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Outcome of children relapsing after first allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukaemia: a retrospective I-BFM analysis of 333 children
Uden, T., Bertaina, A., Abrahamsson, J., Ansari, M., Balduzzi, A., Bourquin, J. P., Gerhardt, C., Bierings, M., Hasle, H., Lankester, A., et al
British journal of haematology. 2020
Abstract
Outcome of 333 children with acute myeloid leukaemia relapsing after a first allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation was analyzed. Four-year probability of overall survival (4y-pOS) was 14%. 4y-pOS for 122 children receiving a second haematopoietic stem cell transplantation was 31% and 3% for those that did not (P = <0.0001). Achievement of a subsequent remission impacted survival (P = <0.0001). For patients receiving a second transplant survival with or without achieving a subsequent remission was comparable. Graft source (bone marrow vs. peripheral blood stem cells, P = 0.046) and donor choice (matched family vs. matched unrelated donor, P = 0.029) positively impacted survival after relapse. Disease recurrence and non-relapse mortality at four years reached 45% and 22%.
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Outcome of relapse after allogeneic HSCT in children with ALL enrolled in the ALL-SCT 2003/2007 trial
Kuhlen, M., Willasch, A. M., Dalle, J. H., Wachowiak, J., Yaniv, I., Ifversen, M., Sedlacek, P., Guengoer, T., Lang, P., Bader, P., et al
British Journal of Haematology. 2017
Abstract
Relapse remains the major cause of treatment failure in children with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (allo-SCT). Prognosis is considered dismal but data on risk factors and outcome are lacking from prospective studies. We analysed 242 children with recurrence of ALL after first allo-SCT enrolled in the Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (BFM) ALL-SCT-BFM 2003 and ALL-SCT-BFM international 2007 studies. Median time from allo-SCT to relapse was 7.7 months; median follow-up from relapse after allo-SCT until last follow-up was 3.4 years. The 3-year event-free survival (EFS) was 15% and overall survival (OS) was 20%. The main cause of death was disease progression or relapse (86.5%). The majority of children (48%) received salvage therapy without second allo-SCT, 26% of the children underwent a second allo-SCT and 25% received palliative treatment only. In multivariate analyses, age, site of relapse, time to relapse and type of salvage therapy were identified as significant prognostic factors for OS and EFS, whereas factors associated with first SCT were not statistically significant. Combined approaches incorporating novel immunotherapeutic treatment options and second allo-SCT hold promise to improve outcome in children with post allo-SCT relapse.
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More chronic GvHD and non-relapse mortality after peripheral blood stem cell compared with bone marrow in hematopoietic transplantation for paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a retrospective study on behalf of the EBMT Paediatric Diseases Working Party
Simonin, M., Dalissier, A., Labopin, M., Willasch, A., Zecca, M., Mouhab, A., Chybicka, A., Balduzzi, A., Volin, L., Peters, C., et al
Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2017;52(7):1071-1073