Post-transplantation Benadamustine and Cyclophosphamide in Patients With Refractory Myeloid Malignancies

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with indication for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• Patients with 5-10/10 HLA-matched related or unrelated donor available. The donor and recipient must be identical by the following genetic loci: HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-Cw, HLA-DRB1, and HLA-DQB1.
• Peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow as a graft source
• Diagnosis:

Acute myeloid leukemia Chronic myeloid leukemia, Ph+ Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myeloprolipherative neoplasms

• Salvage hematopoietic stem cell transplantation defined as:
• Acute myeloid leukemia: >5% of clonal blasts despite adequate previous induction therapy or allogeneic stem cell transplantation Myelodysplastic Syndrome: >10% of blasts despite previous therapy with -7 or complex karyotype, or p53 mutation Chronic myeloid leukemia: blast crisis or acceleration phase despite at least 3 previous lines of TKIs Myeloprolipherative neoplasms : high tumor burden despite previous therapy, including >20 000 WBC/ ul or splenomegaly >15 cm
• No severe concurrent illness

Exclusion criteria

• Moderate or severe cardiac dysfunction, left ventricular ejection fraction <50%
• Moderate or severe decrease in pulmonary function, FEV1 <70% or DLCO<70% of predicted
• Respiratory distress >grade I
• Severe organ dysfunction: AST or ALT >5 upper normal limits, bilirubin >1.5 upper normal limits, creatinine >2 upper normal limits
• Creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min
• Uncontrolled bacterial or fungal infection at the time of enrollment
• Requirement for vasopressor support at the time of enrollment
• Karnofsky index <30%
• Pregnancy
• Somatic or psychiatric disorder making the patient unable to sign informed consent