A comparison of prestorage WBC-reduced whole-blood-derived platelets and bedside-filtered whole-blood-derived platelets in autologous progenitor cell transplant.
BACKGROUND
Prestorage WBC-reduced platelet concentrates (PCs) can be manufactured from platelet-rich plasma (PRP) by in-line filtration of PRP. There are few published data on the clinical use of these products, as compared to bedside-filtered pools of standard PCs (S-PCs) manufactured from PRP.


METHODS
A prospective, randomized trial was conducted in autologous progenitor cell transplant patients requiring platelet transfusions with each patient as his or her own control who was given a pool of 5 units of WBC-reduced PCs and a pool of 6 units of S-PCs within a 3-hour period. The pools were characterized before transfusion for platelet and WBC content, P-selectin expression, and IL-8. The patients were monitored with platelet counts and vital signs and observed for reactions. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U tests.


RESULTS
Thirty-three transfusions were administered to 13 patients. Median platelet content in the WBC-reduced PC pools was lower than that in the S-PC pools (3.3 vs. 4.0 x 10(11), p<0.01). Median WBC content was 4 to 5 log less in the WBC-reduced PC pools (2.5 x 10(4) vs. 4.6 x 10(8), p<0.01). Median IL-8 levels (pg/mL) were lower in the WBC-reduced PC pools (2 vs. 36, p<0.01). No differences were observed in CCI, but the median absolute increase after transfusion of the S-PC pools was higher (25 vs. 19 x 10(9)/L, p<0.01), which reflected the larger size of the S-PC pools. No overall differences in vital signs were recorded. Two reactions were observed, both in temporal association with the transfusion of pools of S-PCs.


CONCLUSIONS
A pool consisting of 5 units of WBC-reduced PCs gave a median platelet increment of 19 x 10(9) per L in these thrombocytopenic patients and has a median WBC content 1 to 2 log below the accepted threshold for primary alloimmunization or CMV transmission.
Blood Bank, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Providence, RI 02908, USA. jsweeney@lifespan.org
J D
JD
Sweeney
N M
NM
Kouttab
C L
CL
Penn
K E
KE
McHugh
E J
EJ
Nelson
D J
DJ
Oblon
D001793:Blood Preservation; D019650:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization / Q000379:methods; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D010983:Plateletpheresis / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous