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Trial reportBone marrow transplantation2005

Is there a role for minimal residual disease levels in the treatment of ALL patients who receive allogeneic stem cells?

M W Schilham, A Balduzzi, P Bader, PD-WP of the EBMT

Abstract readClinical TrialMulticenter Study
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Trial report in Bone marrow transplantation, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Delayed lymphocyte infusion in children given SCT.Bone marrow transplantation · 2008
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Allogeneic transplantation for childhood ALL.Bone marrow transplantation · 2008
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

M W SchilhamDepartment of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, NL, The Netherlands. M.W.Schilham@LUMC.nl
A Balduzzi
P Bader
PD-WP of the EBMT
Leiden University Medical Center · NLUniversity Children's Hospital Tübingen · DEUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Relapse is the major complication after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children. Since it has been possible to measure minimal residual disease (MRD) by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, this parameter is used more frequently in the treatment of ALL. In this article, the role of MRD and chimerism in the treatment and monitoring of pediatric transplantation recipients is described. Pre-SCT MRD levels can predict the risk of relapse and can thus be used to adjust treatment. Post-SCT MRD levels and changes in chimerism can predict relapses as well, although not many treatment options are available today, except relying on a graft-versus-leukemia effect mediated by graft-versus-host disease. Finding new treatments will be the challenge for the near future.

Indexed as

Stem Cell TransplantationChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseGraft vs Leukemia EffectHumansMaleMonitoring, PhysiologicNeoplasm, ResidualPolymerase Chain ReactionPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaRetrospective StudiesSecondary PreventionTransplantation ChimeraTransplantation, Homologous

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PMID15812531
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