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ArticleHaematologica2024

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients aged 60-79 years in Germany (1998-2018): a registry study.

Jan Frederic Weller, Claudia Lengerke, Jürgen Finke, Johannes Schetelig, Uwe Platzbecker, Hermann Einsele, Thomas Schroeder, Christoph Faul, Matthias Stelljes, Peter Dreger and 13 more

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Article in Haematologica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Jan Frederic WellerDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen.
Claudia LengerkeDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen.
Jürgen FinkeUniversity Medical Center Freiburg, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg.
Johannes ScheteligDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden.
Uwe PlatzbeckerMedical Clinic and Policlinic I, Hematology and Cellular Therapy, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig.
Hermann EinseleDepartment of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg.
Thomas SchroederDepartment of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen.
Christoph FaulDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen.
Matthias StelljesDepartment of Medicine A, University Hospital of Münster, Münster.
Peter DregerDepartment of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg.
Igor W BlauMedical Clinic, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin.
Gerald WulfHematology and Medical Oncology, University Medicine Göttingen, Göttingen.
Johanna TischerInternal Medicine III, Hematology/ Oncology/ Stem Cell Transplantation, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich.
Christoph ScheidFaculty of Medicine and Cologne University Hospital, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen-Bonn-Cologne-Düsseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Cologne.
Ahmet ElmaagacliDepartment of Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg.
Helga NeidlingerGerman Registry for Stem Cell Transplantation, DRST, Ulm.
Sarah FlossdorfGerman Registry for Stem Cell Transplantation, DRST, Ulm, Germany; Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen.
Martin BornhäuserDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden.
Wolfgang BethgeDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen.
Katharina FleischhauerGerman Registry for Stem Cell Transplantation, DRST, Ulm, Germany; Institute for Experimental Cellular Therapy, University Hospital Essen, Essen.
Nicolaus KrögerGerman Registry for Stem Cell Transplantation, DRST, Ulm, Germany; Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Eppendorf, Hamburg.
Liesbeth C De WreedeDepartment of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; DKMS Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden.
Maximilian ChristopeitDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen. m.christopeit@uke.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Incidences of diseases treated with transplantation frequently peak at higher age. The contribution of age to total risk of transplantation has not been estimated amidst an aging society. We compare outcomes of 1,547 patients aged 70-79 years and 9,422 patients aged 60-69 years transplanted 1998-2018 for myeloid, lymphoid and further neoplasia in Germany. To quantify the contribution of population mortality to survival, we derive excess mortality based on a sex-, year- and agematched German population in a multistate model that incorporates relapse and graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD). Overall survival, relapse-free survival (RFS) and GvHD-free-relapse-free survival (GRFS) is inferior in patients aged 70-79 years, compared to patients aged 60-69 years, with 36% (95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 34-39%) versus 43% (41-44%), 32% (30- 35%) versus 36% (35-37%) and 23% (21-26%) versus 27% (26-28%) three years post-transplant (P<0.001). Cumulative incidences of relapse at three years are 27% (25-30%) for patients aged 70-79 versus 29% (29-30%) (60-69 years) (P=0.71), yet the difference in non-relapse mortality (NRM) (40% [38-43%] vs. 35% [34-36%] in patients aged 70-79 vs. 60-69 years) (P<0.001) translates into survival differences. Median OS of patients surviving >1 year relapse-free is 6.7 (median, 95% CI: 4.5-9.4, 70-79 years) versus 9 (8.4-10.1, 60-69 years) years since landmark. Three years after RFS of one year, excess NRM is 14% (95% CI: 12-18%) in patients aged 70-79 versus 12% [11-13%] in patients aged 60-69, while population NRM is 7% (6-7%) versus 3% (3-3%). Mortality for reasons other than relapse, GvHD, or age is as high as 27% (24-29%) and 22% (22-23%) four years after transplantation. In conclusion, survival amongst older patients is adequate after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

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Graft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationChronic DiseaseGermanyHumansRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesTransplantation ConditioningTransplantation, Homologous

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PMCPMC10831926

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