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Article: Allogeneic bone marrow transplantasion for severe aplastic anemia: The Hong Kong scenario

TitleAllogeneic bone marrow transplantasion for severe aplastic anemia: The Hong Kong scenario
Authors
KeywordsAllogeneic BMT
ATG
GVHD
Severe aplastic anemia
Issue Date1998
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/3182
Citation
Hematological Oncology, 1998, v. 16 n. 2, p. 41-46 How to Cite?
AbstractSevere aplastic anemia (SAA) is a disease associated with high mortality. For young patients with HLA identical siblings, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) offers the best chance of cure. Favourable results have also been reported using immunosuppressive therapy (IST). Transplantation is usually favoured for patients below 45 years of age. We report our experience of 11 allogeneic and one syngeneic BMT for adult Chinese patients with SAA, over a 4-year period from 1991 to 1995. Ten of the 12 (83 per cent) patients had received and failed prior IST including anti- thymocyte globulin (ATG) before being referred for BMT. Neutrophil and platelet engraftment was successful in 11 of them (92 per cent) and nine were completely transfusion independent after transplantation. Their overall 3- year survival was 67 per cent. The compromised overall result was due to a number of cases transplanted after a long time delay. No patient transplanted beyond 3 years from the initial time of diagnosis of SAA achieved long-term marrow engraftment, and they all eventually succumbed. On univariate analysis, a longer time delay and hence a larger amount of blood products exposure, were highly significantly statistically associated with inferior marrow engraftment and patient survival. Other factors including age, iron status, infused cell dose and the conditioning protocol were not found to significantly affect engraftment and survival. Graft versus host disease was clinically mild or absent in most patients. This may be related to ethnicity or previous ATG exposure. In conclusion, early allogeneic BMT was a safe and effective treatment in our small series of patients with SAA failing IST.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/162259
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dc.contributor.authorLie, AKWen_US
dc.contributor.authorKwong, YLen_US
dc.contributor.authorChan, TKen_US
dc.contributor.authorChim, CSen_US
dc.contributor.authorLee, CKen_US
dc.contributor.authorChiu, EKWen_US
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Ren_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-05T05:18:27Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-05T05:18:27Z-
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.identifier.citationHematological Oncology, 1998, v. 16 n. 2, p. 41-46en_US
dc.identifier.issn0278-0232en_US
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dc.description.abstractSevere aplastic anemia (SAA) is a disease associated with high mortality. For young patients with HLA identical siblings, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) offers the best chance of cure. Favourable results have also been reported using immunosuppressive therapy (IST). Transplantation is usually favoured for patients below 45 years of age. We report our experience of 11 allogeneic and one syngeneic BMT for adult Chinese patients with SAA, over a 4-year period from 1991 to 1995. Ten of the 12 (83 per cent) patients had received and failed prior IST including anti- thymocyte globulin (ATG) before being referred for BMT. Neutrophil and platelet engraftment was successful in 11 of them (92 per cent) and nine were completely transfusion independent after transplantation. Their overall 3- year survival was 67 per cent. The compromised overall result was due to a number of cases transplanted after a long time delay. No patient transplanted beyond 3 years from the initial time of diagnosis of SAA achieved long-term marrow engraftment, and they all eventually succumbed. On univariate analysis, a longer time delay and hence a larger amount of blood products exposure, were highly significantly statistically associated with inferior marrow engraftment and patient survival. Other factors including age, iron status, infused cell dose and the conditioning protocol were not found to significantly affect engraftment and survival. Graft versus host disease was clinically mild or absent in most patients. This may be related to ethnicity or previous ATG exposure. In conclusion, early allogeneic BMT was a safe and effective treatment in our small series of patients with SAA failing IST.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/3182en_US
dc.relation.ispartofHematological Oncologyen_US
dc.subjectAllogeneic BMT-
dc.subjectATG-
dc.subjectGVHD-
dc.subjectSevere aplastic anemia-
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshAnemia, Aplastic - Therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshBone Marrow Transplantationen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHong Kongen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshImmunosuppressive Agents - Therapeutic Useen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshRetreatmenten_US
dc.subject.meshRetrospective Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshTransplantation, Homologousen_US
dc.titleAllogeneic bone marrow transplantasion for severe aplastic anemia: The Hong Kong scenarioen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailKwong, YL:ylkwong@hku.hken_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/(SICI)1099-1069(199806)16:2<41::AID-HON621>3.0.CO;2-Oen_US
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dc.identifier.volume16en_US
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