1. Addition of 10-Day Decitabine to Fludarabine/Total Body Irradiation Conditioning is Feasible and Induces Tumor-Associated Antigen-Specific T Cell Responses.
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Cruijsen, Marjan, Hobo, Willemijn, van der Velden, Walter J.F.M., Bremmers, Manita E.J., Woestenenk, Rob, Bär, Brigitte, Falkenburg, J.H. Frederik, Kester, Michel, Schaap, Nicolaas P.M., Jansen, Joop, Blijlevens, Nicole N.M., Dolstra, Harry, and Huls, Gerwin
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PREVENTIVE medicine , *DECITABINE , *FLUDARABINE , *HEMATOPOIETIC stem cell transplantation , *MYELODYSPLASTIC syndromes treatment , *MYELOID leukemia , *LEUKEMIA treatment - Abstract
Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) offers the possibility of curative therapy for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). However, post-HCT relapse remains a major problem, particularly in patients with high-risk cytogenetics and in patients who cannot tolerate consolidation chemotherapy (eg, due to previous toxicity). We assessed the toxicity and efficacy of 10-day decitabine (Dec), fludarabine (Flu), and 2 Gy total body irradiation (TBI) as a new conditioning regimen for allogeneic HCT in patients with MDS, CMML, or AML. Thirty patients were enrolled, including 11 with MDS, 2 with CMML, and 17 with AML. Patients received 20 mg/m 2 /day Dec on days -11 to -2, 30 mg/m 2 /day Flu on days -4 to -2, and 2 Gy TBI on day -1, followed by infusion of a donor stem cell graft on day 0. Postgrafting immunosuppression consisted of cyclosporin A and mycophenolate mofetil. At a median follow-up of 443 days, the overall survival was 53%, relapse incidence was 27%, and nonrelapse mortality was 27%. The incidence of severe acute (grade III/IV) graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was 27%, and that of (predominantly mild) chronic GVHD was 60%. Immunomonitoring studies revealed that specific CD8 + T cell responses against epigenetically silenced tumor-associated antigens (TAAs), including cancer-testis antigens (MAGE-A1/A2/A3 and PRAME) and RHAMM, occurred more frequently in patients who had received Dec/Flu/TBI conditioning (8 of 11 patients) compared with a control group of patients who had received only Flu/TBI conditioning (2 of 9 patients). In summary, Dec/Flu/TBI conditioning proved feasible and effective and enhanced the induction of TAA-reactive CD8 + T cell responses in vivo, which may contribute to disease control post-transplantation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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