Low-dose methotrexate may preserve a stronger antileukemic effect than that of cyclosporine after modified donor lymphocyte infusion in unmanipulated haploidentical HSCT

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To compare the impacts of low-dose methotrexate (MTX) with cyclosporine (CSA) on graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect after haploidentical modified donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI). Fifty-five consecutive patients who had relapsed acute leukemia after haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and received modified DLI were retrospectively studied. Forty-one patients received CSA and 14 received low-dose MTX after DLI to prevent DLI-associated GVHD. The incidence of acute GVHD and grade 2-4 acute GVHD in MTX group showed a trend toward being higher than in CSA group (61.0% vs. 37.3%, p = 0.198 and 61.0% vs. 35.5%, p = 0.155). However, no significant difference in the incidence of grade 3-4 acute GVHD between two groups (p = 0.982) was observed. Moreover, compared with CSA, patients treated with MTX had lower re-relapse rate (38.1% vs. 80.8%, p = 0.029), better disease-free survival (DFS) (51.9% vs. 15.6%, p = 0.06), and higher absolute lymphocyte counts at 30, 45, 60, and 90 d after modified DLI (p < 0.05). This study suggested that after haploidentical modified DLI, low-dose MTX is at least as effective as CSA in the prevention of DLI-associated GVHD and probably allowed stronger GVL effect than CSA. This phenomenon was probably due to a direct antitumor effect and a better reconstitution of lymphocytes after modified DLI induced by low-dose MTX.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Clinical transplantation - 29(2015), 7 vom: 27. Juli, Seite 594-605

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yan, Chen-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Lan-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Dai-hong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jing-zhi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Feng-rong [VerfasserIn]
Han, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Kai-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xiao-Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Comparative Study
Cyclosporine
Graft-versus-host disease
Graft-versus-leukemia effect
Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Methotrexate
Modified donor lymphocyte infusion
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Date Completed 05.05.2016

Date Revised 20.07.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ctr.12561

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NLM248970682