Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 672-684 , June 2008

Once Daily i.v. Busulfan and Fludarabine (i.v. Bu-Flu) Compares Favorably with i.v. Busulfan and Cyclophosphamide (i.v. BuCy2) as Pretransplant Conditioning Therapy in AML/MDS

  • Borje S. Andersson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Borje S. Andersson, MD, PhD, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 423, Houston, TX 77030-4009.
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  • Marcos de Lima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Peter F. Thall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Xuemei Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Daniel Couriel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Martin Korbling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Soonja Roberson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Sergio Giralt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Betty Pierre

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • James A. Russell

      Affiliations

    • Alberta Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Calgary, AB, Canada
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  • Elizabeth J. Shpall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Roy B. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Richard E. Champlin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  • Image Result

    Kaplan-Meier estimates for the probabilities of (a) OS, and (b) EFS by treatment group in 215 patients treated with BuCy2 (- - - -) and Bu-Flu (—) (the numbers within parenthesis indicate number of ev

    Kaplan-Meier estimates for the probabilities of (a) OS, and (b) EFS by treatment group in 215 patients treated with BuCy2 (- - - -) and Bu-Flu (—) (the numbers within parenthesis indicate number of events and cohort size).

  • Image Result
    Kaplan-Meier Estimates for the probabilities of (a) NRRS, and (b) RFS, by treatment group in 215 patients treated with BuCy2 (- - - -) and Bu-Flu (—) (the numbers within parenthesis indicate number of

    Kaplan-Meier Estimates for the probabilities of (a) NRRS, and (b) RFS, by treatment group in 215 patients treated with BuCy2 (- - - -) and Bu-Flu (—) (the numbers within parenthesis indicate number of events and cohort size).

  • Image Result
    Survival of patients transplanted in CR1, “early disease” with BuCy2 (- - - -) and Bu-Flu (—); (a) OS, and (b) EFS in all CR1 patients. In graphs (c) OS, and (d) EFS is depicted for patients up to and

    Survival of patients transplanted in CR1, “early disease” with BuCy2 (- - - -) and Bu-Flu (—); (a) OS, and (b) EFS in all CR1 patients. In graphs (c) OS, and (d) EFS is depicted for patients up to and including 40 years of age (the numbers within parenthesis indicate number of events and cohort size).

  • Image Result
    Posterior distribution under the lognormal regression model for (a) OS, and (b) EFS of the corrected Bu-Flu versus BuCy2 treatment effect. In these plots, p denotes the probability of a beneficial eff

    Posterior distribution under the lognormal regression model for (a) OS, and (b) EFS of the corrected Bu-Flu versus BuCy2 treatment effect. In these plots, p denotes the probability of a beneficial effect of Bu-Flu versus BuCy2, and is represented by the area of the shaded region in the respective figure.

  • Image Result
    Posterior distributions under the lognormal regression model for (a) NRRS, and (b) RFS of the corrected Bu-Flu versus BuCy2 treatment effect within the 215 Bu-treated patients. In the plot, p denotes

    Posterior distributions under the lognormal regression model for (a) NRRS, and (b) RFS of the corrected Bu-Flu versus BuCy2 treatment effect within the 215 Bu-treated patients. In the plot, p denotes the probability of beneficial effect of Bu-Flu versus BuCy2, and is represented by the area of the shaded region in the respective figure.

PII: S1083-8791(08)00118-3

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.03.009

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 672-684 , June 2008