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We previously suggested that using a combined conditioning regimen including rhG-CSF with allogeneic
BMT
in refractory AML and
CML
in blast crisis might reduce the rate of relapse and improve disease-free survival, without any major side effects. In this study, we used the same protocol for 10 AML patients in complete remission (CR) and 6
CML
patients in the chronic phase (CP). We compared disease-free survival as well as toxic side effects of the regimen with 6 AML patients in CR and 6
CML
patients in CP treated with chemoradiotherapy without G-CSF. The conditioning regimen consisted of TBI and high-dose AraC. RhG-CSF was infused continuously at a dose of 5 microg/kg/day, starting 24 hr before the initial dose of total body irradiation (TBI) until the end of AraC therapy. In all 28 cases, there were no early stage deaths due to regimen-related toxicity (RRT). None of the 10 AML cases treated with the G-CSF combined regime relapsed. In 6 AML cases treated conventionally without G-CSF, one patient died of infection and another relapsed. There were no relapses in either
CML
group. In the combined G-CSF group, one patient died of interstitial pneumonitis 48 days after
BMT
, while the rest of the
CML
cases are still alive. There were no relapses with rhG-CSF and no serious adverse effects in terms of RRT, acute graft vs. host disease (GVHD), or leukocyte recovery.
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PMID:Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) combined conditioning regimen for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in standard-risk myeloid leukemia. 954 74
Three hundred and six patients with low- and intermediate-risk leukaemias undergoing allogeneic
BMT
between 1980 and March 1996 were studied regarding transplantation-related mortality (TRM), relapse, and leukaemia-free survival (LFS). Among the patients were 262 recipients of marrow from HLA-identical siblings and 44 patients receiving marrow from HLA-A, -B, and -DR identical unrelated donors. Between 1986 and 1993, 153 adult patients received ciprofloxacin continuously during Cy conditioning, but since November 1993 ciprofloxacin has not been given until after Cy treatment. TRM at 5 yr showed an incidence of 30%. Significant risk factors in Cox regression multivariate analysis comprised acute GVHD grades II-IV (p < 0.0001), seropositivity for 3-4 herpes viruses prior to
BMT
(p = 0.002), intermediate risk disease (p = 0.008), female donor to male recipient (p = 0.015), and a donor age over 17 yr (p = 0.025). The risk of relapse was studied from 90 d after
BMT
, and the overall 5-yr incidence was 32%. Significant risk factors comprised acute leukaemia, as compared to
CML
(p = 0.003), total body irradiation (TBI) compared to busulphan treatment (p = 0.011), gram-negative prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin during cyclophosphamide (Cy) conditioning (p = 0.024), GVHD prophylaxis using a combination of methotrexate (MTX) and cyclosporine (CSA), compared to monotherapy (p = 0.037) and absence of chronic GVHD (p = 0.050). The 5-yr probability of relapse in patients receiving ciprofloxacin prophylaxis during Cy conditioning was 40%, compared to 24% in patients not receiving this treatment (p = 0.01). Overall, LFS at 5 yr was 49%. LFS was evaluated from day 30 after
BMT
until relapse or death of the patient. We found no difference in TRM, relapse or LFS between recipients of HLA-identical sibling or unrelated bone marrow, risk factors significantly associated with an inferior LFS included acute GVHD grades II-IV (p = 0.0002), intermediate risk disease (p = 0.003), donor seropositivity for 3-4 herpes viruses (p = 0.046), and TBI conditioning (p = 0.048).
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PMID:Risk factors in bone marrow transplant recipients with leukaemia. Increased relapse risk in patients treated with ciprofloxacin for gut decontamination. 957 94
We describe a patient with
CML
in 1st chronic phase (CP) who experienced a graft failure 9 months after an HLA genotypically identical sibling
BMT
. Drug toxicity, viral infections, chronic graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) or leukemic relapse were excluded. Chimerism study showed 85% of donor marrow cells. She underwent a second
BMT
, reengrafted but died of grade IV acute GVHD.
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PMID:Unexpected late graft failure 9 months after HLA-identical bone marrow transplant (BMT) for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML): treatment with a second BMT. 958 Apr 18
A radiation-free, non-myeloablative, myelosuppressive protocol, containing dibromomannitol and cytosine arabinoside, that remarkably reduced the frequency of transplant-related complications, such as veno-occlusive liver disease (VOLD), severe mucositis, bacterial sepsis, hemorrhagic cystitis, interstitial pneumonitis, has been applied in 19
CML
patients, allotransplanted from identical siblings. Five patients were in accelerated phase. Acute GVHD developed in two patients and chronic GVHD occurred in 66% of patients. Follow-up was 3 to 7 1/2 years. Although only eight patients were under 30 years of age, and only two patients had a history of less than 1 year, the leukemia-free survival was 82%. There were four hematological relapses. The reduction in post-
BMT
complications has greatly enhanced quality of life. The nurses reported significant reduction of work-load. Savings in eliminating the need for irradiation, parenteral nutrition, and several antibiotics are also remarkable. The remarkable reduction of certain transplant-related complications shows some advantage against busulphan-preconditioning.
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PMID:Reduction in the frequency of transplant-related complications in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia undergoing BMT preconditioned with a new, non-myeloablative drug combination. 960 96
We report a patient with
CML
who developed a reversible dilated cardiomyopathy with cardiac failure following 10 months of IFN therapy. Despite the previous cardiomyopathy, he tolerated subsequent allogeneic
BMT
without any adverse cardiac events. Reversible IFN-induced cardiomyopathy should not be considered a contraindication to bone marrow transplantation.
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PMID:Successful allogeneic bone marrow transplant for chronic myeloid leukaemia despite previous interferon-induced cardiomyopathy. 960 10
Mitoxantrone (Mito) is presently used in an increasing number of malignancies including leukemias, breast carcinomas and solid tumors. With it has come increased incidence of post remission cytopenias and delayed engraftment following autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). We evaluated engraftment in 18 patients who underwent allogeneic
BMT
(allo-BMT) following a preparative regimen that included high dose Mito (60 mg m2). Sixteen patients with malignant disease (AML 10, ALL 3,
CML
2, MDS 1) and two with non-malignant disease (SCID 1, osteopetrosis 1) underwent non-T cell depleted allo-
BMT
. Fourteen patients with malignancies were transplanted at an advanced stage of disease while only two patients were standard risk patients. Of the 18 patients, 12 were females and six males, with a median age of 30.5 (0.3-48) years. Nine patients, (breast cancer 3, malignant lymphoma 4 and AML 2), who underwent ABMT following preparative regimens with comparable doses of Mito, served as controls. Engraftment following allo-
BMT
was normal and not statistically different from engraftment following ABMT. Five patients, who underwent allo-
BMT
, developed >grade II acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) and two developed chronic GVHD. After a median follow up of 28 (6-42) months, five patients are alive (one with disease). In summary, engraftment following high dose Mito and allo-
BMT
is not statistically different from engraftment following ABMT. Controlled studies with a larger group of standard risk patients are needed to elucidate the role of Mito in conditioning regimens pre-
BMT
.
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PMID:Engraftment following mitoxantrone (Mito) based conditioning for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT). 961 12
Lymphocyte transfusion from the marrow donor (DLT) is well established as an effective therapy for relapse of
CML
post allogeneic
BMT
. Reports thus far have been mostly limited to patients who received DLT from a matched sibling donor. We compared the efficacy and toxicity of DLT in 30 patients who were treated with cells from their HLA-identical sibling (n = 18) or from their phenotypically HLA-matched unrelated marrow donor (n = 12). The overall probability of obtaining a cytogenetic remission was 69% (95%CI: 51-83%) and was not significantly different between the two groups. The disease stage at the time of DLT was the only factor associated with cytogenetic remission by multivariate analysis; patients treated in cytogenetic or molecular relapse (n = 11) were seven times more likely (RR = 7.4, 95%CI: 2.4-22.4, P = 0.0005) to respond compared to patients treated for hematologic relapse (n = 19). There was a trend towards more acute GVHD II-IV in the unrelated donor group (58 vs 39%, P = 0.09), but the probability of developing extensive chronic GVHD was not significantly different (56 vs 39%, P = 0.4). We conclude that transfusion of donor cells from HLA-matched volunteer donors does not appreciably increase the risk of GVHD compared with transfusion of cells from HLA-identical siblings in patients with
CML
who relapse following allogeneic
BMT
. Conversely, there is no evidence for an increased graft-versus-leukemia effect after DLT from volunteer donors.
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PMID:Adoptive immunotherapy for relapse of chronic myeloid leukemia after allogeneic bone marrow transplant: equal efficacy of lymphocytes from sibling and matched unrelated donors. 963 81
EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) is a rare but serious complication in marrow transplant recipients. A 31-year-old Japanese woman in the second chronic phase of
CML
received an allogeneic
BMT
from her HLA 2-locus-incompatible 62-year-old father. Around day +200, she developed EBV-LPD of the right parieto-temporal lobe which caused slowly progressive left hemiparesis. Two courses of donor lymphocyte transfusions (DLT) of 10(6)CD3+ T cells/kg of body weight failed to suppress her central nervous system (CNS) EBV-LPD. The patient died of recurrent blastic crisis of
CML
. This case suggests that DLT may be ineffective for the treatment of CNS EBV-LPD.
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PMID:Donor lymphocyte transfusion for the treatment of Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disorder of the brain. 964 81
Normal numbers of circulating B lymphocytes are reached during the first 6 months following allogeneic
BMT
, but humoral immunity remains poor. The molecular basis for this lack of function in the first appearing B lymphocytes has not been clarified. Accordingly, we have studied the reconstitution of the VH3 containing Ig repertoire in two
CML
patients transplanted with allogeneic BM and one healthy control. PBMCs were isolated at several time-points after
BMT
and mRNA was prepared. VH3 containing Ig rearrangements were amplified with RT-PCR and then cloned and analyzed with colony hybridization using complementary determining region 3 (CDR3)-specific oligonucleotide probes. Four weeks after
BMT
, two individual clones together represented 52% of the analyzed CDR3 regions. At 6, 8 and 12 weeks after
BMT
the corresponding probes hybridized with 2-6% of the colonies. A similar pattern was obtained for the other patient. In samples from the healthy control no clones were detected using CDR3-specific oligonucleotide probes from the control. We conclude that the VH3 containing Ig repertoire after
BMT
is oligoclonal and that specific rearrangements dominate at different time-points. This restriction of the B cell repertoire may contribute to the impaired humoral immunity observed in
BMT
recipients.
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PMID:Oligoclonal dominance of immunoglobulin VH3 rearrangements following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. 967 56
The risk of severe hepatic damage in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is well known; more effective treatments for this infection are needed. Lamivudine is being studied in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed HBV infected patients. We report a patient suffering from chronic replicative HBV infection after allogeneic
BMT
, who responded to lamivudine therapy. A 24-year-old woman with
CML
received an allogeneic
BMT
from her HLA-identical sister in June 1992. Before transplant, her HBV status demonstrated viral contact without active infection (HBsAb+, HBcAb+ IgG, HBeAb+). Four months after
BMT
mild chronic liver GVHD appeared, requiring immunosuppressive treatment. Antibodies to HBV completely disappeared post-transplant. Acute icteric hepatitis occurred 2 years later, with HBsAg+, high level of HBV-DNA, HBeAg+ and HBcAb IgM+. Lamivudine 100 mg/day rapidly reduced transaminase levels and effected HBV-DNA disappearance within 2 months. The treatment was well tolerated; no hematological side-effects occurred. This preliminary observation warrants further investigation of lamivudine treatment in bone marrow transplanted patients with active HBV infection.
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PMID:Lamivudine treatment for chronic replicative hepatitis B virus infection after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. 967 62
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