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Trial reportBone marrow transplantation2004

Cyclosporine alone vs cyclosporine plus methotrexate for post-transplant immunosuppression after HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantation: a randomized prospective study.

K-H Lee, S-J Choi, J-H Lee, S Kim, M Seol, Y-S Lee, W-K Kim, J-S Lee, J-H Lee

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Trial report in Bone marrow transplantation, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

K-H LeeSections of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. khlee2@amc.seoul.kr
S-J Choi
J-H Lee
S Kim
M Seol
Y-S Lee
W-K Kim
J-S Lee
J-H Lee
University of Ulsan · KRLymphoma Research Foundation · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of methotrexate (MTX), given with cyclosporine (CS), after HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantation needs to be defined. In all, 80 patients with hematologic malignancies were enrolled in a prospective randomized trial. All were given BuCy conditioning. The 40 patients in the CS arm received CS 3 mg/kg/day intravenously, with subsequent oral dosing. Patients in the CS + MTX arm received, in addition to CS, MTX intravenously, 15 mg/m2 on day 1, and 10 mg/m2 on days 3, 6, and 11. Transplantation-related mortality was low in both groups of patients (13 vs 11% for CS vs CS + MTX groups, P = 0.94). The CS group had a significantly higher frequency of chronic graft-versus-host disease (56 vs 32%, P = 0.05). After a median follow-up of 22.1 months (5.1-47.8 months), three of 30 vs 10 of 28 patients with acute leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in CS group vs CS + MTX group relapsed (P = 0.01) yielding better overall survival for patients with acute leukemia/MDS treated with CS (P = 0.02). After HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantation, immunosuppression with CS, with or without MTX, resulted in similarly low transplantation-related mortality. In acute leukemia/MDS, decreased relapse with patient survival prolongation was observed in the CS group.

Indexed as

Bone Marrow TransplantationAcute DiseaseAdolescentAdultChronic DiseaseCyclosporineDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleGraft RejectionHLA AntigensHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsLeukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveLeukemia, MyeloidMaleMethotrexateCyclosporineHLA AntigensImmunosuppressive AgentsMethotrexate

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PMID15300231
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