Effect of high-dose chemotherapy with subsequent transplantation of blood-forming cells on left ventricle function in patients with malignant lymphomas treated with doxorubicin in primary chemotherapy

PURPOSE OF STUDY: The authors examined whether high-dose chemotherapy with hematogenic tissue transplantation might negatively affect function of left ventricle (LV) in oncology patients with malignant lymphomas initially treated with conventional chemotherapy consisting of doxorubicin (DOX) in contrast to patients treated without the transplantation in medium-term follow up.

PATIENTS AND METHODOLOGY: The follow up group included 77 patients (39 women/38 men) at the age of 36 +/- 15 (median 30, 16-67 years). All 77 patients were treated with initial chemotherapy with DOX, 22 out of that group later received high-dose chemotherapy with hematogenic tissue transplantation (HTT). 16 (73 %) patients of this subgroup underwent autologous transplantation and 5 (23 %) allogeneic transplantation. One female patient (4 %) underwent both autologous and allogeneic transplantation. The follow up period after completion of initial chemotherapy was 5-10 years (median 6 years). The patients were examined with rest echocardiography before start, after chemotherapy, and during follow-up examination. Spiroergometric test (SET) was only performed at the follow-up examination.

RESULTS: Both subgroups showed significant decrease of ejection fraction (EF) after chemotherapy, with further decrease in the control examination period, without mutual difference. While the HTT (HTT+) group showed no EF drop below 50 %, in the non-HTT (HTT-) group EF dropped in two (4 %) patients after chemotherapy and in four (8%) patients at the control examination. Progressing decrease of EF > 10 % was reported with 25 % of the HTT- patients (p < 0.05), but with just 13 % of the HTT+ patients (non-significant). The diastolic insufficiency (DF) was present identically in both groups with 36 % of the patients, which represents a statistically significant increase in comparison to the pre-chemotherapy condition. SET did not show any differences in burden toleration and circulation indicators between the two groups. The drop of pVO2 < 20 ml/kg/min occurred with 22 patients of both groups. Linear regression data analysis revealed existence of a significant relationship between EF change, some diastolic function indicators, pVO2 and cumulative dose of DOX (p < 0.05). The current age significantly and negatively correlated with pVO2 (p < 0.001) and DF indicators (p < 0.001). The follow up period inversely correlates with the changes of EF (p < 0.05) and pVO2 (p < 0.05), not correlating with diastolic function indicators. Multi-variant analysis did not confirm any higher risk of administration of high-dose chemotherapy with HTT for significant drop of EF or its drop down to the pathological zone below 50 % (OR = 0.46; non-significant), for discovery of reduced cardio-pulmonary performance (pVO2 < 20 ml/kg/min) (OR = 0.35; non-significant) or for development of diastolic dysfunction (OR = 1.0; non-significant).

CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with high-dose chemotherapy with HTT application within medium-term follow up does not result in any significant systolic or diastolic malfunction of myocardium and deterioration of cardiopulmonary performance in comparison to patients not undergoing this therapy. Treatment with cardiotoxic doxorubicin administered in the context of basic conventional chemotherapy is most likely to be responsible for occurrence of the pathological effects across the followed up group. Length of monitoring is a significant factor correlating with changed ejection fraction. This finding justifies the need for long-term prospective monitoring of ejection fraction of the left ventricle in adult patients treated with cardiotoxic chemotherapy.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2006

Erschienen:

2006

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Vnitrni lekarstvi - 52(2006), 3 vom: 05. März, Seite 221-31

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Weiterer Titel:

Vliv vysokodávkované chemoterapie s následnou transplantací krvetvorných bunek na funkci levé komory srdecní u nemocných s maligními lymfomy lécenými doxorubicinem v primární chemoterapii

Beteiligte Personen:

Elbl, L [VerfasserIn]
Vásová, I [VerfasserIn]
Krejcí, M [VerfasserIn]
Navrátil, M [VerfasserIn]
Tomásková, I [VerfasserIn]
Jedlicka, F [VerfasserIn]
Chaloupka, V [VerfasserIn]
Mayer, J [VerfasserIn]
Vorlícek, J [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

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Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Bleomycin
Cyclophosphamide
Dacarbazine
Doxorubicin
English Abstract
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Vinblastine
Vincristine

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.07.2006

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM163012822