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ArticleBiology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation2019

Severe Cytokine Release Syndrome after Haploidentical Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.

Philip H Imus, Amanda L Blackford, Maria Bettinotti, Leo Luznik, Ephraim J Fuchs, Carol Ann Huff, Douglas E Gladstone, Richard F Ambinder, Ivan M Borrello, Robert J Fuchs and 7 more

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Article in Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Cytokines in transplantation tolerance.Best practice & research. Clinical haematology · 2025
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  13. Allogeneic Transplantation for Older Adults.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Philip H ImusDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: pimus1@jhmi.edu.
Amanda L BlackfordDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Maria BettinottiDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Leo LuznikDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Ephraim J FuchsDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Carol Ann HuffDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Douglas E GladstoneDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Richard F AmbinderDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Ivan M BorrelloDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Robert J FuchsDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Lode J SwinnenDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Nina Wagner-JohnstonDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Christian B GockeDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Syed Abbas AliDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
F Javier Bolaños-MeadeDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Richard J JonesDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Amy E DezernDepartment of Hematologic Malignancy, Johns Hopkins/Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Translational Research Central ServicesP30CA006973 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAM George NELSON · 1985 to 2026
$208.6M
TUMOR VACCINESP01CA015396 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HESS, ALLAN D · 1985 to 2016
$38.1M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA015396NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory cytokines released by activated lymphocytes and innate cells in the context of cellular therapy can cause fever, vasodilatation, and end-organ damage, collectively known as cytokine release syndrome (CRS). CRS can occur after allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation, but is especially prevalent after HLA-haploidentical (haplo) peripheral blood transplantation (PBT). We reviewed charts of all patients who underwent haplo-PBT between October 1, 2013, and September 1, 2017 and graded CRS in these patients. A total of 146 consecutive patients who underwent related haplo-PBT were analyzed. CRS occurred in 130 patients (89%), with most cases of mild severity (grade 0 to 2). Severe CRS (grade 3 to 5) occurred in 25 patients (17%). In this group with severe CRS, 13 patients had encephalopathy, 12 required hemodialysis, and 11 were intubated. Death from the immediate complications of CRS occurred in 6 patients (24% of the severe CRS group and 4% of the entire haplo-PBT cohort). The cumulative probability of nonrelapse mortality (NRM) was 38% at 6 months for the patients with severe CRS and 8% (121 of 146) in patients without severe CRS. In conclusion, CRS occurs in nearly 90% of haplo-PBTs. Older haplo-PBT recipients (odds ratio [OR], 2.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], .83 to 6.75; P = .11) and those with a history of radiation therapy (OR, 3.85; 95% CI, 1.32 to 11.24; P = .01) are at increased risk of developing severe CRS. Although most recipients of haplo-PBT develop CRS, <20% experience severe complications. The development of severe CRS is associated with a significantly increased risk of NRM.

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Peripheral Blood Stem Cell TransplantationTransplantation ConditioningAgedCytokine Release SyndromeFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseHematologic NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTransplantation, HaploidenticalClass II mismatchCytokine release syndromeHaploidenticalPeripheral blood

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PMID31394272
PMCPMC7402409
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