Transplante autólogo de células-tronco do sangue periférico no Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria / Autologous peripheral blood stem cells transplantation at the University Hospital of Santa Maria

Introdução: O principal objetivo deste estudo foi identificar as características clínicas dos pacientes transplantados na instituição e avaliar os resultados obtidos com a infusão autóloga de células-tronco hematopoiéticas do sangue periférico (CTHSP), a mortalidade relacionada ao transplante (MRT) e a sobrevida global (SG). Métodos: Através da revisão e avaliação retrospectiva dos prontuários dos 120 pacientes submetidos a transplante autólogo no período de dezembro de 1996 a dezembro de 2011. Resultados: Cento e vinte pacientes receberam quimioterapia mieloablativa e resgate com infusões de CTHSP, sendo 78,3% adultos, com mediana de idade de 47 anos e predomínio do sexo masculino. Os diagnósticos foram 32,5% para Mieloma Múltiplo (MM), 35,8% para Linfoma de Hodgkin (LH), 16,7% para Linfoma não Hodgkin (LNH) 4,2% para Leucemia Mieloide Aguda (LMA) e 10,8% para outras neoplasias como Tumor de Wilms, Câncer de Mama Neuroblastoma, Sarcoma de Ewing, Tumor de Testículo, Meduloblastoma, Macroglobulinemia, Amiloidose e Tumor de SNC. A mediana do número de células nucleadas totais infundidas foi de 6,46x108/kg e a de células CD34+ foi de 3,17x106/kg. A mediana de tempo para recuperação de neutrófilos foi de 10 dias e para plaquetas, de 12 dias. Foi encontrada uma correlação entre a quantidade de células CD34+ infundidas e a recuperação de neutrófilos e plaquetas. Para o grupo em geral, a MRT encontrada foi de 5%, e a probabilidade de SG em cinco anos de 55,1%. Conclusão: Os resultados obtidos com os transplantes autólogos em nossa instituição são semelhantes aos descritos na literatura internacional (AU)

Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify the clinical characteristics of patients transplanted in the institution and evaluate the results obtained with the autologous infusion of hematopoietic stem cells from peripheral blood (PBSC), transplant-related mortality (TRM) and overall survival (OS). Methods: A review and retrospective assessment of the charts of 120 patients who underwent autologous transplantation from December 1996 to December 2011. Results: One hundred and twenty patients received myeloablative chemotherapy and rescue with infusions PBSC, of whom 78.3% were adults, with a median age of 47 years and male predominance. The diagnoses were 32.5 % for Multiple Myeloma (MM), 35.8% for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), 16.7 % for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), 4.2 % for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML ), and 10.8% for other cancers such as Wilms Tumor, breast cancer, neuroblastoma, Ewing's sarcoma, Testicular Tumor, medulloblastoma , macroglobulinemia , amyloidosis and CNS tumor. The median number of total nucleated cells infused was 6.46 x108/kg and of CD34+ cells was 3.17 x106/kg. The median time for neutrophil recovery was 10 days and for platelets 12 days. A correlation was found between number of CD34+ cells infused and recovery of neutrophils and platelets. For the overall group, the MRT was found to be 5% and the probability of OS at five years was 55.1 %. Conclusion: The results obtained with autologous transplantation at our institution are similar to those described in the international literature (AU)

Second allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplants with reduced-intensity conditioning / Segundos trasplantes hematopoyéticos con esquemas de acondicionamiento de intensidad reducida

In two institutions in México, twelve patients were given a second allogeneic stem cell transplantation, using the "Mexican" non-myeloablative preparative regimen. Eight had a malignant condition (six acute leukemias, one myelofibrosis and one myelodysplasia), eleven individuals were allografted twice from the same donor and in one case, cells from two different umbilical cords were used. The median time to conduct the second allograft after the first one was 6 months (range 1-41). The five patients who failed to engraft after the first transplant failed also to engraft after the second one; all of them had been heavily transfused. Only three patients were successfully rescued with the second transplant, two with acute leukemia and one with aplastic anemia. Seven patients are alive 10-41 months (median 35) after the second transplant, but only three (25%) remain disease-free. The 52-month overall survival (SV) of the patients is 58%, whereas the median overall SV has not been reached, being above 52 months. Conducting a second allograft may be useful to rescue some individuals relapsing after a first hematopoietic allotransplant.

En dos instituciones en México se llevaron a cabo doce segundos trasplantes de células hematopoyéticas usando el "método mexicano" de acondicionamiento no mieloablativo. Ocho pacientes tenían una enfermedad maligna (seis leucemias agudas, una mielofibrosis y una mielodisplasia). Once sujetos se retrasplantaron del mismo donador y en un caso se emplearon células hematopoyéticas de dos diferentes cordones umbilicales. La mediana del tiempo transcurrido entre los dos trasplantes fue de seis meses (rango 1 a 41). Los cinco pacientes que no se injertaron con el primer trasplante tampoco se injertaron con el segundo; todos ellos habían sido multitransfundidos antes de los trasplantes. Sólo tres pacientes se pudieron rescatar con el segundo trasplante, dos con leucemia aguda y uno con anemia aplástica. Siete pacientes están vivos 10 a 41 meses (mediana 35) después del segundo trasplante, pero sólo tres (25%) se encuentran libres de enfermedad. La supervivencia (SV) global a 52 meses es de 58%, en tanto que la mediana de SV no se ha alcanzado y es mayor de 52 meses. Hacer un segundo trasplante hematopoyético puede rescatar a algunos pacientes quienes recaen después de un trasplante de médula ósea.