title: Long-term follow-up of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for de novo acute myelogenous leukemia with a conditioning regimen of total body irradiation and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-combined high-dose cytarabine.
abstract: We retrospectively evaluated the efficacy and safety of total body irradiation (TBI) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-combined high-dose cytarabine as a conditioning regimen for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with de novo acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The conditioning regimen consisted of 12 Gy of TBI followed by high-dose cytarabine (3 g/m(2)) every 12 hours for 4 days in combination with the continuous administration of G-CSF. Stem cell sources included bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) from human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical siblings (n = 24), or bone marrow from HLA serologically matched unrelated donors (n = 26). Fifty patients (median age, 38 years) were evaluated. At HSCT, 35 patients were in the first or second complete remission (CR1/2), and 15 patients were not in remission (n = 14) or in the third CR (n = 1). Thirty-six of 50 patients are currently alive, with a median follow-up period of 5.6 years (range: 1.1-12.1 years). The 5-year estimated overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) rates were 85.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 73.7%-97.3%) and 82.1% (95% CI, 69.0%-95.2%) in patients with AML in the first or second CR, 46.7% (95% CI, 21.4%-72.0%), and 40.0% (95% CI, 15.3%-64.7%) in patients with AML in other stages. The 2-year cumulative incidence of treatment-related mortality (TRM) of all patients was 10.4% (95% CI, 1.8%-18.6%). The only factors affecting the OS and DFS were disease status at transplant and cytogenetics by multivariate analysis. These results suggest that G-CSF-combined high-dose cytarabine could be a promising component of the conditioning regimen for allogeneic HSCT for AML, providing a high DFS and low TRM.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. tmori@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aisa
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Tomonaru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yajima
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hibi
authors.forename: Yasuo
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authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D000078224:Lenograstim; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012074:Remission Induction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003561:Cytarabine; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D000078224:Lenograstim