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Long-term outcome following hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: collaborative study of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies and European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Published inBlood, vol. 111, no. 1, p. 439-445
Publication date2008
Abstract

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare X-linked immunodeficiency with microthrombocytopenia, eczema, recurrent infections, autoimmune disorders, and malignancies that are life-threatening in the majority of patients. In this long-term, retrospective, multicenter study, we analyzed events that occurred in 96 WAS patients who received transplants between 1979 and 2001 who survived at least 2 years following hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT). Events included chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), autoimmunity, infections, and sequelae of before or after HSCT complications. Three patients (3%) died 2.1 to 21 years following HSCT. Overall 7-year event-free survival rate was 75%. It was lower in recipients of mismatched related donors, also in relation with an older age at HSCT and disease severity. The most striking finding was the observation of cGVHD-independent autoimmunity in 20% of patients strongly associated with a mixed/split chimerism status (P < .001), suggesting that residual-host lymphocytes can mediate autoimmune disease despite the coexistence of donor lymphocytes. Infectious complications (6%) related to splenectomy were also significant and may warrant a more restrictive approach to performing splenectomy in WAS patients. Overall, this study provides the basis for a prospective, standardized, and more in-depth detailed analysis of chimerism and events in long-term follow-up of WAS patients who receive transplants to design better-adapted therapeutic strategies.

Keywords
  • Adolescent
  • Autoimmune Diseases/etiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Europe
  • Graft vs Host Disease/etiology
  • *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Immune System/*immunology
  • Infant
  • Recovery of Function/*immunology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Splenectomy
  • Survival Rate
  • Transplantation Chimera
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome/*immunology/surgery/*therapy
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OZSAHIN, Ayse Hulya et al. Long-term outcome following hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: collaborative study of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies and European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. In: Blood, 2008, vol. 111, n° 1, p. 439–445. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-03-076679
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