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ArticleIndian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion2016

Cyclosporine Plus Methotrexate or Cyclosporine Plus Mycophenolate Mofetil as Graft Versus Host Disease Prophylaxis in Acute Leukemia Transplant: Comparison of Toxicity, Engraftment Kinetics and Transplant Outcome.

Alok Gupta, Sachin Punatar, Libin Mathew, Sadhana Kannan, Navin Khattry

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Article in Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Alok GuptaBone Marrow Transplant Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Sector 22, Room No. 247, Paymaster Shodhika, Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai, 410210 India.
Sachin PunatarBone Marrow Transplant Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Sector 22, Room No. 247, Paymaster Shodhika, Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai, 410210 India.
Libin MathewBone Marrow Transplant Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Sector 22, Room No. 247, Paymaster Shodhika, Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai, 410210 India.
Sadhana KannanDepartment of Biostatistics, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai, India.
Navin KhattryBone Marrow Transplant Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Sector 22, Room No. 247, Paymaster Shodhika, Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai, 410210 India.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sought to compare two graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis regimen, cyclosporine and methotrexate (CsA+MTX) with CsA+mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in 77 acute leukemia patients who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) between January 2008 and March 2013. Fifty-three patients received CsA+MTX while 24 received CsA+MMF. The incidence of grade 3-4 mucositis and grade 3-4 diarrhea was 74 and 6 % with CsA+MTX compared to 33 % and 21 % with CsA+MMF (P = 0.001 and 0.09 respectively). Forty-two (79 %) patients in CsA+MTX group required total parenteral nutrition compared to 14 (58 %) in CsA+MMF group (P = 0.09). The incidence of engraftment fever was 17 % with CsA+MTX and 41 % with CsA+MMF (P = 0.02). The median time to neutrophil and platelet engraftment was 14 days and 13 days with CsA+MTX compared to 12 days and 10 days with CsA+MMF (P = 0.003 and 0.08 respectively). The incidence of any grade and grade II-IV acute GVHD was 45 and 13 % with CsA+MTX compared to 42 and 29 % with CsA+MMF (P = NS). Incidence of overall and extensive chronic GVHD was 57 and 38 % with CsA+MTX compared to 42 and 17 % with CsA+MMF (P = NS). Incidence of relapse was 38 % with CsA+MTX compared to 33 % with CsA+MMF (P = NS). TRM was 6 % with CsA+MTX and 21 % with CsA+MMF (P = NS). At 2 years, overall survival (OS) was 64 % in CsA+MTX group compared to 46 % in CsA+MMF group (P = NS). We conclude that CsA+MMF is associated with lesser toxicity, faster myeloid engraftment and similar rates of acute and chronic GVHD, TRM, relapse and OS compared to CsA+MTX in acute leukemia transplant.

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CyclosporineGraft-versus-host diseaseHematopoietic stem cell transplantationMethotrexateMycophenolate mofetil

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PMID27429515
PMCPMC4930757
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