Risk Analysis in the Treatment 
of Hematologic Malignancies in the Elderly

Author(s):  
Sandra Kurtin, RN, MS, AOCN®, ANP-C
2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorina Zagonel ◽  
Silvio Monfardini ◽  
Umberto Tirelli ◽  
Antonino Carbone ◽  
Antonio Pinto

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Turculeanu

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is one of the 7 viruses with mainly hepatic tropism. HEV determines 20 million new infections worldwide every year, 3.4 million acute hepatitis E and 44,000 deaths in 2015 (3.3% of the mortality due to viral hepatitis). Transmitted by the digestive tract mainly (fecal- orally, particularly by water infected with feces), the virus reaches the liver where it does not have a direct cytolytic effect, but immunological phenomena, especially cellular, activated by the replication of the virus in the hepatocytes. Clinically, over 95% of cases of HEV infection are asymptomatic and sel- limiting; in immunocompetent patients in tropics HEV can cause acute hepatitis with clinical features. On rare situations the infection can result in a severe, fulminant hepatitis with acute liver failure. In immunocompromised patients (organ transplant recipients, hematologic malignancies, HIV-infected) HEV may determine chronic hepatitis. In pregnant women or the elderly people or people with underlying liver disease HEV can cause fulminant forms which can become fatal (E.g.: 30% deaths among pregnant women in some parts of the world). Acute and chronic E hepatitis may be accompanied by extrahepatic manifestations: neurological, kidney, pancreatic, hematological diseases, autoimmune diseases with a pathogenesis not fully elucidated.


Blood ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 131 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory A. Abel ◽  
Heidi D. Klepin

Abstract The majority of blood cancers occur in the elderly. This fact conspires with an aging population in many countries to make rigorous assessment for frailty increasingly important for hematologic oncologists. In this review, we first define frailty and its relevance for patients with hematologic malignancy. Next, we review current data regarding the effect of domains of frailty on outcomes for blood cancers including myelodysplastic syndromes, acute leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphomas such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and multiple myeloma. Finally, after presenting assessment and treatment options for the practicing hematologist, we propose elements of a new research agenda for geriatric hematology: the exchange of age limits for rigorous frailty screening, development of disease-specific measures, and inclusion of functional and patient-reported outcomes alongside survival.


Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 1975-1975
Author(s):  
Francis Giles ◽  
Gautam Borthakur ◽  
Farhad Ravandi ◽  
Stefan Faderl ◽  
Srdan Verstovsek ◽  
...  

Abstract The majority of patients diagnosed with AML who are 60 years of age or over are not offered specific anti-leukemia therapy. Outcomes in the minority who are offered standard induction are considerably inferior to those in younger patients. While a major factor is AML with inherently worse biology, comorbidity seen in the elderly which increases vulnerability to the adverse events of induction cytotoxic chemotherapy is also a major factor. The HCTCI is useful in predicting nonrelapse mortality and overall survival post stem cell transplantation (Sorror. Blood.2005;106:2912) As this scale represents a refinement of the Charlson Comorbidity Index, and was developed specifically in patients with hematologic malignancies, we investigated whether it might also be applicable to elderly patients receiving AML induction chemotherapy. Pre-therapy comorbidity scoring by the HCTCI was assessed in a cohort of 177 patients over 60 years of age with AML treated at MDACC with standard idarubicin and ara-C induction since 1990. Median patient age was 70 (60–89), 64% were male, 26% had PS 2 or above, 60% had an antecedent hematological malignancy, and 90% had non favorable cytogenetics (33% -5/-7). 22% of patients had HCTCI scores of 0, 30% had scores of 1–2, and 48% scores of 3 or more. Complete response rates in the 3 groups were 64%, 43%, and 42% respectively (p=0.051). Early death (defined as death within 28 days from time of commencing induction therapy) was 3%, 11%, and 29% respectively (p= <0.001). HCTCI score was also highly correlated with EFS with a score of 0 associated with a median EFS of 26 weeks in contrast to a median EFS of 6 weeks in those with a HCTCI score greater than 0 (p=0.03). Even in the probably highly selected subset of patients over 60 years of age currently deemed suitable for standard induction therapy for AML, scoring of pre-treatment comorbidity using the HCTCI is predictable of early death rates and EFS. The further investigation of HCTCI scoring in AML induction, including its value relative to other standard prognostic indicators, is warranted. Stratification of patients for current therapy or for protocol entry based on HCTCI scores seems reasonable.


Hematology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 457-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria V. Babushok

Abstract Acquired aplastic anemia (AA) is an immune-mediated bone marrow aplasia that is strongly associated with clonal hematopoiesis upon marrow recovery. More than 70% of AA patients develop somatic mutations in their hematopoietic cells. In contrast to other conditions linked to clonal hematopoiesis, such as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential in the elderly, the top alterations in AA are closely related to its immune pathogenesis. Nearly 40% of AA patients carry somatic mutations in the PIGA gene manifested as clonal populations of cells with the paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria phenotype, and 17% of AA patients have loss of HLA class I alleles. It is estimated that between 20% and 35% of AA patients have somatic mutations associated with hematologic malignancies, most characteristically in the ASXL1, BCOR, and BCORL1 genes. Risk factors for evolution to MDS in AA include the duration of disease, acquisition of high-risk somatic mutations, and age at AA onset. Emerging data suggest that several HLA class I alleles not only predispose to the development of AA but may also predispose to clonal evolution in AA patients. Long-term prospective studies are needed to determine the true prognostic implications of clonal hematopoiesis in AA. This article provides a brief, but comprehensive, review of our current understanding of clonal evolution in AA and concludes with 3 cases that illustrate a practical approach for integrating results of next-generation molecular studies into the clinical care of AA patients in 2018.


Blood ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 110 (11) ◽  
pp. 5114-5114
Author(s):  
Marcy Canary ◽  
John M. Hill ◽  
Kenneth R. Meehan

Abstract Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) is often the treatment of choice for a number of hematologic malignancies at the time of relapse. Historically, older patients have been excluded from receiving HSCT due to concerns about the potential for increased toxicity and treatment related mortality (TRM). We performed a retrospective analysis of patients undergoing autologous HSCT over a six year time period at our institution evaluating age as a prognostic factor. Adult patients (18 years and over) who received a HSCT between the years 2000 and 2006 were evaluated. The patients were divided into two cohorts based on age, the “senior” cohort (≥62 years) and the “younger” cohort (≤61 years). Individual patient chart reviews yielded pertinent information. Of the 181 patients who received a transplant during this time period, 131 patients (median age of 50 years: range 19–61) comprised the “younger” cohort and 50 patients (median age of 66 years: range 62–73) were included within the “senior” cohort. There was no statistical difference between these two groups when the following were evaluated: time to engraftment (p values of 0.13 for neutrophils and 0.2 for platelets), length of hospital stay (p = 0.5), incidence of infection (p = 1), transfer to the ICU (p = 0.08) or TRM (p = 0.3). This analysis is the largest study of its size evaluating outcome of autologous HSCT based on age using current transplant protocols, including primarily peripheral stem cell transplants. It is also the first study to specifically address incidence of infection in older patients, which has been suggested by other studies to increase TRM in elderly patients. Our data indicate that toxicity of autologous HSCT is similar in older patients when compared to younger patients and that this treatment should be offered to elderly patients with hematologic malignancies who may benefit from autologous stem cell transplantation.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e87884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Tang ◽  
Tao Zhou ◽  
Yanxia Luo ◽  
Changchun Xie ◽  
Da Huo ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 116 (21) ◽  
pp. 2362-2362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Symons ◽  
Allen R. Chen ◽  
M. Sue Leffell ◽  
Marianna Zahurak ◽  
Kathy Schultz ◽  
...  

Abstract Abstract 2362 HLA-Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) for High Risk Hematologic Malignancies Using Myeloablative Conditioning and High-Dose, Posttransplantation Cyclophosphamide Heather J Symons, Allen R. Chen, M. Sue Leffell, Marianna Zahurak, Kathy Schultz, Heather Karaszkiewicz, Leo Luznik, Javier Bolanos-Meade, Yvette Kasamon, Lode Swinnen, Douglas Gladstone, Richard J. Jones, Ephraim J. Fuchs Historically, myeloablative BMT using T cell-replete bone marrow from partially HLA-mismatched (HLA-haploidentical) related donors has been associated with excessive rates of severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and non-relapse mortality (NRM). Based upon promising clinical outcomes using high dose, post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (Cy) as GVHD prophylaxis after non-myeloablative, HLA-haploidentical BMT(Luznik, BBMT 2008;14:641) or after myeloablative, HLA-matched BMT (Luznik, Blood 2010;115(16):3224), we evaluated the safety and efficacy of high-dose, posttransplantation Cy after myeloablative conditioning and T cell-replete, HLA-haploidentical BMT for advanced and refractory hematologic malignancies. Seventeen patients (median age 40, range 13–64; 7 AML, 1 bilineage leukemia, 2 CML, 6 NHL, 1 grey zone lymphoma) have been enrolled, the majority (88%) of whom were not in remission at the time of transplant. Conditioning consisted of IV Busulfan (pharmacokinetically adjusted) on days -6 to -3, Cy (50mg/kg/day) on days -2 and -1 in sixteen patients or Cy (50mg/kg/day) on days -5 and -4 and total body irradiation (300cGy /day) on days -3 to 0 in one patient, followed by T-cell replete bone marrow in all patients. Postgrafting immunosuppression consisted of Cy (50 mg/kg/day) on days 3 and 4, mycophenolate mofetil for 35 days, and tacrolimus for 6 months in all patients. Donor T-cell engraftment occurred in all evaluable patients (n=13). The median times to neutrophil (>500/μ L) and platelet recovery (>20,000/μ L) are 24 days (range, 17–44 days) and 22 days (range, 13–91 days), respectively. On competing risk analysis, the cumulative incidences of grades II-IV and grades III-IV acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) at day 100 are 24% (95% CI: 7%, 46%) and 12.5% (95% CI: 1.8, 33.9%), respectively (Figure a). On competing risk analysis, the cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD (cGVHD) at one year is 14.7% (95% CI: 0.76, 47.1%). On competing risk analysis, the cumulative incidence of NRM at 100 days is 18% (95% CI: 4%, 39%) (Figure b). NRMs were due to multi-organ system failure in two patients with bulky mediastinal lymphoma and veno-occlusive disease in one patient who had received gemtuzumab ozogamicin 3 weeks prior to BMT. There have been no infectious deaths to date. On competing risk analysis, the cumulative incidence of relapse at 100 days is 29% (95% CI: 10%, 52%) in this poor-risk cohort. With a median follow-up of 10.1 months (range 5.3–12.8 months) in those without events, actuarial overall survival (OS) is 58% at 6 months and 37% at one year and actuarial event-free survival (EFS) is 22% at 6 months and 14% at one year. Myeloablative HLA-haploidentical BMT with T cell replete bone marrow and posttransplantation Cy is associated with promising rates of engraftment, GVHD, and NRM that do not appear substantially different than that seen with non-myeloablative haploidentical BMT with posttransplantation Cy or with myeloablative matched BMT. Based on these data, this approach is being moved into better risk patients. Disclosures: Kasamon: Genentech: Research Funding. Swinnen: Genentech: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e0127277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Morabito ◽  
Alfonso Crisci ◽  
Beniamino Gioli ◽  
Giovanni Gualtieri ◽  
Piero Toscano ◽  
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