Combination of linear accelerator-based intensity-modulated total marrow irradiation and myeloablative fludarabine/busulfan: A phase i study

Pritesh Patel*, Bulent Aydogan, Matthew Koshy, Dolores Mahmud, Annie Oh, Santosh L. Saraf, John G. Quigley, Irum Khan, Karen Sweiss, Nadim Mahmud, David J. Peace, Vincenzo DeMasi, Azhar M. Awan, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, Damiano Rondelli

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Abstract

Here we examined the addition of intensity-modulated total marrow irradiation (TMI) delivered using a linear accelerator to a myeloablative chemotherapy conditioning regimen before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In this phase I study, we enrolled 14 patients with high-risk hematologic malignancies who received escalating doses of TMI at 3Gy (n=3), 6Gy (n=3), 9Gy (n=6), and 12Gy (n=2) in combination with intravenous (i.v.) fludarabine 160mg/m2 and targeted busulfan (area under the curve, 4800μM*minute). Peripheral blood mobilized stem cells were obtained from HLA-matched related (n=9) or unrelated (n=4) or 1 antigen-mismatched unrelated (n=1) donors. All patients rapidly engrafted and recovered their immune cells. Overall, Bearman extrahematologic toxicity were limited to grades 1 or 2, with oral mucositis grade 1 in 64% and grade 2 in 36% of the patients. With a median follow-up of 1126days (range, 362 to 1469) for living patients, the overall survival was 50% and relapse-free survival was 43%. Of 7 deaths, 3 were due to relapse and 4 to transplantation-related complications. We conclude that 9Gy TMI can be combined with myeloablative chemotherapy in the design of new preparative regimens for HSCT. This study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00988013.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2034-2041
Number of pages8
JournalBiology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume20
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2014

Funding

Conflict of interest statement: D.R. was the recipient of a research grant from Otsuka Pharmaceuticals . B.A. was the recipient of a research grant from Varian Medical Systems Inc.

Keywords

  • Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
  • Total marrow irradiation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Transplantation
  • Hematology

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