Favorable outcomes in elderly patients undergoing high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation for non-Hodgkin lymphoma Journal Article


Authors: Dahi, P. B.; Tamari, R.; Devlin, S. M.; Maloy, M.; Bhatt, V.; Scordo, M.; Goldberg, J.; Zelenetz, A. D.; Hamlin, P. A.; Matasar, M. J.; Maragulia, J.; Giralt, S. A.; Perales, M. A.; Moskowitz, C. H.; Sauter, C. S.
Article Title: Favorable outcomes in elderly patients undergoing high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Abstract: High-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDT-ASCT) can offer potential long-term remission or cure in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Limited experience is available on the safety and efficacy of HDT-ASCT in elderly patients. This is a single-center, retrospective study examining outcomes of HDT-ASCT for 202 NHL patients, ages 60 years and older, between January 2001 and December 2012. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were analyzed according to age at HDT-ASCT, hematopoietic cell transplantation comorbidity index (HCT-CI), NHL histology, and remission status at the time of HDT-ASCT. The median age was 65 years (range, 60 to 74) and the majority had either diffuse large Bcell lymphoma (n= 73, 37%) or mantle cell lymphoma (n= 69, 34%). One hundred and fifteen patients (57%) had high HCT-CI scores at the time of HDT-ASCT. With a median follow-up of 3.6 years (range, 4 to 11.9 years) for survivors, PFS and OS at 3 years were 60% (95% confidence interval [CI], 53% to 68%) and 73% (95% CI, 67% to 80%), respectively. Transplantation-related mortality (TRM) was 4% both at 100 days and at 1 year after HDT-ASCT. Age and HCT-CI score were not associated with OS or PFS, and high HCT-CI did not correlate with TRM. Seven patients (4%) developed secondary myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukemia at a median of 35 months (range, 6 to 48) after HDT-ASCT. In this single-center cohort of elderly patients with NHL undergoing HDT-ASCT, this intervention was proven tolerable and effective, with results similar to those of historic controls in younger patients. Our data suggest that age alone should not preclude HDT-ASCT in elderly patients.
Keywords: adult; cancer survival; aged; acute granulocytic leukemia; major clinical study; overall survival; mortality; cisplatin; cytarabine; ibritumomab tiuxetan; rituximab; follow up; carboplatin; progression free survival; mantle cell lymphoma; etoposide; cyclophosphamide; dexamethasone; melphalan; autologous stem cell transplantation; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; retrospective study; carmustine; ifosfamide; thiotepa; cancer survivor; cancer regression; myelodysplastic syndrome; nonhodgkin lymphoma; mitoxantrone; comorbidity; large cell lymphoma; radioimmunotherapy; tositumomab i 131; elderly; non-hodgkin lymphoma; autologous transplantation; human; male; female; article; transplantation related mortality
Journal Title: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume: 20
Issue: 12
ISSN: 1083-8791
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.  
Date Published: 2014-12-01
Start Page: 2004
End Page: 2009
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.08.019
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 25175794
PMCID: PMC5480286
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Notes: Export Date: 2 January 2015 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Craig Moskowitz
    407 Moskowitz
  2. Sergio Andres Giralt
    1051 Giralt
  3. Craig Steven Sauter
    334 Sauter
  4. Andrew D Zelenetz
    767 Zelenetz
  5. Miguel-Angel Perales
    914 Perales
  6. Paul Hamlin
    277 Hamlin
  7. Matthew J Matasar
    289 Matasar
  8. Jocelyn C Migliacci
    104 Migliacci
  9. Molly Anna Maloy
    269 Maloy
  10. Sean McCarthy Devlin
    601 Devlin
  11. Valkal Bhatt
    61 Bhatt
  12. Parastoo Bahrami Dahi
    294 Dahi
  13. Roni Tamari
    209 Tamari