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KMID : 0366220060410010036
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Korean Journal of Hematology
2006 Volume.41 No. 1 p.36 ~ p.40
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Pre-transplant Disease Status is Important for an Improved Outcome of the Second Stem Cell Transplantation in the Myeloma Patients Receiving the First Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
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Eom Ki-Seong
Min Chang-Ki
Lee Seok
Kim Yoo-Jin
Kim Sung-Yong
Cho Seok-Goo
Lee Jong-Wook
Min Woo-Sung
Kim Chun-Choo
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Abstract
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Background: Double autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) seems to be superior to a single ASCT, at least in the patients who did not achieve a 90% response after the first transplant. An allogeneic SCT with a dose-reduced conditioning regimen after ASCT and as part of the initial therapy, might be a feasible and highly effective approach. The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic factors that are associated with the outcome of multiple myeloma (MM) patients who had received a second transplant.
Methods: From April 1996 to December 2004, 38 MM patients, who had previously received high-dose melphalan (200 mg/m2) with autologous stem cell support, underwent a second transplant. Following the 1st ASCT, 24 patients received a second ASCT and 14 received a tandem reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic stem cell transplantation (RIST) from their HLA-matched siblings.
Results: The 3-year estimated PFS and overall survival (OS) from the time of the first ASCT were 25.2% and 77.6%, respectively. The median PFS and OS were 26 months (95% CI, 23～29) and 60 months (95% CI, 44～76), respectively. The disease status (a CR vs. PR or less) at the second transplant was be the most powerful factor for improving the PFS (P=0.001, hazard ratio 5.8, 95% CI 2.1～16.1).
Conclusion: Patients whose disease is sensitive to chemotherapy and who obtain a CR after a single transplantation might benefit the most from a second transplant.
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KEYWORD
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Multiple myeloma, Tandem stem cell transplantation, Reduced-intensity allogeneic transplantation, Autologous stem cell transplantation
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