%0 Journal Article
%T Day 100 Peripheral Blood Absolute Lymphocyte/Monocyte Ratio and Survival in Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma Postautologous Peripheral Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
%A Luis F. Porrata
%A David J. Inwards
%A Stephen M. Ansell
%A Ivana N. Micallef
%A Patrick B. Johnston
%A William J. Hogan
%A Svetomir N. Markovic
%J Bone Marrow Research
%D 2013
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2013/658371
%X Day 100 prognostic factors of postautologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (APBHSCT) to predict clinical outcome in classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) patients have not been evaluated. Thus, we studied if the day 100 peripheral blood absolute lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (Day 100 ALC/AMC) affects clinical outcomes by landmark analysis from day 100 post-APBHSCT. Only cHL patients achieving a complete remission at day 100 post-APBHSCT were studied. From 2000 to 2010, 131 cHL consecutive patients qualified for the study. The median followup from day 100 was 4.1 years (range: 0.2每12.3 years). Patients with a Day 100 ALC/AMC ≡ 1.3 experienced superior overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) compared with Day 100 ALC/AMC < 1.3 (from day 100: OS, median not reached versus 2.8 years; 5 years OS rates of 93% (95% CI, 83%每97%) versus 35% (95% CI, 19%每51%), resp., ; from day 100: PFS, median not reached versus 1.2 years; 5 years PFS rates of 79% (95% CI, 69%每86%) versus 27% (95% CI, 14%每45%), resp., ). Day ALC/AMC ratio was an independent predictor for OS and PFS. Thus, Day 100 ALC/AMC ratio is a simple biomarker that can help to assess clinical outcomes from day 100 post-APBHSCT in cHL patients. 1. Introduction Day 100 after stem cell transplantation is currently the standard of care first follow-up visit to assess response after stem cell transplantation. In allogeneic stem cell transplantation, several day 100 prognostic factors have been studied to predict clinical outcomes including day 100 absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) [1, 2], day 100 absolute monocyte count (AMC) [1, 2], day 100 platelet count [3], graft-versus-host disease [4], and day 100 full donor chimerism [5]. In autologous stem cell transplantation, multiple myeloma documented minimal residual disease at day 100 was associated with inferior prognosis [6, 7] However, prognostic factors to assess prognosis for classical Hodgkin＊s lymphoma (cHL) achieving a complete remission at day 100 postautologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (APBHSCT) have not been evaluated. We previously reported that the peripheral blood absolute lymphocyte/monocyte count ratio at diagnosis (ALC/AMC-DX), as a surrogate biomarker of host immunity (i.e., ALC) and tumor microenvironment (i.e., AMC), was a prognostic factor for overall survival (OS), lymphoma-specific survival (LSS), progression-free survival (PFS), and time to progression (TTP) [8]. ALC/AMC-DX prognostic biomarker has subsequently been confirmed not only as a prognostic factor for survival but
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