Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
Transplant Cell Ther. 2024 May;30(5):526.e1-526.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.02.016. Epub 2024 Feb 20.
Patients with hematologic malignancies who relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) have a poor prognosis. Although proceeding to subsequent HCT can provide potential for long-term survival, there are limited data to guide which patients are most likely to benefit and which HCT strategies are best in this heavily pretreated population. The goals of this study were to describe the clinical outcomes of subsequent HCT in pediatric patients with relapsed hematologic malignancies in a cohort enriched for haploidentical donors, and to evaluate the associations of patient-, disease-, and treatment-related factors with survival. We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent a subsequent HCT for management of post-HCT relapse at a single institution between 2000 and 2021. Among 106 patients who underwent a second allogeneic HCT, the 1-year event-free survival (EFS) was 34% and 1-year overall survival (OS) was 46%, with a 5-year EFS of 26% and 5-year OS of 31%. Only disease-related factors were associated with outcome after second HCT-specifically, the interval between HCTs and the presence or absence of active disease at the time of HCT. In this cohort, patient- and treatment-related factors were not associated with differences in EFS or OS. Patients undergoing a third or fourth HCT (n = 13) had comparable survival outcomes to those undergoing a second HCT. Our experience highlights that a subsequent HCT has curative potential for a subset of patients who relapse after HCT, including those who undergo a subsequent HCT from a haploidentical donor. Although relapse and treatment-related toxicities remain major challenges, our study indicates that achieving complete remission prior to subsequent HCTs has the potential to further improve outcomes.
异基因造血细胞移植(HCT)后复发的血液系统恶性肿瘤患者预后较差。虽然进行后续 HCT 可能提供长期生存的机会,但在这个经过大量预处理的人群中,指导哪些患者最有可能受益以及哪种 HCT 策略最佳的数据有限。本研究的目的是描述在单中心接受 HLA 半相合供者的儿童血液系统恶性肿瘤患者中,复发后接受后续 HCT 的临床结果,并评估患者、疾病和治疗相关因素与生存的关系。我们回顾性评估了 2000 年至 2021 年期间在一家机构因 HCT 后复发而接受第二次异基因 HCT 的患者。在 106 例接受第二次同种异体 HCT 的患者中,1 年无事件生存率(EFS)为 34%,1 年总生存率(OS)为 46%,5 年 EFS 为 26%,5 年 OS 为 31%。只有疾病相关因素与第二次 HCT 后的结果相关——具体而言,两次 HCT 之间的时间间隔以及 HCT 时是否存在活动性疾病。在本队列中,患者和治疗相关因素与 EFS 或 OS 无差异。接受第三次或第四次 HCT(n = 13)的患者与接受第二次 HCT 的患者的生存结果相当。我们的经验表明,对于 HCT 后复发的一部分患者,包括从 HLA 半相合供者接受后续 HCT 的患者,后续 HCT 具有治愈潜力。尽管复发和治疗相关毒性仍然是主要挑战,但我们的研究表明,在进行后续 HCT 之前达到完全缓解有可能进一步改善结果。