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The safety and efficacy of clofarabine in combination with high-dose cytarabine and total body irradiation myeloablative conditioning and allogeneic stem cell transplantation in children, adolescents, and young adults (CAYA) with poor-risk acute leukemia. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019 Feb;54(2):226-235

Date

06/15/2018

Pubmed ID

29899571

DOI

10.1038/s41409-018-0247-9

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85048460040 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   6 Citations

Abstract

Acute leukemias in children with CR3, refractory relapse, or induction failure (IF) have a poor prognosis. Clofarabine has single agent activity in relapsed leukemia and synergy with cytarabine. We sought to determine the safety and overall survival in a Phase I/II trial of conditioning with clofarabine (doses 40 - 52 mg/m²), cytarabine 1000 mg/m², and 1200 cGy TBI followed by alloSCT in children, adolescents, and young adults with poor-risk leukemia. Thirty-seven patients; Age 12 years (1-22 years); ALL/AML: 34:3 (18 IF, 10 CR3, 13 refractory relapse); 15 related, 22 unrelated donors. Probabilities of neutrophil, platelet engraftment, acute GvHD, and chronic GvHD were 94%, 84%, 49%, and 30%, respectively. Probability of day 100 TRM was 8.1%. 2-year EFS (event free survival) and OS (overall survival) were 38.6% (CI₉₅: 23-54%), and 41.3% (CI₉₅: 25-57%). Multivariate analysis demonstrated overt disease at time of transplant (relative risk (RR) 3.65, CI₉₅: 1.35-9.89, P = 0.011) and umbilical cord blood source (RR 2.17, CI₉₅: 1.33-4.15, P = 0.019) to be predictors of worse EFS/OS. This novel myeloablative conditioning regimen followed by alloSCT is safe and well tolerated in CAYA with very poor-risk ALL or AML. Further investigation in CAYA with better risk ALL and AML undergoing alloSCT is warranted.

Author List

Hochberg J, Zahler S, Geyer MB, Chen N, Krajewski J, Harrison L, Militano O, Ozkaynak MF, Cheerva AC, Talano J, Moore TB, Gillio AP, Walters MC, Baxter-Lowe LA, Hamby C, Cairo MS

Author

Julie-An M. Talano MD Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin

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

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Child
Child, Preschool
Cytarabine
Female
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Humans
Infant
Leukemia
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Male
Myeloablative Agonists
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Transplantation Conditioning
Transplantation, Homologous
Treatment Outcome
Whole-Body Irradiation
Young Adult