Chemotherapy Dose Adjustment for Obese @entity1 Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Survey on Behalf of the Acute XXXX Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

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BACKGROUND: Appropriate chemotherapy dosing for @entity28 @entity1 with @entity5 is a significant challenge because limiting chemotherapy doses in these @entity1 may negatively influence outcome. There is a paucity of information addressing high-dose chemotherapy in @entity28 @entity1 undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). METHODS: The Acute @entity1778 Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) designed an electronic survey to assess current practice of dose adjustment of chemotherapy in @entity28 @entity1 undergoing HSCT. RESULTS: A total of 56 EBMT centers from 27 countries responded to the online survey. Overall, 45 centers declared that they routinely adjust chemotherapy doses for @entity28 @entity1 (80.5%), and only 11 (19.5%) declared they do not adjust dose. Among the former group, most used body mass index as the parameter for defining @entity28 (28 centers, 62%). The method for determining the weight for chemotherapy calculation was actual body weight (ABW) in 16 centers, ideal body weight (IBW) in 10 centers, IBW plus 25% of the difference between IBW and ABW in 16 centers, and other methods for the rest. Among centers that used dose adjustment, 44% also capped the dose at 2 m(2) for a chemotherapy dose based on body surface area (BSA), whereas 56% did not cap. Interestingly, most of the centers (9 of 11) that did not adjust dose for weight also did not cap the BSA at 2 m(2). CONCLUSION: This EBMT survey revealed large diversity among transplant centers regarding dose-adjustment practice for high-dose conditioning chemotherapy. Our next step is to analyze outcomes of transplantation according to dose-adjustment practice and, subsequently, to formulate a methodology for future prospective studies.
