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ArticleScientific reports2024

The role of graft T-cell size in patients receiving alemtuzumab serotherapy for non-malignant disorders: results of an institutional protocol.

Ambreen Pandrowala, Sanna Khan, Darshan Kataria, Manasa Kakunje, Varsha Mishra, Dhruv Mamtora, Sangeeta Mudaliar, Minnie Bodhanwala, Bharat Agarwal, Prashant Hiwarkar

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Ambreen PandrowalaDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Sanna KhanDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Darshan KatariaDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Manasa KakunjeDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Varsha MishraDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Dhruv MamtoraDepartment of Pathology, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India.
Sangeeta MudaliarDepartment of Paediatric Haematology, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India.
Minnie BodhanwalaDepartment of Paediatrics, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India.
Bharat AgarwalDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, 400012, India.
Prashant HiwarkarDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, 400012, India. drhprashant@gmail.com.
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Abstract

Although graft T cells assist in engraftment, mediate antiviral immune-reconstitution, and cause graft-versus-host disease, graft size is not determined by T-cell content of the graft. The conventional method of graft size determination based on CD34+ cells with alemtuzumab serotherapy is associated with delayed immune reconstitution, contributing to an increased risk of viral infections and graft failure. Alemtuzumab, a long half-life anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody is a robust T-cell depleting serotherapy, and relatively spares memory-effector T cells compared to naïve T cells. We therefore hypothesized that graft size based on T-cell content in patients receiving peripheral blood stem cell graft with alemtuzumab serotherapy would facilitate immune-reconstitution without increasing the risk of graft-versus-host disease. We retrospectively analysed twenty-six consecutive patients with non-malignant disorders grafted using alemtuzumab serotherapy and capping of graft T cells to a maximum of 600 million/kg. The graft T-cell capping protocol resulted in early immune-reconstitution without increasing the risk of severe graft-versus-host disease. Graft T-cell content correlated with CD4+ T-cell reconstitution and acute graft-versus-host disease. The course of CMV viraemia was predictable without recurrence and associated with early T-cell recovery. No patient developed chronic graft-versus-host disease. Overall survival at one year was 100% and disease-free survival was 96% at a median of 899 days (range: 243-1562). Graft size determined by peripheral blood stem cell graft T-cell content in patients receiving alemtuzumab serotherapy for non-malignant disorders is safe and leads to early T-cell immune-reconstitution with excellent survival outcomes.

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Graft vs Host DiseaseAlemtuzumabCell SizeHumansImmunization, PassiveRetrospective StudiesAlemtuzumab

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