TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of Age and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Specific Comorbidity Index in Myelodysplastic Patients Undergoing an Allotransplant
T2 - A Retrospective Study from the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
AU - Carré, Martin
AU - Porcher, Raphaël
AU - Finke, Jürgen
AU - Ehninger, Gerhard
AU - Koster, Linda
AU - Beelen, Dietrich
AU - Ganser, Arnold
AU - Volin, Liisa
AU - Lozano, Sara
AU - Friis, Lone
AU - Michallet, Mauricette
AU - Tischer, Johanna
AU - Olavarria, Eduardo
AU - Cascon, Maria Jesús Pascual
AU - Iacobelli, Simona
AU - Koc, Yener
AU - Jindra, Pavel
AU - Arat, Mutlu
AU - de Witte, Theo
AU - Yakoub Agha, Ibrahim
AU - Kröger, Nicolaus
AU - Robin, Marie
N1 - Copyright © 2019 American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only potentially curative option for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) but is severely limited by nonrelapse mortality (NRM), especially in this mostly older population. Comorbidity assessment is crucial to predict NRM and often assessed with the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI). Moreover, the impact of age on NRM still remains a matter of debate. In recent years, the age at which transplants are made has been progressively increasing, and patients with comorbidities have become more common. Extricating the respective roles of age and comorbidities in toxic mortality is all the more important. This study by the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation registry included 1245 adult patients who underwent a first allogeneic stem cell transplantation for MDSs between 2003 and 2014. Overall, 4-year NRM and overall survival were 32% and 47%, respectively. When considered as continuous predictors, HCT-CI score and age were associated with an increased hazard ratio (HR) for NRM. In multivariate analysis, age band (HR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.25; P= .016), HCT-CI ≥3 (HR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.73; P = .022), and Karnofsky Performance Status ≤80 (HR, 2.03; 95% CI, 1.52 to 2.73; P< .0001) were significantly predictive of a worse NRM. In our large cohort, both comorbidities, evaluated by the original HCT-CI score, and chronological age significantly affected NRM. Thus, age should be part of the transplant decision-making process and should be integrated in future scoring systems predicting outcomes of HSCT in MDSs.
AB - Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only potentially curative option for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) but is severely limited by nonrelapse mortality (NRM), especially in this mostly older population. Comorbidity assessment is crucial to predict NRM and often assessed with the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI). Moreover, the impact of age on NRM still remains a matter of debate. In recent years, the age at which transplants are made has been progressively increasing, and patients with comorbidities have become more common. Extricating the respective roles of age and comorbidities in toxic mortality is all the more important. This study by the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation registry included 1245 adult patients who underwent a first allogeneic stem cell transplantation for MDSs between 2003 and 2014. Overall, 4-year NRM and overall survival were 32% and 47%, respectively. When considered as continuous predictors, HCT-CI score and age were associated with an increased hazard ratio (HR) for NRM. In multivariate analysis, age band (HR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.25; P= .016), HCT-CI ≥3 (HR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.73; P = .022), and Karnofsky Performance Status ≤80 (HR, 2.03; 95% CI, 1.52 to 2.73; P< .0001) were significantly predictive of a worse NRM. In our large cohort, both comorbidities, evaluated by the original HCT-CI score, and chronological age significantly affected NRM. Thus, age should be part of the transplant decision-making process and should be integrated in future scoring systems predicting outcomes of HSCT in MDSs.
KW - Age
KW - Comorbidities
KW - Myelodysplastic syndromes
KW - Nonrelapse mortality
KW - Transplantation
U2 - 10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.10.015
DO - 10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.10.015
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31647984
SN - 1083-8791
VL - 26
SP - 451
EP - 457
JO - Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
JF - Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
IS - 3
ER -