ASH evidence-based guidelines: is there a role for second allogeneic transplant after relapse?

Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2009:414-8. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2009.1.414.

Abstract

A 35-year-old male with a FLT3(+) AML underwent allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant using a myeloablative non-total body irradiation (TBI) conditioning regimen from his HLA-matched sibling donor. Following transplantation, he developed grade II acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) that resolved with increasing immunosuppression. The medications were subsequently discontinued, and he did not develop any evidence of chronic GVHD. Eighteen months after transplant, while off all immunosuppression, he developed fatigue and a blood count showed circulating blasts consistent with relapse of his disease. Among the various therapeutic questions is whether there is a role for a second allogeneic transplant to treat his disease and if so, at what time, with what conditioning, and with which type of donor.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Graft vs Host Disease / drug therapy
  • Graft vs Host Disease / etiology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / surgery*
  • Male
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation
  • Tissue Donors
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 / analysis

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • FLT3 protein, human
  • fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3