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ArticleBone marrow transplantation2025

Improved post-transplant outcomes for elderly acute myeloid leukemia patients conditioned with FLU/BU4 rather than conventional MAC regimens.

Takuya Shimizu, Yasuyuki Arai, Tadakazu Kondo, Shingo Yano, Yoshimitsu Shimomura, Noriko Doki, Takahiro Fukuda, Tetsuya Nishida, Satoshi Takahashi, Shuichi Ota and 9 more

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19 authors.

Takuya ShimizuDepartment of Hematology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1827-8081
Yasuyuki AraiDepartment of Hematology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. ysykrai@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9662-5093
Tadakazu KondoDepartment of Hematology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8959-6271
Shingo YanoDivision of Clinical Oncology and Hematology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5895-5382
Yoshimitsu ShimomuraDepartment of Hematology, Kobe City Hospital Organization Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1018-9508
Noriko DokiHematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8661-3179
Takahiro FukudaDepartment of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Tetsuya NishidaDeparment of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daiichi Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
Satoshi TakahashiDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1076-2338
Shuichi OtaDepartment of Hematology, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3631-244X
Yoshinobu KandaDivision of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-9307
Takuro KuriyamaDepartment of Hematology, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7375-3183
Naoki KuritaDepartment of Hematology, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1283-4307
Toshiro KawakitaDepartment of Hematology, NHO Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan.
Yuta HasegawaDepartment of Hematology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
Nobuhiro HiramotoDepartment of Hematology, Kobe City Hospital Organization Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
Makoto OnizukaDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-0823
Yoshiko AtsutaJapanese Data Center for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Aichi, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4404-2870
Masamitsu YanadaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya City University East Medical Center, Aichi, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1602-9775

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is uncertain whether FLU/BU4 regimens, classified as myeloablative conditioning (MAC), improve prognosis compared to conventional MAC regimens (conv-MAC) such as CY/TBI and BU/CY. We compared FLU/BU4 with conv-MAC among 6551 patients (FLU/BU4 905, conv-MAC 5646), including acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients aged 16-59 who received a first allogeneic transplantation from the Japanese nationwide registry. The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS), while secondary endpoints were treatment-related mortality (TRM) and relapse at 3 years. Results indicated comparable OS for conv-MAC regimens among the entire cohort (3-year OS: FLU/BU4 50.4% vs. conv-MAC 55.4%, p < 0.001). Subgroup analysis focusing on elderly patients (aged 50-59) indicated that FLU/BU4 showed a statistically significant improvement in OS (47.0% vs. 42.8%, p = 0.036). Notably, for patients in this cohort transplanted at complete remission (CR), FLU/BU4 demonstrated a substantial advantage over conv-MAC with superior OS (HR 0.75, p = 0.046), lower TRM (HR 0.66, p = 0.035), and comparable relapse (HR 0.84, p = 0.390). These benefits were not observed in elderly patients transplanted at non-CR or in other age groups. In summary, our findings suggest that FLU/BU4 regimen, rather than conv-MAC, may be preferable in MAC-tolerant AML patients, aged 50-59 at CR status. This treatment improves survival by reducing TRM without increasing relapse risk.

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BusulfanHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteTransplantation ConditioningAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultBusulfan

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PMCPMC12151851

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