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Kasarełło K, Seta M, Sulejczak D, Snarski E, Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska A. Effect of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide on the Microglia Phenotype in Rats with Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2023; 71:10. [PMID: 36964399 PMCID: PMC10039091 DOI: 10.1007/s00005-023-00675-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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
Abstract
Microglia are the resident immune cells of the central nervous system, playing a role in the inflammatory process development and resolution, presenting two main phenotypes, pro-inflammatory M1, and anti-inflammatory M2. Therapies affecting the microglia phenotype may be beneficial in treating inflammatory neurodegenerative diseases. In our experiments, we used the animal multiple sclerosis model, experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). Rats were treated during the pre- or symptomatic phase of the disease with cyclophosphamide, followed by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and with/without post-transplantation cyclophosphamide. Our study aimed to analyze the microglia phenotype in animals subjected to this treatment. The number of M1 cells in the spinal cord, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) levels in the brain were similar in all experimental groups. The differences were observed in M2 cells number and arginase 1 (Arg1) levels, which were decreased in EAE animals, and increased after treatment in the symptomatic phase of EAE, and in the pre-symptomatic phase, but only with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide. Analysis of gene expression in the brain showed decreased iNOS expression in EAE animals treated in the symptomatic phase of EAE and no differences in Arg1 expression. Results indicate that treatment applied to experimental animals influences the microglia phenotype, promoting differentiation towards M2 cells.
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- Kaja Kasarełło
- Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Kasarełło K, Snarski E, Sulejczak D, Ciesielski T, Wiśniewska A, Wrzesień R, Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska A. Post Transplantation Cyclophosphamide Improves Outcome of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2021; 69:17. [PMID: 34181099 PMCID: PMC8238731 DOI: 10.1007/s00005-021-00619-4] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) has recently been recognized as the standard treatment for MS. The aim of our experiment was to investigate the effect of AHSCT with the addition of low-dose post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (Cy) on EAE in rats. Low dose post-transplantation Cy is used in haploidentical HSCT to reduce the risk of graft versus host disease. We hypothesized that it could bring additional benefit in autologous HSCT in autoimmune diseases. Rats with evoked EAE were treated with high dose (125 mg/kg) Cy, followed by AHSCT or high dose (125 mg/kg) Cy followed by AHSCT followed by low dose (20 mg/kg) Cy in two-time schedules—with the therapy applied during the pre-symptomatic or symptomatic phase of the disease. Both AHSCT and AHSCT with post-transplantation Cy in accordance with both time schedules reduce the intensity of the inflammatory response in the CNS, in comparison with non-treated EAE rats. The reduction of clinical symptoms was present in all AHSCT treatment protocols, however, it was significantly stronger when post-transplantation Cy was given during the symptomatic phase of the disease. AHSCT with the addition of post HSCT low dose Cy improved the results of AHSCT by not only reducing the intensity of inflammation in the CNS but also by significantly reducing the clinical symptoms in treated animals when compared to AHSCT alone. We provide an experimental rationale that the addition of post-transplantation Cy may improve the outcome of HSCT in MS.
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- Kaja Kasarełło
- Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1B, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1B, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Experimental Pharmacology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1B, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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- Central Laboratory of Experimental Animals, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1B, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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Orlewska K, Bogusz K, Podlecka-Piętowska A, Nojszewska M, Markiewicz M, Liwoch R, Orlewski P, Śliwczyński A, Zakrzewska-Pniewska B, Snarski E. Impact of Immunoablation and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (AHSCT) on Treatment Cost of Multiple Sclerosis: Real-World Nationwide Study. Value Health Reg Issues 2021; 25:104-107. [PMID: 33865219 DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2020.10.008] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To provide real-world data on the impact of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) on treatment costs of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Poland. METHODS Medical data of 105 patients who underwent AHSCT in the years 2011 to 2016 were obtained from the National Health Fund (NHF) database. Treatment costs were calculated from the public payer's perspective per patient-year for the total available period as well as 12 months before and after AHSCT. The statistical analysis was performed using MATLAB 2016b. RESULTS Mean treatment-related costs covered by the NHF per patient-year before and after the transplantation were €4314.9 and €1188.8 , respectively. The average cost of disease-modifying drugs per patient was reduced from €2497.9/year before to €65.3/year after AHSCT. CONCLUSIONS Although the initial cost of AHSCT is high, the costs involving AHSCT and post-AHSCT treatment could, according to our analysis, pay off in 3.9 years, when compared to the costs of disease-modifying drug therapy in aggressive MS. The study provides evidence that the AHSCT can lead to significant savings in treatment costs of aggressive MS from the public payer's perspective.
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- Katarzyna Orlewska
- Medical University of Warsaw, Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Diseases, Warsaw, Poland
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Diseases, Warsaw, Poland
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College of Rzeszow University, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Medical University of Silesia, Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, School of Medicine in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Process Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Medical University of Warsaw, Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Diseases, Warsaw, Poland.
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Wunsch E, Kruk B, Snarski E, Basak G, Krawczyk M, Milkiewicz P. Plasmapheresis in the treatment of chronic fatigue in patients with primary biliary cholangitis. Pol Arch Intern Med 2021; 131:205-207. [PMID: 33236867 DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Ewa Wunsch
- Translational Medicine Group, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Laboratory of Metabolic Liver Diseases, Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Metabolic Liver Diseases, Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland,Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany,European Reference Network, Warsaw, Poland
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- Translational Medicine Group, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland; European Reference Network, Warsaw, Poland; Liver and Internal Medicine Unit, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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Greco R, Alexander T, Burman J, Del Papa N, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Farge D, Henes J, Kazmi M, Kirgizov K, Muraro PA, Ricart E, Rovira M, Saccardi R, Sharrack B, Snarski E, Withers B, Jessop H, Boglione C, Kramer E, Badoglio M, Labopin M, Orchard K, Corbacioglu S, Ljungman P, Mikulska M, De la Camara R, Snowden JA. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoimmune diseases in the time of COVID-19: EBMT guidelines and recommendations. Bone Marrow Transplant 2021; 56:1493-1508. [PMID: 34031556 PMCID: PMC8143059 DOI: 10.1038/s41409-021-01326-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), represents one of the biggest challenges of 21st century, threatening public health around the globe. Increasing age and presence of co-morbidities are reported risk factors for severe disease and mortality, along with autoimmune diseases (ADs) and immunosuppressive treatments such as haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), which are also associated with adverse outcomes. We review the impact of the pandemic on specific groups of patients with neurological, rheumatological, and gastroenterological indications, along with the challenges delivering HSCT in adult and pediatric populations. Moving forward, we developed consensus-based guidelines and recommendations for best practice and quality of patient care in order to support clinicians, scientists, and their multidisciplinary teams, as well as patients and their carers. These guidelines aim to support national and international organizations related to autoimmune diseases and local clinical teams delivering HSCT. Areas of unmet need and future research questions are also highlighted. The waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are predicted to be followed by an "endemic" phase and therefore an ongoing risk within a "new normality". These recommendations reflect currently available evidence, coupled with expert opinion, and will be revised according to necessary modifications in practice.
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- Raffaella Greco
- grid.15496.3fUnit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- grid.7468.d0000 0001 2248 7639Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.10419.3d0000000089452978Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-Immunes Systémiques Rares d’Ile-de-France, Filière, Paris, France ,grid.508487.60000 0004 7885 7602EA 3518, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France ,grid.14709.3b0000 0004 1936 8649Department of Internal Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada
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- grid.411544.10000 0001 0196 8249Department for Internal Medicine II (Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Immunology), University Hospital Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- grid.239826.40000 0004 0391 895XKings Health Partners, Department of Haematology, Guys Hospital, London, UK
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Center of Oncology, Institute of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Moscow, Russia
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- grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- grid.410458.c0000 0000 9635 9413Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.10403.36Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.10403.36BMT Unit, Department of Haematology, Hospital Clinic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Institute Josep Carreras, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.24704.350000 0004 1759 9494Department of Haematology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- grid.31410.370000 0000 9422 8284Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS, Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK ,grid.11835.3e0000 0004 1936 9262NIHR Neurosciences Biomedical Research Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- grid.13339.3b0000000113287408Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland ,LUX MED Oncology, Warsaw, Poland ,grid.499028.ePolish Stem Cells Bank (PBKM), Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Sydney, Australia
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- grid.31410.370000 0000 9422 8284Department of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- grid.24704.350000 0004 1759 9494Department of Haematology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Patient Advocacy Committee, EBMT Executive Office, Eddific Dr. Frederic, Duran i Jorda, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.492743.fEBMT Paris study office/CEREST-TC—Department of Haematology, Saint Antoine Hospital—INSERM UMR 938—Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- grid.492743.fEBMT Paris study office/CEREST-TC—Department of Haematology, Saint Antoine Hospital—INSERM UMR 938—Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- grid.123047.30000000103590315Department of Haematology, University Hospital Southampton and University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- grid.7727.50000 0001 2190 5763Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- grid.24381.3c0000 0000 9241 5705Department of Cellular Therapy and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge; Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine Huddinge Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- grid.410345.70000 0004 1756 7871Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Genoa (DISSAL) and Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- grid.411251.20000 0004 1767 647XDepartment of Hematology, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.31410.370000 0000 9422 8284Department of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK ,grid.11835.3e0000 0004 1936 9262Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Pruszczyk K, Płachta M, Urbanowska E, Król M, Król M, Feliksbrot-Bratosiewicz M, Zborowska H, Wiktor-Jędrzejczak W, Basak G, Snarski E. Seasonal variation of human physiology does not influence the harvest of peripheral blood CD34+ cells from unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors. Transfus Apher Sci 2020; 59:102917. [PMID: 32948464 DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102917] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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There are many reports on factors predicting the outcome of PBSC (peripheral blood stem cell) mobilization, such as the donor's gender, age, weight, white blood cell count, platelets pre apheresis, LDH and iron status. Although there are reports of seasonal variation in the physiology of the human immune system and hematopoiesis there are no data that such differences play a role in the response to G-CSF in healthy hematopoietic stem cell donors. The response to G-CSF could also impact the collection results during different seasons. To assess the possible impact of seasonal variation we performed a retrospective, single-center analysis of mobilization and harvest of PBSC in 330 healthy unrelated donors. We found no significant differences in the number of CD34+ cells in peripheral blood after G-CSF mobilization and in collection results when all donors were analyzed. In the subgroup of male donors the number of CD34+ stem cells after G-CSF mobilization was higher than average in summer and autumn (p = 0.036), however, it did not translate into clinically relevant differences in stem cell harvest. We conclude that although there is possible seasonal variation in the response to G-CSF in male donors there is no impact on PBSC harvest in healthy unrelated donors.
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- Katarzyna Pruszczyk
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Golicki D, Jaśkowiak K, Wójcik A, Młyńczak K, Dobrowolska I, Gawrońska A, Basak G, Snarski E, Hołownia-Voloskova M, Jakubczyk M, Niewada M. EQ-5D-Derived Health State Utility Values in Hematologic Malignancies: A Catalog of 796 Utilities Based on a Systematic Review. Value Health 2020; 23:953-968. [PMID: 32762998 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.1825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 03/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We performed a systematic review of health state utility values (HSUVs) obtained using the EQ-5D questionnaire for patients with hematologic malignancies. METHODS The following databases were searched up to September 2018: MEDLINE, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library, and the EQ-5D publications database on the EuroQol website. Additional references were extracted from reviewed articles. Only studies presenting EQ-Index results were incorporated. In view of the heterogeneity across the included publications, we limited ourselves to a narrative synthesis of original HSUVs found. RESULTS Fifty-nine studies (described in 63 articles) met the inclusion criteria. Data from 21 635 respondents provided 796 HSUV estimates for hematologic malignancy patients. EQ-Index scores ranged from -0.025 to 0.980. The most represented area was multiple myeloma (4 studies, 11 112 patients, and 249 HSUVs). In clinical areas such as chronic myeloid leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma, we described over 50 health utilities in each. In contrast, we identified only 13 HSUVs (based on 4 studies and the data of 166 patients) for Hodgkin lymphoma. Areas without EQ-5D-based health utilities comprised: polycythemia vera, primary myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia, mastocytosis, myeloid sarcoma, chronic myelomonocytic, eosinophilic leukemia, and neutrophilic leukemia. CONCLUSIONS There is a wide range of HSUVs available for hematologic cancer patients with different indications. The review provides a catalog of utility values for use in cost-effectiveness models for hematologic malignancies.
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- Dominik Golicki
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; HealthQuest Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp. k., Warsaw, Poland.
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- HealthQuest Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp. k., Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; HealthQuest Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp. k., Warsaw, Poland
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- HealthQuest Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp. k., Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; Scientific and Practical Center for Clinical Research and Health Technology Assessment, Moscow Department of Healthcare, Moscow, Russia
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- HealthQuest Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp. k., Warsaw, Poland; Decision Analysis and Support Unit, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; HealthQuest Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp. k., Warsaw, Poland
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Kowara MK, Kasarełło K, Seta M, Sulejczak D, Wrzesień R, Snarski E, Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska A. Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Followed by Low‐dose Cyclophosphamide Ameliorates the Disease Course and Influences the Microglia Phenotype in Rats With Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis. FASEB J 2020. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.09304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Waszczuk-Gajda A, Małyszko J, Vesole DH, Feliksbrot-Bratosiewicz M, Skwierawska K, Krzanowska K, Kobylińska K, Biecek P, Snarski E, Rodziewicz-Lurzyńska A, Kozłowski P, Stefaniak A, Drozd-Sokołowska J, Ziarkiewicz M, Vyas P, Boguradzki P, Mądry K, Biliński J, Tomaszewska A, Maciejewska M, Urbanowska E, Blajer B, Król M, Król M, Zborowska H, Jurczyszyn A, Dwilewicz-Trojaczek J, Jedrzejczak WW, Basak GW. Negative Impact of Borderline Creatinine Concentration and Glomerular Filtration Rate at Baseline on the Outcome of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With Autologous Stem Cell Transplant. Transplant Proc 2020; 52:2186-2192. [PMID: 32222395 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.02.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Renal impairment (RI) is one of the multiple myeloma (MM)-defining events for initiating therapy. After induction therapy, high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant (ASCT) remains the standard of care for transplant-eligible patients with MM. According to the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG), the organ criterion for kidney damage is defined by a serum creatinine concentration (CrC) > 2 mg/dL or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 40 mL/min. In this long-term study, we evaluated the impact of CrC and eGFR calculated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation on progression-free and overall survival using a lower threshold than the IMWG criteria. PATIENTS AND METHODS We studied the longitudinal outcomes as measured by progression-free survival and overall survival in 59 transplant-eligible patients with MM: 38 patients with normal renal function and 21 patients with RI defined as a CrC higher than upper limit of normal (≥ 1.1 mg/dL), eGFR < 60 mL/min, treated with ASCT from 1998 to 2004. RESULTS The risk of disease progression and death following ASCT increased by 16.5% (P = .005) and 19% (P < .0009) per 1 mg/dL of CrC, respectively. The thresholds for the association of renal insufficiency and negative outcomes were CrC > 1.4 mg/dL and eGFR < 55mL/min. CONCLUSIONS We observed a negative correlation between minimal renal insufficiency and long-term outcomes. Management of patients with even marginally increased CrC and/or decreased eGFR not fulfilling IMWG RI criteria requires more concentrated effort to reverse even minimal renal insufficiency.
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- Anna Waszczuk-Gajda
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Nephrology, Dialysistherapy and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Myeloma Division, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Nephrology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Central Laboratory, Clinical Center of Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Public Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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Pruszczyk K, Bartnik K, Bogusz K, Farhan R, Cwil D, Jastrzębska A, Moskowicz A, Płachta M, Chmiel A, Skwierawska K, Urbanowska E, Jędrzejczak WW, Snarski E. Prior blood donations do not affect efficacy of G-CSF mobilization nor outcomes of haematopoietic stem cell collection in healthy donors. Vox Sang 2019; 114:622-627. [PMID: 31168814 DOI: 10.1111/vox.12816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many consider volunteer blood donors as ideal candidates for unrelated haematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) donation. However, frequent blood donations could influence the results of HPC mobilization. To our best knowledge, there are no data on the possible impact of repeated blood donation on efficiency of subsequent HPC mobilization by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). MATERIALS AND METHODS We compared outcomes of HPC mobilization in unrelated donors with and without a history of blood donation. We conducted a prospective study on 287 consecutive donors admitted to the Department of Hematology since January 2016. The final analysis included 153 donors who agreed to take part in the study and had undergone stem cell mobilization with G-CSF. RESULTS History of blood donations prior to haematopoietic stem cell mobilization with G-CSF does not have a significant impact on the number of collected CD34+ cells in the first leucocytapheresis (516.2 x 106 (170-1148) in blood donors vs 490.5 x 106 (101-1154) in non-donors) (P = 0.32). In all donors, in this study mobilization of HPC was successful: 87.5% of blood donors and 85.6% of non-donors collected the required cell number in a single apheresis. In blood donors, a higher number of blood donations within 2 and 5 years prior to HPC mobilization correlated significantly with successful donation within one leucocytapheresis (P = 0.014 and P = 0.024, respectively). CONCLUSION Multiple blood donations do not significantly influence the outcome of HPC collection in unrelated donors. Blood donors and non-donors have similar results of HPC collection, so there is no reason to favour either group.
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- Katarzyna Pruszczyk
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Sulik-Tyszka B, Snarski E, Niedźwiedzka M, Augustyniak M, Myhre TN, Kacprzyk A, Swoboda-Kopeć E, Roszkowska M, Dwilewicz-Trojaczek J, Jędrzejczak WW, Wróblewska M. Experience with Saccharomyces boulardii Probiotic in Oncohaematological Patients. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins 2019; 10:350-355. [PMID: 28948565 PMCID: PMC5973998 DOI: 10.1007/s12602-017-9332-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Very few reports have been published to date on the bloodstream infections caused by Saccharomyces spp. in oncohaematological patients, and there are no guidelines on the use of this probiotic microorganism in this population. We describe the use of probiotic preparation containing Saccharomyces boulardii in a large group of oncohaematological patients. We retrospectively analysed the data from 32,000 patient hospitalisations at the haematological centre during 2011–2013 (including 196 haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients) in a tertiary care university-affiliated hospital. During the study period, 2270 doses of Saccharomyces boulardii probiotic were administered to the oncohaematological patients. In total, 2816 mycological cultures were performed, out of which 772 (27.4%) were positive, with 52 indicating digestive tract colonisation by Saccharomyces spp., mainly in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or multiple myeloma (MM). While colonised, they were hospitalised for 1683 days and 416 microbiological cultures of their clinical samples were performed. In the studied group of patients, there were six blood cultures positive for fungi; however, they comprised Candida species: two C. glabrata, one C. albicans, one C. krusei, one C. tropicalis and one C. parapsilosis. There was no blood culture positive for Saccharomyces spp. Our study indicates that despite colonisation of many oncohaematological patients with Saccharomyces spp., there were no cases of fungal sepsis caused by this species.
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- Beata Sulik-Tyszka
- Department of Microbiology, Central Clinical Hospital in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Central Clinical Hospital in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Hospital Pharmacy, Central Clinical Hospital in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Central Clinical Hospital in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. .,Department of Dental Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 1a Banacha Street, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland.
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Bartnik K, Pruszczyk K, Skwierawska K, Król M, Płachta M, Moskowicz A, Zakrzewski T, Urbanowska E, Jędrzejczak WW, Snarski E. Bone marrow harvest in donors with anaemia. Vox Sang 2018; 113:795-802. [PMID: 30191563 DOI: 10.1111/vox.12709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bone marrow harvest (BMH) for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a well-established procedure. The guidelines of World Marrow Donor Association provide information on donor selection. However, some of the guidelines regarding donors with anaemia prior to harvest lack in supporting data from clinical studies. With this study, we aimed to provide such data. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this retrospective, single-centre study, we analysed the interplay between haemoglobin levels and BMH and BMH impact on haemoglobin levels in a cohort of 149 unrelated BM donors, including 13 subjects with mild anaemia. RESULTS The BMH led to significantly lower decrease in haemoglobin levels in donors with anaemia than in control group (1·79 g/dl vs. 2·56 g/dl, P < 0·0001). The following parameters: BMH volume (ml), BMH volume/donor body weight (ml/kg), total nucleated cells (TNC) in product (×108 ) and TNC/kg recipient body weight in product (×108 /kg) did not differ significantly between those two analysed groups (P > 0·05). Median BM volume harvested from anaemic donors was 16·34 ml/kg; none of them required blood transfusion after BMH. CONCLUSION Mild anaemia prior to BMH does not significantly impact the collection results. The BMH is safe and feasible in donors with mild anaemia.
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- Krzysztof Bartnik
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Waszczuk-Gajda A, Feliksbrot-Bratosiewicz M, Król M, Snarski E, Drozd-Sokołowska J, Biecek P, Król M, Lewandowski Z, Peradzyńska J, Jędrzejczak WW, Dwilewicz-Trojaczek J. Influence of Clonal Plasma Cell Contamination of Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Autografts on Progression and Survival in Multiple Myeloma Patients After Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Long-term Observation. Transplant Proc 2018; 50:2202-2211. [PMID: 30177137 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.02.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (auto-PBSCT) remains the mainstay of treatment of eligible patients diagnosed multiple myeloma. The role of clonal plasma cell (CPC) contamination was found as a reason for relapse, but results in terms of survival, progression, and purging were ambiguous. Therefore, the aim of the study was to explore the influence of CPC contamination in the autograft on survival and progression after auto-PBSCT. STUDY DESIGN The study included 59 patients diagnosed and treated for multiple myeloma in 1998-2004. Cells with coexpression of CD38+++CD138++CD56+ and lacking the expression of CD45, CD19, CD10, CD20, and CD23 were considered CPC in flow cytometry. RESULTS The risk of death and progression after auto-PBSCT increased significantly by 10% (P < .021) and 8% (P < .034) per 1 × 106/kg of the CPC number, respectively. For CPC number above 2.96 × 106/kg overall survival achieved clinical significance. Two years after auto-PBSCT, the risk of death was independent of CPC number among the patients who survived (P = .70). Analogous conclusions concerned results of progression-free survival at 1 year after auto-PBSCT. CONCLUSIONS High clonal plasma cell contamination (>2.96 ×1 06/kg; 90th percentile of CPC number) is associated with the worst progression-free survival and overall survival. Therefore purging in vitro might be considered for the patients with the highest CPC contamination. Negative consequences of CPC contamination on the risk of death are observed for only 2 years after auto-PBSCT. Thereafter only those patients who had lower CPC contamination survived.
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- A Waszczuk-Gajda
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Mechanics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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Walicka M, Milczarczyk A, Snarski E, Jedynasty K, Halaburda K, Torosian T, Urbanowska E, Król M, Jędrzejczak WW, Franek E. Lack of persistent remission following initial recovery in patients with type 1 diabetes treated with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2018; 143:357-363. [PMID: 30036612 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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AIMS To assess metabolic control in patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus who underwent immunoablation followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (APBSCT) as a treatment of diabetes. METHODS APBSCT was performed in 23 patients. Control group comprised 8 non-APBSCT patients in whom after diagnosis insulin therapy was initiated. Fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin, fasting and postprandial C-peptide were assessed in all subjects and continuous glucose monitoring was performed at 6th, 12th, 24th, 36th, 48th month after transplantation. The APBSCT group was observed for 72 months. RESULTS Six months after the procedure, 22 of 23 transplant patients remained insulin-free, but after 6 years, there was only one APBSCT insulin-free patient. Good glycemic control was observed in all patients throughout the observation period, although fasting plasma glucose in control group was significantly higher in comparison with the both transplanted groups up to the 36th month. HbA1c values were significantly lower in the insulin-free group only at the 24th and 36th month. Fasting and postprandial C-peptide concentrations were higher in APBSCT group as compared with control group. The most serious adverse event was a fatal case of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis. CONCLUSIONS The effectiveness of APBSCT as a treatment for newly diagnosed DM1 seems to be limited in time. The metabolic control of APBSCT patients is similar to conventionally treated patients. The lower fasting plasma glucose and higher C-peptide achieved with APBSCT seem to not exceed the risks associated with the procedure.
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- Magdalena Walicka
- Department of Internal Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Ul. 02-507 Warsaw, 137 Wołoska Street, Poland(1).
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Ul. 02-507 Warsaw, 137 Wołoska Street, Poland(1).
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, Medical University of Warsaw, Ul. 02-097 Warsaw, 1a Banacha Street, Poland(2)
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Ul. 02-507 Warsaw, 137 Wołoska Street, Poland(1).
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, Medical University of Warsaw, Ul. 02-097 Warsaw, 1a Banacha Street, Poland(2).
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, Medical University of Warsaw, Ul. 02-097 Warsaw, 1a Banacha Street, Poland(2).
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, Medical University of Warsaw, Ul. 02-097 Warsaw, 1a Banacha Street, Poland(2).
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, Medical University of Warsaw, Ul. 02-097 Warsaw, 1a Banacha Street, Poland(2).
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, Medical University of Warsaw, Ul. 02-097 Warsaw, 1a Banacha Street, Poland(2).
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Ul. 02-507 Warsaw, 137 Wołoska Street, Poland(1); Department of Human Epigenetics, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Ul. 02-106 Warsaw, 5 Pawińskiego Street, Poland(3).
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Waszczuk-Gajda A, Lewandowski Z, Drozd-Sokołowska J, Boguradzki P, Dybko J, Wróbel T, Basak GW, Jurczyszyn A, Mądry K, Snarski E, Frączak E, Charliński G, Feliksbrot-Bratosiewicz M, Król M, Matuszkiewicz-Rowińska J, Klinger M, Krajewska M, Augustyniak-Bartosik H, Kościelska M, Rusicka P, Dwilewicz-Trojaczek J, Wiktor Jędrzejczak W. Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in dialysis-dependent multiple myeloma patients-DAUTOS Study of the Polish Myeloma Study Group. Eur J Haematol 2018; 101:475-485. [DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Anna Waszczuk-Gajda
- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms and Bone Marrow Transplantation; Wroclaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms and Bone Marrow Transplantation; Wroclaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Haematology; Jagiellonian University; Kraków Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms and Bone Marrow Transplantation; Wroclaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
- Department of Haematology; Nicolaus Copernicus Specialist Municipal Hospital; Toruń Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine; Wroclaw Medical University; Wrocław Poland
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- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine; Wroclaw Medical University; Wrocław Poland
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- Department of Nephrology and Internal Diseases; Medical University of Warsaw; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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Bartnik K, Maciejewska M, Farhan R, Urbanowska E, Król M, Król M, Feliksbrot M, Wiktor-Jędrzejczak W, Snarski E. Continuous Mononuclear Cell Collection (cMNC) protocol impact on hematopoietic stem cell collections in donors with negative collection predictors. Transfus Apher Sci 2018; 57:401-405. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2018.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Revised: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pruszczyk K, Skwierawska K, Król M, Moskowicz A, Jabłoński D, Torosian T, Piotrowska I, Urbanowska E, Wiktor-Jędrzejczak W, Snarski E. Bone marrow harvest from unrelated donors-up-to-date methodology. Eur J Haematol 2018; 99:357-365. [PMID: 28719093 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Bone marrow harvesting is one of the essential sources of stem cells for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We describe here the current "up-to-date" standard of the bone marrow harvest in unrelated stem cell donors. METHODS We analyzed medical data of 187 unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors who underwent bone marrow harvest without previous peripheral blood stem collection at the center between 2011 and 2015. The methodology of marrow collection includes multiple cells aimed at safety of the procedure, for example, educational movie, modified skin disinfection protocol, cell enumeration during the procedure, reduction of the contamination surfaces, and ongoing monitoring of the quality of work of the doctors. RESULTS The total nucleated cell count over 2×108 per kg of recipient has been reached in 93.6% of harvests. All of the donors harvested more than 1×108 per kg of the recipient. There were no donors who required transfusions or had serious adverse events during and after the harvest. CONCLUSION We describe here the current up-to-date standard of bone marrow harvest, which leads to excellent results in majority of donors without causing significant complications during the donation.
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- Katarzyna Pruszczyk
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Snowden JA, Badoglio M, Labopin M, Giebel S, McGrath E, Marjanovic Z, Burman J, Moore J, Rovira M, Wulffraat NM, Kazmi M, Greco R, Snarski E, Kozak T, Kirgizov K, Alexander T, Bader P, Saccardi R, Farge D. Evolution, trends, outcomes, and economics of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in severe autoimmune diseases. Blood Adv 2017; 1:2742-2755. [PMID: 29296926 PMCID: PMC5745133 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2017010041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has evolved for >20 years as a specific treatment of patients with autoimmune disease (AD). Using European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation registry data, we summarized trends and identified factors influencing activity and outcomes in patients with AD undergoing first autologous HSCT (n = 1951; median age, 37 years [3-76]) and allogeneic HSCT (n = 105; median age, 12 years [<1-62]) in 247 centers in 40 countries from 1994 to 2015. Predominant countries of activity were Italy, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Spain, France, and Australia. National activity correlated with the Human Development Index (P = .006). For autologous HSCT, outcomes varied significantly between diseases. There was chronological improvement in progression-free survival (PFS, P < 10-5), relapse/progression (P < 10-5), and nonrelapse mortality (P = .01). Health care expenditure was associated with improved outcomes in systemic sclerosis and multiple sclerosis (MS). On multivariate analysis selecting adults for MS, systemic sclerosis, and Crohn disease, better PFS was associated with experience (≥23 transplants for AD, P = .001), learning (time from first HSCT for AD ≥6 years, P = .01), and Joint Accreditation Committee of the International Society for Cellular Therapy and European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation accreditation status (P = .02). Despite improved survival over time (P = .02), allogeneic HSCT use remained low and largely restricted to pediatric practice. Autologous HSCT has evolved into a treatment modality to be considered alongside other modern therapies in severe AD. Center experience, accreditation, interspecialty networking, and national socioeconomic factors are relevant for health service delivery of HSCT in AD.
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- John A Snowden
- Department of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Paris Study Office and
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- Department of Haematology, Saint Antoine Hospital, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 938, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Onco-Hematology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Center, Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland
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- Joint Accreditation Committee of the International Society for Cellular Therapy and EBMT (JACIE) Office, Barcelona, Spain
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- Service d'Hematologie clinique et Therapie Cellulaire, Hopital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Haematology Department, St. Vincent's Health Network, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
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- Divisie Kinderen, Cluster Immunologie, Reumatologie, Hematologie en Infectiologie, Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Kings Health Partners, Department of Haematology, Guys Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Přednosta Interní hematologické kliniky, Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Scientific Studies and Clinical Technologies, Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Moscow, Russia
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- Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Stammzelltransplantation und Immunologie Klinik für Kinder und Jugendmedizin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Haematology Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unité Clinique de Médecine Interne, Maladies Auto-immunes et Pathologie Vasculaire, Unité Fonctionnelle 04, Hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche Scientifique 1160, Paris Denis Diderot University, Paris, France; and
- Centre de Référence des Maladies auto-immunes systémiques Rares d'Ile-de-France (site constitutif), Filière FAI2R, Paris, France
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Waszczuk-Gajda A, Drozd-Sokołowska J, Boguradzki P, Dybko J, Wróbel T, Basak GW, Mądry K, Snarski E, Charliński G, Frączak E, Matuszkiewicz-Rowińska J, Klinger M, Augustyniak-Bartosik H, Krajewska M, Żebrowski P, Król M, Urbanowska E, Jurczyszyn A, Taszner M, Jędrzejczak WW, Dwilewicz-Trojaczek J. Stem cell mobilization in patients with dialysis-dependent multiple myeloma: Report of the Polish Myeloma Study Group. J Clin Apher 2017; 33:249-258. [DOI: 10.1002/jca.21584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/24/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Anna Waszczuk-Gajda
- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Hematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation; Wroclaw Medical University; Wrocław Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Hematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation; Wroclaw Medical University; Wrocław Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
- Department of Hematology; Nicolaus Copernicus Specialist Municipal Hospital; Toruń Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Hematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation; Wroclaw Medical University; Wrocław Poland
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- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine; Wroclaw Medical University; Wrocław Poland
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- Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine; Wroclaw Medical University; Wrocław Poland
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- Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine; Medical University of Warsaw; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Internal Medicine; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology; Jagiellonian University; Kraków Poland
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- Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation; Medical University of Gdańsk; Gdańsk Poland
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Farhan R, Urbanowska E, Zborowska H, Król M, Król M, Torosian T, Piotrowska I, Bogusz K, Skwierawska K, Wiktor-Jędrzejczak W, Snarski E. Biosimilar G-CSF versus filgrastim and lenograstim in healthy unrelated volunteer hematopoietic stem cell donors. Ann Hematol 2017; 96:1735-1739. [PMID: 28801752 PMCID: PMC5569652 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-017-3060-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The World Marrow Donor Organization recommends original granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) for the mobilization of stem cells in healthy unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors. We report the comparison of a biosimilar G-CSF (Zarzio) with two original G-CSFs (filgrastim and lenograstim) in mobilization in unrelated donors. We included data of 313 consecutive donors who were mobilized during the period from October 2014 to March 2016 at the Medical University of Warsaw. The primary endpoints of this study were the efficiency of CD34+ cell mobilization to the circulation and results of the first apheresis. The mean daily dose of G-CSF was 9.1 μg/kg for lenograstim, 9.8 μg/kg for biosimilar filgrastim, and 9.3 μg/kg for filgrastim (p < 0.001). The mean CD34+ cell number per microliter in the blood before the first apheresis was 111 for lenograstim, 119 for biosimilar filgrastim, and 124 for filgrastim (p = 0.354); the mean difference was even less significant when comparing CD34+ number per dose of G-CSF per kilogram (p = 0.787). Target doses of CD34+ cells were reached with one apheresis in 87% donors mobilized with lenograstim and in 93% donors mobilized with original and biosimilar filgrastim (p = 0.005). The mobilized apheresis outcomes (mean number of CD34+ cells/kg of donor collected during the first apheresis) was similar with lenograstim, biosimilar filgrastim, and filgrastim: 6.2 × 106, 7.6 × 106, and 7.3 × 106, respectively, p = 0.06. There was no mobilization failure in any of the donors. Biosimilar G-CSF is as effective in the mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells in unrelated donors as original G-CSFs. Small and clinically irrelevant differences seen in the study can be attributed to differences in G-CSF dose and collection-related factors. Active safety surveillance concurrent to clinical use and reporting to donor outcome registry (e.g., EBMT donor outcome registry or WMDA SEAR/SPEAR) might help to evaluate the possible short- and long-term complications of biosimilar G-CSF.
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- Roiya Farhan
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, Warsaw, Poland
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- Central Laboratory, Independent Public Central Clinical Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, Warsaw, Poland
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- Central Laboratory, Independent Public Central Clinical Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
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- Central Laboratory, Independent Public Central Clinical Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, Warsaw, Poland.
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Chacińska W, Brzostowska M, Nojszewska M, Podlecka-Piętowska A, Jędrzejczak WW, Snarski E. "Cure" for multiple sclerosis (MS)-Evolving views of therapy goals in patients on different stages of the disease: A pilot study in a cohort of Polish MS patients. Brain Behav 2017; 7:e00701. [PMID: 28638709 PMCID: PMC5474707 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION New aggressive treatments promise improvement of results in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), however, with high risk of serious complications. In this study, we analyzed patients' acceptance for risks connected with the MS treatment. METHODS The study was designed as a prospective nonanonymous online questionnaire. Responders were asked about the definition of the "cure" for MS and crucial goals in the treatment. RESULTS One hundred and eighty patients filled in the questionnaire (129 women and 51 men), and the mean age was 33 years (SD = 10.29). The MS forms were as follows: relapsing-remitting (65%), secondary progressive (14%), primary progressive (10%), and other (11%), with mean EDSS score of 3 points (SD = 2.6). For 50% of the patients, relief of symptoms such as fatigue (72%), paresis (66%), and balance disorders (65%) was synonymous with "cure." The patients with faster progression of the disease were likely to accept risky "curative" treatments-with average 68% accepted mortality risk (p = .003). Over 81% of patients accepted mortality rates over 1% for the treatment that achieves self-defined cure. CONCLUSION The study shows that the MS patients are likely to accept even very risky treatments as long as they promise patient-defined "cure."
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- Weronika Chacińska
- Department of Hematology Oncology and Internal Diseases Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology Oncology and Internal Diseases Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology Oncology and Internal Diseases Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Hematology Oncology and Internal Diseases Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland
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Maciejewska M, Snarski E, Wiktor-Jędrzejczak W. A Preliminary Online Study on Menstruation Recovery in Women After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Autoimmune Diseases. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2016; 14:665-669. [PMID: 27310497 DOI: 10.6002/ect.2015.0336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant has become a successful treatment option in aggressive autoimmune diseases. Young women who are consulted before this treatment are faced with an absence of data on the transplant's effect on their fertility. The aim of our study was to analyze information on menstruation recovery after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for autoimmune diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS An anonymous online questionnaire was distributed among members of an international Web forum of patients who had autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for autoimmune disease. Data were collated and analyzed. RESULTS We obtained responses from 28 female patients to the questionnaire. The conditioning regimens used in this population were cyclophosphamide ± antibodies or BCNU (carmustine), etoposide, Ara-C (cytarabine), and melphalan chemotherapy. All patients who were transplanted at the age of 32 years or younger showed restored menstruation after an average (standard deviation) of 5.38 months (5.34 mo). In patients aged 33 to 41 years, menstruation was restored in 38%. We found that 73% of patients already had children before autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant, and only 15% of responders declared desire for pregnancy after transplant. CONCLUSIONS Our online analysis showed feasibility as a questionnaire for assessing fertility after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant. The results show that menstruation is restored in all patients of 32 years of age or younger, regardless of the conditioning regimen. Many of these women are likely to maintain fertility and may eventually become pregnant. However, a significant number of responders who underwent autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for autoimmune diseases already had children before transplant and indicated no desire for pregnancy after transplant; the data on pregnancy occurrence in this group should be interpreted in this context.
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- Martyna Maciejewska
- From the Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Iatrogenic anemia caused by diagnostic blood sampling is a common problem in the intensive care unit, where continuous monitoring of blood parameters is very often required. Cumulative blood loss associated with phlebotomy along with other factors render this group of patients particularly susceptible to anemia. As it has been proven that anemia in this group of patients leads to inferior outcomes, packed red blood cell transfusions are used to alleviate possible threats associated with low hemoglobin concentration. However, the use of blood components is a procedure conferring a set of risks to the patients despite improvements in safety. Iatrogenic blood loss has also gained particular attention in neonatal care, where cumulative blood loss due to samples taken during the first week of life could easily equal or exceed circulating blood volume. This review summarizes the current knowledge on the causes of iatrogenic anemia and discusses the most common preventive measures taken to reduce diagnostic blood loss and the requirement for blood component transfusions in the aforementioned clinical situations.
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- Natalia Jakacka
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Snarski E, Milczarczyk A, Hałaburda K, Torosian T, Paluszewska M, Urbanowska E, Król M, Boguradzki P, Jedynasty K, Franek E, Wiktor-Jedrzejczak W. Immunoablation and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus: long-term observations. Bone Marrow Transplant 2015; 51:398-402. [PMID: 26642342 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2015.294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Revised: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The activity of the autoimmune mechanism underlying type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) can be suppressed when immunoablation and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) are applied early in the course of the disease. We report here a single centre experience with this treatment modality. Twenty-four patients underwent a AHSCT preceded by immunoablative conditioning with high-dose cyclophosphamide and anti-thymocyte globulin. During the 52-month median time of follow-up 20 out of 23 patients (87%) remained for at least 9.5 months without the use of exogenous insulin. The median time of T1DM remission for these patients was 31 months (range of 9.5-80 months). Among the patients available for follow-up (n=20), four remain insulin free (for 80, 61, 42 and 34 months). The average glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) concentrations were 10.9% at diagnosis, 5.9% at 1 year, 6.4% at 2 years, 6.8% at 3 years and 7.1% at 4 years after AHSCT. No severe complications of diabetes were seen, however one of the patients died of pseudomonas sepsis in the course of neutropenia after AHSCT. AHSCT leads to a remission of T1DM with good glycemic control in the vast majority of patients, with the period of remission lasting over 5 years in some patients.
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- E Snarski
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Central Hospital, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Central Hospital, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Central Hospital, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Warszawa, Poland.,Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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Snarski E, Szmurło D, Hałaburda K, Król M, Urbanowska E, Milczarczyk A, Franek E, Wiktor-Jedrzejczak W. An economic analysis of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) in the treatment of new onset type 1 diabetes. Acta Diabetol 2015; 52:881-8. [PMID: 25744552 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-015-0724-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 10/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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AIMS Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is an emerging treatment option in new onset type 1 diabetes (T1DM), leading to a remission of the T1DM for a longer time period in up to 50 % of patients. The aim of the study was to analyze the cost-effectiveness of this treatment option compared with standard insulin therapy. METHODS The medical records of patients who had undergone immunoablation with AHSCT for new onset T1DM were analyzed for the cost-effectiveness of the treatment using the IMS CORE Diabetes Model. RESULTS The expected survival of patients with T1DM treated solely with insulin (without transplantation) was estimated to be 34.4 years, and their quality-adjusted survival was 13.8 QALY, whereas the expected survival of the patients treated with AHSCT was 34.9 years when the HbA1c benefit over standard treated patients lasted for 2, 35.4 years with 8-year benefit and even up to 40.3 years with the lifelong benefit scenario. Values under the threshold of ICER were reached after 8 years of sustained benefit in terms of HbA1c concentration. If discounting was not applied, the threshold values were reached after 3 years of HbA1c benefit over the standard group, independent of insulin use after transplantation. CONCLUSIONS The results of our study show that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation could be cost-effective in treating new onset T1DM, providing that the benefits of the transplantation lasted over 3-8 years, depending on application of discounting.
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- Emilian Snarski
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 1a, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 1a, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 1a, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 1a, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Central Hospital, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Central Hospital, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Warsaw, Poland
- Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Banacha 1a, 02-097, Warsaw, Poland
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Snarski E, Mank A, Iacobelli S, Hoek J, Styczyński J, Babic A, Cesaro S, Johansson E. Current practices used for the prevention of central venous catheter-associated infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients: a survey from the Infectious Diseases Working Party and Nurses' Group of EBMT. Transpl Infect Dis 2015; 17:558-65. [PMID: 25953418 DOI: 10.1111/tid.12399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 02/19/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is one of the most common infectious complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. To prevent this complication, international guidelines recommend the implementation of the CLABSI 'prevention bundle' consisting of hand hygiene, full barrier precautions, cleaning the insertion site with chlorhexidine, avoiding femoral sites for insertion, and removing unnecessary catheters. The aim of this survey was to analyze to what extent European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) centers have included the CLABSI prevention bundle in practice. METHODS A questionnaire used for data collection was sent to the 545 EBMT centers worldwide, 103 of which responded. RESULTS All 5 components of the CLABSI prevention bundle were recorded in 28% of the centers' standard operating procedures (SOP), and 21% of the centers answered that they used all of the bundle components in clinical practice. The most common recommendation absent from the SOP was specification of all the components of full barrier precautions (43% of the centers did not include at least 1 component). Skin disinfection with chlorhexidine before catheter insertion was reported by 66% centers. CLABSI rates were monitored in 21% of centers. CONCLUSIONS Although most of the centers lacked 1 or more of the CLABSI prevention bundle components in their SOP, improvements could easily be made by updating the centers' SOP. The first important step is introduction of CLABSI rate monitoring in this high-risk patient population.
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- E Snarski
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Medicina dei sistemi, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, Italy
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- Data Office, European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Leiden, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy
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- Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Woźniak K, Urbanowska E, Snarski E. [Plasmapheresis in haematology]. Wiad Lek 2015; 68:173-178. [PMID: 26181153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Plasmapheresis also known as a therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a procedure of plasma removal with it's ineligible plasma's component. Usually it is a supportive measure used simultaneously with the treatment, but in a few diseases, e.g. in trombotictrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), it is a first-choice treatment. During the plasmapheresis plasma is mostly replaced by 20% solution of albumin or combination of 20% solution of albumin and 0.9% solution of NaCl, however in some diseases fresh frozen plasma (FFP) is used. Plasmaphereses have found a wide application in different branches of medicine: hematology, neurology, nephrology, reumatology. Plasmapheresis is an invasive procedure, but when performed by qualified staff it is rather safe and serious complications are very rare.The most common complications of plasmapheresis are mild, usually caused by electrolyte disturbances (hypokalemia, hypokalcemia) or anticoagulation. More serious complication can be associated with FFP transfusion, extracorporeal circulation or presence of intravenous catheter. The latter one is usually necessary to perform the plasmapheresis. In haematology the most common indication for plasmapheresis is the supportive treatment of multiple myeloma. The procedure is performed in patients with high protein levels endangered with hyperviscosity syndrome. Less frequent indications to plasmapheresis in haematology are: Waldenström's macroblobulynaemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), pure red cell aplasia (PRCA), polyneuropaties connected with haematological disorders. Supportive treatment of haemofagocytic syndrome (HLH--hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis) is one of the new indications. Plasmaphereses are used in treatment of about 150 different diseases and more and more new needs for this method are identified.
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Alexander T, Bondanza A, Muraro PA, Greco R, Saccardi R, Daikeler T, Kazmi M, Hawkey C, Simoes BP, Leblanc K, Fibbe WE, Moore J, Snarski E, Martin T, Hiepe F, Velardi A, Toubert A, Snowden JA, Farge D. SCT for severe autoimmune diseases: consensus guidelines of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation for immune monitoring and biobanking. Bone Marrow Transplant 2014; 50:173-80. [PMID: 25387090 PMCID: PMC4317973 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2014.251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Over the past 15 years, SCT has emerged as a promising treatment option for patients with severe autoimmune diseases (ADs). Mechanistic studies recently provided the proof-of-concept that restoration of immunological tolerance can be achieved by haematopoietic SCT in chronic autoimmunity through eradication of the pathologic, immunologic memory and profound reconfiguration of the immune system, that is, immune ‘resetting'. Nevertheless, a number of areas remain unresolved and warrant further investigation to refine our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of action and to optimize clinical SCT protocols. Due to the low number of patients transplanted in each centre, it is essential to adequately collect and analyse biological samples in a larger cohort of patients under standardized conditions. The European society for blood and marrow transplantation Autoimmune Diseases and Immunobiology Working Parties have, therefore, undertaken a joint initiative to develop and implement guidelines for ‘good laboratory practice' in relation to procurement, processing, storage and analysis of biological specimens for immune reconstitution studies in AD patients before, during and after SCT. The aim of this document is to provide practical recommendations for biobanking of samples and laboratory immune monitoring in patients with ADs undergoing SCT, both for routine supportive care purposes and investigational studies.
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- T Alexander
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Cord Blood Bank, Haematology department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Haematology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Haematology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Inserm U1160, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Paris, France
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- Department of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Saint Louis Hospital, Unité de Médecine interne et Pathologie Vasculaire, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris 7 University, INSERM U1160, Paris, France
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Snarski E, Achremczyk M, Tyras O, Król M, Król M, Urbanowska E, Czerw T, Giebel S, Jędrzejczak WW. Injection of G-CSF during leukaphereses reduces the number of aphereses needed for mobilization in unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors. Ann Transplant 2014; 19:444-6. [PMID: 25189633 DOI: 10.12659/aot.890903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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] Open
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BACKGROUND This is a single-center, retrospective study in the field of mobilization of hematopoietic stem cell from unrelated donors. We aimed to investigate whether delaying the last G-CSF dose after the start of apheresis influences its results. MATERIAL AND METHODS The medical records of 55 unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors during the period 2010-2013 were analysed. In this series, 40 received donors the last G-CSF injection prior to the leukapheresis procedure, and 15 received the last injection after apheresis was initiated. RESULTS In the delayed G-CSF application group, more donors had already reached the requested cell number during first apheresis than in the group treated following the standard procedure (73% vs. 35%, respectively; p<0.01). Also, the average total G-CSF dose needed to mobilize the requested cell number was lower (41 µg/kg vs. 48 µg/kg, respectively, p=0.002). CONCLUSIONS Delayed G-CSF use in donors undergoing stem cell mobilization shows a better efficiency of stem cell mobilization.
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- Emilian Snarski
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Hemato-Oncology, Cancer Center, Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Hemato-Oncology, Cancer Center, Gliwice, Poland
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D'Addio F, Valderrama Vasquez A, Ben Nasr M, Franek E, Zhu D, Li L, Ning G, Snarski E, Fiorina P. Autologous nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in new-onset type 1 diabetes: a multicenter analysis. Diabetes 2014; 63:3041-6. [PMID: 24947362 DOI: 10.2337/db14-0295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is one of the major autoimmune diseases affecting children and young adults worldwide. To date, the different immunotherapies tested have achieved insulin independence in <5% of treated individuals. Recently, a novel hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-based strategy has been tested in individuals with new-onset T1D. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of autologous nonmyeloablative HSC transplantation in 65 individuals with new-onset T1D who were enrolled in two Chinese centers and one Polish center, pooled, and followed up for 48 months. A total of 59% of individuals with T1D achieved insulin independence within the first 6 months after receiving conditioning immunosuppression therapy (with antithymocyte globulin and cyclophosphamide) and a single infusion of autologous HSCs, and 32% remained insulin independent at the last time point of their follow-up. All treated subjects showed a decrease in HbA1c levels and an increase in C-peptide levels compared with pretreatment. Despite a complete immune system recovery (i.e., leukocyte count) after treatment, 52% of treated individuals experienced adverse effects. Our study suggests the following: 1) that remission of T1D is possible by combining HSC transplantation and immunosuppression; 2) that autologous nonmyeloablative HSC transplantation represents an effective treatment for selected individuals with T1D; and 3) that safer HSC-based therapeutic options are required.
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- Francesca D'Addio
- Nephrology Division, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Transplant Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Nephrology Division, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Central Hospital, Ministry of Interior Affairs and Administration, Warsaw, Poland Department of Endocrinology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Shangai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nephrology Division, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Transplant Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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Wyleżoł I, Snarski E, Markiewicz M, Kyrcz-Krzemień S, Jędrzejczak WW, Walewski J. Comparision of benefits of early, delayed, and no administration of G-CSF after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in lymphoma patients. Ann Transplant 2013; 18:336-41. [PMID: 23817440 DOI: 10.12659/aot.883965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] Open
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BACKGROUND Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) is commonly used in the treatment of lymphoma patients. G-CSF is widely used to boost white blood cell recovery. However, there are no clear data indicating which strategy of using G-CSF provides the most benefit. The aim of our study was to compare 3 strategies of G-CSF administration: from day +1, from day +5, and no administration. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data from 211 patients treated at 3 centers were gathered retrospectively. The patients in the 3 analyzed groups were not different in regard to type of disease, age, sex, and number of CD34+ cells received. RESULTS The 3 strategies of G-CSF dosage had very similar results. G-CSF boosted the recovery of white blood cells and shortened the time of neutropenia. However, there were no differences in confirmed infections and the duration of hospitalization after transplantation. CONCLUSIONS Our results question the use of G-CSF in a post-PBSCT setting, as it does not provide significant benefits in reducing the number of infections or shortening the duration of hospitalization.
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- Iwona Wyleżoł
- Hemato-Oncology Intensive Care Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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Sjøqvist C, Snarski E. Inflammatory markers in patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2013; 61:301-7. [PMID: 23563864 DOI: 10.1007/s00005-013-0228-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Infections are one of the most common complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Diagnosis is established by analysis of clinical symptoms and results of diagnostic tests such as biochemical panels, microbiological cultures, and visual diagnostics. As the microbiological cultures yield positive results in only some patients and visual diagnostics might miss the infectious source, the diagnosis and proper treatment often depends on clinical assessment supported by laboratory test results. The most commonly used makers of inflammation include C-reactive protein and procalcitonin. However, these tests have serious limitations when used in patients after HSCT. The drugs used in conditioning, neutropenia, and graft-versus-host disease might influence the results of the tests and misguide the physician. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on profiles of expression of basic markers of inflammation used in clinical practice in patients after HSCT.
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- Camilla Sjøqvist
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Hjortholm N, Jaddini E, Hałaburda K, Snarski E. Strategies of pain reduction during the bone marrow biopsy. Ann Hematol 2012; 92:145-9. [PMID: 23224244 PMCID: PMC3542425 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-012-1641-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 11/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Examination of the bone marrow biopsy and aspirate allows diagnosis and assessment of various conditions such as primary hematologic and metastatic neoplasms, as well as nonmalignant disorders. Despite being performed for many years, according to many different protocols, the procedure still remains painful for the majority of patients. This paper summarizes the current knowledge of pain reduction measures in the bone marrow biopsy and aspiration.
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- Nikolaj Hjortholm
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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Snarski E, Milczarczyk A, Franek E, Jedrzejczak W. Potential role of immunoablation and hematopoietic cell transplantation in the treatment of early diabetes type 1. Ann Transplant 2010; 15:75-79. [PMID: 20877271] [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: 05/29/2023] Open
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Immunoablation with autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation has shown some effectiveness in the treatment of autoimmune diseases as diverse as aplastic anemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease. It has been recently shown that this treatment might prevent or delay development of diabetes type 1. The majority of more than 30 patients with early diabetes type 1 who underwent immunoablation and hematopoietic cell transplantation in various centers in the world achieved durable remission of diabetes and independence of exogenous insulin. This review summarizes advantages and risks of this treatment of early diabetes type 1.
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- Emilian Snarski
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
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Basak G, Torosian T, Snarski E, Niesiobedzka J, Majewski M, Gronkowska A, Urbanowska E, Jedrzejczak W. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for T315I-mutated chronic myelogenous leukemia. Ann Transplant 2010; 15:68-70. [PMID: 20657522] [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: 05/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The T315I mutation of BCR/ABL gene is known to produce complete resistance of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) to all currently available BCR/ABL inhibitors. The data suggesting poor median survival of these patients may indicate that they should be primary candidates for allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT). However, evidence on efficiency of this treatment modality in CML with T315I mutation is lacking. CASE REPORT A 25-year-old patient was diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome positive CML in accelerated phase. As he did not have an HLA-identical sibling or fully-matched unrelated bone marrow donor, treatment with low dose tyrosine kinase inhibitor - imatinib was initiated. Despite satisfactory hematological remission, he failed to achieve complete cytogenetic remission within the first year of treatment. Moreover, despite escalation of imatinib dosage, the disease relapsed after further 3 months of treatment. Molecular studies revealed T315I mutation of BCR/ABL gene. He responded poorly to interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) and we decided to perform alloSCT from a partially mismatched (8/10 HLA allele match) unrelated donor. The course of transplantation was complicated by staphylococcal sepsis, grade I skin acute GvHD and limited chronic skin GVHD. However, the goal of alloSCT was achieved and the patient remains in complete molecular remission at week +68 post-transplantation. CONCLUSIONS The clinical course of this case supports the idea that allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation is a viable treatment option for patients with CML bearing T315I mutation.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/antagonists & inhibitors
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Genes, abl
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase/therapy
- Male
- Mutation, Missense
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Remission Induction
- Transplantation, Homologous
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- Grzegorz Basak
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, The Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
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Snarski E, Torosian T, Paluszewska M, Urbanowska E, Milczarczyk A, Jedynasty K, Franek E, Jedrzejczak WW. Alleviation of exogenous insulin requirement in type 1 diabetes mellitus after immunoablation and transplantation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells. Pol Arch Med Wewn 2009; 119:422-426. [PMID: 19694226] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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An essential component of type 1 diabetes mellitus is autoaggression of the immune system against insulin-secreting pancreatic cells. It is thought that early destruction of the autoaggressive mechanism prior to the complete damage of beta cells should halt this process. In a 28-year-old male patient with a 4-week history of type 1 diabetes mellitus, three courses of plasmapheresis had been performed before cyclophosphamide, 2 g/m2 body surface area, was administered and hematopoietic cells were obtained. Six weeks after the diagnosis, 4 doses of cyclophosphamide 50 mg/kg body weight were again administered together with antithymocyte globulin, and autologous hematopoietic cells were transplanted. The procedure was associated with no significant side effects. Insulin requirement started to drop from the first course of plasmapheresis, and the patient has remained normoglycemic with no need of exogenous insulin or other hypoglycemic agents since the third week after the procedure, which has been 5 months until publication of this report. Independence from exogenous insulin is associated with the implemented therapy (a gradual decrease in insulin requirement has been observed after consecutive stages of the immunosuppressive treatment, with total discontinuation after bone marrow transplantation). The course of the disease and the type of treatment may suggest that such medical procedures could eliminate autoaggressive mechanism in diabetes and prevent further degeneration of insulin-producing cells, thus becoming a new therapeutic option for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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- Emilian Snarski
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland.
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Snarski E, Torosian T, Paluszewska M, Urbanowska E, Milczarczyk A, Jedynasty K, Franek E, Jędrzejczak WW. Alleviation of exogenous insulin requirement in type 1 diabetes mellitus after immunoablation and transplantation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells. Pol Arch Intern Med 2009. [DOI: 10.20452/pamw.725] [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: 11/23/2022]
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Waszczuk-Gajda A, Krzyścin M, Kamiński M, Snarski E, Wiktor-Jedrzejczak W. [Septic shock in patients with blood diseases. Analysis of clinical situation, treatment and outcome in sixty patients]. Pol Arch Med Wewn 2006; 115:336-44. [PMID: 17078492] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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UNLABELLED Septic shock is one of the major direct causes of death in patients in hematology departments. The aim of the study was to identify situations and factors associated with septic shock in patients with blood diseases. We analyzed the medical treatment of septic shock and its outcome, we based on data from clinical history. MATERIAL AND METHODS The analyzed group consisted of 60 patients with septic shock, 32 women and 28 men, aged between 20 and 79 years with different blood diseases, hospitalized between 1998 and 2004. RESULTS Value of APACHE III scale (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation III scale) at the beginning of septic shock was statistically significantly higher for the non-survivors of septic shock than for the survivors (p < 0.001). Septic shock in the analyzed group was associated in similar proportion with presence of Gram-positive (the most often cultured: Staphylococcus epidermidis) and Gram-negative bacteria (the most often cultured: Escherichia coli). The mortality due to septic shock caused by Gram-positive and Gram-negative microorganisms was also similar. We have found no differences in the mortality between neutropenic and non-neutropenic patients. If empirical treatment instituted at the beginning of shock was concordant with result of in vitro sensitivity testing received later, 81% of patients survived septic shock. The survival rate of patients with septic shock receiving discordant antimicrobial treatment was equal 11% and it was statistically less in comparison with patients, when the treatment was concordant (81% vs 11% p < 0.05). When the blood cultures were negative, the adequacy of antibiotic therapy was impossible to confirm and in this group 53% survival rate was noted (81% vs 53%, p < 0.05). In 37 cases, septic shock appeared in patients treated with antibiotics before the onset of septic shock. In this group of patients the highest percent of deaths was noted, when the antibiotic therapy after the moment of starting of septic shock was not changed and was higher in comparison to group, where the treatment was totally changed (64% vs 43% respectively, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The most important factors influencing survival in septic shock is patient's organ sufficiency and adequacy of applied antibiotics (early goal-directed antibiotic therapy)--in the same way the sensitivity of microorganisms to this treatment. The neutropenia didn't influence an outcome. The best results were achieved in patients whom combinations of three antibiotics were given: beta-lactam + aminoglicoside + glicopeptide antibiotic or carbapenem + glicopeptide antibiotic + fluorochinolon.
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- Anna Waszczuk-Gajda
- Klinika Hematologii, Onkologii i Chorób Wewnetrznych, Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.
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Snarski E, Drozd J, Ejno T, Brzezińiski R, Szarewicz H, Wiktor-Jedrzejczak W. [Time to diagnosis as an index of efficiency of the health care system--lymphoma study]. Wiad Lek 2006; 59:58-60. [PMID: 16646294] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In the year 1999 the reform of the health care system was introduced in Poland. It was probably the biggest among many changes that the polish health care system underwent in the years 1990-2002. Still there are only a few unbiased analyses trying to assess possible influence of those changes on the function of the system. One of the ways may be the analysis of time to diagnosis. The aim of our work was to analyze time to diagnosis in lymphoma, and see the possible influence of changes in the system on it. The average time from the onset of the first symptoms to the contact with a general practitioner was 70 days (range 3 to 240 days) for all of the analyzed groups of patients. The reduction of time to diagnosis was observed during the years 1990-2002. The biggest change was present in the group of patients that presented with unspecific symptoms e.g. weight loss, fever (reduction of mean time to diagnosis from 47 days to 32 days, p < 0.05). The changes were due to the constant slow changes that are introduced in the function of health care system (improvement of qualifications of the doctors, better diagnostics techniques), and could not be contributed to the reform. In the group of patients with an enlargement of lymph nodes on presentation, we were not able to observe any changes in time to diagnosis.
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- Emilian Snarski
- Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych, Hematologii i Onkologii Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.
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Siehl JM, Thiel E, Heufelder K, Snarski E, Schwartz S, Mailänder V, Keilholz U. Possible regulation of Wilms' tumour gene 1 (WT1) expression by the paired box genes PAX2 and PAX8 and by the haematopoietic transcription factor GATA-1 in human acute myeloid leukaemias. Br J Haematol 2003; 123:235-42. [PMID: 14531904 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04622.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Overexpression of the embryonic transcription factor, Wilms' tumour protein 1 (WT1), is common in acute myeloid leukaemias (AML). Mutations of Wilms' tumour gene 1 (WT1) in AML are rare and WT1 expression may be increased by other transcription factors. PAX2, PAX8 and GATA-1 are known physiological regulators of WT1. In the present study, we analysed either bone marrow or blood samples of 43 AML patients for the expression levels of WT1, PAX2, PAX8 and GATA-1 by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (LightCycler). Bone marrow samples of patients without haematological malignancies and stem cell preparation samples from healthy donors and lymphoma patients served as controls. PAX2 expression was found in 11 of 43 AML samples, with a clear correlation of PAX2 with WT1 expression levels observed. PAX8 expression was found in two additional samples. GATA-1 expression was detectable in 41 of 43 AML samples and also in all control samples; no significant differences between these groups were observed and no correlation of GATA-1 expression with WT1 expression levels was apparent. In conclusion, PAX2, and possibly PAX8, appears to be a candidate for the upregulation of WT1 in a proportion of AML, whereas GATA-1 expression cannot be explained as an inducer of WT1. In two-thirds of leukaemias from our series, the basis of WT1 upregulation cannot be explained by the simple upregulation of the known WT1 activators.
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- Jan M Siehl
- Medizinische Klinik III (Haematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine), Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany.
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