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Mekelenkamp H, de Vries M, Saalmink I, Nur E, Kerkhoffs JL, Heijboer H, Cnossen M, Lankester A, Smiers F. Hoping for a normal life: Decision-making on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by patients with a hemoglobinopathy and their caregivers. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2024; 71:e30808. [PMID: 38082534 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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BACKGROUND To provide insight into the perspectives of children and young adults with transfusion-dependent thalassemia and sickle cell disease and their caregivers regarding the decision for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). PROCEDURE A qualitative longitudinal multicenter study. Data collection consisted of 40 audio-recorded conversations between physicians and families and 77 interviews with patients and/or caregivers related to 27 unique cases, collected at different time points throughout the decision-making process. RESULTS Conversations and interviews revealed "hoping for a normal life" as an overarching theme, consisting of four main topics: (i) "Building a frame of reference" refers to a process where patients or families try to obtain comprehensive information on HSCT and translate this to their situation to decide. (ii) "Balancing between loss and benefit" reports the process of considering the advantages and disadvantages of continuing with supportive care to treat their disease versus choosing HSCT. (iii) "Experiencing the impact of HSCT" describes the impactfull experience of the HSCT period by those who chose HSCT. (iv) "Balancing again" refers to reflecting on the decision made. CONCLUSIONS The hope for a normal life guided the decision-making process, described as a constant balance between the impact of the disease and HSCT. A structured approach to explore patients' and caregivers' perspectives on HSCT decision-making is needed, where specifically discussing the impact of the disease and hope for a normal life need to be integrated in the process.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hilda Mekelenkamp
- Department of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Law, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Law, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Blood Cell Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Vissers L, van der Burg M, Lankester A, Smiers F, Mohseny A. Optimizing diagnostic methods and stem cell transplantation outcomes in pediatric bone marrow failure: a 50-year single center experience. Eur J Pediatr 2023; 182:4195-4203. [PMID: 37439851 PMCID: PMC10570154 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-05093-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Peripheral blood cytopenia, a frequent presenting symptom in pediatric patients, can be caused by bone marrow failure (BMF). Timely identification of patients with non-reversible BMF is of crucial importance to reduce the risks of invasive infections and bleeding complications. Most pediatric patients with severe persistent cytopenia, independent of the underlying cause, are offered allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) as curative therapy. Here we report on our management guidelines and HSCT outcomes of pediatric BMF patients to pinpoint improvements and future challenges. We formulated recommendations based on this 50 years' experience, which were implemented at our center in 2017. By analysis of the HSCT cohort of 2017-2023, the 5-year outcome data is presented and compared to historical outcome data. In addition, outcomes of patients transplanted for identified inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) are compared to severe aplastic anemia (SAA) outcomes to underline the often multiorgan disease in IBMFS with implications for long-term survival. Survival of pediatric patients with irreversible BMF has improved tremendously. SAA patients transplanted after 2017 had a superior 5-year overall (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) of 97% and 85% compared to 68% and 59% in the cohort transplanted before 2017 (p = 0.0011 and p = 0.017). A similar trend was seen for BMF, with an OS and EFS of 89% for those transplanted after 2017 compared to 62% and 59% (p > 0.05). This improvement is mainly related to better survival in the first months after HSCT. The long-term survival after HSCT is lower in IBMFS patients as compared to SAA patients due to secondary malignancies and multiorgan toxicity. Conclusion: Unbiased protocolized in-depth diagnostic strategies are crucial to increase the frequency of identifiable causes within the heterogeneous group of pediatric BMF. A comprehensive approach to identify the cause of BMF can prevent treatment delay and be useful to tailor treatment and follow-up protocols. What is Known: • Irreversible BMF in pediatric patients can be caused by a wide spectrum of underlying diseases including (pre)malignant disease, IBMFS and AA. Identifying the exact underlying cause of BMF is crucial for tailored therapy, however often challenging and time-consuming. • Frontline allogeneic HSCT is offered to most pediatric patients with severe BMF as curative treatment. What is New: • Protocolized unbiased diagnostics, short time to treatment (< 3 months) and maximal supportive care until curative treatment can prevent complications with a negative effect on survival such as infection and bleeding. • Personalized follow-up protocols for IBMFS patients are essential to prevent a second decline in survival due to long-term treatment toxicity and extra-hematological disease complications.
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- Lotte Vissers
- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Mekelenkamp H, Smiers F, Camp N, Stubenrouch F, Lankester A, de Vries M. Decision making for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with a hemoglobinopathy-Shared or not? Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021; 68:e29099. [PMID: 34003573 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.29099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) offers an established curative option for sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassemia patients but is associated with significant risks. Decision making is a complex process and shared decision making (SDM) could be a fitting approach in case of such preference-sensitive decisions. This study investigated what level of SDM is used in conversations with hemoglobinopathy patients and/or their caregivers considering HSCT as a curative treatment option. METHODS Longitudinal, descriptive study using the Observing-Patient-Involvement-in-Decision-Making scale (OPTION5 ) scale to determine the level of SDM in conversations with 26 hemoglobinopathy patients and/or their caregivers. RESULTS The total mean OPTION5 score was 43%, which is a moderate SDM approach. There was no difference between conversations with thalassemia patients and SCD patients. Conversations needing an interpreter scored worse than nontranslated conversations. The best scoring OPTION5 item was item 3: "informing about the various treatment options" (mean score 2.3 on scale 0-4). For OPTION5 item 4: "eliciting patients' preferences" a more skilled effort was measured for SCD patients compared to thalassemia patients. CONCLUSIONS The mean OPTION5 score of "moderate" was achieved mainly by giving information on available options, which is primarily a one-way communication. The SDM process can be improved by actively inviting patients to deliberate about options and including their elicited preferences in decision making.
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- Hilda Mekelenkamp
- Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Ethics and Health Law, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Ethics and Health Law, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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van der Stoep E, Berghuis D, Bredius R, Buddingh E, Mohseny A, Smiers F, Guchelaar HJ, Lankester AC, Zwaveling J. Identification of Treosulfan-Induced Myalgia in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Using an Electronic Health Record Text Mining Tool. Transplant Cell Ther 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-6367(21)00220-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mekelenkamp H, van Zanten H, de Vries M, Lankester A, Smiers F. How to Facilitate Decision-Making for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Hemoglobinopathies. The Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:690309. [PMID: 34485192 PMCID: PMC8416427 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.690309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation decision-making for hemoglobinopathy patients is a complex process, and it remains difficult for health care professionals to decide whether and when a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation should be offered. Gaining insight into health care professionals' considerations is required to understand and optimize this decision-making process. A qualitative interview study using semi-structured interviews with eighteen health care professionals. Data were thematically analyzed. Two main themes emerged from the data: (1) Experiencing the influence of a frame of reference and (2) Feeling responsible for a guided decision-making. The frame of reference, meaning the health care professionals' knowledge and experiences regarding hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, influenced the guided decision-making process. Subsequently, three subthemes evolved from the second theme: (a) weighing up disease severity against possible complications, (b) making an effort to inform, and (c) supporting the best fitting decision for the individual patient. The health care professionals' frame of reference determined the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation decision-making process. This demands reflection on the health care professionals' own frame of reference and its influence on decision-making. Furthermore, reflection on the frame of reference is needed by exchange of knowledge and experiences between referring and referred-to healthcare professionals in an open and two-way direction. The transplantation teams have a responsibility of keeping the frame of reference of their referring colleagues up to date and referring health care professionals should share their feelings regarding hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. To guide patients, a shared decision-making approach is supportive, in which eliciting the patients' preferences is highly important. Health care professionals can refine the decision-making process by guiding patients in eliciting their preferences and including these in the decision.
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- Hilda Mekelenkamp
- Department of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.,Department of Medical Ethics and Health Law, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.,Department of Medical Ethics and Health Law, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
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Miano M, Eikema DJ, de la Fuente J, Bosman P, Ghavamzadeh A, Smiers F, Sengeløv H, Yesilipek A, Formankova R, Bader P, Díaz Pérez MÁ, Bertrand Y, Niemeyer C, Diallo S, Ansari M, Bykova TA, Faraci M, Bonanomi S, Gozdzik J, Satti TM, Bodova I, Wölfl M, Rocha VG, Mellgren K, Rascon J, Holter W, Lange A, Meisel R, Beguin Y, Mozo Y, Kriván G, Sirvent A, Bruno B, Dalle JH, Onofrillo D, Giardino S, Risitano AM, de Latour RP, Dufour C. Stem Cell Transplantation for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. A Retrospective Study on Behalf of the Severe Aplastic Anemia Working Party of the European Blood and Marrow Transplantation Group (EBMT). Transplant Cell Ther 2020; 27:274.e1-274.e5. [PMID: 33781541 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2020.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Data on stem cell transplantation (SCT) for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is limited. We studied patients transplanted for DBA and registered in the EBMT database. Between 1985 and 2016, 106 DBA patients (median age, 6.8 years) underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from matched-sibling donors (57%), unrelated donors (36%), or other related donors (7%), using marrow (68%), peripheral blood stem cells (20%), both marrow and peripheral blood stem cells (1%), or cord blood (11%). The cumulative incidence of engraftment was 86% (80% to 93%), and neutrophil recovery and platelet recovery were achieved on day +18 (range, 16 to 20) and +36 (range, 32 to 43), respectively. Three-year overall survival and event-free survival were 84% (77% to 91%) and 81% (74% to 89%), respectively. Older patients were significantly more likely to die (hazard ratio, 1.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.06 to 1.23; P < .001). Outcomes were similar between sibling compared to unrelated-donor transplants. The incidence of acute grades II to IV of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was 30% (21% to 39%), and the incidence of extensive chronic GVHD was 15% (7% to 22%). This study shows that SCT may represent an alternative therapeutic option for transfusion-dependent younger patients.
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- Maurizio Miano
- Haematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
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- Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- EBMT Statistics, EBMT Data Office, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Division for Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Department for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Civil Hospital of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Department of Paediatrics, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Raisa Gorbacheva Memorial Scientific Institute of Children Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- BMT Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- MBBM Foundation, University of Milano-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
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- National Institute of Children's Diseases, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Children's Hospital, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Center for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Lower Silesian Center for Cellular Transplantation, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Division of Pediatric Stem Cell Therapy, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- CHU de Liège, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Central Hospital of Southern Pest, National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Budapest, Hungary
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- Onco-Hématologie Pédiatrique, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Hematology and Immunology Department, Hopital Robert-Debré, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Haematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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Cesaro S, Pillon M, Sauer M, Smiers F, Faraci M, de Heredia CD, Wynn R, Greil J, Locatelli F, Veys P, Uyttebroeck A, Ljungman P, Chevalier P, Ansari M, Badell I, Güngör T, Salim R, Tischer J, Tecchio C, Russell N, Chybicka A, Styczynski J, Krivan G, Smith O, Stein J, Afanasyev B, Pochon C, Menconi MC, Bosman P, Mauro M, Tridello G, de Latour RP, Dufour C. Correction: Long-term outcome after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Shwachman-Diamond syndrome: a retrospective analysis and a review of the literature by the Severe Aplastic Anemia Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (SAAWP-EBMT). Bone Marrow Transplant 2020; 55:1884. [PMID: 32273586 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-020-0901-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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- Simone Cesaro
- Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
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- Clinica di Oncoematologia Pediatrica, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany
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- Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- G. Gaslini Research Institute (IRRCS), Genova, Italy
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- Central Manchester NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
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- IRRCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Pediatric Oncology Hematology Unit, Department of Mother, Child and Adolescent, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Munich-Grosshadern, LMU, Munich, Germany
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Central Hospital of Southern Pest-National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Budapest, Hungary
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- Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach-Tikva, Israel
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- First State Pavlov Medical University of St, Petersburg, Russia
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- Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Paediatric Haematology Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- G. Gaslini Research Institute (IRRCS), Genova, Italy
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Gluckman E, Fuente JDL, Cappelli B, Scigliuolo GM, Volt F, Tozatto-Maio K, Rocha V, Tommaso M, O’Boyle F, Smiers F, Cunha-Riehm CBD, Calore E, Bonanomi S, Graphakos S, Paisiou A, Albert MH, Ruggeri A, Zecca M, Lankester AC, Corbacioglu S. The role of HLA matching in unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for sickle cell disease in Europe. Bone Marrow Transplant 2020; 55:1946-1954. [DOI: 10.1038/s41409-020-0847-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Achini FR, Smiers F, Jan Zwaginga J, van Tol MJD, Jol-van der Zijde CM, Schilham MW, Lankester AC, Bredius RGM. Plasmapheresis to eliminate immunosuppressive alemtuzumab levels in a child with disseminated adenovirus infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 2020; 55:1671-1673. [PMID: 32071415 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-020-0837-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Federica R Achini
- Department of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Willem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Division of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Children's Research Center (CRC), University Children's Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Willem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Sanquin Research, Center for Clinical Transfusion Research and Jon J van Rood Center for Clinical Transfusion Science, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Immunology, Willem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Immunology, Willem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Immunology, Willem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Willem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Willem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Prata PH, Eikema DJ, Afansyev B, Bosman P, Smiers F, Diez-Martin JL, Arrais-Rodrigues C, Koc Y, Poiré X, Sirvent A, Kröger N, Porta F, Holter W, Bloor A, Jubert C, Ganser A, Tanase A, Ménard AL, Pioltelli P, Pérez-Simón JA, Ho A, Aljurf M, Russell N, Labussiere-Wallet H, Kerre T, Rocha V, Socié G, Risitano A, Dufour C, Peffault de Latour R. Haploidentical transplantation and posttransplant cyclophosphamide for treating aplastic anemia patients: a report from the EBMT Severe Aplastic Anemia Working Party. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019; 55:1050-1058. [PMID: 31844137 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-019-0773-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
In the absence of an HLA-matched donor, the best treatment for acquired aplastic anemia patients refractory to immunosuppression is unclear. We collected and analyzed data from all acquired aplastic anemia patients who underwent a haploidentical transplantation with posttransplant cyclophosphamide in Europe from 2011 to 2017 (n = 33). The cumulative incidence of neutrophil engraftment was 67% (CI95%: 51-83%) at D +28 and was unaffected by age group, stem cell source, ATG use, or Baltimore conditioning regimen. The cumulative incidence of grades II-III acute GvHD was 23% at D +100, and limited chronic GvHD was 10% (0-20) at 2 years, without cases of grade IV acute or extensive chronic GvHD. Two-year overall survival was 78% (64-93), and 2-year graft-versus-host disease-free survival was 63% (46-81). In univariate analysis, the 2-year OS was higher among patients who received the Baltimore conditioning regimen (93% (81-100) versus 64% (41-87), p = 0.03), whereas age group, stem cell source, and ATG use had no effect. Our results using unmanipulated haploidentical transplantation and posttransplant cyclophosphamide for treating refractory AA patients are encouraging, but warrant confirmation in a prospective study with a larger number of patients and longer follow-up.
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- Pedro H Prata
- Hematology-Transplantation Department, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France.
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- First State Pavlov Medical University, St Petersburg, Russia
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- Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Medicina, Gregorio Maranon G.U. Hospital, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Park Hospitals, Antalya, Turkey
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- Clinique Universitaire St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Ospedale dei Bambini Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Hematology-Transplantation Department, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, INSERM U976, Paris, France
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- Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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Miano M, Eikema DJ, Aljurf M, Van't Veer PJ, Öztürk G, Wölfl M, Smiers F, Schulz A, Socié G, Vettenranta K, de Heredia CD, Zecca M, Maertens J, Rovira M, Sierra J, Uckan-Cetinkaya D, Skorobogatova E, Antmen AB, Dalle JH, Markiewicz M, Hamladji RM, Kitra-Roussou V, La Nasa G, Kriván G, Al-Seiraihy A, Giardino S, Risitano AM, de Latour RP, Dufour C. Stem cell transplantation for congenital dyserythropoietic anemia: an analysis from the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Haematologica 2019; 104:e335-e339. [PMID: 30679331 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2018.206623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Maurizio Miano
- Hematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Acibadem University Atakent Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- University Children's Hospital, Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Klinik für Kinder-und Jugend medizin Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Hospital Clinic Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Central Hospital of Southern Pest-National Institute of Hematology and Infectious Disease, Budapest, Hungary
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- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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van Straaten S, Bierings M, Bianchi P, Akiyoshi K, Kanno H, Serra IB, Chen J, Huang X, van Beers E, Ekwattanakit S, Güngör T, Kors WA, Smiers F, Raymakers R, Yanez L, Sevilla J, van Solinge W, Segovia JC, van Wijk R. Worldwide study of hematopoietic allogeneic stem cell transplantation in pyruvate kinase deficiency. Haematologica 2017; 103:e82-e86. [PMID: 29242305 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2017.177857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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- Stephanie van Straaten
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.,Van CreveldKliniek, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Hematology Unit, Anemia Physiopathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Neurology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama, Yufu, Japan
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Processing, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
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- Directora Unidad Pediátrica de Trasplante Hematopoyético, Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center. Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center. Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
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- Van Creveldkliniek, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Haematology, Leiden University Hospital, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio Hemato-Oncología Pediatrica, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Differentiation and Cytometry Unit, Hematopoietic Innovative Therapies Division, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain.,Advance Therapies Mixed Unit, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Fundación Jiménez Díaz (IIS-FJD), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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Spoor N, Smiers F, van der Meer F, Hutten B, Heleen van Ommen C. Phenprocoumon and acenocoumarol treatment in paediatric patients. Thromb Haemost 2017; 108:1238-41. [DOI: 10.1160/th12-04-0242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Angelucci E, Matthes-Martin S, Baronciani D, Bernaudin F, Bonanomi S, Cappellini MD, Dalle JH, Di Bartolomeo P, de Heredia CD, Dickerhoff R, Giardini C, Gluckman E, Hussein AA, Kamani N, Minkov M, Locatelli F, Rocha V, Sedlacek P, Smiers F, Thuret I, Yaniv I, Cavazzana M, Peters C. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in thalassemia major and sickle cell disease: indications and management recommendations from an international expert panel. Haematologica 2015; 99:811-20. [PMID: 24790059 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2013.099747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Thalassemia major and sickle cell disease are the two most widely disseminated hereditary hemoglobinopathies in the world. The outlook for affected individuals has improved in recent years due to advances in medical management in the prevention and treatment of complications. However, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is still the only available curative option. The use of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been increasing, and outcomes today have substantially improved compared with the past three decades. Current experience world-wide is that more than 90% of patients now survive hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and disease-free survival is around 80%. However, only a few controlled trials have been reported, and decisions on patient selection for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and transplant management remain principally dependent on data from retrospective analyses and on the clinical experience of the transplant centers. This consensus document from the European Blood and Marrow Transplantation Inborn Error Working Party and the Paediatric Diseases Working Party aims to report new data and provide consensus-based recommendations on indications for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and transplant management.
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- M Peters
- Department of Paediatric Haematology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been reported to inhibit serotonin uptake into platelets, resulting in decreased platelet function. We report a case of a large intraventricular haemorrhage in a 6-h-old boy, whose mother used paroxetine during pregnancy.
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- Yvonne C M Duijvestijn
- Department of Pediatrics, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van der Plas DC, Smiers F, Pouwels K, Hoefsloot LH, Löwenberg B, Touw IP. Interleukin-7 signaling in human B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells and murine BAF3 cells involves activation of STAT1 and STAT5 mediated via the interleukin-7 receptor alpha chain. Leukemia 1996; 10:1317-25. [PMID: 8709637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Interleukin-7 (IL-7) stimulates the proliferation of normal and leukemic B and T cell precursors and T lymphocytes. Activation of the JAK/STAT pathway has been implicated in IL-7R signaling. We investigated which STAT complexes are formed upon stimulation of B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) cells with IL-7. Gel retardation assays with STAT-binding oligonucleotides showed that IL-7 induces the formation of two major STAT complexes in BCP-ALL cells. Supershifts with anti-STAT antibodies identified these as STAT1 and STAT5 complexes. This pattern of STAT activation was seen in all BCP-ALL cases that respond to IL-7 in proliferation assays. IL-7 also induced STAT/DNA binding in BCP-ALL cases that failed to proliferate in response to IL-7, suggesting that the ability of IL-7R to activate the JAK/STAT pathway per se is not sufficient for proliferation induction. To determine the contribution of the cytoplasmic domain of the IL-7 receptor alpha chain (IL-7R alpha) to activation of STAT proteins, transfectants of the murine pro-B cell line BAF3 were made that express chimeric receptors consisting of the extracellular domain of human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor (G-CSF-R) and the transmembrane and intracellular domains of human IL-7R alpha. Activation of the chimeric G-CSF-R/IL-7R alpha with G-CSF resulted in a full proliferative response and induced the phosphorylation of JAK1 but not JAK2. Major STAT complexes activated by G-CSF-R/IL-7R alpha contained STAT1 or STAT5, while some formation of STAT3-containing complexes was also seen. These findings establish that STAT1 and STAT5, and possibly STAT3, are activated upon stimulation of precursor B cells with IL-7. The data further indicate that the IL-7R alpha chains are directly involved in the activation of JAKs and STATs and have a major role in proliferative signaling in precursor B cells.
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- D C van der Plas
- Department of Hematology, Dr Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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