Description

Parimon et al developed a Pretransplantation Assessment of Mortality (PAM) Score to evaluate a patient prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation. The authors are from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, Washington.


Parameters:

(1) age of the patient in years

(2) donor type

(3) risk of underlying disease

(4) conditioning regimen

(5) serum creatinine concentration

(6) serum ALT in IU/L

(7) FEV1 as percent of predicted

(8) carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) as percent of predicted

 

Underlying Disease (page 408)

Associated Risk

CML in chronic phase, refractory anemia, aplastic anemia, Blackfan-Diamond Syndrome

low risk

CML in accelerated phase, CML in chronic phase after a blastic phase, acute leukemia in remission, malignant lymphoma in remission, refractory anemia with excess blasts, CLL, PNH

intermediate risk

CML in blastic phase, juvenile CML, acute leukemia, active malignant lymphoma, refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation, myeloma, solid tumors, nonhematologic disorder

high risk

 

 

Parameter

Finding

Points

age of the patient in years

< 50

1

 

50 to 60

3

 

> 60

5

donor type

related, matched

1

 

unrelated

3

 

related, mismatch

4

disease risk

low

1

 

intermediate

8

 

high

12

conditioning regimen

nonmyeloablative

1

 

non total body irradiation (TBI)

4

 

TBI <= 12 Gy

8

 

TBI > 12 Gy

9

serum creatinine

<= 1.2 mg/dL (<= 106 µmol/L)

1

 

> 1.2 mg/dL (> 106 µmol/L)

8

serum ALT

<= 49 IU/L

1

 

> 49 IU/L

2

FEV1

> 80%

1

 

70 - 80%

3

 

< 70%

6

carbon monoxide diffusing capacity

>= 70%

1

 

< 70%

4

 

total score =

= SUM(points for all 8 conditions)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum score: 8

• maximum score: 50

• The higher the score the greater the risk of death after the transplant.

 

Total Score

Mortality Risk

<= 16

< 25%

17 to 23

25 - 50%

24 to 30

50 - 75%

>= 31

> 75%

 


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