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723.O1.6 Clinical Care - Recurrence, Secondary Neoplasia, and Late Complications after Transplantation

Monday, December 8, 2008: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
304-306-308 - South (Moscone Center)
Moderators:
Navneet S. Majhail, MD, MS and David Jacobsohn, MD
11:00 AM
Genetic Allelic Variation in the p53 DNA Repair Pathway Constitute a Risk Factor for Long-Term Survival in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Stig E. Bojesen1*, Mari Malkki2*, Ted Gooley3*, Lue Ping Zhao3*, Annamalai Selvakumar4*, Stephen R Spellman, MS5*, Effie W Petersdorf, MD2*, John A. Hansen, MD6 and Bo Dupont7*

1Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Herlev, Denmark
2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
3Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
4Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
5National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN
6Fred Hutchinson Cancer Rsch. Ctr., Seattle, WA
7Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

11:15 AM
Clinical Relevance of Minimal Residual Disease and Chimerism for the Detection of Relapse after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Bernd Gruhn1*, Juliane Sanft2*, Nadine Pfaffendorf1*, Ilona Wolff1*, Dietlinde Fuchs1*, Felix Zintl1* and James Beck1*

1Department of Pediatrics, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
2Institute for Forensic Medicine, University of Jena, Jena, Germany

11:30 AM
Second Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Relapse of Malignant Disease: Retrospective Analysis of Outcome and Predictive Factors

Tapani Ruutu1, Ronald Brand2*, Anja van Biezen2*, Vanderson Rocha3*, Anna Sureda4*, André Tichelli5*, Hermann Einsele6*, Giorgio Dini7*, Marco Bregni8*, Laurent Garderet9*, Jane Apperley10*, Alois Gratwohl5*, Dietger Niederwieser11* and Theo de Witte12*

1Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
2Department of Medical Statistics & Bioinformatics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
3Department of Hematology - BMT, Hopital St. Louis, Paris, France
4Clinical Hematology Division, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
5Hematology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
6Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinik Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
7Institute G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy
8San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
9Department of Hematology, Hopital Saint Antoine, Paris, France
10Department of Haematology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
11Division of Haematology & Oncology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
12Department of Hematology, Radboud University - Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands

11:45 AM
Monitoring of Donor Chimerism in CD34+ Peripheral Blood Progenitors Allows to Detect Minimal Residual Disease after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation -Results of a Randomized Trial-Clinically Relevant Abstract

Martin Bornhaeuser1*, Uta Oelschlaegel1*, Gesine Bug2*, Uwe Platzbecker3, Karin Lutterbeck1*, Michael G Kiehl4*, Johannes Schetelig1*, Alexander Kiani1*, Thomas Illmer5, Markus Schaich, MD6, Catrin Theuser1*, Brigitte Mohr1*, Cornelia Brendel7*, Axel A Fauser4, Stefan Klein2*, Hans Martin2*, Gerhard Ehninger, MD8 and Christian Thiede1*

1Hematology, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
2Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
3University Hospital Dresden, Germany
4BMT Clinic, Idar-Oberstein, Germany
5Medizinische Klinik I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
6Medical Department 1, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
7Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Marburg
8Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

12:00 PM
Impact of Pretransplant Cytogenetics and Marrow Remission Status on Outcome of Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome Undergoing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Conditioned with Busulfan and Fludarabine

Ebru Koca*, Rima M Saliba*, Marcos De Lima, Uday Popat*, Partow Kebriaei, Gabriela Rondon*, Sergio Giralt, Borje S Andersson* and Richard E Champlin*

Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

12:15 PM
Safety Trial of NK Cell Enhanced Donor Lymphocyte Infusions from a 3-5/6 HLA Matched Family Member Following Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

David A. Rizzieri, MD, Robert Storms, Ph.D*, Daniel Nikcevich, MD, PhD, Bercedis Peterson, Ph.D*, Debashish Misra, MD*, Christine Apple*, Megan Baker*, Cristina Gasparetto, MD, Mitchell Horwitz, MD, John Chute, MD, Ashley Morris, PharmD.* and Nelson J. Chao, MD

Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

*signifies non-member of ASH