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Cho SY, Ar MC, Machado CM, Wu D, Singh I, Sandhu A, Demuth D, Slavin M. Epidemiology, treatment patterns, and disease burden of cytomegalovirus in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients in selected countries outside of Europe and North America: A systematic review. Transpl Infect Dis 2023; 25:e14083. [PMID: 37287436 DOI: 10.1111/tid.14083] [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: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease impacts morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients. This systematic review summarized data on the epidemiology, management, and burden of CMV post-HCT outside of Europe and North America. METHODS The MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane databases were searched for observational studies and treatment guidelines in HCT recipients across 15 selected countries from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East (search period: 1 January 2011-17 September 2021). Outcomes included incidence of CMV infection/disease, recurrence, risk factors, CMV-related mortality, treatments, refractory, resistant CMV, and burden. RESULTS Of 2708 references identified, 68 were eligible (67 studies and one guideline; 45/67 studies specific to adult allogeneic HCT recipients). The rates of CMV infection and disease within 1 year of allogeneic HCT were 24.9%-61.2% (23 studies) and 2.9%-15.7% (10 studies), respectively. Recurrence occurred in 19.8%-37.9% of cases (11 studies). Up to 10% of HCT recipients died of CMV-related causes. In all countries, first-line treatment for CMV infection/disease involved intravenous ganciclovir or valganciclovir. Conventional treatments were associated with serious adverse events such as myelosuppression (10.0%) or neutropenia only (30.0%, 39.8%) and nephrotoxicity (11.0%) (three studies), frequently leading to treatment discontinuation (up to 13.6%). Refractory CMV was reported in 2.9%, 13.0%, and 28.9% of treated patients (three studies) with resistant CMV diagnosed in 0%-10% of recipients (five studies). Patient-reported outcomes and economic data were scarce. CONCLUSION The incidence of CMV infection and disease post-HCT is high outside of North America and Europe. CMV resistance and toxicity highlight a major unmet need with current conventional treatments.
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- Sung-Yeon Cho
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic Hematology Hospital, Vaccine Bio Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Haematology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpassa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Virology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (LIM52-FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Takeda Biopharmaceuticals India Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG-Singapore Branch, Singapore
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG-Singapore Branch, Singapore
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- Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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Scarpini S, Morigi F, Betti L, Dondi A, Biagi C, Lanari M. Development of a Vaccine against Human Cytomegalovirus: Advances, Barriers, and Implications for the Clinical Practice. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:551. [PMID: 34070277 PMCID: PMC8225126 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9060551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) is one of the most common causes of congenital infection in the post-rubella era, representing a major public health concern. Although most cases are asymptomatic in the neonatal period, congenital CMV (cCMV) disease can result in permanent impairment of cognitive development and represents the leading cause of non-genetic sensorineural hearing loss. Moreover, even if hCMV mostly causes asymptomatic or pauci-symptomatic infections in immunocompetent hosts, it may lead to severe and life-threatening disease in immunocompromised patients. Since immunity reduces the severity of disease, in the last years, the development of an effective and safe hCMV vaccine has been of great interest to pharmacologic researchers. Both hCMV live vaccines-e.g., live-attenuated, chimeric, viral-based-and non-living ones-subunit, RNA-based, virus-like particles, plasmid-based DNA-have been investigated. Encouraging data are emerging from clinical trials, but a hCMV vaccine has not been licensed yet. Major difficulties in the development of a satisfactory vaccine include hCMV's capacity to evade the immune response, unclear immune correlates for protection, low number of available animal models, and insufficient general awareness. Moreover, there is a need to determine which may be the best target populations for vaccine administration. The aim of the present paper is to examine the status of hCMV vaccines undergoing clinical trials and understand barriers limiting their development.
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- Sara Scarpini
- Specialty School of Pediatrics, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (S.S.); (F.M.); (L.B.)
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- Specialty School of Pediatrics, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (S.S.); (F.M.); (L.B.)
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- Specialty School of Pediatrics, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (S.S.); (F.M.); (L.B.)
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- Pediatric Emergency Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (C.B.); (M.L.)
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- Pediatric Emergency Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (C.B.); (M.L.)
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- Pediatric Emergency Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (C.B.); (M.L.)
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Zhou X, Jin N, Chen B. Human cytomegalovirus infection: A considerable issue following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Oncol Lett 2021; 21:318. [PMID: 33692850 PMCID: PMC7933754 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2021.12579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an opportunistic virus, whereby recipients are most susceptible following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). With the development of novel immunosuppressive agents and antiviral drugs, accompanied with the widespread application of prophylaxis and preemptive treatment, significant developments have been made in transplant recipients with human (H)CMV infection. However, HCMV remains an important cause of short- and long-term morbidity and mortality in transplant recipients. The present review summarizes the molecular mechanism and risk factors of HCMV reactivation following allo-HSCT, the diagnosis of CMV infection following allo-HSCT, prophylaxis and treatment of HCMV infection, and future perspectives. All relevant literature were retrieved from PubMed and have been reviewed.
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- Xinyi Zhou
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, P.R. China
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Selby PR, Shakib S, Peake SL, Warner MS, Yeung D, Hahn U, Roberts JA. A Systematic Review of the Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Toxicodynamics of Ganciclovir/Valganciclovir in Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Clin Pharmacokinet 2021; 60:727-739. [PMID: 33515202 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-020-00982-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ganciclovir (GCV) and valganciclovir (VGCV) are the first-line agents used to prevent and treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (alloHCT) patients. OBJECTIVE The aim of this work was to describe available data for the clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and toxicodynamics of GCV and VGCV and the potential of a therapeutic drug monitoring strategy to improve outcomes in the alloHCT population. METHODS We systematically reviewed the pharmacokinetics (dose-exposure), pharmacodynamics (exposure-efficacy) and toxicodynamics (exposure-toxicity) of GCV and VGCV in alloHCT patients with CMV infection. Studies including alloHCT patients treated for CMV infection reporting the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and toxicodynamics of GCV or VGCV were searched for using the PUBMED and EMBASE databases from 1946 to 2019. Only studies involving participants > 12 years of age and available in the English language were included. RESULTS A total of 179 patients were included in the 14 studies that met the inclusion criteria, of which 6 examined GCV pharmacokinetics only, while 8 also examined GCV pharmacodynamics and toxicodynamics. Reported pharmacokinetic parameters showed considerable interpatient variability and were different from other populations, such as solid organ transplant and human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. Only one study found a correlation between neutropenia and elevated peak and trough GCV concentrations, with no other significant pharmacodynamic and toxicodynamic relationships identified. While therapeutic drug monitoring of GCV is performed in some institutions, no association between GCV therapeutic drug monitoring and clinical outcomes was identified. CONCLUSION Further studies of the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and toxicodynamics of GCV/VGCV in alloHCT patients are required to identify a more robust therapeutic range and to subsequently quantify the potential value of therapeutic drug monitoring of GCV/VGCV in the alloHCT population.
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- Philip Roland Selby
- School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. .,Pharmacy Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Port Road, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
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- School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,Department of Intensive Care Medicine, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,Infectious Diseases Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,Haematology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,Cancer Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,Haematology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Centre for Translational Anti-infective Pharmacodynamics, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.,Departments of Pharmacy and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Division of Anaesthesiology Critical Care Emergency and Pain Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, University of Montpellier, Nîmes, France
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Märtson AG, Bakker M, Blokzijl H, Verschuuren EAM, Berger SP, Span LFR, van der Werf TS, Alffenaar JWC. Exploring failure of antimicrobial prophylaxis and pre-emptive therapy for transplant recipients: a systematic review. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e034940. [PMID: 31915177 PMCID: PMC6955515 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Infections remain a threat for solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients. Antimicrobial prophylaxis and pre-emptive therapy have improved survival of these patients; however, the failure rates of prophylaxis are not negligible. The aim of this systematic review is to explore the reasons behind failure of antimicrobial prophylaxis and pre-emptive therapy. SETTING This systematic review included prospective randomised controlled trials and prospective single-arm studies. PARTICIPANTS The studies included were on prophylaxis and pre-emptive therapy of opportunistic infections in transplant recipients. Studies were included from databases MEDLINE, CENTRAL and Embase published until October first 2018. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Primary outcome measures were breakthrough infections, adverse events leading to stopping of treatment, switching medication or dose reduction. Secondary outcome measures were acquired resistance to antimicrobials, antifungals or antivirals and death. RESULTS From 3317 identified records, 30 records from 24 studies with 2851 patients were included in the systematic review. Seventeen focused on prophylactic and pre-emptive treatment of cytomegalovirus and seven studies on invasive fungal infection. The main reasons for failure of prophylaxis and pre-emptive therapy were adverse events and breakthrough infections, which were described in 54% (13 studies) and 38% (9 studies) of the included studies, respectively. In 25%, six of the studies, a detailed description of patients who experienced failure of prophylaxis or pre-emptive therapy was unclear or lacking. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that although failure is reported in the studies, the level of detail prohibits a detailed analysis of failure of prophylaxis and pre-emptive therapy. Clearly reporting on patients with a negative outcome should be improved. We have provided guidance on how to detect failure early in a clinical setting in accordance to the results from this systematic review. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42017077606.
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- Anne-Grete Märtson
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- The University of Sydney, Sydney Pharmacy School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Lu W, Chen HP, Chan YJ, Wang FD. Clinical significance of post-treatment viral load of cytomegalovirus in patients with hematologic malignancies. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND INFECTION = WEI MIAN YU GAN RAN ZA ZHI 2019; 54:245-252. [PMID: 31444112 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Patients with hematologic diseases were at high risk for cytomegalovirus (CMV) diseases. In the present study, we compare various prognostic factors during CMV viremia, with specific emphasis on the relationship between viremia eradication and the long-term prognosis of patients after each episode. METHODS Adult patients with hematologic diseases who had a detectable CMV viral load (VL) (equal to or above 150 copies/mL) were included in the study. Medical records were reviewed for demographic data including age, sex, hematologic and other underlying diseases, status of stem cell transplantation, antiviral medication, serum CMV viral load before and after antiviral treatment. RESULTS A total of 101 episodes of CMV viremia occurred in patients with hematologic diseases. Comparison of various prognostic factors revealed non-survivors more frequently suffered from pneumonia and concomitant bacterial or fungal infections, had less frequently undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and had higher peak VLs during viremic episodes. After antiviral therapy, eradication of viremia was much less frequently achieved in non-survivors. The Kaplan-Meier curves revealed that patients with detectable end-treatment VL had lower survival rates even if the antivirals were administered for more than 21 days. In a multivariate Cox proportional-hazard model, a detectable VL at the end of antiviral therapy independently predicted mortality within 180 days. CONCLUSIONS In patients with hematologic diseases suffering CMV viremia, failure to eradicate viremia after antiviral therapy indicates a higher chance of mortality and can be regarded as a useful indicator in evaluating the patient's long-term prognosis.
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- Wei Lu
- Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, Xindian Dist., New Taipei City, Taiwan; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Kim SH, Lee HS, Lee HJ, Kim SM, Shin S, Park SH, Kim KJ, Kim YH, Sung H, Lee SO, Choi SH, Yang SK, Kim YS, Woo JH, Han DJ. Clinical applications of interferon-γ releasing assays for cytomegalovirus to differentiate cytomegalovirus disease from bystander activation: a pilot proof-of-concept study. Korean J Intern Med 2017; 32:900-909. [PMID: 28830137 PMCID: PMC5583447 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2015.354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Revised: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS We evaluated the proposed clinical application of the combined interpretation of host factors and viral factors in two different cytomegalovirus (CMV) co-infection models. METHODS We prospectively enrolled all human immunodeficiency virus non-infected patients with confirmed Pneumocystitis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) and those with suspected gastrointestinal CMV disease in a tertiary hospital. All patients underwent CMV interferon-γ releasing assay (IGRA) for CMV (T-track CMV, Lophius Biosciences). We created the 2-axis model with the CMV IGRA results as the x-axis and the results for CMV virus replication as the y-axis, and hypothesized that cases falling in the left upper quadrant (high viral load and low CMV-specific immunity) of the model would be true CMV infections. The CMV IGRA results were concealed from the attending physicians. RESULTS Of 39 patients with PCP, four (10%) were classified as combined CMV pneumonia, 13 (33%) as bystander activation, and the remaining 22 (56%) as no CMV infection. The data for all four patients with PCP and CMV pneumonia fell in the left upper quadrant of the 2-axis model. Of 24 patients with suspected gastrointestinal CMV disease, 12 (50%) were classified as gastrointestinal CMV disease and the remaining 12 (50%) as bystander activation with no gastrointestinal CMV disease. The data for 11 of the 12 patients (92%) with gastrointestinal CMV disease were located in the left upper quadrant of the 2-axis model. CONCLUSIONS Cases yielding low CMV IGRA results and high CMV viral replication appear to be true CMV infections. Further studies with large number of cases in different types of CMV disease should be proposed.
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- Sung-Han Kim
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Correspondence to Sung-Han Kim, M.D. Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05505, Korea Tel: +82-2-3010-3305 Fax: +82-2-3010-6970 E-mail:
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Locatelli F, Bertaina A, Bertaina V, Merli P. Cytomegalovirus in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients - management of infection. Expert Rev Hematol 2016; 9:1093-1105. [PMID: 27690683 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2016.1242406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Cytomegalovirus (CMV) still causes significant morbidity and mortality in patients given allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Despite effective pharmacotherapy, potentially life-threatening CMV disease occurs nowadays in up to 10% of HSCT recipients; moreover, routinely used anti-CMV agents have been shown to be associated with morbidity. Areas covered: This review examines different issues related to diagnosis and management of CMV infection in HSCT recipients, paying particular attention to the monitoring of CMV-specific immune recovery, approaches of adoptive cell therapy and new antiviral drugs. Expert commentary: Despite advances in diagnostic tests and treatment, there is still room for refining management of CMV in HSCT recipients. Immunological monitoring should be associated in the future to virological monitoring. The safety profile and efficacy of new anti-CMV agents should be compared with that of standard-of-care drugs. Donor-derived, pathogen-specific T cells adoptively transferred after transplantation could contribute to reduce the impact of CMV infection on patient's outcome.
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- Franco Locatelli
- a Dipartimento di Oncoematologia Pediatrica , IRCSS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù , Rome , Italy.,b Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche , Università di Pavia , Pavia , Italy
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- a Dipartimento di Oncoematologia Pediatrica , IRCSS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù , Rome , Italy
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- a Dipartimento di Oncoematologia Pediatrica , IRCSS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù , Rome , Italy
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- a Dipartimento di Oncoematologia Pediatrica , IRCSS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù , Rome , Italy
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Kim T, Lee YM, Lee SO, Choi SH, Kim YS, Woo JH, Sung H, Jung JH, Shin S, Kim YH, Kang YA, Lee YS, Lee JH, Lee JH, Lee KH, Park SK, Han DJ, Kim SH. Differences of cytomegalovirus diseases between kidney and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients during preemptive therapy. Korean J Intern Med 2016; 31:961-70. [PMID: 27055664 PMCID: PMC5016278 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2015.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Cytomegalovirus (CMV) surveillance and preemptive therapy is a widely-used strategy for preventing CMV disease in transplant recipients. However, there are limited data on the incidence and patterns of CMV disease during the preemptive period. Thus, we investigated the incidence and pattern of tissue-invasive CMV disease in CMV seropositive kidney transplantation (KT) and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) recipients during preemptive therapy. METHODS We prospectively identified patients with tissue-invasive CMV disease among 664 KT (90%) and 496 HCT (96%) recipients who were D+/R+ (both donor and recipient seropositive) during a 4-year period. RESULTS The incidence rates of CMV disease were 4.1/100 person-years (4%, 27/664) in KT recipients and 5.0/100 person-years (4%, 21/496) in HCT recipients. Twenty-six (96%) of the KT recipients with CMV disease had gastrointestinal CMV, whereas 17 (81%) of the HCT recipients had gastrointestinal CMV and 4 (19%) had CMV retinitis. Thus, CMV retinitis was more common among HCT recipients (p = 0.03). All 27 KT recipients with CMV disease suffered abrupt onset of CMV disease before or during preemptive therapy; 10 (48%) of the 21 HCT recipients with CMV disease were also classified in this way but the other 11 (52%) were classified as CMV disease following successful ganciclovir preemptive therapy (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The incidence of CMV disease was about 4% in both KT and HCT recipients during preemptive therapy. However, CMV retinitis and CMV disease as a relapsed infection were more frequently found among HCT recipients.
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- Tark Kim
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Nephrology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ju H, Kang H, Hong C, Lee J, Kim H, Park K, Shin H, Park J, Choi E, Lee H, Ahn H. Half-dose ganciclovir preemptive treatment of cytomegalovirus infection after pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis 2016; 18:396-404. [DOI: 10.1111/tid.12539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Revised: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- H.Y. Ju
- Center for Pediatric Oncology; National Cancer Center; Goyang-si Korea
- Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University Children's Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University Children's Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University Children's Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics; Chung-ang University Hospital; Seoul Korea
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- Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University Children's Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University Children's Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University Children's Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University Children's Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University Children's Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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- Cancer Research Institute; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
- Department of Pediatrics; Seoul National University Children's Hospital; Seoul National University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea
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Maffini E, Giaccone L, Festuccia M, Brunello L, Busca A, Bruno B. Treatment of CMV infection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Expert Rev Hematol 2016; 9:585-96. [PMID: 27043241 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2016.1174571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Despite a remarkable reduction in the past decades, cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients remains a feared complication, still associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Today, first line treatment of CMV infection/reactivation is still based on dated antiviral compounds Ganciclovir (GCV), Foscarnet (FOS) and Cidofovir (CDF) with their burdensome weight of side effects. Maribavir (MBV), Letermovir (LMV) and Brincidofovir (BDF) are three new promising anti-CMV drugs without myelosuppressive properties or renal toxic effects that are under investigation in randomized phase II and III trials. Adoptive T-cell therapy (ATCT) in CMV infection possesses a strong rationale, demonstrated by several proof of concept studies; its feasibility is currently under investigation by clinical trials. ATCT from third-party and naïve donors could meet the needs of HSCT recipients of seronegative donors and cord blood grafts. In selected patients such as recipients of T-cell depleted grafts, ATCT, based on CMV-specific host T-cells reconstitution kinetics, would be of value in the prophylactic and/or preemptive CMV treatment. Vaccine-immunotherapy has the difficult task to reduce the incidence of CMV reactivation/infection in highly immunocompromised HSCT patients. Newer notions on CMV biology may represent the base to flush out the Troll of transplantation.
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- Enrico Maffini
- a Department of Oncology, SSCVD Trapianto di Cellule Staminali , A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino , Torino , Italy.,b Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences , University of Torino , Torino , Italy
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- a Department of Oncology, SSCVD Trapianto di Cellule Staminali , A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino , Torino , Italy.,b Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences , University of Torino , Torino , Italy
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- a Department of Oncology, SSCVD Trapianto di Cellule Staminali , A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino , Torino , Italy.,b Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences , University of Torino , Torino , Italy
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- a Department of Oncology, SSCVD Trapianto di Cellule Staminali , A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino , Torino , Italy.,b Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences , University of Torino , Torino , Italy
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- a Department of Oncology, SSCVD Trapianto di Cellule Staminali , A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino , Torino , Italy
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- a Department of Oncology, SSCVD Trapianto di Cellule Staminali , A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino , Torino , Italy.,b Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences , University of Torino , Torino , Italy
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Park SY, Baek S, Lee SO, Choi SH, Kim YS, Woo JH, Sung H, Kim MN, Kim DY, Lee JH, Lee JH, Lee KH, Kim SH. Efficacy of oral ribavirin in hematologic disease patients with paramyxovirus infection: analytic strategy using propensity scores. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 57:983-9. [PMID: 23229488 PMCID: PMC3553680 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01961-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Few antiviral agents are available for treating paramyxovirus infections, such as those involving respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), parainfluenza virus (PIV), and human metapneumovirus (hMPV). We evaluated the effect of oral ribavirin on clinical outcomes of paramyxovirus infections in patients with hematological diseases. All adult patients with paramyxovirus were retrospectively reviewed over a 2-year period. Patients who received oral ribavirin were compared to those who received supportive care without ribavirin therapy. A propensity-matched case-control study and a logistic regression model with inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) were performed to reduce the effect of selection bias in assignment for oral ribavirin therapy. A total of 145 patients, including 64 (44%) with PIV, 60 (41%) with RSV, and 21 (15%) with hMPV, were analyzed. Of these 145 patients, 114 (78%) received oral ribavirin and the remaining 31 (21%) constituted the nonribavirin group. Thirty-day mortality and underlying respiratory death rates were 31% (35/114) and 12% (14/114), respectively, for the oral ribavirin group versus 19% (6/31) and 16% (5/31), respectively, for the nonribavirin group (P = 0.21 and P = 0.56). In the case-control study, the 30-day mortality rate in the ribavirin group was 24% (5/21) versus 19% (4/21) in the nonribavirin group (P = 0.71). In addition, the logistic regression model with IPTW revealed no significant difference in 30-day mortality (adjusted hazard ratio of 1.3; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] of 0.3 to 5.8) between the two groups. Steroid use (adjusted odds ratio, 5.67; P = 0.01) and upper respiratory tract infection (adjusted odds ratio, 0.07; P = 0.001) was independently associated with mortality. Our data suggest that oral ribavirin therapy may not improve clinical outcomes in hematologic disease patients infected with paramyxovirus.
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- Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Park SY, Kim YH, Han DJ, Park SK, Park JS, Sung H, Park HJ, Kim SH, Choi SH, Kim YS, Woo JH, Lee SO. Efficacy of a strategy for discontinuing pre-emptive ganciclovir therapy after a negative cytomegalovirus antigenaemia test result in seropositive kidney transplant recipients. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013; 68:1209-11. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Hiwarkar P, Gaspar HB, Gilmour K, Jagani M, Chiesa R, Bennett-Rees N, Breuer J, Rao K, Cale C, Goulden N, Davies G, Amrolia P, Veys P, Qasim W. Impact of viral reactivations in the era of pre-emptive antiviral drug therapy following allogeneic haematopoietic SCT in paediatric recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant 2012. [PMID: 23178547 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2012.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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While pre-emptive rituximab therapy for EBV has substantially reduced the incidence of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder, following allogeneic haematopoietic SCT (HSCT), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and adenovirus (ADV) still contribute to significant morbidity and mortality after HSCT. We therefore aimed to identify high-risk children who could benefit from recent advances in virus-specific immunotherapy, define the impact of viral reactivations on survival and estimate the economic burden of pre-emptive antiviral drug therapy. Between 2005 and 2010, prospective monitoring of 291 paediatric HSCT procedures revealed that reactivation of CMV (16%), ADV (15%) and EBV (11%) was frequent during period of CD4 T-cell lymphopenia (0.15 × 10(9) L(-1); P<0.05). We report significant risk factors for reactivation, most notably the use of serotherapy and development of GVHD (grade II) in the presence of pre-existing infection (ADV) or donor and/or recipient seropositivity (CMV, EBV). Most interestingly, CMV and ADV viraemia were the major independent predictors of mortality (P<0.05). CMV, ADV or EBV viral reactivation caused prolonged hospitalization (P<0.05), accounted for 15% of all mortality and substantially increased the cost of transplantation by ∼£22 500 ($34 000). This provides an economic rationale for targeting high-risk HSCT recipients with interventions such as virus-specific cell therapy.
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- P Hiwarkar
- Molecular Immunology Unit, Institute of Child Health London, UK.
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