Outcome of IgD Myeloma After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (22) ◽  
pp. 4354-4354
Author(s):  
Sofia Qureshi ◽  
Manish Sharma ◽  
Chitra Hosing ◽  
Floralyn L Mendoza ◽  
Jatin Shah ◽  
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Abstract Abstract 4354 BACKGROUND Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a clonal disorder of plasma cells characterized by monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) secretion. Immunoglobulin D (IgD) MM constitutes <2% of all myeloma cases and is characterized by a younger age, male predominance, frequent extra osseous disease, amyloidosis, renal insufficiency and a poor prognosis. We retrospectively analyzed the outcome of patients with IgD myeloma transplanted at our institution. METHODS Between August 1988 and June 2008, 15 patients with IgD MM (13 males, 2 females) received autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto HCT) at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Twelve patients received high-dose melphalan (200 mg/m2) as preparative regimen; 3 patients received high-dose melphalan in combination with other agents. RESULTS At diagnosis 7/15 (47%) patients had Durie-Salmon stage III disease, 6/15 (40%) had serum creatinine ≥2 mg/dl and 6/15 (40%) had hypercalcemia. Median age at the time of auto HCT was 53 yrs (range 38–64 yrs) and median interval between diagnosis and auto HCT was 12.6 months (range 3-75 months). Prior to auto HCT 11 patients achieved a partial remission (PR), one had a very good partial remission (VGPR), 2 had minimal response (MR) and one patient had no response to induction. Median follow-up in surviving patients was 25 months. Median time to neutrophil engraftment (ANC > 500/dl) was 10 days (range 9–15 days) and for platelet engraftment (>20,000/dl) was 11 days (range 8–16 days). Non-relapse mortality at 100 days was 0%. Complete responses were seen in 6/15 (40%) patients; 3 converted from PR to CR, 2 from MR to CR and one from VGPR to CR. Only one patient progressed within 3 months of auto HCT. Kaplan-Meiers estimates of 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 38% and 64%, respectively. Median time to progression was 18 months. One patient with complex cytogenetics including deletion 13q had disease progression 7 months following an auto HCT. He subsequently received an allogeneic transplant, achieved stable disease status and died 11 months later due to progressive disease. Another patient received a second auto HCT for relapse, but died 3 months later due to progressive disease. CONCLUSIONS Patients with IgD MM, despite a higher incidence of renal insufficiency and hypercalcemia at diagnosis, can safely receive auto HCT, with overall response rates, PFS and OS comparable to other MM subtypes. Disclosures: Shah: Celgene, Amgen, Novartis, Elan: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Jasiński ◽  
Martyna Maciejewska ◽  
Anna Brodziak ◽  
Michał Górka ◽  
Kamila Skwierawska ◽  
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AbstractOral mucositis (OM) is one of the most frequent adverse events of high-dose conditioning chemotherapy with melphalan prior to autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT). It significantly reduces the patients’ quality of life. One of the preventive strategies for OM is cryotherapy. We retrospectively analyzed whether commercially available ice-cream could prevent OM during the melphalan infusion. We retrospectively analyzed 74 patients after AHSCT to see whether there is any correlation between OM and cryotherapy (ice-cream), melphalan dose (140 mg/m2 or 200 mg/m2). The incidence of OM in our study inversely correlated with cryotherapy in the form of ice-cream. Out of 74 patients receiving conditioning chemotherapy with high-dose melphalan, 52 received cryotherapy. Fifteen patients in the cryotherapy group (28.84%) developed OM, whereas 13 patients (59.09%) developed it in the group without cryotherapy. In a multiple linear regression test cryotherapy remained a significant protective factor against OM (p = 0.02) We have also seen the relationship between melphalan dose with OM (p < 0.005). Cryotherapy in the form of ice-cream is associated with a lower rate of OM and, therefore, could potentially be used as a cost-effective, less burdensome, and easy to implement method in prevention of oral mucositis.


Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 5486-5486
Author(s):  
Nathalie Gaspar ◽  
Pascaline Boudou ◽  
Julien Haroche ◽  
Bertrand Wechsler ◽  
Eric Van Den Nest ◽  
...  

Abstract Background. Histiocytic disorders are clonal proliferations of antigen processing phagocytic or antigen presenting cells. Central nervous system (CNS) lesions outside pineal gland are rare and shared a poor prognosis with no optimal treatment defined yet. We hypothesized that high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) rescued by peripheral autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) may help to control refractory CNS histiocytic disorders. Patients and methods. Between 1997 and 2005, HDC/AHSCT was performed in patients with refractory CNS lesions of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH, n=3) and Erdheim-chester disease (EDC, n=3). All patients were male with a median age of 36 years (range 23.8–45.9). They presented a long history of histiocytic disorder (6.5–15.8 years, median 7.6) and CNS involvement (0.4–7.4 years, median 4), with multisystemic disease in all but one, and refractory to 3–7 therapies (median 5) including surgery, corticotherapy, chemotherapy, 2-Cda, IFNa and Gleevec. Peripheral haematopoietic blood stem cells (PBSC) were harvested by leukapherisis, after steady-state granulocyte colony-stimulating factor mobilization (G-CSF 10 μg/kg/day). Conditioning regimen consisting in BCNU, 300 mg/kg at D-4, VP16, 60 mg/kg at D-3, and Melphalan 140 mg/m2 at D-1, and was choosen to overcome blood brain barrier and because of the VP16 efficacy in histiocytic systemic disease. Response was assessed by the Histiocytic Society scoring system (Donadieu, 2004); disease was classified as non-active (NAD) (resolution of all signs and symptoms) or active (AD) [regressing disease (RD), stable disease (SD) or progressive disease (PD)], then response was considered as Better (NAD, RD), Intermediate (new lesion in 1 site, regression in another site, or SD) or Worse (PD). Results. Although this population presented high risk of failure and toxicity due to advance CNS lesions, extensive tumour burden and prior therapy, the procedure was safe. PBSC were collected in all patients (3.31–13.13x106 CD34+cells/kg). Toxicities included OMS grade 3 infections (n=6) and grades 3–4 mucositis (n=2) but no toxic related death. One patient had persistent PD at 14 months requiring new treatments. One patient had extra-CNS progressive disease and mild CNS response. Two patients achieved NAD: one at 14 months followed by local recurrence at 84 months, the 2nd was still alive with NAD at 57 months. Two patients had RD: one secondarily progressed at 21 months and died at 31 months of infectious complication with persistent AD, the other were alive with ongoing RD at 4 months. Response was better when tumour burden was minimal and CNS lesions were craniofacial, skull bone or intracranial space occupying histiocytic infiltrates. For 2 patients, some response was also obtained on neurodegenerative brainstem lesions but partial and transient. Although initial response can be considered as Better in 4 cases and Worse in 2 cases, only 1 out of 6 patients had persistent NAD with a median follow-up of 22.4 months. Conclusion. While this intensive therapy was used safely, its promising efficacy would be probably increased if performed earlier in disease evolution. Furthers studies are necessary to test this hypothesis.


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