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BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 36, Issue 6, Pages 511-516Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705096
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stem cell transplantation; protective care; quality of life
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To prevent neutropenic infections, patients are kept in isolation rooms after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation ( ASCT). Patients living within one hours' driving distance from our unit were given the opportunity of treatment at home after ASCT during the pancytopenic phase. W e compared 36 patients treated at home during March 1998 until December 2000, with 54 controls treated in the hospital during September 1995 and September 2001. The incidence of grades II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was lower in the home care group compared to the controls, that is, 17 vs 44% (P < 0.01). The cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD was 52% in the home care group, compared to 57% in the controls. Transplant-related mortality (TRM) was 13% in the home care patients vs 44% in the controls ( P = 0.002). The probability of relapse was similar in the two groups. The 4-year survival was 63% in the home care patients compared to 44% in the controls ( P = 0.04). Home care after ASCT is a novel approach that resulted in less TRM, similar incidence of chronic GVHD and relapse, and improved long-term survival compared to controls treated in the hospital.
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