title: Outcome of transplantation for standard-risk leukaemia with grafts depleted of lymphocytes after conditioning with an intensified regimen.
abstract: One hundred and eighty-one consecutive patients with standard-risk leukaemia were transplanted with HLA-identical sibling grafts depleted of lymphocytes using counter-flow centrifugation. In 116 patients, standard conditioning was intensified by the addition of anthracyclines. Multivariate analysis revealed significantly more acute GVHD > or = grade 2 and a trend towards more chronic GVHD in patients conditioned with the addition of anthracyclines. For all patients the risk for chronic GVHD, but not for acute GVHD increased with a higher number of T cells in the graft. The projected 5-year probability of relapse was significantly lower in the group of patients conditioned with anthracyclines; 26% versus 52% (P = 0.015). In multivariate analysis the addition of anthracyclines to the conditioning regimen was the only significant factor contributing to a lower probability of relapse. The projected 5-year probability of leukaemia-free survival [LFS] in the patients conditioned with and without the addition of anthracyclines was 56% and 36%, respectively (P = 0.004). In multivariate analysis the addition of anthracyclines to the conditioning regimen correlated significantly with a lower number of mixed chimaeras in patients at 6 and 12 months after BMT. Mixed chimaerism at 6 months after transplantation did not significantly correlate with a higher incidence of relapse in further follow-up. In contrast, mixed chimaerism at 12 months after BMT was significantly associated with higher relapse rate. We conclude that the addition of anthracyclines to the conditioning regimen improves outcome of BMT using T-cell-depleted grafts.
authors.affiliation: Division of Haematology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schaap
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schattenberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bär
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Preijers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geurts van Kessel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van der Maazen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Boo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Witte
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018943:Anthracyclines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000473:pathology; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008212:Lymphocyte Depletion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D018183:Transplantation Chimera; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D018943:Anthracyclines