TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-Term Outcomes of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Follicular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
T2 - Effect of Histological Grade and Follicular International Prognostic Index
AU - Vose, Julie M.
AU - Bierman, Philip J.
AU - Loberiza, Fausto R.
AU - Lynch, James C.
AU - Bociek, Gregory R.
AU - Weisenburger, Dennis D.
AU - Armitage, James O.
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Although results of autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) for recurrent follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) have been previously reported, the long-term results and evaluation of prognostic factors in a large patient population receiving this therapy are difficult to find in the literature. To address these issues, we evaluated 248 patients with recurrent follicular NHL treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous SCT between 7/87 and 6/03. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system, 64 patients (26%) had follicular NHL grade 1 (FL 1), 98 (40%) had FL 2, and 86 (35%) had FL 3. At the time of transplantation, 88 of the patients (35%) had a Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) score of low risk, 87 (35%) had an intermediate-risk FLIPI score, 37 (15%) had a high-risk FLIPI score, and 36 (15%) had at least 1 missing value, preventing calculation of the FLIPI score. The 5-year overall survival (OS) for all patients was 63%, and the 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 44%. In a multivariate analysis, a histological grade of FL 3, a high-risk FLIPI score at the time of transplantation, and having received 3 or more previous chemotherapy regimens were significant factors for predicting a worse OS. In addition, the use of a transplantation regimen including a monoclonal antibody decreased the relative risk of progressive lymphoma. These data suggest that transplantation earlier in the course of the disease for patients with follicular lymphoma with use of a monoclonal antibody-based regimen may lead to improved outcomes.
AB - Although results of autologous stem cell transplantation (SCT) for recurrent follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) have been previously reported, the long-term results and evaluation of prognostic factors in a large patient population receiving this therapy are difficult to find in the literature. To address these issues, we evaluated 248 patients with recurrent follicular NHL treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous SCT between 7/87 and 6/03. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system, 64 patients (26%) had follicular NHL grade 1 (FL 1), 98 (40%) had FL 2, and 86 (35%) had FL 3. At the time of transplantation, 88 of the patients (35%) had a Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index (FLIPI) score of low risk, 87 (35%) had an intermediate-risk FLIPI score, 37 (15%) had a high-risk FLIPI score, and 36 (15%) had at least 1 missing value, preventing calculation of the FLIPI score. The 5-year overall survival (OS) for all patients was 63%, and the 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 44%. In a multivariate analysis, a histological grade of FL 3, a high-risk FLIPI score at the time of transplantation, and having received 3 or more previous chemotherapy regimens were significant factors for predicting a worse OS. In addition, the use of a transplantation regimen including a monoclonal antibody decreased the relative risk of progressive lymphoma. These data suggest that transplantation earlier in the course of the disease for patients with follicular lymphoma with use of a monoclonal antibody-based regimen may lead to improved outcomes.
KW - Autologous stem cell transplantation
KW - Follicular
KW - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.06.016
DO - 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.06.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 18158959
AN - SCOPUS:37349106713
SN - 1083-8791
VL - 14
SP - 36
EP - 42
JO - Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
JF - Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
IS - 1
ER -