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Worel N. How to manage poor mobilisers. Transfus Apher Sci 2024; 63:103934. [PMID: 38678982 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2024.103934] [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] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
Autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (ASCT) has been used for more than five decades to treat malignant and non-malignant diseases. Successful engraftment after high-dose chemotherapy relies on the ability to collect sufficient CD34 + hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), typically from peripheral blood after mobilization. Commonly, either granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) alone as a single agent (i.e. steady-state mobilization) or G-CSF after chemotherapy is administered to collect adequate numbers of HPCs (minimum ≥2 × 106 CD34 + cells/kg for one ASCT; optimal up to 5 × 106 CD34 + cells/kg). However, a significant proportion of patients fail successful HPC mobilization, which is commonly defined as a CD34+ cell count below 10-15/µL after at least 4 days of 10 µg/kg b.w. G-CSF alone, or after chemo-mobilization in combination with 5-10 µg/kg b.w. G-CSF. In these situations plerixafor, a chemokine receptor inhibitor (CXCR4) can be used to enhance HPC collection in patients with multiple myeloma and malignant lymphoma whose cells mobilize poorly. Risk factors for poor mobilization have been evaluated and several strategies (e.g. plerixafor to rescue the mobilization approach or pre-emptive use) have been suggested to optimize mobilization, especially in patients at risk. This manuscript discusses the risk factors of poor CD34+ mobilization and summarizes the current strategies to optimize mobilization and HPC collection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nina Worel
- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Medical University Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-29, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Javanbakht A, Stringer S, Anderson H, Hamilton E, Philip A, Waller EK, Langston AA, Joseph N, Roback JD, Schneider T, Sullivan HC, Hendrickson JE. Optimizing autologous stem cell collections for patients with multiple myeloma receiving G-CSF and Plerixafor: A single center project. J Clin Apher 2024; 39:e22127. [PMID: 38803152 DOI: 10.1002/jca.22127] [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: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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BACKGROUND Increasing indications for cellular therapy collections have stressed our healthcare system, with autologous collections having a longer than desired wait time until apheresis collection. This quality improvement initiative was undertaken to accommodate more patients within existing resources. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Patients with multiple myeloma who underwent autologous peripheral blood stem cell collection from October 2022 to April 2023 were included. Demographic, mobilization, laboratory, and apheresis data were retrospectively collected from the medical record. RESULTS This cohort included 120 patients (49.2% male), with a median age of 60 years. All received G-CSF and 95% received pre-emptive Plerixafor approximately 18 hours pre-collection. Most (79%) had collection goals of at least 8 × 106/kg CD34 cells, with 63% over 70 years old having this high collection goal (despite 20 years of institutional data showing <1% over 70 years old have a second transplant). With collection efficiencies of 55.9%, 44% of patients achieved their collection goal in a single day apheresis collection. A platelet count <150 × 103/μL on the day of collection was a predictor for poor mobilization; among 27 patients with a low baseline platelet count, 17 did not achieve the collection goal and 2 failed to collect a transplantable dose. CONCLUSIONS With minor collection goal adjustments, 15% of all collection appointments could have been avoided over this 6-month period. Other strategies to accommodate more patients include mobilization modifications (Plerixafor timing or substituting a longer acting drug), utilizing platelet counts to predict mobilization, and modifying apheresis collection volumes or schedule templates.
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- Ayda Javanbakht
- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Perrone S, Capria S, Bernardi M, Marchesi F, Ortu La Barbera E, Trisolini SM, Minotti C, Shafii Bafti M, Scerpa MC, Mulé A, Ciceri F, Martelli M, Cimino G. Impact of gemtuzumab ozogamicin consolidation on hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) mobilization in AML: analysis of 20 patients. Ann Hematol 2023; 102:769-775. [PMID: 36795117 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-023-05129-1] [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: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO), is an anti-CD33 monoclonal antibody, approved for AML CD33 + , those patients with low and intermediate-risk who obtain a complete response may also be candidated for consolidation with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). However, there are scant data on the mobilization of hemopoietic stem cells (HSC) after fractionated GO. We retrospectively studied data from five Italian centers and identified 20 patients (median age 54 years, range 29-69, 15 female, 15 NPM1mutated) that attempted HSC mobilization after fractionated doses of GO + "7 + 3" regimen and 1-2 cycles of consolidation (GO + HDAC + daunorubicin). After chemotherapy and standard G-CSF, 11/20 patients (55%) reached the threshold of 20 CD34 + /µL, and HSC were successfully harvested, while 9 patients (45%) failed. The median day of apheresis was Day + 26 from the start of chemotherapy (range 22-39 days). In good mobilizer patients, the median circulating CD34 + cells were 35.9 cells/µL and the median CD34 + harvested were 4.65 × 106/kg of patients' body weight. With a median follow-up of 12.7 months, at 24 months from the first diagnosis, 93.3% of all 20 patients were alive and the median overall survival was 25 months. The 2-year RFS rate from the timepoint of the first CR was 72.6%, while the median RFS was not reached. However, only five patients underwent ASCT and achieved full engraftment.In conclusion, in our cohort of patients, the addition of GO reduced HSC mobilization and harvesting, which was reached in about 55% of patients. Nevertheless, further studies are warranted to evaluate the effects of fractionated doses of GO on HSC mobilization and ASCT outcomes.
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- Salvatore Perrone
- Hematology, Polo Universitario Pontino, "Sapienza", Via A. Canova S.M. Goretti Hospital, 04100, Latina, Italy.
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- Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri (I.F.O.), Rome, Italy
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- Hematology, Polo Universitario Pontino, "Sapienza", Via A. Canova S.M. Goretti Hospital, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Immunohematology and Transfusional Medicine, AOUP Umberto I, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology, Polo Universitario Pontino, "Sapienza", Via A. Canova S.M. Goretti Hospital, 04100, Latina, Italy
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- UOC Hematology and Oncology, Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy
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- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Hematology, Polo Universitario Pontino, "Sapienza", Via A. Canova S.M. Goretti Hospital, 04100, Latina, Italy.,Haematology, Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Steiner N, Göbel G, Mauser L, Mühlnikel L, Fischinger M, Künz T, Willenbacher W, Hetzenauer G, Rudzki J, Nussbaumer W, Mayer W, Gunsilius E, Kircher B, Wolf D, Nachbaur D. Poor Mobilizers in Lymphoma but Not Myeloma Patients Had Significantly Poorer Progression-Free Survival after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: Results of a Large Retrospective, Single-Center Observational Study. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15030608. [PMID: 36765566 PMCID: PMC9913576 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15030608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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In our single-center study, 357 myeloma and lymphoma patients between 2009 and 2019 were mobilized with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF 7.5 µg/kg bid for four days) plus a fixed dose of 24 mg Plerixafor when indicated (Plerixafor Group, n = 187) or G-CSF alone (G-CSF Group, n = 170). The target CD34 cell yields were ≥2.0 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg in lymphoma and ≥4.0 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg in myeloma patients to enable putative second transplants in the latter. There were no significant differences in engraftment kinetics or transfusion requirements between the Plerixafor Group and the control group in the myeloma cohort, with lymphoma patients not requiring Plerixafor showing significantly faster neutrophil recovery, a trend to faster platelet recovery, and a significantly lower need for platelet transfusions, probably due to the significantly lower number of CD34-positive cells re-transfused. While in myeloma patients the outcome (overall survival, progression-free survival) following autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) was similar between the Plerixafor Group and the control group, hard to mobilize lymphoma patients had significantly poorer progression-free survival (47% vs. 74% at 36 months after ASCT, p = 0.003) with a trend also to poorer overall survival (71% vs. 84%). In conclusion, while there seem to be no differences in stemness capacity and long-term engraftment efficiency between the Plerixafor and the G-CSF Group in lymphoma as well as myeloma patients, poor mobilizing lymphoma patients per se constitute a high-risk population with a poorer outcome after ASCT. Whether disease characteristics and/or a more intense or stem cell-toxic pre-mobilization chemo-/radiotherapy burden in this cohort are responsible for this observation remains to be shown in future studies.
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- Normann Steiner
- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +43-(0)-512504-24003; Fax: +43-(0)-512504-25615
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstrasse 41/1, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Central Institute for Blood Transfusion and Department of Immunology, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Central Institute for Blood Transfusion and Department of Immunology, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine V (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Day -1 CD34+ Cells and Platelet Count Predict the Number of Apheresis in Poor-Mobilizer Patients Rescued by Plerixafor. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12020618. [PMID: 36675546 PMCID: PMC9866585 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12020618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 01/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Plerixafor is widely used as up-front treatment with G-CSF to enhance peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell output in patients failing previous mobilizations. Less frequently, plerixafor is used to rescue an unsatisfactory mobilization following chemotherapy (CT) and G-CSF. This study investigates if pre-collection factors affect the CD34+ cell harvest in chemotherapy and G-CSF mobilizations rescued by plerixafor. Clinical and hematological data relative to patients, mobilization, and apheresis products were retrospectively examined. The outcome was completing a target cell dose ≥ 2 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg at first apheresis. The effect exerted on the outcome by patient- and disease-related factors was investigated by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis. The analysis included data from 42 patients affected by hematological (39 patients) and non-hematological malignancies (three patients). Twenty-nine patients (69%) attained the target cell dose at first apheresis. Twelve out of the remaining 13 patients received an additional plerixafor administration, and all accomplished the transplant dose at a second apheresis procedure. Day -1 CD34+ PB count (OR1.46, 95% CI 1.1-1.9, p = 0.008) and platelet count (OR1.0, 95% CI 1.0-1.0, p = 0.033) predicted the achievement of the target dose at first apheresis, independently of pre-mobilization CT, radiation therapy, and disease status at mobilization. At ROC curve analysis, the best cut-off value predicting the successful collection at first apheresis was 7.5/µL for Day -1 CD34+ cell count (AUC 0.830, 0.69 sensitivity, and 0.92 specificity) and 75 × 109/L for Day -1 platelet count (AUC = 0.736, 0.65 sensitivity and 0.85 specificity). In conclusion, on-demand plerixafor rescue allows a successful stem cell collection, irrespectively of disease type and status, prior CT lines, and radiation exposure. Pre-apheresis CD34+ cells and platelet count predict the need for one or two aphereses.
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Rybinski B, Rapoport AP, Badros AZ, Hardy N, Kocoglu M. Prolonged Lenalidomide Induction Does Not Significantly Impair Stem Cell Collection in Multiple Myeloma Patients Mobilized With Cyclophosphamide or Plerixafor: A Report From The Covid Era. CLINICAL LYMPHOMA MYELOMA AND LEUKEMIA 2022; 22:e716-e729. [PMID: 35504807 PMCID: PMC8958842 DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2022.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Introduction Induction therapy for multiple myeloma is traditionally capped at 6 cycles of lenalidomide due to concerns that longer treatment compromises the ability to collect sufficient stem cells for autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of our patients received prolonged lenalidomide induction due to concerns about proceeding to ASCT. We investigated whether prolonged induction with lenalidomide affects the efficacy of stem cell collection among patients mobilized with cyclophosphamide and/or plerixafor. Patients and methods This single center, retrospective study included patients who were treated with lenalidomide induction regimens, received mobilization with cyclophosphamide or plerixafor, and underwent apheresis in preparation for ASCT. 94 patients were included, 40 of whom received prolonged induction with >6 cycles of lenalidomide containing regimen. Results Patients who received prolonged induction were more likely to require >1 day of apheresis (38% vs. 15%; OR 3.45; P = .0154), and there was a significant correlation between the duration of lenalidomide treatment and the apheresis time required to collect sufficient cells for transplant (R2 = 0.06423, P = .0148). However, there was no significant difference between patients who received prolonged induction and those who did not with respect to CD34+ stem cell yields at completion of apheresis (9.99 vs. 10.46 cells/Kg, P = .5513) or on the first day of collection (8.29 vs. 9.59 cells/Kg, P = .1788). Conclusion Among patients treated with >6 cycles of lenalidomide, mobilization augmented with cyclophosphamide and/or plerixafor will likely facilitate sufficient stem cell harvest to permit ASCT.
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Multiple Myeloma: Risk Adapted Use of Plerixafor for Stem Cell Mobilization Prior to Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation is Effective and Cost Efficient. CLINICAL LYMPHOMA MYELOMA & LEUKEMIA 2021; 22:44-51. [PMID: 34452863 DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2021.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND We used plerixafor in 'a risk adapted approach' for stem cell mobilization for multiple myeloma (MM) patients prior to autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January, 2017 and December, 2019 105 consecutive patients of MM were recruited (Study Cohort). Patients received inj G-CSF 10 µg/kg in 2 divided doses for 5 days. Day 4 peripheral blood (PB) CD34+ count was used as a guide; if count was < 20 cells/µl, patients received plerixafor. For those with ≥ 20 cells/µl apheresis was commenced on day 5. We compared their outcome with 156 MM patients transplanted between 2012 and 2016 with G-CSF mobilized PB stem cells (Control Cohort). Primary end point was to collect ≥2.0 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg (minimal harvest). Secondary end points were: no of apheresis sessions, percentage of patients with optimal stem cell harvest (≥4.0 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg) and cost analysis. An intent to treat analysis was done. RESULT 96.2% of patients achieved ≥ 2.0 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg in the study cohort vs. 87.2% in the control cohort, P < .01. Mean apheresis sessions were 1.5 vs. 1.7 respectively, P < .014 . Optimal stem cell harvest was 29.5% vs. 16%,P = .23. Days for neutrophil engraftment (P < 0.025) and for IV antibiotics (P < .0017) were favorable for the study cohort. Incremental cost effectiveness ratio was $ 15.80/- and $ 10.56/- per 1% increase to achieve a minimal and optimal harvest. CONCLUSION Plerixafor in this risk adapted strategy resulted in successful mobilization, decreased time to engraftment and was cost effective.
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