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Autologous or reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for chemotherapy-sensitive mantle-cell lymphoma: analysis of transplantation timing and modality. J Clin Oncol 2014 Feb 01;32(4):273-81

Date

12/18/2013

Pubmed ID

24344210

Pubmed Central ID

PMC3897255

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2013.49.2454

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84897020212 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   111 Citations

Abstract

PURPOSE: To examine the outcomes of patients with chemotherapy-sensitive mantle-cell lymphoma (MCL) following a first hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HCT), comparing outcomes with autologous (auto) versus reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic (RIC allo) HCT and with transplantation applied at different times in the disease course.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: In all, 519 patients who received transplantations between 1996 and 2007 and were reported to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research were analyzed. The early transplantation cohort was defined as those patients in first partial or complete remission with no more than two lines of chemotherapy. The late transplantation cohort was defined as all the remaining patients.

RESULTS: Auto-HCT and RIC allo-HCT resulted in similar overall survival from transplantation for both the early (at 5 years: 61% auto-HCT v 62% RIC allo-HCT; P = .951) and late cohorts (at 5 years: 44% auto-HCT v 31% RIC allo-HCT; P = .202). In both early and late transplantation cohorts, progression/relapse was lower and nonrelapse mortality was higher in the allo-HCT group. Overall survival and progression-free survival were highest in patients who underwent auto-HCT in first complete response. Multivariate analysis of survival from diagnosis identified a survival benefit favoring early HCT for both auto-HCT and RIC allo-HCT.

CONCLUSION: For patients with chemotherapy-sensitive MCL, the optimal timing for HCT is early in the disease course. Outcomes are particularly favorable for patients undergoing auto-HCT in first complete remission. For those unable to achieve complete remission after two lines of chemotherapy or those with relapsed disease, either auto-HCT or RIC allo-HCT may be effective, although the chance for long-term remission and survival is lower.

Author List

Fenske TS, Zhang MJ, Carreras J, Ayala E, Burns LJ, Cashen A, Costa LJ, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Hamadani M, Holmberg LA, Inwards DJ, Lazarus HM, Maziarz RT, Munker R, Perales MA, Rizzieri DA, Schouten HC, Smith SM, Waller EK, Wirk BM, Laport GG, Maloney DG, Montoto S, Hari PN

Authors

Timothy Fenske MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Mehdi H. Hamadani MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Parameswaran Hari MD Adjunct 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

Adult
Aged
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Disease Progression
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell
Male
Middle Aged
Recurrence
Time Factors
Transplantation Conditioning
Transplantation, Autologous
Transplantation, Homologous
Treatment Outcome