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ReviewBone marrow transplantation2021

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoimmune diseases in the time of COVID-19: EBMT guidelines and recommendations.

Raffaella Greco, Tobias Alexander, Joachim Burman, Nicoletta Del Papa, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra, Dominique Farge, Jörg Henes, Majid Kazmi, Kirill Kirgizov, Paolo A Muraro and 18 more

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Review in Bone marrow transplantation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
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  3. Stem cell therapy in systemic sclerosis.Clinical rheumatology · 2025
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  12. Systemic sclerosis in the time of COVID-19.The Lancet. Rheumatology · 2022
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  14. Stem Cell Therapy in Lupus.Rheumatology and immunology research · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors at 18 institutions in 9 countries.

Raffaella GrecoUnit of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. greco.raffaella@hsr.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6117-5328
Tobias AlexanderDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1193-0097
Joachim BurmanDepartment of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7045-1806
Nicoletta Del PapaScleroderma Clinic, Dip. Reumatologia, ASST G. Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy.
Jeska de Vries-BouwstraDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Dominique FargeCentre de Référence des Maladies Auto-Immunes Systémiques Rares d'Ile-de-France, Filière, Paris, France.
Jörg HenesDepartment for Internal Medicine II (Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Immunology), University Hospital Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Majid KazmiKings Health Partners, Department of Haematology, Guys Hospital, London, UK.
Kirill KirgizovN.N. Blokhin National Medical Center of Oncology, Institute of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Moscow, Russia.
Paolo A MuraroDepartment of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-1218
Elena RicartInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Montserrat RoviraBMT Unit, Department of Haematology, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS); Institute Josep Carreras, Barcelona, Spain.
Riccardo SaccardiDepartment of Haematology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Basil SharrackDepartment of Neuroscience, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS, Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Emilian SnarskiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-7571
Barbara WithersDepartment of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Sydney, Australia.
Helen JessopDepartment of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Claudia BoglioneDepartment of Haematology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Ellen KramerPatient Advocacy Committee, EBMT Executive Office, Eddific Dr. Frederic, Duran i Jorda, Barcelona, Spain.
Manuela BadoglioEBMT Paris study office/CEREST-TC-Department of Haematology, Saint Antoine Hospital-INSERM UMR 938-Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3226-2024
Myriam LabopinEBMT Paris study office/CEREST-TC-Department of Haematology, Saint Antoine Hospital-INSERM UMR 938-Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4514-4748
Kim OrchardDepartment of Haematology, University Hospital Southampton and University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Selim CorbaciogluDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Per LjungmanDepartment of Cellular Therapy and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge; Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine Huddinge Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8281-3245
Malgorzata MikulskaDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of Genoa (DISSAL) and Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Rafael De la CamaraDepartment of Hematology, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8189-5779
John A SnowdenDepartment of Haematology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6819-3476
European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) Autoimmune Diseases Working Party (ADWP), Infectious Diseases Working Party (IDWP), Pediatric Working Party (PWP), Joint Accreditation Committee of the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) and EBMT (JACIE), EBMT Nurses Group and Patient Advocacy Committee
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITInserm · FRConsorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer · ESDélégation Paris 7 · FRGuy's Hospital · GBHospital Clínic de Barcelona · ESHospital Universitario de La Princesa · ESHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEImperial College London · GBKarolinska University Hospital · SELeiden University Medical Center · NLMedical University of Warsaw · PLOspedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Regensburg · DEUppsala University · SEVita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), represents one of the biggest challenges of 21st century, threatening public health around the globe. Increasing age and presence of co-morbidities are reported risk factors for severe disease and mortality, along with autoimmune diseases (ADs) and immunosuppressive treatments such as haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), which are also associated with adverse outcomes. We review the impact of the pandemic on specific groups of patients with neurological, rheumatological, and gastroenterological indications, along with the challenges delivering HSCT in adult and pediatric populations. Moving forward, we developed consensus-based guidelines and recommendations for best practice and quality of patient care in order to support clinicians, scientists, and their multidisciplinary teams, as well as patients and their carers. These guidelines aim to support national and international organizations related to autoimmune diseases and local clinical teams delivering HSCT. Areas of unmet need and future research questions are also highlighted. The waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are predicted to be followed by an "endemic" phase and therefore an ongoing risk within a "new normality". These recommendations reflect currently available evidence, coupled with expert opinion, and will be revised according to necessary modifications in practice.

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesCOVID-19Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAdultChildHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34031556
PMCPMC8143059
OpenAlexW3165647617

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