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Long-term outcome in acute myelogenous leukemia autografted with mafosfamide-purged marrow in a single institution: adverse events and incidence of secondary myelodysplasia.

Abstract
We have analyzed the long-term outcome and toxicities in 98 patients with high-risk acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) who were treated with autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) and monitored for a median observation period of 11.67 years. Between 1983 and 1994, 98 patients in our institution in first or second and higher complete remission (CR) underwent total body irradiation and high-dose cyclophosphamide prior to ABMT purged with mafosfamide. Twenty-seven out of the 90 evaluable patients (30%) were alive and in continuous CR for a median of 11.67 years (range, 6.39-15.53) after ABMT and could be considered as 'cured'. Among the 90 patients, 39 were transplanted at first CR and had a significantly higher survival rate than those transplanted at > or = 2 CR. Younger patients (<40 years) had a better prognosis and patients with FAB M1-4 had a more favorable outcome than those with M5. Long-term complications included four patients with cardiac complications, two with renal insufficiency. Five developed HCV infections, four myelodysplastic syndrome. The incidence of cataract among the long-term survivors was 44.4%. Therefore, a significant number of adult patients with AML in first CR derived long-term benefit from ABMT, despite the risks of a few long-term complications and of MDS (4.4%).
AuthorsA Abdallah, G Egerer, R M Weber-Nordt, M Körbling, R Haas, A D Ho
JournalBone marrow transplantation (Bone Marrow Transplant) Vol. 30 Issue 1 Pg. 15-22 (Jul 2002) ISSN: 0268-3369 [Print] England
PMID12105772 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • mafosfamide
  • Cyclophosphamide
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents (therapeutic use, toxicity)
  • Bone Marrow Purging (methods)
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation (adverse effects, mortality)
  • Cyclophosphamide (analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use, toxicity)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute (complications, mortality, therapy)
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes (etiology)
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary
  • Prognosis
  • Survival Analysis
  • Transplantation, Autologous (adverse effects, mortality)
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Whole-Body Irradiation

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