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BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 82-89Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.08.041
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- NCI NIH HHS [P01 CA142106-06A1, P01 CA142106] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [P01 HL070149] Funding Source: Medline
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Umbilical cord blood (UBC) stem cells are a useful stem cell source for patients without matched related or unrelated donors. Adult transplantation with single UBC units is associated with high transplantation-related mortality (TRM). In most cases, mortality is due to infection related to slow engraftment and immunoincompetence. In this study, we used a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen of fludarabine, melphalan, and antithymocyte globulin followed by 2 partially matched UBC units. The UBC units were a 4/6 HLA match or better with each other and with the patient and achieved a minimum precryopreservation cell dose of 3.7 x 10(7) nucleated cells/kg. A total of 21 patients (median age, 49 years) were treated. The median time to an absolute neutrophil count >0.5 x 10(9)/L was 20 days, and the median time to an unsupported platelet count >20 x 10(9)/L was 41 days. Two patients experienced primary graft failure and underwent a second UBC transplantation. One patient had a late graft failure. Acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) grade II-IV occurred in 40% of patients. The 100-day TRM was 14%, and the 1-year disease-free survival was 67%. Mixed chimerism was associated with a higher risk of chronic GVHD. Our findings indicate that adult patients can tolerate double UBC transplantation well and achieve sustained antitumor responses using this reduced-intensity conditioning regimen. (C) 2007 American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
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