We designed a phase 1-2 study to evaluate the safety and the efficacy of increasing doses of bendamustine (160 mg/m(2), 180 mg/m2, and 200 mg/m2 given on days -7 and -6) coupled with fixed doses of etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan (BeEAM regimen) as the conditioning regimen to autologous stem cell transplantation for resistant/relapsed lymphoma patients. Forty-three patients (median age, 47 years) with non-Hodgkin (n = 28) or Hodgkin (n = 15) lymphoma were consecutively treated. Nine patients entered the phase 1 study; no patients experienced a dose-limiting toxicity. Thirty-four additional patients were then treated in the phase 2. A median number of 6 x 10(6) CD34(+) cells/kg (range, 2.4-15.5) were reinfused. All patients engrafted, with a median time to absolute neutrophil count > 0.5 x 10(9)/L of 10 days. The 100-day transplantation-related mortality was 0%. After a median follow-up of 18 months, 35 of 43 patients (81%) are in complete remission, whereas 6 of 43 relapsed and 2 of 43 did not respond. Disease type (non-Hodgkin lymphomas vs Hodgkin disease) and disease status at transplantation (chemosensitive vs chemoresistant) significantly influenced DFS (P = .01; P = .007). Remarkably, 4 of 43 (9%) patients achieved the first complete remission after receiving the high-dose therapy with autologous stem cell transplantation. In conclusion, the new BeEAM regimen is safe and effective for heavily pretreated lymphoma patients. The study was registered at European Medicines Agency (EudraCT number 2008-002736-15). (Blood. 2011;118(12):3419-3425)

BeEAM (bendamustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan) before autologous stem cell transplantation is safe and effective for resistant/relapsed lymphoma patients / G., Visani; L., Malerba; P. M., Stefani; S., Capria; P., Galieni; F., Gaudio; G., Specchia; Meloni, Giovanna; F., Gherlinzoni; C., Giardini; S., Falcioni; F., Cuberli; M., Gobbi; B., Sarina; A., Santoro; F., Ferrara; M., Rocchi; E. M., Ocio; M. D., Caballero; A., Isidori. - In: BLOOD. - ISSN 0006-4971. - 118:12(2011), pp. 3419-3425. [10.1182/blood-2011-04-351924]

BeEAM (bendamustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan) before autologous stem cell transplantation is safe and effective for resistant/relapsed lymphoma patients

MELONI, Giovanna;
2011

Abstract

We designed a phase 1-2 study to evaluate the safety and the efficacy of increasing doses of bendamustine (160 mg/m(2), 180 mg/m2, and 200 mg/m2 given on days -7 and -6) coupled with fixed doses of etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan (BeEAM regimen) as the conditioning regimen to autologous stem cell transplantation for resistant/relapsed lymphoma patients. Forty-three patients (median age, 47 years) with non-Hodgkin (n = 28) or Hodgkin (n = 15) lymphoma were consecutively treated. Nine patients entered the phase 1 study; no patients experienced a dose-limiting toxicity. Thirty-four additional patients were then treated in the phase 2. A median number of 6 x 10(6) CD34(+) cells/kg (range, 2.4-15.5) were reinfused. All patients engrafted, with a median time to absolute neutrophil count > 0.5 x 10(9)/L of 10 days. The 100-day transplantation-related mortality was 0%. After a median follow-up of 18 months, 35 of 43 patients (81%) are in complete remission, whereas 6 of 43 relapsed and 2 of 43 did not respond. Disease type (non-Hodgkin lymphomas vs Hodgkin disease) and disease status at transplantation (chemosensitive vs chemoresistant) significantly influenced DFS (P = .01; P = .007). Remarkably, 4 of 43 (9%) patients achieved the first complete remission after receiving the high-dose therapy with autologous stem cell transplantation. In conclusion, the new BeEAM regimen is safe and effective for heavily pretreated lymphoma patients. The study was registered at European Medicines Agency (EudraCT number 2008-002736-15). (Blood. 2011;118(12):3419-3425)
2011
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BeEAM (bendamustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan) before autologous stem cell transplantation is safe and effective for resistant/relapsed lymphoma patients / G., Visani; L., Malerba; P. M., Stefani; S., Capria; P., Galieni; F., Gaudio; G., Specchia; Meloni, Giovanna; F., Gherlinzoni; C., Giardini; S., Falcioni; F., Cuberli; M., Gobbi; B., Sarina; A., Santoro; F., Ferrara; M., Rocchi; E. M., Ocio; M. D., Caballero; A., Isidori. - In: BLOOD. - ISSN 0006-4971. - 118:12(2011), pp. 3419-3425. [10.1182/blood-2011-04-351924]
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