title: Successful autologous transplantation of blood stem cells mobilized with recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
abstract: We investigated the effect of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhuGM-CSF) on the pool of circulating hemopoietic progenitor cells in 11 patients with hematological malignancies of nonmyeloid origin and 1 patient with sarcoma. These patients were eligible for autologous blood stem cell transplantation rather than autologous bone marrow transplantation because sufficient marrow aspirates could not be performed due to damage at the usual sites of bone marrow harvest by previous chemo- and/or radiotherapy. Recombinant human GM-CSF was given as continuous i.v. infusion via central venous line for a median time of 11.5 days (range 5-22 days), during which a median number of six aphereses were performed. In comparison to the pretreatment level the median increase in the number of granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GM)/ml of peripheral blood was 8.5-fold. In all 12 patients a median decrease of the platelet count of 21% (range 7%-67%) was observed during rhuGM-CSF treatment prior to the start of the apheresis procedures. Six patients were treated with a myeloablative conditioning therapy consisting of total body irradiation and/or high-dose polychemotherapy followed by autografting with blood stem cells. Five of them achieved a sustained engraftment. Recombinant human GM-CSF proved to be highly efficient in increasing the number of circulating progenitor cells in these patients with severely compromised hemopoiesis. Blood stem cells harvested under a rhuGM-CSF treatment are capable of restoring hemopoiesis in man after a myeloablative pretransplant therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, FRG.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bredthauer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cayeux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Egerer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knauf
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hunstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D001781:Blood Component Removal; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor