Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, antithymocyte globulin, with or without low dose total body irradiation, for alternative donor transplants, in acquired severe aplastic anemia: a retrospective study from the EBMT-SAA Working Party

Andrea Bacigalupo, Gerard Socie', Edoardo Lanino, Arcangelo Prete, Franco Locatelli, Anna Locasciulli, Simone Cesaro, Avichai Shimoni, Judith Marsh, Mats Brune, Maria Teresa Van Lint, Rosi Oneto, Jacob Passweg

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Abstract

BackgroundWe analyzed the outcome of 100 patients with acquired severe aplastic anemia undergoing an alternative donor transplant, after immune suppressive therapy had failed.Design and MethodsAs a conditioning regimen, patients received either a combination of fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and antithymocyte globulin (n=52, median age 13 years) or this combination with the addition of low dose (2 Gy) total body irradiation (n=48, median age 27 years).ResultsWith a median follow-up of 1665 and 765 days, the actuarial 5-year survival was 73% for the group that received fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and antithymocyte globulin and 79% for the group given the conditioning regimen including total body irradiation. Acute graft-versus-host disease grade III-IV was seen in 18% and 7% of the groups, respectively. Graft failure was seen in 17 patients with an overall cumulative incidence of 17% in patients receiving conditioning with or without total body irradiation: 9 of these 17 patients survive in the long-term. The most significant predictor of survival was the interval between diagnosis and transplantation, with 5-year survival rates of 87% and 55% for patients grafted within 2 years of diagnosis and more than 2 years after diagnosis, respectively (P=0.0004). Major causes of death were graft failure (n=7), post-transplant-lymphoproliferative-disease (n=4) and graft-versus-host disease (n=4).ConclusionsThis study confirms positive results of alternative donor transplants in patients with severe aplastic anemia, the best outcomes being achieved in patients grafted within 2 years of diagnosis. Prevention of rejection and Epstein-Barr virus reactivation may further improve these results.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)976-982
Numero di pagine7
RivistaHaematologica
Volume95
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2010

Keywords

  • aplastic anemia
  • unrelated transplants
  • fludarabine
  • graft versus host disease
  • graft failure

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