title: Short intensive sequential therapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation in adult Burkitt, Burkitt-like and lymphoblastic lymphoma.
abstract: The feasibility and efficacy of up-front high-dose sequential chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in previously untreated adults (median age 33 years; range 15-64) with Burkitt lymphoma (BL), Burkitt-like lymphoma (BLL) or lymphoblastic lymphoma (LyLy), both without central nervous system or extensive bone marrow involvement was investigated in a multicenter phase II study. Treatment consisted of two sequential high-dose chemotherapy induction courses incorporating prednisone, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide and mitoxantrone, without high-dose methotrexate or high-dose cytarabine. Patients with at least PR went on with BEAM and ASCT. Protocol treatment was completed by 23/27 (85%) BL/BLL and 13/15 (87%) LyLy patients. Median treatment duration until BEAM was 70 (range: 50-116) days. No toxic deaths occurred. Response to treatment was complete response (CR) 81% and partial response (PR) 11% for BL/BLL, CR 73% and PR 20% for LyLy. At a median follow-up of 61 months of patients still alive, six BL/BLL and eight LyLy patients have died. The actuarial 5-year overall and event-free survival estimates are 81 and 73% for BL/BLL vs 46 and 40% for LyLy patients. In conclusion, this short up-front high-dose sequential chemotherapy regimen, followed by ASCT is highly effective in adults with BL/BLL with limited bone marrow involvement, but less so in patients with LyLy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, 97 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. g.w.van.imhoff@int.umcg.nl
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: van Imhoff
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van der Holt
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Ossenkoppele
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Wijermans
authors.forename: M H H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: van 't Veer
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Schouten
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Marwijk Kooy
authors.forename: M H J
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: van Oers
authors.forename: J M M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Raemaekers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sonneveld
authors.forename: L A M H
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Meulendijks
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kluin
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kluin-Nelemans
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Verdonck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008942:Mitoxantrone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D008942:Mitoxantrone; D011241:Prednisone