Twenty-seven cancer patients underwent peripheral blood stem cell apheresis during hematopoietic regeneration following induction high-dose cyclophosphamide (7 g/sqm; HD-CTX). Among these patients, eleven were also treated with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) for 14 days after HD-CTX. We describe technique, peripheral blood cell yields and side effects of 76 leukaphereses performed using a continuous-flow blood cell separator COBE 2997. Leukaphereses, carried out through 2-5 consecutive days per patient, were started significantly earlier in rhGM-CSF treated patients. In comparison to patients receiving HD-CTX only, administration of rhGM-CSF resulted in a significantly higher yield per leukapheresis of mononuclear cells and granulocyte-macrophage colony forming units (CFU-GM) (two-fold and eight-fold, respectively). Procedures were completed and well tolerated in all cases. Minor side effects were unfrequent. Our results suggest that rhGM-CSF accelerates hematopoietic recovery after HD-CTX and facilitates large-scale collection of peripheral blood stem cells utilizable for autologous transplantation.
Role of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor for large scale collection of peripheral blood stem cells for autologous transplantation / F. Ravagnani, M. Bregni, S. Siena, G. Sciorelli, A. M. Gianni, G. Pellegris. - In: HAEMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0390-6078. - 75 Suppl 1:1(1990), pp. 22-5-25.
Role of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor for large scale collection of peripheral blood stem cells for autologous transplantation
S. Siena;A. M. Gianni;
1990
Abstract
Twenty-seven cancer patients underwent peripheral blood stem cell apheresis during hematopoietic regeneration following induction high-dose cyclophosphamide (7 g/sqm; HD-CTX). Among these patients, eleven were also treated with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) for 14 days after HD-CTX. We describe technique, peripheral blood cell yields and side effects of 76 leukaphereses performed using a continuous-flow blood cell separator COBE 2997. Leukaphereses, carried out through 2-5 consecutive days per patient, were started significantly earlier in rhGM-CSF treated patients. In comparison to patients receiving HD-CTX only, administration of rhGM-CSF resulted in a significantly higher yield per leukapheresis of mononuclear cells and granulocyte-macrophage colony forming units (CFU-GM) (two-fold and eight-fold, respectively). Procedures were completed and well tolerated in all cases. Minor side effects were unfrequent. Our results suggest that rhGM-CSF accelerates hematopoietic recovery after HD-CTX and facilitates large-scale collection of peripheral blood stem cells utilizable for autologous transplantation.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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