Optimizing patient selection for myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase

Outstanding results have been obtained in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with first-line imatinib therapy. However, approximately 35% of patients will not obtain long-term benefit with this approach. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) is a valuable second- and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Blood 2010-05, Vol.115 (20), p.4018-4020
Hauptverfasser: Pavlů, Jiří, Kew, Andrea K., Taylor-Roberts, Beatrice, Auner, Holger W., Marin, David, Olavarria, Eduardo, Kanfer, Edward J., MacDonald, Donald H., Milojkovic, Dragana, Rahemtulla, Amin, Rezvani, Katayoun, Goldman, John M., Apperley, Jane F., Szydlo, Richard M.
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Zusammenfassung:Outstanding results have been obtained in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with first-line imatinib therapy. However, approximately 35% of patients will not obtain long-term benefit with this approach. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) is a valuable second- and third-line therapy for appropriately selected patients. To identify useful prognostic indicators of transplantation outcome in postimatinib therapeutic interventions, we investigated the role of the HCT comorbidity index (HCT-CI) together with levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) before HCT in 271 patients who underwent myeloablative HCT for CML in first chronic phase. Multivariate analysis showed both an HCT-CI score higher than 0 and CRP levels higher than 9 mg/L independently predict inferior survival and increased nonrelapse mortality at 100 days after HCT. CML patients without comorbidities (HCT-CI score 0) with normal CRP levels (0-9 mg/L) may therefore be candidates for early allogeneic HCT after failing imatinib.
ISSN:0006-4971
1528-0020
DOI:10.1182/blood-2010-01-263624