To investigate potential predictive parameters for successful collection of autologous peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC), 60 consecutive first mobilization attempts and 145 leukapheresis procedures for patients with hematologic malignancies (multiple myeloma: n = 20; acute leukemia: n = 27; lymphoma: n = 13) were analyzed. All patients underwent chemotherapy and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor combined mobilization protocols. PBSC collection began when white blood cell (WBC) count rebounded to >1.0 × 10(9)/L. Poor mobilization (PM) was defined as <2.0 × 10(6)/kg of ideal body weight CD34+ cells were collected from at least three leukapheresis procedures. PM incidence was 15% (9/60). On the first apheresis day, CD34+ cell yield was closely associated with the final yield. Failure to reach the first-day target of 0.7 × 10(6) CD34+ cells/kg was perfectly matched with PM. Circulating WBC and monocyte (MO) counts preleukapheresis had a positive correlation with final CD34+ cell yield. For the first-day apheresis target, receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that MO count had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.806 (P = 0.004). An optimal predictive cutoff value for MO count was 1.455 × 10(9)/L with both high sensitivity and specificity of 0.739 and 0.899, respectively. Patients who began leukapheresis with an MO count of ≥1.455 × 10(9)/L accomplished more successful first-day collections than those of their counterparts (P = 0.021). ROC analysis also showed preapheresis WBC count had a high AUC of 0.768 (P = 0.012). However, we could not find a WBC indicator to initiate leukapheresis. In conclusion, circulating MO count after mobilization is a helpful parameter to determine the optimal time point for starting a PBSC collection.
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