Abstract
To determine the long-term outcome of patients undergoing unrelated donor transplantation (URD) after a reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen, we performed a retrospective analysis of the transplant outcomes of the first 5 years of RIC experience as reported to the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). Patients were included if they were older than 18 years and had undergone a URD transplant procured through the NMDP from January 1, 1996 until May 31, 2001, with an RIC regimen for a hematologic malignancy. The number of URDs performed using an RIC increased from 59 during 1996 to 1999, to 149 in the year 2000. RIC recipients were older (53 vs. 33 years) and had a higher likelihood of having advanced disease (81% vs. 51%) when compared to patients undergoing a myeloablative conditioning regimen during the same time period. The 5-year survival rate is 23% (95% confidence interval [CI]; 18, 28), whereas the 5 year incidence of progression/relapse is 43.4% (95% CI; 37,49). Prognostic factors for better overall survival on multivariate analysis were earlier disease stage, longer time to transplant from diagnosis, better HLA match, ≥90% performance score, and use of peripheral blood stem cells. This analysis demonstrates that long-term survival and disease control can be obtained with URD progenitor cell transplantation after RIC conditioning. However, only prospective trials will define the optimal role of this therapy in patients with hematologic malignancies. Therefore, URD transplantation with RIC should continue to be explored in the context of clinical trials.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 844-852 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The CIBMTR is supported by Public Health Service Grant U24-CA76518 from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; Office of Naval Research; Health Services Research Administration (DHHS); and grants from Abbott Laboratories; Aetna; American International Group, Inc.; American Red Cross; Amgen, Inc.; Anonymous donation to the Medical College of Wisconsin; AnorMED, Inc.; Astellas Pharma US, Inc.; Baxter International, Inc.; Berlex Laboratories, Inc.; Biogen IDEC, Inc.; BloodCenter of Wisconsin; Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; BRT Laboratories, Inc.; Cangene Corporation; Celgene Corporation; CellGenix, Inc.; Cell Therapeutics, Inc.; CelMed Biosciences; Cylex Inc.; Cytonome, Inc.; CytoTherm; DOR BioPharma, Inc.; Dynal Biotech, an Invitrogen Company; Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Gambro BCT, Inc.; Gamida Cell, Ltd.; Genzyme Corporation; Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation; GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.; Histogenetics, Inc.; HKS Medical Information Systems; Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.; Merck & Company; The Medical College of Wisconsin; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Miller Pharmacal Group; Milliman USA, Inc.; Miltenyi Biotec, Inc.; MultiPlan, Inc.; National Marrow Donor Program; Nature Publishing Group; Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.; Pall Medical; Pfizer, Inc.; Pharmion Corporation; PDL BioPharma, Inc; Roche Laboratories; Sanofi-aventis; Schering Plough Corporation; StemCyte, Inc.; StemSoft Software, Inc.; SuperGen, Inc.; Sysmex; The Marrow Foundation; THERAKOS, Inc.; University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank; ViaCell, Inc.; ViraCor Laboratories; Wellpoint, Inc.; and Zelos Therapeutics, Inc. The views expressed in this article do not reflect the official policy or position of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or any other agency of the U.S. Government. BS acknowledges grant support from CA18029 and CA78902.
Keywords
- Long-term outcomes
- Reduced-intensity conditioning regimens
- Unrelated donor stem cell transplantation
