Unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation for 100 pediatric patients: A single institute's experience

K. Yumura-Yagi*, M. Inoue, N. Sakata, T. Okamura, M. Yasui, A. Sawada, E. Sato, K. Chayama, C. Endo, M. Sasabe, T. Miyamura, Y. D. Park, T. Nakano, J. Inagaki, T. Kishimoto, K. Nomura, I. Saito, S. Hamada, T. Nakano, Y. HashiiK. Kawa

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Abstract

In all, 100 unrelated donor bone marrow transplantations (UD-BMT) were performed in our institute between October 1993 and January 2003. Of 93 evaluable patients, 73 patients had hematological malignancy, 13 had nonmalignancy and seven had lymphoproliferative disease. The estimated 9-year event-free survival (EFS) rate was 57.1±5.5% in all patients. In the following analyses of the patients with hematological malignancy, the standard group had significantly better EFS than the high-risk group (61.5±7.0 vs 35.6±9.7%, P = 0.02), and the EFS rate of the tacrolimus (FK-506) + methotrexate (MTX)±methylprednisolone prophylactic group for graft-versus-host disease was superior to that of the FK-506 without MTX group (75.7±8.0 vs 55.8±7.6%, P = 0.02). When we compared the EFS rates of the FK506+MTX±methylprednisolone (mPSL) group and the HLA-matched related donor BMT group in our institute, these were almost similar (75.7±8.1 vs 68.4±9.3%). Therefore, UD-BMT using FK-506+MTX± mPSL is a safe and useful method for children with hematological malignancy who require allogeneic BMT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)307-313
Number of pages7
JournalBone Marrow Transplantation
Volume36
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005/08

Keywords

  • Children
  • Tacrolimus
  • Unrelated bone marrow transplantation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hematology
  • Transplantation

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