Outcome after relapse of myelodysplastic syndrome and secondary acute myeloid leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a retrospective registry analysis on 698 patients by the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of European Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Outcome after relapse of myelodysplastic syndrome and secondary acute myeloid leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a retrospective registry analysis on 698 patients by the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of European Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Haematologica. 2017 Nov 03;: Authors: Schmid C, de Wreede LC, van Biezen A, Finke J, Ehninger G, Ganser A, Volin L, Niederwieser D, Beelen D, Alessandrino P, Kanz L, Schleuning M, Passweg J, Veelken H, Maertens J, Cornelissen JJ, Blaise D, Gramatzki M, Milpied N, Yakub-Agha I, Mufti G, Rovira M, Arnold R, De Witte T, Robin M, Kröger N Abstract No standard exists for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome relapsing after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. We performed a retrospective registry analysis of outcome and risk factors in 698 patients, treated with different strategies. Median overall survival from relapse was 4.7 months (4.1-5.3), 2-year survival was 17.7% (14.8-21.2%). Shorter remission after transplantation (p<0.001), advanced disease (p=0.001), older age (p=0.007), unrelated donor (p=0.008) and acute Graft-versus-Host disease before relapse (p<0.001) adversely influenced survival, At 6 months from relapse, patients either had received no cellular treatment, (i.e. palliative chemotherapy or best supportive care, n=375), donor lymphocyte infusion (n=213), or second transplant (n=110). Treatment groups were analyzed separately because o...
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