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Impact of Pretransplantation (18)F-fluorodeoxy Glucose-Positron Emission Tomography Status on Outcomes after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015 Sep;21(9):1605-11

Date

05/20/2015

Pubmed ID

25983043

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4558181

DOI

10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.05.007

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84938993122 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   31 Citations

Abstract

Assessment with (18)F-fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) before hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for lymphoma may be prognostic for outcomes. Patients with chemotherapy-sensitive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) undergoing allogeneic HCT reported to the Center of International Blood and Marrow Transplantation Registry between 2007 and 2012 were included. Pre-HCT PET status (positive versus negative) was determined by the reporting transplantation centers. We analyzed 336 patients; median age was 55 years and 60% were males. Follicular lymphoma (n = 104) was more common than large cell (n = 85), mantle cell (n = 69), and mature natural killer or T cell lymphoma (n = 78); two thirds of the cohort received reduced-intensity conditioning; one half had unrelated donor grafts. Patients underwent PET scanning a median of 1 month (range, .07 to 2.83 months) before HCT; 159 were PET positive and 177 were PET negative. At 3 years, relapse/progression, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) in PET-positive versus PET-negative groups were 40% versus 26%; P = .007; 43% versus 47%; P = .47; and 58% versus 60%; P = .73, respectively. On multivariate analysis, a positive pretransplantation PET was associated with an increased risk of relapse/progression (risk ratio [RR], 1.86; P = .001) but was not associated with increased mortality (RR, 1.29, 95% confidence interval [CI], .96 to 1.7; P = .08), therapy failure (RR, 1.32; 95% CI, .95 to 1.84; P = .10), or nonrelapse mortality (RR, .75; 95% CI, .48 to 1.18; P = .22). PET status conferred no influence on graft-versus-host disease. A positive PET scan before HCT is associated with increased relapse risk but should not be interpreted as a barrier to a successful allograft. PET status does not appear to predict survival after allogeneic HCT for NHL.

Author List

Bachanova V, Burns LJ, Ahn KW, Laport GG, Akpek G, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Nishihori T, Agura E, Armand P, Jaglowski SM, Cairo MS, Cashen AF, Cohen JB, D'Souza A, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Ganguly S, Ghosh N, Holmberg LA, Inwards DJ, Kanate AS, Lazarus HM, Malone AK, Munker R, Mussetti A, Norkin M, Prestidge TD, Rowe JM, Satwani P, Siddiqi T, Stiff PJ, William BM, Wirk B, Maloney DG, Smith SM, Sureda AM, Carreras J, Hamadani M, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Lymphoma Working Committee

Authors

Kwang Woo Ahn PhD Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Anita D'Souza MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Mehdi H. Hamadani MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Samantha M. Jaglowski MD, MPH Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

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

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Allografts
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Humans
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiography
Survival Rate