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Pediatric-inspired therapy compared to allografting for Philadelphia chromosome-negative adult ALL in first complete remission. Am J Hematol 2016 Mar;91(3):322-9

Date

12/25/2015

Pubmed ID

26701142

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4764423

DOI

10.1002/ajh.24285

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84959153683 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   63 Citations

Abstract

For adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative (Ph-) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in first complete remission (CR1), allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an established curative strategy. However, pediatric-inspired chemotherapy may also offer durable leukemia-free survival in the absence of HCT. We compared 422 HCT recipients aged 18-50 years with Ph-ALL in CR1 reported to the CIBMTR with an age-matched concurrent cohort of 108 Ph- ALL CR1 patients who received a Dana-Farber Consortium pediatric-inspired non-HCT regimen. At 4 years of follow-up, incidence of relapse after HCT was 24% (95% CI 19-28) versus 23% (95% CI 15-32) for the non-HCT (chemo) cohort (P=0.97). Treatment-related mortality (TRM) was higher in the HCT cohort [HCT 37% (95% CI 31-42) versus chemo 6% (95% CI 3-12), P<0.0001]. DFS in the HCT cohort was 40% (95% CI 35-45) versus 71% (95% CI 60-79) for chemo, P<0.0001. Similarly, OS favored chemo [HCT 45% (95% CI 40-50)] versus chemo 73% [(95% CI 63-81), P<0.0001]. In multivariable analysis, the sole factor predictive of shorter OS was the administration of HCT [hazard ratio 3.12 (1.99-4.90), P<0.0001]. For younger adults with Ph- ALL, pediatric-inspired chemotherapy had lower TRM, no increase in relapse, and superior overall survival compared to HCT. Am. J. Hematol. 91:322-329, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Author List

Seftel MD, Neuberg D, Zhang MJ, Wang HL, Ballen KK, Bergeron J, Couban S, Freytes CO, Hamadani M, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Lazarus HM, Nishihori T, Paulson K, Saber W, Sallan SE, Soiffer R, Tallman MS, Woolfrey AE, DeAngelo DJ, Weisdorf DJ, Acute Leukemia Committee of the CIBMTR and the Dana Farber ALL Consortium

Authors

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 Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Disease-Free Survival
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, Atypical, BCR-ABL Negative
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Remission Induction
Transplantation, Homologous
Young Adult