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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-six adult patients, median age 36 years (range 21-53) with chronic myeloid leukemia in first chronic phase were allotransplanted between October 1989 and May 1995. The preparative regimen consisted of busulphan 16 mg/kg and cyclophosphamide 200 mg/kg (big BU/CY). Cyclosporin A and methotrexate were used for GVHD prophylaxis. Twenty-two donors were HLA-identical siblings and four donors were mismatched for one antigen of class I. The global incidence of acute GVHD was 50%, that of severe aGVHD (grades 3-4) was 11%; the global incidence of chronic GVHD was 30%. No patients developed veno-occlusive disease of the liver or interstitial pneumonia. Five patients died, one of relapse, four of transplant-related causes, mostly related to aGVHD; thus, the transplant-related mortality was 16%. Twenty-one patients are alive, in remission, with a median follow-up of 55 months (range 24-90); actuarial probability of survival is 78% (CI 64-96). Our study shows that this conditioning regimen is relatively easy to administer and seems to be as effective as, if not superior to, regimens containing TBI, in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase and the transplant-related mortality is not excessive even in older patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0268-3369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1085-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Busulfan, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Cyclosporine, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Methotrexate, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Transplantation, Homologous, pubmed-meshheading:9645569-Transplantation Conditioning
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Big BU/CY is associated with a favorable long-term outcome in patients allotransplanted for chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic phase.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Haematology and Medical Oncology L & A Seragnoli, St Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't