Abstract
Patient-specific primers from 10 children/adolescents with Burkitt leukaemia (BL) ± central nervous system disease who were treated with French-British-American/Lymphome Malins de Burkitt 96 C1 plus rituximab were developed from diagnostic blood/bone marrow. Minimal residual disease (MRD) was assessed by real-time polymerase chain reaction at the end of induction (EOI) and consolidation (EOC). Seventy per cent (7/10) and 71% (5/7) were MRD-positive at EOI and EOC, respectively, with no disease recurrences. MRD after induction and consolidation did not predict relapse and subsequent therapy appeared to eliminate MRD. Thus, assessing MRD at a later time point is warranted in future trials to determine its clinical significance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 367-371 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | British Journal of Haematology |
Volume | 170 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- central nervous system
- children
- leukaemia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology