Effect of the microtransplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells as maintenance therapy for elderly patients with acute leukemia

  • Authors:
    • Xiangjing Kong
    • Yongsheng Chen
    • Li Wang
    • Yali Zhou
    • Yuanyuan He
    • Weiye Nie
    • Xinhua Zhang
    • Xiaolin Yin
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  • Published online on: February 27, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.2995
  • Pages: 2331-2334
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Abstract

The incidence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) increases with age. Elderly patients with AML are less tolerant to high‑intensity consolidation therapy than younger patients, with significantly worse prognoses. Induction and consolidation therapy combined with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell microtransplantation may improve the prognosis of elderly patients with AML. The present study reports the effect of maintenance therapy with low‑dose chemotherapy treatment combined with microtransplantation in elderly patients with AML following consolidation. Between January 2011 and April 2014, three elderly patients (>55 years old), including one 58‑year‑old patient with acute mixed lineage leukemia (AMLL) and two patients with AML aged 59 years and 62 years, underwent microtransplantation maintenance therapy. Following a complete response to induction chemotherapy and consolidation chemotherapy with two to four cycles of medium dose Ara‑c (auto transplantation was performed in the patient with AMLL), maintenance therapy was performed using low‑dose Ara‑c combined with human leukocyte antigen haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell microtransplantation, which was repeated every 3 to 6 months. The patients were followed up for 27, 20 and 16 months, respectively, and all three patients achieved disease‑free survival. The bone marrow Wilms' tumor suppression gene (WT1) level of the case with AMLL was dynamically monitored. The results showed that the WT1 level was abnormally high prior to microtransplantation and gradually declined to normal levels subsequent to the process. None of the patients suffered from graft versus host disease during the microtransplantation process. In conclusion, microtransplantation maintenance therapy following consolidation therapy is feasible in elderly patients with AML, and is expected to be able to further remove residual lesions and improve treatment efficacy. A large‑scale clinical trial is required to confirm the effect of maintenance therapy in elderly patients with AML.
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Kong X, Chen Y, Wang L, Zhou Y, He Y, Nie W, Zhang X and Yin X: Effect of the microtransplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells as maintenance therapy for elderly patients with acute leukemia. Oncol Lett 9: 2331-2334, 2015
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Kong, X., Chen, Y., Wang, L., Zhou, Y., He, Y., Nie, W. ... Yin, X. (2015). Effect of the microtransplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells as maintenance therapy for elderly patients with acute leukemia. Oncology Letters, 9, 2331-2334. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.2995
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Kong, X., Chen, Y., Wang, L., Zhou, Y., He, Y., Nie, W., Zhang, X., Yin, X."Effect of the microtransplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells as maintenance therapy for elderly patients with acute leukemia". Oncology Letters 9.5 (2015): 2331-2334.
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Kong, X., Chen, Y., Wang, L., Zhou, Y., He, Y., Nie, W., Zhang, X., Yin, X."Effect of the microtransplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells as maintenance therapy for elderly patients with acute leukemia". Oncology Letters 9, no. 5 (2015): 2331-2334. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.2995