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Piemontese S, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Sora F, Sica S, Peccatori J, Marcatti M, Metafuni E, Giammarco S, Greco R, Bruno A, Ciceri F, Bacigalupo A, Chiusolo P. Post-transplant cyclophosphamide with Sirolimus or Cyclosporine for GvHD prophylaxis in matched related and unrelated transplantation: a two-center analysis on 213 consecutive patients. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024; 59:692-694. [PMID: 38355909 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02221-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Simona Piemontese
- Hematology and Bone Marrow transplant Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica e Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica e Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow transplant Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow transplant Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica e Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica e Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow transplant Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow transplant Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow transplant Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute IRCCS, Milano, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica e Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica e Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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Farina M, Scaini MC, Facchinetti A, Leoni A, Bernardi S, Catoni C, Morello E, Radici V, Frioni F, Campodonico E, Traverso G, Cavallaro G, Olivieri A, Galieni P, Renzo ND, Patriarca F, Carluccio P, Skert C, Maffini E, Pellizzeri S, Campisi G, Re F, Benedetti E, Rosato A, Almici C, Chiusolo P, Peccatori J, Malagola M, Poggiana C, Russo D. Evaluation of Circulating Endothelial Cells as Direct Marker of Endothelial Damage in Allo-Transplant Recipients at High Risk of Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease/Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome. Transplant Cell Ther 2024:S2666-6367(24)00295-1. [PMID: 38582286 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.03.026] [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: 12/31/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
Abstract
Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS), also known as veno-occlusive disease (VOD), is a rare but potentially fatal complication following allogenic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Timely identification of SOS/VOD to allow for prompt treatment is critical, but identifying a VOD-predictive biomarker remains challenging. Given the pivotal role of endothelial dysfunction in SOS/VOD pathophysiology, the CECinVOD study prospectively evaluated levels of circulating endothelial cells (CECs) in patients undergoing allo-HCT with a myeloablative conditioning (MAC) regimen to investigate the potential of CEC level in predicting and diagnosing SOS/VOD. A total of 150 patients from 11 Italian bone marrow transplantation units were enrolled. All participants were age >18 years and received a MAC regimen, putting them at elevated risk of developing SOS/VOD. Overall, 6 cases of SOS/VOD (4%) were recorded. CECs were detected using the Food and Drug Administration-approved CellSearch system, an immunomagnetic selection-based platform incorporating ferrofluid nanoparticles and fluorescent-labeled antibodies, and were defined as CD146+, CD105+, DAPI+, or CD45-. Blood samples were collected at the following time points: before (T0) and at the end of conditioning treatment (T1), at neutrophil engraftment (T2), and at 7 to 10 days postengraftment (T3). For patients who developed VOD, additional samples were collected at any suspected or proven VOD onset (T4) and weekly during defibrotide treatment (T5 to T8). A baseline CEC count >17/mL was associated with an elevated risk of SOS/VOD (P = .04), along with bilirubin level >1.5 mg/mL and a haploidentical donor hematopoietic stem cell source. Postconditioning regimen (T1) CEC levels were elevated (P = .02), and levels were further increased at engraftment (P < .0001). Additionally, patients developing SOS/VOD after engraftment, especially those with late-onset SOS/VOD, showed a markedly higher relative increase (>150%) in CEC count. Multivariate analysis supported these findings, along with a high Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) score at engraftment (T2). Finally, CEC kinetics corresponded with defibrotide treatment. After the start of therapy (T4), CEC levels showed an initial increase in the first week (T5), followed by a progressive decrease during VOD treatment (T6 and T7) and a return to pre-SOS/VOD onset levels at resolution of the complication. This prospective multicenter study reveals a low incidence of SOS/VOD in high-risk patients compared to historical data, in line with recent reports. The results from the CECinVOD study collectively confirm the endothelial injury in allo-HCT and its role in in the development of SOS/VOD, suggesting that CEC level can be a valuable biomarker for diagnosing SOS/VOD and identifying patients at greater risk of this complication, especially late-onset SOS/VOD. Furthermore, CEC kinetics may support treatment strategies by providing insight into the optimal timing for discontinuing defibrotide treatment.
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- Mirko Farina
- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology (DISCOG), University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Radiologic and Hematologic Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome; Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Radiotherapy, Oncology, and Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitana Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Clinica di Ematologia e Clinica Medica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia e Terapia cellulare, Ospedale C. e G. Mazzoni, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Udine, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, AOUC Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, "Ospedale Dell'Angelo", Venezia Mestre, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna; Istituto "L. e A. Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitana Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology (DISCOG), University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Laboratory for Stem Cells Manipulation and Cryopreservation, Department of Transfusion Medicine, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology Section, Department of Radiologic and Hematologic Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome; Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Radiotherapy, Oncology, and Hematology, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cell Therapies and Hematology Research Program, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Sanz J, Labopin M, Choi G, Kulagin A, Peccatori J, Vydra J, Remenyi PP, Versluis J, Rovira M, Blaise D, Labussiere-Wallet H, Montoro J, Sica S, Meijer E, Itälä-Remes M, Schaap N, Bulabois CE, Piemontese S, Mohty M, Ciceri F. Younger unrelated donors may be preferable over HLA match in the PTCy era: A study from the ALWP of the EBMT. Blood 2024:blood.2023023697. [PMID: 38657278 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023023697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
Abstract
There is a paucity of information on how to select the most appropriate unrelated donor (UD) in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) using post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy). We retrospectively analyzed the characteristics of 10/10 matched unrelated donors (MUD) and 9/10 mismatched unrelated donors (MMUD) that may affect transplant outcomes in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first or second complete remission (CR1 or CR2). The primary endpoint was leukemia-free survival (LFS). Overall, 1011 patients were included with a median age of 54 years (range, 18-77). Donors had a median age of 29 years (range, 18-64); 304 (30%) were females of which 150 (15% of whole group) were donors to male recipients, and 621 (61%) were MUDs; 522 (52%) had negative cytomegalovirus (CMV-neg) serostatus of which 189 (19%) were used for CMV-neg recipients. Donor age older than 30 years had a negative impact on relapse (HR 1.38; 95% CI 1.06-1.8), LFS (HR 1.4; 95% CI 1.12-1.74), overall survival (HR 1.45; 95% CI 1.14-1.85) and GVHD-free, relapse-free survival (HR 1.29; 95% CI 1.07-1.56). Additionally, CMV-neg donor for CMV-neg recipient was associated with improved LFS (HR 0.74; 95% CI 0.55-0.99). The use of MMUD and female donors for male recipients did not significantly impact any transplant outcomes. For patients undergoing HSCT from an UD with PTCy for AML, donor age < 30 years significantly improves survival. In this context, donor age might be prioritized over HLA match considerations. In addition, CMV neg donors are preferable for CMV neg recipients. However, further research is needed to validate and refine these recommendations.
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- Jaime Sanz
- Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institute of Hematology & Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Programme de Transplantation &Therapie Cellulaire, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, PIERRE BENITE Cedex, France
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- Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Amsterdam UMC, location VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Hôpital Saint-Antoine, INSERM UMRs 938, and Université Sorbonne, Paris, France
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- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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Sperotto A, Stanghellini MTL, Peccatori J, De Marchi R, Piemontese S, Ciotti G, Basso M, Pierdomenico E, Fiore P, Ciceri F, Gottardi M. CPX-351 and allogeneic stem cell transplant for a therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia that developed after treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia: a case report and review of the literature. Front Oncol 2024; 13:1291457. [PMID: 38333543 PMCID: PMC10850225 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1291457] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MNs), which develop after cytotoxic, radiation, or immunosuppressive therapy for an unrelated disease, account for 7%-8% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Worse outcomes and consequently shortened survival are associated with t-MNs as compared with de novo AML. Therapy-related MNs are being reported with increasing frequency in successfully treated acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), in particular, before the introduction of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) plus arsenic trioxide (ATO). Considering the high curability of APL, t-MNs represent one of the prognosis-limiting factors in this setting of leukemia. We report our experience with a patient who developed t-AML 15 years after treatment for APL. Treatment included three cycles of chemotherapy with CPX-351 (Vyxeos, Jazz Pharmaceuticals) followed, as in remission, by an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. A review of available literature was also included.
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- Alessandra Sperotto
- Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IOV-IRCCS), Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
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- Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IOV-IRCCS), Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
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- Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IOV-IRCCS), Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
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- Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IOV-IRCCS), Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
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- Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IOV-IRCCS), Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
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- Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Onco Hematology, Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IOV-IRCCS), Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
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Mori G, Diotallevi S, Farina F, Lolatto R, Galli L, Chiurlo M, Acerbis A, Xue E, Clerici D, Mastaglio S, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Ripa M, Corti C, Peccatori J, Puoti M, Bernardi M, Castagna A, Ciceri F, Greco R, Oltolini C. High-Risk Neutropenic Fever and Invasive Fungal Diseases in Patients with Hematological Malignancies. Microorganisms 2024; 12:117. [PMID: 38257945 PMCID: PMC10818361 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12010117] [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: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) still represent a relevant cause of mortality in patients affected by hematological malignancies, especially acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) undergoing remission induction chemotherapy, and in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) recipients. Mold-active antifungal prophylaxis (MAP) has been established as a standard of care. However, breakthrough IFDs (b-IFDs) have emerged as a significant issue, particularly invasive aspergillosis and non-Aspergillus invasive mold diseases. Here, we perform a narrative review, discussing the major advances of the last decade on prophylaxis, the diagnosis of and the treatment of IFDs in patients with high-risk neutropenic fever undergoing remission induction chemotherapy for AML/MDS and allo-HSCT. Then, we present our single-center retrospective experience on b-IFDs in 184 AML/MDS patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy while receiving posaconazole (n = 153 induction treatments, n = 126 consolidation treatments, n = 60 salvage treatments). Six cases of probable/proven b-IFDs were recorded in six patients, with an overall incidence rate of 1.7% (6/339), which is in line with the literature focused on MAP with azoles. The incidence rates (IRs) of b-IFDs (95% confidence interval (95% CI), per 100 person years follow-up (PYFU)) were 5.04 (0.47, 14.45) in induction (n = 2), 3.25 (0.0013, 12.76) in consolidation (n = 1) and 18.38 (3.46, 45.06) in salvage chemotherapy (n = 3). Finally, we highlight the current challenges in the field of b-IFDs; these include the improvement of diagnoses, the expanding treatment landscape of AML with molecular targeted drugs (and related drug-drug interactions with azoles), evolving transplantation techniques (and their related impacts on IFDs' risk stratification), and new antifungals and their features (rezafungin and olorofim).
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- Giovanni Mori
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.M.)
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Ospedale Santa Chiara, 38122 Trento, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.M.)
- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.M.)
- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Centre for Immuno-Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Eliminate NIH, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.M.)
- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, 20161 Milan, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.M.)
- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (G.M.)
- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
- Infectious Diseases Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, 20161 Milan, Italy
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Orofino G, Xue E, Doglio M, Noviello M, Tassi E, Cristante M, Acerbis A, Clerici D, Farina F, Campodonico E, Bruno A, Piemontese S, Mastaglio S, Diral E, Milani R, Ruggeri A, Corti C, Vago L, Bonini C, Peccatori J, Ciceri F, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Greco R. Dynamics of polyclonal immuno-reconstitution after allogeneic transplant with post-transplant cyclophosphamide and letermovir. Bone Marrow Transplant 2023; 58:1104-1111. [PMID: 37468541 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-023-02046-9] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivations are strong stimulators of immune-reconstitution (IR) in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients. Herein, we analyzed 317 CMV-seropositive consecutive patients (n = 109 letermovir, LTV; n = 208 no-LTV), undergoing HSCT with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) and calcineurin inhibitor- (CNI) free graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD) prophylaxis. At day+90, median CD19+/mm3 was higher in LTV-cohort: 5.5 [0;439] versus 2 [0;294], p = 0.008; median CD3+/mm3 counts were lower in LTV-cohort, with no differences in CD4+, CD8+ and NK-cells. At day+180 median CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+/mm3 values were comparable between groups. Higher CD19+/mm3 counts were observed in LTV-cohort: 62 [0; 2983] versus 42 [0; 863]. Significantly higher median NK/mm3 values were seen in LTV-cohort: 225.5 [0;763] versus 163.5 [0;1181], p = 0.0003. The impact of LTV on B-cell IR at 3 months and NK-cell levels at 6 months was retained in multivariate analysis (p < 0.01), whereas the effect on T-cells was not confirmed. Moreover, we confirmed a significant reduction of clinically-relevant CMV, and moderate-to- severe chronic GvHD in LTV-cohort. Overall, in our study the use of LTV was associated with a slight improvement of B-cell and NK-cells reconstitution, with only minor impact on T-cell subsets, giving new insights on polyclonal IR for HSCT recipients in the LTV era.
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- Giorgio Orofino
- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Experimental Hematology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
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Noviello M, Lorentino F, Xue E, Racca S, Furnari G, Valtolina V, Campodonico E, Dvir R, Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Giglio F, Piemontese S, Clerici D, Oltolini C, Tassi E, Beretta V, Farina F, Mannina D, Ardemagni A, Vago L, Bernardi M, Corti C, Peccatori J, Clementi M, Ciceri F, Bonini C, Greco R. Human herpesvirus 6-specific T-cell immunity in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Blood Adv 2023; 7:5446-5457. [PMID: 37067947 PMCID: PMC10515312 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) can reactivate after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) and may lead to severe symptoms. HHV-6-specific immune responses after HSCT are largely unexplored. We conducted a prospective observational study on 208 consecutive adult patients who received allo-HSCT to investigate HHV-6 reactivations and specific immune responses. Interferon gamma-producing HHV-6-specific T cells were quantified using enzyme-linked immunospot assay (ELISpot). HHV-6 reactivation occurred in 63% of patients, at a median of 25 days from allo-HSCT. Only 40% of these presented a clinically relevant infection, defined by the presence of classical HHV-6 end-organ diseases (EODs), based on European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL) guidelines, and other possible HHV6-related EODs. Using multivariate analysis, we identified risk factors for HHV-6 reactivation: previous allo-HSCT, posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PT-Cy), and time-dependent steroids introduction. The use of PT-Cy and steroids were associated with clinically relevant infections, whereas higher CD3+ cell counts seemed to be protective. Interestingly, circulating HHV-6-specific T cells were significantly higher in patients with reactivated virus. Moreover, HHV-6-specific T-cell responses, quantified at >4 days after the first viremia detection, predicted clinically relevant infections (P < .0001), with higher specificity (93%) and sensitivity (79%) than polyclonal CD3+ cells per μL. Overall survival and transplant-related mortality were not affected by time-dependent HHV-6 reactivation, whereas a significant association was observed between clinically relevant infections and acute graft-versus-host disease. These results shed light on the role of HHV-6 in allo-HSCT and may affect HHV-6 monitoring and treatment.
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- Maddalena Noviello
- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Milano, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Milano, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Milano, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Milano, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Milano, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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Campodonico E, Xue E, Piemontese S, Chiara A, Bruno A, Scorpio G, Nitti R, Sannipoli D, Orofino G, Fiore P, Quattrocchi MC, Diral E, Clerici D, Farina F, Corti C, Lunghi F, Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Di Muzio N, Ciceri F, Greco R, Peccatori J. Splenic irradiation prior to allogeneic transplant conditioning in myelofibrosis: A pilot experience. Curr Res Transl Med 2023; 71:103400. [PMID: 37331224 DOI: 10.1016/j.retram.2023.103400] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION In the era of JAK inhibitors, allogeneic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only curative treatment for patients with Myelofibrosis (MF). Splenic irradiation (SI) may be used to reduce spleen size and related symptoms. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis on 14 patients with MF who underwent HSCT with SI from any donor source at our center between June 2016 and March 2021. All patients received a conditioning backbone based on treosulfan and fludarabine, with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) and sirolimus as graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis. Patients received SI with 10 Gy involved-field radiotherapy in five 2-Gy fractions over the course of a week prior to the beginning of conditioning. RESULTS At transplant all patients were transfusion-dependent and had splenomegaly (median bipolar diameter by ultrasound: 20.75 cm). Overall, 12 patients had received ruxolitinib prior to transplant. Re-evaluation of spleen dimensions was available for 13 patients: median splenic bipolar diameter after at least 3 months from transplant decreased by a median of 25%. With a median post-transplant follow-up of 25 months, 6 patients remain in CR with full-donor chimerism, 3 patients died due to NRM. Overall, 4 patients relapsed. At last follow-up, nine patients are currently alive and achieved transfusion-independence. CONCLUSIONS In a small cohort of mostly ruxolitinib pre-treated patients, SI and treosulfan-based conditioning appeared a safe and effective tool to reduce spleen dimensions and ameliorate symptoms. Future prospective studies with adequate sample size are warranted to further investigate the usefulness and safety of this approach in MF.
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- Edoardo Campodonico
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Department of radiotherapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Department of radiotherapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy.
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy
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Xue E, Scorpio G, Ruggeri A, Clerici D, Farina F, Campodonico E, Acerbis A, Fiore P, Bruno A, Carrabba MG, Peccatori J, Greco R, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Ciceri F, Corti C. Impact of tixagevimab/cilgavimab prophylaxis in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants and CAR T-cell therapy: A single center experience. Curr Res Transl Med 2023; 71:103402. [PMID: 37399601 PMCID: PMC10299847 DOI: 10.1016/j.retram.2023.103402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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- Elisabetta Xue
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
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Giglio F, Xue E, Barone A, Lorentino F, Greco R, Ruggeri A, Zambelli M, Parisi C, Milani R, Clerici D, Piemontese S, Marktel S, Lazzari L, Marcatti M, Bernardi M, Corti C, Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Ciceri F, Peccatori J. Intrabone transplant of a single unwashed umbilical cord blood unit with ATG-free and sirolimus-based GvHD prophylaxis: fast immune-reconstitution and long-term disease control in 30 patients with high-risk diseases. Transplant Cell Ther 2023:S2666-6367(23)01297-6. [PMID: 37244644 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.05.015] [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: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
Abstract
INTRO Several strategies have been explored with the attempt of improving safety and feasibility of umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) in adults. AIM The aim of this retrospective analysis was to examine the safety and efficacy of intrabone transplant of a single unwashed cord blood unit in an ATG-free, sirolimus-based graft-versus-host prophylaxis platform. METHODS We collected data of all consecutive UCBT infused intrabone and unwashed at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan between 2012 and 2021. RESULTS Thirty-one consecutive UCBT were identified. All but 3 units had a high-resolution HLA typing on 8 loci at time of selection. At cryopreservation, the median number of CD34+ cells and total nucleated cells (TNCs) were 1 × 105/kg (0.6-12.0) and 2.8 × 107/kg (1.48-5.6), respectively. Eighty seven percent of patients received myeloablative conditioning; seventy seven percent of patients were transplanted for acute myeloid leukemia. Median follow-up among survivors was 38.2 months (range 10.4-123.6). No adverse events were related to the intrabone infusion at bedside under short-conscious peri-procedural sedation and to the no wash technique. After thawing, CD34+ and TNCs were 0.8 × 105/kg (0.1-2.3) and 1.42 × 107/kg (0.69-3.2) respectively. Median time to engraftment was 27 and 53 days for neutrophils and platelets, respectively; one patient rejected the transplant and was subsequently rescued with a salvage transplant. Median time to CD3+ above 100/μL was 30 days. 100-day CI of III-IV aGvHD was 12.9% (95%CI 4-27.3%), 2-year CI of moderate-to-severe chronic GvHD was 11.8% (95% CI 2.7-28.3%); at 2-year, OS was 52.7% (95%CI 33-69%), relapse incidence was 30.7% (95% CI 13.7-49.6%) and TRM of 29% (95%CI 14.3-45.6%). In univariate analysis CD34+ infused counts did not impact on transplant outcomes. In patients transplanted in first complete remission, relapse rate was 13% with an OS above 90% at 2 years. CONCLUSIONS Intrabone infusion of single CB unit was feasible, with no adverse reactions related to the no wash/intrabone infusion. We documented a low incidence of chronic GVHD and disease relapse with a fast immune-reconstitution.
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- Fabio Giglio
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy; PhD Program in Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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Oltolini C, Acerbis A, Orofino G, Racca S, Noviello M, Dispinseri S, Clementi N, Piemontese S, Xue E, Giglio F, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Diral E, Bruno A, Tassi E, Beretta V, Marzinotto I, Scarlatti G, Lampasona V, Ardemagni A, Sampaolo M, Bonini C, Corti C, Peccatori J, Castagna A, Ciceri F, Greco R. Case Report: Favorable outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in SARSCoV2 positive recipient, risk-benefit balance between infection and leukemia. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1184956. [PMID: 37287986 PMCID: PMC10242072 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1184956] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in SARS-CoV-2 positive candidates is usually delayed until the clinical resolution of the infection's symptoms and a negative nasopharyngeal molecular test. However, prolonged SARS-CoV-2 positivity has been frequently observed in haematological malignancies, thus representing a challenge for the timing of transplant procedures. Here, we report on the case of a 34-year-old patient with recent pauci-symptomatic COVID-19 undergoing transplant for high-risk acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia before achieving viral clearance. Shortly before their scheduled allogeneic HSCT from a matched unrelated donor, the patient developed mild Omicron BA.5 infection receiving nirmatrelvir/ritonavir with fever resolution within 72 hours. Twenty-three days after COVID-19 diagnosis, because of increasing minimal residual disease values in the context of high-risk refractory leukemia and clinical resolution of SARS-2-CoV infection with reduction of viral load at surveillance nasopharyngeal swabs, it was decided not to delay further allo-HSCT. During myelo-ablative conditioning, the nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load increased while the patient remained asymptomatic. Consequently, two days before the transplant, intra-muscular tixagevimab/cilgavimab 300/300 mg and a 3-day course of intravenous remdesivir were administered. During the pre-engraftment phase, veno-occlusive disease (VOD) occurred at day +13, requiring defibrotide treatment to obtain a slow but complete recovery. The post-engraftment phase was characterized by mild COVID-19 at day +23 (cough, rhino-conjunctivitis, fever) that spontaneously resolved, achieving viral clearance at day +28. At day +32, she experienced grade I acute graft-versus host disease (a-GVHD, skin grade II) treated with steroids and photo-apheresis, without further complications during follow-up until day +180. Addressing the issue of allo-HSCT timing in patients recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection with high-risk malignant diseases is challenging because of 1] the high risk of COVID-19 clinical progression, 2] the impact of transplant delay on leukemia prognosis and 3] the occurrence of endothelial complications such as VOD, a-GVHD, and transplant associated thrombotic micro-angiopathy. Our report describes the favourable outcome of allo-HSCT in a recipient with active SARS-CoV2 infection and high-risk leukemia thanks to timely anti-SARS-CoV-2 preventive therapies and prompt management of transplant-related complications.
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- Chiara Oltolini
- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Haematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Viral Evolution and Transmission Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Haematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Haematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Diabetes Research Institute Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Viral Evolution and Transmission Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Diabetes Research Institute Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Experimental Haematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Greco R, Hoogenboom JD, Bonneville EF, Anagnostopoulos A, Cuoghi A, Dalle JH, Weissinger EM, Lang P, Galaverna F, Martino M, Maschan A, Mauz-Körholz C, Noviello M, Passweg J, Peccatori J, Rovira M, Solano C, Veelken H, Velardi A, Wagner-Drouet EM, Zhang X, Ciceri F, Bonini C, Vago L, Ruggeri A, Chabannon C. Monitoring for virus-specific T-cell responses and viremia in allogeneic HSCT recipients: a survey from the EBMT Cellular Therapy & Immunobiology Working Party. Bone Marrow Transplant 2023; 58:603-606. [PMID: 36813866 PMCID: PMC9944777 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-023-01939-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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- Raffaella Greco
- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
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- grid.476306.0EBMT Leiden Study Unit, Leiden, The Netherlands ,grid.10419.3d0000000089452978Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- grid.413363.00000 0004 1769 5275Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena Policlinico, Modena, Italy
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- grid.10423.340000 0000 9529 9877Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- grid.411544.10000 0001 0196 8249University Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany
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- grid.414125.70000 0001 0727 6809IRRCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi Melacrino Morelli - Centro Unico Trapianti A. Neri, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Federal Research Center for Pediatric Hematology, Moscow, Russia
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- grid.8664.c0000 0001 2165 8627Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany ,grid.9018.00000 0001 0679 2801Medical Faculty of the Martin-Luther-University of Halle, Halle, Germany
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- grid.15496.3f0000 0001 0439 0892Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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- grid.410567.1University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.15496.3f0000 0001 0439 0892Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- grid.410458.c0000 0000 9635 9413BMT Unit, Hematology Department, ICMHO, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic, Josep Carreras Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.411308.fHospital Clínico Universitario. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- grid.10419.3d0000000089452978Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, Netherlands
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- grid.9027.c0000 0004 1757 3630Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- grid.410570.70000 0004 1760 6682Medical center of hematology, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- grid.15496.3f0000 0001 0439 0892Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy ,grid.15496.3f0000 0001 0439 0892Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- grid.15496.3f0000 0001 0439 0892Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy ,grid.15496.3f0000 0001 0439 0892Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- grid.15496.3f0000 0001 0439 0892Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy ,grid.15496.3f0000 0001 0439 0892Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy ,grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.15496.3f0000 0001 0439 0892Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- grid.5399.60000 0001 2176 4817Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer; Centre d’Investigations Cliniques en Biothérapies, Université d’Aix-Marseille, Inserm CBT, 1409 Marseille, France
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Giglio F, Campodonico E, Lorentino F, Noviello M, Xue E, Greco R, Lazzari L, Bruno A, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Carrabba MG, La Starza R, Casucci M, Bonini C, Chiaretti S, Peccatori J, Foà R, Ciceri F. Case report: Ponatinib as a bridge to CAR-T cells and subsequent maintenance in a patient with relapsed/refractory Philadelphia-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Front Oncol 2023; 12:1100105. [PMID: 36733349 PMCID: PMC9888489 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1100105] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Philadelphia (Ph)-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) constitutes a heterogeneous subset of ALL with a uniformly unfavorable prognosis. The identification of mutations amenable to treatment with tyrosine kinase-inhibitors (TKIs) represents a promising field of investigation. We report the case of a young patient affected by relapsed/refractory Ph-like ALL treated with chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells after successful bridging with compassionate-use ponatinib and low-dose prednisone. We restarted low-dose ponatinib maintenance three months later. Twenty months later, measurable residual disease negativity and B-cell aplasia persist. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case reporting the use of ponatinib in Ph-like ALL as a bridge to and maintenance after CAR-T cell therapy.
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- Fabio Giglio
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy,Onco-hematology Unit, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy,*Correspondence: Fabio Giglio,
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy,School of Medicine, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy,PhD Program in Public Health Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Cytogenetics and molecular medicine laboratory, department of Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Innovative Immunotherapies Unit - Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases - IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy,Experimental Hematology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy,School of Medicine, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Tassi E, Noviello M, De Simone P, Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Doglio M, Serio F, Abbati D, Beretta V, Valtolina V, Oliveira G, Racca S, Campodonico E, Ruggiero E, Clerici D, Giglio F, Lorentino F, Dvir R, Xue E, Farina F, Oltolini C, Manfredi F, Vago L, Corti C, Bernardi M, Clementi M, Brix L, Ciceri F, Peccatori J, Greco R, Bonini C. Cytomegalovirus-specific T cells restricted for shared and donor human leukocyte antigens differentially impact on Cytomegalovirus reactivation risk after allogeneichematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Haematologica 2022. [PMID: 36200418 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.280685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
After allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), the emergence of circulating Cytomegalovirus(CMV)-specific T cells correlates with protection from CMV reactivation, an important risk factor for non-relapse mortality. However, functional assays measuring CMV-specific cells are time-consuming and often inaccurate at early timepoints. We report results of a prospective single-center non-interventional study which identifies the enumeration of Dextramer-positive CMV-specific lymphocytes as a reliable and early predictor of viral reactivation. We longitudinally monitored 75 consecutive patients for 1 year after allo-HSCT (n=630 samples). The presence of ≥0.5 CMV-specific CD8+ cells//L at day+45 was an independent protective factor from subsequent clinicallyrelevant reactivation in univariate(p.
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- Elena Tassi
- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Cell Therapy Immunomonitoring Laboratory (MITiCi), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Ospedale San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano; Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele.
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Barzaghi F, Cicalese MP, Zoccolillo M, Brigida I, Barcella M, Merelli I, Sartirana C, Zanussi M, Calbi V, Bernardo ME, Tucci F, Migliavacca M, Giglio F, Doglio M, Canarutto D, Ferrua F, Consiglieri G, Prunotto G, Saettini F, Bonanomi S, Rovere-Querini P, Di Colo G, Jofra T, Fousteri G, Penco F, Gattorno M, Hershfield MS, Bongiovanni L, Ponzoni M, Marktel S, Milani R, Peccatori J, Ciceri F, Mortellaro A, Aiuti A. Case Report: Consistent disease manifestations with a staggered time course in two identical twins affected by adenosine deaminase 2 deficiency. Front Immunol 2022; 13:910021. [PMID: 36248833 PMCID: PMC9557171 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.910021] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) is an autosomal recessive disease associated with a highly variable clinical presentation, including vasculitis, immunodeficiency, and hematologic manifestations, potentially progressing over time. The present study describes the long-term evolution of the immuno-hematological features and therapeutic challenge of two identical adult twin sisters affected by DADA2. The absence of plasmatic adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) activity in both twins suggested the diagnosis of DADA2, then confirmed by genetic analysis. Exon sequencing revealed a missense (p.Leu188Pro) mutation on the paternal ADA2 allele. While, whole genome sequencing identified an unreported deletion (IVS6_IVS7del*) on the maternal allele predicted to produce a transcript missing exon 7. The patients experienced the disease onset during childhood with early strokes (Patient 1 at two years, Patient 2 at eight years of age), subsequently followed by other shared DADA2-associated features, including neutropenia, hypogammaglobulinemia, reduced switched memory B cells, inverted CD4:CD8 ratio, increased naïve T cells, reduced follicular regulatory T cells, the almost complete absence of NK cells, T-large granular cell leukemia, and osteoporosis. Disease evolution differed: clinical manifestations presented several years earlier and were more pronounced in Patient 1 than in Patient 2. Due to G-CSF refractory life-threatening neutropenia, Patient 1 successfully underwent an urgent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) from a 9/10 matched unrelated donor. Patient 2 experienced a similar, although delayed, disease evolution and is currently on anti-TNF therapy and anti-infectious prophylaxis. The unique cases confirmed that heterozygous patients with null ADA2 activity deserve deep investigation for possible structural variants on a single allele. Moreover, this report emphasizes the importance of timely recognizing DADA2 at the onset to allow adequate follow-up and detection of disease progression. Finally, the therapeutic management in these identical twins raises significant concerns as they share a similar phenotype, with a delayed but almost predictable disease evolution in one of them, who could benefit from a prompt definitive treatment like elective allogeneic HSCT. Additional data are required to assess whether the absence of enzymatic activity at diagnosis is associated with hematological involvement and is also predictive of bone marrow dysfunction, encouraging early HSCT to improve functional outcomes.
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- Federica Barzaghi
- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Segrate, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Segrate, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Genomics-Molecular Genetics Service, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Donato, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Pediatric Department of Milano-Bicocca University, Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma Foundation, Monza, Italy
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Pediatric Department of Milano-Bicocca University, Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma Foundation, Monza, Italy
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Pediatric Department of Milano-Bicocca University, Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma Foundation, Monza, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Internal Medicine, Diabetes, and Endocrinology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Disease Unit, IRCCS San Rafaelle Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinica Pediatrica – Reumatologia e Centro Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Clinica Pediatrica – Reumatologia e Centro Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Pathology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Pathology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- *Correspondence: Alessandra Mortellaro,
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Migliavacca M, Basso Ricci L, Farinelli G, Calbi V, Tucci F, Barzaghi F, Ferrua F, Cicalese MP, Darin S, Barzaghi LR, Giglio F, Peccatori J, Fumagalli F, Nicoletti R, Giannelli S, Sartirana C, Bandiera A, Esposito M, Milani R, Mazzi B, Finocchi A, Marktel S, Assanelli A, Locatelli F, Ciceri F, Aiuti A, Bernardo ME. A Novel Assay in Whole Blood Demonstrates Restoration of Mitochondrial Activity in Phagocytes After Successful HSCT in Hyperinflamed X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease. J Clin Immunol 2022; 42:1742-1747. [PMID: 35945378 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-022-01338-x] [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: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
X-linked chronic granulomatous disease is a rare disease caused by mutations in the CYBB gene. While more extensive knowledge is available on genetics, pathogenesis, and possible therapeutic options, mitochondrial activity and its implications on patient monitoring are still not well-characterized. We have developed a novel protocol to study mitochondrial activity on whole blood of XCGD patients before and after transplantation, as well as on XCGD carriers. Here we present results of these analyses and of the restoration of mitochondrial activity in hyperinflamed X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Moreover, we show a strong direct correlation between mitochondrial activity, chimerism, and DHR monitored before and after transplantation and in XCGD carriers. In conclusion, based on these findings, we suggest testing this new ready-to-use marker to better characterize patients before and after treatment and to investigate disease expression in carriers.
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- Maddalena Migliavacca
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy.,Paediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy.,Paediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy.,Paediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy.,Paediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy.,Paediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy.,Paediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy.,Paediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy
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- Cytometry Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- HLA Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Paediatrics, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù and University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Onco-Haematology and Cell and Gene Therapy, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.,Department of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy.,Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy. .,Paediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. .,Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20123, Milan, Italy.,Paediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Ardizzoia F, Lorentino F, Bruno A, Marktel S, Giglio F, Clerici D, Farina F, Mastaglio S, Piemontese S, Assanelli AA, Carrabba MG, Bernardi M, Corti C, Peccatori J, Ciceri F, Greco R, Lupo-Stanghellini MT. Minnesota acute GvHD risk score predicts survival at onset of GvHD after PTCy prophylaxis. Haematologica 2022; 107:2748-2751. [PMID: 35899390 PMCID: PMC9614515 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281269] [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] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Federica Ardizzoia
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy; PhD Program in Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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Poggiali E, Orofino G, Peccatori J. Anaemia, thrombocytopenia and skin lesions. Emer Care J 2022. [DOI: 10.4081/ecj.2022.10498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A 73-year-old man affected by hyperuricemia, dyslipidaemia and hypothyroidism presented to the emergency room with a 3-month history of fever, exertional dyspnea, progressive asthenia, and painless not itchy skin lesions. Physical exam showed purplish papules and plaques affecting any area of his body, and a slight bilateral oedema of his legs. Laboratory studies revealed a severe macrocytic anaemia (haemoglobin 4.8 g/dL, mean cell volume 119 fL) and thrombocytopenia (34,000/mm3) with hyperferritinemia (1894 ng/mL, normal value <400) and increased serum B12 (1412 pg/mL, normal value 197-771), associated with ESR 71 mm/h (normal value 1-15), CRP 139 mg/L (normal value <6), and procalcitonin 1.05 ng/mL (normal value <0.5).
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Liberatore C, Stanghellini MTL, Lorentino F, Vago L, Carrabba MG, Greco R, Marktel S, Assanelli A, Farina F, Corti C, Bernardi M, Peccatori J, Sockel K, Middeke JM, Schetelig J, Bergmann A, Rautenberg C, Ciceri F, Bornhäuser M, Schroeder T, Stölzel F. Azacitidine and donor lymphocytes infusions in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome relapsed after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from alternative donors. Ther Adv Hematol 2022; 13:20406207221090882. [PMID: 35747461 PMCID: PMC9210096 DOI: 10.1177/20406207221090882] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Introduction Azacitidine (AZA) either single-agent or with donor lymphocytes infusions (DLI) has been used as a salvage treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) relapsing after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). To date, the majority of data come from patients relapsed after HSCT from full-matched donors. Methods We report a multicenter, collaborative, retrospective analysis of 71 patients with hematologic (n = 40, 56%) and molecular relapse (n = 31, 44%) of myeloid neoplasms after HSCT from alternative donors (mismatched unrelated, n = 39, 55%; haploidentical, n = 29, 41%) consecutively treated at three European centers with AZA ± DLI. Results Median time from HSCT to relapse was 9 months. Additional DLI were given to 33 patients (46%). After a median of four cycles, overall response rate (ORR) was 49% and complete response (CR) rate was 38%. CR lasted for a median of 17 months (range 5-89 months). Median follow-up in the entire cohort was 11 months (range 1-115 months). Event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) at 1 year were 26% and 53%, respectively. Treatment of molecular relapse granted higher CR rate (65% versus 15%; p = 0.0001), 1-year EFS (43% versus 13%; p = 0.006), and 1-year OS (79% versus 34%; p < 0.001) compared to hematologic relapses. Addition of DLI resulted in significantly higher responses and longer 1-year EFS and OS (Mantel-Byar test, p = 0.004 and p = 0.002, respectively). When applied to our cohort, the APSS-R score confirmed its ability to stratify patients into distinct prognostic groups with significantly different response rates (p = 0.0005) and survival (p < 0.0001). Treatment was well tolerated, with the incidence of late acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease of 27% and 18%, respectively. Conclusion AZA ± DLI proved feasible and effective in AML and MDS relapsing after HSCT from alternative donors. Despite modest efficacy among hematologic relapses, pre-emptive treatment with AZA ± DLI fared better in molecular relapse. Additional DLI contributed to improving efficacy and ensuring longer survival.
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- Carmine Liberatore
- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine - University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine - University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 60, Milano 20132, Italy
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine - University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Giglio F, Xue E, Greco R, Lazzari L, Clerici DT, Lorentino F, Mastaglio S, Marktel S, Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Marcatti M, Corti C, Bernardi M, Piemontese S, Ciceri F, Peccatori J. Defibrotide Prophylaxis of Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome in Adults Treated With Inotuzumab Ozogamicin Prior to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Front Oncol 2022; 12:933317. [PMID: 35785209 PMCID: PMC9240310 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.933317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome (SOS) is a life threatening HSCT complication and it can rapidly evolve in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, with a mortality exceeding 80%. Early treatment with defibrotide is the leading factor for efficacy. Its prophylactic use is recommended in the pediatric setting, but its value isn’t validated for adults, although factors for individual risk assessment are debated. We here present a real-world experience of Defibrotide prophylaxis in adults at very high risk of SOS. We treated with prophylactic Defibrotide and Ursodeoxycholic Acid seven patients receiving allogeneic HSCT for high risk B-ALL, previously treated with single agent Inotuzomab-Ozogamicin. They all had other high risk factors for SOS such as previous hepatotoxicity, previous allo-HSCT, double alkylating conditioning. All patients received Treosulfan-Fludarabine conditioning, Thiotepa was added in 4 patients and 4GyTBI in 2 patients. GvHD prophylaxis included post-transplant cyclophosphamide, rapamycin and mycophenolate. Donor source was PBSC. Five patients received family MMRD transplant, 1 patient a MRD transplant and 1 patient a MUD transplant. Non-severe gastrointestinal bleeding occurred in two patients requiring defibrotide temporarily discontinuation. SOS occurred in 3/7 cases within 21 days after HSCT and no late-onset SOS were diagnosed. SOS caused death in all cases. All three patients were characterized by a common pattern of very high risk factors by prior HSCT, they all received a myeloablative conditioning with Treosulfan-Thiotepa and a MMRD transplant. Defibrotide prophylaxis apparently failed to protect against the development of SOS in those patients treated with a double alkylator-based conditioning regimen, while a possible efficacy for the other high-risk patients is debatable.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fabio Giglio
- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- *Correspondence: Fabio Giglio, ; Fabio Ciceri,
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- PhD Program in Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- *Correspondence: Fabio Giglio, ; Fabio Ciceri,
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Lazzari L, Balaguer-Roselló A, Montoro J, Greco R, Hernani R, Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Villalba M, Giglio F, Facal A, Lorentino F, Guerreiro M, Bruno A, Pérez A, Xue E, Clerici D, Piemontese S, Piñana JL, Sanz MÁ, Solano C, de la Rubia J, Ciceri F, Peccatori J, Sanz J. Post-transplant cyclophosphamide and sirolimus based graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia. Bone Marrow Transplant 2022; 57:1389-1398. [PMID: 35680995 PMCID: PMC9439951 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-022-01725-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) has emerged as a promising graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). However, no studies have reported the efficacy of a GvHD prophylaxis based on PTCy with sirolimus (Sir-PTCy) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In this retrospective study, we analyze the use of sirolimus in combination with PTCy, with or without mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), on 242 consecutive adult patients with AML undergoing a myeloablative first allo-HSCT from different donor types, in three European centers between January 2017 and December 2020. Seventy-seven (32%) patients received allo-HSCT from HLA-matched sibling donor, 101 (42%) from HLA-matched and mismatched unrelated donor, and 64 (26%) from haploidentical donor. Except for neutrophil and platelet engraftment, which was slower in the haploidentical cohort, no significant differences were observed in major transplant outcomes according to donor type in univariate and multivariate analysis. GvHD prophylaxis with Sir-PTCy, with or without MMF, is safe and effective in patients with AML undergoing myeloablative allo-HSCT, resulting in low rates of transplant-related mortality, relapse/progression, and acute and chronic GvHD in all donor settings.
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- Lorenzo Lazzari
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain.,Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.,Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Bonifazi F, Pavoni C, Peccatori J, Giglio F, Arpinati M, Busca A, Bernasconi P, Grassi A, Iori AP, Patriarca F, Brunello L, Di Grazia C, Carella AM, Cilloni D, Picardi A, Proia A, Santarone S, Sorasio R, Carluccio P, Chiusolo P, Cupri A, Luppi M, Nozzoli C, Baronciani D, Casini M, Grillo G, Musso M, Onida F, Palazzo G, Parma M, Tringali S, Vacca A, Vallisa D, Sacchi N, Oldani E, Masciulli A, Gheorghiu A, Girmenia C, Martino M, Bruno B, Rambaldi A, Ciceri F. Myeloablative conditioning with thiotepa-busulfan-fludarabine does not improve the outcome of patients transplanted with active leukemia: final results of the GITMO prospective trial GANDALF-01. Bone Marrow Transplant 2022; 57:949-958. [PMID: 35413985 PMCID: PMC9200637 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-022-01626-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The outcome of refractory/relapsed (R/R) acute leukemias is still dismal and their treatment represents an unmet clinical need. However, allogeneic transplantation (allo-HSCT) remains the only potentially curative approach in this setting. A prospective study (GANDALF-01, NCT01814488; EUDRACT:2012-004008-37) on transplantation with alternative donors had been run by GITMO using a homogeneous myeloablative conditioning regimen with busulfan, thiotepa and fludarabine while GVHD prophylaxis was stratified by donor type. The study enrolled 101 patients; 90 found an alternative donor and 87 ultimately underwent allo-HSCT. Two-year overall survival of the entire and of the transplant population (primary endpoint) were 19% and 22%, without significant differences according to disease, donor type and disease history (relapsed vs refractory patients). Two-year progression-free survival was 19% and 17% respectively. The cumulative incidences of relapse and non-relapse mortality were 49% and 33% at two years. Acute grade II-IV and chronic GVHD occurred in 23 and 10 patients. Dose intensification with a myeloablative two-alkylating regimen as sole strategy for transplanting R/R acute leukemia does seem neither to improve the outcome nor to control disease relapse. A pre-planned relapse prevention should be included in the transplant strategy in this patient population.
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Onco-Hematology - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Onco-Hematology - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- SSD Trapianto Cellule Staminali, AOU Città della salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Centro trapianti di cellule staminali ematopoietiche, UOC Ematologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Ematologia, AOU Policlinico Umberto 1, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Clinica Ematologica e Centro Trapianti, ASUFC, Udine; DAME, Università di Udine, Udine, Italy
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- di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy
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- Ematologia e Centro Trapianti. IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- SSD UTIE e Terapie Cellulari, Dipartimento Scienze Mediche, Fondazione Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Rome Transplant Network, Department of Biotecnology and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.,Stem Cell Transplant Program of AORN Cardarelli, Naples, Italy
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- Ematologia e Trapianto CSE, AO San Camillo-Forlanini, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (D.E.T.O.), Hematology Section, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.,Sezione di Ematologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Unità di Trapianto di Midollo, Divisione di Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Unimore Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Therapies and Transfusion Medicine, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- UOC di Oncoematologia e TMO Dipartimento Oncologico "La Maddalena" Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo - UOC Ematologia - Università degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Oncologia e Emato-Oncologia, Milano, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia e Centro Trapianti di Midollo, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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- AOR Villa Sofia Cervello, Dipartimento Oncologia, UOSD Unità Trapianti di Midollo Osseo, Palermo, Italy
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- UO Centro Trapianti di Midollo Osseo Presidio Ospedaliero R. Binaghi, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Trials Office GITMO Gruppo Italiano per il Trapianto di Midollo Osseo, cellule staminali emopoietiche e terapia Cellulare, Genova, Italy
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- Ematologia, AOU Policlinico Umberto 1, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "BMM", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Molecolari e Scienze per la Salute - Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.,University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Onco-Hematology - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Malagola M, Greco R, Peccatori J, Isidori A, Romee R, Mohty M, Ciceri F, Russo D. Editorial: Strengths and Challenges of Allo-SCT in the Modern Era. Front Oncol 2022; 12:850403. [PMID: 35280781 PMCID: PMC8907534 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.850403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Michele Malagola
- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Center, AORMN Hospital, Pesaro, Italy
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, "Saint Antoine Hospital" AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Xue E, Lorentino F, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Giglio F, Piemontese S, Clerici DT, Farina F, Mastaglio S, Bruno A, Campodonico E, Nitti R, Marcatti M, Assanelli A, Corti C, Ciceri F, Peccatori J, Greco R. Addition of a Single Low Dose of Anti T-Lymphocyte Globulin to Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A Pilot Study. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11041106. [PMID: 35207379 PMCID: PMC8879643 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11041106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Correlation between risk of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and CD3+ counts within the peripheral blood stem cell graft has recently been reported in the setting of post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PT-Cy). We aimed to investigate the benefit of the addition of a single dose of anti-T lymphocyte globulin (ATLG 5 mg/kg) to PT-Cy in this setting. Starting in 2019, all patients receiving PBSC transplant containing CD3+ counts above 300 × 106/kg (study group) received a post-transplant dose of ATLG in addition to standard PT-Cy. The study was designed as a real-life analysis and included all consecutive Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) recipients according to the above-mentioned inclusion criterion (n = 21), excluding cord blood and bone marrow donors. Using a 1:2 matched-pair analysis, we compared the outcomes with a historical population who received PT-Cy only (control group). We found a delayed platelet engraftment (29% vs. 45% at 30 days, p = 0.03) and a non-significant trend toward higher risk of poor graft function (29% vs. 19%, p = 0.52). The addition of ATLG impacted long-term immune reconstitution on the CD4+ subsets, but this did not translate into higher rate of relapse or viral infection. Acute GvHD was not significantly impacted, but 1-year cumulative incidence of chronic GvHD was significantly lower in the study group (15% vs. 41%, p = 0.04). Survival outcomes were comparable. In conclusion PT-Cy and ATLG was overall safe and translated into a low rate of chronic GvHD incidence.
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- Elisabetta Xue
- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
- PhD Program in Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
- Correspondence: (J.P.); (R.G.)
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy; (E.X.); (F.L.); (M.T.L.S.); (F.G.); (S.P.); (D.T.C.); (F.F.); (S.M.); (A.B.); (E.C.); (R.N.); (M.M.); (A.A.); (C.C.); (F.C.)
- Correspondence: (J.P.); (R.G.)
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Piemontese S, Lazzari L, Ruggeri A, Marcatti M, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Giglio F, Greco R, Lorentino F, Clerici D, Assanelli A, Farina F, Mastaglio S, Xue E, Marktel S, Vago L, Gentner B, Secco C, Corti C, Carrabba MG, Bernardi M, Peccatori J, Ciceri F. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients older than 65 years with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome: a 15-year experience. Bone Marrow Transplant 2022; 57:678-680. [DOI: 10.1038/s41409-022-01600-1] [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] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Xue E, Lorentino F, Clerici D, Farina F, Oltolini C, Giglio F, Campodonico E, Nitti R, Bernardi M, Corti C, Peccatori J, Ciceri F, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Greco R. Coadministration of letermovir and sirolimus in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant 2022; 57:128-130. [PMID: 34625664 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-021-01486-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Elisabetta Xue
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,PhD Program in Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Lazzari L, Farina F, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Piemontese S, Marktel S, Mazzi B, Vago L, Milani R, Ferrario A, Bianchi B, Merli M, Ferreri AJM, Corti C, Peccatori J, Ruggeri A, Ciceri F. Graft-versus-lymphoma effect inside the central nervous system in a patient with extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type. Curr Res Transl Med 2021; 69:103313. [PMID: 34598023 DOI: 10.1016/j.retram.2021.103313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Lorenzo Lazzari
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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Lazzari L, Ruggeri A, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Mastaglio S, Messina C, Giglio F, Lorusso A, Perini T, Piemontese S, Marcatti M, Lorentino F, Xue E, Clerici D, Corti C, Bernardi M, Assanelli A, Greco R, Ciceri F, Peccatori J. Treosulfan-Based Conditioning Regimen Prior to Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: Long-Term Results From a Phase 2 Clinical Trial. Front Oncol 2021; 11:731478. [PMID: 34568066 PMCID: PMC8461186 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.731478] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction Reducing toxicities while preserving efficacy in allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT) remains a particularly challenging problem. Different strategies to enhance the antitumor activity without increasing early and late adverse toxicities of the conditioning regimens have been investigated. Methods The aim of “AlloTreo” prospective phase 2 clinical trial was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a conditioning regimen based on Treosulfan (42 g/m2) and fludarabine (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00598624). We enrolled 108 patients with hematological diseases who received a first allo-HCT between June 2005 and January 2011, inside the frame of this trial at our center. Median age at allo-HCT was 49 (21–69) years. Disease Risk Index was low in 14 (13%) patients, intermediate in 73 (67.7%), high in 17 (15.7%), and very high in 4 (3.7%). Donors were human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched related in 50 cases, 10/10-matched unrelated in 36, and 9/10-mismatched unrelated in 22. Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis consisted of cyclosporine-A and methotrexate. Anti-T-lymphocyte globulin (ATLG) was administered in patients receiving unrelated allo-HCT. Stem cell source was mainly peripheral blood stem cells (95%). Results Conditioning regimen was well tolerated. Full donor chimerism was documented for most patients (88%) at day +30. At 12 years, overall survival (OS) was 41.7% (32.2%–50.9%), progression-free survival (PFS) was 31.7% (23%–40.7%), GvHD-free/relapse-free survival was 20.9% (13.7%–29.1%), cumulative incidence (CI) of relapse was 44.5% (34.9%–53.6%), and transplant-related mortality (TRM) was 22.5% (15.1%–30.9%). CI of acute GvHD grades II–IV was 27.8% (19.7%–36.5%) at 100 days; 12-year CI of chronic GvHD was 40.7% (31.3%–49.9%). Relevant long-term adverse effects were 10 secondary malignancy, 3 fatal cardiovascular events, and 1 late-onset transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy. Ten successful pregnancies were reported after allo-HCT. In multivariate analysis, older age (≥60 years) at transplant [hazard ratio (HR), 2.157; p = 0.004] and a high/very high disease risk index (HR, 1.913; p = 0.026) were significantly associated with a lower OS. Conclusions Overall, our data confirmed the myeloablative potential and safe toxicity profile of full dose Treo (42 g/m2) especially for the younger population.
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- Lorenzo Lazzari
- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin,Germany
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,PhD Program in Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Serpenti F, Lorentino F, Marktel S, Milani R, Messina C, Greco R, Girlanda S, Clerici D, Giglio F, Liberatore C, Farina F, Mastaglio S, Piemontese S, Guggiari E, Lunghi F, Marcatti M, Carrabba MG, Bernardi M, Bonini C, Assanelli A, Corti C, Peccatori J, Ciceri F, Lupo-Stanghellini MT. Immune Reconstitution-Based Score for Risk Stratification of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Patients. Front Oncol 2021; 11:705568. [PMID: 34367991 PMCID: PMC8341942 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.705568] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction Allogeneic stem cell transplantation survivors are at a relevant risk of developing chronic GvHD (cGvHD), which importantly affects quality of life and increases morbidity and mortality. Early identification of patients at risk of cGvHD-related morbidity could represent a relevant tool to tailor preventive strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic power of immune reconstitution (IR) at cGvHD onset through an IR-based score. Methods We analyzed data from 411 adult patients consecutively transplanted between January 2011 and December 2016 at our Institution: 151 patients developed cGvHD (median follow-up 4 years). A first set of 111 consecutive patients with cGvHD entered the test cohort while an additional consecutive 40 patients represented the validation cohort. A Cox multivariate model for OS (overall survival) in patients with cGvHD of any severity allowed the identification of six variables independently predicting OS and TRM (transplant-related mortality). A formula for a prognostic risk index using the β coefficients derived from the model was designed. Each patient was assigned a score defining three groups of risk (low, intermediate, and high). Results Our multivariate model defined the variables independently predicting OS at cGvHD onset: CD4+ >233 cells/mm3, NK <115 cells/mm3, IgA <0.43g/L, IgM <0.45g/L, Karnofsky PS <80%, platelets <100x103/mm3. Low-risk patients were defined as having a score ≤3.09, intermediate-risk patients >3.09 and ≤6.9, and high-risk patients >6.9. By ROC analysis, we identified a cut-off of 6.310 for both TRM and overall mortality. In the training cohort, the 6-year OS and TRM from cGvHD occurrence were 85% (95% CI, 70-92) and 13% (95% CI, 5-25) for low-risk, 64% (95% CI, 44-89) and 30% (95% CI, 15-47) for intermediate-risk, 26% (95% CI, 10-47), and 42% (95% CI, 19-63) for high-risk patients (OS p<0.0001; TRM p = 0.015). The validation cohort confirmed the model with a 6-year OS and TRM of 83% (95% CI, 48-96) and 8% (95% CI, 1-32) for low-risk, 78% (95% CI, 37-94) and 11% (95% CI, 1-41) for intermediate-risk, 37% (95% CI, 17-58), and 63% (95% CI, 36-81) for high-risk patients (OS p = 0.0075; TRM p = 0.0009). Conclusions IR score at diagnosis of cGvHD predicts GvHD severity and overall survival. IR score may contribute to the risk stratification of patients. If confirmed in a larger and multicenter-based study, IR score could be adopted to identify patients at high risk and modulate cGvHD treatments accordingly in the context of clinical trial.
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- Fabio Serpenti
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,PhD Program in Public Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- University Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy.,Experimental Hematology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,University Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy
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Xue E, Lorentino F, Pavesi F, Assanelli A, Peccatori J, Bernardi M, Corti C, Ciceri F, Lupo Stanghellini MT. Ruxolitinib for chronic steroid-refractory graft versus host disease: a single center experience. Leuk Res 2021; 109:106642. [PMID: 34157510 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2021.106642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 05/01/2021] [Revised: 06/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD) is a serious complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant that severely impacts quality of life and long-term survival. About 50-to-60 % of patients treated with steroids require a further line of therapy due to lack of sustained response. Ruxolitinib, a JAK1/2 inhibitor, has recently been approved for the treatment of acute GvHD. METHODS We aimed to retrospectively evaluate ruxolitinib efficacy and safety in a cohort of patients diagnosed with moderate (25 %) or severe (75 %) steroid-refractory or steroid-dependent chronic GvHD. Response evaluation was performed at three and six months. RESULTS Thirty-six patients received ruxolitinib after a median of three previous lines (range, r 1-11) for a median of 8.6 months (r 1-51.6). Cutaneous GvHD was the most frequent presentation. We observed an overall response of 59 % (CR 9%, PR 50 %) at three months and 62 % (CR 15 %, PR 46 %) at six months. Two patients had hematologic disease recurrence and were censored at relapse; no other permanent discontinuation due to adverse events were documented. Cutaneous, oral, genital and ocular GvHD significantly improved after treatment. 2-year overall survival and 2-year transplant related mortality were 74 % and 19 % respectively. Ruxolitinib was associated with a significant reduction of steroid dose. CONCLUSION Ruxolitinib was confirmed to be a safe and effective option as salvage treatment also for advanced stages of chronic GvHD. Longer follow up is needed to evaluate durability of response. Prospective analyses on larger cohorts are ongoing.
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- Elisabetta Xue
- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy; PhD Program in Public Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
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Greco R, Lorentino F, Albanese S, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Giglio F, Piemontese S, Clerici D, Lazzari L, Marcatti M, Mastaglio S, Xue E, Farina F, Pavesi F, Assanelli A, Carrabba MG, Marktel S, Vago L, Bonini C, Corti C, Bernardi M, Ciceri F, Peccatori J. Posttransplantation Cyclophosphamide- and Sirolimus-Based Graft-Versus-Host-Disease Prophylaxis in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant. Transplant Cell Ther 2021; 27:776.e1-776.e13. [PMID: 34087452 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) has emerged as a promising graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in the setting of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) from haploidentical donors and more recently in matched donor transplants. Herein, we describe our real-life experience on 249 adult patients undergoing allogeneic HSCT, from HLA-matched related (MRD), HLA-matched unrelated (MUD), or mismatched related donors (MMRD). Patients received unmanipulated peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs), using a GVHD prophylaxis with PTCy and sirolimus. Mycophenolate mofetil was added in MUD or MMRD. In the HLA-matched donor group (MRD, n = 48, MUD, n = 50), the cumulative incidence of grades II-IV and III-IV acute GvHD was 23% and 9% at 100 days, respectively. The cumulative incidence of chronic GvHD was 25% at 2 years, severe only for 5% of the patients. The cumulative incidences of relapse and transplant-related mortality (TRM) were 31% and 9% at 2 years, respectively. The 2-year overall survival (OS) was 72% and progression-free survival (PFS) 60%; the composite endpoint of GvHD/relapse-free survival (GRFS) was 52% at 2 years. In the haploidentical donor group (n = 151), we documented a cumulative incidence of grades II-IV and III-IV acute GVHD of 35% and 20% at 100 days, respectively, and a cumulative incidence of chronic GvHD of 39% at 2 years. We observed severe chronic GVHD in 15% of the patients. The cumulative incidence of relapse and TRM was 32% and 25% at 2 years, respectively. The 2-year OS was 48%, whereas PFS was 43%; GRFS was 28% at 2 years. However, more patients in the haploidentical group presented high/very high disease risk index (DRI) and higher HCT-comorbidity index. In patients classified in the low-intermediate DRI, 2-year GRFS was 53% in MRD, 65% in MUD, and 46% in haploidentical HSCT (P = .33). Sirolimus-PTCy platform deserves further investigation as an alternative to calcineurin-inhibitor-based GVHD prophylaxis for all donor sources. In patients presenting a low-intermediate DRI, this strategy translates in relevant survival independently from the transplant source.
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- Raffaella Greco
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; PhD Program in Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Experimental Hematology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Liberatore C, Farina F, Greco R, Giglio F, Clerici D, Oltolini C, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Barzaghi F, Vezzulli P, Orsenigo E, Corti C, Ciceri F, Peccatori J. Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Infections in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7050347. [PMID: 33925188 PMCID: PMC8146885 DOI: 10.3390/jof7050347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Despite the recent introduction of mold-active antifungal prophylaxis (MAP), breakthrough invasive fungal infections (b-IFI) still represent a possible complication and a cause of morbidity and mortality in hematological patients and allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation recipients (HSCT). Data on incidence and type of b-IFI are limited, although they are mainly caused by non-fumigatus Aspergillus and non-Aspergillus molds and seem to depend on specific antifungal prophylaxis and patients’ characteristics. Herein, we described the clinical presentation and management of two cases of rare b-IFI which recently occurred at our institution in patients undergoing HSCT and receiving MAP. The management of b-IFI is challenging due to the lack of data from prospective trials and high mortality rates. A thorough analysis of risk factors, ongoing antifungal prophylaxis, predisposing conditions and local epidemiology should drive the choice of antifungal treatments. Early broad-spectrum preemptive therapy with a lipid formulation of amphotericin-B, in combination with a different mold-active azole plus/minus terbinafine, is advisable. The therapy would cover against rare azole-susceptible and -resistant fungal strains, as well as atypical sites of infections. An aggressive diagnostic work-up is recommended for species identification and subsequent targeted therapy.
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- Carmine Liberatore
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.L.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (F.G.); (D.C.); (M.T.L.S.); (C.C.); (J.P.)
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.L.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (F.G.); (D.C.); (M.T.L.S.); (C.C.); (J.P.)
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.L.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (F.G.); (D.C.); (M.T.L.S.); (C.C.); (J.P.)
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.L.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (F.G.); (D.C.); (M.T.L.S.); (C.C.); (J.P.)
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.L.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (F.G.); (D.C.); (M.T.L.S.); (C.C.); (J.P.)
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.L.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (F.G.); (D.C.); (M.T.L.S.); (C.C.); (J.P.)
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- Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy;
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.L.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (F.G.); (D.C.); (M.T.L.S.); (C.C.); (J.P.)
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.L.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (F.G.); (D.C.); (M.T.L.S.); (C.C.); (J.P.)
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0226437703
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy; (C.L.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (F.G.); (D.C.); (M.T.L.S.); (C.C.); (J.P.)
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Clerici D, Oltolini C, Greco R, Ripa M, Giglio F, Mastaglio S, Lorentino F, Pavesi F, Farina F, Liberatore C, Castiglion B, Tassan Din C, Bernardi M, Corti C, Peccatori J, Scarpellini P, Ciceri F, Castagna A. The place of ceftazidime/avibactam and ceftolozane/tazobactam for therapy of haematological patients with febrile neutropenia. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2021; 57:106335. [PMID: 33838223 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2021.106335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate ceftazidime/avibactam (C/A) and ceftolozane/tazobactam (C/T) use in haematological patients with febrile neutropenia receiving high-dose chemotherapy and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). METHODS A retrospective study was conducted to assess C/A and C/T efficacy through infection-related mortality (IRM) and bacteraemia clearance for carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (CR-GNB) pre-engraftment blood-stream infections (PE-BSIs) between January-December 2018. RESULTS Seventy patients underwent allogeneic HSCT: C/A and C/T were dispensed in 13% and 3%, respectively. C/A was administered as definite therapy for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) PE-BSI in four carriers (bacteraemia clearance in 5 days), empirical therapy for a clinically documented infection in two patients (one carrier with pneumonia and one non-carrier with shock) and empirical therapy for fever of unknown origin in three CR-Kp carriers. C/T was administered as definite therapy for carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CR-Pa) intra-abdominal infection in one carrier and empirical therapy for a clinically documented infection (pneumonia) in one non-carrier. Among patients without PE-BSIs and with Gram-positive bacteria PE-BSIs, IRM was 0% at +30 days; conversely, it was 30% in GNB PE-BSIs (two CR-Kp and one CR-Pa C/T-resistant). Thirty-nine patients underwent autologous HSCT: C/A and C/T were administered, respectively, as definite therapy for CR-Kp PE-BSI in one carrier (bacteraemia clearance in 3 days) and for Pa PE-BSI (three strains, one CR-Pa) in one non-carrier (bacteraemia clearance in 2 days). Overall, IRM at +30 days was 0%. CONCLUSIONS Monitoring multidrug-resistant GNB colonisation enabled selection of carriers who benefit from prompt administration of new antibiotics, improving HSCT outcomes in a high-risk population. C/A and C/T were effective in bacteraemia clearance; unfortunately, multidrug-resistant GNB PE-BSIs were still a burden to IRM.
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- Daniela Clerici
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Cassaniti I, Colombo AA, Bernasconi P, Malagola M, Russo D, Iori AP, Girmenia C, Greco R, Peccatori J, Ciceri F, Bonifazi F, Percivalle E, Campanini G, Piccirilli G, Lazzarotto T, Baldanti F. Positive HCMV DNAemia in stem cell recipients undergoing letermovir prophylaxis is expression of abortive infection. Am J Transplant 2021; 21:1622-1628. [PMID: 33320429 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [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: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Letermovir (LMV) inhibits HCMV replication by binding to components of the HCMV-terminase complex showing a potential role in prevention of HCMV-related complications in allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (allo-HSCTRs). However, little is known about breakthrough HCMV infection and the relevance of HCMV DNAemia during prophylaxis. We reported the results of a multicenter prospective study involving five Italian centers in the management of HCMV DNAemia in 75 adult HCMV-seropositive allo-HSCTRs undergoing LMV prophylaxis. The aim of the present study was to characterize the presence of real HCMV reactivation during LMV prophylaxis. Then, the presence of circulating infectious HCMV particles was determined by virus isolation and degradation of free-floating viral DNA. This report provides the first evidence that during LMV prophylaxis the clinical relevance of HCMV DNAemia should be critically considered.
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- Irene Cassaniti
- Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Hemopoietic Stem Cell Unit, Division of Haematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Hemopoietic Stem Cell Unit, Division of Haematology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Dermatology, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Dermatology, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine, Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, St. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine, Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, St. Orsola Polyclinic, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.,Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Greco R, Peccatori J, Bonifazi F, Snowden JA, Ciceri F. Editorial: Novel Immunological Biomarkers for Allogeneic HSCT Outcome. Front Immunol 2021; 12:670822. [PMID: 33777058 PMCID: PMC7994590 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.670822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Raffaella Greco
- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom.,Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.,University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Lazzarin SM, Vabanesi M, Cecchetti G, Fazio R, Fanelli GF, Volonté MA, Genchi A, Giordano A, Martinelli V, Colombo S, Beccaria P, Mucci M, Peccatori J, Filippi M, Minicucci F. Correction to: Refractory anti‑NMDAR encephalitis successfully treated with bortezomib and associated movements disorders controlled with tramadol: a case report with literature review. J Neurol 2021; 268:741-742. [PMID: 33417007 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-10370-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Serena Marita Lazzarin
- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- General Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- General Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- General Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. .,Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. .,Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy. .,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
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- Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Xue E, Mastaglio S, Oltolini C, Angelillo P, Messina C, Piemontese S, Girlanda S, Farina F, Lazzari L, Cicalese MP, Erbella F, Greco R, Locatelli M, Milani R, Peccatori J, Corti C, Marktel S, Assanelli A, Ciceri F. COVID-19 in recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplantation: favorable outcome. Bone Marrow Transplant 2021; 56:2312-2315. [PMID: 34193980 PMCID: PMC8244676 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-021-01278-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Maria Teresa Lupo-Stanghellini
- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Pediatric Immunohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Laboratory Medicine Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- grid.18887.3e0000000417581884Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy ,grid.15496.3fSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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Oltolini C, Piemontese S, Ripa M, Greco R, Nozza S, Corti C, Peccatori J, Scarpellini P, Ciceri F, Castagna A. Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in HIV people with hematological malignancies: Post-transplant cyclophosphamide to overcome the HLA-matching barrier. Transpl Infect Dis 2020; 23:e13551. [PMID: 33351984 DOI: 10.1111/tid.13551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Chiara Oltolini
- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Chiara A, Broggi S, Salvadori G, Peccatori J, Assanelli A, Piemontese S, Pasetti M, Selli S, Calandrino R, Ciceri F, Fiorino C, Di Muzio N. PO-0915: Clinical Activation Of An Efficient Low-Dose Total Body Irradiation Using The Tomodirect Approach. Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)00932-4] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Gambacorta V, Parolini R, Xue E, Greco R, Bouwmans EE, Toffalori C, Giglio F, Assanelli A, Stanghellini MTL, Ambrosi A, Mazzi B, Mulder W, Corti C, Peccatori J, Ciceri F, Vago L. Quantitative PCR-based chimerism in bone marrow or peripheral blood to predict acute myeloid leukemia relapse in high-risk patients: results from the KIM-PB prospective study. Haematologica 2020; 106:1480-1483. [PMID: 33054102 PMCID: PMC8094083 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2019.238543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- Valentina Gambacorta
- Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- HLA and Chimerism Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano
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- Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy; Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano.
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Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Messina C, Marktel S, Carrabba MG, Peccatori J, Corti C, Ciceri F. Following-up allogeneic transplantation recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet Haematol 2020; 7:e564-e565. [PMID: 32450053 PMCID: PMC7255213 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(20)30176-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Ciceri F, Beretta L, Scandroglio AM, Colombo S, Landoni G, Ruggeri A, Peccatori J, D'Angelo A, De Cobelli F, Rovere-Querini P, Tresoldi M, Dagna L, Zangrillo A. Microvascular COVID-19 lung vessels obstructive thromboinflammatory syndrome (MicroCLOTS): an atypical acute respiratory distress syndrome working hypothesis. CRIT CARE RESUSC 2020; 22:95-97. [PMID: 32294809 PMCID: PMC10692450] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We suggest the use of MicroCLOTS (microvascular COVID-19 lung vessels obstructive thromboinflammatory syndrome) as a new name for severe pulmonary coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We hypothesise that, in predisposed individuals, alveolar viral damage is followed by an inflammatory reaction and by microvascular pulmonary thrombosis. This progressive endothelial thromboinflammatory syndrome may also involve the microvascular bed of the brain and other vital organs, leading to multiple organ failure and death. Future steps in the understanding of the disease and in the identification of treatments may benefit from this definition and hypothesised sequence of events.
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- Fabio Ciceri
- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Coagulation Service and Thrombosis Research Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of General Medicine and Advanced Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Ciceri F, Beretta L, Scandroglio AM, Colombo S, Landoni G, Ruggeri A, Peccatori J, D’Angelo A, Cobelli FD, Rovere-Querini P, Tresoldi M, Dagna L, Zangrillo A. Microvascular COVID-19 lung vessels obstructive thromboinflammatory syndrome (MicroCLOTS): an atypical acute respiratory distress syndrome working hypothesis. CRIT CARE RESUSC 2020. [DOI: 10.51893/2020.2.pov2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We suggest the use of MicroCLOTS (microvascular COVID-19 lung vessels obstructive thromboinflammatory syndrome) as a new name for severe pulmonary coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We hypothesise that, in predisposed individuals, alveolar viral damage is followed by an inflammatory reaction and by microvascular pulmonary thrombosis. This progressive endothelial thromboinflammatory syndrome may also involve the microvascular bed of the brain and other vital organs, leading to multiple organ failure and death. Future steps in the understanding of the disease and in the identification of treatments may benefit from this definition and hypothesised sequence of events.
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Oltolini C, Greco R, Galli L, Clerici D, Lorentino F, Xue E, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Giglio F, Uhr L, Ripa M, Scarpellini P, Bernardi M, Corti C, Peccatori J, Castagna A, Ciceri F. Infections after Allogenic Transplant with Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide: Impact of Donor HLA Matching. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2020; 26:1179-1188. [PMID: 32004700 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 01/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Incidence and outcome of infections after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PT-Cy) as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis are largely unknown. Study aims were to estimate the incidence of pre-engraftment bloodstream infections (PE-BSIs) and viral infections (VIs; cytomegalovirus [CMV], adenovirus [ADV], human herpes virus 6 [HHV6], and BK-polyomavirus hemorrhagic-cystitis [BKPyV-HC]), their predictive factors, and infection-related mortality (IRM) after HSCT with PT-Cy. We analyzed 235 patients: 62%, 21%, and 17% received haploidentical (haplo), matched-unrelated donor (MUD), and matched-related donor, respectively. Overall, 72 patients had 77 PE-BSI episodes at a median time of 13 days after HSCT: cumulative incidence function (CIF) at 28 days was 32%, without differences among donor types (P = .988). By multivariate analysis, CIF of PE-BSI was higher in patients with severe neutropenia before HSCT (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR] = 2.90) and in multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria rectal carriers (AHR = 2.68). IRM at 30 days was 5%, without differences by donor type (P = .106). Overall, 208 patients experienced ≥1 VIs (first occurrence among CMV, HHV6, ADV, BKPyV-HC) at a median time of 20 days after HSCT: CIF at 90 days was 91%, significantly higher in MUD and haplo (P = .0089). By multivariate analysis, also acute GVHD grade ≥2 (AHR = 1.32) and host/donor CMV-serology mismatch (positive/positive versus negative/negative: AHR = 2.95, positive/negative versus negative/negative: AHR = 2.41, negative/positive versus negative/negative: AHR = 2.35) affected VIs occurrence. IRM at 180 days was 8%, without differences among donor types (P = .106). In conclusion, study results did not show a significant impact of donor type on PE-BSI incidence; conversely, MUD and haploidentical transplants retained a higher occurrence of VIs in the early phase after HSCT.
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- Chiara Oltolini
- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Beelen DW, Trenschel R, Stelljes M, Groth C, Masszi T, Reményi P, Wagner-Drouet EM, Hauptrock B, Dreger P, Luft T, Bethge W, Vogel W, Ciceri F, Peccatori J, Stölzel F, Schetelig J, Junghanß C, Grosse-Thie C, Michallet M, Labussiere-Wallet H, Schaefer-Eckart K, Dressler S, Grigoleit GU, Mielke S, Scheid C, Holtick U, Patriarca F, Medeot M, Rambaldi A, Micò MC, Niederwieser D, Franke GN, Hilgendorf I, Winkelmann NR, Russo D, Socié G, Peffault de Latour R, Holler E, Wolff D, Glass B, Casper J, Wulf G, Menzel H, Basara N, Bieniaszewska M, Stuhler G, Verbeek M, Grass S, Iori AP, Finke J, Benedetti F, Pichlmeier U, Hemmelmann C, Tribanek M, Klein A, Mylius HA, Baumgart J, Dzierzak-Mietla M, Markiewicz M. Treosulfan or busulfan plus fludarabine as conditioning treatment before allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation for older patients with acute myeloid leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome (MC-FludT.14/L): a randomised, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial. The Lancet Haematology 2020; 7:e28-e39. [DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(19)30157-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Peccatori J, Mastaglio S, Giglio F, Greco R, Crocchiolo R, Patriarca F, Forno B, Deola S, Assanelli A, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Marcatti M, Zecca M, Cortelazzo S, Fanin R, Fagioli F, Locatelli F, Ciceri F. Clofarabine and Treosulfan as Conditioning for Matched Related and Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Results from the Clo3o Phase II Trial. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2019; 26:316-322. [PMID: 31605823 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) can be curative for patients with hematologic malignancies. The ideal conditioning regimen before allo-HSCT has not been established. We conducted a Phase II study to evaluate the tolerability and efficacy of clofarabine and treosulfan as conditioning regimen before allo-HSCT. The primary objective was to evaluate the cumulative incidence of nonrelapse mortality (NRM) on day +100. Forty-four patients (36 with acute myelogenous leukemia, 5 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 3 with myelodysplastic syndromes) were enrolled. The median patient age was 47 years, and the median duration of follow-up was 27 months. The conditioning regimen was based on clofarabine 40 mg/m2 (days -6 to -2) and treosulfan 14 g/m2 (days -6 to -4). Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells were derived from a sibling (n = 22) or a well-matched unrelated donor (n = 22). Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis consisted of antithymocyte globulin, rituximab, cyclosporine, and a short-course of methotrexate. The regimen allowed for rapid engraftment and a 100-day NRM of 18%, due mainly to bacterial infections. The incidences of grade II-IV acute GVHD and chronic GVHD were 16% and 19%, respectively. The rates of overall survival (OS), progression-free survival, and relapse at 2 years were 51%, 31%, and 50%, respectively. Significantly different outcomes were observed between patients with low-intermediate and patients with high-very high Disease Risk Index (DRI) scores (1-year OS, 78% and 24%, respectively). Our findings show that the use of treosulfan and clofarabine as a conditioning regimen for allo-HSCT is feasible, with a 78% 1-year OS in patients with a low-intermediate DRI score. However, 1-year NRM was 18%, and despite the intensified conditioning regimen, relapse incidence remains a major issue in patients with poor prognostic risk factors.
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- Jacopo Peccatori
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Carlo Melzi Hematology and Cellular Therapy Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Undine, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Ospedale Regionale, Bolzano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Carlo Melzi Hematology and Cellular Therapy Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Undine, Italy
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- Pediatric Onco-Hematology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Greco R, Lorentino F, Nitti R, Lupo Stanghellini MT, Giglio F, Clerici D, Xue E, Lazzari L, Piemontese S, Mastaglio S, Assanelli A, Marktel S, Corti C, Bernardi M, Ciceri F, Peccatori J. Interleukin-6 as Biomarker for Acute GvHD and Survival After Allogeneic Transplant With Post-transplant Cyclophosphamide. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2319. [PMID: 31632401 PMCID: PMC6779849 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background: Although the outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) has dramatically improved in the past decade, it is still compromised by transplant-related mortality (TRM), mainly caused by Graft-vs. -Host Disease (GvHD). Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study to ascertain the potential of serum interleukin-6 (IL6) levels, measured before conditioning and 7 days after allo-HSCT, in predicting acute GvHD, TRM and survival after allo-HSCT with Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide (PT-Cy) based GvHD prophylaxis. Results: Between April 2014 and June 2017, we collected samples from 166 consecutive allo-HSCT patients. By ROC analysis, we identified a threshold of 2.5 pg/ml for pre-transplant IL6 and 16.5 pg/ml for post-transplant IL6. Both univariate and multivariate analyses confirmed the ability of high baseline IL6 levels to predict worse OS (HR 4.3; p < 0.01) and grade II-IV acute GvHD (HR 1.8; p = 0.04), and of high post-transplant IL6 to identify patients with worse OS (HR 3.3; p < 0.01) and higher risk of grade II-IV (HR 5; p < 0.01) and grade III-IV acute GvHD (HR 10.2; p < 0.01). In multivariate analysis, both baseline (HR 6.7; p < 0.01) and post-transplant high IL6 levels (HR 3.5; p = 0.02) predicted higher TRM. Conclusions: IL6 may contribute to the risk stratification of patients at major risk for aGvHD and TRM, potentially providing a window for additional prophylactic or preemptive strategies to improve the quality of life in the early post-transplant phase and the outcome of allo-HSCT.
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- Raffaella Greco
- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.,Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Broggi S, Fiorino C, Chiara A, Salvadori G, Peccatori J, Assanelli A, Piementose S, Pasetti M, Simone S, Ciceri F, Di Muzio NG, Calandrino R. Clinical implementation of low-dose total body irradiation using topotherapy technique. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 2019; 12:74-79. [PMID: 33458299 PMCID: PMC7807637 DOI: 10.1016/j.phro.2019.11.009] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The topotherapy technique was recently suggested as a robust alternative to helical radiation delivery for total body irradiation (TBI). It allows to deliver a discrete number of beams with fixed gantry. A Topotherapy-based low-dose TBI technique was optimized and clinically implemented. MATERIALS AND METHODS TBI delivery was split in two parts: the first treating from the head to half thigh and the second the remaining legs. An in-silico investigation aimed to optimize plan parameters was first carried out on four patients. For the upper plan, field width and pitch were fixed to 5 cm and 0.5: the combined impact of five modulation factor (MF) values and different field configurations (6/8/12 fields) was investigated. For the lower plan, two anterior/posterior beams (field width: 5 cm; pitch: 0.5; MF:1.5) were used. After assessing the optimal technique, set-up/quality assurance/image-guidance procedures were defined and the technique clinically implemented: 23 patients were treated up to now. RESULTS The best compromise between treatment time and planning target volume (PTV) coverage/homogeneity was found for MF = 1.5 and 8 fields. All clinical plans were automatically optimized using an "ad-hoc" plan template: excellent PTV coverage (PTV95%>98.5%) and homogeneity (median SD:4%) were found with a median beam-on time of 17/9 min for the upper/lower plan. All patients were successfully treated and transplanted. CONCLUSIONS TBI delivered with the topotherapy approach robustly guarantees adequate coverage and dose homogeneity. Semi-automatic clinical plans can be quickly generated and efficiently delivered.
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- Sara Broggi
- Medical Physics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Medical Physics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Radiotherapy, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Radiotherapy, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Malagola M, Greco R, Santarone S, Natale A, Iori AP, Quatrocchi L, Barbieri W, Bruzzese A, Leotta S, Carotti A, Pierini A, Bernardi S, Morello E, Polverelli N, Turra A, Cattina F, Gandolfi L, Rambaldi B, Lorentino F, Serio F, Milone G, Velardi A, Foà R, Ciceri F, Russo D, Peccatori J. CMV Management with Specific Immunoglobulins: A Multicentric Retrospective Analysis on 92 Allotransplanted Patients. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis 2019; 11:e2019048. [PMID: 31528314 PMCID: PMC6736170 DOI: 10.4084/mjhid.2019.048] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
CMV represents one of the most severe life-threatening complications of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT). Pre-emptive treatment is highly effective, but toxicity and repetitive reactivation of CMV represent a significant challenge in the clinical practice. The use of anti-CMV specific immunoglobulins (Megalotect) is controversial. We retrospectively collected data on 92 patients submitted to allo-SCT for hematological malignancies, in whom Megalotect was used either for prophylaxis (n=14) or with pre-emptive therapy, together with an anti-CMV specific drug (n=78). All the patients were considered at high-risk, due to the presence of at least one risk factor for CMV reactivation. The treatment was well tolerated, with no reported infusion reactions, nor other adverse events, none of the 14 cases treated with Megalotect as prophylaxis developed CMV reactivation. 51/78 (65%) patients who received Megalotect during pre-emptive treatment achieved complete clearance of CMV viremia, and 14/51 patients (29%) developed a breakthrough CMV infection. 7/78 patients (9%) developed CMV disease. The projected 1-year OS, 1-year TRM, and 1-year RR is 74%, 15%, and 19%, respectively. No differences were observed in terms of OS, TRM, and RR by comparing patients who achieved a complete response after treatment versus those who did not. These retrospective data suggest that Megalotect is safe and well-tolerated. When used as prophylaxis, no CMV reactivation was recorded. Further prospective trials are warranted to identify the best set of patients who can benefit from Megalotect alone or in addition to anti-CMV specific drugs.
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- Michele Malagola
- Chair of Hematology, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit
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- Santo Spirito Hospital, Pescara, Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplant Center, Pescara
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- Santo Spirito Hospital, Pescara, Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplant Center, Pescara
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- Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, “Sapienza” University, Rome
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- Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, “Sapienza” University, Rome
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- Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, “Sapienza” University, Rome
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- Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, “Sapienza” University, Rome
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- Department of Medical and Surgical specialties, Hematology Section, University of Catania, Catania
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia
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- Chair of Hematology, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia
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- Chair of Hematology, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia
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- Chair of Hematology, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia
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- Chair of Hematology, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia
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- Chair of Hematology, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia
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- Chair of Hematology, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia
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- Chair of Hematology, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit
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- Department of Medical and Surgical specialties, Hematology Section, University of Catania, Catania
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia
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- Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, “Sapienza” University, Rome
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit
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- Chair of Hematology, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit
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Greco R, Barbanti MC, Mancini N, Infurnari L, Pasciuta R, Forcina A, Oltolini C, Casirati G, Mannina D, Giglio F, Messina C, Morelli M, Lorentino F, Mastaglio S, Perini T, Vago L, Scarpellini P, Carrabba MG, Stanghellini MTL, Marktel S, Assanelli A, Bernardi M, Corti C, Peccatori J, Clementi M, Ciceri F. Nanosphere's Verigene ® Blood Culture Assay to Detect Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Outbreak: A Prospective Study on 79 Hematological Patients in a Country with High Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance. Clin Hematol Int 2019; 1:120-123. [PMID: 34595420 PMCID: PMC8432392 DOI: 10.2991/chi.d.190321.001] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hematological patients. We prospectively tested a new molecular assay (Verigene®) in 79 consecutive hematological patients, with sepsis by gram-negative bacteria. A total of 82 gram-negative microorganisms were isolated by blood cultures, of which 76 cases were mono-microbial. Considering the bacteria detectable by the system, the concordance with standard blood cultures was 100%. Resistance genes were detected in 20 of the isolates and 100% were concordant with the phenotypic antibiotic resistance. Overall, this new assay correctly identified 66/82 of all the gram-negative pathogens, yielding a general sensitivity of 80.5%, and providing information on genetic antibiotic resistance in a few hours. This new molecular assay could ameliorate patient management, resulting in a more rational use of antibiotics.
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- Raffaella Greco
- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy
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