Browsing by Author "Martin, PL"

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    A novel reduced-intensity conditioning regimen for unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation in children with nonmalignant diseases
    (Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2014) Parikh, SH; Mendizabal, A; Benjamin, CL; Komanduri, KV; Antony, J; Petrovic, A; Hale, G; Driscoll, TA; Martin, PL; Page, KM; Flickinger, K; Moffet, J; Niedzwiecki, D; Kurtzberg, J; Szabolcs, P
    Reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens have the potential to decrease transplantation-related morbidity and mortality. However, engraftment failure has been prohibitively high after RIC unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) in chemotherapy-naïve children with nonmalignant diseases (NMD). Twenty-two children with a median age of 2.8years, many with severe comorbidities and prior viral infections, were enrolled in a novel RIC protocol consisting of hydroxyurea, alemtuzumab, fludarabine, melphalan, and thiotepa followed by single UCBT. Patients underwent transplantation for inherited metabolic disorders (n=8), primary immunodeficiencies (n=9), hemoglobinopathies (n=4) and Diamond Blackfan anemia (n=1). Most umbilical cord blood (UCB) units were HLA-mismatched with median infused total nucleated cell dose of 7.9× 107/kg. No serious organ toxicities were attributable to the regimen. The cumulative incidence of neutrophil engraftment was 86.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 65% to 100%) in a median of 20days, with the majority sustaining>95% donor chimerism at 1year. Cumulative incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) grades II to IV and III to IV by day 180 was 27.3% (95% CI, 8.7% to 45.9%) and 13.6% (95 CI, 0% to 27.6%), respectively. Cumulative incidence of extensive chronic GVHD was 9.1% (95% CI, 0% to 20.8%). The primary causes of death were viral infections (n=3), acute GVHD (n=1) and transfusion reaction (n=1). One-year overall and event-free survivals were 77.3% (95% CI, 53.7% to 89.8%) and 68.2% (95% CI, 44.6% to 83.4%) with 31months median follow-up. This is the first RIC protocol demonstrating durable UCB engraftment in children with NMD. Future risk-based modifications of this regimen could decrease the incidence of viral infections. (www.clinicaltrials.gov/NCT00744692). © 2014 American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
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    Durable Chimerism and Long-Term Survival Following Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Pediatric Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: a Single Center Experience
    (Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2017-10) Patel, SA; allewelt, HA; Troy, JD; Martin, PL; Driscoll, TA; Prasad, VK; Kurtzberg, J; Page, KM; Parikh, SH