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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
Peripheral blood stem/progenitor cells (PBSC) were cryopreserved by different methods and their clonogenic viabilities were compared. The traditional cryopreservation method involves controlled-rate freezing with 10% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and a programmed freezer (PF). The alternative method incorporates 6% hydroxyethyl starch and 5% DMSO without PF. In this non-randomized study, we analyzed the data of 24 patients (aged 1-17 years) who were in their first complete remission and who had undergone PBSC autograft (PBSCT) for high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia, to determine the effects of these two different methods of cryopreservation on time to engraftment and transfusion requirements after PBSCT. In all patients, PBSC were collected within 5 months of diagnosis and all had been conditioned with the high-dose MCVAC regimen (MCNU, cytosine arabinoside, etoposide and cyclophosphamide) without total body irradiation. Twelve patients received PBSC that had been cryopreserved by the uncontrolled method without PF and the data were compared by actuarial analysis to those of 12 historical controls whose cells had been frozen by PF. No difference was observed in the time to engraftment of granulocytes and platelets or the transfusion requirements between the two groups. Our results indicate that, in terms of preserving engraftment potential, the simplified uncontrolled-rate cryopreservation method is at least as effective as the traditional controlled-rate freezing procedure with PF.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0268-3369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
801-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Blood Transfusion, Autologous, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Child, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Cryopreservation, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Cyclophosphamide, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Cytarabine, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Dimethyl Sulfoxide, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Etoposide, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:7920317-Whole-Body Irradiation
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparative analysis of engraftment after cryopreservation of peripheral blood stem cell autografts by controlled- versus uncontrolled-rate methods.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Tokushima, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't