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The challenge of long-term follow-up of survivors of childhood acute leukemia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in resource-limited countries: A single-center report from Brazil. Pediatr Transplant 2020 Jun;24(4):e13691

Date

04/05/2020

Pubmed ID

32246550

DOI

10.1111/petr.13691

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85082929166 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   2 Citations

Abstract

With the number of long-term HSCT survivors steadily increasing, attention needs to be focused on the late complications and quality of life. We therefore analyzed the outcome of 101 pediatric patients (<18 years old at the time of HSCT) transplanted for acute leukemia between 1981 and 2015 at Complexo Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, and who survived at least two years after HSCT. The median follow-up was 5.9 years (2.0-29.0); median age at follow-up was 17.5 years (2.98-39.0). The 5-year cumulative incidence of relapse was 27.5% (95% CI 18.6%-36.4%). Two-year cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD was 21.8% (95% CI 13.7%-29.8%). Of the 101 patients, 72 patients (71.3%) presented with late effects. Those surviving longer after HSCT experienced more complications. Patients who received TBI-based regimen developed more late effects (P = .013) and more endocrinological complications (P = .024). Endocrinological complications were the most common late sequelae found in this study. For childhood survivors, quality of life was not influenced by age (at HSCT or at last visit), time from HSCT, gender, donor, or GVHD. For survivors that no longer were children, only age at last visit impacted financial domain measures, irrespective of gender, donor, or GVHD. The current study confirms the high burden late complications after pediatric HSCT have on the survivors and underlines the importance of extended follow-up.

Author List

Marinho DH, Ribeiro LL, Nichele S, Loth G, Koliski A, Mousquer RTG, Funke VAM, Page K, Fasth A, Pasquini R, Boguszewski MCDS, Bonfim C

Author

Kristin Page MD, MHS, MEd Associate Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Brazil
Cancer Survivors
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Graft vs Host Disease
Health Resources
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Humans
Infant
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Male
Postoperative Complications
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors