title: Genomic aberrations deletion 11q and deletion 17p independently predict for worse progression-free and overall survival after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia remains incurable despite availability of potent chemoimmunotherapy regimens. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the only modality that offers the possibility of cure. To identify predictors of progression-free and overall survival, we evaluated outcomes of 43 consecutive patients who received an allograft for advanced CLL. The majority received a reduced intensity conditioning regimen (n=37). Donors were HLA matched-related (n=18), matched-unrelated (n=15), mismatched-unrelated (n=7), or umbilical cord blood (n=3). The median progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 31.4 months and 46.4 months respectively. Twenty (46.5%) patients were alive and in complete remission at a median follow-up of 31.4 months. NRM was higher than previously published series for CLL, likely due to a high burden of comorbidity (22 patients with HCT-CI ≥ 2) and a high proportion receiving HLA mismatched-unrelated donor or umbilical cord blood cells. Presence of del (11q), del(17p), or progressive disease at HCT are independent predictors of worse PFS and OS. New strategies are needed to improve survival outcomes in CLL associated with poor risk cytogenetics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: Julio C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chavez
authors.affiliation: Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA; Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kharfan-Dabaja
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Biomedical Sciences, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: Jongphil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Biomedical Sciences, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: Binglin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA; Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalia
authors.affiliation: Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA; Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinilla-Ibarz
authors.affiliation: Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA; Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anasetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA; Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. Electronic address: frederick.locke@moffitt.org.
authors.forename: Frederick L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Locke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17 / Q000235:genetics; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015894:Genome, Human; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
keywords: 11q deletion; 17p deletion; Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant; CLL; Genomic aberrations; Outcomes