title: Autologous transplantation of a bone marrow graft manipulated by chemoseparation to eliminate residual tumor cells.
abstract: An autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) was performed in a 45-year-old male patient with AML in therapy-resistant first relapse including CNS-disease. The marrow graft was harvested 18 months before, at the beginning of first remission, and was subjected to an in-vitro incubation with 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC) prior to cryopreservation to eliminate residual clonogenic tumor cells. After myeloablative therapy with high-dose Cyclo-phosphamide (CY), total body irradiation (TBI) and intrathecal application of Methotrexate (MTX), the manipulated marrow graft was reinfused. The myelopoietic reconstitution started already 6 days after ABMT and was completed 40 days thereafter. There is evidence for a complete remission in marrow and spinal fluid observed over a period of 4 months.
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D014021:Tissue Preservation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D003520:Cyclophosphamide; C011272:perfosfamide; D008727:Methotrexate