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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor ligand mismatching and outcome after haploidentical transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide.

Avichai Shimoni, Myriam Labopin, Francesca Lorentino, Maria Teresa Van Lint, Yener Koc, Zafer Gülbas, Johanna Tischer, Benedetto Bruno, Didier Blaise, Pietro Pioltelli and 4 more

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Article in Leukemia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Avichai ShimoniDivision of Hematology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer and Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. ashimoni@sheba.health.gov.il.
Myriam LabopinAcute Leukemia Working Party Office, Paris, France.
Francesca LorentinoHematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Maria Teresa Van LintDepartment of Haematology II, Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Yener KocStem Cell Transplant Unit, Medical Park Hospitals, Antalya, Turkey.
Zafer GülbasBone Marrow Transplantation Department, Anadolu Medical Center Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Johanna TischerDepartment of Internal Medicine III, LMU Munich Campus Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.
Benedetto BrunoS.S.C.V.D. Trapianto di Cellule Staminali A.O.U. Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Didier BlaiseProgramme de Transplantation and Therapie Cellulaire, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Institut Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-9447
Pietro PioltelliOspedale San Gerardo, Clinica Ematologica dell'Universita Milano-Biocca, Monza, Italy.
Boris AfanasyevFirst State Pavlov Medical University of St. Petersburg, Raisa Gorbacheva Memorial Research, Institute for Paediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation, St Petersburg, Russia.
Fabio CiceriHematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Mohamad MohtyHématologie Clinique et Thérapie Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.
Arnon NaglerDivision of Hematology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer and Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Haploidentical stem cell transplantation with T cell-replete grafts and post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) is increasingly used with encouraging outcome. Natural killer (NK) cell alloreactivity, predicted by missing killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) ligands in the recipient that are present in their donor improves outcome of T cell-depleted haploidentical transplants. We explored the role of KIR ligand mismatching in 444 acute leukemia patients after T cell-replete transplants with PTCy. Thirty-seven percent of all patients had KIR ligand mismatching. Patients were in first remission (CR1) (39%), second remission (CR2) (26%), or active disease (35%). Stem cell source was peripheral blood (PBSC, 46%) or bone marrow (54%). The 2-year relapse, non-relapse mortality (NRM), and survival rates were 36.0% (95% confidence interval (CI), 31.4-40.7), 23.9% (20.0-28.0), and 45.9% (40.8-51.0), respectively. Multivariate analysis identified acute myeloid leukemia compared with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (hazard ratio (HR) 0.55, P = 0.002), female gender (HR 0.72, P = 0.04), and good performance status (HR 0.71, P = 0.04) as factors associated with better survival, while advanced age (HR 1.13, P = 0.04), active disease (HR 3.38, P < 0.0001), and KIR ligand mismatching (HR 1.41, P = 0.03) as associated with worse survival. KIR ligand mismatching was associated with a trend for higher relapse but not with graft-versus-host disease or NRM. The KIR ligand-mismatching effect was more prominent in patients given PBSC. In conclusion, there is no evidence that KIR ligand mismatching results in better outcome in the PTCy setting.

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AdultAgedCyclophosphamideFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGraft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHistocompatibilityHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsKiller Cells, NaturalLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMaleMiddle AgedPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaPrognosisCyclophosphamideImmunosuppressive AgentsReceptors, KIR

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