Integrating ELN Criteria and a ‘Knowledge Bank’ Approach to Guide Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT) Indication in Younger Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): An Acute Leukemia French Association Study

Background High-resolution sequencing has improved prognostication of AML. A multistage model (MM), based on a knowledge bank (KB) of 1540 patients (pts) treated between 2004 and 2010, has been set up to improve outcome prediction and tailor therapeutic decision, including SCT (Gerstung, Nat Genet 2017). Validation of overall survival (OS) predictions by this KB has been reported (Huet, Blood 2018). Given progresses of SCT over the last decades, whether such a KB approach can be harnessed to personalize SCT decision in first remission (CR1) remains unclear. We addressed this question in younger AML pts treated intensively. Methods From 03/2009 to 09/2013, the multicentric ALFA-0702 study (NCT00932412) enrolled 713 pts with de novo AML aged 18-60 years old, excluding APL and CBF AML. Pts with protocol-defined non-favorable risk AML were eligible for SCT from a matched donor (Thomas, J Clin Oncol 2017). High throughput sequencing of 41 genes and ligation-dependent RT-PCR was done in 656 pts (92%). Risk stratification was assessed according to ELN 2017 (Döhner, Blood 2017). Of the 100 variables used by the MM, 3 clinical (splenomegaly, LDH and Hb levels) and 24 genetic variables (genes mutated in at most 5.3% in the KB) were unavailable. After imputation of missing data based on the KB, individualized 5y-OS predictions were done for each patient in 3 scenarios: no SCT, SCT in CR1 or SCT after first relapse, as previously described (Gerstung, Nat Genet 2017). Results Median age at diagnosis was 46 years. Median follow-up was 4.2 years. Overall, 302, 282 and 72 pts were never transplanted, transplanted in CR1 or after relapse, respectively (resp). ELN 2017 risk was favorable (Fav), intermediate (Int) and adverse (Adv) in 31%, 31% and 38% of the 647 evaluable pts, resp. 5y-OS was 77.7%, 58.3% and 42.2% in Fav, Int and Adv pts, resp (Fav versus [vs] Int P