Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant for relapsed and refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma in pediatric patients

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Abstract

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for relapsed pediatric non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is often reserved for patients with certain NHL subtypes or high-risk disease whereas the remainder receive autologous HSCT. Given the aggressive nature of pediatric NHL, we performed allogeneic HSCTs for all patients regardless of disease risk. We report overall survival (OS) and prognostic variables in 36 pediatric patients who underwent allogeneic HSCT between 1998 and 2016. OS at 3 years was 67%. The 3-year OS varied based on NHL subtype: 100% for anaplastic large cell lymphoma (n 5 14), 63% for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (n 5 8), 17% for lymphoblastic lymphoma (LL; n 5 9) and 80% for other subtypes combined (n 5 5). Disease status influenced outcome with 3-year OS of 100% for patients in complete remission (n 5 15), 59% with partial remission (PR; n 5 17), and 0% with progressive/stable disease (n 5 3) (P 5 .004). Of the 17 patients in PR, all 6 with LL died of relapsed disease, whereas the other 11 attained remission after HSCT and remained disease-free. The cumulative incidence of relapse after HSCT for LL was 78% compared with 15% for all other NHL subtypes combined (P, .0001). Cumulative incidence of nonrelapse mortality (NRM) was low in our cohort at 6%. Hence, allogeneic HSCT is a well-tolerated and useful therapeutic option with low rates of NRM and relapse for all NHL subtypes except LL with active disease at HSCT.

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Naik, S., Martinez, C. A., Omer, B., Sasa, G., Yassine, K., Allen, C. E., … Krance, R. A. (2019). Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant for relapsed and refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma in pediatric patients. Blood Advances, 3(18), 2689–2695. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2018026203

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