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Comparison of outcomes of allogeneic transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia with cyclophosphamide in combination with intravenous busulfan, oral busulfan, or total body irradiation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015 Mar;21(3):552-8

Date

12/22/2014

Pubmed ID

25528388

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4329042

DOI

10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.12.010

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84922826985 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   10 Citations

Abstract

Cyclophosphamide (Cy) in combination with busulfan (Bu) or total body irradiation (TBI) is the most commonly used myeloablative conditioning regimen in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We used data from the Center for International Bone Marrow Transplantation Research to compare outcomes in adults who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation for CML in first chronic phase after myeloablative conditioning with Cy in combination with TBI, oral Bu, or intravenous (i.v.) Bu. Four hundred thirty-eight adults received human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched sibling grafts and 235 received well-matched grafts from unrelated donors (URD) from 2000 through 2006. Important differences existed between the groups in distribution of donor relation, exposure to tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and year of transplantation. In multivariate analysis, relapse occurred less frequently among patients receiving i.v. Bu compared with TBI (relative risk [RR], .36; P = .022) or oral Bu (RR, .39; P = .028), but nonrelapse mortality and survival were similar. A significant interaction was detected between donor relation and the main effect in leukemia-free survival (LFS). Among recipients of HLA-identical sibling grafts, but not URD grafts, LFS was better in patients receiving i.v. Bu (RR, .53; P = .025) or oral Bu (RR, .64; P = .017) compared with TBI. In CML in first chronic phase, Cy in combination with i.v. Bu was associated with less relapse than TBI or oral Bu. LFS was better after i.v. or oral Bu compared with TBI.

Author List

Copelan EA, Avalos BR, Ahn KW, Zhu X, Gale RP, Grunwald MR, Hamadani M, Hamilton BK, Hale GA, Marks DI, Waller EK, Savani BN, Costa LJ, Ramanathan M, Cahn JY, Khoury HJ, Weisdorf DJ, Inamoto Y, Kamble RT, Schouten HC, Wirk B, Litzow MR, Aljurf MD, van Besien KW, Ustun C, Bolwell BJ, Bredeson CN, Fasan O, Ghosh N, Horowitz MM, Arora M, Szer J, Loren AW, Alyea EP, Cortes J, Maziarz RT, Kalaycio ME, Saber W

Authors

Kwang Woo Ahn PhD Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Mehdi H. Hamadani MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Mary M. Horowitz MD, MS Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Wael Saber MD, MS Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

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

Administration, Intravenous
Administration, Oral
Adolescent
Adult
Allografts
Busulfan
Cyclophosphamide
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Humans
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Male
Middle Aged
Myeloablative Agonists
Siblings
Survival Rate
Transplantation Conditioning
Whole-Body Irradiation