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Outcomes of primary graft failure in acute myeloid leukemia patients following unrelated transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide: a study from the ALWP/EBMT




AuthorsNagler, Arnon; Galimard, Jacques-Emmanuel; Kayser, Sarah; Kulagin, Alexander; Blaise, Didier; Parovichnikova, Elena; Versluis, Jurjen; Itälä-Remes, Maija; Choi, Goda; Martino Bufarull, Rodrigo; Sica, Simona; Roeven, Mieke W. H.; von dem Borne, Peter; Bazarbachi, Ali; Sanz, Jaime; Mohty, Mohamad; Ciceri, Fabio

PublisherSpringer Nature

Publication year2025

Journal:Bone Marrow Transplantation

ISSN0268-3369

eISSN1476-5365

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-025-02726-8

Web address https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-025-02726-8

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/504767559


Abstract

We assessed pGF in 2497 AML patients undergoing HSCT from 8-10/10 HLA-matched UD with PTCy. pGF was defined as failure to achieve an ANC ≥ 0.5 × 109/L by day +30 after HSCT. The day +30 cumulative incidence of ANC was 92.6% (95%CI: 91.5–93.6), and the incidence of death without ANC recovery was 1.8% (95% CI: 1.3%–2.3%), corresponding to 141 (5.6%) patients not achieving an ANC ≥ 0.5 × 109/L by day +30. PB was the graft source in 89.4% of the patients, and 56% received reduced-intensity conditioning. 21 patients underwent a second HSCT (15 in the absence of ANC recovery and 6 after ANC recovery). 1-y NRM and RI post-pGF were 22.1% and 22.4%, respectively. 1-y LFS and OS post-pGF were 59% and 55.5%, respectively. ANC recovery evaluated as a time-dependent covariate, KPS ≥ 90, and being in CR at the time of HSCT were associated with improved OS. In conclusion, the incidence of pGF post-unrelated HSCT with PTCy was 5.6%. Of the patients who failed to engraft by day +30, 70.9% did so by day +60. A second transplant can save some of the patients with pGF.


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