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A validated pediatric disease risk index for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

Qayed, Muna ; Ahn, Kwang Woo ; Kitko, Carrie L. ; Johnson, Mariam H. ; Shah, Nirali N. ; Dvorak, Christopher ; Mellgren, Karin ; Friend, Brian D. ; Verneris, Michael R. and Leung, Wing , et al. (2021) In Blood 137(7). p.983-993
Abstract

A disease risk index (DRI) that was developed for adults with hematologic malignancy who were undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation is also being used to stratify children and adolescents by disease risk. Therefore, to develop and validate a DRI that can be used to stratify those with AML and ALL by their disease risk, we analyzed 2569 patients aged <18 years with acute myeloid (AML; n = 1224) or lymphoblastic (ALL; n = 1345) leukemia who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation. Training and validation subsets for each disease were generated randomly with 1:1 assignment to the subsets, and separate prognostic models were derived for each disease. For AML, 4 risk groups were identified based on age, cytogenetic risk, and... (More)

A disease risk index (DRI) that was developed for adults with hematologic malignancy who were undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation is also being used to stratify children and adolescents by disease risk. Therefore, to develop and validate a DRI that can be used to stratify those with AML and ALL by their disease risk, we analyzed 2569 patients aged <18 years with acute myeloid (AML; n = 1224) or lymphoblastic (ALL; n = 1345) leukemia who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation. Training and validation subsets for each disease were generated randomly with 1:1 assignment to the subsets, and separate prognostic models were derived for each disease. For AML, 4 risk groups were identified based on age, cytogenetic risk, and disease status, including minimal residual disease status at transplantation. The 5-year leukemia-free survival for low (0 points), intermediate (2, 3, 5), high (7, 8), and very high (>8) risk groups was 78%, 53%, 40%, and 25%, respectively (P < .0001). For ALL, 3 risk groups were identified based on age and disease status, including minimal residual disease status at transplantation. The 5-year leukemia-free survival for low (0 points), intermediate (2-4), and high (≥5) risk groups was 68%, 51%, and 33%, respectively (P < .0001). We confirmed that the risk groups could be applied to overall survival, with 5-year survival ranging from 80% to 33% and 73% to 42% for AML and ALL, respectively (P < .0001). This validated pediatric DRI, which includes age and residual disease status, can be used to facilitate prognostication and stratification of children with AML and ALL for allogeneic transplantation. Key Points: • The pediatric DRI stratified children with AML and ALL into clinically distinct risk groups based on pretransplantation information. • Risk stratification was based on age at transplant, cytogenetics, and disease status including minimal residual disease at transplant.

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American Society of Hematology
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0006-4971
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10.1182/blood.2020009342
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  abstract     = {{<p>A disease risk index (DRI) that was developed for adults with hematologic malignancy who were undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation is also being used to stratify children and adolescents by disease risk. Therefore, to develop and validate a DRI that can be used to stratify those with AML and ALL by their disease risk, we analyzed 2569 patients aged &lt;18 years with acute myeloid (AML; n = 1224) or lymphoblastic (ALL; n = 1345) leukemia who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation. Training and validation subsets for each disease were generated randomly with 1:1 assignment to the subsets, and separate prognostic models were derived for each disease. For AML, 4 risk groups were identified based on age, cytogenetic risk, and disease status, including minimal residual disease status at transplantation. The 5-year leukemia-free survival for low (0 points), intermediate (2, 3, 5), high (7, 8), and very high (&gt;8) risk groups was 78%, 53%, 40%, and 25%, respectively (P &lt; .0001). For ALL, 3 risk groups were identified based on age and disease status, including minimal residual disease status at transplantation. The 5-year leukemia-free survival for low (0 points), intermediate (2-4), and high (≥5) risk groups was 68%, 51%, and 33%, respectively (P &lt; .0001). We confirmed that the risk groups could be applied to overall survival, with 5-year survival ranging from 80% to 33% and 73% to 42% for AML and ALL, respectively (P &lt; .0001). This validated pediatric DRI, which includes age and residual disease status, can be used to facilitate prognostication and stratification of children with AML and ALL for allogeneic transplantation. Key Points: • The pediatric DRI stratified children with AML and ALL into clinically distinct risk groups based on pretransplantation information. • Risk stratification was based on age at transplant, cytogenetics, and disease status including minimal residual disease at transplant.</p>}},
  author       = {{Qayed, Muna and Ahn, Kwang Woo and Kitko, Carrie L. and Johnson, Mariam H. and Shah, Nirali N. and Dvorak, Christopher and Mellgren, Karin and Friend, Brian D. and Verneris, Michael R. and Leung, Wing and Toporski, Jacek and Levine, John and Chewning, Joseph and Wayne, Alan and Kapoor, Urvi and Triplett, Brandon and Schultz, Kirk R. and Yanik, Gregory A. and Eapen, Mary}},
  issn         = {{0006-4971}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{983--993}},
  publisher    = {{American Society of Hematology}},
  series       = {{Blood}},
  title        = {{A validated pediatric disease risk index for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.2020009342}},
  doi          = {{10.1182/blood.2020009342}},
  volume       = {{137}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}