{"id":11609,"date":"2020-05-27T14:01:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/?page_id=11609"},"modified":"2020-05-27T14:02:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:02:12","slug":"11609-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/11609-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Induction Therapy with Bortezomib and Dexamethasone and Conditioning with High-Dose Melphalan and Bortezomib Followed by Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for AL Amyloidosis: Long Term Follow-Up Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Vishal Gupta, MD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>ABSTRACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, the depth of hematologic response to treatment is associated with improved survival and organ responses. We conducted a clinical trial utilizing bortezomib in induction and in conditioning with melphalan prior to stem cell transplantation (SCT) for AL amyloidosis. The results of this clinical trial with a median follow-up of 36 months have been reported previously. Here we report the long-term results of this clinical trial with a median follow-up of 77 months. The objectives of this follow-up report are to describe survival, durability of hematologic and organ responses, and relapse rates. Thirty-five patients were enrolled from 2010 to 2013. Hematologic complete responses (CR) and very good partial responses (VGPR) were noted in 27\/27 (100%) of assessable patients at 6 months following SCT. Four patients (15%) had hematologic relapse at a median of 42 months and 1 patient (3.7%) had organ progression despite maintaining a VGPR at 37 months. The median overall and progression-free survivals have not yet been reached. Renal and cardiac responses occurred in 65% and 88% at 5 years post SCT, respectively. Median time to renal and cardiac response was 12 months and 6 months, respectively. In conclusion, incorporating bortezomib into induction and conditioning yielded durable hematologic responses of AL amyloidosis with corresponding organ responses and prolonged survival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2020\/05\/Vishal-Gupta-CR-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vishal Gupta, MD ABSTRACT: In light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, the depth of hematologic response to treatment is associated with improved survival and organ responses. We conducted a clinical trial utilizing bortezomib in induction and in conditioning with melphalan prior to stem cell transplantation (SCT) for AL amyloidosis. The results of this clinical trial with a median [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15816,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11609"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11616,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11609\/revisions\/11616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}