Sequential Liver, Kidney, and Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for AL Amyloidosis: A Case Report

Author(s):  
Murat Sevmis ◽  
Sema Aktas ◽  
Utku Alkara ◽  
Hakan Kilercik ◽  
Hasan Sami Göksoy ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (17) ◽  
pp. 4175-4179
Author(s):  
Marco Basset ◽  
Paolo Milani ◽  
Mario Nuvolone ◽  
Francesca Benigna ◽  
Lara Rodigari ◽  
...  

Abstract Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) is highly effective in selected patients with light chain (AL) amyloidosis. Bortezomib, preceding or following ASCT, improves responses. Satisfactory responses, including at least a partial response, very good partial response (VGPR) with organ response, or complete response, can be observed after induction therapy alone. We report 139 patients treated upfront with cyclophosphamide/bortezomib/dexamethasone (CyBorD), followed by ASCT only if response was unsatisfactory. Only 1 treatment-related death was observed. After CyBorD, hematologic response (HR) rate was 68% (VGPR or better, 51%), with 45% satisfactory responses. Transplant was performed in 55 (40%) subjects and resulted in an 80% HR rate (65% ≥ VGPR). Five-year survival was 86% and 84% in patients treated with ASCT or CyBorD alone, respectively (P = .438). Also, 6- and 12- month landmark analyses did not show differences in survival. Duration of response was not different in the 2 groups (60 vs 49 months; P = .670). Twenty-one (15%) patients with an unsatisfactory response to CyBorD could not undergo ASCT because of ineligibility or refusal; instead, they received rescue chemotherapy, with HR in 38% of cases and 51% 5-year survival. This sequential response-driven approach, offering ASCT to patients who do not attain satisfactory response to upfront CyBorD, is very safe and effective in AL amyloidosis.


Blood ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 120 (21) ◽  
pp. 1858-1858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahma Warsame ◽  
Soo-Mee Bang ◽  
Shaji K. Kumar ◽  
Martha Q Lacy ◽  
Francis K Buadi ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 1858 Systemic light chain amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis) is a condition where clonal plasma cells produce misfolded insoluble immunoglobulin light chains that deposit in various organs causing progressive organ dysfunction. Chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) when eligible is the standard treatment options for patients with AL amyloidosis. There are several studies who report long term outcomes of patient post ASCT. However, there is a paucity of literature describing the outcomes of patients who have received ASCT but have relapsed. We performed a retrospective study to assess the outcomes and treatment regimens employed following relapse after ASCT. Between 1996 and 2009, 410 patients received ASCT at the Mayo Clinic as first line therapy. Of those 410 patients 42 patients died within 3 months of transplant, 64 patients died without documented relapse, 158 patients were alive without documented progression, and 146 patients had documented progression. Those 146 patients are the subject of our study. The median time to hematologic relapse was 2 years (range: 0.2–15.5 years). At relapse, 59 patients were treated with IMiD based therapy, 36 with alkylator based therapy, 24 with bortezomib, 15 with steroids, and 5 with second ASCT. The respective hematologic response rates were 58%, 33%, 50%, 53%, and 60%. The remaining six patients were not evaluable for response for one other following reasons: organ transplants; no further therapy; inevaluable disease. With a median post relapse follow up of 3.6 years, the median overall survival (OS) from the first post ASCT relapse was 4.6 years. The median post transplant follow up was 6.1 years, the median OS for these patients was 7.3 years from the time of transplant. These data provide novel information about outcomes after SCT relapse, which should be useful not only for patients and doctors but also for investigators designing studies for salvage therapies post-transplant. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 8516-8516
Author(s):  
Taxiarchis Kourelis ◽  
Morie Gertz ◽  
Martha Lacy ◽  
Francis Buadi ◽  
Suzanne R. Hayman ◽  
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8516 Background: There is consensus that light chain amyloidosis (AL) patients with CRAB criteria (abnormal calcium or renal function, anemia or lytic bone lesions) also have multiple myeloma (MM). These patients are typically excluded from AL trials; however, AL patients with >= 10% bone marrow plasma cells (BMPC) in the absence of CRAB are included in trials along with AL with < 10% BMPC. We postulated that the currently used dichotomy may be incorrect and examined the spectrum of AL with and without MM. Methods: We identified 1,272 patients with AL seen within 90 days of diagnosis, between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2010. We defined the population of patients with coexisting MM based on the existence of CRAB (AL-CRAB-MM). Patients without CRAB were divided into two groups, AL-only (<10% BMPC) and AL-PC-MM (>=10% BMPC). Results: Among the 1,272 patients, 117 (9%) had AL-CRAB-MM, 476 (37%) had AL-PC-MM, and 679 (53%) had AL only. Their respective median overall survivals (OS) were 16.2, 15.8, and 28.4 months (p<0.0001). Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) was performed in 203 (30%), 138 (29%) and 23 (20%) patients respectively. Since the outcomes of AL-CRAB-MM and AL-PC-MM were similar, they were pooled for univariate and multivariate analyses. On multivariate analysis, AL-CRAB-MM and AL-PC-MM retained negative prognostic value independent of age, cardiac stage, prior autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT), beta 2 microglobulin, and dFLC. We next considered whether patients received ASCT as part of their treatment. For those patients who never received ASCT, the 5-year OS were 19%, 14%, and 31%, p<0.001, for AL-CRAB-MM, AL-PC-MM, and AL only respectively. In contrast, for those patients who received ASCT, the respective 5-year OS were 46%, 56%, and 73%, p<0.001. Conclusions: AL patients with >=10% BMPCs have a poor prognosis similar to patients with AL-CRAB-MM and should therefore be considered as AL with MM.


Blood ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (21) ◽  
pp. 5907-5907
Author(s):  
Sandeep Jain ◽  
Luciano J Costa ◽  
Robert K Stuart ◽  
Saurabh Chhabra ◽  
Alice Mims ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction: The optimal treatment approach for systemic AL amyloidosis remains unclear. Autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) is the only modality associated with long term survival, but failure to show survival benefit in randomized clinical trial raises doubts about its efficacy 1, 2. Outcomes after ASCT are better in patients who achieve complete hematologic response after the ASCT3. One report has shown improved outcomes with combining one dose of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib with high dose melphalan as part of conditioning regimen 4. Preliminary data from a recent study suggest that the outcome of treating AL amyloidosis with two cycles of bortezomib and dexamethasone followed by ASCT was superior to the outcome of the ASCT alone5. We describe our experience with giving 4-6 cycles of bortezomib and dexamethasone induction prior to high dose melphalan and ASCT in patients with systemic AL amyloidosis. Patients and methods: We included all patients who underwent autologous transplant for symptomatic systemic AL amyloidosis at our institution from October 2010 till June 2014. Five patients were included in the analysis and patient characteristics are described in table 1. All patient received 4 -6 cycles of induction with bortezomib and dexamethasone followed by autologous stem cell transplant using high dose melphalan (200 mg/m2). One patient also received six cycles of lenalidomide and dexamethasone prior to bortezomib based induction for lack of response. Hematologic and organ response were assessed using the definitions from the 10th International symposium on Amyloid and Amyloidosis. Overall survival was calculated by Kaplan Meyer’s method using Graphpad Prism 6.0 software. Results: There was no transplant related mortality. After median follow up of 13 months (12-25 months) all patient are alive. Toxicities from the ASCT were mostly cytopenias in the immediate post-transplant period which were managed as per the standard of care. Two patients achieved hematological complete response while one more had very good partial response and other two achieved partial response. Of the four patients with nephrotic range proteinuria, two patients had > 95% reduction in proteinuria, one had > 75% reduction in proteinuria and another patient had > 50% reduction in proteinuria. One patient had Liver involvement with elevated alkaline phosphatase which normalized post-transplant (table 2). The responses were maintained on last follow up and none of the patient had hematological or organ relapses. Discussion: Bortezomib alone and in combination with steroids has shown efficacy in AL amyloidosis, but its role in induction prior to high dose melphalan/ASCT to help achieve deeper hematological response is unknown. Our experience shows that this combination may be highly efficacious without significant toxicity. Limitations of our study include the small number of patients and absence of any patients with cardiac involvement, which is a worse prognostic marker. We conclude that the bortezomib and dexamethasone induction followed by high dose melphalan/ASCT for AL amyloidosis should be studied in prospective trials. Table 1.Patient Characteristics n=5Age, years 51.2 (44-62)Race (Caucasian)4 (80%)Gender ( female)3 (60%)Cardiac involvement 0 (0)Renal involvement 4 (80%)Serum creatinine ≥ 2.5 0 (0)Organ involvement ≥21 (20%)BM plasma cells > 10%1 (20%)Hgb ≤ 10 g/dl0 (0)LVEF <50%0 (0)Induction therapy Bortezomib/dexamethasone only4 (80%)Lenalidomide/dexamethasone + Bortezomib/dexamethasone1 (20%) Table 2. Outcomes n=5 Baseline After ASCT Hematologic response n=5 M protein 0.772 gm/dl 0.096 gm/dl 2 CR, 1 VGPR, 2 PR Renal response n=4 24 hours proteinuria 3.13 gm 0.432 gm 2 > 95% reduction, 1 >75% reduction, 1 >50 % reduction. Liver response n=1 Alkaline phosphatase 700 IU/L 62 IU/L Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (suppl 3) ◽  
pp. iii116.4-iii116
Author(s):  
Jill Mallory ◽  
Amanda Graul-Conroy ◽  
Kenneth Desantes ◽  
Kristin Casey ◽  
Shahriar Salamat ◽  
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Blood ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 120 (21) ◽  
pp. 2016-2016
Author(s):  
Zandra K. Klippel ◽  
Barry Storer ◽  
William I. Bensinger ◽  
Leona Holmberg ◽  
Pamela S Becker ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 2016 The role of AHSCT in AL amyloidosis is controversial. There is evidence that AHSCT offers long term disease control with high organ response rates, however, the only randomized phase III trial comparing transplant with conventional melphalan and dexamethasone therapy deemed transplant inferior. Better understanding of risk stratification for SCT candidacy has resulted in TRM rates are as low as 5.6% in some series. The goal of the current study was to evaluate the TRM rate for all consecutive patients who have undergone AHSCT for AL amyloidosis at institution. Special attention in evaluation of any detectable differences in TRM over the time period of this review was a major goal of this project. Retrospective review was performed of all patients with primary AL amyloidosis who have undergone AHSCT at our institution. The database captured patients from December 2001 and our study includes patients through February 2012. Patients who were diagnosed with secondary amyloidosis by the stem cell transplant service and/or referring oncologist were excluded. TRM was defined as death from any cause within 100 days post stem cell infusion. We then evaluated data from the entire cohort and divided it into two different time periods: 2001–2006 and 2007–2012. Thirty-nine patients had an initial AHSCT during the study period. Nine patients were enrolled in the SWOG 0115 trial which comprised tandem autoSCT using 100 mg/m2 of melphalan conditioning 3–6 months apart. Of those, 6/9 (66%) had both transplants. For purposes of this abstract we report on the data resulting from first transplantation only for patients in the SWOG 0115 trial. The median age at transplant for the entire cohort was 57.6 years old (39–74). Males represent 64% of the patients. Most of the patients had symptomatic involvement of one organ (48.7%) with 23% having more than 2 organs involved. There were 14 patients transplanted in the 2001–2006 period and 25 patients in the 2007–2012 period. Overall TRM for 2001–2012 was 5.1%. During the 2001–2006 period TRM was 14% (2/14 patients). No TRM occurred for patients transplanted from 2007–2012. Overall survival (OS) improved when separately comparing the two study periods. Overall survival was 64% at 3 years in the 2001–2006 cohort and 92% at 3 years in the 2007–2012 cohort. Patients in the 2007–2012 cohort include all patients enrolled to SWOG 0115. Sixty percent of patients reported for that period received <200mg/m2 melphalan for transplant conditioning. Eight of nine patients enrolled in SWOG 0115 received 100 mg/m2, one received 140mg/m2. Six patients treated on our institution's standard amylodosis SCT protocol received 140mg/m2 conditioning. The remaining ten patients received 200mg/m2 melphalan. Patients in the 2007–2012 period were more likely to receive induction treatment prior to transplant with novel regimens (72% vs 21% p=0.003). In addition, these patients were more frequently diagnosed with amyloid cardiac involvement. For purposes of this abstract amyloid cardiac involvement is defined according to whether or not the SCT team concluded on the basis of history, physical examination and available ancillary data (including echocardiography) that the patient had amyloidotic cardiac disease (40% vs 14% p=0.15). All patients had echocardiography pre-AHSCT. The mean Inter Ventricular Septum (mIVS) thickness was 14.5 mm in the 2007–2012 period vs. 11.7 mm in the 2001–2006 one p=0.004. Univariate analysis of risk factors affecting improved OS identified year of transplant (>2006; p=0.03), number of treatments pre-transplant (>1; p=0.04), and time from diagnosis to transplant (>4mo; p=0.05) as factors associated with improved survival. Number of organs involved (>1; p=0.06) showed a trend towards worse survival. In conclusion, our single institution data demonstrates a reduction in TRM over the past 5 years. Reasons for improvement in TRM are under investigation and may include better risk stratification, better supportive care (including frequent hospitalization for cardiac monitoring in high-risk patients) and improvement in pre-AHSCT performance status for those patients receiving induction therapy with novel agents. Figure: Comparison of overall survival of patients with AL amyloidosis after autologous stem cell transplant based on year of transplant. Figure:. Comparison of overall survival of patients with AL amyloidosis after autologous stem cell transplant based on year of transplant. Disclosures: Holmberg: Millenium: Research Funding; Otsuka: Research Funding; Merck: Research Funding; Seattle Genetics: Research Funding; Sanofi: Research Funding.


2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. S388-S389
Author(s):  
M. Hasib Sidiqi ◽  
Francis Buadi ◽  
Angela Dispenzieri ◽  
Rahma Warsame ◽  
Martha Q. Lacy ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 130 (13) ◽  
pp. 1578-1584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi L. Hwa ◽  
Rahma Warsame ◽  
Morie A. Gertz ◽  
Francis K. Buadi ◽  
Martha Q. Lacy ◽  
...  

Key Points Organ progression at second-line therapy predicated inferior survival. Patients relapsing from >VGPR had a longer time to develop organ progression.


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