Reduced-Intensity Stem Cell Transplantation for Adult T-Cell Leukemia: The Results of a Second Multi-Center Prospective Study and the Impact of Antithymocyte Globulin on Early Relapse.
Abstract:As we previously reported(Blood, 2005;NST-1), allogeneic stem-cell transplantation from an HLA identical sibling donor with reduced-intensity conditioning(RIST) consisting of fludarabine(FL), busulfan(BU) and antithymocyte globulin(ATG) for adult T-cell leukemia(ATL) patients(pts) appears to be a feasible treatment modality. Disease relapse, however, was the main cause of treatment failure. We conducted a second phase 1 clinical trial of RIST for ATL pts without ATG(NST-2).
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