Allogeneic marrow transplantation for myeloproliferative disorders other than chronic myelogenous leukemia: Review of forty cases

The role of allogeneic marrow transplantation as treatment of myeloproliferative disorders other than chronic myelogenous leukemia is not yet determined. At our center, 1 patient with primary myelofibrosis, 1 with mastocytosis, and 4 with myeloid metaplasia have been transplanted using HLA- identical sibling donors. All patients engrafted with full donor chimerism, and morphologic and cytogenetic manifestations of disease in the marrow resolved posttransplant. Three patients died; two with relapse and one from infection. The other three patients are alive in remission at 24+, 28+, and 32+ months posttransplant. Including these cases, a total of 40 patients transplanted for myeloproliferative disorders have been reported. The most common indications for transplantation were cytopenias, increasing blasts in marrow or blood, uncontrolled counts on conventional therapy, poor prognosis cytogenetics, organ dysfunction, and consolidation after induction therapy for blast transformation. Using the outcome data published for these patients, the actuarial estimate of 3-year survival is 55% (95% C.I., 44- 76%) with a median reported follow-up of survivors of 21 months (range, 4- 158 months). For patients with myeloproliferative disorders and evidence of accelerated disease, HLA-identical marrow transplantation is well tolerated and can result in an extended disease-free survival.