High-dose busulfan and cyclophosphamide as a conditioning regimen for autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients: a long-term follow-up study

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Apr;33(3):e89-91. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181fd6c79.

Abstract

We analyzed the outcome in 22 children with refractory or relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation between 1994 and 2009. The conditioning regimen used in all patients consisted of busulfan and cyclophosphamide. Median age was 6 years (range 2 to 16 y). The most common histologic subtype was Burkitt lymphoma. Ten patients were in complete remission and 12 in partial remission at the time of transplant. The median dose of CD34+ cells that was infused was 4.6 × 10/kg (range 2.1 to 58.7 × 10/kg). All the patients were engrafted, with a median time for neutrophils and platelets recovery of 11 (range, 8 to 15 d) and 14 (range, 9 to 60 d) days, respectively. Nonhematologic treatment-related toxicity included severe mucositis in 3 patients and hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome in 1 patient. There were no transplant-related mortalities. With a median follow-up of 60 months (range, 4 to 180 d) the disease-free survival was 90 ± 6.5% for the whole group. This retrospective study shows a high long-term survival using busulfan/cyclophosphamide as conditioning regimen in children with refractory or relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Busulfan / administration & dosage
  • Busulfan / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use*
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / mortality
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / therapy*
  • Male
  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation* / mortality
  • Recurrence
  • Transplantation Conditioning*
  • Transplantation, Autologous

Substances

  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Busulfan