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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
The study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an intensive, tri-alkylator conditioning regimen, consisting of thiotepa, busulfan and cyclophosphamide (TBC), prior to autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and to analyze factors associated with outcome. One hundred and twenty patients with MM received high-dose chemotherapy with TBC followed by autologous bone marrow (n = 24) or peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation (n = 96). Fifty-four patients had chemosensitive disease and 66 had refractory disease at the time of transplantation. The overall response rate was 81% and the complete remission (CR) rate was 26%. Patients with chemosensitive disease had a CR rate of 52% vs 5% for patients with refractory disease. Multivariable analysis determined disease status at transplant as the factor most likely associated with long survival. Estimated median survival was 48, 35 and 9 months for patients with chemosensitive, primary refractory or disease in refractory relapse, respectively. Short interval from diagnosis to transplant among patients with primary refractory disease and younger age were also favorable prognostic factors for survival. Patients with refractory disease pre-transplant who achieved remission criteria rapidly after treatment had a worse outcome than the slow responders. Treatment-related mortality with the introduction of PBSC and better supportive care was 4.8%. In conclusion, TBC is an effective and relatively well-tolerated intensive conditioning regimen in patients with MM. A more favorable outcome was observed in patients with chemosensitive disease and with early treatment for primary refractory disease. TBC merits further study in these subgroups and comparison with alternative regimens in prospective studies is warranted.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0268-3369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
821-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Busulfan, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Multiple Myeloma, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Thiotepa, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Transplantation, Autologous, pubmed-meshheading:11477439-Transplantation Conditioning
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Thiotepa, busulfan, cyclophosphamide (TBC) and autologous hematopoietic transplantation: an intensive regimen for the treatment of multiple myeloma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial