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Autoimmune hemolysis (AH) and immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) are recognized complications after cord blood transplantation (CBT). We evaluated the incidence and characteristics of AH/ITP after double-unit CBT in a day 100 landmark analysis of 152 patients (median age 36 years, range 0.9-70 years) transplanted for hematologic malignancies with myeloablative or nonmyeloablative conditioning and calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)/mycophenolate mofetil. With a median 5.2-year (range 1.6-9.7 years) survivor follow-up, 10 patients developed autoimmune cytopenias (8 AH, 1 ITP, 1 both) at a median of 10.4 months (range 5.8-24.5) post CBT for a 7% cumulative incidence 3 years after the day 100 landmark. Six patients presented with severe disease (hemoglobin ⩽6 g/dL and/or platelets <20 × 109/L). All AH patients were direct antiglobulin test positive. All 10 cases developed during immunosuppression taper with 8 having prior acute GVHD. All 10 patients received rituximab 2-18 days after diagnosis, and corticosteroids combined with rituximab within <7 days was the most effective. No patient died of AH/ITP. AH/ITP occurs infrequently after CBT but may be life-threatening requiring emergency therapy. Rituximab combined with corticosteroids at diagnosis is warranted in patients with severe disease.
Assuntos
Anemia Hemolítica Autoimune/etiologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco de Sangue do Cordão Umbilical/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias Hematológicas/complicações , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/etiologia , Rituximab/uso terapêutico , Adolescente , Corticosteroides/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Idoso , Anemia Hemolítica Autoimune/tratamento farmacológico , Antineoplásicos Imunológicos/uso terapêutico , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estado Terminal , Seguimentos , Neoplasias Hematológicas/terapia , Hemólise , Humanos , Terapia de Imunossupressão , Lactente , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Púrpura Trombocitopênica Idiopática/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto JovemAssuntos
Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/efeitos adversos , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/induzido quimicamente , Adulto , Evolução Fatal , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/etiologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Doença de Hodgkin/complicações , Doença de Hodgkin/terapia , Humanos , Masculino , Pneumonia , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1/antagonistas & inibidores , Transplante AutólogoRESUMO
Among patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), the impact of residual pretransplant cytogenetically abnormal cells on outcomes remains uncertain. We analyzed HCT outcomes by time of transplant disease variables, including (1) blast percentage, (2) percentage of cytogenetically abnormal cells and (3) Revised International Prognostic Scoring System (R-IPSS) cytogenetic classification. We included 82 MDS patients (median age 51 years (range 18-71)) transplanted between 1995 and 2013 with abnormal diagnostic cytogenetics. Patients with higher percentages of cytogenetically abnormal cells experienced inferior 5-year survival (37-76% abnormal cells: relative risk (RR) 2.9; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2-7.2; P=0.02; and 77-100% abnormal cells: RR 5.6; 95% CI 1.9-19.6; P<0.01). Patients with >10% blasts also had inferior 5-year survival (RR 2.9; 95% CI 1.1-7.2; P=0.02) versus patients with ⩽2% blasts. Even among patients with ⩽2% blasts, patients with 77-100% cytogenetically abnormal cells had poor survival (RR 4.4; 95% CI 1.1-18.3; P=0.04). Increased non-relapse mortality (NRM) was observed with both increasing blast percentages (P<0.01) and cytogenetically abnormal cells at transplant (P=0.01) in multivariate analysis. We observed no impact of disease burden characteristics on relapse outcomes due to high 1-year NRM. In conclusion, both blast percentage and percentage of cytogenetically abnormal cells reflect MDS disease burden and predict post-HCT outcomes.