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The Sequence of Cyclophosphamide and Myeloablative Total Body Irradiation in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Patients with Acute Leukemia. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015 Jul;21(7):1251-7

Date

04/04/2015

Pubmed ID

25840335

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4465990

DOI

10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.03.017

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84930576712 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   12 Citations

Abstract

Limited clinical data are available to assess whether the sequencing of cyclophosphamide (Cy) and total body irradiation (TBI) changes outcomes. We evaluated the sequence in 1769 (CyTBI, n = 948; TBICy, n = 821) recipients of related or unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation who received TBI (1200 to 1500 cGY) for acute leukemia from 2003 to 2010. The 2 cohorts were comparable for median age, performance score, type of leukemia, first complete remission, Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia, HLA-matched siblings, stem cell source, antithymocyte globulin use, TBI dose, and type of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. The sequence of TBI did not significantly affect transplantation-related mortality (24% versus 23% at 3 years, P = .67; relative risk, 1.01; P = .91), leukemia relapse (27% versus 29% at 3 years, P = .34; relative risk, .89, P = .18), leukemia-free survival (49% versus 48% at 3 years, P = .27; relative risk, .93; P = .29), chronic GVHD (45% versus 47% at 1 year, P = .39; relative risk, .9; P = .11), or overall survival (53% versus 52% at 3 years, P = .62; relative risk, .96; P = .57) for CyTBI and TBICy, respectively. Corresponding cumulative incidences of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome were 4% and 6% at 100 days (P = .08), respectively. This study demonstrates that the sequence of Cy and TBI does not impact transplantation outcomes and complications in patients with acute leukemia undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation with myeloablative conditioning.

Author List

Holter-Chakrabarty JL, Pierson N, Zhang MJ, Zhu X, Akpek G, Aljurf MD, Artz AS, Baron F, Bredeson CN, Dvorak CC, Epstein RB, Lazarus HM, Olsson RF, Selby GB, Williams KM, Cooke KR, Pasquini MC, McCarthy PL

Authors

Marcelo C. Pasquini 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

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Cyclophosphamide
Female
Graft vs Host Disease
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Leukemia
Male
Middle Aged
Myeloablative Agonists
Prospective Studies
Recurrence
Risk
Siblings
Survival Analysis
Transplantation Conditioning
Transplantation, Homologous
Unrelated Donors
Whole-Body Irradiation