Comparable Long-Term Outcome after Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplantation from Sibling and Matched Unrelated Donors in AML Patients Older than 50 years. A Report on Behalf of the ALWP of EBMT

Abstract Allogeneic stem-cell transplantation (SCT) is potentially curative therapy in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Marked improvement has been achieved with SCT from matched unrelated-donors (MUD) in recent years. However, there is limited data comparing the long-term outcomes (beyond 10 years) after SCT from sibling donors and MUDs in older AML patients. We analyzed these outcomes in a large cohort of AML patients (n=1134), age ≥50 years, who were alive and leukemia-free 2 years after SCT from matched siblings (n=848) or MUD (n=286), with a median follow up 8.9 years. The median age was 56 and 58 years, after SCT from sibling and MUDs, respectively (P=0.005). 77%, 12% and 11% in the sibling group were in CR1, CR2 and active leukemia at SCT compared to 50%, 25% and 25% in the MUD group, respectively (P