Unrelated Donor Transplantation in Children with Thalassemia Using Reduced Intensity Conditioning - the URTH Trial

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can cure transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT). In a multicenter trial, we investigated the efficacy of reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) before unrelated donor (URD) HSCT in children with TDT. Thirty-three children (1-17 years), received marrow or cord blood (UCB) allografts. Median time to neutrophil engraftment was 13 (range, 10-25) and 24 (range, 18-49) days; platelet engraftment was 23 (range, 12-46) and 50 (range, 31-234) days after marrow and UCB respectively.

Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - February 3, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Shalini Shenoy, Mark C. Walters, Alex Ngwube, Sandeep Soni, David Jacobsohn, Sonali Chaudhury, Michael Grimley, Kawah Chan, Ann Haight, Kimberley A. Kasow, Suhag Parikh, Martin Andreansky, Jim Connelly, David Delgado, Kamar Godder, Gregory Hale, Michael N Source Type: research