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Arnold DE, Chellapandian D, Parikh S, Mallhi K, Marsh RA, Heimall JR, Grossman D, Chitty-Lopez M, Murguia-Favela L, Gennery AR, Boulad F, Arbuckle E, Cowan MJ, Dvorak CC, Griffith LM, Haddad E, Kohn DB, Notarangelo LD, Pai SY, Puck JM, Pulsipher MA, Torgerson T, Kang EM, Malech HL, Leiding JW. Granulocyte Transfusions in Patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation or Gene Therapy. J Clin Immunol 2022; 42:1026-1035. [PMID: 35445907 PMCID: PMC9022412 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-022-01261-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Granulocyte transfusions are sometimes used as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of infection in patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). However, granulocyte transfusions can be associated with a high rate of alloimmunization, and their role in CGD patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) or gene therapy (GT) is unknown. We identified 27 patients with CGD who received granulocyte transfusions pre- (within 6 months) and/or post-HCT or GT in a retrospective survey. Twelve patients received granulocyte transfusions as a bridge to cellular therapy. Six (50%) of these patients had a complete or partial response. However, six of 10 (60%) patients for whom testing was performed developed anti-HLA antibodies, and three of the patients also had severe immune-mediated cytopenia within the first 100 days post-HCT or GT. Fifteen patients received granulocyte transfusions post-HCT only. HLA antibodies were not checked for any of these 15 patients, but there were no cases of early immune-mediated cytopenia. Out of 25 patients who underwent HCT, there were 5 (20%) cases of primary graft failure. Three of the patients with primary graft failure had received granulocyte transfusions pre-HCT and were subsequently found to have anti-HLA antibodies. In this small cohort of patients with CGD, granulocyte transfusions pre-HCT or GT were associated with high rates of alloimmunization, primary graft failure, and early severe immune-mediated cytopenia post-HCT or GT. Granulocyte transfusions post-HCT do not appear to confer an increased risk of graft failure.
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Affiliation(s)
- Danielle E Arnold
- Immune Deficiency-Cellular Therapy Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10-CRC, 1-5130, 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy for Non-Malignant Conditions, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, John Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplant, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, The University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Genetic Immunotherapy Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, John Hopkins All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
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- Section of Hematology/Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University and Paediatric Immunology and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, BMT Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Blood and Marrow Transplant, University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Blood and Marrow Transplant, University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Immunology-Rheumatology Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Immune Deficiency-Cellular Therapy Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10-CRC, 1-5130, 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Blood and Marrow Transplant, University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Section of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Experimental Immunology, Allen Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Genetic Immunotherapy Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Genetic Immunotherapy Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Orlando Health, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA
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Chung S, Armstrong-Scott O, Charlewood R. Therapeutic granulocyte infusion for patients with severe neutropaenia and neutrophilic dysfunction: New Zealand experience. Vox Sang 2021; 117:220-226. [PMID: 34142377 DOI: 10.1111/vox.13170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Studies have shown granulocyte transfusions (GTXs) may be beneficial in neutropaenic patients with severe systemic infections. New Zealand Blood Service has a policy for provision of granulocytes to New Zealand's District Health Boards. We set out to explore utilization of therapeutic granulocyte infusions in New Zealand. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients who received GTXs in the 16-year period between 2000 and 2016 were identified by the New Zealand electronic blood management system, eProgesa. Information pertaining to recipient demographics, disease-related factors, methods of granulocyte collection and clinical outcomes was obtained by the review of electronic transfusion and clinical records. RESULTS Forty-five septic patients received granulocyte support for a total of 263 days. The median age of the recipients was 16 (range 0-74) years. Seventy-nine percent of the recipients had an underlying haematological malignancy with 50% having acute leukaemia. The median neutrophil count on the last day of GTX was 0.02 × 109 /L (range 0-16.32). Sixty-three percent (27/43 patients with available data) had persisting severe neutropaenia when the GTXs were stopped. The median duration of support was 3 (range 1-32) days. Forty-six percent of granulocyte collections were performed via apheresis. Of the 44 patients, for whom survival outcome was available, 18 (41%) survived the acute illness. CONCLUSION GTXs were infrequently used, most commonly in the setting of an underlying haematological malignancy. This may be explained by the current weak evidence base supporting this therapeutic modality. Procuring a sufficiently large dose of granulocytes for infusion remains an issue for adult recipients.
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- Shanee Chung
- New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland, New Zealand
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Yoshihara S, Ikemoto J, Onomoto H, Sugiyama H, Okuda N, Fukunaga K, Yoshihara K, Kaida K, Ikegame K, Tamaki H, Okada M, Osugi Y, Yamahara K, Higasa S, Fujimori Y. Impact of the use of hydroxyethyl starch in granulocyte apheresis using Spectra Optia. Transfus Med 2021; 31:365-370. [PMID: 34096118 DOI: 10.1111/tme.12795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the impact of the use of hydroxyethyl starch (HES) in granulocyte apheresis using Spectra Optia. BACKGROUND Granulocyte transfusion (GT) is a therapeutic option for neutropenic patients with severe bacterial or fungal infections. Recent studies in emergency medicine have shown the potential risk of using HES, which is routinely used in granulocyte apheresis to increase yield by sedimenting red blood cells. We hypothesized that the use of a newer device (Spectra Optia) would spare the need for HES. METHODS We retrospectively compared granulocyte apheresis with HES (HES group, n = 89) and without HES (non-HES group, n = 36) using Spectra Optia. RESULTS The granulocyte yield was significantly higher in the HES group (7.3 × 1010 vs. 2.0 × 10, p < 0.01) and was attributed to the difference in collection efficiency (36% vs. 7.7%, p < 0.01). The absolute neutrophil count on the following morning of GT was significantly higher in the HES group than in the non-HES group (2460/μl vs. 505/μl, p < 0.01). There were no significant differences in the occurrence of adverse events between the HES and non-HES groups. The renal function was unchanged in both groups after apheresis. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that the advantage of using HES remained unchanged in granulocyte apheresis using Spectra Optia.
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- Satoshi Yoshihara
- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan.,Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan.,Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan.,Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan.,Department of Hematology, Hyogo College of Medicine Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Ford ES, Duke ER, Cheng GS, Yoke LM, Liu C, Hill JA, Pergam SA, Pipavath SNJ, Walter RB, Mielcarek M, Schiffer JT, Boeckh M. Outcomes of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Patients with Mixed Response to Pretransplantation Treatment of Confirmed or Suspected Invasive Fungal Infection. Transplant Cell Ther 2021; 27:684.e1-684.e9. [PMID: 33964516 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
Patients with hematologic malignancy or bone marrow failure are typically required to achieve radiographic improvement or stabilization of invasive fungal infection (IFI) before hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) owing to a concern for progression before engraftment. Refractory IFI with a mixture of improvement and progression on serial imaging (ie, mixed response) poses a clinical dilemma, because a delay in HCT may allow for a hematologic relapse or other complications. Furthermore, HCT itself may yield the immune reconstitution necessary for clearance of infection. We sought to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients who underwent HCT with mixed response IFI. We performed a chart review of all patients who underwent HCT between 2014 and 2020 in whom imaging within 6 weeks before HCT indicated a mixed response to treatment of a diagnosed IFI. Fourteen patients had evidence of a mixed response in low-to-moderate burden of diagnosed IFI by imaging before HCT, including 9 with pulmonary aspergillosis, 2 with hepatosplenic candidiasis (1 also with aspergillosis), and 4 with pulmonary nodules of presumed fungal etiology. Five had refractory severe neutropenia at evaluation for HCT (median, 95 days). All 14 patients showed radiographic stability or improvement in imaging following engraftment; no IFI-related surgeries were required, and no IFI-related deaths occurred. For patients without relapse who underwent HCT more than 1 year earlier, 7 of 8 (88%) were alive at 1 year. Our findings suggest that low-to-moderate burden IFI with mixed response is unlikely to progress on appropriate therapy before engraftment during allogeneic HCT.
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- Emily S Ford
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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