title: Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia: a retrospective study of busulfan-cytoxan versus total body irradiation-cytoxan as preparative regimen in Koreans.
abstract: From January 1990 to December 1997, 53 Korean patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) receiving bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-identical sibling donors conditioned with either busulfan and cyclophosphamide (BU/CY regimen) or total body irradiation and cyclophosphamide (TBI/CY regimen) were compared retrospectively. Transplantation-related mortality was 19% in BU/CY and 12% in TBI/CY, and early death (<100 d) occurred in 3 patients conditioned with BU/CY. Grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was 9% of BU/CY and 52% of TBI/CY patients. Overall incidence of chronic GVHD was 50% of BU/CY and 52% of TBI/CY patients. In patients with chronic phase, 5-yr overall survival was 73% in the BU/CY group compared with 87% in the TBI/CY group (p=NS), and overall disease-free survival was 75% in the BU/CY group and 59% in the TBI/CY group (p=NS). So far, with a median follow-up of 45 months, 11 patients have relapsed; three relapses occurred after BU/CY and 8 after TBI/CY. The actuarial 5-yr relapse rate was 15% after BU/CY, 34% after TBI/CY (p=0.46). For patients transplanted in chronic phase within 1 yr after diagnosis, there was a clear trend for a lower relapse rate in the BU/CY group (5-yr relapse rate 0%) compared with the TBI/CY group (5-yr relapse rate 30%). The BU/CY group had similar BMT-related toxicity and similar overall survival and showed a clear trend of low relapse compared with the TBI/CY group. Therefore, BU/CY is an acceptable alternative for patients with CML during HLA-identical sibling allogeneic BMT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Byun
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D002066:Busulfan / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015994:Incidence; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002066:Busulfan