title: Predictive factors for a successful mobilization of peripheral blood CD34+ cells in multiple myeloma.
abstract: We analyzed the prognostic factors for a successful mobilization and peripheral blood stem cell collection in a series of 57 consecutive patients with multiple myeloma (MM); a new scoring system to predict an adequate mobilization in this subset of patients was also constructed. A total of 221 aphereses were performed in 57 patients with MM. The median time from diagnosis to mobilization was 12 months (range 4-120). Only one line of chemotherapy was administered before mobilization to 36 patients and two or more to 21. The median number of alkylating chemotherapy cycles was 6 (2-33). Two patients were mobilized in complete remission, 32 in partial response, and 23 in stable/progressive disease. Significant adverse prognostic factors for collecting 2.5 x 10(6) CD34+cells/kg or more were: a period of at least 12 months from diagnosis, at least six cycles of alkylating agents, and a plasma cell infiltration of 20% or more prior to mobilization. Patients with three risk factors had a probability of only 0.38 (95% CI 0.3-0.9) for adequate mobilization. Ten patients failed to mobilize; a period from diagnosis of 12 months or more and female sex were unfavorable factors. Patients with two risk factors had a probability of 0.50 (95% CI 0.2-0.8) for failing the mobilization procedure. These findings indicate that MM patients must be mobilized early in the course of the disease, with minimal disease burden before severe hematopoietic progenitor cell injury due to cumulative therapy.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Hematology Division and Blood Bank, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perea
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sureda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altés
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cabezudo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amill
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Martín-Henao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peyret
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brunet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sierra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis*; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001781:Blood Component Removal; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008558:Melphalan / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy*; D010976:Platelet Count; D011379:Prognosis; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D018952:Antigens, CD34; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D008558:Melphalan