Transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma : A multicenter comparative analysis of peripheral blood stem cell and allogeneic transplant

We performed a multicenter comparative analysis of autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (alloBMT) in multiple myeloma. Forty-eight consecutive patients received either PBSCT (24 patients) or alloBMT (24 patients) at one of three ins...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of clinical oncology 1997-10, Vol.20 (5), p.462-466
Hauptverfasser: VARTERASIAN, M, JANAKIRAMAN, N, ADAMS, P. T, SENSENBRENNER, L, RATANATHARATHORN, V, KARANES, C, ABELLA, E, UBERTI, J, DRAGOVIC, J, RAMAN, S. B. K, AL-KATIB, A, DU, W, SILVER, S. M
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Zusammenfassung:We performed a multicenter comparative analysis of autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (alloBMT) in multiple myeloma. Forty-eight consecutive patients received either PBSCT (24 patients) or alloBMT (24 patients) at one of three institutions in the study group. Preparatory regimens consisted of melphalan and total body irradiation (TBI) or melphalan alone in the PBSCT group. The alloBMT group received one of four regimens: cyclophosphamide and TBI; cyclophosphamide, VP-16 and 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (CVB); busulfan and cyclophosphamide (BU/CY) and total marrow irradiation (TMI); or melphalan and TBI. Procedure-related mortality was 12.5% for the PBSCT group and 25% for the alloBMT group. With a median follow-up for survivors in the PBSCT and alloBMT groups of 11 months (range, 4-46) and 15 months (range, 2-84 months), respectively, there was no significant difference in median overall survival (33.5 versus 38.6 months, p = 0.7637) or event-free survival (16.7 versus 31 months, p = 0.8450). There was, however, a plateau in survival at 40% in the alloBMT group. No plateau in survival was seen in the PBSCT group. Clinical relapses occurred as late as 39 months posttransplant. Patients have survived up to 28 months postrelapse.
ISSN:0277-3732
1537-453X
DOI:10.1097/00000421-199710000-00005