TY - JOUR
T1 - Single-institution long-term outcomes for patients receiving nonmyeloablative conditioning hematopoeitic cell transplantation for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and follicular lymphoma
AU - Mortensen, Bo K
AU - Petersen, Søren
AU - Kornblit, Brian
AU - Andersen, Per Kragh
AU - Braendstrup, Peter
AU - Andersen, Niels S
AU - Sengeløv, Henrik
AU - Vindeløv, Lars
N1 - © 2012 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Non-myeloablative conditioning hematopoietic cell transplantation (NMC-HCT) has improved the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and follicular lymphoma (FL). In a cohort of 85 patients (45 with CLL and 40 with FL), we observed 5-yr overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of 53% and 38% in the CLL group and 81% and 76% in the FL group. In the both the CLL group and the FL group, a strong trend toward better OS and PFS was observed among patients in complete remission (CR) at HCT. Within the FL group, sixteen patients had at one or more time points in their disease history had transformed FL. In contrast to the poor survival found in patients with transformed FL in previous studies, the 5-yr OS was almost identical in patients with transformed and non-transformed FL, 83% and 78%, respectively. In conclusion, our study supports that NMC-HCT is a safe and efficacious treatment that can provide long-term survival in elderly, heavily pretreated patients with FL and CLL. Especially patients with FL, and also transformed FL, seemed to have a great benefit of NMC-HCT, and CR at the time of HCT was an important prognostic factor.
AB - Non-myeloablative conditioning hematopoietic cell transplantation (NMC-HCT) has improved the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and follicular lymphoma (FL). In a cohort of 85 patients (45 with CLL and 40 with FL), we observed 5-yr overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of 53% and 38% in the CLL group and 81% and 76% in the FL group. In the both the CLL group and the FL group, a strong trend toward better OS and PFS was observed among patients in complete remission (CR) at HCT. Within the FL group, sixteen patients had at one or more time points in their disease history had transformed FL. In contrast to the poor survival found in patients with transformed FL in previous studies, the 5-yr OS was almost identical in patients with transformed and non-transformed FL, 83% and 78%, respectively. In conclusion, our study supports that NMC-HCT is a safe and efficacious treatment that can provide long-term survival in elderly, heavily pretreated patients with FL and CLL. Especially patients with FL, and also transformed FL, seemed to have a great benefit of NMC-HCT, and CR at the time of HCT was an important prognostic factor.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2012.01801.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2012.01801.x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22574687
SN - 0902-4441
VL - 89
SP - 151
EP - 159
JO - European Journal of Haematology
JF - European Journal of Haematology
IS - 2
ER -