scholarly journals The Clinical Significance of Minimal Residual Disease Detected By Multiparametric Flow Cytometry in Acute Leukemia

Blood ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (21) ◽  
pp. 5261-5261
Author(s):  
Fen Huang ◽  
Hui Jing ◽  
Zhengshan Yi ◽  
Xiaolei Wei ◽  
Zhongxin Zheng ◽  
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Abstract Purpose Minimal residual disease (MRD) detected by multiparametric flow cytometry is an important method for predicting relapse. According to the dynamic changes of MRD, through the first clinical treatment to prevent relapse in patients with elevated MRD levels. Method We retrospectively analyze dynamic level of MRD of 75 patients with acute leukemia in our department of hematology from January 2011 to June 2013. According to the retrospective data, to analyze the expression of LAIP and discuss the relationship between changes of MRD and prognosis. Result In this study there were 75 patients, including 20 patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and 55 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The specific LAIP were detected in 49 patients with AML, and the cross lineage and non-synchronous expression were majority. In cross lineage expression, detected frequency of CD45/CD34/CD33/CD13/CD56 was highest, accounted for 67.3% (33/49). In non-synchronous expression, CD45/CD34/CD117/CD33/CD64 accounted for 57.1% (28/49). In 20 patients with ALL, there were 16 patients with B-ALL and 4 patients with T-ALL. The specific LAIP were detected in all of the patients. In patients with B-ALL, detected frequency of CD45/CD19/CD22/CD10/CD13 was highest, accounting for 43.8% (7/16). In abnormal quantity of antigens, CD45/CD19/CD22/CD10/CD38 was the most common type, accounting for 50%. The abnormal expression of CD7/TDT was detected in four patients with T-ALL. In monitoring period 7 patients relapsed. We analyzed the relationship between the clinical data and replase. The results showed that level of peripheral hemoglobin at diagnosis and the times of remission induction were significantly associated with replase (P=0.021 and P=0.017, respectively). To analyze the relationship between change of MRD and prognosis, the results showed that 0.05% as the threshold was significantly related with recurrence. 20 patients of persistent MRD≥0.05% had significant differences with 28 patients of persistent MRD<0.05% in replase free survival (P=0.005). Conclusion It has important significance to predict relapse in patients with acute leukemia by detecting minimal residual disease. Patients of MRD ≥ 0.05% should receive early intensive therapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Even patients without relapse, it should be closely monitor dynamic levels of MRD and highly vigilant extramedullary relapse. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Blood ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (21) ◽  
pp. 5262-5262
Author(s):  
Hui Jing ◽  
Fen Huang ◽  
Zhengshan Yi ◽  
Zhongxin Zheng ◽  
Xiaolei Wei ◽  
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Abstract Purpose To establish a method for detecting minimal residual disease (MRD) by eight color flow cytometry which is stable, repeatable and accurate quantitation. Method According to the ratio of 10%, 1%, 0.1%, 0.01% and 0.001%,to analyze sensitivity of the method by successively mixing the cell lines (Kasumi, KG-1a) and primary acute leukemic bone marrow cell were mixed with normal bone marrow cells. In order to ensure the specificity of the test results, we increased antibody number to eight color combinations of antibodies to adjust fluorescence compensation value after labeling antibody separately in each channel. To verify the feasibility of standardization, standardized test were in 25 bone marrow samples of acute leukemia. Result In standard conditions of detection and sensitivity of 10-5could be detected by eight color flow cytometry. In our study there were 25 cases of acute leukemia, including 14 patients with acute myeloid leukemia and 11 patients with acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia. 23 of 25 cases were detected specific leukemia associated immunophenotypes (LAIP) at diagnosis. 20 patients could be detected the original LAIP, and LAIP of 3 patients changed after remission induction therapy. To analyze the relationship between the clinical data and MRD level, the result showed that the type of LAIP had significant influence on level of MRD. After remission the level of MRD in patients who expressed cross lineage and non-synchronous antigens at diagnosis was significantly higher than those who did not express (P=0.003, P=0.006). Conclusion We established the standardized conditions of minimal residual disease detected by multiparametric flow cytometry to ensure the accuracy and specificity of the test results. It has important significance to confirm that manifestations of LAIP were consistent with the outcome in patients with acute leukemia. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 9554-9554
Author(s):  
Eloy Perez ◽  
Primo Cruz-Borja ◽  
Silvia Chavez-Gallegos

9554 Background: The presence of minimal residual disease (MDR) following therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been shown to be an important prognostic marker in many studies. MRD is typically detected either by polymerase chain reaction amplification or by flow cytometry. Flow-based MRD assessment has the potential for rapidly identifying patients at increased risk of relapsed, allowing for prompt changes in therapy, including earlier intensification. There are not many information about the response by MRD in countries with limited resources. Methods: The patients included were 90 ALL patients treated at the Hospital Infantil de Morelia from June 1, 2009 to January 5, 2012. MRD positivity (+) was defined as >0.01% of the gated population. Results: MRD was obtained in 90 patients, 38 males and 36 females. The median age was 7 years (10 months to 15 years). The levels of MRD were: <0.01, 74 (82.2%), 0.01-1%, 9 (10%), ≥1%, 7 (7.7%). There was not a statistically significant association between the most important ALL prognostic factors (Gender, Age at diagnosis, White blood cell count at diagnosis, Central Nervous System disease, Prednisone response, DNA Index, Immunophenotype). Conclusions: The good response found is similar to that reported by international groups, a situation which suggests that the response to chemotherapy is appropriate. However, cure rates are still not equal making it necessary to review institutional treatment protocols and social characteristics of the population to achieve cure rates reported by international groups.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzane Dal Bó ◽  
Annelise Pezzi ◽  
Bruna Amorin ◽  
Vanessa Valim ◽  
Rosane Isabel Bittencourt ◽  
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The treatment strategy in multiple myeloma (MM) is to get complete remission followed by high-dose chemotherapy and autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). Neoplastic Plasma Cells (NPCs) are CD45-/dim, CD38+high, CD138+, CD19−, and  CD56+high in most cases. The description of this immunophenotype is of major importance as it leads to the correct identification of minimal residual disease (MRD). Samples from 44 Patients were analyzed prospectively in this study. We analyzed if the presence of MRD at three months after HSCT was predictive of relapse or death. There were 40 evaluable patients of whom 16/40 patients had MRD at three moths after HSCT and there were none in cytological relapse. The mean overall survival (OS) was 34 months and disease-free survival (RFS) was 28 months after HSCT. There was no significant difference in the log rank analysis comparing OS and the presence of MRD (P=0,611) and RFS (P=0,3106). Here, we demonstrate that three color flow cytometry (FCM) is more sensitive for MDR evaluation than cytological analyzes. However, based in our data we can not affirm that MRD is a good predictor of MM relapse or death. In conclusion, our results could be attributed to a short followup, small sample size, and over most to the inability of a three-color FCM to detect the NPC population.


Blood ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 5733-5733
Author(s):  
Olga Pérez-López ◽  
Teresa Caballero-Velázquez ◽  
Enrique Colado ◽  
Sara Alonso ◽  
José González-Campos ◽  
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Abstract Introduction Several studies have shown that the minimal residual disease (MRD) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients has a prognostic value after induction and consolidation therapy. Nevertheless the relapse is the most important cause of treatment failure in these patients, although they achieved a negative MRD, and even after an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Nowadays, the value of the MRD before allogeneic BMT is still controversial. Method Multicentric study where we have studied correlative AML patients who went under an allo-HSCT in a situation of complete response, between 2012 and April'18. The MRD was analyzed by 8-coloured multiparametric flow cytometry, at least with 2 tubes per patient and 1,000,000 events per tube. We evaluated the prognostic value of the MRD before allo-HSCT. Results Between January'12 and April'18 we have gathered 90 allogeneic BMT in AML patients who were in CR, with a median age of 45 years old (17 - 66). The pre-HSCT situation was 1st complete remission (CR) in 75 patients and 2nd CR in 15. In 45 patients the conditioning regimen was myeoablative. In the group of patients (67) where we could know the risk group at diagnosis, the distribution was: low risk 18%, intermediate risk 59.7% and high risk 22.4%. The 46.7% of the donors were not related. In the last follow-up after allo-HSCT 24 patients have suffered a relapse (26.7%) and 41 (45.5%) have died (17 cases of mortality related to the transplant and 24 not related). In the global analysis the median follow-up of the overall survival (OS) was 37.5 months. Among the 90 patients, MRD was valuable in 86. Ten of 59 patients (16.9%) with negative MRD relapsed vs 12/27 (44.4%) with positive MRD, p= 0.016. If we consider only patients in 1st CR, 9/50 (18%) patients with negative MRD relapsed vs 10/22 (45.5%) with positive MRD, p= 0.02. This statistically significant difference does not exist if we consider only patients in 2nd CR. The median follow-up of OS and event free survival (EFS) was not reached in the negative MRD group and 571 days and 299 days in the positive MRD group. OS and EFS at 2 years after transplantation were 65% and 64% in the negative MRD group and 42% and 37% in the positive MRD group, p= 0.03 and p= 0.008 respectively (figure 1). Conclusions The detected MRD by 8-colour multiparametric flow cytometry previous an allo-HSCT in patients with AML in 1st CR is a prognostic factor in terms of relapse. Patients with a positive MRD before the allo-HSCT have a poorer OS and EFS than the patients with a negative MRD. Figure 1. Figure 1. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


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