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Lin M, Estrada-Merly N, Eapen M, Zamora AE, Pezzin LE, Winn AN, Philip J, Schinke C, Drobyski WR, Anderson LD, D'Souza A. Widening demographic gaps in CAR-T therapy utilization for multiple myeloma in the United States. Bone Marrow Transplant 2023; 58:1400-1402. [PMID: 37673983 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-023-02102-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Mingqian Lin
- Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Medical School, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, MCW, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, MCW, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, MCW, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center, Appleton, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, MCW, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, MCW, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
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Bal S, Estrada-Merly N, Costa LJ, Qazilbash MH, Kumar S, D'Souza A. Outcomes of t(11;14) light chain (AL) amyloidosis after autologous stem cell transplantation: benchmark for new therapies. Blood Cancer J 2023; 13:170. [PMID: 37968258 PMCID: PMC10651880 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-023-00945-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
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- Susan Bal
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
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Abid MB, Estrada-Merly N, Zhang MJ, Chen K, Bredeson C, Allan D, Sabloff M, Marks DI, Litzow M, Hourigan C, Kebriaei P, Saber W. Younger Matched Unrelated Donors Confer Decreased Relapse Risk Compared to Older Sibling Donors in Older Patients with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 2023; 29:611-618. [PMID: 37481243 PMCID: PMC10592336 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
Abstract
Although allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) offers cure for older patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), disease relapse remains a major issue. Whether matched sibling donors (MSDs) are still the preferred donor choice compared to younger matched unrelated donors (MUDs) in the contemporary era of improved transplantation practices remains unknown. This retrospective cohort registry study queried the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) database in patients with B cell ALL (B-ALL) age ≥ 50 years undergoing alloHCT from older MSDs (age ≥ 50 years) or younger MUDs (age ≤ 35 years) between 2011 and 2018. The study included common allograft types, conditioning regimens, and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis strategies. The primary outcome was relapse risk, and secondary outcomes included nonrelapse mortality (NRM), GVHD, leukemia-free survival (LFS), and overall survival (OS). Among 925 eligible patients in the study cohort, 386 underwent alloHCT with an older MSD (median donor age, 58 years) and 539 underwent alloHCT from a younger MUD (median donor age, 25 year). In multivariable analysis, younger MUDs conferred a significantly decreased risk of relapse (hazard ratio [HR], .68; P = .002) compared with older MSDs. The adjusted cumulative incidence of relapse at 5 years was significantly lower with younger MUDs than with older MSDs (26% versus 37%; P = .001). Younger MUDs were associated with a greater risk of chronic GVHD compared to older MSDs (HR, 1.33; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10 to 1.61; P = .003). Compared to older MSDs, younger MUDs conferred an increased NRM (HR, 1.38; P = .02) and higher adjusted cumulative incidence of NRM at 5 years (31% versus 22%; P = .006). There were no differences in post-alloHCT OS or LFS rates between younger MUDs and older MSDs (OS: HR, 1.09; [P = .37]; LFS: HR, .95 [P = .57]). The use of younger MUDs could be considered as a possible way to prevent relapse after alloHCT in older adults with ALL. Combining the use of younger MUDs with improved strategies to reduce GVHD merits further exploration to improve outcomes.
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- Muhammad Bilal Abid
- Divisions of Hematology/Oncology & Infectious Diseases, BMT & Cellular Therapy Program, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Ottawa Hospital TCT Programme and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital TCT Programme and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Bristol Hematology and Oncology Unit, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Division of Hematology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Laboratory of Myeloid Malignancies, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Abid MB, Estrada-Merly N, Zhang MJ, Chen K, Allan D, Bredeson C, Sabloff M, Guru Murthy GS, Badar T, Hashmi S, Aljurf M, Litzow MR, Kebriaei P, Hourigan CS, Saber W. Impact of Donor Age on Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcomes in Older Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Transplant Cell Ther 2023; 29:578.e1-578.e9. [PMID: 37406882 PMCID: PMC10528825 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
Abstract
Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) provides cure for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML); however, disease relapse remains a major concern. Based on recent data suggesting that younger donor age confers the greatest benefit for alloHCT with matched unrelated donors (MUDs), we attempted to answer a practical question: which donor type provides the best outcomes when an older patient with AML has a matched sibling donor (MSD, also older) versus the best MUD? This retrospective cohort registry study accessed data from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) in patients with AML age ≥ 50 years undergoing alloHCT from older MSDs (age ≥ 50 years) or younger MUDs (age ≤ 35 years) between 2011 and 2018. The study included common allograft types, conditioning regimens, and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. The primary outcome was relapse risk. Secondary outcomes included nonrelapse mortality (NRM), GVHD, disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival. Among 4684 eligible patients, 1736 underwent alloHCT with an older MSD (median donor age, 60 years), and 2948 underwent alloHCT from a younger MUD (median donor age, 25 years). In multivariable analysis, compared to older MSDs, the use of younger MUDs conferred a decreased relapse risk (hazard ratio [HR], .86; P = .005) and a significantly lower adjusted 5-year cumulative incidence of relapse (35% versus 41%; P = .003), but was associated with an increased risk for chronic GVHD (HR, 1.18; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.08 to 1.29; P = .0002) and greater NRM only in the earlier period of 2011 to 2015 (HR, 1.24; P = .016). The corresponding NRM rates were significantly lower in the more recent period of 2016 to 2018 (HR, .78; P = .017). The adjusted 5-year DFS probability was 44% (95% CI, 42% to 46%) with an alloHCT from younger MUDs compared to 41% (95% CI, 38% to 43%) with older MSDs (P = .04). In summary, for older patients with AML undergoing alloHCT, the use of younger MUDs is associated with decreased relapse risk and improved DFS compared with the use of older MSDs.
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- Muhammad Bilal Abid
- Divisions of Hematology/Oncology & Infectious Diseases, BMT & Cellular Therapy Program, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Ottawa Hospital TCT Programme and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital TCT Programme and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Department of Medicine, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Oncology Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center & Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Hematology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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- Laboratory of Myeloid Malignancies, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Tamari R, McLornan DP, Ahn KW, Estrada-Merly N, Hernández-Boluda JC, Giralt S, Palmer J, Gale RP, DeFilipp Z, Marks DI, van der Poel M, Verdonck LF, Battiwalla M, Diaz MA, Gupta V, Ali H, Litzow MR, Lazarus HM, Gergis U, Bashey A, Liesveld J, Hashmi S, Pu JJ, Beitinjaneh A, Bredeson C, Rizzieri D, Savani BN, Abid MB, Ganguly S, Agrawal V, Ulrike Bacher V, Wirk B, Jain T, Cutler C, Aljurf M, Kindwall-Keller T, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Hildebrandt GC, Pawarode A, Solh MM, Yared JA, Grunwald MR, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Seo S, Scott BL, Nakamura R, Oran B, Czerw T, Yakoub-Agha I, Saber W. A simple prognostic system in patients with myelofibrosis undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a CIBMTR/EBMT analysis. Blood Adv 2023; 7:3993-4002. [PMID: 37134306 PMCID: PMC10410129 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023009886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
Abstract
To develop a prognostic model for patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) for myelofibrosis (MF), we examined the data of 623 patients undergoing allo-HCT between 2000 and 2016 in the United States (the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research [CIBMTR] cohort). A Cox multivariable model was used to identify factors prognostic of mortality. A weighted score using these factors was assigned to patients who received transplantation in Europe (the European Bone Marrow Transplant [EBMT] cohort; n = 623). Patient age >50 years (hazard ratio [HR], 1.39; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.98-1.96), and HLA-matched unrelated donor (HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 0.98-1.7) were associated with an increased hazard of death and were assigned 1 point. Hemoglobin levels <100 g/L at time of transplantation (HR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.2-2.19) and a mismatched unrelated donor (HR, 1.78; 95% CI, 1.25-2.52) were assigned 2 points. The 3-year overall survival (OS) in patients with a low (1-2 points), intermediate (3-4 points), and high score (5 points) were 69% (95% CI, 61-76), 51% (95% CI, 46-56.4), and 34% (95% CI, 21-49), respectively (P < .001). Increasing score was predictive of increased transplant-related mortality (TRM; P = .0017) but not of relapse (P = .12). The derived score was predictive of OS (P < .001) and TRM (P = .002) but not of relapse (P = .17) in the EBMT cohort as well. The proposed system was prognostic of survival in 2 large cohorts, CIBMTR and EBMT, and can easily be applied by clinicians consulting patients with MF about the transplantation outcomes.
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- Roni Tamari
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Department of Medicine, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Medicine, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona and Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
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- Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Haematology Centre, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Isala Clinic, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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- Outcomes Research, Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesus, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
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- Division of Hematology and Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Hematology and Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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- Division of Hematological Malignancies, Department of Medicine Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Department of Medicine, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Medicine, Banner University Medical Center Tucson, Syracuse, NY
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- Divison of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL
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- Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital Transplant & Cellular Therapy Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Divisions of Hematology/Oncology & Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital and Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Division of Leukemia, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
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- Department of Hematology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA
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- Division of Hematological Malignancies and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center & Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Program, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
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- Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Haematology and BMT, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Medicine, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Bumma N, Dhakal B, Fraser R, Estrada-Merly N, Anderson K, Freytes CO, Hildebrandt GC, Holmberg L, Krem MM, Lee C, Lekakis L, Lazarus HM, Mian H, Murthy HS, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Parrondo R, Patel SS, Solh M, Strouse C, Vesole DH, Kumar S, Qazilbash MH, Shah N, D’Souza A, Sidana S. Impact of bortezomib-based versus lenalidomide maintenance therapy on outcomes of patients with high-risk multiple myeloma. Cancer 2023; 129:2179-2191. [PMID: 37021929 PMCID: PMC10516285 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Lenalidomide maintenance after autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in multiple myeloma (MM) results in superior progression-free survival and overall survival. However, patients with high-risk multiple myeloma (HRMM) do not derive the same survival benefit from lenalidomide maintenance compared with standard-risk patients. The authors sought to determine the outcomes of bortezomib-based maintenance compared with lenalidomide maintenance in patients with HRMM undergoing ASCT. METHODS In total, the authors identified 503 patients with HRMM who were undergoing ASCT within 12 months of diagnosis from January 2013 to December 2018 after receiving triplet novel-agent induction in the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research database. HRMM was defined as deletion 17p, t(14;16), t(4;14), t(14;20), or chromosome 1q gain. RESULTS Three hundred fifty-seven patients (67%) received lenalidomide alone, and 146 (33%) received bortezomib-based maintenance (with bortezomib alone in 58%). Patients in the bortezomib-based maintenance group were more likely to harbor two or more high-risk abnormalities and International Staging System stage III disease (30% vs. 22%; p = .01) compared with the lenalidomide group (24% vs. 15%; p < .01). Patients who were receiving lenalidomide maintenance had superior progression-free survival at 2 years compared with those who were receiving either bortezomib monotherapy or combination therapy (75% vs. 63%; p = .009). Overall survival at 2 years was also superior in the lenalidomide group (93% vs. 84%; p = .001). CONCLUSIONS No superior outcomes were observed in patients with HRMM who received bortezomib monotherapy or (to a lesser extent) in those who received bortezomib in combination as maintenance compared with lenalidomide alone. Until prospective data from randomized clinical trials are available, post-transplant therapy should be tailored to each patient with consideration for treating patients in clinical trials that target novel therapeutic strategies for HRMM, and lenalidomide should remain a cornerstone of treatment.
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- Naresh Bumma
- James Cancer Center, Ohio State Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Program, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Hematology/BMT, Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, USA
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- University Hospital Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Section of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Cell Therapy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Huntsman Cancer Center Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Jonn Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
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- Hematology/Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California, USA
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Murthy GSG, Kim S, Estrada-Merly N, Abid MB, Aljurf M, Assal A, Badar T, Badawy SM, Ballen K, Beitinjaneh A, Cerny J, Chhabra S, DeFilipp Z, Dholaria B, Perez MAD, Farhan S, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Ganguly S, Gupta V, Grunwald MR, Hamad N, Hildebrandt GC, Inamoto Y, Jain T, Jamy O, Juckett M, Kalaycio M, Krem MM, Lazarus HM, Litzow M, Munker R, Murthy HS, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Ortí G, Patel SS, Van der Poel M, Rizzieri DA, Savani BN, Seo S, Solh M, Verdonck LF, Wirk B, Yared JA, Nakamura R, Oran B, Scott B, Saber W. Association between the choice of the conditioning regimen and outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for myelofibrosis. Haematologica 2023; 108:1900-1908. [PMID: 36779595 PMCID: PMC10316233 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) remains the only curative treatment for myelofibrosis. However, the optimal conditioning regimen either with reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) or myeloablative conditioning (MAC) is not well known. Using the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research database, we identified adults aged ≥18 years with myelofibrosis undergoing allo-HCT between 2008-2019 and analyzed the outcomes separately in the RIC and MAC cohorts based on the conditioning regimens used. Among 872 eligible patients, 493 underwent allo-HCT using RIC (fludarabine/ busulfan n=166, fludarabine/melphalan n=327) and 379 using MAC (fludarabine/busulfan n=247, busulfan/cyclophosphamide n=132). In multivariable analysis with RIC, fludarabine/melphalan was associated with inferior overall survival (hazard ratio [HR]=1.80; 95% confidenec interval [CI]: 1.15-2.81; P=0.009), higher early non-relapse mortality (HR=1.81; 95% CI: 1.12-2.91; P=0.01) and higher acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) (grade 2-4 HR=1.45; 95% CI: 1.03-2.03; P=0.03; grade 3-4 HR=2.21; 95%CI: 1.28-3.83; P=0.004) compared to fludarabine/busulfan. In the MAC setting, busulfan/cyclophosphamide was associated with a higher acute GvHD (grade 2-4 HR=2.33; 95% CI: 1.67-3.25; P<0.001; grade 3-4 HR=2.31; 95% CI: 1.52-3.52; P<0.001) and inferior GvHD-free relapse-free survival (GRFS) (HR=1.94; 95% CI: 1.49-2.53; P<0.001) as compared to fludarabine/busulfan. Hence, our study suggests that fludarabine/busulfan is associated with better outcomes in RIC (better overall survival, lower early non-relapse mortality, lower acute GvHD) and MAC (lower acute GvHD and better GRFS) in myelofibrosis.
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- Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- Divisions of Hematology/Oncology, and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center and Research, Riyadh
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy Program
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
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- Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Slyvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
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- Henry Ford Health System Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Detroit, MI
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- Haematology Research Centre, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London
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- Division of Hematological Malignancy and Cellular Therapeutics, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS
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- MPN Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
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- Division of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, National Cancer Center, Tokyo
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- John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- University of Minnesota Blood and Marrow Transplant Program - Adults
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- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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- Division of Hematology and Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Section of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Rush University Medical Center
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy (BMT CI), Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Masstricht University Medical Center, Maastricht
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigo
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Isala, Clinic, Zwolle
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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Ragon BK, Shah MV, D’Souza A, Estrada-Merly N, Gowda L, George G, de Lima M, Hashmi S, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Majhail NS, Banerjee R, Saad A, Hildebrandt GC, Mian H, Abid MB, Battiwalla M, Lekakis LJ, Patel SS, Murthy HS, Nieto Y, Strouse C, Badawy SM, Al Hadidi S, Dholaria B, Aljurf M, Vesole DH, Lee CH, Pawarode A, Gergis U, Miller KC, Holmberg LA, Afrough A, Solh M, Munshi PN, Nishihori T, Anderson LD, Wirk B, Kaur G, Qazilbash MH, Shah N, Kumar SK, Usmani SZ. Impact of second primary malignancy post-autologous transplantation on outcomes of multiple myeloma: a CIBMTR analysis. Blood Adv 2023; 7:2746-2757. [PMID: 36827681 PMCID: PMC10275699 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The overall survival (OS) has improved significantly in multiple myeloma (MM) over the last decade with the use of proteasome inhibitor and immunomodulatory drug-based combinations, followed by high-dose melphalan and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) and subsequent maintenance therapies in eligible newly diagnosed patients. However, clinical trials using auto-HSCT followed by lenalidomide maintenance have shown an increased risk of second primary malignancies (SPM), including second hematological malignancies (SHM). We evaluated the impact of SPM and SHM on progression-free survival (PFS) and OS in patients with MM after auto-HSCT using CIBMTR registry data. Adult patients with MM who underwent first auto-HSCT in the United States with melphalan conditioning regimen from 2011 to 2018 and received maintenance therapy were included (n = 3948). At a median follow-up of 37 months, 175 (4%) patients developed SPM, including 112 (64%) solid, 36 (20%) myeloid, 24 (14%) SHM, not otherwise specified, and 3 (2%) lymphoid malignancies. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that SPM and SHM were associated with an inferior PFS (hazard ratio [HR] 2.62, P < .001 and HR 5.01, P < .001, respectively) and OS (HR 3.85, P < .001 and HR 8.13, P < .001, respectively). In patients who developed SPM and SHM, MM remained the most frequent primary cause of death (42% vs 30% and 53% vs 18%, respectively). We conclude the development of SPM and SHM leads to a poor survival in patients with MM and is an important survivorship challenge. Given the median survival for MM continues to improve, continued vigilance is needed to assess the risks of SPM and SHM with maintenance therapy post-auto-HSCT.
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Department of Medicine, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Division of Medical Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Divisions of Hematology/Oncology & Infectious Diseases, BMT & Cellular Therapy Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL
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- Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone & Marrow Transplantation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
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- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center & Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ
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- Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Adult Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Rogel Cancer Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Myeloma, Waldenstrom's and Amyloidosis Program, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy Program, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
- Department of Oncologic Sciences, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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- Myeloma, Waldenstrom's and Amyloidosis Program, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA
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- Myeloma, Waldenstrom's and Amyloidosis Program, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Haematology Research & Development, AstraZeneca, San Francisco, CA
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Sharma A, Logan B, Estrada-Merly N, Lehmann LE, Rangarajan HG, Preussler JM, Troy JD, Akard LP, Bhatt NS, Truong TH, Wood WA, Strouse C, Juckett M, Khera N, Rizzo D, Saber W. Impact of Public Reporting of Center-Specific Survival Analysis Scores on Patient Volumes at Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Centers. Transplant Cell Ther 2023:S2666-6367(23)01296-4. [PMID: 37220838 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) reports the outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) at United States transplant centers (TC) annually through its Center-Specific Survival Analysis (CSA). The CSA compares the actual 1-year overall survival (OS) and predicted 1-year OS rate after alloHCT at each TC, which is then reported as 0 (OS as expected), -1 (OS worse than expected), or +1 (OS better than expected). OBJECTIVE We evaluated the impact of public reporting of TC performance on their alloHCT patient volumes. STUDY DESIGN Ninety-one TCs that serve adult or combined adult and pediatric populations and had CSA scores reported for 2012-2018 were included. We analyzed prior-calendar year TC volume, prior-calendar year CSA score, whether the CSA score had changed in the prior year from two years earlier, calendar year, TC type (adult only vs. combined adult and pediatric), and years of alloHCT experience for their impact on patient volumes. RESULTS A CSA score of -1, as compared with 0 or +1, was associated with an 8%-9% reduction in the mean TC volume (P < 0.001) in the subsequent year, adjusting for the prior year center volume. Additionally, being a TC neighboring an index TC with a -1 CSA score, was associated with a 3.5% increase in mean TC volume (P = 0.04). CONCLUSION Our data show that public reporting of CSA scores is associated with changes in alloHCT volumes at TCs. Additional investigation into the causes of this shift in patient volume and the impact on outcomes is ongoing.
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- Akshay Sharma
- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
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- Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
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- National Marrow Donor Program®/Be The Match®, CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Indiana Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Franciscan Health, Indianapolis, IN
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- University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Seattle, WA; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplant, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Abid MB, Estrada-Merly N, Zhang MJ, Chen K, Bredeson C, Allan D, Sabloff M, Litzow MR, Kebriaei P, Saber W. Younger Matched Unrelated Donors Confer a Decreased Relapse Risk As Compared to Older Sibling Donors for Adult B-Cell ALL Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-6367(23)00097-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Jain T, Estrada-Merly N, Kim S, Salas MQ, Campos MA, Elmariah H, Kumar R, Bejanyan N, Jones RJ, Nishihori T, Oran DB, Nakamura R, Scott BL, Gupta V, Saber W. Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide-Based Transplantation from Haploidentical Donors Has Similar Outcomes As Unrelated Donor Transplantation in Myelofibrosis: A Center for International BMT Research (CIBMTR) Study. Transplant Cell Ther 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-6367(23)00079-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Feurstein S, Trottier AM, Estrada-Merly N, Pozsgai M, McNeely K, Drazer MW, Ruhle B, Sadera K, Koppayi AL, Scott BL, Oran B, Nishihori T, Agrawal V, Saad A, Lindsley RC, Nakamura R, Kim S, Hu Z, Sobecks R, Spellman S, Saber W, Godley LA. Germ line predisposition variants occur in myelodysplastic syndrome patients of all ages. Blood 2022; 140:2533-2548. [PMID: 35969835 PMCID: PMC9918848 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022015790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The frequency of pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) germ line variants in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) diagnosed at age 40 years or less is 15% to 20%. However, there are no comprehensive studies assessing the frequency of such variants across the age spectrum. We performed augmented whole-exome sequencing of peripheral blood samples from 404 patients with MDS and their related donors before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Single-nucleotide and copy number variants in 233 genes were analyzed and interpreted. Germ line status was established by the presence of a variant in the patient and related donor or for those seen previously only as germ line alleles. We identified P/LP germ line variants in 28 of 404 patients with MDS (7%), present within all age deciles. Patients with P/LP variants were more likely to develop higher-grade MDS than those without (43% vs 25%; P = .04). There was no statistically significant difference in outcome parameters between patients with and without a germ line variant, but the analysis was underpowered. P/LP variants in bone marrow failure syndrome genes were found in 5 patients aged less than 40 years, whereas variants in DDX41 (n = 4), telomere biology disorder genes (n = 2), and general tumor predisposition genes (n = 17) were found in patients aged more than 40 years. If presumed germ line variants were included, the yield of P/LP variants would increase to 11%, and by adding suspicious variants of unknown significance, it would rise further to 12%. The high frequency of P/LP germ line variants in our study supports comprehensive germ line genetic testing for all patients with MDS regardless of their age at diagnosis.
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- Simone Feurstein
- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Section of Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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- Department of Hematology/HCT, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA
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- Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Hematology/HCT, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI
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- Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI
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- Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- CIBMTR Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match, Minneapolis, MN
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Ragon BK, D'Souza A, Estrada-Merly N, Fraser R, George G, Gowda L, Shah N, Qazilbash MH, Kumar S, Horowitz MM, Usmani SZ, Shah MV. Impact of second primary malignancy post-autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on outcomes of multiple myeloma: A CIBMTR analysis. J Clin Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.8057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
8057 Background: Following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (auto HCT), maintenance therapies improve survival, reduce relapse risk in multiple myeloma (MM), and are the de facto standard-of-care. However, clinical trials have shown an increased risk of second primary malignancies (SPM) with maintenance therapy, including second hematological malignancies (SHM). We examined data from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) registry to evaluate the impact of SPM on progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) and the utilization of allogeneic HCT in patients with therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN). Methods: Adult patients (pts) with MM who underwent first auto HCT in the United States with a melphalan conditioning regimen from 2011-2018 and subsequently received maintenance therapy were included (N=3948). The primary endpoint of interest was the impact of SPM and SHM on OS. Multivariate analytic (MVA) modelling was applied, accounting for competing risks while integrating significant covariates to determine the impact of SPM on PFS and OS. Finally, we studied the utilization and survival following allogeneic HCT for SHM. Results: Baseline characteristics were similar between the two groups. Maintenance regimens used were lenalidomide (2836, 72%), bortezomib (370,9 %) or lenalidomide + bortezomib (372, 9%) based combinations. At a median follow up of 37 months, 175 (5%) pts developed SPM, including 112 (64%) solid 36 (21%) myeloid, and 27 (15%) lymphoid cancers. In MVA, the development of SPM and SHM was associated with an inferior PFS (HR 2.62, P<0.001 and HR 5.01, P<0.001, respectively) and OS (HR 3.85, P<0.001 and 8.13, P<0.001, respectively). The two commonest causes of death were MM (42%) and SPM (30%) for those developing SPM. Similarly, MM (53%) and SHM (18%) were the two commonest causes of death for those developing SHM. Nine (14%,5 t-MDS and 4 t-AML) of 63 patients with SHM underwent an allogeneic HCT. Patients undergoing allogeneic HCT were more likely to have Karnofsky score ≥90 (100% vs. 50%, P=0.02) compared to those who did not. One year survival from allo SCT was 66.7% (CI 34.6-92%). Conclusions: The three-year cumulative incidence of SPM was 3.3 (2.6-4)% in this large contemporaneous CIBMTR cohort. Disease relapse remains the primary cause of death in MM patients who develop SPM or SHM. Given the median OS for MM is now > 10 years, longer follow-up is needed to assess the SPM and SHM risks with maintenance therapy post-auto HCT.
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Houston, TX
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Myeloma Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Baccarani M, Bonifazi F, Soverini S, Castagnetti F, Gugliotta G, Saber W, Estrada-Merly N, Rosti G, Gale RP. Questions concerning tyrosine kinase-inhibitor therapy and transplants in chronic phase chronic myeloid leukaemia. Leukemia 2022; 36:1227-1236. [PMID: 35338251 PMCID: PMC9061294 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-022-01522-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In this provocative commentary, we consider several questions posed by the late chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) expert Prof. Michele Baccarani, which he challenged us to address after his death. He noted only a small proportion of people with chronic phase CML receiving tyrosine kinase-inhibitor (TKI)-therapy are likely to achieve sustained therapy-free remission (TFR) and even fewer are likely to be cured. Persons most likely to fail TKItherapy can be identified at diagnosis or soon after starting TKI-therapy. These persons are likely to need lifetime TKI-therapy with attendant risks of adverse events, cost and psychological consequences. Allogeneic transplants achieve much higher rates of leukaemia-free survival compared with TKI-therapy but are associated with transplant-related adverse events including an almost 20 percent risk of transplant-related deaths within 1 year post-transplant and a compromised quality-of-life because of complications such as chronic graft-versus-host disease. Subject-, disease- and transplant-related co-variates associated with transplant outcomes are known with reasonable accuracy. Not everyone likely to fail TKI-therapy is a transplant candidate. However, in those who candidates are physicians and patients need to weigh benefits and risks of TKI-therapy versus a transplant. We suggest transplants should be more often considered in the metric when counseling people with chronic phase CML unlikely to achieve TFR with TKI-therapy. We question whether we are discounting a possible important therapy intervention; we think so.
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- Michele Baccarani
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero -Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Hematology 'Lorenzo e Ariosto Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Hematology 'Lorenzo e Ariosto Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero -Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Hematology 'Lorenzo e Ariosto Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Haematology Research Centre, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Mei M, Pillai R, Kim S, Estrada-Merly N, Afkhami M, Yang L, Meng Z, Abid MB, Aljurf M, Bacher U, Beitinjaneh A, Bredeson C, Cahn JY, Cerny J, Copelan E, Cutler C, DeFilipp Z, Perez MAD, Farhadfar N, Freytes CO, Gadalla SM, Ganguly S, Gale RP, Gergis U, Grunwald MR, Hamilton BK, Hashmi S, Hildebrandt GC, Lazarus HM, Litzow M, Munker R, Murthy HS, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Patel SS, Rizzieri D, Seo S, Shah MV, Solh M, Verdonck LF, Vij R, Sobecks RM, Oran B, Scott BL, Saber W, Nakamura R. The mutational landscape in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and its impact on allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation outcomes: a Center for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Research (CIBMTR) analysis. Haematologica 2022; 108:150-160. [PMID: 35443559 PMCID: PMC9827167 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2021.280203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Somatic mutations are recognized as an important prognostic factor in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). However, limited data are available regarding their impact on outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). In this registry analysis conducted in collaboration with the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplantation Registry database/sample repository, we identified 313 adult patients with CMML (median age: 64 years, range, 28- 77) who underwent allogeneic HCT during 2001-2017 and had an available biospecimen in the form of a peripheral blood sample obtained prior to the start of conditioning. In multivariate analysis, a CMML-specific prognostic scoring system (CPSS) score of intermediate-2 (HR=1.46, P=0.049) or high (HR=3.22, P=0.0004) correlated significantly with overall survival. When the molecularly informed CPSS-Mol prognostic model was applied, a high CPSS-Mol score (HR=2 P=0.0079) correlated significantly with overall survival. The most common somatic mutations were in ASXL1 (62%), TET2 (35%), KRAS/NRAS (33% combined), and SRSF2 (31%). DNMT3A and TP53 mutations were associated with decreased overall survival (HR=1.70 [95% CI: 1.11-2.60], P=0.0147 and HR=2.72 [95% CI: 1.37-5.39], P=0.0042, respectively) while DNMT3A, JAK2, and TP53 mutations were associated with decreased disease-free survival (HR=1.66 [95% CI: 1.11-2.49], P=0.0138, HR=1.79 [95% CI: 1.06-3.03], P=0.0293, and HR=2.94 [95% CI: 1.50-5.79], P=0.0018, respectively). The only mutation associated with increased relapse was TP53 (HR=2.94, P=0.0201). Nonetheless, the impact of TP53 mutations specifically should be interpreted cautiously given their rarity in CMML. We calculated the goodness of fit measured by Harrell's C-index for both the CPSS and CPSS-Mol, which were very similar. In summary, via registry data we have determined the mutational landscape in patients with CMML who underwent allogeneic HCT, and demonstrated an association between CPSS-Mol and transplant outcomes although without major improvement in the risk prediction beyond that provided by the CPSS.
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- Matthew Mei
- Department of Hematology/HCT, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA,*MM, RP, WS and RN contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Pathology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA,*MM, RP, WS and RN contributed equally to this work
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- Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA,CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Pathology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Divisions of Hematology/Oncology & Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center & Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Hematology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Fl, USA
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- The Ottawa Hospital Transplant & Cellular Therapy Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Hematology, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Divsion of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, NIH-NCI Clinical Genetics Branch, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Division of Hematological Malignancy and Cellular Therapeutics, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Haematology Research Centre, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Blood & Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA,Department of Medicine, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, K Y, USA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Section of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy (BMT CI), Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Isala Clinic, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA,*MM, RP, WS and RN contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Hematology/HCT, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA,*MM, RP, WS and RN contributed equally to this work
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Bumma N, Dhakal B, Fraser R, Estrada-Merly N, Kumar S, Shah N, Qazilbash MH, D’Souza A, Sidana S. Impact of Bortezomib-Based Vs. Lenalidomide Maintenance Therapy on Outcomes of Patients with High-Risk Multiple Myeloma. Transplant Cell Ther 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-6367(22)00174-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Guru Murthy GS, Kim S, Hu ZH, Estrada-Merly N, Abid MB, Aljurf M, Bacher U, Badawy SM, Beitinjaneh A, Bredeson C, Cahn JY, Cerny J, Diaz Perez MA, Farhadfar N, Gale RP, Ganguly S, Gergis U, Hildebrandt GC, Grunwald MR, Hashmi S, Hossain NM, Kalaycio M, Kamble RT, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Hamilton BK, Lazarus HM, Liesveld J, Litzow M, Marks DI, Murthy HS, Nathan S, Nazha A, Nishihori T, Patel SS, Pawarode A, Rizzieri D, Savani B, Seo S, Solh M, Ustun C, van der Poel M, Verdonck LF, Vij R, Wirk B, Oran B, Nakamura R, Scott B, Saber W. Relapse and Disease-Free Survival in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Using Older Matched Sibling Donors vs Younger Matched Unrelated Donors. JAMA Oncol 2022; 8:404-411. [PMID: 35024768 PMCID: PMC8759031 DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Matched sibling donors (MSDs) are preferred for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in myelodysplastic syndrome even if they are older. However, whether older MSDs or younger human leukocyte antigen-matched unrelated donors (MUDs) are associated with better outcomes remains unclear. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether allo-HCT for myelodysplastic syndrome using younger MUDs would be associated with improved disease-free survival and less relapse compared with older MSDs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This retrospective cohort study assessed data reported to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research database from 1761 adults 50 years or older with myelodysplastic syndrome who underwent allo-HCT using an older MSD or younger MUD between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2017, with a median follow-up of 48 months. Data analysis was performed from January 8, 2019, to December 30, 2020. INTERVENTIONS/EXPOSURES Allo-HCT from an older MSD (donor age ≥50 years) or a younger MUD (donor age ≤35 years). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was disease-free survival. Secondary outcomes were overall survival, relapse, nonrelapse mortality, acute graft-vs-host disease (GVHD), chronic GVHD, and GVHD-free relapse-free survival. RESULTS Of 1761 patients (1162 [66%] male; median [range] age, 64.9 [50.2-77.6] years in the MSD cohort and 66.5 [50.4-80.9] years in MUD cohort), 646 underwent allo-HCT with an older MSD and 1115 with a younger MUD. In multivariable analysis, the rate of disease-free survival was significantly lower in allo-HCTs with older MSDs compared with younger MUDs (hazard ratio [HR], 1.17; 95% CI, 1.02-1.34; P = .02), whereas the difference in overall survival rate of allo-HCT with younger MUDs vs older MSDs was not statistically significant (HR, 1.13; 95% CI, 0.98-1.29; P = .07). Allo-HCT with older MSDs was associated with significantly higher relapse (HR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.32-1.97; P < .001), lower nonrelapse mortality (HR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.59-0.96; P = .02), lower acute GVHD (HR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.42-0.65; P < .001), chronic GVHD (HR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.64-0.92; P = .005), and a lower rate of GVHD-free relapse-free survival beyond 12 months after allo-HCT (HR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.02-1.98; P = .04). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE This cohort study found higher disease-free survival and lower relapse for allo-HCT in myelodysplastic syndrome using younger MUDs compared with older MSDs. The risk of nonrelapse mortality and GVHD was lower with older MSDs. These results suggest that the use of younger MUDs should be considered in the donor selection algorithm for myelodysplastic syndrome, in which it is pivotal to minimize relapse given limited treatment options for managing relapsed disease.
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- Department of Medicine, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- Department of Medicine, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- Department of Medicine, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center and Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Hematology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Ottawa Hospital Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Hematology, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesus, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
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- Haematology Research Centre, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Division of Hematological Malignancy and Cellular Therapeutics, University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City
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- Division of Hematological Malignancies, Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota,Department of Medicine, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Stem Cell Transplant Program, Department of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Divsion of Hematology and Oncology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Division of Hematology and Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant, University Hospitals Bristol National Health Service Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Section of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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- Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, Northside Hospital, Atlanta
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Cell Therapy, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Isala Clinic, Zwolle, the Netherlands
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cancer Medicine, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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- Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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Sidana S, Kumar S, Fraser R, Estrada-Merly N, Giralt S, Agrawal V, Anderson LD, Aljurf M, Banerjee R, Bashey A, Battiwalla M, Beitinjaneh A, Chakraborty R, Chhabra S, Dhakal B, Dholaria B, Hashmi S, Janakiram M, Lee C, Lekakis L, Murthy HS, Parrondo R, Wangjam T, Usmani S, Shah N, Qazilbash M, D’Souza A. Impact of Induction Therapy with VRD versus VCD on Outcomes in Patients with Multiple Myeloma in Partial Response or Better Undergoing Upfront Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 2022; 28:83.e1-83.e9. [PMID: 34781066 PMCID: PMC8900987 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
Bortezomib-based triplet regimens-specifically bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRD) and bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone (VCD)-are the 2 most common induction regimens used in transplantation-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), with conflicting data on comparative efficacy and outcomes in this population. We compared long-term outcomes of patients with NDMM receiving VRD induction and those receiving VCD induction prior to autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Patients registered with the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Registry were included if they had undergone ASCT for MM within 6 months of diagnosis between January 2013 and December 2018, received VRD or VCD induction, and achieved a pretransplantation partial or better response. Of 1135 patients, 914 received VRD and 221 received VCD. The patients receiving VCD were more likely to have renal impairment and International Staging System (ISS) stage III disease and less likely to receive full-dose melphalan (200 mg/m2) conditioning (69% versus 80%; P < .001). Very good partial response rates pretransplantation, post-transplantation, and at best response were not significantly different in the 2 groups. Maintenance use was more common after VRD induction (88% versus 76%; P < .001), with lenalidomide the most common agent (80% versus 63%). Patients in the VRD group had a higher rate of renal recovery (74% versus 43%; P < .001), possibly due to a rapid reduction of light chains in the VRD group or improvement in renal function with VCD, which allowed a switch over to VRD, as patients who switched were classified in the VRD group. Patients receiving VRD had better survival on univariate analysis, with a median progression-free survival (PFS) from transplantation of 44.6 months versus 34.1 months (P = .004) and median 5-year overall survival (OS) of 79% versus 60% (P < .001). Multivariate analysis showed no significant survival difference, with a hazard ratio for VCD versus VRD induction of 1.22 (95% CI, 0.96 to 1.55; P = .10) for PFS and 1.33 (95% CI, 0.93 to 1.92, P = .12) for OS. Maintenance use was independently associated with superior PFS and OS, along with ISS stage, cytogenetics, and pretransplantation response (PFS only). In patients with MM undergoing upfront ASCT after VRD or VCD induction, no independent survival difference was seen based on the induction therapy received after adjusting for other prognostic factors. The use of maintenance treatment was uniformly associated with superior outcomes. © 2021 American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI,Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center & Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology; University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis Service, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI,Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- BMT and Cellular Therapy, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, MN,Department of Medicine, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Minneapolis, MN
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- Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology & Blood Disorders Levine Cancer Institute/Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology; University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Pasvolsky O, Yeshurun M, Fraser R, Estrada-Merly N, Rozovski U, Shargian L, Assal A, Banerjee R, Bumma N, Gale RP, Hagen P, Holmberg L, Hossain NM, Lazarus HM, Lee C, Mian H, Miller KC, Nathan S, Nagler A, Nishihori T, Parrondo RD, Patel S, Schroeder MA, Usmani SZ, Wang T, Wirk B, Kumar S, Shah N, Qazilbash MH, D’Souza A. Maintenance therapy after second autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for multiple myeloma. A CIBMTR analysis. Bone Marrow Transplant 2022; 57:31-37. [PMID: 34608275 PMCID: PMC8764606 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-021-01455-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
The role of maintenance therapy after high-dose chemotherapy and first autologous transplantation in multiple myeloma (MM) is well established. We explored the effect of maintenance therapy on outcomes after salvage second autologous hematopoietic cell transplant (AHCT2) using the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research registry. Outcomes of interest included non-relapse mortality (NRM), relapse/progression (REL), progression-free and overall survival (PFS, OS). Of 522 patients who underwent AHCT2 between 2010 and 2018, 342 received maintenance therapy and 180 did not. Maintenance regimens included lenalidomide (42%), pomalidomide (13%), and bortezomib (13%). Median follow up was 58 months in the maintenance group and 61.5 months in the no-maintenance group. Univariate analysis showed superior outcomes at 5 years in maintenance compared to the no-maintenance group: NRM 2 (0.7-3.9)% vs 9.9 (5.9-14.9)%, (p < 0.01), REL 70.2 (64.4-75.8)% vs 80.3 (73.6-86.3)% (p < 0.01), PFS 27.8 (22.4-33.5)% vs. 9.8 (5.5-15.2)% (p < 0.01), and OS 54 (47.5-60.5)% vs 30.9 (23.2-39.2)% (p < 0.01), respectively. Use of maintenance therapy retained its association with improved outcomes in multivariate analysis. There was no difference in second cancers in the two groups (p = 0.39). We conclude that maintenance after AHCT2 is associated with improved 5-year outcomes.
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- Oren Pasvolsky
- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikvah, Israel;,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikvah, Israel;,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI;,Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikvah, Israel
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikvah, Israel
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy Program, New York, NY
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Ohio State Medical Center, James Cancer Center, Columbus , OH
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- Haematology Research Centre, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Stem Cell Transplant Program – Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
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- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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- Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Section of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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- Hematology Division and BMT, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel;,Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy (BMT CI), Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonsville, FL
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology & Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute/Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
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- Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Murthy HS, Ahn KW, Estrada-Merly N, Alkhateeb HB, Bal S, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Dholaria B, Foss F, Gowda L, Jagadeesh D, Sauter C, Abid MB, Aljurf M, Awan FT, Bacher U, Badawy SM, Battiwalla M, Bredeson C, Cerny J, Chhabra S, Deol A, Diaz MA, Farhadfar N, Freytes C, Gajewski J, Gandhi MJ, Ganguly S, Grunwald MR, Halter J, Hashmi S, Hildebrandt GC, Inamoto Y, Jimenez-Jimenez AM, Kalaycio M, Kamble R, Krem MM, Lazarus HM, Lazaryan A, Maakaron J, Munshi PN, Munker R, Nazha A, Nishihori T, OIuwole OO, Ortí G, Pan DC, Patel SS, Pawarode A, Rizzieri D, Saba NS, Savani B, Seo S, Ustun C, van der Poel M, Verdonck LF, Wagner JL, Wirk B, Oran B, Nakamura R, Scott B, Saber W. Outcomes of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in T-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia: A Contemporary Analysis from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research. Transplant Cell Ther 2022; 28:187.e1-187.e10. [PMID: 35081472 PMCID: PMC8977261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
T cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) is a rare, aggressive malignancy with limited treatment options and poor long-term survival. Previous studies of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) for T-PLL are limited by small numbers, and descriptions of patient and transplantation characteristics and outcomes after alloHCT are sparse. In this study, we evaluated outcomes of alloHCT in patients with T-PLL and attempted to identify predictors of post-transplantation relapse and survival. We conducted an analysis of data using the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research database on 266 patients with T-PLL who underwent alloHCT between 2008 and 2018. The 4-year rates of overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), relapse, and treatment-related mortality (TRM) were 30.0% (95% confidence interval [CI], 23.8% to 36.5%), 25.7% (95% CI, 20% to 32%), 41.9% (95% CI, 35.5% to 48.4%), and 32.4% (95% CI, 26.4% to 38.6%), respectively. In multivariable analyses, 3 variables were associated with inferior OS: receipt of a myeloablative conditioning (MAC) regimen (hazard ratio [HR], 2.18; P < .0001), age >60 years (HR, 1.61; P = .0053), and suboptimal performance status, defined by Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) <90 (HR, 1.53; P = .0073). Receipt of an MAC regimen also was associated with increased TRM (HR, 3.31; P < .0001), an elevated cumulative incidence of grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (HR, 2.94; P = .0011), and inferior DFS (HR, 1.86; P = .0004). Conditioning intensity was not associated with relapse; however, stable disease/progression was correlated with increased risk of relapse (HR, 2.13; P = .0072). Both in vivo T cell depletion (TCD) as part of conditioning and KPS <90 were associated with worse TRM and inferior DFS. Receipt of total body irradiation had no significant effect on OS, DFS, or TRM. Our data show that reduced-intensity conditioning without in vivo TCD (ie, without antithymocyte globulin or alemtuzumab) before alloHCT was associated with long-term DFS in patients with T-PLL who were age ≤60 years or who had a KPS >90 or chemosensitive disease.
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Tan CR, Estrada-Merly N, Landau H, Lekakis L, Banerjee R, Mian H, Usmani SZ, Hanbali A, Lazarus HM, Kyle RA, Dholaria B, Bal S, Strouse C, Murthy HS, Wirk B, Nishihori T, Kumar S, Shah N, Qazilbash M, D'Souza A. A second autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation is a safe and effective salvage therapy in select relapsed or refractory AL amyloidosis patients. Bone Marrow Transplant 2021; 57:295-298. [PMID: 34802047 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-021-01527-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Carlyn Rose Tan
- Myeloma Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Hematologic Oncology & Blood Disorders Levine Cancer Institute/Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of lowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy (BMT CI), Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
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Pasvolsky O, Fraser R, Estrada-Merly N, Yeshurun M, Rozovski U, Shargian-Alon L, Kumar S, Shah N, Qazilbash MH, D'Souza A. Improved outcomes with maintenance therapy after salvage autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (AHCT) in multiple myeloma: A CIBMTR study. J Clin Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.8022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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8022 Background: Maintenance therapy in multiple myeloma (MM) after first autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (AHCT1) is considered standard of care. Data regarding maintenance therapy after a salvage AHCT (AHCT2) in the setting of relapsed MM are scarce. Therefore, we used data from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) registry to examine the use of maintenance therapy after AHCT2 in MM patients and its effect on post-transplant patient outcomes. Methods: We included US adult MM patients who underwent AHCT2 after melphalan conditioning regimen from 2010-2018, and excluded patients who underwent tandem transplants. Outcomes of interest included non-relapse mortality (NRM), relapse/progression (REL), progression-free and overall survival (PFS, OS). Cox proportional hazards models were developed to study the main effect (maintenance use) with other covariates of interest including age, sex, race, performance status, HCT-comorbidity index, MM subtype, stage, creatinine, cytogenetic, conditioning melphalan dose, disease status at transplant, and time from AHCT1 to AHCT2. Results: Of 522 patients, 342 received maintenance therapy and 180 did not after AHCT2. Baseline characteristics were similar between the two groups. Median follow up was 58 months in the maintenance group and 61.5 months in the no-maintenance group. Common maintenance regimens included immunomodulatory drugs (IMID)-lenalidomide (N = 145, 42%) or pomalidomide (N = 46, 13%) and proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib (N = 45, 13%). Univariate analysis showed superior outcomes at 5 years in maintenance compared to the no-maintenance group: NRM 2 (0.7-3.9)% vs 9.9 (5.9-14.9)%, p < 0.001, REL 70.2 (64.4-75.8)% vs 80.3 (73.6-86.3)%, p 0.003, PFS 27.8% (22.4-33.5) vs. 9.8% (5.5-15.2), p < 0.001, and OS 54% (47.5-60.5) vs 30.9% (23.2-39.2) p < 0.001, respectively. IMID-containing maintenance regimens were associated with an improved 5-year PFS and OS compared to other maintenance regimens. Use of maintenance therapy retained its association with improved outcomes in multivariate analysis, including NRM: hazard ratio (HR) 0.19 (0.08-0.44), p 0.0001, REL: HR 0.58 (0.47-0.72), p < 0.0001, PFS HR 0.52 (0.43-0.64), p < 0.0001, and OS HR 0.46 (0.36-0.60), p < 0.0001. We conducted additional analyses to investigate a possible selection bias in the maintenance group including landmark analysis at 100-days and 6-months post-AHCT2 as well as a subgroup analysis of patients who received melphalan 200mg/m2 as conditioning for AHCT2 (as a surrogate for fitness)- all these analyses also showed improved outcomes in the maintenance group. Second cancers were reported in 17 (5%) patients in the maintenance group and 6 (3%) patients and no-maintenance group (p 0.39). Conclusions: Maintenance therapy after AHCT2 is associated with superior outcomes in MM patients.
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- Oren Pasvolsky
- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah- Tikva, Israel
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research) Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- BMT Unit, Institute of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Institute of hematology, Rabin Medical Center,, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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- BMT Unit, Institute of Hematology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Cornell RF, Fraser R, Costa L, Goodman S, Estrada-Merly N, Lee C, Hildebrandt G, Gergis U, Farhadfar N, Freytes CO, Kamble RT, Krem M, Kyle RA, Lazarus HM, Marks DI, Meehan K, Patel SS, Ramanathan M, Olsson RF, Wagner JL, Kumar S, Qazilbash MH, Shah N, Hari P, D'Souza A. Bortezomib-Based Induction Is Associated with Superior Outcomes in Light Chain Amyloidosis Patients Treated with Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Regardless of Plasma Cell Burden. Transplant Cell Ther 2020; 27:264.e1-264.e7. [PMID: 33781533 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2020.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The benefits of pre-transplant induction chemotherapy in light chain (AL) amyloidosis, a low burden plasma cell (PC) neoplasm associated with multiorgan dysfunction, is debatable, although with the availability of bortezomib, this approach is being increasingly pursued. We analyzed the outcomes of AL amyloidosis patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic cell transplant between 2014 and 2018 that were reported to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research database. Of 440 patients, 294 received bortezomib-based induction, and 146 received no induction. Patients receiving induction had greater PC burden compared to no induction (PC 10% or more, 39% versus 11%; P < .01). At 2 years, the induction group compared to no induction had lower relapse/progression: 13% (9% to 18%) versus 23% (16% to 32%) (P = .02); better progression-free survival (PFS): 82% (77% to 87%) versus 69% (61% to 77%) (P < .01); and similar overall survival (OS): 92% (88% to 95%) versus 89% (84% to 94%) (P = .22), findings that were confirmed on multivariate analysis. A subset analysis limited to patients with <10% PC also showed superior relapse/progression (hazard ratio [HR], .43; 95% confidence interval [CI], .24 to .78; P < .01) and PFS (HR, .43; 95% CI, .26 to .72; P < .01) for induction compared to no induction. Thus, we conclude that pre-transplant bortezomib-based induction was associated with improved relapse/progression and PFS in AL amyloidosis. Longer survival follow-up is warranted, as OS was excellent in both cohorts at 2 years.
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Clinical Research Sormland, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Cornell RF, Hari P, Goodman S, Costa LJ, Fraser R, Estrada-Merly N, Kumar S, Qazilbash MH, D'Souza A. Bortezomib induction prior to autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (AHCT) for newly diagnosed light chain amyloidosis (AL): A study of 426 patients. J Clin Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.8515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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8515 Background: AL is a clonal plasma cell (PC) disorder causing multiorgan dysfunction from amyloid fibril deposition. While bortezomib (B) induction has been used prior to AHCT recently, AHCT without prior induction has been a common practice. The primary objective of this study was to compare outcomes of AL patients who proceeded to AHCT without induction to those receiving pre-AHCT induction with B. Methods: Outcomes of 426 systemic AL AHCT recipients between 2014-2018 reported to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) were reviewed. Patients receiving induction with therapy other than B, AHCT occurring > 9 months after diagnosis, no documented AL end-organ involvement, myeloma-defining events and conditioning other than melphalan (MEL) monotherapy were excluded. Multivariate analysis (MVA) was conducted to identify prognostic factors associated with relapse, PFS and overall survival (OS). Results: 286 patients received B induction therapy vs 140 patients receiving no induction. Age, gender, number and type of organs involved, and AL AHCT center volume were similar between the groups. Patients receiving induction had greater PC burden compared with no induction (PC ≥ 10%, 41% vs 11%, p < 0.01). Induction was B, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone (D) in 83% followed by B, lenalidomide and D (10%) or B+D (7%). Median follow-up was 24.9 months. At 2 years, B induction vs. no induction was associated with 13% (95% CI 10-17%) vs 22% (95% CI 15-30%) relapse risk (p = 0.03); 83% (95% CI 79-87%) vs 74% (95% CI 66-81%) PFS (p = 0.04); 93% (95% CI 90-95%) vs 94% (95% CI 89-97%) OS (p = 0.7). On MVA, the B induction group had improved PFS (HR 0.46, 95% CI 0.3-0.7, p < 0.001) with similar OS (HR 0.6, 95% CI 0.3-1.2, p = 0.1) compared with no induction. Creatinine < 2 mg/dl (HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.3-0.9, p = 0.02) and Karnofsky score ≥90 (HR 0.51, 95% CI 0.33-0.78, p < 0.01) were also associated with improved PFS. MEL dose < 180 mg/m2 was associated with inferior PFS (HR 2.17, 95% CI 1.31-3.61, p < 0.01) and OS (HR 3.6, 95% CI 1.5-8.6, p < 0.01). No deaths were seen in the first 100 days post-AHCT. At last follow-up, 32 deaths occurred, 26 (81%) due to AL. Conclusions: Compared with prior CIBMTR analyses, B induction use has increased in AL AHCT recipients and a higher PC burden was the only clinical determinant. Furthermore, B induction was associated with lower relapse and improved PFS at 2 years with no OS difference despite higher proportion of patients with > 10% PC, which has been associated with poor outcomes.
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research) Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research/Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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Santos-Burgoa C, Sandberg J, Suárez E, Goldman-Hawes A, Zeger S, Garcia-Meza A, Pérez CM, Estrada-Merly N, Colón-Ramos U, Nazario CM, Andrade E, Roess A, Goldman L. Differential and persistent risk of excess mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: a time-series analysis. Lancet Planet Health 2018; 2:e478-e488. [PMID: 30318387 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(18)30209-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on Sept 20, 2017, devastating the island. Controversy surrounded the official death toll, fuelled by estimates of excess mortality from academics and investigative journalists. We analysed all-cause excess mortality following the storm. METHODS We did a time-series analysis in Puerto Rico from September, 2017, to February, 2018. Mortality data were from the Puerto Rico Vital Statistics System. We developed two counterfactual scenarios to establish the population at risk. In the first scenario, the island's population was assumed to track the most recent census estimates. In the second scenario, we accounted for the large-scale population displacement. Expected mortality was projected for each scenario through over-dispersed log-linear regression from July, 2010, to August, 2017, taking into account changing distributions of age, sex, and municipal socioeconomic development, as well as both long-term and seasonal trends in mortality. Excess mortality was calculated as the difference between observed and expected deaths. FINDINGS Between September, 2017, and February, 2018, we estimated that 1191 excess deaths (95% CI 836-1544) occurred under the census scenario. Under the preferred displacement scenario, we estimated that 2975 excess deaths (95% CI 2658-3290) occurred during the same observation period. The ratio of observed to expected mortality was highest for individuals living in municipalities with the lowest socioeconomic development (1·43, 95% CI 1·39-1·46), and for men aged 65 years or older (1·33, 95% CI 1·30-1·37). Excess risk persisted in these groups throughout the observation period. INTERPRETATION Analysis of all-cause mortality with vital registration data allows for unbiased estimation of the impact of disasters associated with natural hazards and is useful for public health surveillance. It does not depend on certified cause of death, the basis for the official death toll in Puerto Rico. Although all sectors of Puerto Rican society were affected, recovery varied by municipal socioeconomic development and age groups. This finding calls for equitable disaster preparedness and response to protect vulnerable populations in disasters. FUNDING Forensic Science Bureau, Department of Public Safety, and Milken Institute School of Public Health of The George Washington University (Washington, DC, USA).
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- Carlos Santos-Burgoa
- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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Santos-Burgoa C, Sandberg J, Suárez E, Goldman-Hawes A, Zeger S, Garcia-Meza A, Pérez CM, Estrada-Merly N, Colón-Ramos U, Nazario CM, Andrade E, Roess A, Goldman L. Differential and persistent risk of excess mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: a time-series analysis. Lancet Planet Health 2018; 2:e478-e488. [PMID: 30318387 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on Sept 20, 2017, devastating the island. Controversy surrounded the official death toll, fuelled by estimates of excess mortality from academics and investigative journalists. We analysed all-cause excess mortality following the storm. METHODS We did a time-series analysis in Puerto Rico from September, 2017, to February, 2018. Mortality data were from the Puerto Rico Vital Statistics System. We developed two counterfactual scenarios to establish the population at risk. In the first scenario, the island's population was assumed to track the most recent census estimates. In the second scenario, we accounted for the large-scale population displacement. Expected mortality was projected for each scenario through over-dispersed log-linear regression from July, 2010, to August, 2017, taking into account changing distributions of age, sex, and municipal socioeconomic development, as well as both long-term and seasonal trends in mortality. Excess mortality was calculated as the difference between observed and expected deaths. FINDINGS Between September, 2017, and February, 2018, we estimated that 1191 excess deaths (95% CI 836-1544) occurred under the census scenario. Under the preferred displacement scenario, we estimated that 2975 excess deaths (95% CI 2658-3290) occurred during the same observation period. The ratio of observed to expected mortality was highest for individuals living in municipalities with the lowest socioeconomic development (1·43, 95% CI 1·39-1·46), and for men aged 65 years or older (1·33, 95% CI 1·30-1·37). Excess risk persisted in these groups throughout the observation period. INTERPRETATION Analysis of all-cause mortality with vital registration data allows for unbiased estimation of the impact of disasters associated with natural hazards and is useful for public health surveillance. It does not depend on certified cause of death, the basis for the official death toll in Puerto Rico. Although all sectors of Puerto Rican society were affected, recovery varied by municipal socioeconomic development and age groups. This finding calls for equitable disaster preparedness and response to protect vulnerable populations in disasters. FUNDING Forensic Science Bureau, Department of Public Safety, and Milken Institute School of Public Health of The George Washington University (Washington, DC, USA).
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- Carlos Santos-Burgoa
- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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