ISSN:
1432-1335
Keywords:
Key words Mobilization
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Chemotherapy
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Correlating CFU-GM and CD34+ cells
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract We examined the efficiency of disease-specific “standard” chemotherapies epirubicin, cyclophosphamide (EC); cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, etoposide, prednisolone (CHOEP); epirubicin, ifosfamide (EPI/IFOS) for peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) mobilization in comparison to well-characterized mobilization protocols, i.e. etoposide, ifosfamide, cisplatin, epirubicin (VIPE) and dexamethasone, carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan (DexaBEAM). Twenty-seven patients with various malignancies underwent 75 apheresis procedures for PBPC collection. Median cell yields from all 75 aphereses were 1.18 × 105 mononuclear cells/kg [range (0.28–3.7) × 108], 1.4 × 105 granulocyte/macrophage-colony-forming units (CFU-GM)/kg [range (0.2–11) × 105] and 3.3 × 106 CD34+cells/kg [range (0.35–17.7) × 106. CD34+/CD90+ cells could be mobilized by all mobilization regimens used. The difference observed in the mobilization of CD34+ cells was only of low significance when the mobilization regimens were compared, whereas the mobilizations of MNC and CFU-GM were significantly different between the groups. Breast cancer patients treated with the VIPE regimen (including pretreated women) had a significantly higher CFU-GM rate than patients treated with EC (P = 0.0005). Mobilized CD34+ PBPC were correlated with CFU-GM in all apheresis products. The linear correlation coefficients differed for the various mobilization groups: DexaBEAM (r=0.9, P 〈 0.0001), VIPE (r = 0.68, P = 0.0024), CHOEP (r = 0.52, P = 0.022), EPI/IFOS (r=0.34, P=0.11) and EC (r=0.23, P=0.2). We conclude that clonogenic assays can provide additional information about the autotransplant quality, particularly when alternative or new mobilization regimens are being investigated.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004320050180
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