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ArticleTransplantation and cellular therapy2021

A Prospective Cohort Study Comparing Long-Term Outcomes with and without Palifermin in Patients Receiving Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Hematologic Malignancies.

Wael Saber, Patricia Steinert, Mei-Jie Zhang, Min Chen, Andrea Pope, Armand Keating, John R Wingard, Karen Ballen, Patrick Stiff, Miguel-Angel Perales and 5 more

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Article in Transplantation and cellular therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 10 institutions in 3 countries.

Wael SaberCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Electronic address: wsaber@mcw.edu.
Patricia SteinertCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Mei-Jie ZhangCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Min ChenCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Andrea PopeCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Armand KeatingPrincess Margaret Cancer Center-BMT Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
John R WingardDivision of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Karen BallenDivision of Hematology/Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Patrick StiffDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.
Miguel-Angel PeralesAdult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Stephen FormanDepartment of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Richard ChamplinDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Amelia LangstonDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mattias RudebeckSwedish Orphan Biovitrum, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mary HorowitzCenter for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Medical College of Wisconsin · USCity of Hope · USEmory University · USLoyola University Medical Center · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre · CASwedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sweden) · SEThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Florida · USUniversity of Virginia Health System · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Data Resource for Analyzing Blood &Marrow TransplantsU24CA076518 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Amy M Moskop, Bronwen Shaw · 1998 to 2026
$105.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS U24 CA076518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of debilitating oral mucositis (OM) can be as high as 99% after myeloablative conditioning regimens preparing patients with hematologic malignancies for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Palifermin (KGF) is a recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor that reduces the incidence and duration of severe OM. The long-term safety of KGF has not been well established, however. In this long-term prospective matched-cohort study, patients who received KGF (cases) and underwent autologous or allogeneic HCT for hematologic malignancies between 2006 and 2013 were matched 1:1 to patients who did not receive KGF (controls). The primary outcome was overall survival (OS). Other outcomes were disease relapse, new malignancies, pancreatitis, renal failure requiring dialysis, pulmonary complications, cataract surgery, and acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The analysis population comprised 2191 matched pairs with a wide range of diseases and donor types that received diverse conditioning and GVHD preventive regimens, representing contemporary practice patterns. The median duration of follow-up was 8 years (range, 1 to 12.5 years). In multivariate analyses, the probabilities of OS (relative risk [RR], 1.01; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.91 to 1.12), relapse (RR, 1.06; 95% CI, 0.94 to 1.18), new malignancies (RR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.67 to 1.18), and cataract surgery (RR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.74 to 1.50) were not statistically significantly different between cases and controls. In univariate analyses, no increased risks were observed for renal failure requiring dialysis, pancreatitis, acute GVHD, chronic GVHD, interstitial pneumonitis/acute respiratory distress syndrome/idiopathic pneumonia syndrome, or bronchiolitis obliterans/cryptogenic organizing pneumonia/bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia among cases compared with controls. This long-term prospective safety cohort study demonstrates that the KGF group had no increased risk of overall mortality, relapse, new malignancies, or any other key outcome. The broad inclusion criteria allow the results to be generalized to contemporary practice for patients with a wide range of diseases and receiving a wide range of HCT conditioning regimens and graft sources from diverse donor types.

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Hematologic NeoplasmsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationCohort StudiesFibroblast Growth Factor 7HumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalProspective StudiesFibroblast Growth Factor 7KGFLong-termMalignanciesMucositisPaliferminSafety

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PMID34224914
PMCPMC8606163
OpenAlexW3176205187

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