Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
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Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant. · Oct 2017
Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell Transplant with Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Grafts in Older Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome.
Many hematologic malignancies are diseases of aging, and the use of hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) is growing rapidly among older adults. Modern post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) protocols with haploidentical (haplo) donors have dramatically expanded the donor pool for patients requiring HCT. Initial studies were performed with bone marrow grafts, which require the donor to undergo anesthesia during harvest. ⋯ Therefore, the use of haploidentical donors in older patients is a reasonable treatment option, especially if there is concern for clinical deterioration. A careful pretransplant evaluation and analysis of risks and benefits is warranted when offering this transplant modality to older adults, especially in patients with previous transplant or poor performance status. Strategies to reduce the risk of relapse and decrease nonrelapse mortality in older adults are areas of ongoing research, and prospective studies are needed.
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Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant. · Oct 2017
Observational StudyCo-Infections by Double-Stranded DNA Viruses after Ex Vivo T Cell-Depleted, CD34+ Selected Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
Recipients of ex vivo T cell-depleted (TCD) hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) are at risk of infection by double-stranded (ds) DNA viruses. We report rates of dsDNA viremia, end-organ disease (EOD), infection-related mortality, and overall survival (OS) in a contemporary cohort of adult TCD HCT recipients routinely monitored for cytomegalovirus (CMV), adenovirus (ADV), human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Healthcare utilization in the first 6 months post-HCT was compared between patients with dsDNA viremia versus no viremia. ⋯ One year OS rate was 78%. EOD by dsDNA viruses was associated with decreased 1-year OS. Infections by dsDNA viruses pose a substantial burden after TCD HCT.
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Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant. · Oct 2017
Real-World Economic Burden Associated with Transplantation-Related Complications.
Approximately 20,000 hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) procedures are performed annually in the United States. Real-world data on the costs associated with post-transplantation complications are limited. Patients with hematologic malignancies aged ≥18 years undergoing autologous HCT (auto-HCT) or allogeneic HCT (allo-HCT) between January 1, 2011, and June 30, 2014, were identified in the Truven Health MarketScan Research Databases. ⋯ Among the patients with mortality data, auto-HCT recipients with complications had a higher mortality rate (13.4% vs 5.7%, P < .01) and a lower probability of survival (P < .01) compared with those without complications. In allo-HCT recipients, however, the mortality rate and probability of survival were not significantly different between those with complications and those without complications. HCT recipients with complications were associated with considerable economic burden in terms of direct healthcare costs in a commercially insured population, and in the case of auto-HCT, a higher mortality rate was observed in those with complications.
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Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant. · Sep 2017
Multicenter StudyReduced-Intensity Conditioning with Busulfan, Fludarabine, and Antithymocyte Globulin for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation from Unrelated or Haploidentical Family Donors in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission.
To investigate the role of antithymocyte globulin (ATG)-containing reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from unrelated (UD) or haploidentical family donors (HFD), we conducted a phase 2 trial of 237 patients (age range, 16 to 69 years) with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in remission. Patients undergoing UD-HCT (n = 93) or HFD-HCT (n = 59) received RIC comprising busulfan, fludarabine, and ATG, 9 mg/kg, whereas those undergoing HCT from matched sibling donors (MSD, n = 85) received myeloablative busulfan and cyclophosphamide conditioning or aforementioned RIC with ATG, 4.5 mg/kg. For graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis, cyclosporine and methotrexate were administered. ⋯ The addition of ATG to conditioning regimen was a significant predictor for less chronic GVHD (subdistribution hazard ratio, .59). In AML in remission, UD/HFD-HCT after ATG-containing RIC achieved leukemia control equivalent to that of MSD-HCT. Despite HLA disparity in UD/HFD-HCT, chronic GVHD occurred less frequently after ATG-containing RIC, suggesting a strong GVHD-modulating effect of ATG.
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Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant. · Sep 2017
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyUmbilical Cord Blood Transplantation without Antithymocyte Globulin Results in Similar Survival but Better Quality of Life Compared with Unrelated Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Acute Leukemia-A Retrospective Study in China.
Although previous studies have demonstrated improved outcomes in umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) by omitting antithymocyte globulin (ATG) in the conditioning regimen, this approach has not been comparatively studied in unrelated peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (UPBSCT). To compare the risks and benefits between UCBT without ATG and UPBSCT in patients with acute leukemia (AL), we conducted a multicenter retrospective study of 79 patients who underwent UCBT (myeloablative conditioning without ATG) and 96 patients who underwent UPBSCT (myeloablative conditioning with ATG). The outcomes were graft failure, neutrophil engraftment, platelet engraftment, acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD), chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), transplantation-related mortality (TRM), relapse, overall survival (OS), and leukemia-free survival (LFS). ⋯ UCBT recipients had higher activity Karnofsky performance scores and 3-year GVHD-free/relapse-free survival than the UPBSCT group (P = .03 and P = .04). We observed similar survival when comparing UCBT without ATG and UPBSCT, but we also observed better quality of life in patients undergoing UCBT without ATG. We can therefore conclude that patients with primary AL for whom an appropriate HLA-matched sibling donor is not available could select either UCBT or UPBSCT.