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Holtan SG, Versluis J, Weisdorf DJ, Cornelissen JJ. Optimizing Donor Choice and GVHD Prophylaxis in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. J Clin Oncol 2021; 39:373-385. [PMID: 33434075 DOI: 10.1200/jco.20.01771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Shernan G Holtan
- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Post-transplant cyclophosphamide use in matched HLA donors: a review of literature and future application. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019; 55:40-47. [DOI: 10.1038/s41409-019-0547-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Qayed M, Wang T, Hemmer MT, Spellman S, Arora M, Couriel D, Alousi A, Pidala J, Abdel-Azim H, Aljurf M, Ayas M, Bitan M, Cairo M, Choi SW, Dandoy C, Delgado D, Gale RP, Hale G, Frangoul H, Kamble RT, Kharfan-Dabaja M, Lehman L, Levine J, MacMillan M, Marks DI, Nishihori T, Olsson RF, Hematti P, Ringden O, Saad A, Satwani P, Savani BN, Schultz KR, Seo S, Shenoy S, Waller EK, Yu L, Horowitz MM, Horan J. Influence of Age on Acute and Chronic GVHD in Children Undergoing HLA-Identical Sibling Bone Marrow Transplantation for Acute Leukemia: Implications for Prophylaxis. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2017; 24:521-528. [PMID: 29155316 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Relapse remains the major cause of mortality after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for pediatric acute leukemia. Previous research has suggested that reducing the intensity of calcineurin inhibitor-based graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis may be an effective strategy for abrogating the risk of relapse in pediatric patients undergoing matched sibling donor (MSD) HCT. We reasoned that the benefits of this strategy could be maximized by selectively applying it to those patients least likely to develop GVHD. We conducted a study of risk factors for GVHD, to risk-stratify patients based on age. Patients age <18 years with leukemia who received myeloablative, T cell-replete MSD bone marrow transplantation and calcineurin inhibitor-based GVHD prophylaxis between 2000 and 2013 and were entered into the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research registry were included. The cumulative incidence of grade II-IV acute GVHD (aGVHD) was 19%, that of grade II-IV aGVHD 7%, and that of chronic GVHD (cGVHD) was 16%. Compared with age 13 to 18 years, age 2 to 12 years was associated with a lower risk of grade II-IV aGVHD (hazard ratio [HR], .42; 95% confidence interval [CI], .26 to .70; P = .0008), grade II-IV aGVHD (HR, .24; 95% CI, .10 to .56; P = .001), and cGVHD (HR, .32; 95% CI, .19 to .54; P < .001). Compared with 2000-2004, the risk of grade II-IV aGVHD was lower in children undergoing transplantation in 2005-2008 (HR, .36; 95% CI, .20 to .65; P = .0007) and in 2009-2013 (HR, .24; 95% CI. .11 to .53; P = .0004). Similarly, the risk of grade III-IV aGVHD was lower in children undergoing transplantation in 2005-2008 (HR, .23; 95% CI, .08 to .65; P = .0056) and 2009-2013 (HR, .16; 95% CI, .04 to .67; P = .0126) compared with those doing so in 2000-2004. We conclude that aGVHD rates have decreased significantly over time, and that children age 2 to 12 years are at very low risk for aGVHD and cGVHD. These results should be validated in an independent analysis, because these patients with high-risk malignancies may be good candidates for trials of reduced GVHD prophylaxis.
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- Muna Qayed
- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Society, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, National Marrow Donor Program/Be the Match, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Utah Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Ridayh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- , Department of Pediatrics, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Hematology Research Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
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- Pediatric Hematology - Oncology, The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial and Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Pediatrics - Hematology Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Division of Therapeutic Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Clinical Research Sormland, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Division of Therapeutic Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- National Cancer Research Center, East Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics - Hematology Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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Oostvogels R, Uniken Venema SM, de Witte M, Raymakers R, Kuball J, Kröger N, Minnema MC. In search of the optimal platform for Post-Allogeneic SCT immunotherapy in relapsed multiple myeloma: a systematic review. Bone Marrow Transplant 2017; 52:1233-1240. [PMID: 28692028 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2017.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 05/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) has the potential to induce sustained remissions in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). Currently, allo-SCT is primarily performed in high-risk MM patients, most often in the setting of early relapse after first-line therapy with autologous SCT. However, the implementation of allo-SCT for MM is jeopardized by high treatment-related mortality (TRM) rates as well as high relapse rates. In this systematic review, we aimed to identify a safe allo-SCT strategy that has optimal 1-year results regarding mortality, relapse and severe GvHD, creating opportunities for post-transplantation strategies to maintain remissions in the high-risk group of relapsed MM patients. Eleven studies were included. Median PFS ranged from 5.2 to 36.8 months and OS was 13.0 to 63.0 months. The relapse related mortality at 1 year varied between 0 and 50% and TRM between 8 and 40%. Lowest GvHD incidences were reported for conditioning regimens with T-cell depletion using ATG or graft CD34+ selection. Similar strategies could lay the foundation for a post-transplant immune platform, this should be further evaluated in prospective clinical trials.
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- R Oostvogels
- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht Cancer Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht Cancer Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht Cancer Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht Cancer Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht Cancer Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht Cancer Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Relapse assessment following allogeneic SCT in patients with MDS and AML. Ann Hematol 2014; 93:1097-110. [PMID: 24671364 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-014-2046-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Options to pre-emptively treat impending relapse of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) continuously increase. In recent years, the spectrum of diagnostic methods and parameters to perform post-transplant monitoring in patients with AML and MDS has grown. Cytomorphology, histomorphology, and chimaerism analysis are the mainstay in any panel of post-transplant monitoring. This may be individually combined with multiparameter flow cytometry (MFC) for the detection of residual cells with a leukaemia phenotype and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) to assess gene expression, e.g., of WT1 or the residual mutation load (e.g., in case of an NPM1 mutation). Data evaluating the aforementioned methods alone or in combination are discussed in this review with particular emphasis on data pointing towards their suitability to steer pre-emptive post-transplant interventions such as immunotherapy, chemotherapy or therapy with demethylating agents.
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Hockenbery DM. Oral beclomethasone dipropionate in gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2014; 3:695-700. [DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.3.5.695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mevorach D, Zuckerman T, Reiner I, Shimoni A, Samuel S, Nagler A, Rowe JM, Or R. Single infusion of donor mononuclear early apoptotic cells as prophylaxis for graft-versus-host disease in myeloablative HLA-matched allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: a phase I/IIa clinical trial. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2013; 20:58-65. [PMID: 24140121 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2013.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Because of its potent immunomodulatory effect, an infusion of donor mononuclear early apoptotic cells (ApoCell) was tested in addition to cyclosporine and methotrexate as prophylaxis for acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after HLA-matched myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) from a related donor. In a phase I/IIa clinical trial, we treated 13 patients (median age, 37 years; range, 20 to 59 years) with hematologic malignancies: 7 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 5 patients with acute myeloid leukemia, and 1 patient with chronic myeloid leukemia, who received conventional myeloablative conditioning, with 35, 70, 140, or 210 × 10(6) cell/kg of donor ApoCell, on day -1 of transplantation. Engraftment was successful in all patients with median time to neutrophil recovery of 13 days (range, 11 to 19), and platelet recovery of 15 days (range, 11 to 59). Serious adverse effects were reported on 10 occasions in the trial, all of which were considered unrelated (n = 7) or unlikely to be related (n = 3) to ApoCell infusion. The nonrelapse mortality at day 100 and 180 after transplantation was 7.7% and the overall survival at 100 and 180 days after transplantation was 92% and 85%, respectively. All ApoCell preparations showed an in vitro significant tolerogenic effect upon interaction with dendritic cells. The overall incidence of acute grades II to IV GVHD was 23%, whereas among those receiving the 2 higher doses (n = 6), the rate was 0%. These results suggest that a single infusion of donor ApoCell in HLA-matched allogeneic HSCT is a safe and potentially effective prophylaxis for acute GVHD occurring after myeloablative conditioning. No dose limiting toxicity was observed. (Clinicaltrials.gov no. NCT00524784).
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- Dror Mevorach
- The Rheumatology Research Center, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- The Rheumatology Research Center, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Hematology, Shaare Zedek, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Administration of high-dose cyclophosphamide after transplantation inhibits both graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in mouse models of allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation (alloBMT). This strategy has recently been adapted to human transplantation. RECENT FINDINGS The safety and efficacy of high-dose posttransplantation cyclophosphamide, when given in combination with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil, was first demonstrated after nonmyeloablative conditioning and allografting using human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-mismatched related donors. Further analysis shows that increasing HLA disparity does not worsen overall outcome. High-dose posttransplantation cyclophosphamide was also found to be effective as sole prophylaxis of acute and chronic GvHD after HLA-matched alloBMT. SUMMARY Taking advantage of the differential susceptibility of proliferating, alloreactive T cells over nonproliferating, nonalloreactive T cells to high-dose cyclophosphamide, and owing to the drug's stem cell sparing effects, this novel strategy provides a unique opportunity to optimize GvHD prophylaxis after HLA-matched alloBMT and increase the use of HLA-mismatched related donors. Well tolerated and effective mismatched related alloBMT provides access to essentially everyone, such as patients with sickle cell anemia, in need of the procedure.
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Cyclosporine levels and rate of graft rejection following non-myeloablative conditioning for allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 2010; 46:740-6. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Luznik L, Fuchs EJ. High-dose, post-transplantation cyclophosphamide to promote graft-host tolerance after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Immunol Res 2010; 47:65-77. [PMID: 20066512 PMCID: PMC2892158 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-009-8139-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD, is a major complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. Here, we describe a novel method for preventing GVHD after alloHSCT using high-dose, post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (Cy). Post-transplantation Cy promotes tolerance in alloreactive host and donor T cells, leading to suppression of both graft rejection and GVHD after alloHSCT. High-dose, post-transplantation Cy facilitates partially HLA-mismatched HSCT without severe GVHD and is effective as sole prophylaxis of GVHD after HLA-matched alloHSCT. By reducing the morbidity and mortality of alloHSCT, post-transplantation Cy may expand the applications of this therapy to the treatment of autoimmune diseases and non-malignant hematologic disorders such as sickle cell disease.
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- Leo Luznik
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, 288 Bunting-Blaustein Cancer Research Building, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, 288 Bunting-Blaustein Cancer Research Building, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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Novel Approaches to Prevent Leukemia Relapse Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Curr Hematol Malig Rep 2010; 5:157-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s11899-010-0051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The Impact of Desferrioxamine Postallogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Relapse Incidence and Disease-Free Survival: A Retrospective Analysis. Transplantation 2010; 89:472-9. [DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181c42944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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High-dose cyclophosphamide as single-agent, short-course prophylaxis of graft-versus-host disease. Blood 2010; 115:3224-30. [PMID: 20124511 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-11-251595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Because of its potent immunosuppressive yet stem cell-sparing activity, high-dose cyclophosphamide was tested as sole prophylaxis of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after myeloablative allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (alloBMT). We treated 117 patients (median age, 50 years; range, 21-66 years) with advanced hematologic malignancies; 78 had human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched related donors and 39 had HLA-matched unrelated donors. All patients received conventional myeloablation with busulfan/cyclophosphamide (BuCy) and T cell-replete bone marrow followed by 50 mg/kg/d of cyclophosphamide on days 3 and 4 after transplantation. The incidences of acute grades II through IV and grades III through IV GVHD for all patients were 43% and 10%, respectively. The nonrelapse mortality at day 100 and 2 years after transplantation were 9% and 17%, respectively. The actuarial overall survival and event-free survivals at 2 years after transplantation were 55% and 39%, respectively, for all patients and 63% and 54%, respectively, for patients who underwent transplantation while in remission. With a median follow-up of 26.3 months among surviving patients, the cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD is 10%. These results suggest that high-dose posttransplantation cyclophosphamide is an effective single-agent prophylaxis of acute and chronic GVHD after BuCy conditioning and HLA-matched BMT (clinicaltrials.gov no. NCT00134017).
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Lähteenmäki PM, Chakrabarti S, Cornish JM, Oakhill AH. Outcome of single fraction total body irradiation-conditioned stem cell transplantation in younger children with malignant disease--comparison with a busulphan-cyclophosphamide regimen. Acta Oncol 2009; 43:196-203. [PMID: 15163170 DOI: 10.1080/02841860310023471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The logistic difficulties of using fractionated total body irradiation (TBI) in the youngest children often limit the choice to single fraction TBI (sfTBI) or non-TBI-based regimens. We retrospectively evaluated 44 such children ( < 7 years) conditioned with either sfTBI (n = 26) or busulphan-cyclophosphamide (Bu-Cy) (n = 18), transplanted for hematological malignancies between 1988 and 2001. Both neutrophil and platelet engraftment were faster in the sfTBI group with a similar incidence of graft failure (6.8%). Acute GVHD (graft versus host disease) grade 2-4 occurred in 38.4% and 38.8% and chronic GVHD in 20% and 15.4% of the patients in the sfTBI and Bu-Cy groups, respectively Grade 2-4 GVHD was associated with reduced risk of relapse (p = 0.03). This finding was more pronounced in high-risk patients with 2/10 relapses in patients with GVHD grade 2-4, compared with 13/18 relapses among those with GVHD 0-1 (p = 0.05). The probability of overall survival was 43.3% in the sfTBI group and 33.3% in the Bu-Cy group (p = 0.6). However, the outcomes for high-risk patients and those with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were better in the sfTBI group. While hypothyroidism, growth hormone deficiency, learning problems and cataract formation were observed only in the sfTBI group, early cardiac toxicity, behavioral problems and seizures were more common in the Bu-Cy group. Thus, where fractionated TBI is not feasible, sfTBI offers improved survival in high-risk children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia compared with Bu-Cy, without an unacceptable increase in early or late toxicity.
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Rowe JM. Graft-versus-disease effect following allogeneic transplantation for acute leukaemia. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 2008; 21:485-502. [PMID: 18790451 DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2008.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The graft-versus-leukaemia effect is one of the most important biological effects to influence outcome in patients with acute leukaemia. The recognition of this modality over the past three decades has led to far-reaching changes in the concept and conduct of allogeneic transplantation in acute myeloid leukaemia, and in the infusion of donor lymphocytes as a therapeutic modality. Despite these conceptual advances, there is a considerable need for more structured prospective studies to optimally define the role of reduced-intensity transplantation in both acute myeloid and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
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- Jacob M Rowe
- Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Rambam Medical Centre and Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel.
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Acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is a frequent complication of allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI). Its incidence and severity depends on several factors, such as prophylaxis method, donor/recipient matching, intensity of the conditioning regimen and composition of the graft. Significant progress has been made in recent years in understanding the pathogenesis of the disease, and some of these advances have been translated into clinical trials. First-line treatment of acute GvHD is based on corticosteroids, and produce sustained responses in 50-80% of patients depending on the initial severity. Non-responders are offered second-line therapy, with combinations of immunosuppressive agents, but 1-year survival is 30% in most large trials. New strategies explored include infusion of expanded mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), down regulation of antigen-presenting cells (APC) and suicide gene transduced T cells. Acute GvHD is complicated by severe immunodeficiency causing life-threatening infections. To date, GvHD has not been differentiated from the graft-versus-leukaemia effect. The present review will discuss some of these aspects.
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- Andrea Bacigalupo
- Divisione Ematologia e Trapianto di Midollo, Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy.
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Bacigalupo A, Lamparelli T, Gualandi F, Occhini D, Bregante S, Raiola AM, Ibatici A, di Grazia C, Dominietto A, Piaggio G, Podesta M, Bruno B, Lombardi A, Frassoni F, Viscoli C, Sacchi N, Van Lint MT. Allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplants for patients with relapsed acute leukemia: long-term outcome. Bone Marrow Transplant 2007; 39:341-6. [PMID: 17277788 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We assessed the long-term outcome of patients with relapsed acute myeloid (n=86) or acute lymphoid leukemia (n=66), undergoing an allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation in our unit. The median blast count in the marrow was 30%. Conditioning regimen included total body irradiation (TBI) (10-12 Gy) in 115 patients. The donor was a matched donor (n=132) or a family mismatched donor (n=20). Twenty-two patients (15%) survive disease free, with a median follow-up of 14 years: 18 are off medications. The cumulative incidence of transplant related mortality is 40% and the cumulative incidence of relapse related death (RRD) is 45%. In multivariate analysis of survival, favorable predictors were chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) (P=0.0003), donor other than family mismatched (P=0.02), donor age less than 34 years (P=0.02) and blast count less than 30% (P=0.07). Patients with all four favorable predictors had a 54% survival. In multivariate analysis of relapse, protective variables were the use of TBI (P=0.005) and cGvHD (P=0.01). This study confirms that a fraction of relapsed leukemias is cured with an allogeneic transplant: selection of patients with a blast count <30%, identification of young, human leukocyte antigen-matched donors and the use of total body radiation may significantly improve the outcome.
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- A Bacigalupo
- Divisione di Ematologia 2, Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy.
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Duncan N, Craddock C. Optimizing the use of cyclosporin in allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2006; 38:169-74. [PMID: 16751787 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cyclosporin remains the most widely used immunosuppressive agent in patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). The increased awareness of the impact of the intensity of post-transplant immunosuppression on determining outcome after allogeneic SCT has resulted in a re-examination of whether cyclosporin is currently being optimally used in this population of patients. Recent studies in solid organ transplantation have questioned whether the use of trough levels provides the most accurate reflection of the immunosuppressive actions of cyclosporin and alternative strategies to monitor cyclosporin dosage after liver and kidney transplantation are increasingly being used. As a result there is now interest in examining whether there is scope for translating these advances into the arena of haematopoietic transplantation. In this paper, we will review the rationale underlying the current schedules for dosing and monitoring cyclosporin after allogeneic SCT and identify specific areas in which the use of cyclosporin requires re-evaluation. These include evaluation of whether patient outcome would be improved by using peak cyclosporin levels to determine dosing schedules, analysis of optimal cyclosporin dosing schedules in patients undergoing reduced intensity allografts and investigation of surrogate markers of cyclosporin's immunosuppressive activity.
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- N Duncan
- Pharmacy Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
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Robin M, Schlageter MH, Chomienne C, Padua RA. Targeted immunotherapy in acute myeloblastic leukemia: from animals to humans. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2005; 54:933-43. [PMID: 15889256 PMCID: PMC11034191 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-005-0678-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Accepted: 01/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Immunity against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is demonstrated in humans by the graft-versus-leukemia effect in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Specific leukemic antigens have progressively been discovered and circulating specific T lymphocytes against Wilms tumor antigen, proteinase peptide or fusion-proteins produced from aberrant oncogenic chromosomal translocations have been detected in leukemic patients. However, due to the fact that leukemic blasts develop various escape mechanisms, antileukemic specific immunity is not able to control leukemic cell proliferation. The aim of immunotherapy is to overcome tolerance and boost immunity to elicit an efficient immune response against leukemia. We review different immunotherapy strategies tested in preclinical animal models of AML and the human trials that spurred from encouraging results obtained in animal models, demonstrate the feasibility of immunotherapy in AML patients.
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- Marie Robin
- LBCH INSERM U718, Hôpital Saint Louis APHP, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010, Paris, France
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Wong R, Shahjahan M, Wang X, Thall PF, De Lima M, Khouri I, Gajewski J, Alamo J, Couriel D, Andersson BS, Donato M, Hosing C, Komanduri K, Anderlini P, Molldrem J, Ueno NT, Estey E, Ippoliti C, Champlin R, Giralt S. Prognostic factors for outcomes of patients with refractory or relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes undergoing allogeneic progenitor cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2005; 11:108-14. [PMID: 15682071 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2004.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Allogeneic progenitor cell transplantation is the only curative therapy for patients with refractory acute myelogenous leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes. To identify prognostic factors in these patients, we performed a retrospective analysis of transplantation outcomes. Patients were selected if they had undergone an allogeneic transplantation between January 1988 and January 2002 and were not in remission or first untreated relapse at the time of transplantation. A total of 135 patients were identified. The median age was 49.5 years (range, 19-75 years). At the time of transplantation, 39.3% of patients had not responded to induction therapy, 37% had not responded to first salvage therapy, and 23.7% were beyond first salvage. Forty-one patients (30%) received unrelated donor progenitor cells. Eighty patients (59%) received either a reduced-intensity or a nonmyeloablative regimen. A total of 104 (77%) of 135 patients died, with a median survival time of 4.9 months (95% confidence interval, 3.9-6.6 months). The median progression-free survival was 2.9 months (95% confidence interval, 2.5-4.2 months). A Cox regression analysis showed that Karnofsky performance status, peripheral blood blasts, and tacrolimus exposure during the first 11 days after transplantation were predictive of survival. These data support the use of allogeneic transplantation for patients with relapsed or refractory acute myelogenous leukemia/myelodysplastic syndromes and suggest that optimal immune suppression early after transplantation is essential for long-term survival even in patients with refractory myeloid leukemias.
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- Raymond Wong
- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Texas M.D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Chakrabarti S, Marks DI. Should we T cell deplete sibling grafts for acute myeloid leukaemia in first remission? Bone Marrow Transplant 2004; 32:1039-50. [PMID: 14625574 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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There is controversy regarding the best approach to the management of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in first remission (CR1). The impact of matched related allogeneic transplant in CR1 on the overall survival is equivocal, but what is not in doubt is a significant reduction in the relapse risk, compared to both autologous transplants and intensive chemotherapy, which is because of the allogeneic or the graft-versus-leukaemia (GVL) effect. Yet, this does not always translate to improved survival. T cell depletion (TCD) can reduce deaths related to graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and its therapy, but might increase the relapse risk. The existing literature suggests that TCD is associated with a disease-free survival (DFS) of 53-80% and is associated with a lower relapse risk than anticipated (0-30%). We discuss the evolution of TCD in allogeneic transplantation and its relevance in AML-CR1 with regard to GVHD, DFS, immune reconstitution and GVL effect. It is possible that by reducing TRM related to GVHD and extramedullary toxicities, particularly in the older patients, TCD might improve the impact of allogeneic transplantation in AML-CR1, provided the immune reconstitution and the relapse risk are not adversely affected. Randomised studies are underway to address these issues.
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- S Chakrabarti
- Department of Haematology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Thulesius HO, Lindgren AC, Olsson HL, Håkansson A. Diagnosis and prognosis of breast and ovarian cancer--a population-based study of 234 women. Acta Oncol 2004; 43:175-81. [PMID: 15163166 DOI: 10.1080/02841860310022481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The diagnosis and prognosis for 135 women with breast cancer and 99 women with ovarian cancer in a well-defined geographical area, and a follow-up of 7-15 years are described, based on patients' records. Diagnosis was initiated in primary care for 53% of women with breast cancer, and for 57% of women with ovarian cancer. Median patient delay was 1 week for breast cancer, and 3.5 weeks for ovarian cancer patients, and median provider delay was 3 weeks for both groups. Crude, relative, and corrected 5-year survival was 73%, 91%, and 82% in breast cancer, and 40%, 49%, and 43% in ovarian cancer. Cox multiple regression analyses showed that stage IIIA and IV, and young age were associated with impaired disease-related survival in breast cancer. In patients with ovarian cancer, stages III and IV at diagnosis, old age, and systemic symptoms dominating at presentation were predictive of reduced disease-related survival while a family history of cancer was predictive of increased survival.
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Kanda Y, Izutsu K, Hirai H, Sakamaki H, Iseki T, Kodera Y, Okamoto S, Mitsui H, Iwato K, Hirabayashi N, Furukawa T, Maruta A, Kasai M, Atsuta Y, Hamajima N, Hiraoka A, Kawa K. Effect of graft-versus-host disease on the outcome of bone marrow transplantation from an HLA-identical sibling donor using GVHD prophylaxis with cyclosporin A and methotrexate. Leukemia 2004; 18:1013-9. [PMID: 15029208 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The effect of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) on relapse incidence and survival has been analyzed in several studies, but previous studies included heterogeneous patients. Therefore, we analyzed the data of 2114 patients who received unmanipulated bone marrow graft from an HLA-identical sibling donor with a GVHD prophylaxis using cyclosporin A and methotrexate. Among the 1843 patients who survived without relapse at 60 days after transplantation, 435 (24%) developed grade II-IV acute GVHD. Among the 1566 patients who survived without relapse at 150 days after transplantation, 705 (47%) developed chronic GVHD. The incidence of relapse was significantly lower in patients who developed acute or chronic GVHD, but disease-free survival (DFS) was significantly inferior in patients who developed acute GVHD. A benefit of 'mild' GVHD was only seen in high-risk patients who developed grade I acute GVHD. The strongest association between GVHD and a decreased incidence of relapse was observed in patients with standard-risk acute myelogenous leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome. In conclusion, the therapeutic window between decreased relapse and increased transplant-related mortality due to the development of GVHD appeared to be very narrow.
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- Y Kanda
- Department of Cell Therapy and Transplantation Medicine, University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan.
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Gorczyñska E, Turkiewicz D, Toporski J, Kalwak K, Rybka B, Ryczan R, Sajewicz L, Chybicka A. Prompt initiation of immunotherapy in children with an increasing number of autologous cells after allogeneic HCT can induce complete donor-type chimerism: a report of 14 children. Bone Marrow Transplant 2003; 33:211-7. [PMID: 14628077 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Immunotherapy consisting of withdrawal of immunosuppression and/or donor lymphocyte infusions was initiated in 14 children (10 acute lymphoblastic leukemia, three acute myeloblastic leukemia and one myelodysplastic syndrome) with an increasing amount of autologous DNA (increasing mixed chimerism, inMC) detected after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Two children were in relapse when inMC was detected, 12 remained in CR. Children with overt relapse at the time of cessation of cyclosporine A (CsA) received "debulking" chemotherapy. One of them developed acute grade III graft-versus-host disease, converted to complete donor chimerism (CC) and achieved remission. Another patient did not respond and died due to disease progression. Among 12 children treated in remission, 11 responded with conversion to CC, seven after CsA withdrawal and four after DLI. One patient did not respond, rejected the graft and died due to pulmonary aspergillosis. In one patient, the response was transient, inMC reappeared and frank relapse occurred. One patient developed isolated CNS relapse despite conversion to CC, but achieved CR after conventional treatment. One child died in CC due to infection. No graft-versus-host disease (GvHD)-related death occurred. A total of 10 patients are alive in remission with median follow-up of 338 days. Our results support the hypothesis that chimerism-guided immunotherapy after alloHCT may prevent progression to hematological relapse.
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- E Gorczyñska
- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Wroclaw University of Medicine, 44 Bujwida Street, PL50-345 Wroclaw, Poland
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Chakrabarti S. Critical factors in optimizing graft-versus-leukemia effect for relapsed leukemias. J Clin Oncol 2002; 20:2756; author reply 2756-7. [PMID: 12039941 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2002.20.11.2756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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