Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (50): 8095-8101.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.50.011

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Parental haploidentical peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for treatment of children with refractory severe aplastic anemia 

 

Wan Ding-ming, Chen Xiao-na, Cao Wei-jie, Xing Hai-zhou, He Hai-yan, Liu Fei, Chen Shi-yu,
Pang Yu-qing   

  1. Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
  • Received:2015-10-25 Online:2015-12-03 Published:2015-12-03
  • Contact: Wan Ding-ming, Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
  • About author:Wan Ding-ming, M.D., Professor, Chief physician, Master’s supervisor, Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China Chen Xiao-na, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Funding for Phase III 211 Engineering, No. 142-52000570

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: For pediatric patients with aplastic anemia in China, it is difficult to find human leucocyte antigen-matched sibling donors that are mostly replaced by parental donors.
OBJECTIVE: To retrospectively analyze the clinical efficacy and safety of parental haploidentical peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children with relapsed and refractory severe aplastic anemia.
METHODS: Seventeen children with relapsed and refractory severe aplastic anemia who had no matched sibling or unrelated donor and failed to respond to immunosuppressive therapy were subjected to parental haploidentical peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. A conditioning regimen of fludarabine+cyclophosphamide+rabbit anti-human thymocyte immunoglobulin antibody and the triple therapy of methotrexate, cyclosporine A and mycophenolate mofetil were applied to prevent graft-versus-host disease.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Of the 17 children, 16 cases (94%) reached hematopoietic reconstitution, and the median time of neutrophils ≥ 0.5×109/L and platelets ≥ 20×109/L was 13 (11-15) days and 17 (12-28) 
days, respectively. (2) Incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease was 47% (8 of 17 cases), including 29% (5/17) of grades I-II and 18% (3/17) of grades III-IV. Incidence of chronic graft-versus-host disease was 41% (7/17). (3) With a median follow-up duration of 268 (43-753) days, the overall survival rate was 70.6% (12/17). Five dead cases (29%) belonged to transplantation-related death, including one case of fungal skin infections, one case of graft-versus-host disease, three cases of severe lung infection. No relapse case was reported. These findings indicate that if there are no matched sibling or unrelated donors and the immunosuppression effect is poor, parental haploidentical peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a safe and effective salvage treatment for children with relapsed and refractory severe aplastic anemia.
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