Reduced-toxicity alternate-donor stem cell transplantation with posttransplant cyclophosphamide for primary immunodeficiency disorders

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Jan;65(1). doi: 10.1002/pbc.26783. Epub 2017 Sep 13.

Abstract

We describe here the outcomes of reduced-toxicity alternate-donor stem cell transplant (SCT) with posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) for primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) in eight children (haploidentical-seven and matched unrelated donor-one). The conditioning was with serotherapy (alemtuzumab-3/rabbit-anti-thymoglobulin-5); fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and total body irradiation-5 (additional thiotepa-3); fludarabine and treosulfan-2; and fludarabine and busulfan-1. All received PTCy 50 mg/kg on days 3 and 4 as graft versus host disease prophylaxis along with tacrolimus and mycophenolate. Mean CD34 dose was 13.8 × 106 /kg. Two children died because of PIDs. Acute graft versus host disease up to grades I and II was seen in three children. All six survivors are fully donor and disease free at median follow-up of 753 days. Alternate donor SCT with PTCy is feasible in PID and has good outcomes.

Keywords: allogeneic; haploidentical; posttransplant cyclophosphamide; primary immunodeficiency disorders; reduced toxicity conditioning; stem cell transplant.

MeSH terms

  • Alemtuzumab / administration & dosage
  • Allografts
  • Antilymphocyte Serum / administration & dosage
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / mortality
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / therapy*
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Survival Rate
  • Thiotepa / administration & dosage
  • Transplantation Conditioning*
  • Unrelated Donors*
  • Whole-Body Irradiation

Substances

  • Antilymphocyte Serum
  • Alemtuzumab
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Thiotepa
  • thymoglobulin