title: Full chimerism in nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation in a beta-thalassemia major patient (class 3 Lucarelli).
abstract: Bone marrow transplantation is the only therapeutic option that can eliminate thalassemic disease. Early results indicated that children in class 3 Lucarelli had a much worse outcome because of high nonrejection mortality and high rejection rate. We therefore tried to investigate a nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation (NST) approach for such a disease in order to reduce mortality and rejection. We report here the case of successful NST in a 10-year-old girl who had class 3 Lucarelli beta-thalassemia major. The conditioning regimen consisted of busulfan, fludarabine, antilymphocyte globulin and total lymphoid irradiation. Her GVHD prophylaxis included mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporin. The patient had full donor engraftment without acute and chronic GVHD. She is now alive and well and remains disease-free 1 year after transplant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hongeng
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chuansumrit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hathirat
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rerkamnuaychoke
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chaisiripoomkere
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jootar
mesh_terms: D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D018183:Transplantation Chimera; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning / Q000379:methods*; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents