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Safety and Efficacy of BeEAC as a Conditioning Regimen Prior to Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed/Refractory Lymphomas

AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA , , ,

VO Sarzhevskii, AA Samoilova, VYa Melnichenko, YuN Dubinina, NE Mochkin, DS Kolesnikova, DA Fedorenko, EG Smirnova, AE Bannikova, VS Bogatyrev

NI Pirogov Russian National Medical Center of Surgery, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203

For correspondence: Anastasiya Aleksandrovna Samoilova, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203; Tel.: +7(495)603-72-17; e-mail: samoylove03@gmail.com

For citation: Sarzhevskii VO, Samoilova AA, Melnichenko VYa, et al. Safety and Efficacy of BeEAC as a Conditioning Regimen Prior to Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed/Refractory Lymphomas. Clinical oncohematology. 2020;13(2):185–92 (In Russ).

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2020-13-2-185-192

ABSTRACT

Aim. To assess the safety and efficacy of BeEAC as a conditioning regimen prior to autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) in relapsed and primary resistant lymphomas (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03315520).

Materials & Methods. The trial included 113 patients with Hodgkin’s (HL) and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL). The patients were included into the protocol during the period from February 2016 to June 2018. Median follow-up was 26 months. Among the patients there were 58 men and 55 women. Median age was 33 years (range 18–65 years). In 72 patients HL and in 41 patients NHL (in 15 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, in 8 primary mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma, in 10 mantle cell lymphoma, in 4 peripheral T-cell lymphoma unspecified, and in 4 patients follicular lymphoma) were diagnosed. BeEAC conditioning regimen consisted of administering 160–200 mg/m2 bendamustine in increasing doses on Day –6 and Day –5 combined with fixed doses of 200 mg/m2 cytarabine every 12 hours, 200 mg/m2 etoposide, and 140 mg/kg cyclophosphamide from Day –4 to Day –1.

Results. In phase 1, when bendamustine dose was increased from 160 mg/m2 to 200 mg/m2, no dose-limiting toxicity was observed. Afterwards patients received 200 mg/m2 of bendamustine. The assessment of tumor status in 2–3 months after auto-HSCT showed that complete remission was achieved in 62.9 % (n = 71) of patients, partial remission in 16.8 % (n = 19) of patients, stabilization in 0.9 % (n = 1) of patients and progression in 15 % (n = 17) of patients. In 5 patients the treatment effect was not assessed. Early post-transplant mortality (up to Day +30) was 3.6 % (n = 4) and overall mortality within the follow-up period (median 26 months) was 23 % (n = 26). Overall survival in the whole cohort of patients for 12, 18, 24, and 36 months was 88 %, 82 %, 78 %, and 64 %, respectively, and progression-free survival was 61 %, 57 %, 54 %, and 40 %, respectively.

Conclusion. BeEAC proved to be relatively safe when applied as a conditioning regimen prior to auto-HSCT in HL and NHL patients. Further data need to be collected to finally assess the efficacy of this regimen and to conduct a retrospective comparative analysis of it and other conditioning regimens in lymphomas.

Keywords: high-dose chemotherapy, autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, conditioning regimens, bendamustine, toxicity.

Received: September 6, 2019

Accepted: March 3, 2020

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Outcome of Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Treatment Based on High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: The Experience in the NI Pirogov Russian National Medical Center of Surgery

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION , ,

NE Mochkin, VO Sarzhevskii, YuN Dubinina, EG Smirnova, DA Fedorenko, AE Bannikova, DS Kolesnikova, VS Bogatyrev, NM Faddeev, VYa Mel’nichenko

NI Pirogov Russian National Medical Center of Surgery, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203

For correspondence: Nikita Evgen’evich Mochkin, MD, PhD, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203; Tel.: 8(495)603-72-17; e-mail: nickmed@yandex.ru

For citation: Mochkin NE, Sarzhevskii VO, Dubinina YuN, et. al. Outcome of Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Treatment Based on High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: The Experience in the NI Pirogov Russian National Medical Center of Surgery. Clinical oncohematology. 2018;11(3):234–40.

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2018-11-3-234-240

ABSTRACT

Aim. To estimate the long-term outcome of the programmed treatment of classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma (cHL) including high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) as well as the effect of various factors on the achieved results in a single-center study.

Materials & Methods. In the A.A. Maksimov Clinical Center of Hematology and Cellular Therapy of the NI Pirogov Russian National Medical Center of Surgery 260 cHL patients received HDCT combined with auto-HSCT within the period from December 2006 to March 2017. The median age was 29 years (range 17–62). The study included 40 % men (n = 104), and 60 % women (n = 156). The median pretransplantation chemotherapy line was 3 (range 2–9). At this stage, prior to auto-HSCT, complete remission (CR) rate was 26.5 %, partial remission (PR) rate was 52.3 %, disease stabilisation rate was 13.5 %. HDCT with auto-HSCT was applied beyond progression as a salvage therapy in 7.7 % of patients. In 79.6 % of patients the standard BEAM and CBV conditioning regimens were used.

Results. After HDCT combined with auto-HSCT overall 5-year survival (OS) of 260 cHL patients was 74 %, and 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) was 48 %, which corresponds to the results of some international studies. 5-year OS rates were significantly higher after HDCT and auto-HSCT performed during the first CR or PR (85 %) vs the second and subsequent CR and PR (71 %). Neither gender (p = 0.4) nor ECOG status (p = 0.2) effects on OS and PFS were revealed. 5-year OS rates were significantly higher after HDCT and auto-HSCT performed during CR or PR (82 %) vs disease stabilisation and progression (54 %) as well as upon achieving CR (93 %) vs PR (77 %).

Conclusion. In cHL tumor sensitivity to chemotherapy is the essential indication for HDCT combined with auto-HSCT. The optimal time for HDCT and auto-HSCT in cHL is the first CR/PR, and the best treatment outcome is achieved in patients with complete response prior to HDCT and auto-HSCT.

Keywords: classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma, high-dose chemotherapy, autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Received: February 9, 2018

Accepted: May 3, 2018

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Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Biochemical Markers of Infectious Complications of High-Dose Therapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Malignant Lymphoproliferative Diseases

COMPLICATIONS OF ANTITUMOR TREATMENT , , , ,

VO Sarzhevskii, YuN Dubinina, VYa Mel’nichenko

NI Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203

For correspondence: Vladislav Olegovich Sarzhevskii, PhD, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203; Tel: +7(495)603-72-18; e-mail: vladsar@pochta.ru

For citation: Sarzhevskii VO, Dubinina YuN, Mel’nichenko VYa. Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Biochemical Markers of Infectious Complications of High-Dose Therapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Malignant Lymphoproliferative Diseases. Clinical oncohematology. 2017;10(1):113–9 (In Russ).

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2017-10-1-113-119

ABSTRACT

Aim. To evaluate diagnostic and prognostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT) and presepsin (PSP) in patients with malignant lymphoproliferative disorders after a high-dose chemotherapy and auto-HSCT.

Methods. 28 patients were included in the study (20 women and 8 men; 12 of them with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 6 with non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, and 10 with multiple myeloma). The median age was 40 years (23–66 years). The conditioning regimens were CBV, BEAM or melphalan 200 mg/m2. PSP, PCT and CRP levels were evaluated on the day of admission (DA), D+1, D+3, D+7 and on the day of discharge (DD). Depending on the presence of infectious complications, the patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 — patients without complications (n = 12), group 2 — patients with complications (n = 16). In group 2 there were 15 patients with febrile neutropenia (FN) and 1 with sepsis.

Results. The median (range) of FN development was 5.5 days. Median CRP level on the DA and the DD in group 1 was 2.25 mg/l (0.6–20.4) and 14.85 mg/l (3.7–50), respectively (p = 0.001), while in group 2 it was 3.2 mg/l (0.2–53) and 19.7 mg/l (5.1–152.2), respectively (p = 0.025). However, CRP did not significantly differ between groups 1 and 2 at any point of analysis. The study also demonstrated a significant increase in the PCT levels in both groups after allo-HSCT. Median PCT level on the DA and the DD in group 1 was 0.023 ng/ml (0.02–0.112) and 0.07 ng/mL (0.02–0.356), respectively (p = 0.04), and in group 2 — 0.039 ng/ml (0.02–0.158) and 0.106 ng/mL (0.045–3.67), respectively (p = 0.001). Comparison of PCT levels on study days demonstrated no significant difference between groups. On the DA the median PSP level in group 1 was 166.5 pg/ml (77.2–476), on the DD it was 199 pg/ml (90–298) (p = 0.78). Median PSP levels in group 2 on the DA (129 pg/ml, range 84.2–501) and also on the DD (288.5 pg/ml, range 83.4–1345) were significantly different (p = 0.03). In the comparative analysis of PSP in groups 1 and 2, there were no significant differences on the DA and on the D+1. Significant difference in PSP levels between the analyzed groups was on the D+3, D+7 and on the DA.

Conclusion. The preliminary data showed that PSP is the most sensitive marker of infectious complications in patients with lymphoproliferative diseases after auto-HSCT.

Keywords: high-dose chemotherapy, autologous hematopoietic stem cells transplantation, infection, presepsin, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein.

Received: July 28, 2016

Accepted: December 10, 2016

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Biochemical Markers of Cardiotoxicity of High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Malignant Lymphoproliferative Disorders

COMPLICATIONS OF ANTITUMOR TREATMENT , ,

VO Sarzhevskii, DS Kolesnikova, VYa Mel’nichenko

NI Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203

For correspondence: Vladislav Olegovich Sarzhevskii, PhD, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203; Tel: +7(495)603-72-18; e-mail: vladsar@pochta.ru

For citation: Sarzhevskii VO, Kolesnikova DS, Mel’nichenko VYa. Biochemical Markers of Cardiotoxicity of High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Malignant Lymphoproliferative Disorders. Clinical oncohematology. 2016;9(4):465–73 (In Russ).

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2016-9-4-465-473

ABSTRACT

Background. High-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous hematopoietic stem cells transplantation (auto-HSCT) is an effective therapeutic option for patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas in those cases, when the standard chemotherapy combined with the radiation therapy proves to be ineffective. The HDCT and auto-HSCT are also basic treatment options for multiple myeloma. However, toxic effects of the transplantation, including cardiotoxicity, may significantly worsen the prognosis of patients who receive this treatment.

Aim. To evaluate changes in biochemical markers of cardiotoxicity (troponin and N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)) in patients with malignant lymphomas (receiving HDCT and auto-HSCT).

Materials & Methods. 157 patients were enrolled in the study. The sensitivity threshold of the troponin T test was 0.1 ng/mL and troponin I 0.001 ng/mL (highly sensitive troponin). Troponin T (conventional troponin) was measured in 56 patients, troponin I was assessed in 101 patients. Serum troponin levels were evaluated before the conditioning, on D0, D+7, and D+12. The level of NT-proBNP was assessed before the conditioning, on D0 and D+12.

Results. Increased troponin T level was observed in 2 of 56 patients (3.6 %), increased troponin I level — in 27 of 101 patients (26.7 %) (p < 0.01). Troponin levels were within normal limits in all patients at admission. Troponin T levels increased only on D+7. Troponin I level increased in 4 patients (4 %) on D0, in 17 patients (16.8 %) on D+7 and in 11 patients (10.9 %) on D+12. The median concentration of troponin I was 0.215 ng/mL after HDCT completion, 0.74 ng/mL on D+7 and 0.21 ng/mL on D+12. No cases of myocardial infarction were observed. NT-proBNP levels in most patients were within normal limits at admission (median level 79.2 pg/mL). The situation changed significantly after conditioning: in most patients the level was almost twice as high as the upper normal limit (medial 240.6 pg/mL). Significant differences in levels of NT-proBNP (p < 0.05) were observed at comparison of data before conditioning and D0, and before conditioning and D+12.

Conclusion. The data obtained confirm a significant impact of HDCT and auto-HSCT on the cardiovascular system of patients with malignant lymphomas. Further studies and observation of the patients are needed to clarify the prognostic significance of the findings related to cardiotoxicity (in particular, congestive heart failure).

Keywords: high-dose chemotherapy, autologous hematopoietic stem cells transplantation, cardiotoxicity, troponin, NT-proBNP.

Received: June 13, 2016

Accepted: June 14, 2016

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Role of Positron-Emission Tomography in Prognosis of Outcomes of High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

LYMPHOID TUMORS , , ,

VG Potapenko1,2, NB Mikhailova1, BI Smirnov4, IA Skorokhod2, DA Chaginskaya2, VV Ryabchikova2, IA Samorodova2, EI Podol’tseva2, VV Ipatov3, IV Boikov3, VN Semelev3, DA Gornostaev3, TG Potapenko5, TG Kulibaba5, NV Medvedeva2, BV Afanas’ev1

1 Academician IP Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University, 6/8 L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022

2 Municipal Hematological Center, Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 31, 3 Dinamo pr-t, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197110

3 SM Kirov Military Medical Academy, 6 Akademika Lebedeva str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 194044

4 VI Ul’yanov (Lenin) St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University LETI, 5 Professora Popova str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197376

5 St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 199034

For correspondence: Vsevolod Gennad’evich Potapenko, 6/8 L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022; Tel: +7(812)230-19-33; е-mail: potapenko.vsevolod@mail.ru

For citation: Potapenko VG, Mikhailova NB, Smirnov BI, et al. Role of Positron-Emission Tomography in Prognosis of Outcomes of High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Clinical oncohematology. 2016;9(4):406–12 (In Russ).

DOI: 10.21320/2500-2139-2016-9-4-406-412

ABSTRACT

Aim. To perform a comparative analysis of the prognostic significance of positron-emission tomography (PET) with other prognostic factors of the efficacy of high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) in patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Methods. Data on 84 patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma receiving treatment over the period from October 2007 till November 2015 were analyzed. The median age was 26.6 years (range: 10–62). The median follow-up was 25 months (range: 1–81 months). The prognostic significance of sex, response to the initial chemotherapy, time to relapse, second-line chemotherapy regimen type, B-symptoms, tumor size (>5 cm in cases of relapse prior to the HDCT), serum LDH and albumin levels, CT findings, the number of chemotherapy lines, conditioning regimen before the auto-HSCT, and the metabolic activity before the HDCT (PET1, n = 82) and after auto-HSCT (PET2, n = 57) was analyzed.

Results. The two-year overall (OS) and event-free (EFS) survival rates were 70.6 % and 58.7%, respectively. Prognosis was the worst in patients with CT-confirmed lymphoma progression by the initiation of HDCT. In the presence of a CT-response, the PET status of lymphoma has a prognostic significance. The 2-year OS and EFS rates of PET1-negative and PET1-positive patients were 82 % vs. 62 % (p = 0.056) and 74 % vs. 44 % (p = 0.003), respectively. In PET2-negative and PET2-positive patients, the OS and EFS rates were 90 % vs. 65 % (p = 0.013) and 72 % vs. 52 % (p = 0.014), respectively. From the prognostic point of view, PET2 findings prevailed over PET1 findings. The multivariate analysis confirmed only PET2 significance for OS prediction.

Conclusion. The tumor sensitivity to the chemotherapy assessed by the CT is the most important prognostic factor. In case of a positive CT dynamics, the achievement of PET1 or PET2 negativity before or after HDCT/auto-HSCT is a favorable prognostic factor. The worst prognosis was observed in patients with tumor metabolic activity before or after HDCT/auto-HSCT.

Keywords: positron-emission tomography (PET), Hodgkin’s lymphoma, high-dose chemotherapy, auto-HSCT.

Received: June 23, 2016

Accepted: August 29, 2016

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Role of Positron-Emission Tomography in Prognosis of Outcomes of High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

LYMPHOID TUMORS , , ,

VG Potapenko1,2, NB Mikhailova1, BI Smirnov4, IA Skorokhod2, DA Chaginskaya2, VV Ryabchikova2, IA Samorodova2, EI Podol’tseva2, VV Ipatov3, IV Boikov3, VN Semelev3, DA Gornostaev3, TG Potapenko5, TG Kulibaba5, NV Medvedeva2, BV Afanas’ev1

1 Academician IP Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University, 6/8 L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022

2 Municipal Hematological Center, Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 31, 3 Dinamo pr-t, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197110

3 SM Kirov Military Medical Academy, 6 Akademika Lebedeva str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 194044

4 VI Ul’yanov (Lenin) St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University LETI, 5 Professora Popova str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197376

5 St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 199034

For correspondence: Vsevolod Gennad’evich Potapenko, 6/8 L’va Tolstogo str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022; Tel: +7(812)230-19-33; е-mail: potapenko.vsevolod@mail.ru

For citation: Potapenko VG, Mikhailova NB, Smirnov BI, et al. Role of Positron-Emission Tomography in Prognosis of Outcomes of High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Clinical oncohematology. 2016;9(4):406–12 (In Russ).

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21320/2500-2139-2016-9-4-406-412

ABSTRACT

Aim. To perform a comparative analysis of the prognostic significance of positron-emission tomography (PET) with other prognostic factors of the efficacy of high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) in patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Methods. Data on 84 patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma receiving treatment over the period from October 2007 till November 2015 were analyzed. The median age was 26.6 years (range: 10–62). The median follow-up was 25 months (range: 1–81 months). The prognostic significance of sex, response to the initial chemotherapy, time to relapse, second-line chemotherapy regimen type, B-symptoms, tumor size (>5 cm in cases of relapse prior to the HDCT), serum LDH and albumin levels, CT findings, the number of chemotherapy lines, conditioning regimen before the auto-HSCT, and the metabolic activity before the HDCT (PET1, n = 82) and after auto-HSCT (PET2, n = 57) was analyzed.

Results. The two-year overall (OS) and event-free (EFS) survival rates were 70.6 % and 58.7%, respectively. Prognosis was the worst in patients with CT-confirmed lymphoma progression by the initiation of HDCT. In the presence of a CT-response, the PET status of lymphoma has a prognostic significance. The 2-year OS and EFS rates of PET1-negative and PET1-positive patients were 82 % vs. 62 % (p = 0.056) and 74 % vs. 44 % (p = 0.003), respectively. In PET2-negative and PET2-positive patients, the OS and EFS rates were 90 % vs. 65 % (p = 0.013) and 72 % vs. 52 % (p = 0.014), respectively. From the prognostic point of view, PET2 findings prevailed over PET1 findings. The multivariate analysis confirmed only PET2 significance for OS prediction.

Conclusion. The tumor sensitivity to the chemotherapy assessed by the CT is the most important prognostic factor. In case of a positive CT dynamics, the achievement of PET1 or PET2 negativity before or after HDCT/auto-HSCT is a favorable prognostic factor. The worst prognosis was observed in patients with tumor metabolic activity before or after HDCT/auto-HSCT.

Keywords: positron-emission tomography (PET), Hodgkin’s lymphoma, high-dose chemotherapy, auto-HSCT.

Received: June 23, 2016

Accepted: August 29, 2016

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Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Synchronized with ECG as Method for Evaluation of Cardiotoxicity of High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Malignant Lymphoproliferative Disorders

COMPLICATIONS OF ANTITUMOR TREATMENT , , ,

VO Sarzhevskii, DS Kolesnikova, MN Vakhromeeva, VYa Mel’nichenko

N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203

For correspondence: Vladislav Olegovich Sarzhevskii, PhD, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203; Tel.: +7(495)603-72-18; e-mail: vladsar@pochta.ru

For citation: Sarzhevskii VO, Kolesnikova DS, Vakhromeeva MN, Mel’nichenko VYa. Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Synchronized with ECG as Method for Evaluation of Cardiotoxicity of High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Malignant Lymphoproliferative Disorders. Clinical oncohematology. 2015;8(1):84–90 (In Russ).

ABSTRACT

Background. High-dose chemotherapy (HDC) with autologous hematopoietic stem cells transplantation (auto-HSCT) is currently widely used for the treatment of relapsed and refractory to standard chemotherapy cases of malignant lymphoproliferative disorders. Cardiac monitoring of patients treated with HDC with subsequent auto-HSCT is performed by means of ECG and Echo-CG in most cases. The method of single-photon emission computed tomography of the left ventricle (LV) synchronized with ECG (gated-SPECT) is rarely used to assess cardiotoxic effect of HDC and auto-HSCT.

Objective. To evaluate perfusion and regional myocardial function of the left ventricle (LV) in patients with malignant lymphomas receiving HDC and auto-HSCT.

Methods. The study included 69 patients (37 with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 19 with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and 13 with multiple myeloma). The median age was 36 year (range from 19 to 66 years); 40 females, 29 males. Perfusion and regional LV function at rest before the HDC and auto-HSCT (point 1) and at discharge (point 2) were assessed. Each study was performed on a double-headed rotating gamma camera Forte (Philips, USA). 740 MBq of technetium-99m-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (99mTc-MIBI) was used as a radiopharmaceutical. Semiquantitative assessment of tomoscintigrams was performed using polar diagrams (20-segment model); they were used for complex analysis of perfusion and LF myocardium function parameters.

Results. The total area of hypoperfusion, expressed as a percentage of the area of the LV myocardium, did not change significantly during treatment (p > 0.05). However, the segmental analysis demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in the median uptake level of the radiopharmaceutical in 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, and 19 segments (p < 0.05). The total ejection fraction (TEF) did not change (median TEF was 59.5 % at point 1 and 58 % at point 2). But it showed a statistically significant decrease in median of local systolic thickening in 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, and 20 segments of the left ventricle (p < 0.05).

Conclusions. HDC and auto-HSCT significantly change perfusion and regional LV myocardial function in patients with malignant lymphomas. The changes demonstrate diffuse myocardial damage. Gated-SPECT can be considered a promising method for assessing cardiotoxicity of HDC and auto-HSCT.

Keywords: high-dose chemotherapy, autologous hematopoietic stem cells transplantation, cardiotoxicity, gated-SPECT.

Received: July 23, 2014

Accepted: November 5, 2014

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Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Primary Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Supposed Zugzwang or Zwischenzug?

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION , , , ,

GD Petrova1, KN Melkova1, TZ Chernyavskaya1, NV Gorbunova1, BV Afanas’ev2, EA Demina1, VN Kostrykina1, VA Doronin1

1 N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, 24 Kashirskoye sh., Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478

2 R.M. Gorbacheva Scientific Research Institute of Pediatric Hematology and Transplantation; Academician I.P. Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University, 12 Rentgena str., Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022

For correspondence: Galina Dmitrievna Petrova, graduate student, 24 Kashirskoye sh., Moscow, Russian Federation, 115478; Tel.: +7(499)324-13-59; e-mail: galina_petrova@bk.ru

For citation: Petrova GD, Melkova KN, Chernyavskaya TZ, et al. Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Primary Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: Supposed Zugzwang or Zwischenzug? Clinical oncohematology. 2015;8(3):321–30 (In Russ).

ABSTRACT

Background & Aims. The role of single and double autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantations (autoSCT) in patients with primary refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) has not been determined yet. The aim of the study is to present the results of a one-center prospective study evaluating the role of single and double autoSCT in patients with HL who have not achieved the complete remission (CR) after first line induction polychemotherapy (PCT).

Methods. 62 HL patients were enrolled in the study over the period from 2007 till 2014. High-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autoSCT was performed once in 53 patients, and twice in 10 patients.

Results. The study demonstrated an unfavorable prognostic impact of the large volume of previous chemotherapy on the overall survival (OS) rate after the autoSCT (p = 0.03). Results of the 1st autoSCT had an independent prognostic value for the OS rate (p = 0.004). The study identified the main indication for the 2nd autoSCT, namely, partial remission (PR) or stable disease (SD) achieved after the 1st autoSCT (when the 2nd HDCT with autoSCT should be preferred to the alternative treatment; p = 0.004). Progressive disease (PD) after the first autoSCT is a contraindication for the second one. Due to low efficacy and high toxicity, the 2nd autoSCT does not improve outcomes when compared to alternative approaches (p = 0.6). The importance of achieving CR at any stage of treatment which is associated with a long life span with no signs of disease and good quality of life has been demonstrated.

Conclusion. AutoSCT is an effective treatment option for patients without complete remission after the first line antitumor treatment. Carrying out 2nd autoSCT is advisable for patients who have reached the PR/SD after the first one. Patients with PD after the 1st autoSCT require an alternative treatment option.

Keywords: Hodgkin’s lymphoma, high-dose chemotherapy, autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, primary resistance, double autoSCT.

Received: May 5, 2015

Accepted: June 2, 2015

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Case of Pneumocystis Pneumonia after High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Transplantation

INFECTIONS IN ONCOHEMATOLOGY , ,

V.O. Sarzhevskii1, V.Ya. Mel’nichenk1, D.S. Kolesnikova1, O.Yu. Bronov1, V.M. Sotnikov2, N.N. Smol’tsova2

1 N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Centre under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203

2 Russian Scientific Center of Roentgenoradiology under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 86 Profsoyuznaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997

For correspondence: V.O. Sarzhevskii, PhD, Associate Professor, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203; Tel: +7(495)603-72-18; e-mail: vladsar@pochta.ru

For citation: Sarzhevskii V.O., Mel’nichenko V.Ya., Kolesnikova D.S., Bronov O.Yu., Sotnikov V.M., Smol’tsova N.N. Case of Pneumocystis Pneumonia after High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Klin. Onkogematol. 2014; 7(4): 583–586 (In Russ.).

ABSTRACT

Pneumocystis pneumonia is a rare complication of a high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow/peripheral hematopoietic stem cells transplantation in patients with hematological malignances. The absence of typical clinical symptoms and the probability of a lethal outcome require a special approach to this problem. A brief review of literature and presented clinical case give an idea of clinical manifestations, course, diagnostic approaches, prevention, and treatment of pneumocystis pneumonia in this category of patients.

Keywords: autologous bone marrow transplantation, high-dose chemotherapy, pneumocystis pneumonia

Accepted: September 19, 2014

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