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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
Between August 1996 and December 2004, 369 patients with a median age of 41 years (range: 1-68 years) received stem cell transplantation (SCT) from unrelated donors after an antithymocyte-globulin (ATG)-containing conditioning regimen. In 268 patients, complete molecular typing (4-digit) of HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1 was available: 110 patients were completely matched for 10 alleles, 91 patients had 1 allele-mismatch (9/10), and 67 patients were mismatched for 2-4 alleles (6-8/10). The incidence of grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) was 33% in the 10/10, 41% in the 9/10, and 40% in the 6-8/10 group, respectively (P = .1). The cumulative incidence of treatment-related mortality (TRM) and relapse among the groups were similar (27%, 31%, and 32%, P = .2; and 28%, 27%, and 26%, P = .9. After a median follow-up of 35 months (range: 3-120 months), the estimated 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) was 42% and did not differ among the 10/10, the 9/10, and the 6-8/10-mismatched groups (45% versus 42% versus 39%) (P = .5). In multivariate analysis, only age (hazard ratio [HR] 1.013) (P = .004) and bad-risk disease (HR 1.975) (P < .001) were independent risk factors for DFS. In conclusion, pretransplant ATG allows allogeneic SCT from unrelated donors with HLA disparities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1523-6536
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
454-62
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Antilymphocyte Serum, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-HLA Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Hematologic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Histocompatibility Testing, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Living Donors, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:19285633-Transplantation Conditioning
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
HLA-mismatched unrelated donors as an alternative graft source for allogeneic stem cell transplantation after antithymocyte globulin-containing conditioning regimen.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. nkroeger@uke.uni-hamburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article