Prophylactic T cell infusion after T cell-depleted bone marrow transplantation in patients with refractory lymphoma

C. K. Lee, M. De Magalhaes-Silverman, R. J. Hohl, M. Hayashi, J. Buatti, B. C. Wen, A. Schlueter, R. G. Strauss, R. D. Gingrich

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Abstract

Fifty-two patients with refractory lymphoma were prospectively treated with prophylactic T lymphocyte infusion after T cell-depleted allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, to induce graft-versus-lymphoma effect. Thirty-three patients had related donors; 19 had unrelated donors. After transplantation with marrow that had 0.8 ± 0.4 × 105 CD3+ cells/kg, T cells up to 1.75 × 106 CD3+ cells/kg were given over 3 months provided ≥ grade II acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) was not seen. The cumulative incidence of grades II-IV acute GVHD was 69%. Twenty of 32 evaluable patients (63%) developed chronic GVHD. Ten patients (19%) died of GVHD. The Kaplan-Meier 5-year overall survival of all patients was 34%. On multivariate analyses, chronic GVHD was significant for relapse (hazard ratio of 1.7, P < 0.05), and for overall survival (hazard ratio 1.4, P< 0.001). Chemosensitivity was significant for relapse only on univariate analysis. Patients who developed chronic GVHD had 4 years median survival, compared with 9 months in patients without chronic GVHD, P < 0.001. The study shows that patients with chronic GVHD have superior survivals, most probably related to a graft-versus-lymphoma effect, which could be modulated by prophylactic T cell infusion.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)615-620
Number of pages6
JournalBone Marrow Transplantation
Volume29
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hematology
  • Transplantation

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