Clinical Utility of Wilms' Tumor 1 Monitoring in Patients with Myeloid Malignancy and Prior Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Clinical Utility of Wilms' Tumor 1 Monitoring in Patients with Myeloid Malignancy and Prior Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.06.007
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发表时间:
2017-10-01
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4.3
通讯作者:
Fukuda, Takahiro
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作者:
Ino, Kazuko;Fuji, Shigeo;Fukuda, Takahiro
Although allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is 1 of the standard treatments for myeloid malignancy, relapse remains a major obstacle to cure. Early detection of relapse by monitoring of minimal residual disease (MRD) may enable us to intervene pre-emptively and potentially prevent overt relapse. Wilms' tumor 1 (WTI) is well known as a pan-leukemic marker. We retrospectively examined serially monitored WTI levels of peripheral blood in 98 patients (84 with acute myeloid leukemia and 14 with myelodysplastic syndrome). At the time of allo-HSCT, 49 patients (50%) were in complete remission. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to WTI levels (500 copies/mu g.RNA). The cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR) and overall survival (OS) differed statistically according to the WTI levels before allo-HSCT and at days 30 and 60 after allo-HSCT. In multivariate analysis, WT1 >500 copies/mu g RNA before and at day 60 after allo-HSCT and WTI copies/mu g RNA at day 30 were correlated with CIR. Moreover, WTI >500 copies/mu g RNA at day 60 after allo-HSCT was only correlated with worse OS. Our data suggest that serial monitoring of WTI levels in peripheral blood may be useful for MRD monitoring and as a predictor of hematological relapse in allo-HSCT. (C) 2017 American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.