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The effect of pretransplant interferon therapy on the outcome of unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in first chronic phase. Blood 2001 Dec 01;98(12):3205-11

Date

11/24/2001

Pubmed ID

11719355

DOI

10.1182/blood.v98.12.3205

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0035760886 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   24 Citations

Abstract

Various therapeutic options are available for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation, though often curative, is associated with high nonrelapse mortality and long-term morbidity, particularly when cells from unrelated donors are used. Many physicians and patients opt for a trial of interferon-alpha (IFN)-based therapy first, reserving transplantation for patients with inadequate response or intolerance to IFN. Data were analyzed on 740 patients receiving unrelated donor transplants for chronic myelogenous leukemia in first chronic phase provided by the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry and the National Marrow Donor Program to see whether IFN pretreatment compromised transplantation outcome. A total of 489 (66%) had received IFN prior to transplantation; 251 (34%) had not. Disease characteristics in the 2 groups were similar at diagnosis but at the time of transplantation, hematologic parameters and weight were lower in IFN patients and the interval between diagnosis and transplantation was longer. After adjustment for baseline covariates, no effect of IFN exposure was found on overall survival, leukemia-free survival, nonrelapse mortality, engraftment, relapse, or acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease. Evaluation of effects based on duration of therapy and time off IFN prior to transplantation was limited by missing data and confounding with IFN intolerance and disease responsiveness. In conclusion, no evidence was found for an independent adverse effect of IFN pretreatment on the outcome of subsequent unrelated donor transplantation.

Author List

Lee SJ, Klein JP, Anasetti C, Antin JH, Loberiza FR, Bolwell BJ, LeMaistre CF, Litzow MR, Marks D, Waller EK, Matlack M, Giralt S, Horowitz MM

Author

Mary M. Horowitz MD, MS Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Antibodies, Viral
Chronic Disease
Cytomegalovirus
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Graft vs Host Disease
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Humans
Interferons
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Male
Middle Aged
Recurrence
Registries
Survival Rate
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome