title: A preparatory regimen of total body irradiation, busulphan and melphalan for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in childhood high-risk leukemia and lymphoma.
abstract: The therapeutic results of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT), following a conditioning regimen of total body irradiation and busulphan and melphalan administration, were evaluated in 20 pediatric patients with high-risk leukemia or lymphoma. Twelve patients received BMT from HLA-matched related (MR) donors while eight received transplants from mismatched related or unrelated (MisR/UR) donors. The post-BMT five-year survival rates were much better for patients in the MR donor group (p = 0.0008). The outcomes of patients in the MisR/UR donor group were significantly worse. This was not due to disease recurrence, but to a high incidence of fatal post-transplant infections (p = 0.004). Nine out of twelve patients who received transplants from MR donors have remained in complete remission for a median of 57 (range 27-78) months. These results suggest that this conditioning regimen has a significant anti-neoplastic benefit useful for the preparation of pediatric patients receiving transplants from MR donors; however, refinement is essential before it can be used in patients receiving transplants from MisR/UR donors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, 5-55, Sotojima-cho, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, 570-8540, Japan.
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naya
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsunamoto
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hojo
authors.forename: Shigeyoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hibi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Shinjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Todo
authors.forename: Shinsaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imashuku
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002066:Busulfan / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000628:therapy*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000628:therapy*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008558:Melphalan / Q000008:administration & dosage; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning / Q000379:methods*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D002066:Busulfan; D008558:Melphalan