Busulfan-fludarabine- or treosulfan-fludarabine-based myeloablative conditioning for children with thalassemia major.


Journal

Annals of hematology
ISSN: 1432-0584
Titre abrégé: Ann Hematol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9107334

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Historique:
received: 20 06 2021
accepted: 26 11 2021
pubmed: 10 1 2022
medline: 11 2 2022
entrez: 9 1 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Significant advances in supportive care for patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia major (TDT) have improved patients' life expectancy. However, transfusion-associated iron overload remains a significant barrier to long-term survival with good quality of life. Today, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the current curative standard of care. Alongside selection of the best available donor, an optimized conditioning regimen is crucial to maximize outcomes for patients with TDT undergoing HSCT. The aim of this retrospective analysis was to investigate the role of busulfan-fludarabine-based and treosulfan-fludarabine-based conditioning in TDT patients undergoing HSCT. We included 772 patients registered in the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) database who underwent first HSCT between 2010 and 2018. Four hundred ten patients received busulfan-fludarabine-based conditioning (median age 8.6 years) and 362 patients received treosulfan-fludarabine-based conditioning (median age 5.7 years). Patient outcomes were retrospectively compared by conditioning regimen. Two-year overall survival was 92.7% (95% confidence interval: 89.3-95.1%) after busulfan-fludarabine-based conditioning and 94.7% (95% confidence interval: 91.7-96.6%) after treosulfan-fludarabine-based conditioning. There was a very low incidence of second HSCT overall. The main causes of death were infections, graft-versus-host disease, and rejection. In conclusion, use of busulfan or treosulfan as the backbone of myeloablative conditioning for patients with TDT undergoing HSCT resulted in comparably high cure rates. Long-term follow-up studies are warranted to address the important issues of organ toxicities and gonadal function.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34999929
doi: 10.1007/s00277-021-04732-4
pii: 10.1007/s00277-021-04732-4
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antineoplastic Agents 0
Immunosuppressive Agents 0
Myeloablative Agonists 0
treosulfan CO61ER3EPI
Vidarabine FA2DM6879K
Busulfan G1LN9045DK
fludarabine P2K93U8740

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

655-665

Informations de copyright

© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

Roswitha Lüftinger (R)

Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, St. Anna Children's Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 6, 1090, Vienna, Austria. roswitha.lueftinger@stanna.at.

Natalia Zubarovskaya (N)

Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, St. Anna Children's Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 6, 1090, Vienna, Austria.

Jacques-Emmanuel Galimard (JE)

EBMT Statistical Unit, Pediatric Diseases Working Party, Paris, France.

Annamaria Cseh (A)

Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, St. Anna Children's Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 6, 1090, Vienna, Austria.

Elisabeth Salzer (E)

Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, St. Anna Children's Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 6, 1090, Vienna, Austria.

Franco Locatelli (F)

Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.
Department of Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

Mattia Algeri (M)

Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.

Akif Yesilipek (A)

Department of Pediatric Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Medical Park Antalya Hastanesi, Antalya, Turkey.

Josu de la Fuente (J)

Department of Pediatrics, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

Antonella Isgrò (A)

Fondiazione IME Policlinico Tor Vergata Rome, Rome, Italy.

Amal Alseraihy (A)

Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Emanuele Angelucci (E)

Hematology and Transplant Center, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.

Frans J Smiers (FJ)

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immuno-Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Giorgia La La Nasa (G)

Centro Trapianti, Unico Di CSE Adulti E Pediatrico A. O Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy.

Marco Zecca (M)

Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pavia, Italy.

Tunc Fisgin (T)

Altinbaş University, Faculty of Medicine, Bahçelievler Medical Park Hospital, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Istanbul, Turkey.

Emel Unal (E)

Ankara University Pediatric BMT Unit, Ankara, Turkey.

Katharina Kleinschmidt (K)

Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Christina Peters (C)

Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, St. Anna Children's Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 6, 1090, Vienna, Austria.

Arjan Lankester (A)

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immuno-Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Selim Corbacioglu (S)

Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

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