Unrelated cord blood transplantation in children with idiopathic severe aplastic anemia
Unrelated cord blood transplantation in children with idiopathic severe aplastic anemia
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DOI:
10.1038/bmt.2008.227
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发表时间:
2008-11-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Wall, D. A.
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作者:
Chan, K. W.;McDonald, L.;Wall, D. A.
Early results of unrelated cord blood transplantation (UCBT) for severe aplastic anemia (SAA) were poor with a high rate of engraftment failure. This was attributed to the combination of lower graft cell dose and intact host immune system. We performed UCBT in nine children (median age 9 years) with refractory SAA using increasingly immunosuppressive preparative regimens. The time from diagnosis to UCBT was 3.4-20 months (median age 7.2 years), with all children having failed at least one course of immunosuppression. Donor/recipient HLA matching was six of six (n = 1), five of six (n = 2) and four of six ( n = 6). The median nucleated cell dose infused was 5.7 x 10(7) cells/kg (range 3.5-20 x 10(7) cells/kg). Six patients were engrafted after the first UCBT. Two of the three patients without hematopoietic reconstitution were engrafted after a second UCBT. All children receiving >= 120 mg/kg of CY in the preparative regimen were engrafted. The median time to myeloid engraftment was 25 (17-59 days) days. Acute GVHD developed in two, and chronic GVHD in five patients. Five patients developed EBV viremia post transplant (lymphoproliferative disorder in three patients). At a median follow-up of 34 months, seven patients are alive and transfusion-independent. UCBT is a feasible treatment strategy for children with refractory SAA lacking a well-matched adult donor.