Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation as therapy for primary induction failure for patients with acute leukemia.
Journal Article
The survival of patients with acute leukemia who do not achieve a remission with primary therapy is very poor. High-dose chemoradiotherapy followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has been shown to be effective therapy for patients with acute and chronic leukemia. Therefore, we determined the long-term disease-free survival of patients who did not achieve a remission and were then treated with high-dose therapy and bone marrow allografting from matched sibling donors. Twenty-one patients (median age, 28 years) who did not achieve a remission with induction chemotherapy were subsequently treated with allogeneic BMT. After BMT, 90% achieved a complete remission. Six died of complications of the therapy, and six patients relapsed between 27 and 448 days after BMT. Nine patients (43%; median age, 25 years) are alive between 556 and 4,174 days after BMT. The cumulative probability of disease-free survival at 10 years is 43%. This study suggests that allogeneic BMT can be an effective therapy to achieve long-term control of acute leukemia, even in those patients who do not achieve a remission with primary therapy.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Forman, SJ; Schmidt, GM; Nademanee, AP; Amylon, MD; Chao, NJ; Fahey, JL; Konrad, PN; Margolin, KA; Niland, JC; O'Donnell, MR
Published Date
- September 1, 1991
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 9 / 9
Start / End Page
- 1570 - 1574
PubMed ID
- 1875218
Pubmed Central ID
- 1875218
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0732-183X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1200/JCO.1991.9.9.1570
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States