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A Comparison of HLA-Identical Sibling Allogeneic versus Autologous Transplantation for Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma: A Report from the CIBMTR

  • Hillard M. Lazarus
  • , Mei Jie Zhang
  • , Jeanette Carreras
  • , Brandon M. Hayes-Lattin
  • , Asli Selmin Ataergin
  • , Jacob D. Bitran
  • , Brian J. Bolwell
  • , César O. Freytes
  • , Robert Peter Gale
  • , Steven C. Goldstein
  • , Gregory A. Hale
  • , David J. Inwards
  • , Thomas R. Klumpp
  • , David I. Marks
  • , Richard T. Maziarz
  • , Philip L. McCarthy
  • , Santiago Pavlovsky
  • , J. Douglas Rizzo
  • , Thomas C. Shea
  • , Harry C. Schouten
  • Shimon Slavin, Jane N. Winter, Koen van Besien, Julie M. Vose, Parameswaran N. Hari

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Abstract

We compared outcomes of 916 diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients aged ≥18 years undergoing first autologous (n = 837) or myeloablative (MA) allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) (n = 79) between 1995 and 2003 reported to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR). Median follow-up was 81 months for allogeneic HCT versus 60 months for autologous HCT. Allogeneic HCT recipients were more likely to have high-risk disease features including higher stage, more prior chemotherapy regimens, and resistant disease. Allogeneic HCT was associated with a higher 1 year treatment-related mortality (TRM) (relative risk [RR] 4.88, 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.21-7.40, P < .001), treatment failure (RR 2.06, 95% CI, 1.54-2.75, P < .001), and mortality (RR 2.75, 95% CI, 2.03-3.72, P < .001). Risk of disease progression was similar in the 2 groups (RR 1.12, 95% CI, 0.73-1.72, P = .59). In fact, for 1-year survivors, no significant differences were observed for TRM, progression, progression-free (PFS) or overall survival (OS). Increased risks of TRM and mortality were associated with older age (>50 years), lower performance score, chemoresistance, and earlier year of transplant. In a cohort of mainly high-risk DLBCL patients, upfront MA allogeneic HCT, although associated with increased early mortality, was associated with a similar risk of disease progression compared to lower risk patients receiving autologous HCT.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)35-45
Number of pages11
JournalBiology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2010

Funding

Financial disclosure: CIBMTR is supported by Public Health Service Grant/Cooperative Agreement U24-CA76518 from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ; a Grant/Cooperative Agreement 5U01HL069294 from NHLBI and NCI ; a contract HHSH234200637015C with Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA/DHHS); 2 Grants N00014-06-1-0704 and N00014-08-1-0058 from the Office of Naval Research ; and grants from AABB; Aetna; American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation; Amgen, Inc.; anonymous donation to the Medical College of Wisconsin; Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada; Astellas Pharma US, Inc.; Baxter International, Inc.; Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; BloodCenter of Wisconsin; Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association; Bone Marrow Foundation; Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group; Celgene Corporation; CellGenix, GmbH; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ClinImmune Labs; CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services; Cubist Pharmaceuticals; Cylex Inc.; CytoTherm; DOR BioPharma, Inc.; Dynal Biotech, an Invitrogen Company; Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation; Gambro BCT, Inc.; Gamida Cell, Ltd.; Genzyme Corporation; Histogenetics, Inc.; HKS Medical Information Systems; Hospira, Inc.; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Kiadis Pharma; Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.; Merck & Company; The Medical College of Wisconsin; MGI Pharma, Inc.; Michigan Community Blood Centers; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Miller Pharmacal Group; Milliman USA, Inc.; Miltenyi Biotec, Inc.; National Marrow Donor Program; Nature Publishing Group; New York Blood Center; Novartis Oncology; Oncology Nursing Society; Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.; Pall Life Sciences; PDL BioPharma, Inc; Pfizer Inc; Pharmion Corporation; Saladax Biomedical, Inc.; Schering Plough Corporation; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; StemCyte, Inc.; StemSoft Software, Inc.; Sysmex; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries; The Marrow Foundation; THERAKOS, Inc.; Vidacare Corporation; Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; ViraCor Laboratories; ViroPharma, Inc.; and Wellpoint, Inc. The views expressed in this article do not reflect the official policy or position of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or any other agency of the U.S. Government.

FundersFunder number
Bone Marrow Foundation
CIBMTRU24-CA76518
Cubist Pharmaceuticals
Cylex Inc.
European Group for Blood
Invitrogen Company
MGI Pharma, Inc.
Michigan Community Blood Centers
Nature Publishing Group, USA
Saladax Biomedical, Inc
Schering Plough Corporation
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Office of Naval Research
U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesN00014-06-1-0704, N00014-08-1-0058
National Institute of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute of Health-National Cancer InstituteU24CA076518
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases5U01HL069294, HHSH234200637015C
Health Resources and Services Administration
Amgen
Baxter International
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
AABB
Enzon Pharmaceuticals
American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
Bayer Healthcare
Astellas Pharma

    Keywords

    • Allogeneic transplantation
    • Hodgkin lymphoma
    • Unrelated

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Hematology
    • Transplantation

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