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The European LeukemiaNet AML Working Party consensus statement on allogeneic HSCT for patients with AML in remission: an integrated-risk adapted approach

2012; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 9; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.150

1759-4782

Jan J. Cornelissen, Aloïs Gratwohl, Richard F. Schlenk, Jorge Sierra, Martin Bornhäuser, Gunnar Juliusson, Zdeněk Ráčil, Jacob M. Rowe, Nigel H. Russell, Mohamad Mohty, Bob Löwenberg, Gèrard Socié, Dietger Niederwieser, Gert J. Ossenkoppele,

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment

Allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is frequently applied as part of treatment in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia in their first or subsequent remission. In this Review, the authors propose risk assessment as a dynamic process during treatment, incorporating both disease-related and transplant-related factors for the decision to proceed either to allogeneic HSCT or to apply a nontransplant strategy. Allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is frequently applied as part of the treatment in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in their first or subsequent remission. Allogeneic HSCT reduces relapse, but nonrelapse mortality and morbidity might counterbalance this beneficial effect. Here, we review recent studies reporting new disease-specific prognostic markers, in addition to allogeneic-HSCT-related risk factors, which can be assessed at specific time points during treatment. We propose risk assessment as a dynamic process during treatment, incorporating both disease-related and transplant-related factors for the decision to proceed either to allogeneic HSCT or to apply a nontransplant strategy. We suggest that allogeneic HSCT might be favoured if the projected disease-free survival is expected to improve by at least 10% based on an individual's risk assessment. The approach requires initial disease risk assessment, identifying a sibling or unrelated donor soon after diagnosis and the incorporation of time-dependent risk factors, all within the context of an integrated therapeutic management approach.