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Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation as front-line therapy in patients aged 61 to 65 years: a pilot study.

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:The aim of the present trial was to investigate the feasibility of high-dose therapy followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) as a component of front-line treatment in patients with disseminated intermediate- and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) aged 61-65 years. From October 1993 to June 1996, 14 consecutive patients entered this single-center prospective pilot trial. Patients were five males and nine females, median age 63 (range 61-65). The first-line treatment consisted of three courses of CHOP therapy. Patients achieving either a partial response (PR) or a complete response (CR) after initial therapy were eligible for PBSCT, while those with refractory or progressive disease were not autografted but included in the feasibility study in an intent-to-treat analysis. Of the 14 patients, 11 achieved either a CR (one) or a PR (10) after three courses of CHOP while the three patients with no response were not autografted and subsequently died of progressive disease. PBSC collection was feasible in responding patients after G-CSF priming (10 microg/kg/day for 6 days). Conditioning therapy was the BEAM protocol. All patients engrafted after PBSCT. The median time to granulocyte (>0.5 x 10(9)/l) and platelet recovery (>25 x 10(9)/l) was 12 (range 9-18) and 13 days (range 7-22), respectively. No toxic deaths VOD or IP were observed. Four of the 11 responding patients relapsed 2, 7, 9 and 12 months after PBSCT, respectively, and all died from progressive disease. Overall, 7/14 patients are alive and free from disease, 16-43 months after initial diagnosis (median 28). The actuarial overall survival is 45.7 %, and the actuarial event-free survival is 50% at 3.5 years. This study shows the feasibility of high-dose therapy and PBSCT in patients with intermediate- or high-grade disseminated NHL aged 61-65 years. Such patients should not be excluded from trials evaluating the role of ASCT as part of initial treatment for disseminated and histologically aggressive NHL.

journal_name

Bone Marrow Transplant

journal_title

Bone marrow transplantation

authors

Moreau P,Milpied N,Voillat L,Colombat P,Mahé B,Rapp MJ,Moreau A,Dupas B,Bulabois CE,Juge-Morineau N,Harousseau JL

doi

10.1038/sj.bmt.1701272

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-06-01 00:00:00

pages

1193-6

issue

eissn

0268-3369

issn

1476-5365

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Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation as front-line therapy in patients aged 61 to 65 years: a pilot study.