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Braidotti S, Curci D, Maestro A, Zanon D, Maximova N, Di Paolo A. Effect of early post-hematopoietic stem cell transplant tacrolimus concentration on transplant outcomes in pediatric recipients: One facility's ten-year experience of immunosuppression with tacrolimus. Int Immunopharmacol 2024; 138:112636. [PMID: 38991629 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2024.112636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
Abstract
Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common life-threatening complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), ranking as the second leading cause of death among recipients, surpassed only by disease relapse. Tacrolimus is commonly used for GVHD prophylaxis, but achieving therapeutic blood levels is challenging, particularly in pediatrics, due to the narrow therapeutic window and the high interindividual variability. The retrospective study conducted at IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo" in Italy aimed to assess the impact of early post-HSCT tacrolimus levels on transplant-related outcomes in pediatric recipients. The population pharmacokinetic model (POP/PK) was set up to describe tacrolimus pharmacokinetics. Elevated tacrolimus (>12-15 ng/ml) levels within the initial weeks post-HSCT are associated with reduced post-transplant infections (p < 0.0001) and decreased incidence of early transplant-related events (p < 0.01), including a lower incidence of acute GVHD (p < 0.05 on day 0). High tacrolimus exposure can lead to an increased risk of chronic GVHD (p < 0.0001) and reduced overall survival (p < 0.01). Personalized dosing and therapeutic monitoring of tacrolimus are crucial to ensure optimal outcomes. POP/PK could help achieve this goal, giving us a model by which we can balance immunosuppression while looking at the patient's general well-being and providing the necessary treatment.
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- Stefania Braidotti
- Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
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- Advanced Translational Diagnostic Laboratory, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
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- Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacology Department, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
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- Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacology Department, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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Cox ER, Summers C, Milano F, Dahlberg A, Bleakley M, Sandmaier BM, Thakar MS. Outcomes of patients undergoing third hematopoietic cell transplantation for hematologic malignancies. Ann Hematol 2024; 103:3737-3743. [PMID: 39003390 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-024-05774-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
Abstract
With advancements in novel therapeutics, it is unclear whether third hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT3) has a place in the treatment of recurrent hematopoietic malignancies. We evaluated patients with hematologic malignancies who underwent HCT3 between 2000-2020. Nine patients, with a median age of 18 (9-68) years at HCT3 with acute myelogenous leukemia (n = 5), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (n = 2), myelodysplastic syndrome (n = 1), or undifferentiated acute leukemia (n = 1), were identified. The median time between first HCT and HCT3 was 3.9 (0.7-13.6) years. Indication for HCT3 was relapse (n = 8) or graft failure (n = 1) after second HCT. At HCT3, seven of nine patients were in complete remission by flow cytometry. All experienced robust donor engraftment by one month after HCT3 (≥ 90% CD3) while one died at day + 24 of multi-organ failure and was not evaluable for chimerism. In total, eight patients died from relapse (n = 4), non-relapse, (n = 3) or unknown (n = 1) causes at a median of 0.6 (range, 0.1 - 9.9) years after HCT3. After HCT3, estimated overall survival at 6 months, 1 year, and 5 years was 88%, 63%, and 22%, respectively. In this highly selected group, HCT3 provided a treatment option although long-term survival was still dismal.
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- Emily R Cox
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Ohwada C, Sakaida E, Takeda Y, Doki N, Igarashi A, Onizuka M, Toyosaki M, Tanaka M, Tachibana T, Kataoka K, Kato J, Fujisawa S, Kato S, Nakasone H, Naganuma K, Saitoh T, Shono K, Hagihara M, Saito T, Usuki K, Mori T, Nakaseko C, Okamoto S, Kanda Y. Survival impact of response within the first year in a multicenter prospective observational study of chronic GVHD in a Japanese cohort. Int J Hematol 2024; 120:347-355. [PMID: 39017858 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-024-03813-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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A prospective multicenter observational study of organ response was conducted in patients with chronic GVHD diagnosed by the NIH criteria. When response was assessed at 12 months (12 M) in 118 patients, 74.6% were classified as responders and 25.4% as non-responders. The skin and oral cavity were the most frequent organs used as the basis for determining overall response. The lungs, liver, and eyes were also used in 20% of patients. Non-response decisions at 12 M were most frequent in the lungs. A significantly higher percentage of responders than non-responders completed systemic treatment (24.3% vs. 3.3%, P = 0.02). Global scoring showed significant changes, with improvement in responders and worsening in non-responders throughout the observation period. Two-year transplant-related mortality, using the 12 M assessment as the landmark, was significantly worse in non-responders (28.5% vs. 2,7%, P = 0.0001), while the 2-year recurrence rate was equivalent (5.4% vs. 4.8%, P = 0.78). Consequently, the 2-year overall survival rate from the 12 M assessment was significantly better in responders than non-responders (95% vs. 65.3%, P = 0.0001). Our data suggests that patients who do not achieve a response within the first year should be candidates for clinical studies on chronic GVHD.
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- Chikako Ohwada
- Department of Hematology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita City, Chiba, 286-8520, Japan.
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, NTT Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita City, Chiba, 286-8520, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
- Kanto Study Group for Cell Therapy (KSGCT), Tokyo, Japan
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Solomon SR, Bachier-Rodriguez L, Bashey A, Zhang X, Jackson KC, Holland HK, Morris LE, Solh MM. Impact of Graft-Versus-Host Disease on Relapse and Nonrelapse Mortality Following Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide-Based Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 2024; 30:903.e1-903.e9. [PMID: 38879167 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 06/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
Abstract
Following conventional graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis, the development of acute and/or chronic GVHD is associated with lower relapse rates. However, the effects of GVHD on relapse and non-relapse mortality following post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy)-based GVHD prophylaxis have not been well studied. To this end, we analyzed the impact of acute and chronic GVHD following PTCy-based haploidentical donor transplantation (HIDT). The analysis included 335 consecutive HIDT recipients transplanted at a single institution between 2005 and 2021. Landmark analysis (LA) and time-dependent multivariable analysis (MVA) were utilized to study the impact of GVHD development on transplant outcome. Landmarks were defined as Day +100 for acute GVHD and one-year for chronic GVHD. Recipient characteristics included a median age of 50 (19-80) years, most commonly transplanted for acute leukemia[/MDS [242]. PBSC was the graft source in 81%, and regimen intensity was myeloablative in 49%. Median follow-up was 65 (23-207) months. In landmark analysis, development of grade 3 to 4 acute GVHD (versus 0-1) was associated with inferior 3-year overall survival (OS 47% versus 64%, P = .041), due to higher NRM (25% versus 10%, P = .013). In contrast, development of grade 2 acute GVHD had no significant effect on NRM or survival. When restricted to acute leukemia/MDS patients, development of grade II acute GVHD was associated with improved OS (79% versus 58%, P = .027) and a trend towards lower relapse (24% versus 36%, P = .08). Development of moderate-to-severe chronic GVHD resulted in significantly higher NRM (15% versus 4%, P = .010), but had no impact on relapse, DFS or OS. In Cox multivariate analysis (MVA), grade 3 to 4 acute GVHD and moderate-to-severe chronic GVHD were both associated with significantly higher NRM (HR 3.38, P < .001 and HR3.35, P < .001, respectively). In addition, grade 3 to 4 acute GVHD predicted worse OS (HR 1.80, P = .007) and DFS (HR 1.55, P = .041). In contrast, relapse was not impacted by acute or chronic GVHD in MVA. Grade 2 acute GVHD was not associated with transplant outcome in MVA. In summary, both grade 3 to 4 acute and moderate-to-severe chronic GVHD were associated with higher NRM after PTCy-based HIDT, without an effect on relapse risk. Methods of early identification of such patients in order to augment GVHD prophylaxis are clearly needed.
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- Scott R Solomon
- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, Texas
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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Holtzman NG, Curtis LM, Salit RB, Shaffer BC, Pirsl F, Ostojic A, Steinberg SM, Schulz E, Wilder JS, Hughes TE, Rose J, Memon S, Korngold R, Gea-Banacloche JC, Fowler DH, Hakim FT, Gress RE, Bishop MR, Pavletic SZ. High-dose alemtuzumab and cyclosporine vs tacrolimus, methotrexate, and sirolimus for chronic graft-versus-host disease prevention. Blood Adv 2024; 8:4294-4310. [PMID: 38669315 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) remains a significant problem for patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Although in vivo lymphodepletion for cGVHD prophylaxis has been explored in the myeloablative setting, its effects after reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) are not well described. Patients (N = 83) with hematologic malignancies underwent targeted lymphodepletion chemotherapy followed by a RIC allo-HSCT using peripheral blood stem cells from unrelated donors. Patients were randomized to 2 GVHD prophylaxis arms: alemtuzumab and cyclosporine (AC; n = 44) or tacrolimus, methotrexate, and sirolimus (TMS; n = 39), with the primary end point of cumulative incidence of severe cGVHD. The incidence of severe cGVHD was lower with AC vs TMS prophylaxis at 1- and 5-years (0% vs 10.3% and 4.5% vs 28.5%; overall, P = .0002), as well as any grade (P = .003) and moderate-severe (P < .0001) cGVHD. AC was associated with higher rates of grade 3 to 4 infections (P = .02) and relapse (52% vs 21%; P = .003) with no difference in 5-year GVHD-free-, relapse-free-, or overall survival. AC severely depleted naïve T-cell reconstitution, resulting in reduced T-cell receptor repertoire diversity, smaller populations of CD4Treg and CD8Tscm, but a higher ratio of Treg to naïve T-cells at 6 months. In summary, an alemtuzumab-based regimen successfully reduced the rate and severity of cGVHD after RIC allo-HSCT and resulted in a distinct immunomodulatory profile, which may have reduced cGVHD incidence and severity. However, increased infections and relapse resulted in a lack of survival benefit after long-term follow-up. This trial was registered at www.ClinicalTrials.gov as #NCT00520130.
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- Noa G Holtzman
- Immune Deficiency Cellular Therapy Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Ascension Maryland Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Immune Deficiency Cellular Therapy Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Immune Deficiency Cellular Therapy Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Biostatistics and Data Management Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Immune Deficiency Cellular Therapy Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Clinical Monitoring Research Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc, Frederick, MD
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- Department of Pharmacy, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Rapa Therapeutics, Rockville, MD
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Department of Hematology/Oncology, David and Etta Jonas Center for Cellular Therapy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Immune Deficiency Cellular Therapy Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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Tamaki M, Akahoshi Y, Inamoto Y, Morita K, Uchida N, Doki N, Tanaka M, Nishida T, Ohigashi H, Nakamae H, Onizuka M, Katayama Y, Matsuoka KI, Sawa M, Ishimaru F, Kanda Y, Fukuda T, Atsuta Y, Terakura S, Kanda J. Associations between acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease. Blood Adv 2024; 8:4250-4261. [PMID: 38985337 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024013442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024] Open
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ABSTRACT Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is 1 of the major complications after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Although various risk factors for chronic GVHD have been reported, limited data are available regarding the impact of acute GVHD on chronic GVHD. We examined the association between acute and chronic GVHD using a Japanese registry data set. The landmark point was set at day 100 after allo-HCT, and patients who died or relapsed before the landmark point were excluded. In total, 14 618 and 6135 patients who underwent allo-HCT with bone marrow or peripheral blood (BM/PB) and with umbilical cord blood (UCB), respectively, were analyzed. In the BM/PB cohort, the risk for chronic GVHD that requires systemic steroids increased with each increase in acute GVHD grade from 0 to 2 (grade 0 vs 1 [hazard ratio (HR), 1.32; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.19-1.46; P < .001]; grade 1 vs 2 [HR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.28-1.56; P < .001]), but the risk was similar between acute GVHD grade 2 and grade 3 to 4 (HR, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.91-1.15; P = 1.0). These findings were confirmed in the UCB cohort. We further observed that the risk for severe chronic GVHD increased with each increment in the grade of acute GVHD, even between acute GVHD grade 2 and grade 3 to (grade 2 vs 3-4: HR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.12-2.58; P = .025). In conclusion, the preceding profiles of acute GVHD should help to stratify the risk for chronic GVHD and its severity, which might be useful for the development of risk-adopted preemptive strategies for chronic GVHD.
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- Masaharu Tamaki
- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
- Division of Emerging Medicine for Integrated Therapeutics, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
- Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Bone and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daiichi Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Japan
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- Technical Department, Japanese Red Cross Society Blood Service Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
- Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Japanese Data Center for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Nagakute, Japan
- Department of Registry Science for Transplant and Cellular Therapy, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Nakao S, Tsukamoto S, Takeda Y, Ohwada C, Ri C, Izumi S, Kamata Y, Matsui S, Shibamiya A, Ishii A, Takaishi K, Takahashi K, Shiko Y, Oshima-Hasegawa N, Muto T, Mimura N, Yokote K, Nakaseko C, Sakaida E. Clinical impact of airflow obstruction after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Int J Hematol 2024:10.1007/s12185-024-03831-y. [PMID: 39190255 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-024-03831-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2024] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
Abstract
Criteria for airflow obstruction (AFO) at one year after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are more stringent than the bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) criteria of the National Institutes of Health. This single-center, retrospective cohort study evaluated the clinical impact of the AFO criteria at any time after transplantation. In 132 patients who underwent allo-HSCT from 2006 to 2016, the 2-year cumulative incidence of AFO was 35.0%, and the median time to diagnosis of AFO was 101 days after transplantation (range 35-716 days). Overall chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) incidence was significantly higher in patients with AFO than in those without AFO (80.4% vs. 47.7%, P < 0.01); notably, 37.0% of patients with AFO developed cGVHD after AFO diagnosis. AFO patients developed BOS with a 5-year cumulative incidence of 49.1% after AFO onset. The 5-year cumulative incidence of non-relapse mortality in the AFO group was higher than that in the non-AFO group (24.7% vs. 7.1%, P < 0.01). These results suggest that closely monitoring PFTs within two years after allo-HSCT, regardless of cGVHD status, is important for early detection of AFO and prevention of progression to BOS. (192words).
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- Sanshiro Nakao
- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Hematology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Biostatistics Section, Clinical Research Centre, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Biostatistics Section, Clinical Research Centre, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan.
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
- Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
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Fraccaroli A, Stauffer E, Haebe S, Prevalsek D, Weiss L, Dorman K, Drolle H, von Bergwelt-Baildon M, Stemmler HJ, Herold T, Tischer J. Treosulfan-Versus Melphalan-Based Reduced Intensity Conditioning in HLA-Haploidentical Transplantation for Patients ≥ 50 Years with Advanced MDS/AML. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:2859. [PMID: 39199629 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16162859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2024] [Revised: 08/11/2024] [Accepted: 08/14/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Relapse and regimen-related toxicities remain major challenges in achieving long-term survival, particularly among older patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML) undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Previous studies have demonstrated the feasibility of treosulfan-based conditioning, noting stable engraftment and low non-relapse mortality (NRM) in patients undergoing HLA-matched allo-HSCT. However, data on treosulfan-based conditioning in the HLA-haploidentical transplantation (HaploT) setting are limited. We retrospectively compared conditioning with fludarabine-cyclophosphamide (FC)-melphalan (110 mg/m2) and FC-treosulfan (30 g/m2) prior to HaploT using post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) in patients with high-risk MDS/AML patients ≥ 50 years, transplanted from 2009-2021 at our institution (n = 80). After balancing patient characteristics by a matched-pair analysis, we identified twenty-one matched pairs. Two-year OS and LFS were similar among the groups (OS 66% and LFS 66%, p = 0.8 and p = 0.57). However, FC-melphalan was associated with a significantly lower probability of relapse compared to FC-treosulfan (0% vs. 24%, p = 0.006), counterbalanced by a higher NRM (33% vs. 10%, p = 0.05). Time to engraftment and incidences of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) did not differ significantly. In conclusion, HaploT using FC-treosulfan in combination with PTCy in patients aged ≥50 years with MDS/AML appears safe and effective, particularly in advanced disease stages. We confirm the favorable extramedullary toxicity profile, allowing for potential dose intensification to enhance antileukemic activity.
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- Alessia Fraccaroli
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, a Partnership between the DKFZ Heidelberg and the University Hospital of the LMU, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine III, LMU University Hospital, 81377 Munich, Germany
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Braidotti S, Granzotto M, Curci D, Faganel Kotnik B, Maximova N. Advancing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Outcomes through Immunotherapy: A Comprehensive Review of Optimizing Non-CAR Donor T-Lymphocyte Infusion Strategies. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1853. [PMID: 39200317 PMCID: PMC11351482 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12081853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2024] [Revised: 08/07/2024] [Accepted: 08/11/2024] [Indexed: 09/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Optimized use of prophylactic or therapeutic donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI) is aimed at improving clinical outcomes in patients with malignant and non-malignant hematological diseases who have undergone allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Memory T-lymphocytes (CD45RA-/CD45RO+) play a crucial role in immune reconstitution post-HSCT. The infusion of memory T cells is proven to be safe and effective in improving outcomes due to the enhanced reconstitution of immunity and increased protection against viremia, without exacerbating graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) risks. Studies indicate their persistence and efficacy in combating viral pathogens, suggesting a viable therapeutic avenue for patients. Conversely, using virus-specific T cells for viremia control presents challenges, such as regulatory hurdles, cost, and production time compared to CD45RA-memory T lymphocytes. Additionally, the modulation of regulatory T cells (Tregs) for therapeutic use has become an important area of investigation in GVHD, playing a pivotal role in immune tolerance modulation, potentially mitigating GVHD and reducing pharmacological immunosuppression requirements. Finally, donor T cell-mediated graft-versus-leukemia immune responses hold promise in curbing relapse rates post-HSCT, providing a multifaceted approach to therapeutic intervention in high-risk disease scenarios. This comprehensive review underscores the multifaceted roles of T lymphocytes in HSCT outcomes and identifies avenues for further research and clinical application.
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- Stefania Braidotti
- Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, 34137 Trieste, Italy;
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina (ASU GI), 34125 Trieste, Italy;
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- Advanced Translational Diagnostic Laboratory, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, 34137 Trieste, Italy;
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, 34137 Trieste, Italy;
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Janscak M, Stelmes A, van den Berg J, Heim D, Halter J, Drexler B, Arranto C, Passweg J, Medinger M. Influence of comorbidities on outcome in 1102 patients with an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024:10.1038/s41409-024-02395-z. [PMID: 39138337 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02395-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 07/29/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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The hematopoietic comorbidity risk index (HCT-CI) is a pre-transplant risk assessment tool used to qualify comorbidities to predict non-relapse mortality (NRM) of patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). HSCT procedures continue to improve. Therefore, the predictive value of HCT-CI needs to be re-evaluated. Our study is a retrospective analysis of pre-existing comorbidities assessing the relevance of the HCT-CI on the outcome of consecutive patients (n = 1102) undergoing allo-HSCT from 2006-2021. HCT-CI was classified as low (HCT-CI 0), intermediate (HCT-CI 1-2) and high-risk (HCT-CI ≥ 3). At 10 years, NRM for low, intermediate, and high-risk HCT-CI group was 21.0%, 26.0%, and 25.8% (p = 0.04). NRM difference was significant between low to intermediate (p < 0.001), but not between intermediate to high-risk HCT-CI (p = 0.22). Overall survival (OS) at 10 years differed significantly with 49.9%, 39.8%, and 31.1%, respectively (p < 0.001). In multivariate analysis of HCT-CI organ subgroups, cardiac disease was most strongly associated with NRM (HR = 1.73, p = 0.02) and OS (HR = 1.77, p < 0.001). All other individual organ comorbidities influenced NRM to a lesser extent. Further, donor (HR = 2.20, p < 0.001 for unrelated and HR = 2.17, p = 0.004 for mismatched related donor), disease status (HR = 1.41, p = 0.03 for advanced disease) and previous HSCT (HR = 1.55, p = 0.009) were associated with NRM. Improvement in transplant techniques and supportive care may have improved outcome with respect to comorbidities.
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- Marie Janscak
- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Grosso D, Wagner JL, O’Connor A, Keck K, Huang Y, Wang ZX, Mehler H, Leiby B, Flomenberg P, Gergis U, Nikbakht N, Morris M, Karp J, Peedin A, Flomenberg N. Safety and feasibility of third-party cytotoxic T lymphocytes for high-risk patients with COVID-19. Blood Adv 2024; 8:4113-4124. [PMID: 38885482 PMCID: PMC11345373 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024013344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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ABSTRACT Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) destroy virally infected cells and are critical for the elimination of viral infections such as those caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Delayed and dysfunctional adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 are associated with poor outcomes. Treatment with allogeneic SARS-CoV-2-specific CTLs may enhance cellular immunity in high-risk patients providing a safe, direct mechanism of treatment. Thirty high-risk ambulatory patients with COVID-19 were enrolled in a phase 1 trial assessing the safety of third party, SARS-CoV-2-specific CTLs. Twelve interventional patients, 6 of whom were immunocompromised, matched the HLA-A∗02:01 restriction of the CTLs and received a single infusion of 1 of 4 escalating doses of a product containing 68.5% SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ CTLs/total cells. Symptom improvement and resolution in these patients was compared with an observational group of 18 patients lacking HLA-A∗02:01 who could receive standard of care. No dose-limiting toxicities were observed at any dosing level. Nasal swab polymerase chain reaction testing showed ≥88% and >99% viral elimination from baseline in all patients at 4 and 14 days after infusion, respectively. The CTLs did not interfere with the development of endogenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 humoral or cellular responses. T-cell receptor β analysis showed persistence of donor-derived SARS-CoV-2-specific CTLs through the end of the 6-month follow-up period. Interventional patients consistently reported symptomatic improvement 2 to 3 days after infusion, whereas improvement was more variable in observational patients. SARS-CoV-2-specific CTLs are a potentially feasible cellular therapy for COVID-19 illness. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT04765449.
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- Dolores Grosso
- Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Molecular and Genomic Pathology Laboratory, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Cancer Biology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Cutaneous Lymphoma Clinic, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Washington Township Hospital, Sewell, NJ
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- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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Koca DS, Dietrich-Ntoukas T. Frequency of Topical Immunomodulatory and Immunosuppressive Therapies for Ocular Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease. J Clin Med 2024; 13:4728. [PMID: 39200870 PMCID: PMC11355837 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13164728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2024] [Revised: 08/04/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/02/2024] Open
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Introduction: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the frequency of topical immunomodulatory and immunosuppressive therapies in patients with ocular chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) in consideration of inflammatory activity and systemic immunosuppressive therapies in a tertiary care university hospital setting. Methods: We included 95 adult patients (48 male, 47 female) with ocular chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after alloHSCT (median age 49.5 years). Clinical ophthalmological findings and the grade of ocular cGVHD according to the NIH eye score and the German-Austrian-Swiss Consensus (GAS) Grading were analyzed. Systemic GVHD manifestations as well as the prevalence of topical and systemic (immunomodulatory) therapies were assessed. Results: A total of 74 of 95 patients (77.8%) had manifestations of systemic chronic graft-versus-host disease other than ocular GVHD. 68.42% (65/95) of patients were under systemic immunosuppressive therapy with at least one immunosuppressive medication. All patients (95/95) received lid-margin hygiene and phosphate- and preservative-free lubricating eye drops. Twenty-five percent of the cohort (24/95) were treated with autologous serum eye drops (ASEDs). In total, 80% (76/95) of patients required topical steroid therapy to treat acute exacerbation of inflammation at least once; continuous topical steroid therapy was only necessary for a minor part (12%) with refractory chronic inflammation. A total of 92.63% (88/95) were primarily treated with ciclosporin A 0.1% as Ikervis®, of whom at least one third did not continue the therapy because of intolerable side effects during follow-up and received alternative topical formulations. Conclusions: Our data show that patients with ocular cGVHD mostly need topical therapy including anti-inflammatory agents despite systemic immunosuppressive therapy. In our cohort, 80% of patients received topical steroids, and more than 90% received topical ciclosporin A eye drops, which were tolerated by only two thirds of patients due to side effects.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Charité—University Medicine Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany;
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Arslan S, Desai A, Yang D, Mokhtari S, Tiemann K, Otoukesh S, Samara Y, Blackmon A, Agrawal V, Pourhassan H, Amanam I, Ball B, Koller P, Salhotra A, Aribi A, Becker P, Curtin P, Artz A, Aldoss I, Ali H, Stewart F, Smith E, Stein A, Marcucci G, Forman SJ, Nakamura R, Al Malki MM. Total Body Irradiation and Fludarabine with Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide for Mismatched Related or Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 2024:S2666-6367(24)00585-2. [PMID: 39122188 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2024] [Revised: 07/31/2024] [Accepted: 08/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024]
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Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) remains the sole curative treatment for most patients with hematologic malignancies. A well-matched donor (related or unrelated) remains the preferred donor for patients undergoing allogeneic HCT; however, a large number of patients rely on alternative donor choices of mismatched related (haploidentical) or unrelated donors to access HCT. In this retrospective study, we investigated outcomes of patients who underwent mismatched donor (related or unrelated) HCT with a radiation-based myeloablative conditioning MAC regimen in combination with fludarabine, and post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) as higher-intensity graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. We retrospectively assessed HCT outcomes in 155 patients who underwent mismatched donor HCT (related/haploidentical versus unrelated [MMUD]) with fractionated-total body irradiation (fTBI) plus fludarabine and PTCy as GVHD prophylaxis at City of Hope from 2015 to 2021. Diagnoses included acute lymphoblastic leukemia (46.5%), acute myelogenous leukemia (36.1%), and myelodysplastic syndrome (6.5%). The median age at HCT was 38 years, and 126 patients (81.3%) were an ethnic minority. The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Comorbidity Index was ≥3 in 36.1% of the patients, and 29% had a Disease Risk Index (DRI) of high/very high. The donor type was haploidentical in 67.1% of cases and MMUD in 32.9%. At 2 years post-HCT, disease-free survival (DFS) was 75.4% and overall survival (OS) was 80.6% for all subjects. Donor type did not impact OS (hazard ratio [HR], .72; 95% confidence interval [CI], .35 to 1.49; P = .37) and DFS (HR, .78; 95% CI, .41 to 1.48; P = .44), but younger donors was associated with less grade III-IV acute GVHD (HR, 6.60; 95% CI, 1.80 to 24.19; P = .004) and less moderate or severe chronic GVHD (HR, 3.53; 95% CI, 1.70 to 7.34; P < .001), with a trend toward better survival (P = .099). The use of an MMUD was associated with significantly faster neutrophil recovery (median, 15 days versus 16 days; P = .014) and platelet recovery (median, 18 days versus 24 days; P = .029); however, there was no difference in GVHD outcomes between the haploidentical donor and MMUD groups. Nonrelapse mortality (HR, .86; 95% CI, .34 to 2.20; P = .76) and relapse risk (HR, .78; 95% CI, .33 to 1.85; P = .57) were comparable in the 2 groups. Patient age <40 years and low-intermediate DRI showed a DFS benefit (P = .004 and .029, respectively). High or very high DRI was the only predictor of increased relapse (HR, 2.89; 95% CI, 1.32 to 6.34; P = .008). In conclusion, fludarabine/fTBI with PTCy was well-tolerated in mismatched donor HCT, regardless of donor relationship to the patient, provided promising results, and increased access to HCT for patients without a matched donor, especially patients from ethnic minorities and patients of mixed race.
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- Shukaib Arslan
- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Clinical and Translational Project Development, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Clinical and Translational Project Development, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
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Kielsen K, Møller DL, Pedersen AE, Nielsen CH, Ifversen M, Ryder LP, Müller K. Cytomegalovirus infection is associated with thymic dysfunction and chronic graft-versus-host disease after pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Clin Immunol 2024; 265:110302. [PMID: 38942161 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2024.110302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2024] [Revised: 06/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is challenged by chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) significantly affecting survival and long-term morbidity, but underlying mechanisms including the impact of post-HSCT CMV infection are sparsely studied. We first investigated the impact of CMV infection for development of cGvHD in 322 children undergoing standard myeloablative HSCT between 2000 and 2018. Clinically significant CMV infection (n = 61) was an independent risk factor for chronic GvHD in a multivariable Cox regression analysis (HR = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.18-3.97, P = 0.013). We next explored the underlying mechanisms in a subcohort of 39 children. CMV infection was followed by reduced concentration of recent thymic emigrants (17.5 vs. 51.9 × 106/L, P = 0.048) and naïve CD4+ and CD8+ T cells at 6 months post-HSCT (all P < 0.05). Furthermore, CD25highFOXP3+ Tregs tended to be lower in patients with CMV infection (2.9 vs. 9.6 × 106/L, P = 0.055), including Tregs expressing the naivety markers CD45RA and Helios. CD8+ T-cell numbers rose after CMV infection and was dominated by exhausted PD1-expressing cells (66% vs. 39%, P = 0.023). These findings indicate that post-HSCT CMV infection is a main risk factor for development of chronic GvHD after pediatric HSCT and suggest that this effect is caused by reduced thymic function with a persistently impaired production of naïve and regulatory T cells in combination with increased peripheral T-cell exhaustion.
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- Katrine Kielsen
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Primary Immune Deficiency, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Institute for Inflammation Research, Department of Rheumatology and Spine Disease, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Departmen of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Primary Immune Deficiency, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Institute for Inflammation Research, Department of Rheumatology and Spine Disease, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute for Inflammation Research, Department of Rheumatology and Spine Disease, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Primary Immune Deficiency, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Departmen of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Primary Immune Deficiency, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Institute for Inflammation Research, Department of Rheumatology and Spine Disease, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Loke J, Labopin M, Craddock C, Socié G, Gedde-Dahl T, Blaise D, Forcade E, Salmenniemi U, Huynh A, Versluis J, Yakoub-Agha I, Labussière-Wallet H, Maertens J, Passweg J, Bulabois CE, Gabellier L, Mielke S, Castilla-Llorente C, Deconinck E, Brissot E, Nagler A, Ciceri F, Mohty M. Prognostic impact of number of induction courses to attain complete remission in patients with acute myeloid leukemia transplanted with either a matched sibling or human leucocyte antigen 10/10 or 9/10 unrelated donor: An Acute Leukemia Working Party European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation study. Cancer 2024; 130:2642-2651. [PMID: 38581695 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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INTRODUCTION For the majority of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) an allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) in first complete remission (CR) is preferred. However, whether the number of courses required to achieve CR has a prognostic impact is unclear. It is unknown which factors remain important in patients requiring more than one course of induction to attain remission. METHODS This Acute Leukaemia Working Party study from the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation identified adults who received an allograft in first CR from either a fully matched sibling or 10/10 or 9/10 human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-matched unrelated donor (HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DR, or HLA-DQ). Univariate and multivariate analyses were undertaken to identify the prognostic impact of one or two courses of induction to attain CR. RESULTS A total of 4995 patients were included with 3839 (77%) patients attaining a CR following one course of induction chemotherapy (IND1), and 1116 patients requiring two courses (IND2) to attain CR. IND2 as compared to IND1 was a poor prognostic factor in a univariate analysis and remained so in a multivariate Cox model, resulting in an increased hazard ratio of relapse (1.38; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.16-1.64; p = .0003) and of death (1.27; 95% CI, 1.09-1.47; p = .002). Adverse prognostic factors in a multivariate analysis of the outcomes of patients requiring IND2 included age, FLT3-ITD, adverse cytogenetics, and performance status. Pretransplant measurable residual disease retained a prognostic impact regardless of IND1 or IND2. CONCLUSION Initial response to chemotherapy as determined by number of courses to attain CR, retained prognostic relevance even following SCT in CR.
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- Justin Loke
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Acute Leukaemia Working Party, Paris Study Office, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Paris, France
- Hematology Department, AP-HP, Sorbonne Universités, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris, France
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- Birmingham Centre for Cellular Therapy and Transplantation, Centre for Clinical Haematology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- University of Warwick, Warwick, UK
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- Department of Hematology-BMT, Hopital St. Louis, Paris, France
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- Hematology Department, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet Clinic for Cancer Medicine, Oslo, Norway
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- Programme de Transplantation & Therapie Cellulaire Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Marseille, France
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- HUCH Comprehensive Cancer Center, Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Helsinki, Finland
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- CHU-Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse, Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Erasmus MC Cancer Institute University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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- Département d`Hématologie Clinique, CHU Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Université de Franche-Comté, EFS, INSERM, UMR RIGHT, Besançon, France
- Hématologie, CHU Besançon, Besançon, France
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- Hematology Department, AP-HP, Sorbonne Universités, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris, France
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- Hematology Division, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology Department, AP-HP, Sorbonne Universités, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris, France
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Rathje K, Gagelmann N, Salit RB, Schroeder T, Gurnari C, Pagliuca S, Panagiota V, Rautenberg C, Cassinat B, Thol F, Robin M, Oechsler S, Heuser M, Rubio MT, Maciejewski JP, Reinhardt HC, Scott BL, Kröger N. Anti-T-lymphocyte globulin improves GvHD-free and relapse-free survival in myelofibrosis after matched related or unrelated donor transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024; 59:1154-1160. [PMID: 38773281 PMCID: PMC11296946 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02291-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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Acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) are major complications of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT). In vivo T-cell depletion with anti-T-lymphocyte globulin (ATLG) as part of the conditioning regimen prior to alloHCT is frequently used as GvHD prophylaxis, but data on its role in myelofibrosis is scarce. We took advantage of an international collaborative network to investigate the impact of ATLG in myelofibrosis undergoing first alloHCT. We included 707 patients (n = 469 ATLG and n = 238 non-ATLG prophylaxis). The cumulative incidence of acute GvHD grade II-IV was 30% for the ATLG group vs. 56% for the non-ATLG group (P < 0.001). Acute GvHD grade III-IV occurred in 20% vs. 25%, respectively (P = 0.01). Incidence of mild-to-severe chronic GvHD was 49% vs. 50% (P = 0.52), while ATLG showed significantly lower rates of severe chronic GvHD (7% vs. 18%; P = 0.04). GvHD-free and relapse-free survival (GRFS) at 6 years was 45% for the ATLG group vs. 37% for the non-ATLG group (P = 0.02), driven by significantly improved GRFS of ATLG in matched related and matched unrelated donors. No significant differences in risk for relapse, non-relapse mortality, and overall survival were observed. Multivariable modeling for GRFS showed a 48% reduced risk of GvHD, relapse, or death when using ATLG.
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- Kristin Rathje
- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Translational Hematology and Oncology Research Department, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Nancy University Hospital, and UMR 7365, University of Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- APHP, Laboratoire de biologie cellulaire, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Service d'Hématologie-Greffe, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Nancy University Hospital, and UMR 7365, University of Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Translational Hematology and Oncology Research Department, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Kim NH, Hamadani M, Abedin S. New investigational drugs for steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease: a review of the literature. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2024; 33:791-799. [PMID: 38973782 PMCID: PMC11305901 DOI: 10.1080/13543784.2024.2377322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (SR-aGVHD) remains a formidable obstacle in the field of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), significantly contributing to patient morbidity and mortality. The current therapeutic landscape for SR-aGVHD is limited, often yielding suboptimal results, thereby emphasizing the urgent need for innovative and effective treatments. AREAS COVERED In light of the pivotal REACH2 trial, ruxolitinib phosphate, a Janus kinase inhibitor, has gained prominence as the standard treatment for SR-aGVHD. Nevertheless, a considerable number of patients either do not respond to or cannot tolerate this therapy. This review delves into emerging treatments for SR-aGVHD, including mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), CD3/CD7 blockade, neihulizumab, begelomab, tocilizumab, and vedolizumab. While some of these agents have shown encouraging results in early-phase trials, issues such as treatment-related toxicities and inconsistent responses in larger studies highlight the necessity for ongoing research. EXPERT OPINION Current trials exploring new agents and combination therapies offer hope for fulfilling the unmet clinical needs in SR-aGVHD, potentially leading to more effective and precise treatment strategies.
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- Na Hyun Kim
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Wachowiak J, Galimard JE, Dalissier A, Rihani R, AlSaedi H, Wynn RF, Dalle JH, Peffault de Latour R, Sedlacek P, Balduzzi A, Schroeder T, Bodova I, Gonzalez Vicent M, Gruhn B, Hamladji RM, Krivan G, Patrick K, Sobkowiak-Sobierajska A, Stepensky P, Unal A, Amrolia P, Perez Martinez A, Rialland F, Aljurf M, Isgro A, Toren A, Bierings M, Corbacioglu S, Kałwak K. Outcomes of allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation for myelofibrosis in children and adolescents: the retrospective study of the EBMT Paediatric Diseases WP. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024; 59:1057-1069. [PMID: 38627449 PMCID: PMC11296951 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02286-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
Abstract
This retrospective study evaluated 35 children (median age 5.2 years; range 0.4-18) with myelofibrosis (MF), including 33 with primary myelofibrosis and 2 with secondary myelofibrosis transplanted from matched sibling donor (MSD) (n = 17) or non-MSD (n = 18) between 2000 and 2022. Conditioning was usually chemotherapy-based (n = 33) and myeloablative (n = 32). Fifteen patients received bone marrow (BM), 14 haematopoietic cells (HC) from peripheral blood (PB), and 6 from cord blood (CB). Day +100 acute GvHD II-IV incidence was significantly lower after MSD-haematopoietic cell transplantation (MSD-HCT) than after non-MSD-HCT [18.8% (4.3-41.1) vs 58.8% (31-78.6); p = 0.01]. Six-year non-relapse mortality (NRM) was 18% (7.1-32.8), relapse incidence was 15.9% (5.6-30.9), progression-free survival (PFS) was 66.1% (47-79.7), GvHD-free relapse-free survival was 50% (30.6-66.7), and overall survival (OS) was 71.1% (51.4-84). Six-year PFS and OS were significantly higher after BM transplantation compared to HCT from other sources [85.1% (52.3-96.1) vs 50.8% (26.3-71), p = 0.03, and 90.9% (50.8-98.7) vs 54% (28.1-74.2), p = 0.01, respectively], whereas NRM was significantly lower [0% vs 32% (12.3-53.9); p = 0.02]. This first multicentre study on outcomes of allogeneic HCT in children with myelofibrosis proves feasibility and curative effect of transplantation in these children, suggests that bone marrow transplantation is associated with better outcomes, and indicates the need for further studies.
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- Jacek Wachowiak
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
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- EBMT Paris Study Office, Paris, France
- Department of Haematology, Saint Antoine Hospital, INSERM UMR 938, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- EBMT Paris Study Office, Paris, France
- Department of Haematology, Saint Antoine Hospital, INSERM UMR 938, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris Cité Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czechia
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- University Children's Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Centre Pierre et Marie Curie, Service Hématologie Greffe de Moëlle, Alger, Algeria
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Central Hospital for Southern Pest, National Institute for Hematology and Infectology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- BMT and Cancer Immunotherapy Department, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Center Erciyes University Medical School, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Hotel Dieu, CHU Nantes Dept. D'Hematologie, Nantes, France
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- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (Adult), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Edmond & Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology & BMT, Sheba Medical Center, Tel_Hashomer, Israel
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- Princess Maxima Center, University Hospital for Children (WKZ), Stem cell transplantation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Stem Cell Transplant, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department and Clinic of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Ayuk F, Wagner-Drouet EM, Wolff D, von Huenerbein N, von Pein UM, Klyuchnikov E, von Harsdorf S, Koenecke C, Sayer H, Kröger N. Treatment of newly diagnosed moderate or severe chronic graft-versus-host disease with prednisone and everolimus (PredEver first): a prospective multicenter phase IIA study. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024; 59:1092-1096. [PMID: 38698080 PMCID: PMC11296949 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02289-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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Although most patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) show initial response to first-line therapy, long-term clinically meaningful success of first-line treatment remains rare. In a prospective multicentre phase II trial in 6 German centers, patients with newly diagnosed moderate or severe cGVHD received prednisone and everolimus for 12 months followed by a 1-year follow-up period. Primary endpoint was treatment success (TS) at 6 months defined as patient being alive, achieving PR or CR of cGVHD, having no relapse of underlying disease and requiring no secondary treatment for cGVHD. Of the 34 patients evaluable for efficacy, 19 (56%) had TS at 6 months with 22 and 52% of the patients in a CR and PR respectively. Overall 30 patients (88%) had a CR or PR as best response, nearly all responses (29/30) occurring within the first 6 weeks of treatment. The cumulative incidence of treatment failure at 1 year was 63%, corresponding to 37% TS. Predefined safety endpoint (thrombotic microangiopathy, pneumonitis, and avascular necrosis) were not observed in any patient. Addition of everolimus to prednisolone is well tolerated and may improve long-term treatment success. Larger studies are necessary to ascertain the possible role of everolimus in first-line treatment of cGVHD.
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- Francis Ayuk
- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Pneumology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Department of Medicine, Diakonie Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, MHH, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Medical Center Jena, Jena, Germany
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Helios Klinikum Erfurt, University Campus of the Health and Medical University, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Shanthikumar S, Gower WA, Cooke KR, Bergeron A, Schultz KR, Barochia A, Tamae-Kakazu M, Charbek E, Reardon EE, Calvo C, Casey A, Cheng PC, Cole TS, Davies SM, Das S, De A, Deterding RR, Liptzin DR, Mechinaud F, Rayment JH, Robinson PD, Siddaiah R, Stone A, Srinivasin S, Towe CT, Yanik GA, Iyer NP, Goldfarb SB. Diagnosis of Post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Children: Time for a Rethink? Transplant Cell Ther 2024; 30:760-769. [PMID: 38897861 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 04/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is undertaken in children with the aim of curing a range of malignant and nonmalignant conditions. Unfortunately, pulmonary complications, especially bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), are significant sources of morbidity and mortality post-HSCT. Currently, criteria developed by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) working group are used to diagnose BOS in children post-HSCT. Unfortunately, during the development of a recent American Thoracic Society (ATS) Clinical Practice Guideline on this topic, it became apparent that the NIH criteria have significant limitations in the pediatric population, leading to late diagnosis of BOS. Specific limitations include use of an outdated pulmonary function testing reference equation, a reliance on spirometry, use of a fixed forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) threshold, focus on obstructive defects defined by FEV1/vital capacity, and failure to acknowledge that BOS and infection can coexist. In this review, we summarize the evidence regarding the limitations of the current criteria. We also suggest potential evidence-based ideas for improving these criteria. Finally, we highlight a new proposed criteria for post-HSCT BOS in children that were developed by the authors of the recently published ATS clinical practice guideline, along with a pathway forward for improving timely diagnosis of BOS in children post-HSCT.
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- Shivanthan Shanthikumar
- Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Respiratory Diseases, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Oncology, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Pneumology Department, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT, BC Children's Research Institute/UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Laboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Corewell Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Department of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Michigan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Pediatric Hematology and Immunology Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris Cité University, Paris, France; Human Immunology, Pathophysiology and Immunotherapy, INSERM UMR-976, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Children's Cancer Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Infection & immunity, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Chief Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Pediatric Hematology and Immunology Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris Cité University, Paris, France
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Queensland, Australia; Children's Health and Environment Program, Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia; Airway Physiology and Imaging Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, New South Wales, Australia
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Neonatology, Fetal and Neonatal Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Lauener MP, Tanaka E, Mei A, Abdossamadi S, Ostroumov E, Geltink RIK, Malarkannan S, Schultz KR. Expansion and characterization of immune suppressive CD56(bright)Perforin(-) regulatory-like natural killer cells in chronic graft-versus-host disease. Cytotherapy 2024:S1465-3249(24)00803-X. [PMID: 39127925 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2024.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/20/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). Previously, in large patient cohorts, we identified increased numbers of CD56brightPerforin- regulatory-like NK cells (NKreg-like) associated with cGvHD suppression. Thus, we hypothesized that NKreg-like cells may be a potential candidate for cGvHD cell therapy. AIM To expand NKreg-like cells while maintaining regulatory phenotype and function. METHODS Total NK cells were first expanded with IL-2, which was then combined with rapamycin, Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 (TGF-β1), NECA (Adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR) agonist), metformin, or dexamethasone, to prevent change in cell phenotype/function. The functional characteristics were evaluated via T cell suppression assays and the phenotype was measured using flow cytometry. The optimal expansion protocol was compared in terms of function and metabolism for three NK expansion media, and cells from cord vs. peripheral blood. Further, expanded NKreg-like cell gene expression was characterized using bulk RNA sequencing. Finally, NKreg-like cells were differentiated from CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and compared in terms of proliferation and function. RESULTS The expansion of total NK cells found the addition of TGF-β1 and/or NECA with the pulsing of rapamycin in IL-2 containing media to prevent NKreg-like differentiation (up to 200-fold expansion). Expanded NKreg-like cells maintained a phenotype, transcriptome, and T cell suppression similar to freshly isolated NKreg-like cells. NKreg-like expansion was greatest in the Immunocult media (up to 300-fold), and NKreg-like cells from peripheral blood demonstrated significantly greater proliferation than cells isolated from cord blood (65-fold). The metabolic profile of NKreg-like and cytolytic NK cells appeared similar at baseline, though rapamycin induced a shift to oxidative over glycolytic metabolism. Further, we demonstrated that suppressive NKreg-like cells may alternatively be expanded from CD34+ cells isolated from cord blood, reaching an average 340-fold expansion. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, our studies have optimized two alternative expansion approaches for deriving functional NKreg-like cells. Additionally, evaluating the transcriptomic and metabolic characteristics provides useful information regarding NKreg-like cell function and differentiation. With further optimization and in vivo validation, we may work towards preparing these cells as a therapy for cGvHD.
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- Madeline P Lauener
- Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MCW, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MCW, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Bangolo A, Dey S, Nagesh VK, Gumer K, Avetisyan L, Islam S, Sahotra M, Millett M, Alqinai B, Pender S, Dunraj Y, Syeda H, Tasneem B, Duran M, Deugd ND, Thakur P, Weissman S, Cho C. Role of Endoscopic Techniques in the Diagnosis of Complications of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Review of the Literature. J Clin Med 2024; 13:4343. [PMID: 39124609 PMCID: PMC11313381 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13154343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2024] [Revised: 07/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (Allo-SCT) implies that a donor and a recipient are not genetically identical. Allo-SCT is used to cure a variety of conditions, including hematologic malignancies using the graft versus tumor effect, nonmalignant hematologic, immune deficiencies, and, more recently, genetic disorders and inborn errors of metabolism. Given the immunosuppressive and myeloablative nature of some of the conditioning chemotherapy regimens used during the Allo-SCT, patients are often at high risk of infection, including viral infections affecting the gastrointestinal tract, following the transplant. Furthermore, other complications such as hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) or graft-versus-host disease may occur post-transplant and may require endoscopy to assist in the diagnosis. This review will provide newer insights into the importance of endoscopic techniques in the diagnosis of post-Allo-SCT complications with a focus on safety and timing.
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- Ayrton Bangolo
- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HMH Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ 07047, USA; (A.B.)
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA
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Sadowska-Klasa A, Özkök S, Xie H, Leisenring W, Zamora D, Seo S, Sheldon J, Lee SJ, Jerome KR, Green ML, Boeckh M. Late cytomegalovirus disease after hematopoietic cell transplantation: significance of novel transplantation techniques. Blood Adv 2024; 8:3639-3651. [PMID: 38537062 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023012175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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ABSTRACT Preemptive therapy (PET) and letermovir prophylaxis are effective in preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease within the first 100 days after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) but are associated with late-onset CMV disease. We retrospectively examined the clinical manifestations, risk factors, prevention algorithm, and outcome of late CMV disease in CMV seropositive day 100 survivors transplanted between 2001-2017 (PET cohort) and 2018-2021 (letermovir cohort). There were 203 episodes of late CMV disease among 2469 day 100 survivors, and the estimated cumulative incidence of first late CMV disease was 7.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.2-8.3) with no difference between the PET (7.4%; 95% CI, 6.4-8.6) and the letermovir group (5.4%; 95% CI, 3.2-8.3). Thirty-seven patients (1.5%) had a second episode of CMV disease. In multivariable Cox regression models, posttransplant cyclophosphamide was associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal CMV disease. CMV viremia or disease detected before day 100, corticosteroid treatment after day 100 at dose ≥1 mg/kg, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease, lymphopenia, HLA-mismatched related donor status, were also associated with late CMV disease. HLA-mismatched donor status and late use of corticosteroids (≥1 mg/kg) were risk factors for late CMV disease recurrence. Late CMV disease occurred most frequently in a setting of prolonged low-level untreated viremia and was independently associated with death by 2 years after HCT. In summary, late CMV disease continues to occur in the present era. Improved prevention strategies for late CMV disease are needed.
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- Alicja Sadowska-Klasa
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
- Department of Hematology and Transplantology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Hamilton BK, Onstad L, Carpenter PA, Pidala J, El Jurdi N, Farhadfar N, Kitko CL, Lee CJ, Mehta R, Chen GL, Cutler C, Lee SJ. Study Protocol: Predicting the Quality of Response to Specific Treatments (PQRST) in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease. Contemp Clin Trials 2024; 145:107637. [PMID: 39038701 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 06/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a leading cause of late morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Despite significant progress in chronic GVHD therapies, challenges remain in understanding pleomorphic phenotypes and varying response to treatment. The goal of the Predicting the Quality of Response to Specific Treatments (PQRST) in chronic GVHD study is to identify predictors of treatment response. This report describing the study design seeks to raise awareness and invite collaborations with investigators who wish to access clinical data and research samples from this study. METHODS This is a prospective, observational cohort study involving data collection from patients who are beginning first-, second-, or third-line systemic therapy for chronic GVHD with defined agents. Evaluable participants will have baseline assessments and research samples prior to starting the index therapy, and 1 month after starting treatment. Response assessments occur at 3 and 6 months after start of treatment, or if a new systemic therapy is started before 6 months. Target enrollment is approximately 200 patients at 8 institutions, with at least 6 months of follow up to determine response to index therapy. RESULTS Enrollment started in July 2020 and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; as of 3/1/2024, 137 evaluable participants have been enrolled. DISCUSSION The Chronic GVHD Consortium "PQRST" is a large longitudinal cohort study that aims to investigate predictors of treatment response by identifying biologically and clinically defined patient subgroups. We welcome investigators to collaborate in the use of these data. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT04431479.
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- Betty K Hamilton
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Hematology and medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research institute, Tampa, FL, United States of America
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Sarah Cannon transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Methodist Hospital, San Antionio, TX, United States of America
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America.
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Jin Y, Zhao P, Zhang YY, Ye YS, Zhou F, Wan DM, Chen Y, Zhou J, Li X, Wang Y, Liu Y, Bian ZL, Yang KQ, Li Z, Zhang J, Xu WW, Zhou JY, An ZY, Fu HX, Chen YH, Chen Q, Wu J, Wang JZ, Mo XD, Chen H, Chen Y, Wang Y, Chang YJ, Huang H, Huang XJ, Zhang XH. Clinical characteristics of membranous nephropathy after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A real-world multicenter study. Ann Hematol 2024:10.1007/s00277-024-05875-w. [PMID: 38990296 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-024-05875-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a rare complication that can occur after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). MN patients may develop nephrotic syndrome or even kidney failure, which greatly affects their quality of life and prognosis. However, current knowledge regarding MN after allo-HSCT is limited. Thus, a multicenter nested case‒control study was conducted. Patients who had been diagnosed with MN after allo-HSCT were retrospectively identified at 8 HSCT centers. A total of 51 patients with MN after allo-HSCT were included. The median age of MN patients after allo-HSCT was 38 years, and the median duration from HSCT to MN was 18 months. The use of HLA-matched donors (P = 0.0102) and peripheral blood as the graft source (P = 0.0060) were identified as independent predisposing risk factors for the onset of MN after allo-HSCT. Compared to those in the control group, the incidence of extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease was greater in the MN patients (P = 0.0002). A total of 31 patients developed nephrotic syndrome. Patients receiving combination treatments of corticosteroids and immunosuppressants appeared to have better outcomes. In conclusion, MN is a rare but occasionally severe complication following HSCT and may require active treatment.
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- Yue Jin
- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Jinan, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Hematology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Jinan, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Hematology Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China.
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Brogna B, Frieri C, Risitiano AM, Urciuoli L, Storti G, Santoro L, Urciuoli E, De Chiara G, Cretella P, Sementa C, Musto LA, Maccioni F. Intestinal and Extraintestinal Findings of Graft-versus-Host Disease on CT: A Case Series with Radiological and Histopathological Correlations. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1516. [PMID: 39062089 PMCID: PMC11275234 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12071516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is an expected and relatively common complication after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It may affect different organs and typically involves the skin, liver, and gastrointestinal tract (GI-GVHD). GI-GVHD may show heterogeneous presentations with peculiar diagnostic implications. Although an endoscopic biopsy is considered the "gold standard" for the diagnosis of GI-GVHD, its broad application is limited due to the poor clinical conditions usually present in these patients, including thrombocytopenia. In the emergency department, enhanced computed tomography (CECT) has emerged as the best imaging modality for the evaluation of GI damage in frail patients. However, the role of CT in the context of either acute or chronic GI-GVHD has not been systematically investigated. Herein, we focus on the radiological features found on CECT in five patients with GI-GVHD confirmed on histology. CECT was performed for the persistence of GI symptoms in three cases (case 1, case 3, and case 4), for small bowel occlusion in one case (case 5), and for acute GI symptoms in one case (case 2). Serpiginous intestinal wall appearance with multisegmental parietal thickness and homogeneous, mucosal, or stratified small bowel enhancement were common features. Colic involvement with segmental or diffuse parietal thickness was also present. One patient (case 5) presented with inflammatory jejunal multisegmental stenosis with sub-occlusion as a chronic presentation of GI-GVHD. Regarding mesenterial findings, all five patients presented comb signs in the absence of lymphadenopathy. Extraintestinal findings included biliary tract dilatation in two cases (case 2 and case 4). These data support the utility of appropriate radiological investigation in GI-GVHD, paving the way for further serial and systematic investigations to track the appearance and evolution of GI damage in GVHD patients.
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- Barbara Brogna
- Unit Interventional and Emergency Radiology, AORN, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (L.U.); (L.A.M.)
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, AORN, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (C.F.); (A.M.R.); (G.S.); (L.S.); (E.U.)
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, AORN, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (C.F.); (A.M.R.); (G.S.); (L.S.); (E.U.)
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- Unit Interventional and Emergency Radiology, AORN, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (L.U.); (L.A.M.)
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, AORN, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (C.F.); (A.M.R.); (G.S.); (L.S.); (E.U.)
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, AORN, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (C.F.); (A.M.R.); (G.S.); (L.S.); (E.U.)
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, AORN, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (C.F.); (A.M.R.); (G.S.); (L.S.); (E.U.)
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- Division of Pathologic Anatomy, AORN San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (G.D.C.); (P.C.)
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- Division of Pathologic Anatomy, AORN San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (G.D.C.); (P.C.)
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- Forensic Medicine Unit, AORN San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy;
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- Unit Interventional and Emergency Radiology, AORN, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, 83100 Avellino, Italy; (L.U.); (L.A.M.)
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Science, Umberto I Hospital, La Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Rome, Italy;
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Surico PL, Luo ZK. Understanding Ocular Graft-Versus-Host Disease to Facilitate an Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach. Transplant Cell Ther 2024:S2666-6367(24)00493-7. [PMID: 38986740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/30/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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Ocular Graft-versus-Host Disease (oGVHD) remains a challenging and potentially devastating complication following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). It significantly impacts the quality of life of affected survivors, however, is often underrecognized particularly during the early stages. Targeting all providers in the HSCT community who see patients regularly and frequently for their post-allo-HSCT care, this review and opinion piece introduces the basic concepts of ocular surface pathophysiology, dissects the different stages of clinical presentation of oGVHD, explains why the current diagnostic criteria tend to capture the late disease stages, highlights the warning signs of early disease development, in hope to facilitate prompt referral of oGVHD suspects for ocular specialist care. In addition to introducing a comprehensive list of treatment options, this review emphasizes basic therapeutic strategy and options that are safe and effective to be initiated by any care provider. We believe in empowering the patients as well as the care providers beyond disciplinary boundaries, in order to provide the most cohesive and integrated care to our patients in a multidisciplinary approach.
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- Pier Luigi Surico
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Campus Bio-Medico University, Department of Ophthalmology, Rome, Italy
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Lozano M, Charry P, de Pablo-Miró M, Salas MQ, Martínez C, Suárez-Lledó M, Fernández-Avilés F, Rovira M, Cid J. Role of extracorporeal photopheresis in the management of acute and chronic graft versus disease: current status. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024:10.1038/s41409-024-02360-w. [PMID: 38961259 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02360-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is a therapy that combines the collection of mononuclear cells by apheresis, the addition of a photosensitizer (8-methoxisoralen), the illumination of the product with ultraviolet A light, and the immediate infusion of the product to the patient. Initially developed and approved to treat T-cell cutaneous lymphomas, soon started to be used to treat graft versus host disease (GvHD) developed after allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation. The high response rate of ECP in skin, ocular, oral, pulmonary, and liver forms of chronic GvHD, the steroid-sparing effect, and the improved overall survival of treated patients, made ECP one of the second-line treatments used to treat steroid-resistant acute and chronic GVHD. Recently, the development of new drugs for treating GVHD has changed the position of ECP in the therapy of GVHD and has started to be used in combination with drugs for increasing the response rate to the treatment in severe or resistant forms of acute and chronic GVHD. ECP remains an essential therapeutic resource in the management of patients with refractory acute and chronic GVHD.
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- Miquel Lozano
- Apheresis and Cellular Therapy Unit, Hemotherapy and Hemostasis Department, Institute of Cancer and Hematological Diseases, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain.
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Apheresis and Cellular Therapy Unit, Hemotherapy and Hemostasis Department, Institute of Cancer and Hematological Diseases, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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- Apheresis and Cellular Therapy Unit, Hemotherapy and Hemostasis Department, Institute of Cancer and Hematological Diseases, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Hematopoietic Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Cancer and Hematological Diseases, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Hematopoietic Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Cancer and Hematological Diseases, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Hematopoietic Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Cancer and Hematological Diseases, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Hematopoietic Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Cancer and Hematological Diseases, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Hematopoietic Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Cancer and Hematological Diseases, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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- Apheresis and Cellular Therapy Unit, Hemotherapy and Hemostasis Department, Institute of Cancer and Hematological Diseases, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Khot R, Shelman NR, Ludwig DR, Nair RT, Anderson MA, Venkatesh SK, Paspulati RM, Parker RA, Menias CO. Acquired ductopenia: an insight into imaging findings. Abdom Radiol (NY) 2024:10.1007/s00261-024-04462-x. [PMID: 38954003 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-024-04462-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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Hepatic ductopenia is a pathologic diagnosis characterized by a decrease in the number of intrahepatic bile ducts as a consequence of various underlying etiologies. Some etiologies, such as primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and ischemic cholangitis, often have distinctive imaging findings. In contrast, other causes such as chronic rejection following liver transplantation, drug-induced biliary injury, infection, malignancy such as lymphoma, and graft-versus-host disease may only have ancillary or non-specific imaging findings. Thus, diagnosing ductopenia in conditions with nonspecific imaging findings requires a multidimensional approach, including clinical evaluation, serological testing, imaging, and liver histology to identify the underlying cause. These etiologies lead to impaired bile flow, resulting in cholestasis, liver dysfunction, and, ultimately, cirrhosis and liver failure if the underlying cause remains untreated or undetected. In the majority of instances, individuals diagnosed with ductopenia exhibit a positive response to treatment addressing the root cause or cessation of the causative agent. This article focuses on acquired causes of ductopenia, its clinical manifestation, histopathology, imaging diagnosis, and management.
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- Rachita Khot
- Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Division of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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Zhang X, Zhao X, Chen S, Hao M, Zhang L, Gong M, Shi Y, Wei J, Zhang P, Feng S, He Y, Jiang E, Han M. Addition of ruxolitinib to standard graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis for allogeneic stem cell transplantation in aplastic anemia patients. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024; 59:997-1005. [PMID: 38580777 PMCID: PMC11226399 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02266-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) offers rapid hematopoietic and immune reconstitution for aplastic anemia (AA). As a non-malignant disorder, attenuation of GVHD remains a clinical priority in AA patients. Our study sought to investigate the safety and efficacy of the prophylactic use of ruxolitinib in allogeneic HSCT. A total of 35 AA patients were retrospectively consecutively treated with allo-HSCT whereby ruxolitinib was added to the standard GVHD prophylaxis regimen (rux group). The addition of peri-transplant ruxolitinib did not impact the engraftment and graft function, while better recovery of CD4+ Tregs in the rux group was observed. Interestingly, the rux group demonstrated significantly lower incidence of bacterial/fungal infections (17.14% vs 45.71%). Compared to the control group, the rux group exhibited significantly lower incidence of moderate to severe aGVHD (17.1% vs 48.6%) with a trend toward lower severe aGVHD (8.6% vs 20%) and cGVHD (26.2 vs 38.3). The rux group also demonstrated a trend toward higher GVHD and failure-free survival (GFFS: 85.7% vs 68.6%) and lower TRM (2.9% vs 14.3%). Addition of ruxolitinib to standard GVHD prophylaxis regimen, thus, represents a safe and highly efficient method for the attenuation of GVHD with better outcome of allo-HSCT.
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- Xiaoyu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China.
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China.
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300060, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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Ladbury C, Sanchez J, Chowdhury A, Palmer J, Liu A, Stein A, Htut M, Farol L, Cai JL, Somlo G, Rosenzweig M, Wong JC, Sahebi F. Phase 1 Study of Bortezomib, Fludarabine, and Melphalan, With or Without Total Marrow Irradiation, as Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Conditioning for High-risk or Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma. Am J Clin Oncol 2024; 47:325-332. [PMID: 38483213 DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000001095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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OBJECTIVE We conducted a phase 1 study of a conditioning regimen with or without total marrow irradiation (TMI) before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for patients with high-risk or refractory multiple myeloma. METHODS Eighteen patients were enrolled on one of 2 strata. Patients with no prior radiation received TMI (900 cGy), fludarabine (FLU), and melphalan (MEL) conditioning, with bortezomib added in the second cohort (stratum I). Patients with prior radiation received FLU, MEL, and bortezomib, without TMI (stratum II). RESULTS Eight patients were enrolled in the TMI arm (stratum I). One of 3 patients in cohort 1 experienced dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), which led to the expansion to 3 more patients with no DLT. Cohort 2 enrolled only 2 patients due to low accrual, with bortezomib, added at 0.5 mg/m 2 ; neither experienced DLT. Nine patients were enrolled in the non-TMI arm (stratum II). Three patients were enrolled in cohort 1 (bortezomib 0.5 mg/m 2 ) and none experienced DLT. Three were enrolled in cohort 2 (bortezomib 0.7 mg/m 2 ), and 1 experienced DLT; therefore, the cohort expanded to 3 more patients. One more patient experienced DLT. Median overall survival on strata I and II was 44.5 months (95% CI: 1.73-not reached) and 21.6 months (95% CI: 4.1-72.7), respectively. Median progression-free survival on strata I and II was 18.1 months (95% CI: 1.73-not reached) and 8.9 months (95% CI: 2.7-24.4), respectively. CONCLUSION TMI 900 cGy, FLU, and MEL are considered feasible as conditioning for allogeneic stem cell transplantation and may warrant further investigation due to favorable response rates and survival.
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- Colton Ladbury
- Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Division of Biostatistics, Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
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- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
- Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, CA
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Maffini E, Labopin M, Kröger N, Finke J, Stelljes M, Schroeder T, Einsele H, Tischer J, Bornhäuser M, Bethge W, Brecht A, Rösler W, Dreger P, Schäfer-Eckart K, Passweg J, Blau IW, Nagler A, Ciceri F, Mohty M. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for older patients with AML with active disease. A study from the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT). Bone Marrow Transplant 2024; 59:983-990. [PMID: 38555412 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02275-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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Older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) refractory to initial or reinduction chemotherapy have a dismal prognosis if they do not undergo hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HCT). However, data assessing HCT outcomes from different donors are scarce. We evaluated results from a retrospective analysis on patients aged ≥70 years, with AML not in remission who received an allogeneic HCT from HLA-matched sibling donor (MSD), HLA-10/10 matched unrelated donor (MUD), or T-cell replete haploidentical (Haplo) donor, from 2010 to 2021, reported to the ALWP-EBMT database. A total of 360 patients (median age 72 years, range 70-79) were included in the analysis. Median follow-up for the entire population was 35.5 months. Donors were MSD (n = 58), 10/10 HLA-MUD (n = 228), and Haplo (n = 74). A total of 213 (59.2%) patients were primary induction failures, while 147 (40.8%) were in first or subsequent relapse. Graft source was peripheral blood in 92% of the patients. Patients transplanted from Haplo donors more frequently received marrow grafts (p < 0.01) and presented the combination female donor to male recipient (p < 0.01). The overall 2-year rates of overall survival (OS) and leukemia-free survival (LFS) were: 62.4% (95% CI 47.2-74.3) and 47.6% (95% CI 33.1-60.8) for MSD, 43% (95% CI 35.8-49.9), and 37.5% (95% CI 30.7-44.4) for MUD, and 25.9% (95% CI 15.8-37.2), and 26.5% (95% CI 16.3-37.8) for recipients of Haplo transplants. The 2-year cumulative incidence of relapse (RI) was slightly lower for Haplo recipients at 29.6% (95% CI 19-40.9), for MUD it was 30.2% (95% CI 23.9-36.7), and for MSD 34.9% (95% CI 22-48.2); counterbalanced by a higher incidence of non-relapse mortality (NRM) of 43.9% (95% CI 31.6-55.6) for Haplo recipients, 32.2% (95% CI 26-33.1) for MUD and 17.5% (95% CI 8.4-29.3) for MSD. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD-free, relapse-free survival (GRFS) was 35.3% (95% CI 22.3-48.5) for MSD, 29.6% (95% CI 23.2-36.2) for MUD, and 19.2% (95% CI 10.7-29.6) for Haplo patients. In the multivariate model, compared to the referent group of MSD recipients, the risk of NRM was higher among patients transplanted from Haplo donors ([hazard ratio] HR 5.1, 95% CI 2.23-11.61, p < 0.001) and MUD (HR 3.21, 95% CI 1.48-0.6.94, p = 0.003). Furthermore, both Haplo and MUD were associated with inferior OS, (HR 3.6, 95% CI 1.98-0.6.56, p < 0.001, and HR 2.3, 95% CI 1.37-0.3.88, p = 0.002, respectively), and LFS (HR 2.24, 95% CI 1.31-0.3.84, p = 0.003, and HR 1.64, 95% CI 1.04-0.2.60, p = 0.034, respectively). Patients transplanted from Haplo donors were also associated with worse GFRS (HR 1.72, 95% CI 1.07-2.77, p:0.025) compared with MSD patients. Older adult AML patients with active disease transplanted from MSD experienced prolonged OS and LFS compared to 10/10 MUD and Haplo due to lower NRM. Prospective clinical trials are warranted.
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- Enrico Maffini
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna; Istituto "L. e A. Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy.
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- University Medical Center Hamburg, Department for Stem Cell Transplantation, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine -Hematology Oncology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology, and Pneumology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- University Hospital, Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Essen, Germany
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- Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg, Med. Klinik und Poliklinik II, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Klinikum Grosshadern, Medizinische Klinik III, Munich, Germany
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- Universitaetsklinikum Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- Universitaet Tuebingen Medizinische Klinik, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Deutsche Klinik fuer Diagnostik, KMT Zentrum, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 5, Erlangen, Germany
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- University of Heidelberg, Medizinische Klinik u. Poliklinik V, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik m. S. Hämatologie, Onkologie und Tumorimmunologie, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Ospedale San Raffaele s.r.l., Haematology and BMT, Milano, Italy
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- Sorbonne University, Clinical Hematology and Cellular Therapy Department, Saint Antoine Hospital, INSERM UMRs 938, Paris, France
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Koo RM, Wong E, Davis JE, Perera T, Lim A, Koldej RM, Ritchie DS. A phase 1 dose-escalation study of low-dose lenalidomide maintenance post-allogeneic stem cell transplantation for high-risk acute myeloid leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024; 59:1025-1027. [PMID: 38538726 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-023-02195-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2024]
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- Ray Mun Koo
- ACRF Translational Research Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre-Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- ACRF Translational Research Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Clinical Haematology, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- ACRF Translational Research Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- ACRF Translational Research Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre-Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Wellington Blood and Cancer Centre, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
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- ACRF Translational Research Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Clinical Haematology, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- ACRF Translational Research Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- ACRF Translational Research Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Clinical Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre-Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Li G, Chen YB, Peachey J. Construction of a digital twin of chronic graft vs. host disease patients with standard of care. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024:10.1038/s41409-024-02324-0. [PMID: 38898224 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02324-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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There is an unmet medical need for new clinical trials to evaluate novel therapies in chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD). Disease rarity, ethical issues regarding placebo arms, time, and cost impede clinical trial conduct. Digital twin (DT) technology enables virtual clinical trial arm construction using historical data, circumventing these obstacles. We evaluated the feasibility of constructing a DT trial arm using a large database of real-world clinical trial data and performed an efficacy assessment of a standard-of-care (SOC) drug to examine agreement with literature data. We constructed a flGvHD DT cohort (cGvHD patients at first-line treatment) (2042 patients; 32 cohorts) using the Trial Accelerator™ Digital Twin platform and derived an SOC arm from this cohort (flGvHD DT SOC cohort) (438 patients; eight cohorts); we analyzed the efficacy of SOC (prednisone) (overall response rate (ORR)) at six months. Our analysis results are in agreement with literature: flGvHD DT: disease onset time: 7.58 months post-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation; most used graft source: peripheral blood stem cells; flGvHD DT SOC: ORR at six months for prednisone: 52.7%. It is feasible to construct a DT cohort using existing clinical trial data; a DT SOC arm can potentially replace a control arm in clinical trials.
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- Gen Li
- Phesi, East Lyme, CT, USA.
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- Hematopoietic Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Transplant Center: Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Boston, MA, USA
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Gao Y, Wang Y, Zhou L, Lv G, Yu J, Zhang L, Meng Y, He W, Chen R, Zhao X, Dou Y. Successful Immune Reconstitution in a Patient with a TYK2 Deficiency after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation from Unrelated Donors. J Clin Immunol 2024; 44:152. [PMID: 38896258 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-024-01753-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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A boy with primary immunodeficiency, caused by a tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) mutation, presented with immune defects and a lifelong history of severe infections. Our aim was to determine whether allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) could restore the patient's immune defenses and reduce susceptibility to infection. In the absence of a suitable HLA-matched blood relative to act as a donor, the patient received an allogeneic HSCT from unrelated donors. The patient's clinical data were analyzed in the Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (Chongqing, China) before transplantation and during the 4-year follow-up period using a combination of western blotting (e.g., TYK2 and STAT levels), qRT-PCR (e.g., T cell receptor rearrangement excision circles, kappa deletion element recombination circles, and TYK2 transcript levels), and flow cytometry (e.g., lymphocyte subpopulations and CD107α secretion). We found that HSCT significantly reduced the incidence of severe infections, restored normal TKY2 levels, and reversed defects such as impaired JAK/STAT signaling in response to interferon-α or interleukin-10 treatment. Although the patient did not develop acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after transplantation, he did experience chronic GVHD symptoms in a number of organs, which were effectively managed. Our findings suggest that HSCT is a feasible strategy for reconstituting the immune system in TYK2-deficient patients; however, the factors associated with GVHD and autoimmune thyroiditis development in TYK2-deficient patients undergoing HSCT warrant further investigation.
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- Yelei Gao
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.
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- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400014, China.
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Steiner N, Massoud R, Klyuchnikov E, Gagelmann N, Richter J, Niederwieser C, Rathje K, Urbanowicz T, Kunte A, Engelmann J, Ihne C, Lastovytska I, Lindhauer C, Marquard F, Reichard M, Ryzhkova A, Sabauri R, Schäfersküpper M, Seyedi N, Kalogeropoulos G, Heidenreich S, Rudolph I, Zeck G, Janson D, Wolschke C, Ayuk F, Kröger N. Anti-T-lymphocyte globulin (ATLG) compared to post-transplant cyclophosphamide as GvHD prophylaxis in ALL patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024:10.1038/s41409-024-02328-w. [PMID: 38877098 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02328-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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We retrospectively analyzed high-risk ALL patients in CR1 receiving total body irradiation based conditioning regimen with ATLG (n = 74) or PTCy (n = 73) for GVHD prophylaxis. The 3-year OS and LFS were similar in both groups: 65 and 60% in the ATLG group and 64 and 67% in the PTCy group (p = 0.9 and 0.5, respectively). CIR and NRM rate at three years was 12 and 21% after PTCy and 19 and 20% after ATLG (p = 0.4 and p = 0.9, respectively). Acute GvHD grades II-IV and grades III/IV at 100 days was 46 and 19% after PTCy and 33 and 10% after ATLG (p = 0.08 and p = 0.9, respectively). Chronic GvHD of all grade at two years was higher after PTCy: 55% versus 26% (p < 0.001). Based on the propensity score matching (PSM) analysis, aGvHD grades II-IV was trending higher in the PTCy group compared to the ATLG group (p = 0.07). In contrast to the PSM analysis, on multivariate analysis the receipt of PTCy compared with ATLG was associated with a reduced CIR (p = 0.026). Our retrospective single-center analysis shows a lower incidence of acute and chronic GvHD while displaying similar LFS and OS after ATLG compared to PTCy in TBI based allogeneic stem cell transplantation for high-risk ALL.
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- Normann Steiner
- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- University Hospital of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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Jiang J, Sigmund AM, Zhao Q, Elder P, Vasu S, Jaglowski S, Mims A, Choe H, Larkin K, Wall S, Grieselhuber N, William B, Penza S, Benson DM, Efebera YA, Sharma N. Impact of chronic graft- versus-host disease on non-relapse mortality and survival. Leuk Lymphoma 2024:1-8. [PMID: 38865104 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2024.2365910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Chronic graft-versus-host-disease (cGVHD) is one of the primary causes of morbidity and mortality for patients who undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT). In recent years, advancements in allo-HCT have allowed a broader range of patients to receive transplant, particularly older patients. We sought to assess the impact of cGVHD on outcomes in patients undergoing allo-HCT, for older patients as compared to their counterparts. We performed a retrospective analysis of all patients who underwent allo-HCT 1999-2018. Our results showed that those patients who developed cGVHD by D + 180 had an increased risk and incidence of NRM as compared to those patients without cGVHD. There was no significant difference in outcomes for those patients with cGVHD by age (≥60 years old [yo] and <60 yo). These findings suggest the significant morbidity of cGVHD, regardless of age.
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- Justin Jiang
- The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy, OhioHealth, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy, OhioHealth, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Pezhouh MK, Lam-Himlin D, Zaheer A, Voltaggio L. Systemic diseases affecting the GI tract: A review of clinical and histopathologic manifestations. Ann Diagn Pathol 2024; 73:152351. [PMID: 39004038 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2024.152351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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A variety of systemic diseases may affect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Since the GI tract responds to injury in limited ways, identifying these processes may be challenging, especially on small endoscopic biopsies. This article reviews the clinicopathologic features of commonly encountered systemic diseases affecting the tubular GI tract: sarcoidosis, graft vs. host disease, mast cell disorders, systemic sclerosis, and IgG-4 related disease. In addition, we offer guidance in differentiating them from their mimics.
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- Maryam K Pezhouh
- University of California San Diego, Department of Pathology, CA, United States of America
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- Mayo Clinic, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, AZ, United States of America
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- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Radiology, MD, United States of America
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- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Pathology, MD, United States of America.
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Yaman S, Başci S, Bozan E, Seçilmiş S, Candir BA, Yiğenoğlu TN, Çakar MK, Dal MS, Altuntaş F. Early Tapering of Cyclosporine Is Feasible in Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation: A Single Center Experience. Clin Transplant 2024; 38:e15376. [PMID: 39031699 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.15376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Cyclosporine-A (CsA) and post transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) are common agents used for graft versus host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in Haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation (haplo-HCT). However, the impact of CsA cessation timing in the posttransplant setting on clinical outcomes is uncertain. We aimed to investigate the impact of a novel approach that integrated early CsA cessation with PTCy utilization. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was a single arm retrospective study carried out at a tertiary referral hospital hematology and bone marrow transplantation center between 2009 and 2022. The patients who received haplo-HCT with ATG, PTCy and CsA as GVHD prophylaxis were included. CsA was planned for cessation starting at day 45 to day 60. Acute and chronic GVHD were evaluated and graded. CsA blood concentrations and its impact on acute and chronic GVHD was evaluated. RESULTS Thirty-one patients composed of 19 (61.3%) male and 12 (38.7%) female patients with a median age of 31 years (20-58). Busulfan and TBI based conditioning regimens were the most utilized regimens. The majority of donors were first degree relatives. Stem cell origin was peripheral blood for all patients. GVHD prophylaxis consisted of ATG, CsA and PTCy. Acute GVHD was observed in 9 (29%) cases, whereas chronic GVHD was seen in 3 (9.7%) cases, with 2 of them having overlapping GVHD. Age, gender, number of chemotherapy lines, transplant characteristics, infused CD34 cell count, and engraftment durations were similar among patients with and without GVHD. Patients with GVHD had similar 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week CsA concentrations compared to patients without GVHD (p > 0.05). The presence of GVHD was not associated with worse progression free survival and overall survival (p = 0.6, p = 0.5, respectively). CMV reactivation was more common in the GVHD group. CONCLUSION In the current study, we did not find an impact of CsA concentration on GVHD and post-transplant outcomes in Haplo-HCT setting. Therefore, together with the use of PTCy, early CsA cessation can be an option; further studies are needed to understand all aspects of this approach.
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- Samet Yaman
- Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara, Turkey
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- Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara, Turkey
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- Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara, Turkey
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- Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara, Turkey
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- Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara, Turkey
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- Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara, Turkey
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- Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara, Turkey
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- Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara, Turkey
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- Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ankara, Turkey
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Solomon SR, Aubrey MT, Bachier-Rodriguez L, Solh MM, Jackson KC, Zhang X, Roark CL, Holland HK, Morris LE, Bashey A. Revised HLA-DP TCE-Core Permissiveness Model Better Defines Relapse Risk and Survival following Haploidentical Transplant. Transplant Cell Ther 2024; 30:608.e1-608.e10. [PMID: 38561140 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The presence of an HLA-DPB1 nonpermissive mismatch (NPMM) by the TCE-3 model has been associated with improved survival following haploidentical donor transplantation (HIDT) using post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy). With the development of a revised model (TCE-Core) that further separates TCE-3 "group 3" alleles into "core" (C) and "noncore" (NC) alleles, a formerly permissive mismatch (PMM) resulting from group 3 alleles in both donor and recipient is now considered a C-NPMM if 1 or more of those alleles is NC. We aimed to study the additional effect of HLA-DPB1 C-NPMM according to the TCE-Core algorithm, as well as the directional vector of the mismatch, on outcomes following HIDT. To this end, we analyzed 242 consecutive HIDT recipients with acute leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome who underwent transplantation between 2005 and 2021 (median age, 51 years; range, 19 to 80 years). The median follow-up was 62 months (range, 23 to 199 months). Of the 136 HIDTs classified as PMM by TCE-3, 73 were reclassified as a C-NPMM by the TCE-Core algorithm, of which 36 were in the graft-versus host (GVH) vector (37 were host-versus-graft [HVG] only). Given comparable survival between conventional NPMM and C-NPMM, GVH/bidirectional were analyzed together (nonpermissive). HVG-only C-NPMM were combined with HLA-DPB1-matched and PMM (permissive) because of similar outcomes. The presence of a TCE-Core-defined nonpermissive HLA-DP mismatch resulted in superior 5-year overall survival (OS) (66% versus 47%) and disease-free survival (DFS) (60% versus 43%). Compared to the conventional TCE-3 algorithm, TCE-Core identified a higher percentage of nonpermissive transplants (38% versus 23%) and better discriminated outcomes between nonpermissive and permissive status, with a larger difference in survival outcomes using TCE-Core compared to TCE-3 (OS Δ, 18.3% versus 12.7%; DFS Δ, 16.5% versus 8.5%). In multivariable analysis (MVA), a nonpermissive TCE-Core mismatch led to improved OS (hazard ratio [HR], .54; P = .003) and DFS (HR, .62; P = .013), largely due to decreased relapse risk (HR, .63; P = .049). In contrast, nonrelapse mortality (NRM) and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) outcomes were not significantly impacted. In summary, the presence of nonpermissive TCE-Core HLA-DP mismatch strongly predicts survival following PTCy-based HIDT, owing to a reduction in relapse risk without a corresponding increase in GVHD or NRM. As a donor selection tool, TCE-Core appears to better discriminate HIDT outcomes while at the same time identifying a larger percentage of the potential donor pool.
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- Scott R Solomon
- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.
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- Univerisity of Colorado Cord Blood Bank & Clinimmune Lab, Aurora, Colorado
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, Texas
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- Univerisity of Colorado Cord Blood Bank & Clinimmune Lab, Aurora, Colorado
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
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Michallet M, Sobh M, Deloire A, Revesz D, Chelgoum Y, El-Hamri M, Barraco F, Labussiere H, Nicolini FE, Hequet O. Second line extracorporeal photopheresis for cortico-resistant acute and chronic GVHD after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for hematological malignancies: Long-term results from a real-life study. Transfus Apher Sci 2024; 63:103899. [PMID: 38402067 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2024.103899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this observational study was to perform an exhaustive description concerning patients receiving extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) as second line treatment after steroid resistance for either acute or chronic GVHD following allo-HCT, secondary objectives were to evaluate the efficacy and long-term outcomes. STUDY DESIGN A total of 106 patients were included, 65 (61%) males and 41 (39%) females with a median age at transplantation of 52 years (range: 20-67). ECP was initiated after transplantation either for acute GVHD [N = 25 (24%), 12 grade III and 13 grade IV] affecting skin alone (N = 5), gut alone (N = 12), gut and liver (N = 8), or chronic GVHD [N = 81 (76%), 15 (14%) limited and 66 (62%) extensive]. RESULTS Among the 25 patients treated for acute GHVD, 67% were responders and among the 81 patients with chronic GVHD, 78% were responders. Patients with acute GVHD had a median OS of 6 months with a survival probability at 2 years of 35% [95%CI: 14-56]. Patients with chronic GVHD had a median OS of 72 months with a survival probability at 2 years of 68% [95%CI: 56-78]. There was a significant difference in terms of survival for patients responding to ECP compared to non-responders in both acute and chronic GVHD forms. Acute GVHD grade III-IV, negatively impacted on OS (HR=7.77, 95%CI: 1.7-34), p = 0.007 and on disease relapse HR= 5.88, 95%CI: 1.7-20, p = 0.005. CONCLUSION We demonstrated that ECP is an effective treatment for GVHD in a good proportion of patients with high overall response rate.
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- Hematology Department, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Hematology Department, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Hematology Department, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Hematology Department, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Hematology Department, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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Admiraal R, Versluijs AB, Huitema ADR, Ebskamp L, Lacna A, de Kanter CTK, Bierings MB, Boelens JJ, Lindemans CA, Nierkens S. High-dose individualized antithymocyte globulin with therapeutic drug monitoring in high-risk cord blood transplant. Cytotherapy 2024; 26:599-605. [PMID: 38466262 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2024.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and rejection are main limitations of cord blood transplantation (CBT), more so in patients with severe inflammation or previous rejections. While rigorous T-cell depletion with antithymocyte globulin (ATG) is needed to prevent GvHD and rejection, overexposure to ATG leads to slow T-cell recovery after transplantation, especially in CBT. OBJECTIVE To evaluate high-dose, upfront ATG with individualized dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric CBT for patients at high risk for GvHD and rejection. STUDY DESIGN Heavily inflamed patients and patients with a recent history of rejection were eligible for individualized high-dose ATG with real-time TDM. The ATG dosing scheme was adjusted to target a post-CBT exposure of <10 AU*day/mL, while achieving a pre-CBT exposure of 60-120 AU*day/mL; exposure levels previously defined for optimal efficacy and safety in terms of reduced GvHD and rejection, respectively. Main outcomes of interest included efficacy (target exposure attainment) and safety (incidence of GvHD and rejection). Other outcomes of interest included T-cell recovery and survival. RESULTS Twenty-one patients were included ranging from 2 months to 18 years old, receiving an actual median cumulative dose of ATG of 13.3 mg/kg (range 6-30 mg/kg) starting at a median 15 days (range 12-17) prior to CBT. Dosing was adjusted in 14 patients (increased in 3 and decreased in 11 patients). Eighteen (86%) and 19 (91%) patients reached the target pre-CBT and post-CBT exposure, respectively. Cumulative incidence for acute GvHD was 34% (95% CI 23-45) and 5% (95% CI 0-10%) for grade 2-4 and grade 3-4, respectively; cumulative incidence of rejection was 9% (95% CI 2-16%). Overall survival was 75% (95% CI 65-85%). CONCLUSION Individualized high-dose ATG with TDM is feasible and safe for patients with hyperinflammation in a CBT setting. We observe high target ATG exposure attainment, good immune reconstitution (despite very high doses of ATG) and acceptable rates of GvHD and rejection.
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- Rick Admiraal
- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Pharmacy, Curacao Medical Center, Willemstad, Curacao
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Trunk AD, Guo M, Budvytyte L, Islam NS, Khera N, Hamilton BK, Amonoo HL. Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation: Exploring the Latest Advances and Gaps in Disparities, Psychosocial and Symptom Management Interventions, and Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Care. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2024; 44:e432186. [PMID: 38754066 DOI: 10.1200/edbk_432186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Although allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) offers a potential for cure for many patients with advanced hematologic malignancies and bone marrow failure or immunodeficiency syndromes, it is an intensive treatment and accompanied by short- and long-term physical and psychological symptoms requiring specialized care. With substantial advances in therapeutic approaches for HCT and supportive care, HCT survivors experience less morbidity and mortality. However, disparities in both HCT access and outcomes persist, and HCT survivors and their caregivers often lack access to much-needed psychosocial care. Additionally, more medical and psychosocial resources are needed to holistically care for HCT survivors with chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Hence, this chapter focuses on three areas pertaining to advances and gaps in HCT care: disparities in access to and outcomes of HCT, psychosocial and physical symptom management with supportive care interventions, and GVHD prevention and management.
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- Andrew D Trunk
- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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Zhu J, Xu M, Ru Y, Gong H, Ding Y, Zhu Z, Xu Y, Fan Y, Zhang X, Tu Y, Sun A, Qiu H, Jin Z, Tang X, Han Y, Fu C, Chen S, Ma X, Chen F, Song T, Wu D, Chen J. Comparison of valganciclovir versus foscarnet for the treatment of cytomegalovirus viremia in adult acute leukemia patients after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Leuk Lymphoma 2024; 65:816-824. [PMID: 38475670 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2024.2321322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation increases treatment-related mortality (TRM) after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). We analyzed 141 adult acute leukemia (AL) patients suffered allo-HCT between 2017 and 2021, who developed CMV viremia post-HCT and treated with valganciclovir or foscarnet, to evaluate effectiveness and safety of both drugs. Viremia clearance rates (14 and 21 d post treatment) and toxicities were similar in two groups. However, valganciclovir was associated with a lower cumulative incidence of CMV recurrence within 180 days (16.7% vs. 35.7%, p=0.029) post CMV clearance. Finally, 2-year TRM was lower in valganciclovir group (9.7% ± 0.2% vs. 26.2% ± 0.3%, p = 0.026), result a superior 2-year overall survival (OS; 88.1% ± 5.2% vs. 64.4% ± 5.5%, p = 0.005) and leukemia-free survival (LFS; 82.0% ± 5.9% vs. 58.9% ± 5.6%, p = 0.009). Valganciclovir might decrease CMV viremia recurrence and led to better long-term outcome than foscarnet in adult AL patients developed CMV viremia post-HCT. Considering the inherent biases of retrospective study, well-designed trials are warranted to validate our conclusion.
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- Jinjin Zhu
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, PR China
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Onida F, Gras L, Ge J, Koster L, Hamladji RM, Byrne J, Avenoso D, Aljurf M, Robin M, Halaburda K, Passweg J, Salmenniemi U, Sengeloev H, Apperley J, Clark A, Reményi P, Morozova E, Kinsella F, Lenhoff S, Ganser A, Wu KL, Perez-Martinez A, Hayden PJ, Raj K, Drozd-Sokolowska J, OrtÍ G, de Lavallade H, Yakoub-Agha I, McLornan DP, Chalandon Y. Mismatched related donor allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation compared to other donor types for Ph+ chronic myeloid leukaemia: A retrospective analysis from the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of the EBMT. Br J Haematol 2024; 204:2365-2377. [PMID: 38577874 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) remains an option for tyrosine kinase inhibitor-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in first chronic phase (CP1) and high-risk patients with advanced disease phases. In this European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) registry-based study of 1686 CML patients undergoing first allo-HCT between 2012 and 2019, outcomes were evaluated according to donor type, particularly focusing on mismatched related donors (MMRDs). Median age at allo-HCT was 46 years (IQR 36-55). Disease status was CP1 in 43%, second CP (CP2) or later in 27%, accelerated phase in 12% and blast crisis in 18%. Donor type was matched related (MRD) in 39.2%, MMRD in 8.1%, matched unrelated (MUD) in 40.2%, and mismatched unrelated (MMUD) in 12.6%. In 4 years, overall survival (OS) for MRD, MMRD, MUD and MMUD was 61%, 56%, 63% and 59% (p = 0.21); relapse-free survival (RFS) was 48%, 42%, 52% and 46% (p = 0.03); cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR) was 33%, 37%, 27% and 30% (p = 0.07); non-relapse mortality (NRM) was 19%, 21%, 21% and 24% (p = 0.21); and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD)-free/relapse-free survival (GRFS) was 16%, 18%, 22% and 15% (p = 0.05) respectively. On multivariate analysis, MMRD use associated with longer engraftment times and higher risk of graft failure compared to MRD or MUD. There was no statistical evidence that MMRD use associated with different OS, RFS and incidence of GvHD compared to other donor types.
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- Francesco Onida
- Hematology-BMT Centre, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- EBMT Statistical Unit, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- EBMT Statistical Unit, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Nottingham University Hospital, Nottingham, UK
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- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Beatson, West of Scotland Cancer Centre-Gartnaval General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- RM Gorbacheva Research Institute, Pavlov University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Haematology, Trinity College Dublin, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Hematology Division and Faculty of Medicine, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Sala E, Neagoie AM, Lewerenz J, Saadati M, Benner A, Gantner A, Wais V, Döhner H, Bunjes D. Neurologic Complications of the Central Nervous System after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: The Role of Transplantation-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy as a Potential Underreported Cause. Transplant Cell Ther 2024; 30:586.e1-586.e11. [PMID: 38508452 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Neurologic complications (NCs), especially those of the central nervous system (CNS), represent a severe complication after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) and are associated with relevant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to characterize the potential risk factors for the development of CNS-NC, with a special focus on the role of calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) as a predisposing factor. For this purpose, we compared cyclosporin A (CsA) versus tacrolimus (TAC) with respect to their influence on the incidence and type of CNS-NC after allo-HSCT. We retrospectively analyzed the incidence, risk factors, and impact on outcomes of CNS-NC diagnosed during the post-transplantation follow-up in patients with different high-risk hematologic malignancies who underwent allo-HSCT at our institution over a 20-year period. All patients included in the analysis received CNI (CsA or TAC) as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. We evaluated a total of 739 consecutive patients who underwent transplantation between December 1999 and April 2019. During a median follow-up of 6.8 years, we observed a CNS-NC incidence of 17%. The development of CNS-NC was associated with decreased overall survival (OS) and increased transplantation-related mortality (TRM). The most frequent CNS-NCs were infections (30%) and neurologic adverse events related to the administration of CNI, TAC, or CsA as GVHD prophylaxis (42%). In the multivariable analysis, age, total body irradiation (TBI), and severe acute GVHD and chronic GVHD were significant risk factors in the development of CNS-NCs. TAC compared with CsA emerged as an independent predisposing factor for CNS-NCs. The TAC-associated risk of CNS-NCs was related mostly to the occurrence of transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) with neurologic manifestations (neuro-TA-TMA), although the general TA-TMA incidence was comparable in the 2 CNI subgroups. CNS-NCs are associated with poor prognosis after allo-HSCT, with TAC emerging as a potential yet insufficiently characterized predisposing factor.
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- Elisa Sala
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Division of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Medeiros GRDO, Funke VAM, Lima ACM, Mion ALV, Menezes I, Setubal DC, Sola CBDS, Tagliari G, Marchesini R, Nabhan SK, Pasquini R. The Role of Molecular or Cytogenetic Response as a Favorable Prognostic Factor Before Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Transplant Cell Ther 2024; 30:597.e1-597.e8. [PMID: 38522578 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have revolutionized therapy for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) over the last two decades. However, some patients still do not achieve an adequate response to these drugs, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is indicated in this scenario. We present the results of a 20-year follow-up study of 70 patients who underwent transplantation after TKI failure. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate overall survival (OS) and the secondary objective was to evaluate the outcomes of relapse-free survival (RFS), GVHD-free, relapse-free survival (GFRS) and the incidences of relapse (RI), non-relapse mortality (NRM), acute and chronic GVHD. Median survival was 11 years, with a 1-year OS of 70% (57.8 to 79.3) and a 5-year OS of 57.7% (45.1 to 68.5). The estimated 5-year OS was not different for CP1 (60%) versus advanced stages (45%); P = .60. The degree of response immediately before transplantation was directly associated with worse outcomes [HR 5.89 (1.19-29.16); P = .03] for patients with only a hematological response compared with patients with a cytogenetic or molecular response. This study corroborates the potential of HSCT in the scenario of therapeutic failure and highlights the role of molecular or cytogenetic response as a potential target to be achieved before transplantation.
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Molecular Biology in OncoHematological Diseases Laboratory, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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Houdouin V, Dubus JC, Crepon SG, Rialland F, Bruno B, Jubert C, Reix P, Pasquet M, Paillard C, Adjaoud D, Schweitzer C, Le Bourgeois M, Pages J, Yacoubi A, Dalle JH, Bergeron A, Delclaux C. Late-onset pulmonary complications following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in pediatric patients: a prospective multicenter study. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024; 59:858-866. [PMID: 38454132 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02258-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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The primary objective of our multicenter prospective study was to describe the incidence of late-onset non-infectious pulmonary complications (LONIPCs) in children undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) using sensitive criteria for pulmonary function test (PFT) abnormalities including the non-specific pattern of airflow obstruction. Secondary objectives were to assess the factors associated with LONIPC occurrence and the sensitivity of the 2014 NIH-Consensus Criteria of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). PFT and clinical assessment were performed prior to HCT and at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months post-HCT. LONIPC diagnosis was validated by an Adjudication Committee. The study comprised 292 children from 12 centers. Thirty-two individuals (11%, 95% CI: 8-15%) experienced 35 LONIPCs: 25 BOS, 4 interstitial lung diseases, 4 organizing pneumonia and 2 pulmonary veno-occlusive diseases. PFT abnormalities were obstructive defects (FEV1/FVC z-score < -1.645; n = 12), restrictive defects (TLC < 80% predicted, FEV1 and FVC z-scores < -1.645; n = 7) and non-specific pattern (FEV1 and FVC z-score< -1.645, FEV1/FVC z-score > -1.645, and TLC > 80% predicted; n = 8). HCT for malignant disease was the only factor associated with LONIPC (P = 0.04). The 2014 NIH-Consensus Criteria would only diagnose 8/25 participants (32%) as having BOS. In conclusion, 11% of children experienced a LONIPC in a prospective design. Clinical Trials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02032381.
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- Véronique Houdouin
- Université de Paris Cité, AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Pneumopédiatrie, RESPIRARE, INSERM U976, Paris, France.
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- Université Aix-Marseille, AP-HM, Hôpital universitaire Timone-Enfants, Service de Pneumopédiatrie, MEPHI, Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Unité d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Inserm, CIC-EC 1426, Paris, France
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- Hôpital de la mère et l'enfant, Service d'hématologie pédiatrique, Nantes, France
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- Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Service d'hématologie pédiatrique, Lille, France
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- Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Bordeaux, Service d'hématologie pédiatrique, Bordeaux, France
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- Université Lyon 1, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Service de pneumologie, allergologie, mucoviscidose, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et biologie Evolutive UMR, 5558, Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Toulouse Purpan, Hôpital des enfants, Service d'immuno-hémato-oncologie pédiatrique, INSERM U1037, Toulouse, France
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- Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Strasbourg, Service d'hématologie pédiatrique, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Grenoble, Service d'hématologie pédiatrique, Grenoble, France
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- Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Nancy, Service de Physiologie respiratoire Pédiatrique, Nancy, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Service de pneumologie pédiatrique, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Unité d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Inserm, CIC-EC 1426, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Unité d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Inserm, CIC-EC 1426, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris Cité, AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service d'hématologie pédiatrique, Paris, France
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- Université de Genève, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Genève, Suisse
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- Université de Paris Cité, AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de Physiologie Pédiatrique -Centre du Sommeil, INSERM NeuroDiderot, Paris, France
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Gavriilaki E, Christoforidi M, Ouranos K, Minti F, Mallouri D, Varelas C, Lazaridou A, Baldoumi E, Panteliadou A, Bousiou Z, Batsis I, Sakellari I, Gioula G. Alteration of Gut Microbiota Composition and Diversity in Acute and/or Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:5789. [PMID: 38891979 PMCID: PMC11171546 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25115789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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Changes in gut microbiome composition have been implicated in the pathogenesis of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Our objective was to explore the microbial abundance in patients with GvHD after allo-HSCT. We conducted a single-center, prospective study in patients who underwent allo-HSCT and developed grade II or higher acute GvHD and/or moderate or severe chronic GvHD, to explore the microbial abundance of taxa at the phylum, family, genus, and species level, and we utilized alpha and beta diversity indices to further describe our findings. We collected fecal specimens at -2 to +2 (T1), +11 to +17 (T2), +25 to +30 (T3), +90 (T4), and +180 (T5) days to assess changes in gut microbiota, with day 0 being the day of allo-HSCT. We included 20 allo-HSCT recipients in the study. Compared with timepoint T1, at timepoint T4 we found a significant decrease in the abundance of Proteobacteria phylum (14.22% at T1 vs. 4.07% at T4, p = 0.01) and Enterobacteriaceae family (13.3% at T1 vs. <0.05% at T4, p < 0.05), as well as a significant increase in Enterococcus species (0.1% at T1 vs. 12.8% at T4, p < 0.05) in patients who developed acute GvHD. Regarding patients who developed chronic GvHD after allo-HSCT, there was a significant reduction in the abundance of Eurobactereaceae family (1.32% at T1 vs. 0.53% at T4, p < 0.05) and Roseruria genus (3.97% at T1 vs. 0.09% at T4, p < 0.05) at T4 compared with T1. Alpha and beta diversity analyses did not reveal a difference in the abundance of bacteria at the genus level in GvHD patients at T4 compared with T1. Our study reinforces results from previous studies regarding changes in gut microbiota in patients with acute GvHD and provides new data regarding the gut microbiome changes in chronic GvHD. Future studies will need to incorporate clinical parameters in their analyses to establish their association with specific changes in gut microbiota in patients with GvHD after allo-HSCT.
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- Eleni Gavriilaki
- 2nd Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54643 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Microbiology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.C.); (F.M.); (G.G.)
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- Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA;
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- Microbiology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.C.); (F.M.); (G.G.)
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- Hematology Department—BMT Unit, G Papanikolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece; (D.M.); (C.V.); (A.L.); (E.B.); (A.P.); (Z.B.); (I.B.); (I.S.)
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- Hematology Department—BMT Unit, G Papanikolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece; (D.M.); (C.V.); (A.L.); (E.B.); (A.P.); (Z.B.); (I.B.); (I.S.)
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- Hematology Department—BMT Unit, G Papanikolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece; (D.M.); (C.V.); (A.L.); (E.B.); (A.P.); (Z.B.); (I.B.); (I.S.)
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- Hematology Department—BMT Unit, G Papanikolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece; (D.M.); (C.V.); (A.L.); (E.B.); (A.P.); (Z.B.); (I.B.); (I.S.)
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- Hematology Department—BMT Unit, G Papanikolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece; (D.M.); (C.V.); (A.L.); (E.B.); (A.P.); (Z.B.); (I.B.); (I.S.)
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- Hematology Department—BMT Unit, G Papanikolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece; (D.M.); (C.V.); (A.L.); (E.B.); (A.P.); (Z.B.); (I.B.); (I.S.)
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- Hematology Department—BMT Unit, G Papanikolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece; (D.M.); (C.V.); (A.L.); (E.B.); (A.P.); (Z.B.); (I.B.); (I.S.)
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- Hematology Department—BMT Unit, G Papanikolaou Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece; (D.M.); (C.V.); (A.L.); (E.B.); (A.P.); (Z.B.); (I.B.); (I.S.)
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- Microbiology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (M.C.); (F.M.); (G.G.)
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Pearson BG, Cortez RS, Khimani KS, Gupta PK. Ocular screening for chronic graft-versus-host disease in patients with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 2024:S0008-4182(24)00129-7. [PMID: 38796172 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigates ocular manifestations of graft-versus-host disease in patients following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). Preferred practice pattern guidelines are proposed for ocular graft-versus-host disease (oGHVD) detection. METHODS The Epic electronic medical record database at UTMB was screened using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), codes for bone marrow transplants, stem cell transplants, and complications of bone marrow transplants and stem cell transplants. We identified 50 patients with the ICD-10 codes that were seen at UTMB between 2000 and 2021. Patients who received an HSCT and follow-up care with UTMB were included in this study. Thirty-eight patients met the inclusion criteria, whereas 12 patients were excluded because they had no diagnosis of HSCT or did not follow-up with UTMB. RESULTS Of the 38 patients in our cohort, 23.7% (n = 9) were noted to have oGVHD. As many as 89% of the patients with oGVHD presented with an ocular surface disease including keratoconjunctivitis sicca, meibomian gland dysfunction, and dry eye syndrome. Systemic GVHD also was found in 44% of the patients with oGVHD. Only 29% (n = 11) of the study population had referrals to ophthalmology. Most referrals (55%) were made within 1 year of getting the HSCT. None of the patients in our cohort received an ocular screening before HSCT. CONCLUSIONS Many post-HSCT patients lack routine ophthalmic care. Regularly assessing post-HSCT patients for early signs and symptoms of oGVHD may limit adverse outcomes. Management of oGVHD should involve a multidisciplinary team approach.
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- Bryan G Pearson
- John Sealy School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
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- John Sealy School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; Ophthalmology Associates of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
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