Reduced-Intensity Conditioning and Dual T Lymphocyte Suppression with Antithymocyte Globulin and Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide as Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis in Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants for Hematological Malignancies.

ABSTRACT: Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haploHSCT) with conditioning regimens using post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) for peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) grafts is limited by comparably higher rates of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) may mitigate this risk. We evaluated haploHSCT after reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) with ATG, PTCy, and cyclosporine to prevent rejection and GVHD. Fifty adults underwent haploHSCT from August 2016 to February 2018. RIC included fludarabine (30 mg/m²/day on days -5 to -2), busulfan (3.2 mg/m²/day on days -3 and -2), and total body irradiation (200 cGy) on day -1. Unmanipulated PBSCs were infused on day 0. GVHD prophylaxis included ATG (4.5 mg/kg over days -3 to

SUBMITTER: Law AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7110605 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature