A Retrospective Single Institute Analysis of 127 Lymphoma Patients Who Underwent Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: Impact on Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL) Including ATLL.

Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 3031-3031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryuji Tanosaki ◽  
Sung-Won Kim ◽  
Satoshi Yamazaki ◽  
Takahiro Fukuda ◽  
Shin-ichiro Mori ◽  
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Abstract Background Clinical application of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) for lymphoma patients (pts) has been hampered by its high mortality rate. In order to explore and establish safe and efficient procedures, reduced-intensity stem cell transplantation (RIST) has been incorporated in recent protocols for lymphoma. Here we retrospectively analyzed our single institute experiences of allo-SCT for lymphoma. Results Between 1999 and 2005, 127 allo-SCTs, including 94 RIST (74%), were performed for lymphoma in our single institute. The number of each pathological classification and the one in which RIST was used, which is shown in each parenthesis, were PTCL (non-ATLL) 15 (RIST 13), ATLL 25 (18), NK/T 3 (2), FL 36 (29), MCL 6 (5), DLBCL 23 (17), LPL 1(1), HL 5 (5) and LBL 13 (4). Most patients were not eligible for autologous transplantation (auto-SCT) because of relapse after auto-SCT or chemo-resistant disease. Transplant-related mortality (TRM) were 16% in RIST and 45% in conventional stem cell transplant (CST) (p<0.001), and it was as high as 54% in aggressive lymphoma pts treated with CST (n=26). 3-year OS and PFS of FL, PTCL including 2 ALCL and 1 AILT, and ATLL were 80.6±6.6% and 80.6±6.6%, 46.7±12.9% and 60.0±12.6%, 46.5±10.3 and 57.1±10.6%, respectively, with the median follow-up of 737 days (range, -4–2628) in all these pts. Pts with other histology had poor outcomes and the numbers of pts surviving more than 1 year were HL 1 (20%), MCL 2 (33%), DLBCL 7 (30%), NK/T 1 (33%) and LBL 3 (23%). 5 pts with DLBCL were treated with auto-SCT/RIST tandem transplantation according to in-house protocol, and 4 out of 5 were alive in current CR with median follow-up of 749 days (range, 580–1038). Discussion Since RIST was associated with lower TRM than CST, it could be applied safely in heavily treated pts with refractory lymphoma. Most pts with DLBCL, NK/T, and LBL relapsed or died of disease. However, pts with FL, PTCL and ATLL, even in chemo-refractory cases, had durable remissions after RIST. In refractory DLBCL, de-bulking of the tumor by prior auto-SCT might be promising. Conclusions RIST could be performed comparatively safely. Notably, PTCL, both ATLL and non-ATLL, were newly highlighted as a good indication of RIST and should be further investigated. Figure Figure

Author(s):  
Lynn Leppla ◽  
Anja Schmid ◽  
Sabine Valenta ◽  
Juliane Mielke ◽  
Sonja Beckmann ◽  
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Abstract Purpose Allogeneic stem cell transplantation would benefit from re-engineering care towards an integrated eHealth-facilitated care model. With this paper we aim to: (1) describe the development of an integrated care model (ICM) in allogeneic SteM-cell-transplantatIon faciLitated by eHealth (SMILe) by combining implementation, behavioral, and computer science methods (e.g., contextual analysis, Behavior Change Wheel, and user-centered design combined with agile software development); and (2) describe that model’s characteristics and its application in clinical practice. Methods The SMILe intervention’s development consisted of four steps, with implementation science methods informing each: (1) planning its set-up within a theoretical foundation; (2) using behavioral science methods to develop the content; (3) choosing and developing its delivery method (human/technology) using behavioral and computer science methods; and (4) describing its characteristics and application in clinical practice. Results The SMILe intervention is embedded within the eHealth enhanced Chronic Care Model, entailing four self-management intervention modules, targeting monitoring and follow-up of important medical and symptom-related parameters, infection prevention, medication adherence, and physical activity. Interventions are delivered partly face-to-face by a care coordinator embedded within the transplant team, and partly via the SMILeApp that connects patients to the transplant team, who can monitor and rapidly respond to any relevant changes within 1 year post-transplant. Conclusion This paper provides stepwise guidance on how implementation, behavioral, and computer science methods can be used to develop interventions aiming to improve care for stem cell transplant patients in real-world clinical settings. This new care model is currently being tested in a hybrid I effectiveness-implementation trial.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duygu Mert ◽  
Hikmetullah Batgi ◽  
Alparslan Merdin ◽  
Sabahat Çeken ◽  
Mehmet Sinan Dal ◽  
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BK virus is a human polyoma virus. It is acquired in early childhood and remains life-long latent in the genitourinary system. BK virus replication is more common in receiving immunosuppressive therapy receiving patients and transplant patients. BK virus could cause hemorrhagic cystitis in patients with allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Hemorrhagic cystitis is a serious complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Hemorrhagic cystitis could cause morbidity and long stay in the hospital. Diagnosis is more frequently determined by the presence of BK virus DNA detected with quantitative or real-time PCR testing in serum or plasma and less often in urine. The reduction of immunosuppression is effective in the treatment of BK virus infection. There are also several agents with anti-BK virus activity. Cidofovir is an active agent against a variety of DNA viruses including poliomyoma viruses and it is a cytosine nucleotide analogue. Intravenous immunoglobulin IgG (IVIG) also includes antibodies against BK and JC (John Cunningham) viruses. Hereby, we report three cases of hemorrhagic cystitis. Hemorrhagic cystitis developed in all these three cases of allogeneic stem cell transplantation due to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). BK virus were detected as the cause of hemorrhagic cystitis in these patients. Irrigation of the bladder was performed. Then levofloxacin 1×750 mg intravenous and IVIG 0.5 gr/kg were started. But the hematuria did not decreased. In the first case, treatment with leflunomide was started, but patient died due to refractory AML and severe graft-versus-host disease after 4th day of leflunamide and levofloxacin treatments. Cidofovir treatment and the reduction of immunosuppressive treatment decreased the BK virus load and resulted symptomatic improvement in the second case. Initiation of cidofovir was planned in the third case. Administration of cidofovir together with the reduction of immunosuppression in the treatment of hemorrhagic cystitis associated with BK virus in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients could be a good option.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 5640
Author(s):  
Michael Oertel ◽  
Jonas Martel ◽  
Jan-Henrik Mikesch ◽  
Sergiu Scobioala ◽  
Christian Reicherts ◽  
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Total body irradiation is an effective conditioning modality before autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation. With the whole body being the radiation target volume, a diverse spectrum of toxicities has been reported. This fact prompted us to investigate the long-term sequelae of this treatment concept in a large patient cohort. Overall, 322 patients with acute leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome with a minimum follow-up of one year were included (the median follow-up in this study was 68 months). Pulmonary, cardiac, ocular, neurological and renal toxicities were observed in 23.9%, 14.0%, 23.6%, 23.9% and 20.2% of all patients, respectively. The majority of these side effects were grades 1 and 2 (64.9–89.2% of all toxicities in the respective categories). The use of 12 Gray total body irradiation resulted in a significant increase in ocular toxicities (p = 0.013) and severe mucositis (p < 0.001). Renal toxicities were influenced by the age at transplantation (relative risk: 1.06, p < 0.001) and disease entity. In summary, total body irradiation triggers a multifaceted, but manageable, toxicity profile. Except for ocular toxicities and mucositis, a 12 Gray regimen did not lead to an increase in long-term side effects.


2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kopińska ◽  
A. Koclęga ◽  
A. Wieczorkiewicz-Kabut ◽  
K. Woźniczka ◽  
D. Kata ◽  
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Introduction: Refractory and relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma (R/R HL) is associated with poor prognosis, and allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) remains the only potentially curative approach.Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of allotransplantation in R/R HL setting.Material: Overall, 24 patients (17 men and 7 women) at a median age of 27 years (range 18–44) underwent allo-SCT between 2002 and 2020.Results: Nineteen patients received prior autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT1) whereas eight patients received second ASCT (ASCT2) after failure of ASCT1. Six patients received only brentuximab vedotin (BV; n = 4) or BV followed by checkpoint inhibitors (CPI; n = 2) before entering allo-SCT. Median time from ASCT1 to allo-SCT was 17.1 months. Fifteen patients received grafts from unrelated donors. Peripheral blood was a source of stem cells for 16 patients. Reduced-intensity conditioning was used for all patients. Disease status at transplant entry was as follows: complete remission (CR; n = 4), partial response (PR; n = 10), and stable disease (SD; n = 10). Acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) developed in 13 (54%) and 4 (16%) patients, respectively. Median follow-up for the entire cohort was 13.3 months. At the last follow-up, 17 (71%) patients died. The main causes of death were disease progression (n = 10), infectious complications (n = 6), and steroid-resistant GVHD (n = 1). Non-relapse mortality at 12 months was 25%. At the last follow-up, seven patients were alive; six patients were in CR, and one had PR. The 2-year overall survival (OS) was 40%.Conclusion: Chemosensitive disease at transplant was associated with better outcome. Allo-SCT allows for long-term survival in refractory and relapsed HL.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 719-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianghua Huang ◽  
Wencui Chen ◽  
Guisheng Ren ◽  
Liang Zhao ◽  
Jinzhou Guo ◽  
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Background and objectivesOur study evaluated the efficiency and safety of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation treatment for patients with refractory lupus nephritis.Design, setting, participants, & measurementsFrom July 2011 to January 2015, a total of 22 patients with refractory lupus nephritis were enrolled in this study. Peripheral blood stem cells were mobilized with cyclophosphamide and granulocyte colony stimulating factor and reinfused after treatment with cyclophosphamide and antithymocyte globulin. The primary end point was the rate of remission, and secondary end points included the survival and relapse rates, changes in proteinuria, kidney function, and serology immunologic test. All complications were recorded for safety assessment.ResultsTwenty-two patients were enrolled and underwent stem cell mobilization. There were nine men and 13 women, with a median lupus nephritis duration of 46 (33–71) months. The mean number of CD34+ cells was (7.3±3.8)×106/kg. All patients had successful engraftment, and the median times of granulocyte and platelet engraftment were 8 (7–9) and 9 (6–10) days, respectively. The major complications of stem cell transplantation were fever and gastrointestinal tract symptoms. The treatment-related mortality was 5% (one of 22). After a median follow-up of 72 (60–80) months, 18 (82%) patients achieved completed remission, one (5%) patient achieved partial remission, and one patient had no response and received peritoneal dialysis at 12 months after transplantation. The 5-year overall survival and disease-free survival rates were 91% and 53%, respectively. Six patients experienced relapse during the follow-up, and the relapse rate was 27%.ConclusionsAutologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant could be used as a treatment option for refractory lupus nephritis, because it was relatively safe and associated with good outcomes.


Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 2135-2135
Author(s):  
Paolo Anderlini ◽  
Rima Saliba ◽  
Michele Donato ◽  
Sergio Giralt ◽  
Borje Andersson ◽  
...  

Abstract Forty patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin’s disease (HD) underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) following a fludarabine-based conditioning regimen from an HLA-identical sibling (n=20) or a matched unrelated donor (n=20). The median age was 31 years (range 18-58). The median number of chemotherapy regimens received prior to allo-SCT was five (range 2-9). Thirty (75%) and thirty (75%) patients had received prior radiotherapy or a prior autologous SCT, respectively. The median time to progression after autologous SCT was nine months (3–52). Disease status at SCT was refractory relapse (n=14) or sensitive relapse (n=26). The conditioning regimens employed were fludarabine (25 mg/m sq IV x 5 days)-cyclophosphamide (1 g/m sq IV x 3 days) ± antithymocyte globulin (30 mg/kg IV x 3 days) (FC±ATG) (n=14), a less intensive regimen, and fludarabine (25 mg/m sq IV x 5 days) -melphalan (70 mg/m sq IV x 2 days) (FM) (n=26), a more intensive one. The two groups had similar demographics and prognostic factors. Chimerism studies indicated 100% donor-derived engraftment in 26/26 (100%) FM patients and in 9/13 (69%) evaluable FC±ATG patients. Day 100 and cumulative (18-month) transplant-related mortality (TRM) were 5 % and 22%, respectively for the whole group. There was a nonsignificant trend towards a lower cumulative TRM in the FM group (18% vs. 30% at 18 months, p=0.2). The cumulative incidence of acute (grade II-IV) GVHD was 38%. The cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD at 18 months was 69%. There was a trend for a lower relapse rate after the occurrence of GVHD, however, this was not statistically significant (hazard ratio 0.8; p= 0.6). Progression rates were similar in the FM and FC patients (53% vs. 57% respectively at 18 months, p=0.4). However, disease progression occurred later in FM patients (range 2–34 months) than in FC patients (range 0.7–13 months). In addition, with comparable follow-up time after progression, the FM group experienced a lower death rate after progression. Twenty-four patients (60%) are alive (fourteen in complete remission) with a median follow-up of 13 months (4–78). Sixteen patients expired (TRM n=8, disease progression n=8). FM patients had significantly better overall survival (73% vs. 39% at 18 months; p=0.03), and a trend towards better progression-free survival (37% vs. 21% at 18 months; p=0.2). We conclude that allo-SCT with fludarabine-based, less intensive conditioning from matched related and unrelated donors are feasible in high-risk HD patients with a low TRM. The intensity of the preparative regimen affects survival.


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