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ReviewBone marrow transplantation2020

Personalizing rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin therapy for prevention of graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: is there an optimal dose?

Takafumi Shichijo, Shigeo Fuji, Arnon Nagler, Abdulhamid Bazarbachi, Mohamad Mohty, Bipin N Savani

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Review in Bone marrow transplantation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Takafumi ShichijoDepartment of Hematology, Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kumamoto University Faculty of life Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan.
Shigeo FujiDepartment of Hematology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan. fujishige1231@gmail.com.
Arnon NaglerChaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Abdulhamid BazarbachiService d'Hématologie Clinique et thérapie cellulaire and EBMT Paris Study Office, Saint Antoine Hospital, INSERM UMR 938 and Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Mohamad MohtyService d'Hématologie Clinique et thérapie cellulaire and EBMT Paris Study Office, Saint Antoine Hospital, INSERM UMR 938 and Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Bipin N SavaniDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3304-9965

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) as prophylaxis for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) has been investigated by many clinical studies over the past decade, including some randomized controlled trials. Intriguingly, although ATG is commonly used as prophylaxis for GVHD, there is still controversy about the optimal dose of ATG for prophylaxis of GVHD after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Indeed, the dose and formulation of ATG, as well as the degree of clinical benefit, has varied among studies, which makes it difficult to fully determine the clinical benefit of ATG. The aim of this review is to summarize the information regarding the optimal ATG dose of each formulation according to stem cell source, and to discuss how best to determine the personalized optimal dose of ATG in each allo-HCT recipient.

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Graft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAntilymphocyte SerumHumansTransplantation ConditioningTransplantation, HomologousAntilymphocyte Serum

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