Publication Date:
2017-12-07
Description:
Lack of a matched sibling or unrelated donor can be a significant barrier to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Haploidentical (haplo) donors are readily available for nearly all such patients. However, donor selection criteria to determine the optimal haplo donor are not readily available. In order to determine which donor characteristics are most important in predicting transplant success, we retrospectively analyzed 208 consecutive donor-recipient pairs receiving haplo HCT with post-transplant cyclophosphamide for hematologic malignancy. Donor characteristics were evaluated by multivariate Cox analysis and correlated with overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), relapse/progression, and non-relapse mortality (NRM), while controlling for significant patient and transplant-related factors. Donor variables analyzed included age, sex, relationship to recipient, CMV status, ABO compatibility, HLA disparity and several NK alloreactivity models (KIR receptor-ligand, ligand-ligand, haplotype, B content, activating KIR-based education systems, Sekine donor licensing model). Median (range) recipient and donor age was 52 (19-75) and 38 (15-73) years respectively, and 41% of donor-recipient pairs were non-Caucasian. Patients were transplanted for AML (34%), MDS/MPS/CML (20%), ALL (17%), NHL/HD/CLL (25%). PBSC was used as the stem cell source in 66% of patients, and conditioning intensity was myeloablative in 41%. The donor was a child, sibling, or parent in 47%, 38%, and 14% respectively. Median (range) follow-up for surviving patients was 33 (7-130) months. In multivariate Cox analysis, patient/transplant characteristics associated with improved OS and DFS included recipient age
Print ISSN:
0006-4971
Electronic ISSN:
1528-0020
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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