Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with mixed lineage leukemia-eleven-nineteen lysine-rich leukemia (MLL-ELL) is a rare subtype of MLL-rearranged AML. The outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) for patients with this disease remains unknown. In the present study, we retrospectively investigated the efficacy of allo-HSCT in eight adult MLL-ELL-positive AML patients. Although all eight patients achieved first complete remission (CR1), three (37.5 %) patients experienced relapse after induction therapy. Five (62.5 %) patients underwent allo-HSCT during CR1, whereas two (25.0 %) underwent allo-HSCT during disease relapse, and one (12.5 %) during CR2. All three patients who received allo-HSCT beyond CR1 died due to AML progression after allo-HSCT. Of the five patients who received allo-HSCT during CR1, three (60.0 %) remained alive at study conclusion. The overall survival rate at five years was 50.0 %. Intriguingly, clonally expanded non-leukemic cells expressing MLL-ELL during consolidation therapy were found to be eradicated after allo-HSCT during the monitoring of minimal residual disease in one patient; this indicates that allo-HSCT is efficacious for eliminating pre-leukemic cells resistant to chem...Continue Reading
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