Bone marrow transplantation for Fanconi anemia. Blood 1995 Oct 01;86(7):2856-62
Date
10/01/1995Pubmed ID
7670120DOI
10.1182/blood.v86.7.2856.2856Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0029157355 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 223 CitationsAbstract
Fanconi anemia is a genetic disorder associated with diverse congenital abnormalities, progressive bone marrow failure, and increased risk of leukemia and other cancers. Affected persons often die before 30 years of age. Bone marrow transplantation is an effective treatment, but there are few data regarding factors associated with transplant outcome. We analyzed outcomes of HLA-identical sibling (N = 151) or alternative related or unrelated donor (N = 48) bone marrow transplants for Fanconi anemia performed between 1978 and 1994 and reported to the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry. Fanconi anemia was documented by cytogenetic studies in all cases. Patient, disease, and treatment factors associated with survival were determined using Cox proportional hazards regression. Two-year probabilities (95% confidence interval) of survival were 66% (58% to 73%) after HLA-identical siblings transplants and 29% (18% to 43%) after alternative donor transplants. Younger patient age (P .0001), higher pretransplant platelet counts (P = .04), use of antithymocyte globulin (P = .005), and use of low-dose (15 to 25 mg/kg) cyclophosphamide plus limited field irradiation (P = .009) for pretransplant conditioning and cyclosporine for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis (P = .002) were associated with increased survival. Bone marrow transplants are effective therapy for Fanconi anemia. The adverse impact of increasing age and lower pretransplant platelet count on transplant outcome favors earlier intervention, especially when there is an HLA-identical sibling donor.
Author List
Gluckman E, Auerbach AD, Horowitz MM, Sobocinski KA, Ash RC, Bortin MM, Butturini A, Camitta BM, Champlin RE, Friedrich W, Good RA, Gordon-Smith EC, Harris RE, Klein JP, Ortega JJ, Pasquini R, Ramsay NK, Speck B, Vowels MR, Zhang MJ, Gale RPAuthors
Mary M. Horowitz MD, MS Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMei-Jie Zhang PhD Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Child
Child, Preschool
Cyclophosphamide
Cyclosporine
Fanconi Anemia
Female
Graft vs Host Disease
Histocompatibility
Humans
Infant
Male
Methotrexate
Survival Rate