title: Successful salvage of RAEB/AML relapsing early post allograft with FLAG-Ida conditioned mini-allograft: a report of two cases.
abstract: Management options are often limited for patients with AML or high grade myelodysplasia (MDS) relapsing within a year of allogeneic transplantation. We report, in two such patients, the use of re-induction with FLAG-Ida chemotherapy, followed by the infusion of GCSF-mobilized blood stem cells from the same HLA-matched donor. Both patients achieved durable complete remissions with good quality of life and longer disease-free survival than after the first myeloablative allografts. This mini-allograft approach offers a practical, well-tolerated salvage and a potentially curative treatment for relapsed AML/high grade MDS patients failing a first conventional myeloablative allogeneic transplants.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Haematology & Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. chi-hung.hui@imvs.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bardy
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: To
mesh_terms: D000754:Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D000069585:Filgrastim; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D015255:Idarubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012008:Recurrence; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014740:Vidarabine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003561:Cytarabine; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D014740:Vidarabine; D000069585:Filgrastim; D015255:Idarubicin