Abstract |
Ten adult patients with Ph-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) received autologous transplantation using marrow treated ex vivo with mafosfamide. At transplant, 7 patients were in chronic phase (5 in first, 2 in second) and 3 in accelerated phase. The median time to achieve 500 x 10(6)/l neutrophils was 32 days (range 17-72 days). A platelet count of 20 x 10(9)/l was achieved at a median of 40 days (range 24-151 days). After transplant, cytogenetic analysis revealed 100% Ph-negative marrow metaphases in 6 of 9 analyzable patients with a median duration of Ph-negative hematopoiesis of 6.5 months. After a median follow-up of 16 months (range 3-31 months), five patients evolved into blast crisis, two died of non-hematological causes, one is Ph-negative in chronic phase at +4 and one is in chronic phase, but Ph-positive, at +22. In conclusion, this pilot study demonstrates that: (1) engraftment can occur from Ph-negative stem cells selected by mafosfamide, (2) mafosfamide purging may induce a transient period of Ph-negative hematopoiesis, and (3) modifications of the purging procedure and post-transplant manipulations of the immune-hematopoietic system are required to prolong cytogenetic remission.
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Authors | C Carlo-Stella, L Mangoni, C Almici, C Caramatti, L Cottafavi, G P Dotti, V Rizzoli |
Journal | Bone marrow transplantation
(Bone Marrow Transplant)
Vol. 14
Issue 3
Pg. 425-32
(Sep 1994)
ISSN: 0268-3369 [Print] England |
PMID | 7994267
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- mafosfamide
- Cyclophosphamide
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Topics |
- Adult
- Bone Marrow
(drug effects, pathology)
- Bone Marrow Purging
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Chronic Disease
- Cyclophosphamide
(analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
(pathology)
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
(mortality, pathology, therapy)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pilot Projects
- Survival Rate
- Transplantation, Autologous
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