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ReviewBone marrow transplantation2023

Fresh or frozen grafts for allogeneic stem cell transplantation: conceptual considerations and a survey on the practice during the COVID-19 pandemic from the EBMT Infectious Diseases Working Party (IDWP) and Cellular Therapy & Immunobiology Working Party (CTIWP).

N Worel, P Ljungman, I C M Verheggen, J D Hoogenboom, N S Knelange, D-J Eikema, I Sánchez-Ortega, C Riillo, I Centorrino, D Averbuch and 4 more

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Review in Bone marrow transplantation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 8 institutions in 7 countries.

N WorelMedical University Vienna; Department. of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Vienna, Austria. nina.worel@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3599-8099
P LjungmanDepartment. of Cellular Therapy and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge and Div. of Hematology, Department. of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8281-3245
I C M VerheggenEBMT Leiden Study Unit, Leiden, Netherlands.
J D HoogenboomEBMT Leiden Study Unit, Leiden, Netherlands.
N S KnelangeEBMT Leiden Study Unit, Leiden, Netherlands.
D-J EikemaEBMT Statistical Unit, Leiden, Netherlands.
I Sánchez-OrtegaEBMT Executive Office, Barcelona, Spain.
C RiilloDepartment of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
I CentorrinoDepartment of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
D AverbuchFaculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9614-7274
C ChabannonInstitut Paoli-Calmettes, Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer; Centre d'Investigations Cliniques en Biothérapie, Université d'Aix-Marseille, Inserm CBT, 1409, Marseille, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3755-4889
R de la CamaraHospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8189-5779
J Kuball *Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3914-7806
A Ruggeri *Ospedale San Raffaele s.r.l., Haematology and BMT, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7261-2765
European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · NLUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NLHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILHospital Universitario de La Princesa · ESInserm · FRIRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele · ITKarolinska University Hospital · SEMedical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on medical practices, including the delivery of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). In response, transplant centers have made changes to their procedures, including an increased use of cryopreservation for allogeneic haematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) grafts. The use of cryopreserved grafts for allogeneic HCT has been reviewed and analysed in terms of potential benefits and drawbacks based on existing data on impact on cell subsets, hematological recovery, and clinical outcomes of approximately 2000 patients from different studies. A survey of European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation centers was also conducted to assess changes in practice during the pandemic and any unnecessary burdens on HPC donors. Before the pandemic, only 7.4% of transplant centers were routinely cryopreserving HPC products, but this percentage increased to 90% during the pandemic. The results of this review and survey suggest that cryopreservation of HPC grafts is a viable option for allogeneic HCT in certain situations, but further research is needed to determine long-term effects and ethical discussions are required to balance the needs of donors and patients when using frozen allografts.

Indexed as

Communicable DiseasesCOVID-19Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationBone Marrow TransplantationHumansPandemics

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PMID37673982
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