Metastatic malignant rhabdoid tumor of the liver treated with tandem high-dose therapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell rescue

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard M. Katzenstein ◽  
Morris Kletzel ◽  
Marleta Reynolds ◽  
Riccardo Superina ◽  
F. Gonzalez-Crussi
2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2284-2292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morris Kletzel ◽  
Howard M. Katzenstein ◽  
Paul R. Haut ◽  
Alice L. Yu ◽  
Elaine Morgan ◽  
...  

PURPOSE: To investigate whether intensive induction therapy followed by triple-tandem cycles of high-dose therapy with peripheral-blood stem-cell rescue and local irradiation will improve event-free survival for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From August 1995 to January 2000, 25 consecutive newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma patients and one child with recurrent MYCN-amplified disease were enrolled onto the Chicago Pilot II Protocol. After induction therapy and surgery, peripheral-blood stem cells were mobilized with three cycles of high-dose cyclophosphamide and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Patients then underwent triple-tandem cycles of high-dose therapy with peripheral-blood stem-cell rescue followed by radiation to the primary site. RESULTS: Twenty-two of the 26 patients successfully completed induction therapy and were eligible for the triple-tandem consolidation high-dose therapy. Sufficient numbers of peripheral-blood stem cells were collected in all but one patient. Seventeen patients were able to complete all three cycles of high-dose therapy and peripheral-blood stem-cell rescue, two patients completed two cycles, and three patients completed one cycle. There was one toxic death, and one patient died from complications of treatment for graft failure. With a median follow-up of 38 months, the 3-year event-free survival and survival rates are 57% ± 11% and 79% ± 10%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The results of this pilot study demonstrate that it is feasible to intensify consolidation with triple-tandem high-dose chemotherapy and peripheral-blood stem-cell rescue and local irradiation, and suggest that this treatment strategy may lead to improved survival for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma.


Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. 3131-3136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Fermand ◽  
Philippe Ravaud ◽  
Sylvie Chevret ◽  
Marine Divine ◽  
Véronique Leblond ◽  
...  

Results to date indicate that high-dose therapy (HDT) with autologous stem cell support improves survival of patients with symptomatic multiple myeloma (MM). We performed a multicenter, sequential, randomized trial designed to assess the optimal timing of HDT and autotransplantation. Among 202 enrolled patients who were up to 56 years old, 185 were randomly assigned to receive HDT and peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) autotransplantation (early HDT group, n = 91) or a conventional-dose chemotherapy (CCT) regimen (late HDT group, n = 94). In the late HDT group, HDT and transplantation were performed as rescue treament, in case of primary resistance to CCT or at relapse in responders. PBSC were collected before randomization, after mobilization by chemotherapy, and, in the two groups, HDT was preceded by three or four treatments with vincristine, doxorubicin, and methylprednisolone. Data were analyzed on an intent-to-treat basis using a sequential design. Within a median follow-up of 58 months, estimated median overall survival (OS) was 64.6 months in the early HDT group and 64 months in the late group. Survival curves were not different (P = .92, log-rank test). Median event-free survival (EFS) was 39 months in the early HDT group whereas median time between randomization and CCT failure was 13 months in the late group. Average time without symptoms, treatment, and treatment toxicity (TWiSTT) were 27.8 months (95% confidence interval [CI]; range, 23.8 to 31.8) and 22.3 months (range, 16.0 to 28.6) in the two groups, respectively. HDT with PBSC transplantation obtained a median OS exceeding 5 years in young patients with symptomatic MM, whether performed early, as first-line therapy, or late, as rescue treatment. Early HDT may be preferred because it is associated with a shorter period of chemotherapy. © 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.


Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. 3131-3136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Fermand ◽  
Philippe Ravaud ◽  
Sylvie Chevret ◽  
Marine Divine ◽  
Véronique Leblond ◽  
...  

Abstract Results to date indicate that high-dose therapy (HDT) with autologous stem cell support improves survival of patients with symptomatic multiple myeloma (MM). We performed a multicenter, sequential, randomized trial designed to assess the optimal timing of HDT and autotransplantation. Among 202 enrolled patients who were up to 56 years old, 185 were randomly assigned to receive HDT and peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) autotransplantation (early HDT group, n = 91) or a conventional-dose chemotherapy (CCT) regimen (late HDT group, n = 94). In the late HDT group, HDT and transplantation were performed as rescue treament, in case of primary resistance to CCT or at relapse in responders. PBSC were collected before randomization, after mobilization by chemotherapy, and, in the two groups, HDT was preceded by three or four treatments with vincristine, doxorubicin, and methylprednisolone. Data were analyzed on an intent-to-treat basis using a sequential design. Within a median follow-up of 58 months, estimated median overall survival (OS) was 64.6 months in the early HDT group and 64 months in the late group. Survival curves were not different (P = .92, log-rank test). Median event-free survival (EFS) was 39 months in the early HDT group whereas median time between randomization and CCT failure was 13 months in the late group. Average time without symptoms, treatment, and treatment toxicity (TWiSTT) were 27.8 months (95% confidence interval [CI]; range, 23.8 to 31.8) and 22.3 months (range, 16.0 to 28.6) in the two groups, respectively. HDT with PBSC transplantation obtained a median OS exceeding 5 years in young patients with symptomatic MM, whether performed early, as first-line therapy, or late, as rescue treatment. Early HDT may be preferred because it is associated with a shorter period of chemotherapy. © 1998 by The American Society of Hematology.


Blood ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 94 (12) ◽  
pp. 4029-4035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leona A. Holmberg ◽  
Michael Boeckh ◽  
Heather Hooper ◽  
Wendy Leisenring ◽  
Scott Rowley ◽  
...  

Abstract High-dose therapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) rescue is widely used for the treatment of malignant disease. CD34 selection of PBSC has been applied as a means of reducing contamination of the graft. Although CD34 selection results in a 2 to 3 log reduction in contaminating tumor cells without significantly delaying engraftment, many other types of cells are depleted from the CD34-enriched grafts and immune reconstitution may be impaired. In the present study, 31 cytomegalovirus (CMV)-seropositive patients who received myeloablative therapy followed by the infusion of CD34-selected autologous PBSC were assessed for the development of CMV disease in the first 100 days posttransplant. Seven patients (22.6%) developed CMV disease and 4 patients (12.9%) died from complications of their infection. In a contemporaneous group of 237 CMV-seropositive patients receiving unselected, autologous PBSC, only 10 patients (4.2%) developed CMV disease, with 5 deaths (2.1%). In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, the use of CD34-selected autologous PBSC after high-dose therapy was associated with a marked increase in the incidence of CMV disease and CMV-associated deaths.


Blood ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 94 (12) ◽  
pp. 4029-4035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leona A. Holmberg ◽  
Michael Boeckh ◽  
Heather Hooper ◽  
Wendy Leisenring ◽  
Scott Rowley ◽  
...  

High-dose therapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) rescue is widely used for the treatment of malignant disease. CD34 selection of PBSC has been applied as a means of reducing contamination of the graft. Although CD34 selection results in a 2 to 3 log reduction in contaminating tumor cells without significantly delaying engraftment, many other types of cells are depleted from the CD34-enriched grafts and immune reconstitution may be impaired. In the present study, 31 cytomegalovirus (CMV)-seropositive patients who received myeloablative therapy followed by the infusion of CD34-selected autologous PBSC were assessed for the development of CMV disease in the first 100 days posttransplant. Seven patients (22.6%) developed CMV disease and 4 patients (12.9%) died from complications of their infection. In a contemporaneous group of 237 CMV-seropositive patients receiving unselected, autologous PBSC, only 10 patients (4.2%) developed CMV disease, with 5 deaths (2.1%). In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, the use of CD34-selected autologous PBSC after high-dose therapy was associated with a marked increase in the incidence of CMV disease and CMV-associated deaths.


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