Dose-reduced conditioning regimen followed by allogeneic stem cell transplantation in patients with myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia

Br J Haematol. 2002 Dec;119(3):769-72. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03884.x.

Abstract

Three patients with myelofibrosis received allogeneic stem cell transplantation after a dose-reduced conditioning regimen of busulphan (8 mg/kg), fludarabine (180 mg/m2) and antithymocyte globulin (4 x 10 mg/kg). The median age at transplantation was 51 years (range 44-58). All patients engrafted with a leucocyte count > 1.0 x 10(9)/l after a median of 18 d (range 16-20). Grade II acute skin graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) occurred in one patient. One limited and one extensive chronic GvHD was observed. All patients achieved complete haematological remission. In one patient the fibrosis resolved completely 180 d post transplant. All patients are alive 126, 466 and 764 d after transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Busulfan / administration & dosage
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / prevention & control
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Primary Myelofibrosis / complications
  • Primary Myelofibrosis / therapy*
  • Transplantation Conditioning / methods
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vidarabine / administration & dosage
  • Vidarabine / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • Vidarabine
  • Busulfan
  • fludarabine