Pre‐emptive plerixafor injection in lymphoma patients mobilized with chemotherapy plus pegfilgrastim followed by apheresis on the same day
Pre‐emptive plerixafor injection in lymphoma patients mobilized with chemotherapy plus pegfilgrastim followed by apheresis on the same day
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淋巴瘤患者先行注射普乐沙福,化疗加聚乙二醇非格司亭,并于当天进行单采术
DOI:
10.1002/jca.21522
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
V. Varmavuo
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作者:
E. Jantunen;A. Partanen;J. Valtola;M. Pyörälä;P. Mäntymaa;T. Nousiainen;V. Varmavuo
To the Editor, Poor mobilization of CD34 cells is a common clinical problem especially in lymphoma patients intended for high-dose chemotherapy. Approximately 20–30% of the patients are hard-to-mobilize independent whether G-CSF is used alone or combined with previous chemotherapy. Plerixafor is a CXCR4 antagonist, used to mobilize CD34 cells from bone marrow to circulation and has been shown to be superior combined with G-CSF compared to G-CSF alone in randomized studies. Although several factors associated with poor mobilization have been identified, blood CD34 (B-CD34) cell counts measured just prior to apheresis are currently the most reliable way to predict apheresis yields. Consequently, pre-emptive or “just in time” use of plerixafor has gained popularity. A recent article in the Journal by Worel et al. evaluated this strategy in myeloma and lymphoma patients mobilized with G-CSF with or without chemotherapy with a high success rate (97% achieved minimal grafts) in poor mobilizers having blood CD34 cell counts< 20 3 10/L after four days of G-CSF or after recovery in WBC count> 5 3 10/L in patients mobilized with chemotherapy plus G-CSF. In this study plerixafor was given 6–11 h before start of apheresis. In pharmacodynamic studies, peak CD34 cell levels have been measured 10–14 h after plerixafor administration in patients receiving G-CSF. According to the label, plerixafor should be given subcutaneously 6–11 h before the start of apheresis in patients receiving G-CSF. Traditionally this has meant injection in the late evening at 9–11 p.m. Various time schedules have been evaluated subsequently. In the study by Cooper et al., plerixafor was given about 15 h before the planned apheresis and successful collections were obtained in 47/48 patients. Another study evaluated plerixafor injection 17 h before start of apheresis. Especially in poor mobilizers, the kinetics of CD34 cell mobilization may be different as illustrated by Lefrere et al. In that study an early mobilization (3 h) was observed followed by an early decrease in B-CD34 levels as early as 8–12 h in the majority of the patients. In many apheresis units, B-CD34 measurements may be obtained only during the day time. We take B-CD34 samples in the early morning (at 5.30 a.m.) and the analysis is usually ready in 2–3 h. In many cases, the results of collections are obtained only next morning especially in the case of the first apheresis. In patients with low or decreasing B-CD34 counts (<10 3 10/L) or in those with a poor previous collection (<1 3 10/kg CD34 cells), we have given plerixafor 0.24 mg/kg subcutaneously in the morning followed by start of apheresis 3–6 h later. Our routine is to process 2.5 times of the estimated blood volume in 4–5 h with the Spectra Optia (Software 7.2, Terumo BCT). The median time from the start of mobilizing chemotherapy (d1) was 14 days (range 11–16). Our experiences in six consecutive nonHodgkin lymphoma patients are summarized in Table 1. All six patients proceeded to high-dose therapy followed by the graft infusion. The median number of infused CD34 cells (measured after collection from fresh samples) was 2.7 3 10/kg (range 1.9–4.5 3 10/kg). The time to the neutrophil engraftment (>0.5 3 10/L) was 10 days (9–11 days) and to the platelet engraftment (>20 3 10/L) 15 days (13–48 days), respectively. This preliminary experience suggests that the strategy is feasible. We do not have values from B-CD34 counts at the time of start of apheresis but an increase of 2to 6-fold was observed until early next morning in all but one patient with a poor collection (1.9 3 10/kg CD34 cells with three aphereses) corresponding to our previous experience in a pre-emptive plerixafor injection given at 9–10 p.m. followed by start of apheresis at 7–8 a.m. on the next day. It is noteworthy that all our patients had received chemotherapy to mobilize CD34 cells and, of interest, pegfilgrastim, which has only recently been combined with plerixafor.7–9 The dose of pegfilgrastim was 6 mg in four patients and two patients received a total dose of 12 mg. After receiving plerixafor our patients had so