title: The role of autologous hematopoietic progenitor and cell reinfusion for intensive chemotherapy in women with poor-prognosis breast cancer. Clinical studies with ex-vivo expanded cells produced with the Aastrom Replicell technology.
abstract: In recent years, we have initiated two clinical studies, to evaluate the usefulness of ex-vivo expanded cells in patients with breast cancer who receive sequential high-dose chemotherapy. Ex-vivo expanded cells were produced from autologous cryopreserved bone marrow nucleated cells, using a biomedical device. The Aastrom Replicell system cultures cells in animal serum-replete medium, with a combination of flt3-L, PIXY321 and Epo, for 12 days. The initial pilot trial was set up to establish the feasibility and safety of the technique: 6 patients completed the study. An ongoing randomized study searches to establish whether ex-vivo expanded cells provide a clinical benefit.
authors.affiliation: Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chabannon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Novakovitch
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Blache
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Olivero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camerlo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Genre
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maraninchi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viens
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D019650:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization / Q000379:methods*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome