Outcome after relapse among children with standard-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Children's Oncology Group Study CCG-1952

Suman Malempati, Paul S. Gaynon, Harland Sather, Mei K. La, Linda C. Stork

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Abstract

Purpose: The event-free survival (EFS) of children with standard-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (SR-ALL) is now more than 80%. However, prognosis after relapse continues to be poor. We examined postrelapse outcomes of children initially treated on the Children's Cancer Group CCG-1952 study. Patients and Methods: We evaluated outcomes after bone marrow (BM) relapse and isolated extramedullary (EM) relapse for 347 patients with SR-ALL (WBC < 50,000/μL; age, 1 to 9 years). The prognostic significance of several factors for EFS after relapse (EFS2) was assessed by Cox regression analysis. Stem-cell transplant (SCT) was compared with chemotherapy as salvage treatment. Results: The mean ± SE times to isolated central nervous system relapse, BM relapse, and isolated testicular relapse were 23 ± 1 months (range, 1 to 88 months), 36 ± 1 months (range, 2 to 79 months), and 40 ± 2 months (range, 16 to 64 months), respectively. The estimated percent ± SE 3-year EFS2 and overall survival rates after BM relapse were 37% ± 4% and 46% ± 4%, respectively, and rates after isolated EM relapse were 57% ± 5% and 71% ± 5%, respectively. By multivariate analysis, we found the duration of first remission to be the most significant predictor of EFS2 for either BM relapse or isolated EM relapse. Outcome was equivalent with SCT or chemotherapy after early or late relapse of SR-ALL at any site. Conclusion: Duration of first remission remains the most significant predictor of outcome after either BM or isolated EM relapse of SR-ALL. Prognosis after early BM relapse remains poor and is not improved with SCT in this cohort.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5800-5807
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Clinical Oncology
Volume25
Issue number36
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 20 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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