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Trial reportFrontiers in immunology2022

Successful Induction of Specific Immunological Tolerance by Combined Kidney and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in HLA-Identical Siblings.

Thomas Fehr, Kerstin Hübel, Olivier de Rougemont, Irene Abela, Ariana Gaspert, Tayfun Güngör, Mathias Hauri, Birgit Helmchen, Claudia Linsenmeier, Thomas Müller and 5 more

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas FehrDivision of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Kerstin HübelDivision of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Olivier de RougemontDepartment of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Irene AbelaInstitute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ariana GaspertDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Tayfun GüngörDivision of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Children's Hospital Zurich - Eleonore Foundation & Children`s Research Center (CRC), Zurich, Switzerland.
Mathias HauriDivision of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Children's Hospital Zurich - Eleonore Foundation & Children`s Research Center (CRC), Zurich, Switzerland.
Birgit HelmchenDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Claudia LinsenmeierDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Thomas MüllerDivision of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jakob NilssonLaboratory for Transplantation Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Oliver RiestererDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
John D ScandlingDivision of Nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Urs SchanzDepartment of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Pietro E CippàDivision of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich · CHEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale · CHSpital Thurgau (Switzerland) · CHStanford University · USUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Induction of immunological tolerance has been the holy grail of transplantation immunology for decades. The only successful approach to achieve it in patients has been a combined kidney and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from an HLA-matched or -mismatched living donor. Here, we report the first three patients in Europe included in a clinical trial aiming at the induction of tolerance by mixed lymphohematopoietic chimerism after kidney transplantation. Two female and one male patient were transplanted with a kidney and peripherally mobilized hematopoietic stem cells from their HLA-identical sibling donor. The protocol followed previous studies at Stanford University: kidney transplantation was performed on day 0 including induction with anti-thymocyte globulin followed by conditioning with 10x 1.2 Gy total lymphoid irradiation and the transfusion of CD34+ cells together with a body weight-adjusted dose of donor T cells on day 11. Immunosuppression consisted of cyclosporine A and steroids for 10 days, cyclosporine A and mycophenolate mofetil for 1 month, and then cyclosporine A monotherapy with tapering over 9-20 months. The 3 patients have been off immunosuppression for 4 years, 19 months and 8 months, respectively. No rejection or graft-versus-host disease occurred. Hematological donor chimerism was stable in the first, but slowly declining in the other two patients. A molecular microscope analysis in patient 2 revealed the genetic profile of a normal kidney. No relevant infections were observed, and the quality of life in all three patients is excellent. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, all three patients were vaccinated with the mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Comirnaty

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHistocompatibilityKidney TransplantationLiving DonorsSiblingsTransplantation ToleranceBNT162 VaccineFeasibility StudiesFemaleGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHLA AntigensHumansImmunity, HumoralImmunogenicity, VaccineImmunosuppressive AgentsBNT162 VaccineHLA AntigensImmunosuppressive AgentschimerismCOVID - 19hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)immunocompetencekidney transplantationtolerance

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