title: Allogeneic peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for patients with hematologic malignancies.
abstract: To investigate the therapeutic effects and associated complications of allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (allo-PBSCT). 40 patients with various malignant hematopoietic diseases received allo-PBSCT. The preparative regimens were based on BUCY2 or modified BUCY2. The acute graft-versus host disease (aGVHD) was prevented by cyclosporin A and short-term MTX regimen in all patients. Two patients from donors with one fully mismatched HLA on DRB1 locus and 4 from unrelated donor also administered Zenapox (CD25 MAb) at dosage of 1 mg/kg every day on the day before transplantation and day 4 after transplantation. These 6 patients were also treated with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). Transfusion of the donor cells: The median of the transfused nucleated cells was 5.38 x 10(8)/kg and that of the CD34+ cells was 7.8 x 10(6)/kg respectively. All the patients gained hematopoietic reconstruction except one who died of infection before engraftment. Seven patients got II degrees-IV degrees aGVHI) and the incidence was 17.5%. Fourteen patients got cGVHD and the incidence was 53.8% in the patients who survived over 6 months. Twenty-eight patients had fever or other characteristics of infection. The median follow-up time was 13.8 months. The incidence of transplantation related mortality (TRM) was 17.5% and 2 patients relapsed (5.0%). It was concluded that allo-PBSCT can reconstruct hematopoiesis quickly and is a favorable therapeutic method for leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of' Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
authors.forename: Linghui
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Huijuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000628:therapy*; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000628:therapy; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D016572:Cyclosporine