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Forté V, Novelli S, Zaidan M, Snanoudj R, Verger C, Beaudreuil S. Microbiologie, facteurs de risque et mortalité lors des péritonites polymicrobiennes en dialyse péritonéale: une étude de cohorte issue du RDPLF. Nephrol Ther 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nephro.2021.07.260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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García‐Sancho AM, Izuzquiza M, Bastos‐Oreiro M, Baile M, Nistal S, Cortés M, Jiménez‐Ubieto A, Búa BR, Guillén‐García H, Cannata‐Ortiz J, Novelli S, Gómez‐Roncero MI, Peñalver FJ, Barca EMG, Infante M, Peñarrubia MJ, Franch M, Alonso‐Prieto C, Zeberio I, Sánchez‐González B, Muntañola A, Hernández‐Mohedo F, Martín‐Martitegui X, Arguiñano JM, Campo RD, Escoda L, Roldán‐Pérez A, Ramírez‐Payer Á, Luzardo H, Lorente S, Solé‐Rodríguez M, Abrisqueta P, Sancho JM. OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH LYMPHOMA AND COVID‐19: AN OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY FROM GELTAMO SPANISH GROUP. Hematol Oncol 2021. [PMCID: PMC8426711 DOI: 10.1002/hon.200_2880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Hospital Vall d’Hebron Hematology Department Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca and IBSAL Hematology Department Salamanca Spain
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- Hospital Universitario HLA Moncloa Hematology Department Madrid Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca and IBSAL Hematology Department Salamanca Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Salamanca and IBSAL Hematology Department Salamanca Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara Hematology Department Guadalajara Spain
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- Hospital Universitario La Princesa Hematology Department Madrid Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hematology Department Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón Hematology Department Alcorcón Madrid Spain
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- Institut Català d’Oncologia Hospital Duran i Reynals IDIBELL Univertitat de Barcelona Hematology Department Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Infanta Leonor Hematology Department Madrid Spain
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- Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid Hematology Department Valladolid Spain
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- Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol Hematology Department Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Donostia Hematology Department Donostia‐San Sebastian Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Mutua Terrassa Hematology Department Terrassa, Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Son Llàtzer Hematology Department Palma de Mallorca Spain
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- Institut Català d’Oncologia Hospital Joan XXIII Hematology Department Tarragona Spain
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- Hospital Infanta Sofía San Sebastián de los Reyes Hematology Department Madrid Spain
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- Hospital Doctor Negrín Hematology Department Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain
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- Hospital Vithas Xanit Internacional Benalmádena Hematology Department Málaga Spain
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- Hospital Vall d’Hebron Hematology Department Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol Hematology Department Barcelona Spain
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Gutierrez A, Bento L, Novelli S, Gutierrez G, Salas Q, Bastos‐Oreiro M, Perez A, Hernani R, Viguria MC, Lopez‐Godino O, Montoro J, Piñana JL, Ferra C, Parody R, Martin C, Gomez‐Espuch J, Yañez L, Rodriguez G, Zanabilli J, Herrera P, Varela MR, Sampol A, Caballero MD. CURRENT ROLE OF ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA IN THE ERA OF NEW IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC AND TARGETED THERAPIES. THE GETH/GELTAMO EXPERIENCE. Hematol Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.56_2880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- A. Gutierrez
- Hospital Universitario Son Espases Hematology 07120 Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Son Espases Hematology 07120 Spain
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- Hospital Sant Pau Hematology Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Clinic Hematology Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia Hematology Valencia Spain
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- Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia Hematology Valencia Spain
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- Hospital La Fe Hematology Valencia Spain
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- Hospital de Can Ruti Hematology Badalona Spain
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- Hospital de Bellvitge Hematologyi Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Reina Sofia Hematology Cordoba Spain
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- Hospital de Valldecilla Hematology Santander Spain
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- Hospital Virgen del Rocio Hematology Sevilla Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias Hematology Oviedo Spain
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- Hospital Ramon y Cajal Hematology Madrid Spain
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- Hospital Juan Canelejo Hematology La Coruña Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Son Espases Hematology 07120 Spain
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García-Cadenas I, Awol R, Esquirol A, Saavedra S, Bosch-Vilaseca A, Novelli S, Garrido A, López J, Granell M, Moreno C, Briones J, Brunet S, Sierra J, Martino R. Incorporating posttransplant cyclophosphamide-based prophylaxis as standard-of-care outside the haploidentical setting: challenges and review of the literature. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019; 55:1041-1049. [PMID: 31822813 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-019-0771-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Posttransplant high-dose cyclophosphamide (PTCy) effectively prevents GvHD after haploidentical SCT. However, its use in HLA-matched SCT has been less explored. Fifty-six consecutive patients who underwent allo-SCT for hematological malignancies have been included in this prospective single-center protocol. Donors have been HLA-identical siblings, fully-matched unrelated or 1-allele-mismatched unrelated donors in 30%, 32%, and 37% of cases, respectively. Nine patients have received a TBI-containing MAC regimen, while the remaining (84%) received RIC platforms based on Fludarabine plus Busulfan/Melphalan. Due to the high graft failure (GF) rate (21%) in a preliminary analysis in the allo-RIC cohort (n = 29), protocol amendments have been implemented, with no further cases of GF after the introduction of mini-thiotepa (0/18). The overall incidence of grade II-IV acute GvHD is 24% (95% CI: 17-31%) with four steroid-refractory cases. Severe chronic GvHD has occurred in only 1 of 43 evaluable cases. The 1-year NRM and relapse are 18% (95% CI: 12-26%) and 30% (18-42%) and the OS and DFS are 78% and 64%, respectively. These outcomes support the feasibility of using PTCy as a SOC outside the haplo-setting, albeit mini-thiotepa (3 mg/kg) was incorporated in the standard allo-RIC platforms to prevent GF. Despite the limitations of a single-center experience and the short follow-up, these protocols show promising results with particular benefit in reducing the occurrence of moderate-to-severe GvHD.
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- I García-Cadenas
- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Lopez-Parra M, Bellei M, Rambaldi A, Novelli S, Panizo C, Martelli M, Dhouly I, Bastos M, Gutierrez A, Sancho J, Ramirez M, Moraleda J, Carrillo Cruz E, Jimenez Ubieto A, Jarque I, Vittolo U, de las Heras N, Arranz R, Lopez-Jimenez J, Montalbán C, Pascual M, Corradini P, Bobillo S, Estefania G, Spina M, Rossi G, Manni M, Federico M, Caballero D, Martín A. AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION AS PART OF FIRST-LINE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA: A MULTICENTER GELTAMO/FIL STUDY. Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.63_2629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Lopez-Parra
- Hematology; University Hospital of Salamanca-IBSAL; Salamanca Spain
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- Department of Diagnostic, Clinical and Public Health Medicine; University of Modena; Modena Italy
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- Hematology and bone marrow transplant Unit; University of Milan; Milan Italy
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- Hematology; Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Clínica Universidad de Navarra; Pamplona Spain
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- Hematology; Sapienza, University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Hematology; Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Gregorio Marañón; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Son de Espases; Palma Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol/ ICO-IJC; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital de Jerez de la Frontera; Jerez de la Frontera Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Vírgen de la Arrixaca; Murcia Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe; Valencia Spain
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- Dipartimento di Oncologia e Ematologia; Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Turin Italy
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- Hematology; Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León; León Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital La Princesa; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; MD Anderson Cancer Center; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Carlos Haya; Málaga Spain
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- Hematology; University Hospital Vall d'Hebron; Barcelona Spain
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- Division of Medical Oncology; National Cancer Institute; Aviano Italy
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- Hematology; Spedali Civili; Brescia Italy
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- Diagnostic; Clinic and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Modena Italy
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- Hematology; Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia; Modena Italy
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- Hematology; University Hospital of Salamanca-IBSAL; Salamanca Spain
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- Hematology; University Hospital of Salamanca-IBSAL; Salamanca Spain
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Magnano L, Alonso-Alvarez S, Alcoceba M, Rivas-Delgado A, Muntañola A, Andrade-Campos M, Rodriguez G, Sancho J, Mercadal S, Salar A, Arranz R, Terol M, Jiménez-Ubieto A, González de Villambrosía S, Bello J, López L, Novelli S, De Cabo E, Infante M, Pardal E, Canals M, González M, Martín A, Caballero M, López-Guillermo A. PATIENTS WITH FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA (FL) IN MAINTAINED COMPLETE RESPONSE (CR) AT 30 MONTHS SHOW A SURVIVAL SIMILAR TO A SEX- AND AGE-MATCHED SPANISH GENERAL POPULATION. Hematol Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.2438_90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- L. Magnano
- Hematology; Hospital Clinico de Barcelona; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca; Salamanca Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío; Sevilla Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital H. Germans Trias i Pujol (ICO-IJC); Badalona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Duran i Reynals (ICO), Hospitalet de Llobregat; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital de la Princesa; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Clínico de Valencia; Valencia Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza; Santiago de Compostela Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital MD Anderson; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital del Bierzo, Ponferrada; León Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Infanta Leonor; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia; Cáceres Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario La Paz; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca; Salamanca Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca; Salamanca Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca; Salamanca Spain
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Jiménez Ubieto A, Grande C, Caballero D, Yañez L, Novelli S, Hernández-Garcia M, Manzanares M, Arranz R, Ferreiro J, Bobillo S, Mercadal S, Galego A, López-Jiménez J, Moraleda J, Vallejo C, Albo C, Pérez-Ceballos E, Marrero C, Magnano L, Palomera L, Jarque I, Martín A, Coria E, López-Guillermo A, Salar A, Lahuerta J. AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION MAY POTENTIALLY ABROGATE THE NEGATIVE PROGNOSTIC EFFECT OF EARLY RELAPSE AFTER CHEMO OR INMUNOCHEMOTHERAPY IN FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA. Hematol Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.2438_85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Hematology; Hospital 12 de Octubre; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca; Salamanca Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Santander Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Sant Pau; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Jerez; Jerez Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario La Princesa; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Donostia-Aránzazu; San Sebastián Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Vall de Hebrón; Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat; Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña; Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arriaxaca, El Palmar; Murcia Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Central de Asturias, Asturias; Oviedo Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Vigo; Vigo Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Morales de Messeguer; Murcia Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa; Zaragoza Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario La Fe; València Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Universitario de Salamanca; Salamanca Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital Clínico San Carlos; Madrid Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Hospital 12 de Octubre; Madrid Spain
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Alcoceba M, Magnano L, Alonso-Álvarez S, Andrade-Campos M, Espinosa-Lara N, Rodríguez G, Sancho J, Moreno M, Mercadal S, García-Pallarols F, Cannata J, Teruel A, Rodríguez A, González de Villambrosía S, Bello J, López L, Monsalvo S, Novelli S, de Cabo E, Infante M, Pardal E, Muntañola A, González M, Caballero M, Martín A, López-Guillermo A. CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROGNOSIS OF ELDERLY (>70 YEARS) FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA IN THE RITUXIMAB ERA: MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE GELTAMO SPANISH GROUP. Hematol Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.2439_122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Alcoceba
- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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- Hematology; Spanish Group of Lymphomas and Autologous Stem-cell Transplantation (GELTAMO); Spain
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García-Noblejas A, Cannata-Ortiz J, Conde E, González Barca E, Gutiérrez N, Rojas R, Vidal MJ, Ramírez MJ, Jiménez-Ubieto A, García-Ruiz JC, Sancho JM, López A, Ríos Rull P, Novelli S, Albo C, Debén G, López-Guillermo A, Nicolás C, González de Villambrosia S, Mercadal S, Martín García-Sancho A, Arranz R. Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with mantle cell lymphoma: a retrospective study of the Spanish lymphoma group (GELTAMO). Ann Hematol 2017; 96:1323-1330. [PMID: 28536895 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-017-2998-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Guidelines recommend autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) consolidation in first complete or partial response after regimens including rituximab (R) and high-dose AraC (HDAC), but its use beyond that response is questioned. We present a retrospective analysis of 268 patients with MCL who received ASCT. With a median follow-up for survival patients of 54 months, progression-free survival and overall survival for the whole series were 38 and 74 months, respectively, and for patients transplanted in first CR 49 and 97 months, respectively. Patients without CR before transplant were analyzed separately, those who achieved CR after transplantation had better PFS (48 vs 0.03 months, p < 0.001) and OS (92 vs 16 months, p < 0.001) than the remaining. In univariate analysis, first CR at transplant (p = 0.01) and prior rituximab (p = 0.02) were the variables associated with PFS. For OS, the same variables resulted significant (p = 0.03 and p < 0.001, respectively). In multivariate analysis, only the status at transplant (first CR) remained significant. This retrospective study concludes that ASCT consolidation in first CR induces high survival rates. In other stages of disease, the need of ASCT as consolidation may be questioned.
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- A García-Noblejas
- Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Diego de Leon, 62, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Diego de Leon, 62, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- HU Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- HU Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
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- H. Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
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- HU Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- HU Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- H Xeral-Cíes, Madrid, Spain
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- HU Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Catalán de Oncología, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Diego de Leon, 62, 28006, Madrid, Spain.
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Morabito V, Novelli S, Poli L, Ferretti G, Ruberto F, Pugliese F, Pretagostini R, Berloco PB, Rossi M. Adacolumn Granulocyte-Apheresis for Alcoholic Hepatitis: Preliminary Study. Transplant Proc 2017; 48:352-8. [PMID: 27109954 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is an acute-on-chronic inflammatory response affecting the liver. It has been recognized that white blood cells (WBCs) are involved in the pathogenesis and in the prognosis of AH. The aim of study was to use Adacolumn, which can selectively adsorb myeloid linage leucocytes (granulocytes and monocytes/macrophages) from the blood in the column and improve the clinical status of patients. MATERIALS Six patients with a diagnosis of AH were treated with Adacolumn granulocyte-apheresis therapy. INCLUSION CRITERIA patients not responders to corticosteroids therapy with Maddrey Discriminant Function (MDF) >32 and MELD score 20-26. The patients underwent five 1-hour sessions for 5 consecutive days with a follow-up at 28 days. The column was placed in an extracorporeal setting with a perfusion rate of 30 mL/min and a duration of 60 minutes. Liver parameters, WBC count, proinflammatory cytokines, coagulation, and predictive scores were valued before and after the cycle of apheresis treatment. RESULTS After 5 days, the findings showed a significant improvement of WBC count (P < .014) and cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-6 (P < .019), tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) (P < .02), and IL-8 (P < .029). The results probably determined a reduction of aspartate transaminase (AST; P < .02) and alanine transaminase (ALT; P < .011), although we did not observe a significant improve in bilirubin, prothrombin time (PT), and Maddrey score. The improvement of MELD score, depending on an improvement of international normalized ratio for administration of plasma, was not considered. At day 28 of follow-up, PT, IL-6, TNFα, AST and ALT results significantly improved. CONCLUSIONS The Adacolumn apheresis was safe and was able to determine an improvement of clinical status of patients with reduction of inflammatory markers. More patients are needed to validate these results.
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- V Morabito
- Italian National Transplant Center, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Transplant Center, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Transplant Center, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Transplant Center, Rome, Italy
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García-Cadenas I, Rivera I, Martino R, Esquirol A, Barba P, Novelli S, Orti G, Briones J, Brunet S, Valcarcel D, Sierra J. Patterns of infection and infection-related mortality in patients with steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease. Bone Marrow Transplant 2016; 52:107-113. [PMID: 27595281 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2016.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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This study aimed to characterize the incidence, etiology and outcome of infectious episodes in patients with steroid refractory acute GvHD (SR-GvHD). The cohort included 127 adults treated with inolimomab (77%) or etanercept (23%) owing to acute 2-4 SR-GvHD, with a response rate of 43% on day +30 and a 4-year survival of 15%. The 1-year cumulative incidences of bacterial, CMV and invasive fungal infection were 74%, 65% and 14%, respectively. A high rate (37%) of enterococcal infections was observed. Twenty patients (15.7%) developed BK virus-hemorrhagic cystitis and five percent had an EBV reactivation with only one case of PTLD. One-third of long-term survivors developed pneumonia by a community respiratory virus and/or encapsulated bacteria, mostly associated with chronic GvHD. Infections were an important cause of non-relapse mortality, with a 4-year incidence of 46%. In multivariate analysis, use of rituximab in the 6 months before SCT (hazard ratio; HR 4.2; 95% confidence interval; CI 1.1-16.3), severe infection before SR-GvHD onset (HR 5.8; 95% CI 1.3-26.3) and a baseline C-reactive protein >15 UI/mL (HR 2.9; 95% CI 1.1-8.5) were associated with infection-related mortality. High rates of opportunistic infections with remarkable mortality warrant further efforts to optimize long-term outcomes after SR-GvHD.
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- I García-Cadenas
- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute and IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute and IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute and IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute and IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute and IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute and IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute and IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Lozano ML, Revilla N, Gonzalez-Lopez TJ, Novelli S, González-Porras JR, Sánchez-Gonzalez B, Bermejo N, Pérez S, Lucas FJ, Álvarez MT, Arilla MJ, Perera M, do Nascimento J, Campos RM, Casado LF, Vicente V. Real-life management of primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in adult patients and adherence to practice guidelines. Ann Hematol 2016; 95:1089-98. [DOI: 10.1007/s00277-016-2665-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Pretagostini R, Poli L, Gozzer M, Pettorini L, Garofalo M, Novelli S, Cinti P, Berloco P. Plasmapheresis, Photopheresis, and Endovenous Immunoglobulin in Acute Antibody-mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2015; 47:2142-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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García-Cadenas I, Castillo N, Martino R, Barba P, Esquirol A, Novelli S, Orti G, Garrido A, Saavedra S, Moreno C, Granell M, Briones J, Brunet S, Navarro F, Ruiz I, Rabella N, Valcárcel D, Sierra J. Impact of Epstein Barr virus-related complications after high-risk allo-SCT in the era of pre-emptive rituximab. Bone Marrow Transplant 2015; 50:579-84. [PMID: 25581404 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2014.298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 11/08/2014] [Accepted: 11/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We monitored 133 high-risk allo-SCT recipients for 6 months after transplant for EBV reactivation by quantitative real-time PCR. Rituximab was given as pre-emptive therapy for viremia >1000 copies/mL. The 1-year cumulative incidence of EBV reactivation was 29.4% (95% confidence interval (CI): 18-40) in patients monitored due to initial high-risk characteristics (n=93) and 31.8% (95% CI: 19.7-44) in those followed because of the development of refractory GVHD (n=40). Overall response rate to Rituximab was 83%. Nine patients (9.6%) developed post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) at a median of +62 days after SCT. Eight of them showed a concomitant CMV reactivation. Second SCT was the only risk factor associated with EBV infection and PTLD in multivariate analysis (hazard ratio (HR) 2.6 (95% CI: 1.1-6.4; P=0.04) and HR 6.4 (95%CI: 1.3-32; P=0.02)). The development of EBV reactivation was not associated with non-relapse mortality or OS (P=0.97 and P=0.84, respectively).
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- I García-Cadenas
- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, José Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, IIB Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Novelli G, Annesini MC, Morabito V, Cinti P, Pugliese F, Novelli S, Piemonte V, Turchetti L, Rossi M, Berloco PB. Cytokine level modifications: molecular adsorbent recirculating system versus standard medical therapy. Transplant Proc 2014; 41:1243-8. [PMID: 19460529 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a systemic inflammatory reaction, which is characterized by a predominantly proinflammatory cytokine profile, causing the transition from stable cirrhosis to ACLF. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the changes in several cytokines associated with inflammatory liver disease and liver regeneration among 15 ACLF patients treated with the Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS) compared with 15 patients treated with standard medical therapy (SMT). The subjects showed various disease etiologies but similar values for Model End-stage Liver Disease scores. METHODS In the MARS group, 15 (10 male and 5 female) patients were treated with MARS (Gambro). The number of MARS applications was nine; the length of applications was 8 hours. In the SMT group; 15 (10 male and 5 female) patients were treated with SMT. The patients were monitored for 30 days from inclusion with a survival follow-up at 3 months. Statistical results were calculated with SPSS14.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Ill). A P < .07 was considered significant. RESULTS In the MARS group, we observed significant changes in the levels of Interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in association with improved hepatocyte growth factor. Patient survival at 3 months was 60%. The SMT group showed only a significant change in TNF-alpha (P = .03). Patient survival at 3 months was 30%. CONCLUSION The MARS liver support device corrected pathophysiologies of ALF and may be used to enhance spontaneous recovery or as a bridge to transplantation.
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- G Novelli
- Dipartimento "P. Stefanini" Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti d'Organo, La Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Rome, Italy.
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Cenci-Goga BT, Karama M, Sechi P, Iulietto MF, Novelli S, Mattei S. Evolution under different storage conditions of anomalous blue coloration of Mozzarella cheese intentionally contaminated with a pigment-producing strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens. J Dairy Sci 2014; 97:6708-18. [PMID: 25200780 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 07/13/2014] [Accepted: 08/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Several widespread occurrences of anomalous blue coloration of Mozzarella cheese have been recorded in the United States and some European countries. Official laboratory analysis and health authorities have linked the occurrences to contamination of the processing water with strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens, although several experts questioned how to unequivocally link the blue color to the presence of the microorganism. To establish a method to determine whether a given Pseudomonas spp. strain is responsible for the defect and study the evolution of the coloration under different storage conditions, we developed an in vitro system for the evaluation of blue coloration of Mozzarella cheese intentionally contaminated with strains of P. fluorescens. The purpose of the system was to determine whether P.fluorescens strains, isolated from Mozzarella cheese with anomalous blue coloration, were able to reproduce the blue coloration under controlled experimental conditions. Thirty-six trials of experimental inoculation of Mozzarella cheese in different preservation liquids were conducted using various suspensions of P.fluorescens (P. fluorescens ATCC 13525, P.fluorescens CFBP 3150, and P. fluorescens 349 field strain isolated from blue-colored Mozzarella cheese) at different concentrations and incubated at different temperatures. Growth curves of all tested P.fluorescens strains demonstrated that after 3 d of incubation the concentration was generally >10(6) cfu/g of Mozzarella cheese incubated in either tryptic soy broth (control) or conditioning brine. Prolonged incubation for 5 d at either 20 °C or 8 °C led to concentrations up to 10(9) cfu/g of Mozzarella cheese incubated in tryptic soy broth and up to 10(8) cfu/g of Mozzarella cheese incubated in preservation liquid. All Mozzarella cheeses inoculated with the field strain of P. fluorescens, except those opened 1h after packaging and stored at 8 °C, showed the characteristic anomalous blue coloration, which appeared from 1 to 72 h after opening the packaging, and was proportional to colony count, duration of storage, and storage temperature. With the proposed system, which enabled a larger number of samples to be analyzed under controlled experimental conditions and a large amount of data to be generated in a short time, we described precisely how and under which conditions the presence of P. fluorescens in Mozzarella cheese is responsible for the anomalous blue coloration. The system will help producers intercept contaminated batches and help consumers avoid the conditions under which the defect can appear.
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- B T Cenci-Goga
- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Laboratorio di Ispezione degli Alimenti di Origine Animale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Laboratorio di Ispezione degli Alimenti di Origine Animale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Laboratorio di Ispezione degli Alimenti di Origine Animale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Laboratorio di Ispezione degli Alimenti di Origine Animale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Laboratorio di Ispezione degli Alimenti di Origine Animale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Laboratorio di Ispezione degli Alimenti di Origine Animale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy
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Marinozzi F, Novelli S, Morabito V, Bini F, Berloco PB, Carpino G, Carpino A, Rossi M, Novelli G, Gaudio E. Preliminary study of early histomorphometric changes in hepatic steatosis. Transplant Proc 2012; 44:1837-42. [PMID: 22974850 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The first endpoint of this study was to find new markers that document the progression of hepatic steatosis through quantitative histomorphometric analysis in the absence of hemodynamic changes. The second endpoint was to start building a mathematical database to help to achieve a score in the future. For this study we enrolled 130 random patients, including 10 with normal histology despite suspected disease, 70 positive for steatosis, 20 affected by nonalcoholic steato hepatitis, and 30 with hepatitis virus C or B-related cirrhosis. One hundred thirty images were analyzed for a total of 1,320 sinusoids. Each image was processed with a custom program written with the use of the Vision toolbox of the Labview platform, following a semiautomated procedure. The mean sinusoidal areas (SAs) and percentage fractions of parenchymal area occupied by sinusoids (SA/PA) were subdivided into 3 groups. Finally, we analyzed the form of sinusoids, approximating them to an ellipse, to be able to define the relationship between the 2 axes with the aim of proposing a parameter, "local hydraulic resistance" (LHR), that was proportional to the resistance to blood flow within the bounds of the histologic specimen. Among the images, we observed a difference in the size of SAs among the 3 groups of patients, namely, normal, steatotic of different stages, and cirrhotic patients. In fact, there was evidence of a reducted SA when steatosis was <30%, with an average value of 0.0032 mm(2), patients with steatosis of 30%-50% showed an average SA of 0.0024 mm(2), and there was a further reduction among subjects with steatosis grades >50% (mean 0.0017 mm(2)). The LHR value showed that the morphometric parameter SA/PA could be quantitatively interpreted also as a functional impairment relative to the increased resistance opposing blood flow in pathologic conditions.
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- F Marinozzi
- Department of Clinical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Novelli G, Morabito V, Ferretti G, Poli L, Novelli S, Ruberto F, Pugliese F, Mennini G, Rossi M, Berloco P. Safety of Polymyxin-B–based Hemoperfusion in Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc 2012; 44:1966-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.05.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Novelli G, Morabito V, Lai Q, Levi Sandri G, Melandro F, Pugliese F, Novelli S, Rossi M, Berloco P. Glasgow Coma Score and Tumor Necrosis Factor α as Predictive Criteria for Initial Poor Graft Function. Transplant Proc 2012; 44:1820-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.06.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Barba P, Martino R, Perez-Simón JA, Fernández-Avilés F, Piñana JL, Valcárcel D, Campos-Varela I, Lopez-Anglada L, Rovira M, Novelli S, Lopez-Corral L, Carreras E, Sierra J. Incidence, characteristics and risk factors of marked hyperbilirubinemia after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with reduced-intensity conditioning. Bone Marrow Transplant 2012; 47:1343-9. [PMID: 22388280 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2012.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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To analyze the incidence, characteristics and risk factors of hyperbilirubinemia after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with reduced-intensity conditioning (allo-RIC), we conducted a retrospective study in three Spanish centers. We analyzed 452 consecutive patients receiving allo-RIC. Of these, 92 patients (20%) developed marked hyperbilirubinemia (>4 mg/day or >68.4 μM) after allo-RIC. The main causes of marked hyperbilirubinemia after transplant were cholestasis due to GVHD or sepsis (n=57, 62%) and drug-induced cholestasis (n=13, 14%). A total of 22 patients with marked hyperbilirubinemia (24%) underwent liver biopsy. The most frequent histological finding was iron overload alone (n=6) or in combination with other features (n=6). In multivariate analysis, the risk factors for marked hyperbilirubinemia after allo-RIC were non-HLA-identical sibling donors (hazard ratio (HR) 2.2 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.4-3.6) P=0.001), female donors to male recipients (HR 2.1 (95% CI 1.3-3.3) P=0.003) and high levels of bilirubin and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase before transplant (HR 4.5 (95% CI 2.5-8.4) P<0.001 and HR 4.6 (95% CI 2.6-8.1) P<0.001, respectively). Patients with marked hyperbilirubinemia showed higher 4-year nonrelapse mortality (HR 1.3 (95% CI 1-1.7), P=0.02) and lower 4-year OS (HR 1.4 (95%CI 1.3-1.7), P<0.001) than patients without. In conclusion, we confirm that marked hyperbilirubinemia is frequent and diverse after allo-RIC. Development of marked hyperbilirubinemia after allo-RIC is associated with worse outcome of the procedure.
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- P Barba
- Department of Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Novelli G, Morabito V, Pugliese F, Ferretti G, Novelli S, Ianni S, Lai Q, Rossi M, Berloco P. Management of Sepsis During MARS Treatment in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure. Transplant Proc 2011; 43:1085-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.01.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Novelli G, Rossi M, Ferretti G, Pugliese F, Travaglia D, Guidi S, Novelli S, Lai Q, Morabito V, Berloco PB. Predictive parameters after molecular absorbent recirculating system treatment integrated with model for end stage liver disease model in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure. Transplant Proc 2010; 42:1182-7. [PMID: 20534256 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.03.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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AIM The aim of study was to highlight parameters that in association with Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) provide predictive criteria for long-term survival after treatment with the Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS). Two homogenous groups were studied: one treated with standard medical therapy (SMT) and the other, with MARS. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty acute-on-chronic liver failure patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation and affected by alcoholic cirrhosis with similar MELD scores (20-29) were evaluated for 7 days from inclusion and for 6-month survival. Ten patients (seven males and three females) were treated with MARS. Their mean age was 48.5 years (range = 35-61). The number of MARS applications was six for 6 consecutive days, and the length of the applications was 8 hours. Ten other patients (seven males and three females) were treated with SMT, including prophylaxis against bacterial infections and judicious use of diuretics. The precipitating factors were also treated appropriately. The mean age of the patients was 51 years (range = 37-64). All the variables that were significant upon univariate analysis were enrolled in a receiver operating characteristic analysis, with the intention to detect predictive parameters for patient death at 6 months. We considered a significant area under curve (AUC) value to be greater than 0.5. RESULTS Among 11 patients who died within 6 months there were in the MARS group and eight in the SMT group: the 3- and 6-month patient survival rates were 90% and 70% versus 30% and 20% in the two groups, respectively. Nine measures resulted in an AUC > 0.5: DeltaMELD; interleukin (IL)-8; IL-6; tumor necrosis factor- alpha, MELD score; creatinine, bilirubin international normalized ratio (INR) and cardiac index. DeltaMELD and postoperative IL-8 concentrations showed better results (AUC = 0.899), followed by postoperative creatinine (AUC = 0.879), postoperative cardiac index (AUC = 0.833), and postoperative INR (AUC = 0.818). Postoperative creatinine showed the best sensitivity (100%), while IL-8, the best specificity (88.9%). CONCLUSION A combination of biochemical and clinical variables probably represent the best way to predict the survival of patients, allowing physicians to select the best therapies for each patient.
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- G Novelli
- Dipartimento P Stefanini Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti d'Organo, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
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Novelli S, Canals C, Nogués N, Julià MR, Gracia M, Vinyets I, Muñiz-Diaz E. Severe neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopaenia with anaemia. Transfus Med 2010; 20:125-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00974.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Novelli G, Rossi M, Morabito V, Pugliese F, Ruberto F, Perrella SM, Novelli S, Spoletini G, Ferretti G, Mennini G, Berloco PB. Pediatric acute liver failure with molecular adsorbent recirculating system treatment. Transplant Proc 2008; 40:1921-4. [PMID: 18675090 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND The prognosis of pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) has been significantly improved by emergency orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Since 2004, the molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS) has been proposed as a bridging procedure. The aim of our study was to assess its efficacy in children with PALF. PATIENTS AND METHODS Since 1999 we performed treatment of 39 fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) cases with MARS. Since September 2004 we treated 6 pediatric patients with FHF who were of mean age 10.6 years (range, 3-15 years) including 4 females and 2 males. In 3 cases the cause of FHF was unknown; in 2 cases, it was induced by paracetamol overdose; and in 1, by acute hepatitis B virus. Inclusion criteria were: bilirubin >15 mg/dL; creatinine >or=2 mg/dL; encephalopathy grade >II; and International normalized ratio (INR) >2.5. Other estimated parameters were: AST and ALT serum levels, lactate, and urine volume. Neurological status was monitored using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). Continuous MARS treatment was performed in all patients with a kit change every 8 hours. Intensive care unit (ICU) treatment was applied to optimize regeneration and to prevent cardiovascular complications. RESULTS We observed a significant improvement among levels of bilirubin (P< .009), ammonia (P< .005), creatinine (P< .02), GCS (P< .002), and predictive criteria and as Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) and Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD). Three children underwent OLT: 1 died after 5 days due to primary nonfunction and 2 children are alive after a median follow-up of 14 months. In 2 children the MARS treatment led to resolution of clinical status without liver transplantation. One child died before OLT due to sepsis and multiorgan failure. CONCLUSIONS We concluded that application of the MARS liver support device in combination with experienced ICU management contributed to improve the clinical status in children with PALF awaiting liver transplantation.
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- G Novelli
- Dipartimento Paride Stefanini Unità di Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti d'Organo, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
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Novelli G, Rossi M, Poli L, Morabito V, Bussotti A, Pugliese F, Ruberto F, Novelli S, Mennini G, Berloco PB. Primary Nonfunction: Timing Retransplantation Versus Hemodynamic Parameters and Kidney Function. Transplant Proc 2008; 40:1854-7. [PMID: 18675069 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- G Novelli
- Dipartimento Paride Stefanini Unità di Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti d'Organo, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
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Rolain JM, Novelli S, Ventosilla P, Maguina C, Guerra H, Raoult D. Immunofluorescence detection of Bartonella bacilliformis flagella in vitro and in vivo in human red blood cells as viewed by laser confocal microscopy. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2003; 990:581-4. [PMID: 12860693 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07430.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- J M Rolain
- Unité des Rickettsies CNRS UMR-A 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France
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Benzi L, Cecchetti P, Ciccarone AM, Novelli S, Paoli A, Bertacca A, Maffei M, Maggi D, Andraghetti G, Del Prato S, Cordera R. The extracellular portion of the insulin receptor beta-subunit regulates the cellular trafficking of the insulin-insulin receptor complex. Studies on Chinese hamster ovary cells carrying the Cys 860-->Ser insulin receptor mutation. Eur J Endocrinol 2003; 148:365-71. [PMID: 12611619 DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1480365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells transfected with human engineered insulin receptor (IR) cDNA to mutate Cys 860 to Ser (CHO-IR(C860S)) showed a defective insulin internalization without affecting insulin binding and IR autophosphorylation. Moreover, this mutation reduces insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1 tyrosine phosphorylation and insulin-induced metabolic and mitogenic effects. Altogether, these observations support a role of the extracellular domain of IR beta-subunit in insulin and receptor intracellular targeting as well as in insulin signaling. DESIGN AND METHODS This study assesses in more details the effect of IR(C860S) mutation on the trafficking of the insulin-IR complex. In particular, IR internalization, phosphorylation, dissociation and recycling, as well as insulin degradation and retroendocytosis have been investigated in CHO cells overexpressing either wild type (CHO-IR(WT)) or mutated IRs. RESULTS the C860S mutation significantly decreases IR internalization both insulin stimulated and constitutive. In spite of a similar dissociation of internalized insulin-IR complex, recycling of internalized IR was significantly faster (half life (t(1/2)): 21 min vs 40 min, P<0.001) and more extensive (P<0.01) for IR(C860S) than for IR(WT). On the other hand, insulin degradation and retroendocytosis were superimposable in both cell lines. As expected, insulin-induced phosphorylation was similar in both IRs, however dephosphorylation was much more rapid and was greater (P<0.01) in CHO-IR(WT) as compared with CHO-IR(C860S) cells. CONCLUSIONS Transmembrane and intracellular domain of IR seem to be determinants for IR internalization. Now we report that Cys 860 in the IR beta-subunit ectodomain may be of relevance in ensuring a proper internalization and intracellular trafficking of the insulin-IR complex.
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- L Benzi
- Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy.
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Delucchi M, Turri S, Barbucci A, Bassi M, Novelli S, Cerisola G. Fluoropolyether coatings: Relationships of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements, barrier properties, and polymer structure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.10069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Obesity, defined as an increase in adipose tissue mass, is the most prevalent nutritional disorder in industrialized countries and is a growing problem in developing countries. An increase in adipose tissue mass can be the result of the production of new fat cells through the process of adipogenesis and/or the deposition of increased amounts of cytoplasmic triglyceride per cell. Although much has been learned about the differentiation of adipocytes in vitro, less is known about the molecular basis for the mechanisms regulating adipogenesis in vivo. Here oligonucleotide microarrays have been used to compare the patterns of gene expression in preadipocytes and adipocytes in vitro and in vivo. These data indicate that the cellular programs associated with adipocyte differentiation are considerably more complex than previously appreciated and that a greater number of heretofore uncharacterized gene regulatory events are activated during this process in vitro. In addition, the gene expression changes associated with adipocyte development in vivo and in vitro, while overlapping, are in some respects quite different. These data further suggest that one or more transcriptional programs are activated exclusively in vivo to generate the full adipocyte phenotype. This gene expression survey now sets the stage for further studies to dissect the molecular differences between in vivo and in vitro adipocytes.
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- A Soukas
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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D'Alatri L, Di Massimo AM, Anastasi AM, Pacilli A, Novelli S, Saccinto MP, De Santis R, Mele A, Parente D. Production and characterisation of a recombinant single-chain anti ErbB2-clavin immunotoxin. Anticancer Res 1998; 18:3369-73. [PMID: 9858910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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We generated a recombinant immunotoxin, named scFv(MGR6)-Cla, composed of the Fv region of an anti ErbB2 monoclonal antibody (MGR6) fused to clavin, a type 1 ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) from Aspergillus clavatus. ErbB2 is a tyrosine kinase receptor which is overexpressed in most adenocarcinomas; clavin is a 17 kDa ribonuclease which inhibits protein synthesis by inactivating ribosomes. A recombinant DNA construct containing the cDNA of the single chain Fv fragment (scFv) of the MGR6 antibody fused to the clavin cDNA, was expressed at high levels in Escherichia coli as an insoluble fusion protein containing an N-terminal affinity tag of six consecutive histidine residues. Inclusion bodies were denatured and the recombinant fusion protein was purified under denaturing conditions by single-step purification using immobilised metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC). The purified immunotoxin was renatured at high yield and histidine tag removed by digestion with enterokinase. The purity of the immunotoxin obtained after refolding was confirmed by SDS-PAGE, RP-HPLC, GPC-HPLC and N-terminal sequence analysis. Cell-free protein synthesis inhibition and binding assays showed that both clavin and scFv(MGR6) maintained their properties after refolding.
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- L D'Alatri
- Menarini Ricerche S.p.A., Department of Biotechnology, Pomezia, Rome, Italy
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Parente D, Raucci G, D'Alatri L, d'Estais G, Novelli S, Pacilli A, Saccinto MP, Mele A, De Santis R. Overproduction of soluble, extracellular cytotoxin alpha-sarcin in Escherichia coli. Mol Biotechnol 1998; 9:99-106. [PMID: 9658388 DOI: 10.1007/bf02760812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The goal of the present study was to establish the condition to obtain preparative amounts of the recombinant cytotoxin alpha-sarcin to be used for immunoconjugate production. alpha-Sarcin cDNA was isolated from Aspergillus giganteus strain MDH 18,894 and its expression in Escherichia coli was attempted by the use of both two-cistron and fusion protein-expression systems. Whereas the former resulted in low intracellular expression level of recombinant alpha-sarcin (r-Sar), the latter allowed high-level expression of the fusion protein in the culture supernatant. A variant form of alpha-sarcin with an additional threonine residue in position 1 (Thr-Sar) was obtained by proteolytic processing of the fusion protein with a final yield after purification of 40 mg/L of culture. Both recombinant proteins r-Sar and Thr-Sar were identical to native a-sarcin with respect to the biochemical properties and to the in vitro biological activity.
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- D Parente
- Menarini Ricerche S.p.A., Department of Biotechnology, Pomezia, Rome, Italy
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Coscarella A, Carloni C, Liddi R, Mauro S, Novelli S, Mele A, Masella B, Valtieri M, De Santis R. Production of recombinant human GM-CSF-EPO hybrid proteins: in vitro biological characterization. Eur J Haematol Suppl 1997; 59:238-46. [PMID: 9338622 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1997.tb00983.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Selective lineage differentiation depends upon the combined action of several colony-stimulating factors. Here we describe 3 human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor-erythropoietin (GM-CSF-EPO) hybrid proteins generated by recombination of the relevant cDNAs. The expression vector containing the murine cytomegalovirus (mCMV) promoter and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) gene was used for the expression of the hybrid genes in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Purified hybrid proteins from CHO transfectant cultures induced proliferation of both EPO and GM-CSF dependent cell lines. The clonogenic test, performed on purified human hematopoietic precursor cells, indicates that the hybrid proteins are more efficient at inducing erythroid differentiation compared with the equimolar mixture of GM-CSF and EPO.
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- A Coscarella
- Menarini Ricerche SpA, Biotechnology Research Department, Rome, Italy
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