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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
Allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) has emerged as an alternative to bone marrow transplantation. PBSCT can be associated with a higher incidence of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). In this study, we investigated whether there was a correlation between the composition of PBSC grafts (CD34+ and CD3+ cells) and hematological recovery, GVHD, relapse, and relapse-free survival (RFS) after myeloablative HLA-identical sibling PBSCT. The evolution of 100 acute or chronic leukemia patients was analyzed. Neither hematological recovery, acute or cGVHD, nor relapse, was significantly associated with CD3+ cell dose. Increasing CD34+ stem cells was associated with faster neutrophil (P=0.03) and platelet (P=0.007) recovery. Moreover, 47 of the 78 patients evaluable for cGVHD (60%; 95% CI, 49-71%) developed extensive cGVHD. The probability of extensive cGVHD at 4 years was 34% (95% CI, 21-47%) in patients receiving a 'low' CD34+ cell dose (<8.3 x 10(6)/kg), as compared to 62% (95% CI, 48-76%) in patients receiving a 'high' CD34+ cell dose (>8.3 x 10(6)/kg) (P=0.01). At a median follow-up of 59 months, this has not translated into a difference in relapse. In patients evaluable for cGVHD, RFS was significantly higher in patients receiving a 'low' CD34+ cell dose as compared to those receiving a 'high' CD34+ cell dose (P=0.04). This difference was mainly because of a significantly higher cGVHD-associated mortality (P=0.01). Efforts to accelerate engraftment by increasing CD34+ cell dose must be counterbalanced with the risk of detrimental cGVHD.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0887-6924
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
869-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Antigens, CD34, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-HLA Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Histocompatibility Testing, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Infection, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Leukemia, Myeloid, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Myelodysplastic Syndromes, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Siblings, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Tissue Donors, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Transplantation, Isogeneic, pubmed-meshheading:12750699-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Higher doses of CD34+ peripheral blood stem cells are associated with increased mortality from chronic graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic HLA-identical sibling transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't