Marrow transplantation from HLA-matched unrelated donors for treatment of hematologic malignancies.
Journal Article
Less than 40% of the patients who could benefit from marrow transplantation have an HLA-matched relative who can serve as a donor. For this reason, several centers have explored marrow transplantation from other categories of donors. This retrospective study analyzes the results of marrow transplantation for 52 patients receiving grafts from HLA-A,B,DR,Dw-phenotypically matched, MLC-compatible, unrelated volunteer donors compared to a disease, disease-stage, and age-matched cohort of 104 patients transplanted from HLA-genotypically identical sibling donors. The patients transplanted from unrelated donors had an increased incidence of grade II-IV acute graft-versus-host disease compared to patients transplanted from related donors (79% vs. 36%, P much less than 0.001). However, the probability of relapse-free survival appears similar in the two groups (P = 0.39 over all, with estimates of 41% vs. 46% at 1 year). We conclude from this preliminary data that marrow transplantation from HLA-matched unrelated donors should be considered in most, if not all, circumstances where transplantation from an HLA-matched sibling would be indicated if such a donor were available.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Beatty, PG; Hansen, JA; Longton, GM; Thomas, ED; Sanders, JE; Martin, PJ; Bearman, SI; Anasetti, C; Petersdorf, EW; Mickelson, EM
Published Date
- February 1991
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 51 / 2
Start / End Page
- 443 - 447
PubMed ID
- 1994541
Pubmed Central ID
- 1994541
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0041-1337
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1097/00007890-199102000-00034
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States