Safety and efficacy of high-dose cyclophosphamide, etoposide and ranimustine regimen followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Issue 11 (November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kobayashi, Yujin; Hatta, Yoshihiro; Sugitani, Masahiko; Hojo, Atsuko; Nakagawa, Masaru; Kusuda, Machiko; Uchino, Yoshihito; Takahashi, Hiromichi; Kiso, Satomi; Hirabayashi, Yukio; Yagi, Mai; Kodaira, Hitomi; Kurita, Daisuke; Miura, Katsuhiro; Iriyama, Noriyoshi; Kobayashi, Sumiko; Kura, Yoshimasa; Horikoshi, Akira; Sawada, Umihiko; Takeuchi, Jin; Takei, Masami
• Is Part Of: Leukemia & lymphoma. Volume 55:Issue 11(2014:Nov.)
• Page Start: 2514
• Page End: 2519
• Publication Date: 2014-11
• Subjects: Leukemia -- Periodicals; Lymphomas -- Periodicals; 616.99419
• DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2014.889827
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1042-8194

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We retrospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of high-dose chemotherapy consisting of cyclophosphamide, etoposide and ranimustine (CEM) with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT) in 55 adult patients with relapsed or high-risk <italic>de novo</italic> diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) or DLBCL associated with follicular lymphoma. This included 36 patients in the upfront setting in their first complete remission. The median follow-up of 42 patients surviving at the time of the analysis was 52 months (range 1–159). Relapse or disease progression after PBSCT was a frequent cause of death, but no therapy-related mortality associated with PBSCT was observed. The 5-year overall survival and progression-free survival were 70.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 54.0–82.1) and 57.0% (95% CI, 39.5–71.2), respectively. Chronic renal impairment, therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome and prostate cancer were the major late complications. The CEM regimen is a tolerable, effective conditioning regimen for autologous PBSCT for DLBCL, with no therapy-related mortality observed.</p> </abstract>