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The early referral for reduced-intensity stem cell transplantation in patients with Ph1 (+) chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic phase in the imatinib era: results of the Latin American Cooperative Oncohematology Group (LACOHG) prospective, multicenter study
Document Type
Article
Source
Bone Marrow Transplantation. Dec2005, Vol. 36 Issue 12, p1043-1047. 5p. 1 Chart, 1 Graph.
Subject
*LEUKEMIA
*CHRONIC diseases
*MYELOID leukemia
*HOMOGRAFTS
*STEM cells
*STEM cell transplantation
*CELL transplantation
*PATIENTS
*BONE marrow transplantation
Language
ISSN
0268-3369
Abstract
Summary:Using a reduced-intensity stem cell transplantation (RIST) schedule, 24 patients with Philadelphia (Ph1) (+) chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in first chronic phase (CP) were prospectively allografted in four Latin American countries: México, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, using HLA-identical siblings as donors. The median age of the patients was 41 years (range 10–71 years); there were eight females. Patients received a median of 4.4 × 106/kg CD34 cells. The median time to achieve above 0.5 × 109/l granulocytes was 12 days, range 0–41 days, and the median time to achieve above 20 × 109/l platelets was also 12 days, range 0–45 days. In all, 22 patients are alive 81–830 (median 497) days after RIST. The 830-day probability of survival is 92%, and the median survival has not been reached, being beyond 830 days. A total of 11 patients (46%) developed acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and seven of 23 (30%) developed chronic GVHD. Two patients died 43 and 210 days after RIST, one as a result of sepsis and the other of chronic GVHD. The 100-day mortality was 4.4%, and transplant-related mortality was 8%. RIST for patients with CML in CP appears to be an adequate therapeutic option.Bone Marrow Transplantation (2005) 36, 1043–1047. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705190; published online 10 October 2005 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]