Successful salvage with high-dose sequential chemotherapy coupled with in vivo purging and autologous stem cell transplantation in 2 patients with primary refractory mantle cell lymphoma presenting in the leukemic phase


Oyan B., Koc Y., Kansu E.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY, cilt.81, sa.2, ss.155-158, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 81 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1532/ijh97.e0303
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.155-158
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: mantle cell lymphoma, salvage, high-dose therapy, autologous transplantation, rituximab, NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA, RITUXIMAB, THERAPY, FLUDARABINE, EXPERIENCE, INFUSION, DISEASE, REGIMEN, MCL
  • Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We report the results of an aggressive salvage regimen in 2 patients with advanced-stage leukemic-phase mantle cell lymphoma who were refractory to previous conventional therapies. We combined multiple phases of a cytoreductive regimen including rituximab and sequential high-dose treatment with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). The regimen consisted of a debulking phase with fludarabine, idarubicin, high-dose cytarabine, and high-dose methotrexate; a mobilization and in vivo purging phase with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; high-dose sequential chemotherapy with etoposide, mitoxantrone, and melphalan followed by ASCT; and, finally, posttransplantation consolidation with rituximab for treatment of minimal residual disease. With this regimen, these 2 refractory patients with multiple poor prognostic factors are in complete remission at 41 and 42 months following transplantation. Although the fact that these 2 patients are still in remission beyond 3 years after ASCT is encouraging, we need a longer follow-up to comment on their long-term survival. (C)2005 The Japanese Society of Hematology