Transplantation of enriched CD34-positive autologous marrow into breast cancer patients following high-dose chemotherapy : influence of CD34-positive peripheral-blood progenitors and growth factors on engraftment

PURPOSE: To evaluate the capacity of enriched CD34-positive (CD34+) progenitor cells to reconstitute hematopoiesis in poor-prognosis breast cancer patients following administration of a high-dose alkylating agent chemotherapy regimen.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-four breast cancer patients received high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow support (ABMS) with CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells in five sequentially treated cohorts. Following infusion of CD34+ marrow, cohort no. 1 received no growth factor, cohort no. 2 received granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), and cohort no. 3 received granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Cohort no. 4 received the CD34+ fractions of both marrow and peripheral-blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) plus G-CSF. Cohort no. 5 received only the CD34+ PBPCs plus G-CSF. Immunohistochemical staining for breast cancer was performed on all hematopoietic cell products before and after the positive selection procedure, to assess quantitatively the level of tumor-cell contamination.

RESULTS: Cohorts no. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 achieved a granulocyte count > or = 500 x 10(9)/L in a median of 23, 10, 16, 11, and 11 days, with a platelet count greater than 20,000 x 10(9)/L documented in a median of 22, 23, 32, 12, and 10 days, respectively. The time to granulocyte reconstitution was significantly shorter for patients who received CD34+ PBPCs alone (cohort no. 5), or in combination with CD34+ marrow (cohort no. 4), when compared with those who received only the CD34+ marrow fraction (P < .01). From 1 to greater than 4 logs of breast cancer cell depletion were documented after CD34-selection, for patients in whom tumor was initially detected.

CONCLUSION: CD34+ marrow and/or PBPCs provide reliable and timely hematopoietic reconstitution in breast cancer patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy. Contamination of both marrow and PBPCs with breast cancer cells was reduced using this positive selection technique.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1994

Erschienen:

1994

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 12(1994), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 28-36

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shpall, E J [VerfasserIn]
Jones, R B [VerfasserIn]
Bearman, S I [VerfasserIn]
Franklin, W A [VerfasserIn]
Archer, P G [VerfasserIn]
Curiel, T [VerfasserIn]
Bitter, M [VerfasserIn]
Claman, H N [VerfasserIn]
Stemmer, S M [VerfasserIn]
Purdy, M [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antigens, CD
Antigens, CD34
Colony-Stimulating Factors
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 31.01.1994

Date Revised 10.02.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM074821652