Steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease graded III-IV in pediatric patients. A mono-institutional experience with a long-term follow-up

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aGvHD remains a major obstacle to successful HSCT. We report our experience on steroid-refractory aGvHD III and IV from 1989 to 2017. Ninety patients with aGvHD III or IV were stratified according to the HSCT year: 1989-1998, 1999-2007, and 2008-2017 and to aGvHD extension (GvHD III vs IV) and finally the probability of OS, RI, and TRM was calculated accordingly. aGvHD III patients had a substantial improvement over time: day 100 OS raised from 64% (95% CI 39-89) in the first cohort to 100% in the latest (P = .022), and it was mainly due to a reduction of TRM (it was 28% [95% CI 12-65] in the first cohort to 0% in the latest (P = .01). The aGvHD IV patients did not present a significant improvement. Day 100 OS was 42% (95% CI 16-68) in the first group and 54% (95% CI 25-83) in the year 2008-2017 (P = NS), and the day-100 TRM was very similar (it was 57% [95% CI 36-90] in the first cohort and 45% [95% CI 23-89] in the latest (P = NS). We report significant improvements in OS and TRM in patients diagnosed with grade III aGvHD. Patients with the most severe aGvHD appear to have no or fewer benefits on long-term outcomes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Pediatric transplantation - 24(2020), 7 vom: 01. Nov., Seite e13806

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Berger, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Pessolano, Rosanna [VerfasserIn]
Carraro, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Saglio, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Vassallo, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Fagioli, Franca [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Children
Glucocorticoids
Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Severe acute graft-versus-host disease
Survival

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Date Completed 07.10.2021

Date Revised 07.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/petr.13806

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NLM314178627