PMID- 34963410 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220525 LR - 20220622 IS - 1029-2403 (Electronic) IS - 1026-8022 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - 5 DP - 2022 May TI - Neutrophil decline rate following autologous transplant for lymphoma is a predictor of patients' outcome. PG - 1144-1151 LID - 10.1080/10428194.2021.2018580 [doi] AB - Neutropenia postchemotherapy is associated with favorable outcomes, which was attributed to optimal dosing. However, little is known about the neutrophil decline rate as a predictor of cancer outcomes, which may reflect a dynamic marker of chemosensitivity. We assessed the association between the neutrophil decline rate and disease outcomes in a known cohort of 212 lymphoma patients, treated with thiotepa, etoposide, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, and melphalan (TECAM) conditioning followed by autologous transplant in our center between 2000 and 2013. Slower neutrophil decline rate was correlated with worse overall survival, mediated not by shorter time to progression (TTP), but rather by worse survival post-progression, possibly pointing to chemosensitivity at each line of therapy as the responsible mechanism. The effect was seen across histologies and was independent of stronger predictors of outcome like performance status (PS) and response before transplant. Prospective research is needed to confirm our results and expand their validity to other clinical scenarios. FAU - Lebel, Eyal AU - Lebel E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5215-7278 AD - Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. AD - Hematology Department, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. FAU - Vainstein, Vladimir AU - Vainstein V AD - Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. AD - Hematology Department, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. FAU - Ashkenazi, Maayan AU - Ashkenazi M AD - Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. AD - Hematology Department, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. FAU - Zimran, Eran AU - Zimran E AD - Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. AD - Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy Department, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. FAU - Stepensky, Polina AU - Stepensky P AD - Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. AD - Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy Department, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. FAU - Grisariu, Sigal AU - Grisariu S AD - Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. AD - Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy Department, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. FAU - Avni, Batia AU - Avni B AD - Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. AD - Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy Department, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211229 PL - United States TA - Leuk Lymphoma JT - Leukemia & lymphoma JID - 9007422 RN - 04079A1RDZ (Cytarabine) RN - 6PLQ3CP4P3 (Etoposide) RN - Q41OR9510P (Melphalan) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects MH - Autografts MH - Cytarabine MH - Etoposide/adverse effects MH - *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/methods MH - *Hodgkin Disease/pathology MH - Humans MH - *Lymphoma/drug therapy/therapy MH - *Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/pathology MH - Melphalan/adverse effects MH - Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy MH - Neutrophils/pathology MH - Prospective Studies MH - Transplantation Conditioning/methods MH - Transplantation, Autologous/methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - kinetics OT - Autologous transplant OT - lymphoma OT - neutrophils EDAT- 2021/12/30 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/26 06:00 CRDT- 2021/12/29 05:22 PHST- 2021/12/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/29 05:22 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/10428194.2021.2018580 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leuk Lymphoma. 2022 May;63(5):1144-1151. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2021.2018580. Epub 2021 Dec 29.