TY - JOUR
T1 - Preceding immunosuppressive therapy with antithymocyte globulin and ciclosporin increases the incidence of graft rejection in children with aplastic anaemia who underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from HLA-identical siblings
AU - Kobayashi, Ryoji
AU - Yabe, Hiromasa
AU - Hara, Junichi
AU - Morimoto, Akira
AU - Tsuchida, Masahiro
AU - Mugishima, Hideo
AU - Ohara, Akira
AU - Tsukimoto, Ichiro
AU - Kato, Koji
AU - Kigasawa, Hisato
AU - Tabuchi, Ken
AU - Nakahata, Tatsutoshi
AU - Ohga, Shoichi
AU - Kojima, Seiji
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - The incidence of graft rejection was determined in 66 children with acquired aplastic anaemia (AA) following bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from a related donor. Eleven of 65 evaluable patients experienced either early or late rejection. Multivariate analysis identified previous immunosuppressive therapy with antithymocyte-globulin (ATG) and ciclosporin (CsA) as a risk factor for graft rejection (relative risk: 16.6, P = 0.001). Patients who received ATG and CsA had a significantly lower probability of failure-free survival than those who did not (69.7 ± 6.2% vs. 87.9 ± 8.0%, P = 0.044). These results suggest that BMT should be instituted immediately in children with severe AA who have human leucocyte antigen-identical siblings.
AB - The incidence of graft rejection was determined in 66 children with acquired aplastic anaemia (AA) following bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from a related donor. Eleven of 65 evaluable patients experienced either early or late rejection. Multivariate analysis identified previous immunosuppressive therapy with antithymocyte-globulin (ATG) and ciclosporin (CsA) as a risk factor for graft rejection (relative risk: 16.6, P = 0.001). Patients who received ATG and CsA had a significantly lower probability of failure-free survival than those who did not (69.7 ± 6.2% vs. 87.9 ± 8.0%, P = 0.044). These results suggest that BMT should be instituted immediately in children with severe AA who have human leucocyte antigen-identical siblings.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06352.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06352.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17038001
AN - SCOPUS:33750542315
SN - 0007-1048
VL - 135
SP - 693
EP - 696
JO - British Journal of Haematology
JF - British Journal of Haematology
IS - 5
ER -