[A comparison of clinical outcomes between HLA allele matched and 1 - 2 alleles mismatched unrelated allogeneic bone marrow transplantations].
OBJECTIVE
To compare the clinical outcomes between HLA allele matched (HLA-M) and 1 approximately 2 alleles disparity mismatched (HLA-mis) unrelated allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (URD-BMT).


METHODS
Thirty-nine patients received HLA-M and 21 received HLA-mis URD-BMT for the treatment of acute leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase (CP) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in our hospital between November 1998 and December 2002. Conditioning regimen was Bu 16 mg/kg plus CTX 120 mg/kg, and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), CsA and MTX were given to prevent aGVHD.


RESULTS
Thirty-eight of the HLA-M group and 18 of the HLA-mis group were engrafted successfully. The median follow-up duration was 11 (2.5 - 52.0) months for HLA-M group and 9 (2 - 46) months for HLA-mis group. The 3-year probabilities of disease-free survival (DFS) for HLA-M and HLA-mis group were (79.2 +/- 7.1)% and (45.8 +/- 15.5)%, respectively (P < 0.05). Grade II - IV aGVHD occurred in 10 (26.3%) patients in HLA-M group and 6 (33.3%) in HLA-mis group, respectively (P > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
URD-BMT is an effective modality for the treatment of leukemia and MDS. The outcome after URD-BMT can be optimized by matching the HLA-A, B and DR alleles between the donor and recipient.
Bone Marrow Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
Bin
B
Liang
He
H
Huang
Zhen
Z
Cai
Wan-zhuo
WZ
Xie
Li
L
Li
Jing-song
JS
He
Yi
Y
Luo
Xiao-jian
XJ
Meng
Wei-yan
WY
Zheng
Jie
J
Zhang
Xiu-jin
XJ
Ye
Xiao-rong
XR
Hu
Shui-yun
SY
Chen
Ai-yun
AY
Jin
Mao-fang
MF
Lin
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous