title: Analysis of engraftment, graft-versus-host disease, and immune recovery following unrelated donor cord blood transplantation.
abstract: Unrelated cord blood (UCB) is being used as a source of alternative hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation with increasing frequency. From November 1994 to February 1999, 30 UCB transplant procedures were performed for both malignant and nonmalignant diseases in 27 children, aged 0.4 to 17.1 years. Patients received either HLA-matched (n = 3) or 1- or 2-antigen-mismatched (n = 27) UCB following 1 of 2 standardized preparative and graft-versus-host disease regimens (hyperfractionated total body irradiation, cyclophosphamide, and antithymocyte globulin [ATG] with cyclosporine A and methotrexate; or busulfan, melphalan, and ATG with cyclosporine A and prednisone). The median time to neutrophil and platelet engraftment was 27 days (12-60 days) and 75 days (33-158 days) posttransplantation, respectively. No correlation was noted between neutrophil and platelet engraftment and nucleated cells per kilogram, CD34(+) cells per kilogram infused, or cytomegalovirus status of recipient. The cumulative probability of acute grade 2 or greater graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was 37.2%, and of grade 3 or greater GVHD was 8.8%. No patients developed chronic GVHD. CD4, CD19, and natural killer cell recovery was achieved at a median of 12, 6, and 2 months, respectively. CD8 recovery was delayed at a median of 9 months. Normal mitogen response was achieved at 6 to 9 months. The probability of survival, disease-free survival, and event-free survival at 1 year was 52.3% (34.1%-70.5%), 54.7% (34.5%-74.9 %) and 49.6% (29.9%-69.4%), respectively. This series of 30 UCB transplants suggests that although CD8 cell recovery is delayed, the pattern of immune reconstitution with UCB is similar to that reported for other stem cell sources. (Blood. 2000;96:2703-2711)
authors.affiliation: Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Department of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA. bthomson@iupui.edu
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gowan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heilman
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Broxmeyer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Emanuel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kotylo
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Brahmi
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015614:Histiocytosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015993:Life Tables; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000628:therapy; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014923:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor