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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]
Abstract
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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Modi D, Kim S, Shatta M, Deol A, Kin A, Ayash L, Ratanatharathorn V, Uberti JP. Haploidentical vs. mismatched unrelated donor transplants with posttransplant cyclophosphamide-based GVHD prophylaxis. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024:10.1038/s41409-024-02309-z. [PMID: 38778149 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02309-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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- Dipenkumar Modi
- Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
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- Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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Jeurkar C, Leiby B, Rashid S, Gergis U, Grossso D, Carabasi M, Filicko-O'Hara J, O'Hara W, Klumpp T, Porcu P, Flomenberg N, Wagner JL. A prospective study of posttransplant cyclophosphamide for unrelated donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant with special attention to graft content and the impact of a higher γδ T cell dose. Eur J Haematol 2024. [PMID: 38711359 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.14221] [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: 10/15/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
Abstract
Posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PtCy) has been shown to decrease post-hematopoietic stem cell transplant acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). In this study, PtCy was used in 44 patients along with mycophenolate and tacrolimus with HLA matched (29) and mismatched (15) unrelated donors to determine the impact of graft content on outcome; thus, all patients had flow cytometric analysis of their graft content including the number of B cells, NK cells, and various T cell subsets. Higher γδ T cell dose was associated with the development of acute GVHD (p = .0038). For PtCy, further studies of the cell product along with further graft manipulation, such as selective γδ T cell depletion, could potentially improve outcomes.
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- Chetan Jeurkar
- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Paviglianiti A, Ngoya M, Peña M, Boumendil A, Gülbas Z, Ciceri F, Bonifazi F, Russo D, Fegueux N, Stolzel F, Bulabois CE, Socié G, Forcade E, Solano C, Finel H, Robinson S, Glass B, Montoto S. Graft-versus-host-disease prophylaxis with ATG or PTCY in patients with lymphoproliferative disorders undergoing reduced intensity conditioning regimen HCT from one antigen mismatched unrelated donor. Bone Marrow Transplant 2024; 59:597-603. [PMID: 38331980 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02225-2] [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: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
Abstract
Post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCY) has been introduced as graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis in mismatched and matched unrelated hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT). However, data comparing outcomes of PTCY or ATG in patients undergoing a 1 antigen mismatched HCT for lymphoproliferative disease are limited. We compared PTCY versus ATG in adult patients with lymphoproliferative disease undergoing a first 9/10 MMUD HCT with a reduced intensity conditioning regimen from 2010 to 2021. Patients receiving PTCY were matched to patients receiving ATG according to: age, disease status at transplant, female to male matching, stem cell source and CMV serology. Grade II-IV acute GvHD at 100 day was 26% and 41% for the ATG and PTCY group, respectively (p = 0.08). Grade III-IV acute GvHD was not significantly different between the two groups. No differences were observed in relapse incidence, non-relapse mortality, progression-free survival, overall survival and GvHD-relapse-free survival at 1 year. The cumulative incidence of 1-year extensive chronic GvHD was 18% in the ATG and 5% in the PTCY group, respectively (p = 0.06). In patients with lymphoproliferative diseases undergoing 9/10 MMUD HCT, PTCY might be a safe option providing similar results to ATG prophylaxis. Due to the limited number of patients, prospective randomized trials are needed.
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- Annalisa Paviglianiti
- Duran i Reynals Hospital, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain.
- Department of Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
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- Lymphoma Working Party, EBMT, Paris, France
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- Duran i Reynals Hospital, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Department, Anadolu Medical Center Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, CHU Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
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- University Hospital, Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
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- CHU Grenoble Alpes - Université Grenoble Alpes, Service d'Hématologie, Grenoble, France
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- Hopital Saint Louis, Department of Hematology - BMT, Paris, France
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- Hospital Clínico de Valencia, Servicio de Hematología, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
- Department of Haemato-oncology St.Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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Serio B, Storti G, D’Addona M, Santoro L, Frieri C, De Novellis D, Marano L, De Santis G, Guariglia R, Manfra I, Urciuoli E, Luponio S, Marotta S, Morini D, Rizzo M, Palmieri F, Cantore N, Giudice V, Risitano AM, Selleri C. Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide versus Anti-Thymocyte Globulin in Patients with Hematological Malignancies Treated with Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation from Haploidentical and Matched Unrelated Donors: A Real-Life Experience. Hematol Rep 2024; 16:234-243. [PMID: 38651452 PMCID: PMC11036213 DOI: 10.3390/hematolrep16020023] [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: 12/24/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Background: Post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCY) is widely used as graft versus host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients, with reported clinical benefits in patients who underwent transplant from a matched unrelated donor (MUD). However, real-life data on clinical efficacy and safety of PTCY in haploidentical and MUD transplantations are still poor. Methods: In our real-life retrospective observational study, we included a total of 40 consecutive adult patients who underwent haploidentical or MUD HSCT for various hematological malignancies and who received PTCY (n = 24) or ATG (n = 16) as GvHD prophylaxis at Hematology Units from hospitals of Salerno and Avellino, Italy, and clinical outcomes were compared. Results: We showed protective effects of PTCY against disease relapse with the relapse rate after transplantation of 16% versus 50% in the ATG arm (p = 0.02). All-cause mortality was lower (36% vs. 75%; p = 0.02) and the 2-year overall survival was slightly superior in patients administered PTCY (61% vs. 42%; p = 0.26). Conclusions: We support the use of PTCY, even in a real-life setting; however, the optimization of this protocol should be further investigated to better balance relapse prevention and GvHD prophylaxis.
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- Bianca Serio
- Hematology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, 84131 Salerno, Italy; (B.S.)
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, 84131 Salerno, Italy; (B.S.)
- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, 84131 Salerno, Italy; (B.S.)
- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, 84131 Salerno, Italy; (B.S.)
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, 84131 Salerno, Italy; (B.S.)
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, 84131 Salerno, Italy; (B.S.)
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- Hematology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, 84131 Salerno, Italy; (B.S.)
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, Hospital “S. Giuseppe Moscati”, 83100 Avellino, Italy (A.M.R.)
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- Hematology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, 84131 Salerno, Italy; (B.S.)
- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, 84131 Salerno, Italy; (B.S.)
- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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Gao L, Yang L, Zhou S, Zhu W, Han Y, Chen S, Xue S, Wang Y, Qiu H, Wu D, Wu X. Allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation outcomes of patients aged ≥ 55 years with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes in China: a retrospective study. Stem Cell Res Ther 2024; 15:24. [PMID: 38282037 PMCID: PMC10823660 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-024-03640-4] [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: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes (AML/MDS) have historically had poor prognoses. However, there has been a recent increase in the use of allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) are in this patient population. Nevertheless, the optimal choice of donor type for the patients remains an unmet need. Limited data exist on the use of allo-HSCT in elderly patients with AML/MDS from China. To better understand and optimize the selection of donor type for the elderly patients, particularly for those with refractory or relapsed disease, in comparison with the previous studies in the US and Europe. METHODS Our retrospective study enrolled 259 patients aged over 55 years who underwent their first allo-HSCT between April 2015 and August 2022. These patients were divided into three groups based on donor type: haploidentical related donor group (haploidentical related donor transplantation [HID], n = 184), matched sibling donor group (matched sibling donor transplantation [MSD], n = 39), and matched unrelated donor group (matched unrelated donor transplantation [MUD], n = 36). Statistics were performed with the chi-square test, the log-rank and Fine-Gray tests. RESULTS The median age of the cohort was 57 years (range: 55-75) and 26.25% of patients were over 60 years old. Younger patients had a higher incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (HR = 1.942, P = 0.035), faster neutrophil recovery (HR = 1.387, P = 0.012), and better overall survival (HR = 0.567, P = 0.043) than patients aged ≥ 60 years across the entire cohort. Patients with refractory or relapsed (R/R) diseases had delayed neutrophil engraftment (P = 0.010, HR = 0.752) and platelet engraftment (P < 0.001, HR = 0.596), higher incidence of relapses (HR = 2.300, P = 0.013), and inferior relapse-free survival (RFS) (HR = 1.740, HR = 0.016) regardless of donor type. When it came to graft-versus-host-disease-free, relapse-free survival (GRFS), MUDs turned out to be superior to HIDs (HR = 0.472, P = 0.026) according to the multivariable analysis. In contrast, we found MSDs had an inferior GRFS to HIDs in parallel (HR = 1.621, P = 0.043). CONCLUSION The choice of donor type did not significantly affect the outcomes of allo-HSCT. However, when considering the quality of post-transplant life, MUDs or HIDs from younger donors may be the optimal choice for elderly patients.
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- Lu Gao
- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Tongren Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 111 Xianxia Road, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China.
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China.
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Suzhou, China.
- Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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Dybko J, Giordano U, Pilch J, Mizera J, Borkowski A, Dereń-Wagemann I. Evaluating the Impact of Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide and Anti-Thymocyte Globulin on CMV Reactivation Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Systematic Literature Review. J Clin Med 2023; 12:7765. [PMID: 38137835 PMCID: PMC10743888 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12247765] [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: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) and post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) are two frequently utilised strategies in graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), currently approved for different recipient-donor settings. In addition, being efficacious in preventing GvHD owing to their T-cell depleting capacity, the employment of these two agents increases the risk of infections, including CMV reactivation, which stands as one of the most common and serious infections following allo-HCT. We performed a systematic literature review of articles published until 1 September 2023, through PubMed, MEDLINE, and Scopus, with the main endpoint being CMV reactivation after PTCy or ATG allo-HCT. The majority of the studies included in the analysis provide supporting evidence for a reduced risk of CMV reactivations following the use of PTCy compared to ATG, although not all findings reached statistical significance. Additionally, it appears that utilising a haploidentical donor leads to a higher incidence of CMV infections and clinically significant CMV infections (CS-CMVis) compared to other donor settings in PTCy allo-HCT. This study aims to compare the risk of CMV infections following allo-HCT in patients who have received either ATG or PTCy as GvHD prophylaxis and discuss other factors that could influence the infectious outcomes of patients who have undergone allo-HCT.
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- Jarosław Dybko
- Lower Silesia Centre for Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology in Wrocław, 53-439 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.D.); (I.D.-W.)
- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Isotope Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Wybrzeże Pasteura 4, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland
- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.P.); (J.M.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.P.); (J.M.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.P.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, M. Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland;
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- Lower Silesia Centre for Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology in Wrocław, 53-439 Wroclaw, Poland; (J.D.); (I.D.-W.)
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Li Y, Wang N, Zhang X, Cao Y, Zhang L, Liu A, Zhang Y. Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide as GVHD prophylaxis in allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Recent advances and modification. Blood Rev 2023; 62:101078. [PMID: 37031067 DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2023.101078] [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: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is the most important therapeutic option for hematological disorders, although graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains the main cause of mortality. Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCY) induces immune tolerance and is associated with a low incidence of GVHD and non-relapse mortality. Therefore, PTCY has emerged as a safe and effective GVHD prophylaxis in haploidentical transplantation and has been expanded to matched related or unrelated donor and mismatched unrelated donor HSCT. On the basis of current understanding of the mechanisms of PTCY and antithymocyte globulin (ATG) in the prevention of GVHD, growing evidence suggests that the combination of ATG and PTCY could improve allo-HSCT clinical outcomes. Further research will focus on optimizing PTCY regimens by modifying the timing of administration or adding other immunosuppressive agents.
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- Yun Li
- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China; Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, NHC Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Wuhan, China.
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Salas MQ, Rodríguez-Lobato LG, Charry P, Suárez-Lledó M, Pedraza A, Solano MT, Arcarons J, Cid J, Lozano M, Rosiñol L, Esteve J, Carreras E, Fernández-Avilés F, Martínez C, Rovira M. Applicability and validation of different prognostic scores in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) in the post-transplant cyclophosphamide era. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther 2023:S2531-1379(23)00162-1. [PMID: 37891074 DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2023.07.008] [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: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
Abstract
We investigated the predictive capacity of six prognostic indices [Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS), Hematopoietic Cell Transplant-Specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI), Disease Risk Index (DRI), European Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) and Revised Pre-Transplantation Assessment of Mortality (rPAM) Scores and Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX)] in 205 adults undergoing post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy)-based allo-HCT. KPS, HCT-CI, DRI and EASIX grouped patients into higher and lower risk strata. KPS and EASIX maintained appropriate discrimination for OS prediction across the first 2 years after allo-HCT [receiver operating characteristic curve (area under the curve (AUC) > 55 %)]. The discriminative capacity of DRI and HCT-CI increased during the post-transplant period, with a peak of prediction at 2 years (AUC of 61.1 % and 61.8 %). The maximum rPAM discriminative capacity was at 1 year (1-year AUC of 58.2 %). The predictive capacity of the EBMT score was not demonstrated. This study validates the discrimination capacity for OS prediction of KPS, HCT-CI, DRI and EASIX in PTCy-based allo-HCT.
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- María Queralt Salas
- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (Clinic Campus), Barcela, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (Clinic Campus), Barcela, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (Clinic Campus), Barcela, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (Clinic Campus), Barcela, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Institute of Hematology and Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (Clinic Campus), Barcela, Spain; University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Dybko J, Sobczyk-Kruszelnicka M, Makuch S, Agrawal S, Dudek K, Giebel S, Gil L. The Benefits of the Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide in Both Haploidentical and Mismatched Unrelated Donor Setting in Allogeneic Stem Cells Transplantation. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065764. [PMID: 36982839 PMCID: PMC10051342 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is a standard therapeutic approach for acute leukemias and many other hematologic malignancies. The proper choice of immunosuppressants applicable to different types of transplantations still requires strict and careful consideration, and data in this regard are divergent. For this reason, in this single-centered, retrospective study, we aimed to compare the outcome of 145 patients who received post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) for MMUD and haplo-HSCT or GvHD prophylaxis for MMUD-HSCT alone. We attempted to verify if PTCy is an optimal strategy in MMUD setting. Ninety-three recipients (93/145; 64.1%) underwent haplo-HSCT while 52 (52/145; 35.9%) underwent MMUD-HSCT. There were 110 patients who received PTCy (93 in haplo and 17 in MMUD group) and 35 patients received conventional GvHD prophylaxis based on antithymocyte globulin (ATG), cyclosporine (CsA), and methotrexate (Mtx) in the MMUD group only. Our study revealed that patients receiving post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) show decreased acute GvHD rates and CMV reactivation as well as a statistically lower number of CMV copies before and after antiviral treatment compared to the CsA + Mtx + ATG group. Taking into account chronic GvHD, the main predictors are donor age, ≥40 years, and haplo-HSCT administration. Furthermore, the survival rate of patients following MMUD-HSCT and receiving PTCy with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil was more than eight times greater in comparison to patients receiving CsA + Mtx + ATG (OR = 8.31, p = 0.003). These data taken together suggest that the use of PTCy displays more benefits in terms of survival rate compared to ATG regardless of the type of transplantation performed. Nevertheless, more studies with a larger sample size are required to confirm the conflicting results in the literature studies.
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- Jarosław Dybko
- Department of Hematology and Cellular Transplantation, Lower Silesian Oncology Center, 53-413 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Oncohematology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland
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- Statistical Analysis Center, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Oncohematology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-569 Poznań, Poland
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Mariotti J, Magri F, Giordano L, De Philippis C, Sarina B, Mannina D, Taurino D, Santoro A, Bramanti S. EASIX predicts non-relapse mortality after haploidentical transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide. Bone Marrow Transplant 2023; 58:247-256. [PMID: 36414698 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-022-01874-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) is a prognostic score reflecting endothelial damage. It can identify cohorts of patients at higher risk of non-relapse mortality (NRM) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) from a matched-related or -unrelated donor. No data are available in the setting of haploidentical-SCT with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PT-Cy). We retrospectively analyzed the role of EASIX score in a cohort of 266 patients receiving Haplo-SCT with PT-Cy at our center. By a decision-tree model, 1-year NRM was 16% vs. 29% and overall survival was 59% vs. 32%, respectively, for patients with a pre-transplant EASIX (EASIX-PRE) <0.8 vs. ≥0.8 (p < 0.001). By multivariable analysis, EASIX-PRE was an independent predictor of NRM (hazard ratio [HR] 2.43, p < 0.001) and overall survival (HR: 1.64, p = 0.011). EASIX-PRE did not predict patients at higher risk of developing acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) but was an independent predictor of 1-year NRM (3.2 cutoff, HR 6.61, p = 0.002; <3.2 vs. ≥3.2: 10% vs. 56%, p < 0.001) in patients developing acute GVHD. EASIX score can also represent an important tool to predict mortality in the setting of Haplo-SCT with PT-Cy. It may help to make therapeutic decisions both before the transplant and at the onset of acute GVHD.
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- Jacopo Mariotti
- BMT and Cell Therapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy.
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- BMT and Cell Therapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- Biostatistics Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- BMT and Cell Therapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- BMT and Cell Therapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- BMT and Cell Therapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- BMT and Cell Therapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- Biostatistics Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy
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- BMT and Cell Therapy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Italy
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Klein OR, Bonfim C, Abraham A, Ruggeri A, Purtill D, Cohen S, Wynn R, Russell A, Sharma A, Ciccocioppo R, Prockop S, Boelens JJ, Bertaina A. Transplant for non-malignant disorders: an International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy Stem Cell Engineering Committee report on the role of alternative donors, stem cell sources and graft engineering. Cytotherapy 2023; 25:463-471. [PMID: 36710227 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2022.12.005] [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: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is curative for many non-malignant disorders. As HSCT and supportive care technologies improve, this life-saving treatment may be offered to more and more patients. With the development of new preparative regimens, expanded alternative donor availability, and graft manipulation techniques, there are many options when choosing the best regimen for patients. Herein the authors review transplant considerations, transplant goals, conditioning regimens, donor choice, and graft manipulation strategies for patients with non-malignant disorders undergoing HSCT.
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- Orly R Klein
- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
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- Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Division and Pele Pequeno Principe Research Institute, Hospital Pequeno Principe, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Cell Enhancement and Technologies for Immunotherapy, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Université de Montréal and Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital, Montréal, Canada
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Policlinico G.B. Rossi and University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
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Zafarani A, Taghavi-Farahabadi M, Razizadeh MH, Amirzargar MR, Mansouri M, Mahmoudi M. The Role of NK Cells and Their Exosomes in Graft Versus Host Disease and Graft Versus Leukemia. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2023; 19:26-45. [PMID: 35994137 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-022-10449-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Natural killer (NK) cells are one of the innate immune cells that play an important role in preventing and controlling tumors and viral diseases, but their role in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) is not yet fully understood. However, according to some research, these cells can prevent infections and tumor relapse without causing graft versus host disease (GVHD). In addition to NK cells, several studies are about the anti-leukemia effects of NK cell-derived exosomes that can highlight their roles in graft-versus-leukemia (GVL). In this paper, we intend to investigate the results of various articles on the role of NK cells in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and also their exosomes in GVL. Also, we have discussed the antiviral effects of these cells in post-HCT cytomegalovirus infection.
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- Alireza Zafarani
- Department of Hematology and Blood Banking, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hematology and Blood Banking, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Saliba RM, Alousi AM, Pidala J, Arora M, Spellman SR, Hemmer MT, Wang T, Abboud C, Ahmed S, Antin JH, Beitinjaneh A, Buchbinder D, Byrne M, Cahn JY, Choe H, Hanna R, Hematti P, Kamble RT, Kitko CL, Laughlin M, Lekakis L, MacMillan ML, Martino R, Mehta PA, Nishihori T, Patel SS, Perales MA, Rangarajan HG, Ringdén O, Rosenthal J, Savani BN, Schultz KR, Seo S, Teshima T, van der Poel M, Verdonck LF, Weisdorf D, Wirk B, Yared JA, Schriber J, Champlin RE, Ciurea SO. Characteristics of Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GvHD) After Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide Versus Conventional GvHD Prophylaxis. Transplant Cell Ther 2022; 28:681-693. [PMID: 35853610 PMCID: PMC10141544 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) has been shown to effectively control graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in haploidentical (Haplo) transplantations. In this retrospective registry study, we compared GvHD organ distribution, severity, and outcomes in patients with GvHD occurring after Haplo transplantation with PTCy GvHD prophylaxis (Haplo/PTCy) versus HLA-matched unrelated donor transplantation with conventional prophylaxis (MUD/conventional). We evaluated 2 cohorts: patients with grade 2 to 4 acute GvHD (aGvHD) including 264 and 1163 recipients of Haplo and MUD transplants; and patients with any chronic GvHD (cGvHD) including 206 and 1018 recipients of Haplo and MUD transplants, respectively. In comparison with MUD/conventional transplantation ± antithymocyte globulin (ATG), grade 3-4 aGvHD (28% versus 39%, P = .001), stage 3-4 lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract aGvHD (14% versus 21%, P = .01), and chronic GI GvHD (21% versus 31%, P = .006) were less common after Haplo/PTCy transplantation. In patients with grade 2-4 aGvHD, cGvHD rate after Haplo/PTCY was also lower (hazard ratio [HR] = .4, P < .001) in comparison with MUD/conventional transplantation without ATG in the nonmyeloablative conditioning setting. Irrespective of the use of ATG, non-relapse mortality rate was lower (HR = .6, P = .01) after Haplo/PTCy transplantation, except for transplants that were from a female donor into a male recipient. In patients with cGvHD, irrespective of ATG use, Haplo/PTCy transplantation had lower non-relapse mortality rates (HR = .6, P = .04). Mortality rate was higher (HR = 1.6, P = .03) during, but not after (HR = .9, P = .6) the first 6 months after cGvHD diagnosis. Our results suggest that PTCy-based GvHD prophylaxis mitigates the development of GI GvHD and may translate into lower GvHD-related non-relapse mortality rate.
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- Rima M Saliba
- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), National Marrow Donor Program/Be the Match, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), National Marrow Donor Program/Be the Match, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- CIBMTR® (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research), Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Divsion of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of BMT and Leukemia, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Lymphoma-Myeloma, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Hematology, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Medical Director, Cleveland Cord Blood Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Clinical Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Blood & Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy (BMT CI), Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Translational Cell Therapy Group, CLINTEC (Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Isala Clinic, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minnesota
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Cancer Treatment Centers of America Comprehensive Care and Research Center, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California
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Nakamae H. Systematic overview of HLA-matched allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide. Int J Hematol 2022; 116:465-481. [PMID: 35930118 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-022-03428-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The successful application of post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in HLA-haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) led to the expansion of its application to HLA-matched related and unrelated allo-HCT. Notably, single-agent PTCy was found to be feasible for GVHD prevention in HLA-matched bone marrow transplantation. Single-agent PTCy prophylaxis was later attempted to control GVHD in HLA-matched peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT), but this approach was inadequate to alleviate GVHD as evidenced by the high incidence of severe GVHD and/or non-relapse mortality. Therefore, various combinations of immunosuppressants with PTCy have been explored to identify the optimal drug combination that would efficiently prevent GVHD in HLA-matched PBSCT. A recent murine study helped clarify the putative mechanism underlying the activity of PTCy, demonstrating that PTCy impairs the proliferation and function of alloreactive T cells from the donor, but does not eliminate alloreactive T cells altogether. In addition, imbalanced reconstitution of NK cell as well as T cells has been observed in HLA-haploidentical allo-HCT. Therefore, it remains unclear whether or not PTCy-containing GVHD prophylaxis should replace the classical GVHD prophylaxis regimen in the HLA-matched setting, and convincing evidence supporting the benefits of PTCy is needed.
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- Hirohisa Nakamae
- Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
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Zu Y, Li Z, Gui R, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Yu F, Zhao H, Fu Y, Zhan X, Wang Z, Xing P, Wang X, Wang H, Zhou J, Song Y. Low-dose post-transplant cyclophosphamide with low-dose antithymocyte globulin for prevention of graft-versus-host disease in first complete remission undergoing 10/10 HLA-matched unrelated donor peripheral blood stem cell transplants: a multicentre, randomized controlled trial. Bone Marrow Transplant 2022; 57:1573-1580. [PMID: 35840747 PMCID: PMC9532243 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-022-01754-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The most widely used regimens of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in HLA-matched unrelated donor peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (MUD-PBSCT) are based on anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) or post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy). To improve the efficiency of GVHD prophylaxis, a novel regimen, composed of low-dose PTCy (20 mg/kg on day +3 and +4) and low-dose ATG (6 mg/kg), was evaluted in patients with hematological malignancies ungoing 10/10 HLA MUD-PBSCT in first remission (CR1). In our prospective, multicenter study, 104 patients were randomly assigned one-to-one to low-dose PTCy-ATG (n = 53) or standard-dose ATG (10 mg/kg, n = 51). Both the cumulative incidences (CIs) of grade II-IV acute GVHD (aGVHD) and chronic GVHD (cGVHD) at 2 years in low-dose PTCy-ATG cohort were significantly reduced (24.5% vs. 47.1%; P = 0.017; 14.1% vs. 33.3%; P = 0.013). The CI of non-relapse-mortality (NRM) was much lower (13.2% vs. 34.5%; P = 0.049) and GVHD-free, relapse-free survival (GRFS) was significantly improved at 2 years in low-dose PTCy-ATG arm (67.3% vs 42.3%; P = 0.032). The low-dose PTCy-ATG based GVHD prophylaxis is a promising strategy for patients in CR1 after 10/10 HLA MUD-PBSCT.
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- Yingling Zu
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China.,Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Central Hospital of Xinxiang, Xinxiang, 453000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Central Hospital of Xinxiang, Xinxiang, 453000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Central Hospital of Xinxiang, Xinxiang, 453000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China.
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China. .,Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China.
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Improved GRFS after posttransplant cyclophosphamide-based vs ATG-based HLA-mismatched unrelated donor transplant. Blood Adv 2022; 6:4491-4500. [PMID: 35793451 PMCID: PMC9636312 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022007596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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A common method to prevent graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from an HLA-mismatched unrelated donor (MMUD) is tacrolimus, methotrexate, and antithymocyte globulin (ATG). The use of posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) showed promise in a prospective trial for MMUD HCT. We compared 1-year graft-versus-host disease–free, relapse-free survival (GRFS) in 128 recipients of prophylaxis based on tacrolimus/methotrexate/ATG (ATG group, n = 46) vs PTCy, mycophenolate mofetil, and tacrolimus or sirolimus (PTCy group, n = 82) after MMUD HCT. Patients receiving HCT from a MMUD mismatched at ≥1 locus among HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, and HLA-DRB1 were included. The 2 groups were well matched for HCT indication, high-risk disease, and HCT comorbidity index, whereas more patients on PTCy received bone marrow (50% vs 26%; P = .01) and >1 locus HLA-mismatched (30.5% vs 2.2%; P = .001) grafts. The 1-year GRFS was 16% (95% confidence interval (CI): 8%-31%) vs 54% (95% CI: 44%-66%; P < .001) in the ATG and PTCy groups, respectively. The multivariable adjusted hazard ratio for GRFS was 0.34 (95% CI: 0.21-0.55; P < .001) with the use of PTCy. The 1-year overall survival in the ATG group was 45% (95% CI: 32%-62%) vs 75% (95% CI: 66%-85%) in the PTCy group (P < .001). Relapse incidence was similar. One-year nonrelapse mortality was greater after ATG-based prophylaxis: 38% (95% CI: 23%-52%) vs 16% (95 CI: 9%-25%), P < .001. In summary, PTCy-based prophylaxis resulted in superior GRFS and overall survival in recipients of MMUD.
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PTCY and Tacrolimus for GVHD Prevention for Older Adults Undergoing HLA-Matched Sibling and Unrelated Donor AlloHCT. Transplant Cell Ther 2022; 28:489.e1-489.e9. [PMID: 35577323 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The use of PTCY for graft-versus-host disease (GHVD) prevention is becoming prevalent in the transplant community when HLA-identical sibling (MSD) and 10/10 HLA-matched (MUD) and 9/10 mismatched (MMUD) unrelated donors are selected for alloHSCT. However, reported evidence on outcomes from elderly receiving PTCY-containing GVHD prophylaxis remains limited. OBJECTIVES This study aims to compare the outcomes of PTCY-TK prophylaxis and conventional GVHD prophylaxis in patients aged >50 years undergoing peripheral blood alloHSCT from a single institution. STUDY DESIGN A total of 161 consecutive patients aged >50 years undergoing alloHSCT between Jan-2014 and Feb-2021 were included. Data was collected retrospectively and updated in December 2021. Patients received grafts from HLA-identical sibling (MSD), and from 10/10 and 9/10 HLA matched and mismatched unrelated donors (UD). RESULTS Overall, median age was 60 years and 91 (54.8%) received PTCY-TK for GVHD prevention. Time to neutrophil and platelet engraftment was longer in the PTCY-TK group (20 vs. 16 days and 19 vs. 11 days, P< 0.001). The cumulative incidences of grade II-IV and III-IV aGVHD at day +100 and moderate/severe cGVHD at 2 years were 18.2%, 5.7% and 9.5% for patients receiving PTCY-TK, and 26.0%, 9.6% and 39.5% for those that did not. The multivariate analysis showed that PTCY-TK reduced the probability of grade II-IV aGVHD (HR 0.41, p=0.035), of cGVHD [any grade: HR 0.43 (p=0.014), and of moderate/severe cGVHD (HR 0.15 (p<0.001)]. At 2-years, the overall survival (65.4% vs. 65.6%, p=0.472), non-relapse mortality (17.4% vs. 13.7%, p=0.967), and cumulative incidence of relapse rates (24.2% vs. 27.5%, p=0.712) were comparable between both cohorts; GVHD-Free/Relapse-free survival (GRFS) was higher in the PTCY-TK group (2-years: 50.2% vs. 21.8%; HR 0.42, p=0.001). In patients aged ≥50 years, Conclusion: PTCY-TK was safe and a more effective drug combination than non-PTCY containing GVHD prophylaxis, even with the use of matched and mismatched UD, and resulted in comparable relapse rates and better GRFS.
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HSCT with Mismatched Unrelated Donors (MMUD): A Comparison of Different Platforms for GvHD Prophylaxis. TRANSPLANTOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/transplantology3010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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HSCT from an unrelated HLA-mismatched donor (MMUD) is one of the alternatives where an HLA-matched donor is not found. The aim of this study was to compare GvHD prophylaxis with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) vs. post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PT-Cy). Thirty-nine adult patients were uniformly treated with rabbit ATG-Cy-A-MTX and peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) and 40 adult patients with PT-Cy-MMF-tacrolimus and PBSC. This retrospective study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04598789. Three-year overall survival was 42% vs. 64% for ATG and PT-Cy (p < 0.0005), three-year treatment-related mortality (TRM) was 36% vs. 8% (p = 0.0033) and the three-year relapse incidence (RI) was 15% vs. 28% (p = NS), respectively. The incidences of day-100 GvHD graded II–IV and III–IV were 39% vs. 7% (p = 0.0006) and 11% vs. 0% (p = 0.04), respectively, whereas the three-year cGvHD incidences were 48% vs. 13% (p = 0.0005), respectively. We were able to show how PT-Cy can reduce the incidence of GvHDs and TRM in adults, but relapse remains an issue.
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Post-transplant cyclophosphamide in one-antigen mismatched unrelated donor transplantation versus haploidentical transplantation in acute myeloid leukemia: a study from the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the EBMT. Bone Marrow Transplant 2022; 57:562-571. [PMID: 35079140 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-022-01577-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Whether to choose Haploidentical (Haplo) or one-antigen mismatched unrelated donor (1Ag-MMUD) hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) remains an unanswered question. We compared PTCy- Haplo-HCT to PTCy-1Ag-MMUD-HCT for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in complete remission (three groups: 1Ag-MMUD using peripheral blood (1Ag-MMUD-PB; n = 155); Haplo using bone marrow (Haplo-BM; n = 647) or peripheral blood (Haplo-PB; n = 949)). Haplo-BM and Haplo-PB had a higher non-relapse mortality (NRM) compared to 1Ag-MMUD-PB (HR 2.28, 95% CI 1.23-4.24, p < 0.01; HR 2.65, 95% CI 1.46-4.81, p < 0.01, respectively). Haplo groups experienced a lower leukemia-free survival (LFS) compared to 1Ag-MMUD-PB (Haplo-BM: HR 1.51, 95% CI 1.06-2.14, p = 0.02; Haplo-PB: 1.47, 95% CI 1.05-2.05, p = 0.02); overall survival (OS) was also lower in Haplo-HCT (Haplo-BM: HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.02-2.21, p = 0.04; Haplo-PB: HR 1.51, 95% CI 1.05-2.19, p = 0.03). No differences were observed for graft-versus-host/relapse-free survival (GRFS) and relapse incidence (RI). Haplo-BM was associated with a lower risk of grade III-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) (HR 0.44, 95% CI 0.24-0.81; p < 0.01), while no statistical differences were observed between groups for grade II-IV aGVHD and for cGVHD. Use of PTCy in 1Ag-MMUD-HCT is a valid alternative to consider when using alternative donors. Larger analysis of 1Ag-MMUD versus Haplo-HCT are warranted.
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Defibrotide combined with triple therapy including posttransplant cyclophosphamide, low dose rabbit anti-t-lymphocyte globulin and cyclosporine is effective in prevention of graft versus host disease after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for hematologic malignancies. Transfus Apher Sci 2022; 61:103367. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2022.103367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Novitzky-Basso I, Remberger M, Chen C, Ellison C, Pasic I, Lam W, Law A, Gerbitz A, Viswabandya A, Lipton JH, Kim DD, Kumar R, Michelis FV, Mattsson J. Anti-thymocyte Globulin and Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide do not abrogate the inferior outcome risk conferred by human leukocyte antigen-A and -B mismatched donors. Eur J Haematol 2021; 108:288-297. [PMID: 34905239 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In donor selection for allogeneic stem cell transplant, several factors are considered for potential impact on transplant outcome. Previous publications suggested single HLA-mismatched unrelated donors (MMUD) may be equivalent to 10/10 matched unrelated donors (MUDs). We retrospectively examined factors affecting outcome in a single-center study using ATG followed by post-transplant cyclophosphamide, termed ATG-PTCy, GvHD prophylaxis. Fifty-two patients who received grafts from MMUD and 188 patients transplanted from MUD between January 2015 and December 2019, at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Canada, were enrolled. All patients received reduced-intensity conditioning. Overall survival for 9/10 recipients at 2 years was significantly worse, 37.2% versus 68.5% for 10/10 MUDs, p < .001, as were NRM at 1 year 39.5% versus 11.7%, p < .001, and GRFS at 2 years 29.8% versus 58.8%, p < .001, respectively, potentially due to higher incidence of infections including CMV. By multivariable analysis, factors correlating with survival negatively were DRI, and MMUD, whereas for NRM MMUD and increasing age were unfavorable. For GRFS significant unfavorable factors included donor age ≤32 years, female donor to male recipient, DRI high-very high and MMUD. These data suggest that MMUD, primarily HLA-A and HLA-B MMUD, confer significantly inferior outcome despite use of ATG-PTCy. Further development of novel conditioning regimens and GvHD prophylaxis is needed to mitigate these risks.
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- Igor Novitzky-Basso
- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University and KFUE, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Gloria and Seymour Epstein Chair in Cell Therapy and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Arai S. Post-transplant Cyclophosphamide versus Thymoglobulin in HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Transplant. Transplant Cell Ther 2021; 27:699. [PMID: 34452719 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Modi D, Kondrat K, Kim S, Deol A, Ayash L, Ratanatharathorn V, Uberti JP. Post-transplant Cyclophosphamide Versus Thymoglobulin in HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Transplant for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Transplant Cell Ther 2021; 27:760-767. [PMID: 34174469 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Limited information is available on the efficacy of post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTcy) or thymoglobulin for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in mismatched unrelated donor (MMUD) transplants. We retrospectively compared outcomes of 76 adult patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who underwent 7/8 HLA-MMUD transplantation and received either PTcy (50 mg/kg on day 3 and 4) or thymoglobulin (total dose 4.5 mg/kg) for GVHD prophylaxis. In addition, tacrolimus and mycophenolate were used in both groups. Propensity score-based multivariable analyses (PSCA) were performed to adjust confounding effects of patient characteristics between both groups. Between January 2006 and June 2019, 25 patients received PTcy, and 51 received thymoglobulin. Median age of the population was 57 years, 78% of patients had AML, most common graft source was peripheral blood (96%), and 46% received myeloablative conditioning regimens. Median time to neutrophil (15 versus 11 days, P < .001) and platelet engraftment (21 versus 15 days, P = .002) was prolonged in the PTcy group. The cumulative incidence of grade III-IV acute GVHD at day 100 was similar (12% versus 19.6%, P = .38), whereas chronic GVHD at 1 year was lower with PTcy compared to thymoglobulin (16% versus 49%, P = .006). Using PSCA, no difference in survival, relapse, relapse-free survival, and GVHD-free relapse-free survival was seen between groups. However, thymoglobulin was associated with higher incidence of acute (hazard ratio [HR] = 2.63, P = .01) and chronic GVHD (HR = 4.43, P = .03), and non-relapse mortality (HR 3.38, P = .04) compared to PTcy. Our study demonstrated that PTcy resulted in significantly lower rates of acute and chronic GVHD and non-relapse mortality compared to thymoglobulin in 7/8 HLA-MMUD transplants for AML and MDS.
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- Dipenkumar Modi
- Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, DMC and Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan
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- Biostatistics Core, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Oncology, Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Oncology, Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Oncology, Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Oncology, Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Platforms With Ex Vivo and In Vivo Immune Manipulations: Count and Adjust. Hemasphere 2021; 5:e580. [PMID: 34095763 PMCID: PMC8171366 DOI: 10.1097/hs9.0000000000000580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Various allogeneic (allo) stem cell transplantation platforms have been developed over the last 2 decades. In this review we focus on the impact of in vivo and ex vivo graft manipulation on immune reconstitution and clinical outcome. Strategies include anti-thymocyte globulin- and post-transplantation cyclophosphamide-based regimens, as well as graft engineering, such as CD34 selection and CD19/αβT cell depletion. Differences in duration of immune suppression, reconstituting immune repertoires, and associated graft-versus-leukemia effects and toxicities mediated through viral reactivations are highlighted. In addition, we discuss the impact of different reconstituting repertoires on donor lymphocyte infusions and post allo pharmacological interventions to enhance tumor control. We advocate for precisely counting all graft ingredients and therapeutic drug monitoring during conditioning in the peripheral blood, and for adjusting dosing accordingly on an individual basis. In addition, we propose novel trial designs to better assess the impact of variations in transplantation platforms in order to better learn from our diversity of “counts” and potential “adjustments.” This will, in the future, allow daily clinical practice, strategic choices, and future trial designs to be based on data guided decisions, rather than relying on dogma and habits.
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High-Dose Cyclophosphamide and Tacrolimus as Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis for Matched and Mismatched Unrelated Donor Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 2021; 27:619.e1-619.e8. [PMID: 33895157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The optimal prophylaxis regimen for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in the setting of single-locus mismatched unrelated donor (MMUD) allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is unclear. The use of high-dose post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) after haploidentical transplantation is effective at overcoming the negative impact of HLA disparity on survival. Limited information is available regarding the efficacy of this strategy in alloHSCT from MMUDs. Most of the published studies have used the triple immunosuppressant model of haploidentical transplant combining PTCy with calcineurin inhibitors and mycophenolate mofetil or methotrexate. In our study, we propose the use of a simpler GVHD prophylaxis protocol comprising PTCy in combination with tacrolimus for MMUD and matched unrelated donor (MUD) alloHSCT. We performed a retrospective analysis of 109 consecutive recipients of alloHSCT from unrelated donors (MMUD, n = 55; MUD, n = 54) in a single center. Graft source was primarily peripheral blood (98%). No differences were observed between the MMUD and MUD groups with respect to 100-day cumulative incidence of grade II to IV acute GVHD (aGVHD; 31% versus 32%, respectively, P = .9), grade III to IV aGVHD (9% versus 7%, P = .7), and moderate/severe chronic GVHD (cGVHD) at 2 years (18% versus 14%, P = .6). Both groups showed similar cumulative incidence of 1 year nonrelapse mortality (13% versus 9%; P = .5) and 3-year relapse rates (24% versus 25%, P = .7). Progression-free survival and overall survival at 3 years for MMUD and MUD were 56% and 57% (P = .9) and 64% and 65% (P = .6), respectively. The 3-year probability of survival free of moderate/severe cGVHD and relapse was 56% and 55%, respectively. GVHD prophylaxis with PTCy and tacrolimus achieves low rates of severe aGVHD and cGVHD, as well as good survival outcomes, in recipients of both MMUD and MUD peripheral blood alloHSCT. This strategy overcomes the negative impact of single-locus HLA disparity.
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Saberian C, Abdel-Wahab N, Abudayyeh A, Rafei H, Joseph J, Rondon G, Whited L, Gruschkus S, Fa'ak F, Daher M, Knape C, Safa H, Shoukier M, Suarez-Almazor ME, Marcotulli M, Ludford K, Gulbis AM, Konopleva M, Ohanian M, Ravandi F, Garcia-Manero G, Oran B, Popat UR, Mehta R, Alousi AM, Daver N, Champlin R, Diab A, Al-Atrash G. Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide reduces the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease in patients with acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndromes who receive immune checkpoint inhibitors after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. J Immunother Cancer 2021; 9:jitc-2020-001818. [PMID: 33637601 PMCID: PMC7919586 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are being used after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHCT) to reverse immune dysfunction. However, a major concern for the use of ICIs after alloHCT is the increased risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). We analyzed the association between GVHD prophylaxis and frequency of GVHD in patients who had received ICI therapy after alloHCT. Methods A retrospective study was performed in 21 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (n=16) or myelodysplastic syndromes (n=5) who were treated with antiprogrammed cell death protein 1 (16 patients) or anticytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (5 patients) therapy for disease relapse after alloHCT. Associations between the type of GVHD prophylaxis and incidence of GVHD were analyzed. Results Four patients (19%) developed acute GVHD. The incidence of acute GVHD was associated only with the type of post-transplantation GVHD prophylaxis; none of the other variables included (stem cell source, donor type, age at alloHCT, conditioning regimen and prior history of GVHD) were associated with the frequency of acute GVHD. Twelve patients received post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) for GVHD prophylaxis. Patients who received PTCy had a significantly shorter median time to initiation of ICI therapy after alloHCT compared with patients who did not receive PTCy (median 5.1 months compared with 26.6 months). Despite early ICI therapy initiation, patients who received PTCy had a lower observed cumulative incidence of grades 2–4 acute GVHD compared with patients who did not receive PTCy (16% compared with 22%; p=0.7). After controlling for comorbidities and time from alloHCT to ICI therapy initiation, the analysis showed that PTCy was associated with a 90% reduced risk of acute GVHD (HR 0.1, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.6, p=0.01). Conclusions ICI therapy for relapsed acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndromes after alloHCT may be a safe and feasible option. PTCy appears to decrease the incidence of acute GVHD in this cohort of patients.
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- Chantal Saberian
- Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt
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- Section of Nephrology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center Athens, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Health Service Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA .,Department of Hematopoietic Biology and Malignancy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Gao F, Zhang J, Hu J, Lin L, Xu Y. Post-transplant cyclophosphamide versus antithymocyte globulin in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a meta-analysis. Ann Hematol 2021; 100:529-540. [PMID: 33420575 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-021-04399-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis based on post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) or antithymocyte globulin (ATG) is widely used in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantations (allo-HCT). The differential impacts of PTCy and ATG on transplantation outcomes are not well characterized. Here we report a meta-analysis of PTCy versus ATG in allo-HCT. Ten studies were eligible, and a total of 1871 patients were included. The incidence of II-IV aGVHD, III-IV aGVHD, and NRM were significantly lower in PTCy arm (HR = 0.63, 95% CI 0.45-0.89; HR = 0.35, 95% CI 0.16-0.77; HR = 0.59, 95% CI 0.48-0.73). PTCy was associated with a better OS and PFS (HR = 0.62, 95% CI = 0.53-0.73; HR = 0.76, 95% CI 0.62-0.93). The relapse rate and cGVHD incidence were not significantly different between PTCy and ATG (HR = 0.85, 95% CI 0.68-1.07; HR = 0.65, 95% CI 0.38-1.12). Thus, compared with ATG, PTCy has a better aGVHD control and OS benefit, without increasing relapse risk, which needs further validation in prospective randomized trials.
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- Feiqiong Gao
- Department of Hematology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310009, China. .,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. .,National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
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Van Elssen CHMJ, Ciurea SO. NK cell alloreactivity in acute myeloid leukemia in the post-transplant cyclophosphamide era. Am J Hematol 2020; 95:1590-1598. [PMID: 32857869 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.25983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) for myeloid leukemia remains one of the most effective anti-tumor treatments available, capable of curing an increasingly higher proportion of patients. Alloreactivity generated by T cells has limited efficacy in the early post-transplant period while most patients will relapse within 6 months after transplantation. Prior studies in T cell depleted grafts showed that, with the elimination of T cells, natural killer (NK) cells provide most of the anti-tumor effect in the early post-transplant period. Administration of unmodified T cells to mitigate infections and relapse will expose the patient to a high risk of graft-vs-host disease (GvHD). Post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy), initially used for haploidentical (haplo) donor transplants, is now also increasingly utilized in HLA matched donor transplants to prevent GvHD. In most patients, PTCy eliminates, at least in part, alloreactive T and NK cells early post-transplant. Administration of modified NK cells in the early post-transplant period makes intuitive sense to enhance the anti-tumor effect of the graft and thereby prevent relapse. Effective application of cellular therapy early after transplant has opened a new direction and could revolutionize the field of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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- Catharina H. M. J. Van Elssen
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, GROW‐School of Oncology and Developmental Biology Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht The Netherlands
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas USA
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Incorporation of posttransplant cyclophosphamide as part of standard immunoprophylaxis for all allogeneic transplants: a retrospective, single institution study. Bone Marrow Transplant 2020; 56:1099-1105. [PMID: 33257777 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-020-01144-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The addition of posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) to standard graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis following haploidentical blood stem transplants has resulted in relatively low rates of GVHD. As GVHD remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients receiving transplants from matched donors, we began to use PTCy in all blood stem cell transplants in 2016 and compared our recent experience with PTCy after matched sibling and unrelated donor transplants (N = 49) to the earlier 2-year period (N = 41) when PTCy was not used. Endpoints included graft-versus-host, relapse-free-survival (GRFS), overall survival, non-relapse mortality, and percentage of patients disease-free and off immunosuppression (DFOI) at 1 year and at the last follow-up. The difference in GRFS between the standard and the PTCy cohort was not statistically significant. There was a statistically improved relapse-free and overall survival in the PTCY cohort that was due to a significant decrease in non-relapse mortality secondary to GVHD. There was also a borderline statistically improved DFOI at 1 year and at last follow-up in the PTCY group. These results suggest that PTCy after HLA-matched transplants provides at least comparable efficacy to other GVHD strategies and may allow more frequent discontinuation of immunosuppression.
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Class II HLA mismatch improves outcomes following haploidentical transplantation with posttransplant cyclophosphamide. Blood Adv 2020; 4:5311-5321. [PMID: 33108457 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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HLA disparity is the major predictor of outcome following unrelated donor (UD) transplantation, where a single mismatch (mm) at the HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, or HLA-DRB1 locus leads to increased mortality, and mismatching at multiple loci compounds this effect. In contrast, HLA disparity has not been shown to increase mortality in the context of haploidentical transplant using posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy). To better define the consequences of loci-specific HLA mm, we analyzed 208 consecutive patients undergoing haploidentical transplantation for hematologic malignancy using PTCy at our institution (median age, 52 years [range, 19-75 years]; peripheral blood stem cell, 66%; reduced-intensity conditioning, 59%). Median follow-up was 65.4 months (range, 34.3-157.2 months). In univariate analysis, a single class II HLA mm at HLA-DR, HLA-DQ or a nonpermissive (np) HLA-DP mm had a protective effect on disease-free and overall survival (OS), primarily a result of reduced relapse risk. Furthermore, this survival effect was cumulative, so that patients with 3 class II mm (HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, and np HLA-DP) had the best OS. In multivariate analysis, HLA-DR mm and np HLA-DP mm were both independently associated with improved OS (hazard ratio [HR], 0.43; P =.001; and HR, 0.47; P =.011, respectively). In contrast, single or multiple mm at HLA-A, HLA-B, or HLA-C loci had no effect on acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), nonrelapse mortality (NRM), relapse, or survival, although the presence of an HLA-A mm was associated with increased chronic GVHD incidence. The association of class II mm with lower relapse occurred without a corresponding increase in NRM or acute or chronic GVHD. These findings will require validation in larger registry studies.
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Montoro J, Roldán E, Piñana JL, Barba P, Chorão P, Quintero A, Hernani R, Ortí G, Lorenzo JI, Balaguer-Roselló A, Salamero O, Fox L, Solves P, Gómez I, Guerreiro M, Hernández Boluda JC, Sanz G, Solano C, Sanz MÁ, Valcárcel D, Sanz J. Ex vivo T-cell depletion vs post-transplant cyclophosphamide, sirolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil as graft-vs-host disease prophylaxis for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Eur J Haematol 2020; 106:114-125. [PMID: 33025625 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of CD34+ selected ex vivo T-cell depletion (TCD) vs post-transplant cyclophosphamide, sirolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil (PTCy-Sir-MMF) as graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. METHODS We retrospectively included patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) with either TCD (n = 38) or PTCy-Sir-MMF (n = 91). RESULTS Cumulative incidence of neutrophil and platelet recovery was 92% vs 99% (P = .06) and 89% vs 97% (P = .3) in TCD and PTCy-Sir-MMF, respectively. Cumulative incidences of aGHVD grade II-IV, III-IV, and moderate to severe cGVHD were 11% vs 19% (P = .2), 3% vs 2% (P = .9), and 3% vs 36% (P < .001) in TCD and PTCy-Sir-MMF, respectively. The 2-year non-relapse mortality, relapse, disease-free and overall survival were 25% vs 8% (P = .01), 20% vs 16% (P = .2), 55% vs 76% (P = .004), 57% vs 83% (P = .004) for TCD and PTCy-Sir-MMF, respectively. Cumulative incidence of cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr infection requiring therapy was 76% vs 40% (P < .001) and 32% vs 0% (P < .001) in TCD and PTCy-Sir-MMF, respectively. PTCy-Sir-MMF platform showed faster T-cell reconstitution. CONCLUSIONS PTCy-Sir-MMF provides better survival outcomes but is associated with higher risk of cGVHD compared to TCD.
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- Juan Montoro
- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebrón Institue of Oncology (VHIO), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebrón Institue of Oncology (VHIO), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebrón Institue of Oncology (VHIO), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebrón Institue of Oncology (VHIO), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebrón Institue of Oncology (VHIO), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain.,Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain.,Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain.,Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.,Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Vall d'Hebrón Institue of Oncology (VHIO), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain.,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Mehta RS, Holtan SG, Wang T, Hemmer MT, Spellman SR, Arora M, Couriel DR, Alousi AM, Pidala J, Abdel-Azim H, Agrawal V, Ahmed I, Al-Homsi AS, Aljurf M, Antin JH, Askar M, Auletta JJ, Bhatt VR, Chee L, Chhabra S, Daly A, DeFilipp Z, Gajewski J, Gale RP, Gergis U, Hematti P, Hildebrandt GC, Hogan WJ, Inamoto Y, Martino R, Majhail NS, Marks DI, Nishihori T, Olsson RF, Pawarode A, Diaz MA, Prestidge T, Rangarajan HG, Ringden O, Saad A, Savani BN, Schoemans H, Seo S, Schultz KR, Solh M, Spitzer T, Storek J, Teshima T, Verdonck LF, Wirk B, Yared JA, Cahn JY, Weisdorf DJ. Composite GRFS and CRFS Outcomes After Adult Alternative Donor HCT. J Clin Oncol 2020; 38:2062-2076. [PMID: 32364845 PMCID: PMC7302955 DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PURPOSE There is no consensus on the best choice of an alternative donor (umbilical cord blood [UCB], haploidentical, one-antigen mismatched [7/8]-bone marrow [BM], or 7/8-peripheral blood [PB]) for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for patients lacking an HLA-matched related or unrelated donor. METHODS We report composite end points of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)-free relapse-free survival (GRFS) and chronic GVHD (cGVHD)-free relapse-free survival (CRFS) in 2,198 patients who underwent UCB (n = 838), haploidentical (n = 159), 7/8-BM (n = 241), or 7/8-PB (n = 960) HCT. All groups were divided by myeloablative conditioning (MAC) intensity or reduced intensity conditioning (RIC), except haploidentical group in which most received RIC. To account for multiple testing, P < .0071 in multivariable analysis and P < .00025 in direct pairwise comparisons were considered statistically significant. RESULTS In multivariable analysis, haploidentical group had the best GRFS, CRFS, and overall survival (OS). In the direct pairwise comparison of other groups, among those who received MAC, there was no difference in GRFS or CRFS among UCB, 7/8-BM, and 7/8-PB with serotherapy (alemtuzumab or antithymocyte globulin) groups. In contrast, the 7/8-PB without serotherapy group had significantly inferior GRFS, higher cGVHD, and a trend toward worse CRFS (hazard ratio [HR], 1.38; 95% CI, 1.13 to 1.69; P = .002) than the 7/8-BM group and higher cGVHD and trend toward inferior CRFS (HR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.14 to 1.63; P = .0006) than the UCB group. Among patients with RIC, all groups had significantly inferior GRFS and CRFS compared with the haploidentical group. CONCLUSION Recognizing the limitations of a registry retrospective analysis and the possibility of center selection bias in choosing donors, our data support the use of UCB, 7/8-BM, or 7/8-PB (with serotherapy) grafts for patients undergoing MAC HCT and haploidentical grafts for patients undergoing RIC HCT. The haploidentical group had the best GRFS, CRFS, and OS of all groups.
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- Rohtesh S. Mehta
- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, The Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
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- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Center & Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program and Host Defense Program, Divisions of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant and Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
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- The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Royal Melbourne Hospital City Campus, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Tom Baker Cancer Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Hematology Research Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Hematolgic Malignancies & Bone Marrow Transplant, Department of Medical Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
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- Division of Hematology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Blood & Marrow Transplant Program, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH
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- Adult Bone Marrow Transplant, University Hospitals Bristol National Health Service Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
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- Translational Cell Therapy Research, Clintec, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Centre for Clinical Research Sormland, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Nino Jesus, Madrid, Spain
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- Blood and Cancer Centre, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program and Host Defense Program, Divisions of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant and Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
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- Translational Cell Therapy Research, Clintec, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Hematology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- University Hospital Leuven and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Hematology & Oncology, National Cancer Research Center East, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology, Isala Clinic, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplant, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
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- Blood & Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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The outcome of two or more HLA loci mismatched unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute leukemia: an ALWP of the EBMT study. Bone Marrow Transplant 2020; 56:20-29. [PMID: 32561816 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-020-0974-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A mismatched unrelated (MMUD) donor represents an alternative therapeutic option for patients who need allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) and do not have a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matched donor. We studied outcomes of patients with acute leukemia transplanted from ≥2 HLA allele MMUD. The study population consisted of 465 patients. The median follow-up period was 63 and 75 months in the AML and ALL groups, respectively. The incidence of grade II-IV and grade III-IV acute (a) graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) during the first 100 days was 37% and 16%, respectively. Total and extensive chronic (c) GVHD rates at 2 years were 38% and 17%, respectively. In the entire population, the 5-year relapse incidence (RI), non-relapse mortality (NRM), leukemia-free survival (LFS), overall survival and refined GVHD-free, relapse-free survival (GRFS) was 33%, 31%, 37%, 41%, and 27%, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, HLA-DR mismatch was a poor prognostic factor, giving a significantly higher NRM [hazard ratio (HR), 1.67, p = 0.02]; poorer LFS (HR, 1.42, p = 0.03); OS (HR, 1.46, p = 0.03) and higher aGVHD grade II-IV (HR, 1.46, p = 0.05). In this study, allo-HCT from ≤6/8 HLA allele MMUD in acute leukemia patients resulted in acceptable LFS and refined GRFS. HLA-DR mismatch was a poor prognostic factor.
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Lorentino F, Labopin M, Ciceri F, Vago L, Fleischhauer K, Afanasyev B, Kröger N, Cornelissen JJ, Lovira M, Meijer E, Vitek A, Elmaagacli A, Blaise D, Ruggeri A, Chabannon C, Nagler A, Mohty M. Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide GvHD prophylaxis after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from 9/10 or 10/10 HLA-matched unrelated donors for acute leukemia. Leukemia 2020; 35:585-594. [PMID: 32409688 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-020-0863-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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HLA-matching largely contributes to unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantation (UD-HCT) success but, due to the selective deletion of alloreactive T-cells, post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) could modulate its negative impact on outcomes. We retrospectively compared acute leukemia patients receiving 10/10 or 9/10 HLA allele-matched UD-HCT with PTCy-GvHD prophylaxis between 2010 and 2017, reported to EBMT registry. The 100-day incidence of grade ≥2 and grade ≥3 aGvHD were comparable for 10/10 and 9/10 UD (28% versus 28%, p = 0.8 and 10% versus 8%, p = 0.5, respectively). The 2-year cGvHD and extensive cGvHD were similar between 10/10 and 9/10 UD (35% versus 44%, p = 0.2 and 21% versus 20%, p = 0.6, respectively). The 2-year nonrelapse mortality was 20% after 10/10 and 16% after 9/10 UD-HCT (p = 0.1). Relapse incidence at 2-year was 24% for 10/10 and 28% for 9/10 UD-HCT (p = 0.4). Leukemia-free survival at 2-year was the same for 10/10 and 9/10 UD (56 and 56%, p = 0.6, respectively), with comparable overall survival (62 and 59%, p = 0.9, respectively). Multivariate analysis showed no effect of HLA-matching on outcomes. An advanced disease status and patient disability remained the most important factors portending a worse survival. PTCy could alleviate the detrimental effect of HLA-allele mismatching in UD-HCT, potentially expanding the donor pool for acute leukemia patients.
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- Francesca Lorentino
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy.
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- Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris University UPMC, INSERM U938, Paris, France.,Acute Leukemia Working Party of EBMT, Paris, France.,Service d'Hématologie Clinique et Thérapie Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy.,Unit of Immunogenetics, Leukemia Genomics and Immunobiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Institute for Experimental Cellular Therapy, Essen University Hospital, Essen, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Raisa Gorbacheva Memorial Research Institute for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Stem cell Transplantation, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Hospital Clinic Institute of Hematology & Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Programme de Transplantation & Thérapie Cellulaire - Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.,Cellular Therapy and Immunobiology Working Party (CTIWP), Marseille, France
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- Cellular Therapy and Immunobiology Working Party (CTIWP), Marseille, France.,Centre d'Investigations Cliniques en Biothérapies, Institut Paoli Calmette Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris University UPMC, INSERM U938, Paris, France.,Acute Leukemia Working Party of EBMT, Paris, France
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- Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris University UPMC, INSERM U938, Paris, France.,Acute Leukemia Working Party of EBMT, Paris, France.,Service d'Hématologie Clinique et Thérapie Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Paris, France
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Pasic I, Lipton JH, Kim DD, Viswabandya A, Kumar R, Lam W, Law AD, Mattsson J, Michelis FV. Post-transplant cyclophosphamide combined with anti-thymocyte globulin for graft-vs-host disease prophylaxis improves survival and lowers non-relapse mortality in older patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Ann Hematol 2020; 99:1377-1387. [DOI: 10.1007/s00277-020-04033-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Morozova EV, Barabanshikova MV, Moiseev IS, Shakirova AI, Barhatov IM, Ushal IE, Rodionov GG, Moiseev SI, Surkova EA, Lapin SV, Vlasova JJ, Rudakova TA, Darskaya EI, Baykov VV, Alyanski AL, Bondarenko SN, Afanasyev BV. A Prospective Pilot Study of Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis with Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide and Ruxolitinib in Patients with Myelofibrosis. Acta Haematol 2020; 144:158-165. [PMID: 32325461 DOI: 10.1159/000506758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION This prospective study evaluated a calcineurin inhibitor-free graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis regimen of ruxolitinib in combination with post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy). Patents and Methods: Twenty patients with primary or secondary myelofibrosis were prospectively enrolled. Reduced intensity conditioning was performed, followed by allogeneic stem cell transplantation from related (n = 7) or unrelated (n = 13) donors. GVHD prophylaxis included only PTCy and ruxolitinib (45 mg) from day-7 to day-2, and 15 mg from day+5 to day+100. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT02806375. RESULTS Primary engraftment was documented in 17 patients. One patient experienced primary graft failure and 2 died before engraftment. Eleven patients demonstrated severe poor graft function (SPGF), which required ruxolitinib dose reduction. The regimen was well tolerated, with grade 3-4 non-haematological toxicity in 30%, viral reactivation in 45%, and severe sepsis in 15% of patients. The incidence of acute GVHD grade II-IV was 25%, grade III-IV GVHD was 15%, and moderate chronic GVHD was 20%, with no severe cases. Only 2 patients required systemic steroids. Haematological relapse was documented in 1 patient. Two-year non-relapse mortality was 15%, 2-year overall survival was 85%, and 2-year event-free survival was 72%. CONCLUSION GVHD prophylaxis with PTCy and ruxolitinib is associated with low toxicity, good acute and chronic GVHD control, and low relapse incidence. However, the relatively high rate of SPGF should be taken into account. SPGF could possibly be mitigated by ruxolitinib dose reduction.
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- Elena Vladislavovna Morozova
- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation,
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Autoimmune Diagnostics, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Autoimmune Diagnostics, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Champlin R. Is unrelated donor or haploidentical hematopoietic transplantation preferred for patients with acute myeloid leukemia in remission? Haematologica 2020; 105:252-254. [PMID: 32005652 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2019.239624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- Richard Champlin
- University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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García-Cadenas I, Awol R, Esquirol A, Saavedra S, Bosch-Vilaseca A, Novelli S, Garrido A, López J, Granell M, Moreno C, Briones J, Brunet S, Sierra J, Martino R. Incorporating posttransplant cyclophosphamide-based prophylaxis as standard-of-care outside the haploidentical setting: challenges and review of the literature. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019; 55:1041-1049. [PMID: 31822813 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-019-0771-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Posttransplant high-dose cyclophosphamide (PTCy) effectively prevents GvHD after haploidentical SCT. However, its use in HLA-matched SCT has been less explored. Fifty-six consecutive patients who underwent allo-SCT for hematological malignancies have been included in this prospective single-center protocol. Donors have been HLA-identical siblings, fully-matched unrelated or 1-allele-mismatched unrelated donors in 30%, 32%, and 37% of cases, respectively. Nine patients have received a TBI-containing MAC regimen, while the remaining (84%) received RIC platforms based on Fludarabine plus Busulfan/Melphalan. Due to the high graft failure (GF) rate (21%) in a preliminary analysis in the allo-RIC cohort (n = 29), protocol amendments have been implemented, with no further cases of GF after the introduction of mini-thiotepa (0/18). The overall incidence of grade II-IV acute GvHD is 24% (95% CI: 17-31%) with four steroid-refractory cases. Severe chronic GvHD has occurred in only 1 of 43 evaluable cases. The 1-year NRM and relapse are 18% (95% CI: 12-26%) and 30% (18-42%) and the OS and DFS are 78% and 64%, respectively. These outcomes support the feasibility of using PTCy as a SOC outside the haplo-setting, albeit mini-thiotepa (3 mg/kg) was incorporated in the standard allo-RIC platforms to prevent GF. Despite the limitations of a single-center experience and the short follow-up, these protocols show promising results with particular benefit in reducing the occurrence of moderate-to-severe GvHD.
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- I García-Cadenas
- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau and Jose Carreras Leukemia Research Institutes, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Uygun V, Karasu G, Daloğlu H, Öztürkmen S, Çakı Kılıç S, Hazar V, Yeşilipek A. Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with post-transplant high-dose cyclophosphamide in high-risk children: A single-center study. Pediatr Transplant 2019; 23:e13546. [PMID: 31278838 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Post-Cy administration for GVHD prophylaxis in unmanipulated haploidentical HSCT has resulted in improved outcomes in recent years. Studies in children are lacking and accordingly we present the outcomes of 62 haploidentical transplantation for high-risk children. PROCEDURE We retrospectively assessed 62 transplants in 60 patients who underwent haploidentical-related HSCT with unmanipulated stem cells and for whom Post-Cy was used for GVHD prophylaxis. RESULTS Myeloid reconstitution was achieved on day + 30 for 57 of the 62 patients. The median follow-up of the surviving 39 patients (63%) was 26 months, with a range of 6-57 months. The OS and EFS at 2 years were 64.6% (52.0%-77.2%, 95% CI) and 58.9% (46.1%-71.7%, 95% CI), respectively. The only factor in our multivariate analysis that contributed to an inferior EFS was a poor remission status prior to HSCT (HR, 8.30; 1.08-63.56; P = 0.041, 95% CI). CONCLUSION The results of T-cell replete haploidentical transplantation with Post-Cy GVHD prophylaxis in high-risk pediatric patients are promising. However, further research is needed to determine the factors that have affect HLA compatibility for predicting the success of haploidentical transplantations.
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- Vedat Uygun
- Department of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, MedicalPark Antalya Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, MedicalPark Antalya Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, MedicalPark Antalya Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, MedicalPark Antalya Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, MedicalPark Göztepe Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, MedicalPark Göztepe Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, MedicalPark Antalya Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
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Phase I study of graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis including bortezomib for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation from unrelated donors with one or two HLA loci mismatches in Japanese patients. Int J Hematol 2019; 110:736-742. [PMID: 31560116 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-019-02743-6] [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: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This phase I study was designed for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis including bortezomib in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) from human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-mismatched unrelated donors in Japanese patients. Patients were administered bortezomib on days 1, 4, and 7, with short-term methotrexate and tacrolimus. Three bortezomib dose levels were prepared (1.0, 1.3, and 1.5 mg/m2). A dose of 1.3 mg/m2 was planned for administration to the initial six patients, and was adjusted if dose-limiting toxicity developed. Five of six patients enrolled for the initial dose had bone marrow donors. Two cases had single-antigen and single-allele mismatches; four had single-antigen mismatch at the A, B, C, and/or DRB1 loci in the GVH direction. All patients achieved neutrophil engraftment and complete donor chimerism. Three patients developed grade II acute GVHD, and none developed grade III-IV GVHD or any dose-limiting toxicity attributable to bortezomib by day 100. Two patients developed late-onset acute GVHD, and two developed chronic GVHD, but all cases were manageable. All patients were alive without relapse after a median follow-up period of 52 months. The optimal dose of bortezomib was determined to be 1.3 mg/m2. Prophylaxis against GVHD using a regimen including bortezomib thus seems feasible for HLA-mismatched unrelated allo-HCT.
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High prevalence of CD3, NK, and NKT cells in the graft predicts adverse outcome after matched-related and unrelated transplantations with post transplantation cyclophosphamide. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019; 55:544-552. [PMID: 31541204 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-019-0665-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The predictive value of graft composition and plasma biomarkers on the outcome of allogeneic HSCT is well known for conventional GVHD prophylaxis based on calcineurin inhibitors with or without antithymocyte globulin. Currently, there is limited data whether these results could be translated to post transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy). The prospective extension cohort of NCT02294552 trial enrolled 79 adult patients with acute leukemia in CR. Twenty-six received matched-related bone marrow (BM) grafts with single-agent PTCy and 53 received unrelated peripheral blood stem cell graft (PBSC) with PTCy, tacrolimus, and MMF. The grafts were studied by the flow cytometry, and plasma samples were analyzed by ELISA. In the cluster and major component analysis, we determined that transplantation from donors with high content of CD3, NKT, and CD16-CD56 + subpopulations in the PBSC grafts was associated with poor immunological recovery and compromised event-free survival (50% vs. 80%, HR 2.93, p = 0.015) both due to increased relapse incidence and non-relapse mortality. The significant independent predictor of moderate and severe chronic GVHD was the high prevalence of and iNKT, Vβ11, and double-positive cells in the PBSC grafts from young donors (HR 2.75, p = 0.0483). No patterns could be identified for BM grafts and for plasma biomarkers.
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Posttransplantation cyclophosphamide vs. antithymocyte globulin as GVHD prophylaxis for mismatched unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019; 55:349-355. [DOI: 10.1038/s41409-019-0682-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Posttransplant cyclophosphamide vs antithymocyte globulin in HLA-mismatched unrelated donor transplantation. Blood 2019; 134:892-899. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019000487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The use of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) has represented the standard of care in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in patients undergoing a mismatched unrelated donor (MMUD) transplant. The safety and feasibility of posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCY) in this setting have been reported recently, but no study has compared the outcomes of PTCY vs ATG in 9/10 MMUD transplants. Using the registry data of the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, we performed a matched-pair analysis comparing those 2 strategies in a 9/10 MMUD setting. Ninety-three patients receiving PTCY were matched with 179 patients receiving ATG. A significantly lower incidence of severe acute GVHD was observed with PTCY compared with ATG. Recipients of the former also showed higher leukemia-free survival and GVHD/relapse-free survival (GRFS). When performing a subgroup analysis including patients receiving peripheral blood stem cells, being in complete remission, or receiving the same associated immunosuppressive agents, superiority of PTCY over ATG was confirmed. Similar to the haploidentical setting, use of PTCY is an effective anti-GVHD prophylaxis in the 9/10 MMUD transplant. Use of PTCY may also provide better outcomes in long-term disease control. These results need confirmation in large prospective randomized trials.
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Tang F, Xu Y, Chen H, Xu L, Zhang X, Wang Y, Liu Q, Wu D, Huang X. Comparison of the clinical outcomes of hematologic malignancies after myeloablative haploidentical transplantation with G-CSF/ATG and posttransplant cyclophosphamide: results from the Chinese Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry Group (CBMTRG). SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2019; 63:571-581. [PMID: 31420852 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-019-9594-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This study compared G-CSF/ATG and PTCy in myeloablative haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT) for hematologic malignancies between January 2013 and March 2018 reporting to the Chinese Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry Group (CBMTRG). For each PTCy, G-CSF/ATG subjects (1:4) were selected using the nested case-pair method. In total, 220 patients including 176 in G-CSF/ATG group and 44 in PTCy group were analyzed. The incidences of 30-day neutrophil engraftment (88.6% vs. 96.6%, P=0.001), 90-day platelet engraftment (84.1% vs. 94.2%, P=0.04), the median time to neutrophil engraftment (17 days vs. 12 days, P=0.000) and platelet engraftment (22 days vs. 17 days, P=0.001) were significantly inferior in PTCy group. The incidences of grades 2-4 and 3-4 acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), chronic GVHD and severe chronic GVHD were comparable. Among G-CSF/ATG and PTCy groups, the 3-year progression-free survival, overall survival, cumulative incidences of nonrelapse mortality and relapse was 74.3% vs. 61% (P=0.045), 78.3% vs. 65.2% (P=0.039), 12% vs. 27.3% (P=0.008), and 14.9% vs. 11.7% (P=0.61), respectively. G-CSF/ATG can achieve better engraftment, PFS and OS, and lower incidence of NRM compared to PTCy in myeloablative haplo-HSCT for hematologic malignancies.
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- Feifei Tang
- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China
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- PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, 100044, China. .,Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Natural Killer Cells as Allogeneic Effectors in Adoptive Cancer Immunotherapy. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11060769. [PMID: 31163679 PMCID: PMC6628161 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11060769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are attractive within adoptive transfer settings in cancer immunotherapy due to their potential for allogeneic use; their alloreactivity is enhanced under conditions of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) mismatch with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) ligands on cancer cells. In addition to this, NK cells are platforms for genetic modification, and proliferate in vivo for a shorter time relative to T cells, limiting off-target activation. Current clinical studies have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of allogeneic NK cell adoptive transfer therapies as a means for treatment of hematologic malignancies and, to a lesser extent, solid tumors. However, challenges associated with sourcing allogeneic NK cells have given rise to controversy over the contribution of NK cells to graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). Specifically, blood-derived NK cell infusions contain contaminating T cells, whose activation with NK-stimulating cytokines has been known to lead to heightened release of proinflammatory cytokines and trigger the onset of GvHD in vivo. NK cells sourced from cell lines and stem cells lack contaminating T cells, but can also lack many phenotypic characteristics of mature NK cells. Here, we discuss the available published evidence for the varying roles of NK cells in GvHD and, more broadly, their use in allogeneic adoptive transfer settings to treat various cancers.
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Prem S, Atenafu EG, Al‐Shaibani Z, Loach D, Law A, Lam W, Michelis FV, Thyagu S, Kim D(DH, Howard Lipton J, Kumar R, Viswabandya A. Low rates of acute and chronic GVHD with ATG and PTCy in matched and mismatched unrelated donor peripheral blood stem cell transplants. Eur J Haematol 2019; 102:486-493. [DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Shruti Prem
- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Messner Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto Ontario Canada
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Soltermann Y, Heim D, Medinger M, Baldomero H, Halter JP, Gerull S, Arranto C, Passweg JR, Kleber M. Reduced dose of post-transplantation cyclophosphamide compared to ATG for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis in recipients of mismatched unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantation: a single-center study. Ann Hematol 2019; 98:1485-1493. [DOI: 10.1007/s00277-019-03673-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Moiseev IS, Pirogova OV, Alyanski AL, Babenko EV, Gindina TL, Darskaya EI, Slesarchuk OA, Bykova TA, Chukhlovin AB, Pevtcov DE, Bondarenko SN, Afanasyev BV. Risk-adapted GVHD prophylaxis with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide in adults after related, unrelated, and haploidentical transplantations. Eur J Haematol 2018; 100:395-402. [DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Ivan S. Moiseev
- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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- R.M. Gorbacheva Memorial Institute of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation; Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
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Jorge AS, Suárez-Lledó M, Pereira A, Gutierrez G, Fernández-Avilés F, Rosiñol L, Llobet N, Solano T, Urbano-Ispízua Á, Rovira M, Martínez C. Single Antigen-Mismatched Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Using High-Dose Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide Is a Suitable Alternative for Patients Lacking HLA-Matched Donors. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2018; 24:1196-1202. [PMID: 29410343 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The optimal prophylaxis regimen for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in the setting of mismatched unrelated donor (MMUD) allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is not defined. The use of high-dose post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) in haploidentical transplantation has proven feasible and effective in overcoming the negative impact of HLA disparity on survival. We hypothesized that PTCy could also be effective in the setting of MMUD transplantation. We retrospectively analyzed 86 consecutive adult recipients of alloHSCT in our institution, comparing 2 contemporaneous groups: PTCy MMUD (n = 26) versus matched unrelated donor (MUD) (n = 60). Graft source was primarily peripheral blood (92%). All PTCy MMUD were HLA 7/8 (differences in HLA class I loci in 92% of patients) and received PTCy plus tacrolimus ± mofetil mycophenolate as GVHD prophylaxis. No differences were observed between PTCy MMUD and MUD in the 100-day cumulative incidence of acute GVHD grades II to IV (31% versus 22%, respectively; P = .59) and III to IV (8% versus 10%, P = .67). There was a trend for a lower incidence of moderate to severe chronic GVHD at 1 year after PTCy MMUD in comparison with MUD (22% versus 41%, P = .098). No differences between PTCy MMUD and MUD were found regarding nonrelapse mortality (25% versus 18%, P = .52) or relapse rate (11% versus 19%, P = .18). Progression-free survival and overall survival at 2 years were similar in both cohorts (67% versus 54% [HR, .84; 95% CI, .38 to 1.88; P = .68] and 72% versus 57% [HR, .71; 95% CI, .31 to 1.67; P = .44], respectively). The 2-year cumulative incidence of survival free of moderate to severe chronic GVHD and relapse tended to be higher in the PTCy MMUD group (47% versus 24%; HR, .60; 95% CI, .31 to 1.14; P = .12). We conclude that HLA 7/8 MMUD transplantation using PTCy plus tacrolimus is a suitable alternative for those patients who lack a MUD.
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- Ana Sofia Jorge
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hemotherapy and Hemostasis Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Foundation, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Foundation, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Foundation, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Foundation, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Foundation, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Foundation, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
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