Addition of Gemcitabine to Pre Allo-HSCT Conditioning for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Summary

The main purpose of the project is to evaluate the disease free survival and overall survival in patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) adding gemcitabine to the standard institutional conditioning regimen based on two alkylating drugs, reduced busulfan and cyclophosphamide (reduced BUCY 2).

Timeline

Start

2018-09-15

Primary completion

2020-09

Completion

2021-09

Publications

• Background Nieto Y, Thall P, Valdez B, Andersson B, Popat U, Anderlini P, Shpall EJ, Bassett R, Alousi A, Hosing C, Kebriaei P, Qazilbash M, Frazier E, Gulbis A, Chancoco C, Bashir Q, Ciurea S, Khouri I, Parmar S, Shah N, Worth L, Rondon G, Champlin R, Jones RB. High-dose infusional gemcitabine combined with busulfan and melphalan with autologous stem-cell transplantation in patients with refractory lymphoid malignancies. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2012 Nov;18(11):1677-86. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2012.05.011. Epub 2012 May 27.
• Background Peters GJ, Ruiz van Haperen VW, Bergman AM, Veerman G, Smitskamp-Wilms E, van Moorsel CJ, Kuiper CM, Braakhuis BJ. Preclinical combination therapy with gemcitabine and mechanisms of resistance. Semin Oncol. 1996 Oct;23(5 Suppl 10):16-24.
• Background Wang E, Gulbis A, Hart JW, Nieto Y. The emerging role of gemcitabine in conditioning regimens for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2014 Sep;20(9):1382-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.04.025. Epub 2014 May 9.
• Background Anderlini P, Saliba RM, Ledesma C, Chancoco C, Alousi AM, Shpall EJ, Popat UR, Hosing CM, Khouri IF, Nieto Y, Ciurea S, Younes A, Fanale MA, Acholonu S, Valverde R, Champlin RE. Gemcitabine, fludarabine and melphalan as a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen for allogeneic stem cell transplant in relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: preliminary results. Leuk Lymphoma. 2012 Mar;53(3):499-502. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2011.615427. Epub 2011 Oct 24. No abstract available.
• Background Matsuda A, Sasaki T. Antitumor activity of sugar-modified cytosine nucleosides. Cancer Sci. 2004 Feb;95(2):105-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2004.tb03189.x.
• Background Spasokoukotskaja T, Arner ES, Brosjo O, Gunven P, Juliusson G, Liliemark J, Eriksson S. Expression of deoxycytidine kinase and phosphorylation of 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine in human normal and tumour cells and tissues. Eur J Cancer. 1995;31A(2):202-8. doi: 10.1016/0959-8049(94)00435-8.
• Background Braakhuis BJ, Ruiz van Haperen VW, Boven E, Veerman G, Peters GJ. Schedule-dependent antitumor effect of gemcitabine in in vivo model system. Semin Oncol. 1995 Aug;22(4 Suppl 11):42-6.
• Background Csoka K, Liliemark J, Larsson R, Nygren P. Evaluation of the cytotoxic activity of gemcitabine in primary cultures of tumor cells from patients with hematologic or solid tumors. Semin Oncol. 1995 Aug;22(4 Suppl 11):47-53.
• Background Plunkett W, Huang P, Searcy CE, Gandhi V. Gemcitabine: preclinical pharmacology and mechanisms of action. Semin Oncol. 1996 Oct;23(5 Suppl 10):3-15.

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