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transplantation procedure (for Allo HSCT)
Pre-Tx conditioning regimen goal:
immunosuppression to allow donor cell engraftment & anti-tumor efficacy to ↓ relapse risk. Type and dose of agents determine this balance.
Myeloablative conditioning:
high-dose chemo and/or total body irradiation.
- Low relapse rates,
- high immunosuppression,
- higher transplant-related morbidity.
Reduced-intensity conditioning (“RIC”):
- lower dose of chemo →
- ↓ transplant-related morbidity/mortality,
- but ↑ relapse b/c it relies more on GVT effect
- (Blood 2015;126:23).
- Allows allo HSCT
- for older adults (>60) or
- Pts w/ comorbidities.
Sources of hematopoietic stem cells (NEJM 2012;367:1487)
Bone marrow (BM):
- original source
- preferred in non-malignant disease,
- ↓ GVHD rates
Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC):
- easier to collect
- more commonly used
- BM vs. PBSC ≈ survival
- BM ↓ chronic GVHD, PBSC ↓ graft failure
- faster engraftment
Umbilical cord blood stem cells (UCB): see above in Types of Allo HSCT
Engraftment:
- (ANC) recovers to 500/µL w/in
- 2 wk w/ PBSC
- 2.5 wk w/ BM
- 4 wk w/ UCB
- G-CSF accelerates recovery by 3–5 d in all scenarios.