Treatment of graft failure with TNI‐based reconditioning and haploidentical stem cells in paediatric patients
Open Access
- 24 June 2016
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Haematology
- Vol. 175 (1), 115-122
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.14190
Abstract
Graft failure is a life‐threatening complication after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We report a cohort of 19 consecutive patients (median age: 8·5 years) with acute leukaemias (n = 14) and non‐malignant diseases (n = 5) who experienced graft failure after previous HSCT from matched (n = 3) or haploidentical donors (n = 16) between 2003 and 2012. After total nodal irradiation (TNI)‐based reconditioning combined with fludarabine, thiotepa and anti‐T cell serotherapy, all patients received T cell‐depleted peripheral blood stem cell grafts from a second, haploidentical donor. Median time between graft failure and retransplantation was 14 d (range 7–40). Sustained engraftment (median: 10 d, range 9–32) and complete donor chimerism was observed in all evaluable patients. 5 patients additionally received donor lymphocyte infusions. Graft‐versus‐host disease (GvHD) grade II and III occurred in 1 patient each (22%); no GvHD grade IV was observed. 2 patients had transient chronic GvHD. The regimen was well tolerated with transient interstitial pneumonitis in one patient. Treatment‐related mortality after one year was 11%. Event‐free survival and overall survival 3 years after retransplantation were 63% and 68%. Thus, a TNI‐based reconditioning regimen followed by transplantation of haploidentical stem cells is an option to rescue patients with graft failure within a short time span and with low toxicity.Keywords
Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 685, TP C3)
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