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Superior survival with pediatric-style chemotherapy compared to myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in older adolescents and young adults with Ph-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first complete remission: analysis from CALGB 10403 and the CIBMTR. Leukemia 2021 Jul;35(7):2076-2085

Date

04/01/2021

Pubmed ID

33785862

Pubmed Central ID

PMC8257494

DOI

10.1038/s41375-021-01213-5

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85103388621 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   25 Citations

Abstract

Optimal post-remission therapy for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with Ph-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in first complete remission (CR1) is not established. We compared overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), relapse, and non-relapse mortality (NRM) for patients receiving post-remission therapy on CALGB 10403 to a cohort undergoing myeloablative (MA) allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) in CR1. In univariate analysis, OS was superior with chemotherapy compared to MA allogeneic HCT (3-year OS 77% vs. 53%, P < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, allogeneic HCT showed inferior OS (HR 2.00, 95% CI 1.5-2.66, P < 0.001), inferior DFS (HR 1.62, 95% CI 1.25-2.12, P < 0.001), and increased NRM (HR 5.41, 95% CI 3.23-9.06, P < 0.001) compared to chemotherapy. A higher 5-year relapse incidence was seen with chemotherapy compared to allogeneic HCT (34% vs. 23%, P = 0.011). Obesity was independently associated with inferior OS (HR 2.17, 95% CI 1.63-2.89, P < 0.001), inferior DFS (HR 1.97, 95% CI 1.51-2.57, P < 0.001), increased relapse (1.84, 95% CI 1.31-2.59, P < 0.001), and increased NRM (HR 2.10, 95% CI 1.37-3.23, P < 0.001). For AYA ALL patients in CR1, post-remission therapy with pediatric-style chemotherapy is superior to MA allogeneic HCT for OS, DFS, and NRM.

Author List

Wieduwilt MJ, Stock W, Advani A, Luger S, Larson RA, Tallman M, Appelbaum F, Zhang MJ, Bo-Subait K, Wang HL, Bhatt VR, Dholaria B, Eapen M, Hamadani M, Jamy O, Prestidge T, Pulsipher M, Ritchie D, Rizzieri D, Sharma A, Barba P, Sandmaier BM, de Lima M, Kebriaei P, Litzow M, Saber W, Weisdorf D

Authors

Mary Eapen MBBS, DCh, MRCPI, MS Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Mehdi H. Hamadani MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Wael Saber MD, MS Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Mei-Jie Zhang PhD Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of Wisconsin

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

Adolescent
Adult
Antineoplastic Agents
Cohort Studies
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Humans
Male
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Recurrence
Remission Induction
Transplantation Conditioning
Transplantation, Homologous
Young Adult