Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation after failed autologous transplant for lymphoma using TLI and anti-thymocyte globulin conditioning

A R Rezvani, A S Kanate, B Efron, S Chhabra, H E Kohrt, J A Shizuru, G G Laport, D B Miklos, J E Benjamin, L J Johnston, S Arai, W-K Weng, R S Negrin, S Strober, R Lowsky, A R Rezvani, A S Kanate, B Efron, S Chhabra, H E Kohrt, J A Shizuru, G G Laport, D B Miklos, J E Benjamin, L J Johnston, S Arai, W-K Weng, R S Negrin, S Strober, R Lowsky

Abstract

We describe 47 patients with lymphoma and failed prior autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) who received TLI-ATG (anti-thymocyte globulin) conditioning followed by allogeneic HCT. Thirty-two patients had non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL; diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (n=19), T-cell NHL (n=6), mantle cell lymphoma (n=4) or other B-cell subtypes (n=3)), and 15 had Hodgkin lymphoma. The median follow-up was 4.9 (range, 2.1-11.9) years. The cumulative incidence of grade II-IV acute GvHD at day +100 was 12%, and the cumulative incidence of extensive chronic GvHD at 1 year was 36%. The 3-year cumulative incidences of overall survival (OS), PFS and non-relapse mortality (NRM) were 81%, 44% and 7%, respectively. Fifteen patients died (relapse, n=10; NRM, n=5). Among the 25 patients with relapse after allogeneic HCT, 11 (44%) achieved durable (>1 year) CRs following donor lymphocyte infusion or chemoradiotherapy. The majority of surviving patients (75%; n=24) were able to discontinue all immunosuppression. For patients with relapsed lymphoma after autologous HCT, allogeneic HCT using TLI-ATG conditioning is a well-tolerated, predominantly outpatient therapy with low NRM (7% at 3 years), a low incidence of GvHD, durable disease control and excellent OS (81% at 3 years).

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest disclosure: J.E.B. was a faculty member at Stanford University during the time that this research was conducted, but is now an employee of Amgen. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Cumulative incidences of acute GVHD grades II–IV (red dotted line) and extensive chronic GVHD (solid line). Abbreviation: GVHD, graft-vs.-host disease.
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Kaplan-Meier estimates of overall survival (solid line) and progression-free survival (dotted line). Abbreviations: HCT, hematopoietic cell transplantation; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival.
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Proportion of patients requiring systemic immunosuppression over time. Abbreviations: HCT, hematopoietic cell transplantation.
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Figure 4
Peak donor CD3+ peripheral-blood chimerism through day +180 in patients with and without disease relapse. Dark horizontal line indicates median; box indicates 25th and 75th percentile ranges; whiskers represent range with outliers shown as hollow circles. By day +180, 29 patients (62%) had achieved full donor chimerism, 16 patients (34%) had mixed chimerism, and 2 patients (4%) had primary graft failure.

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