Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients with hematologic disorders: a report from the center for international blood and marrow transplant research

Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Jul;15(7):864-71. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.03.023.

Abstract

The role of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients is not known. Using the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research database, we retrospectively evaluated 23 HIV-positive patients undergoing matched sibling donor (n = 19) or unrelated donor (n = 4) alloHCT between 1987 and 2003. The median age at alloHCT was 32 years. Indications for alloHCT were diverse and included malignant (n = 21) and nonmalignant (n = 2) hematologic disorders. Nine patients (39%) underwent transplantation after 1996, the approximate year that highly active antiretroviral therapy became standard treatment. The median time to neutrophil engraftment was 16 days (range, 7 to 30 days), and the cumulative incidences of grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) at 100 days, chronic GVHD (cGVHD), and survival at 2 years were 30% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 14% to 50%), 28% (95% CI = 12% to 48%), and 30% (95% CI = 14% to 50%), respectively. At a median follow-up of 59 months, 6 patients were alive. Survival appears to be better in the patients undergoing alloHCT after 1996; 4 of these 9 patients survived, compared with only 2 of 14 those undergoing transplantation before 1996. These data suggest that alloHCT is feasible for selected HIV-positive patients with malignant and nonmalignant disorders. Prospective studies are needed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this modality in specific diseases in these patients.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • Child
  • Chronic Disease
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Graft Survival
  • Graft vs Host Disease / mortality
  • Graft vs Host Disease / therapy
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications
  • HIV Seropositivity / mortality*
  • HIV Seropositivity / therapy*
  • Hematologic Diseases / complications
  • Hematologic Diseases / mortality*
  • Hematologic Diseases / therapy*
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Survival Rate
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation, Homologous