The Use of Etoposide, Ara-Cytarabine, and Melphalan (EAM) Conditioning Chemotherapy in Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT) for a Patient with Relapsed Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Up to 20–40% of patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma will eventually relapse after treatment, among which early relapse confers a poor outcome. With salvage chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), the long-term remission rate is 30%. We report our experience of using a modi...

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Autores principales: Eko A. Pangarsa, Ridho M. Naibaho, Vina Yunarvika, Budi Setiawan, Damai Santosa, Catharina Suharti
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Publicado: Hindawi Limited 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/6fcc0b7d3d9f405d84deba51ded5dacc
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Sumario:Up to 20–40% of patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma will eventually relapse after treatment, among which early relapse confers a poor outcome. With salvage chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), the long-term remission rate is 30%. We report our experience of using a modified-BEAM conditioning regimen without BCNU consisting of etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan (EAM) in a patient with relapsed Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Before transplantation, the patient achieved second complete remission (CR2) using brentuximab vedotin and ESHAP (BR-ESHAP) chemotherapy. The ASCT went well without significant complications. This case demonstrated the considerable efficacy of EAM protocol as a conditioning regimen in terms of sufficient ablative capabilities, and the patient showed a successful hematopoietic engraftment. Although durability of the disease-free survival needs further observation, it had nearly 18 months of complete remission and the patient was in good performance status at the time of writing this manuscript.