Minimal residual disease monitoring and preemptive immunotherapies for frequent 11q23 rearranged acute leukemia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Minimal residual disease monitoring and preemptive immunotherapies for frequent 11q23 rearranged acute leukemia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
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异基因造血干细胞移植后频繁发生11q23重排急性白血病的微小残留病监测和先发性免疫治疗
DOI:
10.1007/s00277-021-04488-x
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发表时间:
2021-03-13
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Mo, Xiao-Dong
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作者:
Liu, Jing;Zhang, Xiao-Hui;Mo, Xiao-Dong
The prognosis of11q23/KMT2A-rearranged (KMT2A-r) acute leukemia (AL) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is poor. Minimal residual disease (MRD) is an important prognostic factor for relapse. Thus, we aimed to identify the evolution ofKMT2Abefore and after allo-HSCT and the efficacy of preemptive immunotherapies forKMT2A-r AL patients receiving allo-HSCT.KMT2Aexpression was determined through TaqMan-based RQ-PCR technology. Preemptive immunotherapies included interferon-α and donor lymphocyte infusion. We collected 1751 bone marrow samples from 177 consecutiveKMT2A-r AL patients. Pre-HSCTKMT2Apositivity was correlated with post-HSCTKMT2Apositivity (correlation coefficient=0.371,P<0.001). The rates of achievingKMT2Anegativity after allo-HSCT were 96.6%, 92.9%, and 68.8% in the pre-HSCT low-level group (>0, <0.1%), intermediate-level group (≥ 0.1%, <1%), and high-level group (≥1%), respectively. The rates of regainingKMT2Apositivity after allo-HSCT were 7.7%, 35.7%, 38.5%, and 45.5% for the pre-HSCTKMT2A-negative, low-level, intermediate-level, and high-level groups, respectively (P<0.001). The 4-year cumulative incidence of relapse after allo-HSCT was as high as 53.7% in the pre-HSCTKMT2Aexpression ≥ 0.1% group, which was compared to theKMT2A-negative group (15.1%) andKMT2A<0.1% group (31.2%). The clinical outcomes of patients with post-HSCTKMT2Apositivity were poorer than those of patients with persistentKMT2Anegativity. Although post-HSCT preemptive immunotherapies might help to achieveKMT2Anegativity, the long-term efficacy was unsatisfactory. Thus, pre-HSCTKMT2Apositivity was significantly associated with post-HSCTKMT2Apositivity. The clinical outcomes of patients with post-HSCTKMT2Apositivity were poor, which might not be overcome by commonly used immunotherapies.