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ANNALS OF HEMATOLOGY
Volume 84, Issue 5, Pages 321-330Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-004-0982-4
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hepatic VOD; allogeneic BMT; busulfan; oral; intravenous
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We investigated the occurrence of hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in 241 adults conditioned with busulan + cyclophosphamide at a single institute and retrospectively compared 186 patients who received oral busulfan (O-Bu group) with 55 patients who received intravenous busulfan (I-Bu group). Various hemostatic parameters were determined at baseline and on days 0, 7, 14, and 21. Hepatic VOD occurred in 41.7% of the O-Bu group and in 18.5% of the I-Bu group. Multivariate analysis revealed that the I-Bu group had significantly decreased risk of VOD compared to the O-Bu group [p = 0.006, odds ratio: (OR) 0.345]. Eleven patients in the O-Bu group and none of the I-Bu group developed severe VOD. A repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) with a between-subjects factor revealed significant differences in post-transplant levels of antithrombin III, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1), and D-dimer according to the occurrence of VOD. The level of antithrombin III was significantly lower, whereas the level of D-dimer was significantly higher, in the O-Bu group than in the I-Bu group. These findings show that, in adults conditioned with busulfan + cyclophosphamide, intravenous busulfan was associated with significantly decreased incidence of VOD and fewer hemostatic derangements after allogeneic BMT compared to oral busulfan.
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