapheresis is thus justified for the treatment of patients with Sezary syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Creteil.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benchikhi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zeitoun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bagot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wechsler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vaillant
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Revuz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016238:Cytapheresis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012751:Sezary Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Syndrome de Sézary traité par cytaphérèses. Résultats à court et à long terme.