[Successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantation with reduced intensity conditioning regimen for a pediatric relapsed ALK positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma]

Rinsho Ketsueki. 2016 Jul;57(7):859-63. doi: 10.11406/rinketsu.57.859.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Pediatric anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a chemosensitive malignancy, but about 30% of patients experience relapse. In most of these patients, a second complete remission is obtainable with salvage chemotherapy, though relapse free survival rates are as low as 30-60%. Herein, we report a 6-year-old boy with relapsed anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive ALCL successfully treated with vinblastine monotherapy followed by allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), with a reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen, from his father. One HLA locus from the father was mismatched. The boy had neither severe graft-versus-host disease nor transplantation related complications. He is currently well and has remained disease free for 10 months, to date, since transplantation. Allo-HSCT with a RIC regimen may be a promising treatment strategy for relapsed ALK positive ALCL based on obtaining graft-versus lymphoma effects as well as reducing transplantation-related mortality.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic / therapy*
  • Male
  • Remission Induction
  • Transplantation Conditioning
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Treatment Outcome