High-dose CEB vs BEAM with autologous stem cell transplant in lymphoma.

Abstract

Between January 1996 and July 2002, 72 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease underwent high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplant conditioned with either cyclophosphamide, etoposide, carmustine (CEB) or carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan (BEAM) at a single institution. In all, 52 patients received CEB and 20 patients received the BEAM regimen. Patient characteristics that were significantly different between the two groups are tumor grade and extranodal involvement (P = 0.0196, 0.0341, respectively). Regimen-related toxicities examined yielded only diarrhea occurring at a higher rate in the BEAM group (81 vs 51%, P = 0.0026), although cases were milder (92 vs 57%). Patients treated with CEB developed mucositis at a slightly higher rate (79%) than patients treated with BEAM (75%), but this difference did not reach statistical significance. However, the mucositis that occurred within the BEAM group was predominately mild (67%) in contrast to the predominance of moderate to severe cases in the CEB group (74%). In addition, patients treated with CEB required growth factor support for a longer time than patients treated with BEAM (P = 0.0399). Response rates were high in both groups, with trends favoring the BEAM group. Overall survival was higher after treatment with BEAM than with CEB (84 vs 60%).

• Authors: E H Wang, Y A Chen, S Corringham, A Bashey, P Holman, E D Ball, E Carrier
• Journal: Bone marrow transplantation (Bone Marrow Transplant) Vol. 34 Issue 7 Pg. 581-7 (Oct 2004) ISSN: 0268-3369 [Print] England
• PMID: 15273714 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
• Cytarabine
• Etoposide
• Cyclophosphamide
• Podophyllotoxin
• Melphalan
• Carmustine

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Carmustine (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Cyclophosphamide (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Cytarabine (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Etoposide (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Female
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Humans
• Length of Stay
• Lymphoma (drug therapy, mortality)
• Male
• Melphalan (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Middle Aged
• Podophyllotoxin (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Prognosis
• Retrospective Studies
• Transplantation Conditioning
• Transplantation, Autologous
• Treatment Outcome