Outcomes of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors (CAYACS) with solid organ transplants: A population-based study.

Authors

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Sumit Gupta

Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

Sumit Gupta , Cindy Lau , Vicky Ng , Mar Miserachs , Chia Wei Teoh , Melinda Solomon , Paul C. Nathan

Organizations

Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, Cancer Research Program, ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: Organ toxicity requiring solid organ transplant (SOT) is a rare but serious effect of cancer treatment. Given restricted donor organ supply, teams must assess CAYACS requiring SOT in relation to potential recipients with non-malignant indications; decisions are limited by scant long-term outcome data. We compared long-term outcomes for CAYACS requiring SOT with other SOT recipients. Methods: All Ontario, Canada children < 18 years at cancer diagnosed 1986-2021 at pediatric centres, and AYA aged 15-21 diagnosed at adult centres for acute leukemia, lymphoma, sarcoma, or testicular cancer between 1992-2012 were identified using population-based clinical databases. Patients with SOT prior to their primary cancer diagnosis were excluded. SOT was identified through linkage to healthcare databases; patients were matched 1:2 to non-malignant SOT recipients by sex, SOT year and type, and birth year. Post-SOT outcomes including overall survival (OS) and post SOT cancers were compared between CAYACS and SOT controls. Results: Among 16,533 CAYA with cancer, 85 received SOT: 46 liver, 18 kidney, 11 lung, and 10 heart. Among liver recipients, 33 (71.7%) were for primary cancer treatment (e.g. hepatoblastoma) vs. 13 (28.3%) for organ toxicity. Median age at original cancer diagnosis was 4 years [interquartile range (IQR) 1-13] and at SOT was 13 (IQR 3-20). CAYACS with SOT as treatment for long-term toxicity (liver subset plus all renal, lung, heart, N = 52) had a median time from cancer diagnosis to SOT of 9 years (IQR 4-16) and experienced lower 10-year OS from time of SOT [67.7%, 95th confidence interval (95CI) 50.8-79.9] vs. SOT matched controls [86.0% (74.8-92.5); hazard ratio (HR) 3.9; 95CI 1.6-9.7; p = 0.003]. When stratified by SOT type, similar trends were seen but were only statistically significant among lung SOT recipients (Table). The 5-year cumulative incidence of primary cancer relapse from time of SOT among those who received liver SOT for primary cancer therapy was 15.9% (95CI 5.6-30.8). Among CAYACS who require SOT following organ toxicity, 10-year cumulative incidence of second cancers was 8.6%±4.2%; this was similar to the incidence of first cancer among SOT controls (6.4%±2.6%; HR 1.6, 95CI 0.6-4.0; p = 0.34). Conclusions: Though CAYACS requiring SOT have inferior survival compared to other SOT patients, the majority achieve long-term cancer-free survival. These data can inform discussions on the suitability of CAYACS for SOT.

10-year OSHR (95CI)p
CAYACSControl SOT
Liver75.0 (58.1-85.8)89.1 (80.0-94.2)2.1 (0.8-5.1)0.11
Primary cancer therapy78.0 (56.7-89.7)86.7 (75.0-93.2)1.4 (0.5-4.1)0.51
Late treatment toxicity68.4 (35.9-86.8)94.1 (65.0-99.1)7.1 (0.8-64)0.08
Kidney79.6 (37.1-94.9)88.6 (57.7-97.4)2.3 (0.4-14)0.37
Lung42.4 (10.8-71.9)74.5 (43.5-90.1)10 (1.2-86)0.04
Heart66.7 (27.1-88.1)79.1 (47.0-92.9)2.0 (0.4-9.9)0.40

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Pediatric Oncology

Track

Pediatric Oncology

Sub Track

Survivorship

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 10056)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.10056

Abstract #

10056

Poster Bd #

362

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