The impact of anti-thymocyte globulin on the outcomes of Patients with AML with or without measurable residual disease at the time of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.

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Date publication

novembre 2019

Journal

Leukemia

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Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr DECONINCK Eric


Tous les auteurs :
Nagler A, Dholaria B, Labopin M, Socie G, Huynh A, Itälä-Remes M, Deconinck E, Yakoub-Agha I, Cahn JY, Bourhis JH, Labussière-Wallet H, Chantepie S, Esteve J, Savani B, Mohty M

Résumé

Measurable residual disease (MRD) status pre-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) has been shown to predict transplant outcomes. We investigated the effect of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG) on acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) relapse by pretransplant MRD status. AML patients undergoing allo-HCT in first complete remission from either a matched sibling or unrelated donor during the 2006-2017 period were selected. Outcomes of 1509 patients (MRD, n = 426) were studied. ATG was used in 561 (52%) and 239 (58%) patients within the MRD and MRD cohorts, respectively. In MRD patients, ATG did not affect relapse incidence (RI) (HR = 0.80, p = 0.17), but was associated with reduced incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD, grade II-IV and chronic GVHD, reduced nonrelapse mortality (HR = 0.66, p = 0.05), improved leukemia-free survival (HR = 0.74, p = 0.02), overall survival (HR = 0.69, p = 0.01), and GVHD-relapse free survival (HR = 0.62, p < 0.01). In MRD patients, ATG was associated with a lower incidence of chronic GVHD (total, HR 0.56 p = 0.03; extensive, HR 0.40 P = 0.01), without an impact on other allo-HCT outcome parameters, including RI(HR = 1.02, p = 0.92). The use of ATG was associated with reduced risk for GVHD. ATG did not increase RI, even in high-risk AML patients who were MRD before allo-HCT.

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Leukemia. 2019 Nov 14;: