Low toxicity of a conditioning with 8-Gy total body irradiation, fludarabine and cyclophosphamide as preparative regimen for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in pediatric hematological malignancies

Pediatr Transplant. 2009 Sep;13(6):737-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01065.x. Epub 2008 Dec 16.

Abstract

We here report the efficacy and toxicity of a conditioning regimen with fractionated 8-Gy TBI, fludarabine, and cyclophosphamide in allogeneic HSCT for pediatric hematological malignancies. Among 22 children who received related or unrelated HSCT, nine were transplanted with refractory disease and/or from HLA two or more loci-mismatched family donors. None of the patients developed graft failure. The Seattle grading system revealed that 18 patients had no RRT, and the remaining patients had grade I gastrointestinal toxicity alone. The estimated overall survival and leukemia-free survival at two yr were 57.1% and 48.0%, respectively, in 10 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia; 91.7% and 71.3%, respectively, in 12 patients with myeloid leukemia. The incidence of TRM was 4.8% at two yr. The rates of RRT above grade II and TRM in an 8-Gy TBI-containing regimen were significantly lower than the data of historical control patients who underwent 12-Gy TBI and cyclophosphamide with or without etoposide. The intermediate-dose TBI-based conditioning regimen may confer successful engraftment combined with minimized RRT, although its efficacy should be further evaluated.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cyclophosphamide / pharmacology
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Etoposide / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Graft Survival
  • HLA Antigens / chemistry
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leukemia / therapy*
  • Male
  • Transplantation Conditioning / methods*
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vidarabine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Vidarabine / therapeutic use
  • Whole-Body Irradiation*

Substances

  • HLA Antigens
  • Etoposide
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Vidarabine
  • fludarabine