BackgroundDonor/recipient mixed chimerism has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of graft failure in patients with beta-thalassemia given a bone marrow transplant. We investigated the relationship between the degree of mixed chimerism over time and clinical outcome of children undergoing cord blood transplantation for beta-thalassemia.Design and MethodsTwenty-seven consecutive children given a cord blood transplant from a related donor were analyzed by short tandem repeat polymerase chain reaction and their chimerism results were compared with those of 79 consecutive patients who received a bone marrow transplant from either a relative (RD-BMT, n=42) or an unrelated donor (UD-BMT, n=37). Cord blood and bone marrow recipients received comparable preparative regimens.ResultsAll cord blood recipients engrafted and displayed mixed chimerism early after transplantation; 13/27 converted to full donor chimerism over time, while 14 maintained stable mixed chimerism; all patients are alive and transfusion-independent. Twenty-four of the 79 bone marrow-recipients (12 UD- and 12 RD-BMT) exhibited full donor chimerism at all time points examined, 4/79 (2 UD- and 2 RD-BMT) did not engraft and 51/79 (23 UD- and 28 RD-BMT) displayed mixed chimerism at the time of hematologic reconstitution. Forty of 51 bone marrow recipients with mixed chimerism converted to full donor chimerism (17 UD- and 23 RD-BMT), 3/51 maintained stable mixed chimerism (1 UD- and 2 RD-BMT), while 8/51 (5 UD- and 3 RD-BMT) progressively lost the graft, and became transfusion-dependent again.ConclusionsMixed chimerism is a frequent event and does not predict the occurrence of graft failure in children with beta-thalassemia given a cord blood transplant from a relative.

Lisini, D., Zecca, M., Giorgiani, G., Montagna, D., Cristantielli, R., Labirio, M., Grignani, P., Previderè, C., Di Cesare-Merlone, A., Amendola, G., Bergami, E., Mastronuzzi, A., Maccario, R., Locatelli, F., Donor/recipient mixed chimerism does not predict graft failure in children with beta-thalassemia given an allogeneic cord blood transplant from an HLA-identical sibling, <<HAEMATOLOGICA>>, 2008; 93 (12): 1859-1867. [doi:10.3324/haematol.13248] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/258298]

Donor/recipient mixed chimerism does not predict graft failure in children with beta-thalassemia given an allogeneic cord blood transplant from an HLA-identical sibling

Locatelli, Franco
2008

Abstract

BackgroundDonor/recipient mixed chimerism has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of graft failure in patients with beta-thalassemia given a bone marrow transplant. We investigated the relationship between the degree of mixed chimerism over time and clinical outcome of children undergoing cord blood transplantation for beta-thalassemia.Design and MethodsTwenty-seven consecutive children given a cord blood transplant from a related donor were analyzed by short tandem repeat polymerase chain reaction and their chimerism results were compared with those of 79 consecutive patients who received a bone marrow transplant from either a relative (RD-BMT, n=42) or an unrelated donor (UD-BMT, n=37). Cord blood and bone marrow recipients received comparable preparative regimens.ResultsAll cord blood recipients engrafted and displayed mixed chimerism early after transplantation; 13/27 converted to full donor chimerism over time, while 14 maintained stable mixed chimerism; all patients are alive and transfusion-independent. Twenty-four of the 79 bone marrow-recipients (12 UD- and 12 RD-BMT) exhibited full donor chimerism at all time points examined, 4/79 (2 UD- and 2 RD-BMT) did not engraft and 51/79 (23 UD- and 28 RD-BMT) displayed mixed chimerism at the time of hematologic reconstitution. Forty of 51 bone marrow recipients with mixed chimerism converted to full donor chimerism (17 UD- and 23 RD-BMT), 3/51 maintained stable mixed chimerism (1 UD- and 2 RD-BMT), while 8/51 (5 UD- and 3 RD-BMT) progressively lost the graft, and became transfusion-dependent again.ConclusionsMixed chimerism is a frequent event and does not predict the occurrence of graft failure in children with beta-thalassemia given a cord blood transplant from a relative.
2008
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Lisini, D., Zecca, M., Giorgiani, G., Montagna, D., Cristantielli, R., Labirio, M., Grignani, P., Previderè, C., Di Cesare-Merlone, A., Amendola, G., Bergami, E., Mastronuzzi, A., Maccario, R., Locatelli, F., Donor/recipient mixed chimerism does not predict graft failure in children with beta-thalassemia given an allogeneic cord blood transplant from an HLA-identical sibling, <<HAEMATOLOGICA>>, 2008; 93 (12): 1859-1867. [doi:10.3324/haematol.13248] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/258298]
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