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- Title
Comparison of minimal residual disease as outcome predictor for AML patients in first complete remission undergoing myeloablative or nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
- Authors
Walter, R B; Gyurkocza, B; Storer, B E; Godwin, C D; Pagel, J M; Buckley, S A; Sorror, M L; Wood, B L; Storb, R; Appelbaum, F R; Sandmaier, B M
- Abstract
Minimal residual disease (MRD) is associated with adverse outcome in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after myeloablative (MA) hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). We compared this association with that seen after nonmyeloablative (NMA) conditioning in 241 adults receiving NMA (n=86) or MA (n=155) HCT for AML in first remission with pre-HCT bone marrow aspirates assessed by flow cytometry. NMA patients were older and had more comorbidities and secondary leukemias. Three-year relapse estimates were 28% and 57% for MRDneg and MRDpos NMA patients, and 22% and 63% for MA patients. Three-year overall survival (OS) estimates were 48% and 41% for MRDneg and MRDpos NMA patients and 76% and 25% for MA patients. This similar OS after NMA conditioning was largely accounted for by higher non-relapse mortality (NRM) in MRDneg (30%) compared with MRDpos (10%) patients, whereas the reverse was found for MRDneg (7%) and MRDpos (23%) MA patients. A statistically significant difference between MA and NMA patients in the association of MRD with OS (P<0.001) and NRM (P=0.002) but not relapse (P=0.17) was confirmed. After adjustment, the risk of relapse was 4.51 times (P<0.001) higher for MRDpos patients. These data indicate that the negative impact of MRD on relapse risk is similar after NMA and MA conditioning.
- Subjects
HEMATOPOIETIC growth factors; CYTOMETRY; ACUTE myeloid leukemia; BONE marrow; LEUKEMIA
- Publication
Leukemia (08876924), 2015, Vol 29, Issue 1, p137
- ISSN
0887-6924
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/leu.2014.173