Abstract

<div>AbstractPurpose:<p>Although myeloablative HLA haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT) following pretransplant anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) stimulated grafts (ATG+G-CSF) has been confirmed as an alternative to HSCT from HLA-matched sibling donors (MSD), the effect of haplo-HSCT on postremission treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with intermediate risk (int-risk AML) who achieved first complete remission (CR1) has not been defined.</p>Patients and Methods:<p>In this prospective trial, among 443 consecutive patients ages 16–60 years with newly diagnosed <i>de no</i>vo AML with int-risk cytogenetics, 147 patients with molecular int-risk AML who achieved CR1 within two courses of induction and remained in CR1 at 4 months postremission either received chemotherapy (<i>n</i> = 69) or underwent haplo-HSCT (<i>n</i> = 78).</p>Results:<p>The 3-year leukemia-free survival (LFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly higher in the haplo-HSCT group than in the chemotherapy group (74.3% vs. 47.3%; <i>P</i> = 0.0004 and 80.8% vs. 53.5%; <i>P</i> = 0.0001, respectively). In the multivariate analysis with propensity score adjustment, postremission treatment (haplo-HSCT vs. chemotherapy) was an independent risk factor affecting the LFS [HR 0.360; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.163–0.793; <i>P</i> = 0.011], OS (HR 0.361; 95% CI, 0.156–0.832; <i>P</i> = 0.017), and cumulative incidence of relapse (HR 0.161; 95% CI, 0.057–0.459; <i>P</i> = 0.001) either in entire cohort or stratified by minimal residual disease after the second consolidation.</p>Conclusions:<p>Myeloablative haplo-HSCT with ATG+G-CSF is superior to chemotherapy as a postremission treatment in patients with int-risk AML during CR1. Haplo-HSCT might be a first-line postremission therapy for int-risk AML in the absence of HLA-MSDs. Haplo-HSCT might be superior to chemotherapy as a first-line postremission treatment of intermediate-risk AML in CR1.</p></div>

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