Abstract
BACKGROUND: The importance of chimerism status in the very early period after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is unclear. We determined PBMC and T-cell donor chimerism 50 days after transplantation and related this to disease relapse and overall survival.
METHODS: 144 sequential patients underwent transplantation of which 90 had AML/MDS and 54 had lymphoma. 'Full donor chimerism' was defined as ≥99% donor cells and three patient groups were defined: 40% with full donor chimerism (FC) in both PBMC and T-cells; 25% with mixed chimerism (MC) within both compartments and 35% with 'split' chimerism (SC) characterised by full donor chimerism within PBMC and mixed chimerism within T-cells.
RESULTS: In patients with myeloid disease a pattern of mixed chimerism (MC) was associated with a one year relapse rate of 45% and a five year overall survival of 40% compared to values of 8% and 75%, and 17% and 60%, for those with SC or FC respectively. The pattern of chimerism had no impact on clinical outcome for lymphoma.
CONCLUSION: The pattern of lineage-specific chimerism at 50 days after transplantation is highly predictive of clinical outcome for patients with myeloid malignancy and may help to guide subsequent clinical management.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 106173 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Leukemia Research |
Volume | 83 |
Early online date | 18 Jun 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Keywords
- Chimerism
- AML
- Allogeneic-HSCT
- Relapse