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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

BeEAM Conditioning including High-Dose Bendamustine before Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Is Safe and Effective in Patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia.

Alexander D Heini, Philipp Beck, Ulrike Bacher, Katja Seipel, Thilo Zander, Michael Daskalakis, Thomas Pabst

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander D HeiniDepartment of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2679-975X
Philipp BeckDepartment of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Ulrike BacherDepartment of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8771-947X
Katja SeipelDepartment of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Thilo ZanderDivision of Medical Oncology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, 6004 Lucerne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3691-7497
Michael DaskalakisDepartment of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8138-0505
Thomas PabstDepartment of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6055-5257
University Hospital of Bern · CHUniversity of Bern · CHLuzerner Kantonsspital · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is an option to consolidate remission in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM), particularly in selected younger patients with chemosensitive disease. BEAM, consisting of BCNU, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan, is often used as a conditioning regimen. However, problems with BCNU, including pneumotoxicity, tolerance, and availability, necessitate the search for alternatives. In this pilot study, we investigated high-dose chemotherapy with BeEAM, in which BCNU is replaced with high-dose bendamustine as an alternative conditioning regimen in six subsequent patients with WM. Bendamustine treatment was well tolerated without unexpected toxicities. The overall response rate was 6/6 patients (2 very good partial responses (VGPR) and 4 PR). After a median follow-up of 72 months, two (33%) patients relapsed. Median progression-free and overall survivals were not reached, and no severe late-onset toxicities were observed so far. In this pilot study, BeEAM conditioning before ASCT seems feasible, safe, and effective in patients with WM.

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autologous stem cell transplantationBeEAMhigh-dose chemotherapymacroglobulinemiaWaldenstrom

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PMID36983378
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