In:
Chinese Medical Journal, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 134, No. 10 ( 2021-03-12), p. 1199-1208
Abstract:
For patients with B cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (B-ALL) who underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT), many variables have been demonstrated to be associated with leukemia relapse. In this study, we attempted to establish a risk score system to predict transplant outcomes more precisely in patients with B-ALL after allo-SCT. Methods A total of 477 patients with B-ALL who underwent allo-SCT at Peking University People's Hospital from December 2010 to December 2015 were enrolled in this retrospective study. We aimed to evaluate the factors associated with transplant outcomes after allo-SCT, and establish a risk score to identify patients with different probabilities of relapse. The univariate and multivariate analyses were performed with the Cox proportional hazards model with time-dependent variables. Results All patients achieved neutrophil engraftment, and 95.4% of patients achieved platelet engraftment. The 5-year cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR), overall survival (OS), leukemia-free survival (LFS), and non-relapse mortality were 20.7%, 70.4%, 65.6%, and 13.9%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that patients with positive post-transplantation minimal residual disease (MRD), transplanted beyond the first complete remission (≥CR2), and without chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) had higher CIR ( P 〈 0.001, P = 0.004, and P 〈 0.001, respectively) and worse LFS ( P 〈 0.001, P = 0.017, and P 〈 0.001, respectively), and OS ( P 〈 0.001, P = 0.009, and P 〈 0.001, respectively) than patients without MRD after transplantation, transplanted in CR1, and with cGVHD. A risk score for predicting relapse was formulated with the three above variables. The 5-year relapse rates were 6.3%, 16.6%, 55.9%, and 81.8% for patients with scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 ( P 〈 0.001), respectively, while the 5-year LFS and OS values decreased with increasing risk score. Conclusion This new risk score system might stratify patients with different risks of relapse, which could guide treatment.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0366-6999
,
2542-5641
DOI:
10.1097/CM9.0000000000001402
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2108782-9
SSG:
6,25
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