Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10908691 | Leukemia Research | 2014 | 26 Pages |
Abstract
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia remains incurable despite availability of potent chemoimmunotherapy regimens. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the only modality that offers the possibility of cure. To identify predictors of progression-free and overall survival, we evaluated outcomes of 43 consecutive patients who received an allograft for advanced CLL. The majority received a reduced intensity conditioning regimen (n = 37). Donors were HLA matched-related (n = 18), matched-unrelated (n = 15), mismatched-unrelated (n = 7), or umbilical cord blood (n = 3). The median progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 31.4 months and 46.4 months respectively. Twenty (46.5%) patients were alive and in complete remission at a median follow-up of 31.4 months. NRM was higher than previously published series for CLL, likely due to a high burden of comorbidity (22 patients with HCT-CI â¥Â 2) and a high proportion receiving HLA mismatched-unrelated donor or umbilical cord blood cells. Presence of del (11q), del(17p), or progressive disease at HCT are independent predictors of worse PFS and OS. New strategies are needed to improve survival outcomes in CLL associated with poor risk cytogenetics.
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Authors
Julio C. Chavez, Mohamed A. Kharfan-Dabaja, Jongphil Kim, Binglin Yue, Samir Dalia, Javier Pinilla-Ibarz, Claudio Anasetti, Frederick L. Locke,