Abstract
Relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (advanced HL) still remains a therapeutic challenge. Recently, unmanipulated haploidentical related donor transplant with reduced conditioning regimen (HAPLO-RIC) and post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PT-Cy) as GvHD prophylaxis has became a promising rescue strategy potentially available to almost every patient. This paper reports our multicenter experience using an IV busulfan-based HAPLO-RIC regimen and PT-Cy in the treatment of 43 patients with advanced HL. Engraftment occurred in 42 patients (97.5%), with a median time to neutrophil and platelet recovery of 18 and 26 days. Cumulative incidences of grades II–IV acute GvHD and chronic GvHD were 39% and 19%, respectively. With a median follow-up of 25.5 months for survivors, 27 patients are alive, with 22 of them disease free. Cumulative incidences of 1-year non-relapse mortality and relapse at 2 years were 21% and 24%, respectively. The estimated 2-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were 48% and 58%, respectively. CR prior to HAPLO-RIC correlated with better EFS (78.5% vs 33.5%; P=0.015) and OS (86% vs 46%; P=0.044). Our findings further confirm prior reports using HAPLO-RIC in advanced HL in a multicenter approach employing an IV busulfan-based conditioning regimen.
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This work was partially supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness ISCIII-FIS grants PI11/00708, PI14/01731 and RD12/0036/0061, co-financed by ERDF (FEDER) Funds from the European Commission, ‘A way of making Europe’, as well as grants from Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC) and Fundación Mutua Madrileña (FMM).
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Gayoso, J., Balsalobre, P., Pascual, M. et al. Busulfan-based reduced intensity conditioning regimens for haploidentical transplantation in relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: Spanish multicenter experience. Bone Marrow Transplant 51, 1307–1312 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2016.115
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