Patients with aggressive adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) have dismal outcomes with intensive chemotherapy. Early up-front allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is generally recommended. However, the choice of stem cell source, i.e., unrelated bone marrow transplant (UBMT) or cord blood transplantation (CBT), when an HLA-matched related donor is unavailable remains controversial. Thus, we undertook a decision analysis to compare the outcomes of two therapeutic strategies: chemotherapy followed by up-front UBMT at 6 months, and chemotherapy followed by up-front CBT at 3 months. Patients were stratified into low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups according to the modified ATL-prognostic index. The model simulated life expectancy (LE) and quality-adjusted LE (QALE). LE following up-front UBMT was higher than that following up-front CBT in the low-risk group (2.63 vs. 2.28 years), but was comparable in the intermediate- (2.06 vs. 2.01 years) and high-risk groups (1.25 vs. 1.30 years). The Monte Carlo simulation for LE and QALE in each risk group showed that there was significant uncertainty in all categories. In conclusion, up-front UBMT was superior to up-front CBT in the low-risk group, but the strategies were comparable in the intermediate- and high-risk groups.
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Fuji, S., Kurosawa, S., Inamoto, Y., Murata, T., Utsunomiya, A., Uchimaru, K., … Fukuda, T. (2020). A decision analysis comparing unrelated bone marrow transplantation and cord blood transplantation in patients with aggressive adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma. International Journal of Hematology, 111(3), 427–433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-019-02777-w
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