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Trial reportBone marrow transplantation2008

Preemptive therapy with ganciclovir 5 mg/kg once daily for cytomegalovirus infection after unrelated cord blood transplantation.

A Tomonari, S Takahashi, J Ooi, N Tsukada, T Konuma, T Kobayashi, K Takasugi, T Iseki, A Tojo, S Asano

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Trial report in Bone marrow transplantation, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Serious infection risk and immune recovery after double-unit cord blood transplantation without antithymocyte globulin.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2011
    Article
  3. Cytomegalovirus in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.Hematology/oncology clinics of North America · 2011
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A TomonariDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. atomonar@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
S Takahashi
J Ooi
N Tsukada
T Konuma
T Kobayashi
K Takasugi
T Iseki
A Tojo
S Asano
The University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy and safety of preemptive therapy using ganciclovir (GCV) 5 mg/kg once daily for CMV infection after unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) were studied. The initial preemptive therapy with GCV 5 mg/kg once daily led to resolution of CMV antigenemia in 25 of 34 patients (74%). In the remaining 9 patients (26%), antigenemia resolved after dose-escalation of GCV or change to foscarnet therapy. Recurrence of antigenemia was seen in 18 patients (53%). A total of 12 patients received the second preemptive therapy with GCV 5 mg/kg once daily, which led to resolution of antigenemia in 11 of 12 patients (92%). The remaining 1 patient (8%) required change to foscarnet therapy. None of 34 patients developed CMV disease. Neutropenia with an absolute neutrophil number of less than 1 and 0.5 x 10(9) per liter after GCV therapy occurred in 12 (35%) and 1 (3%) patients, respectively, after the initial therapy, and in 2 (17%) and 0 (0%) patients, respectively, after the second therapy. No patients developed neutropenic fever or secondary graft failure after GCV therapy. There were no deaths directly attributable to GCV therapy. The present study suggests that antigenemia-based preemptive strategy using GCV 5 mg/kg once daily is feasible and effective for CBT recipients.

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AdolescentAdultAntiviral AgentsCase-Control StudiesCord Blood Stem Cell TransplantationCytomegalovirus InfectionsDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleGanciclovirHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsAntiviral AgentsGanciclovir

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PMID17982495
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