2023
Reduced Intensity Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation in Adults with Severe Sickle Cell Disease: BMT CTN 1507
Kassim A, Walters M, Eapen M, Ritzau N, Smith M, Solh M, McKinney C, Nieder M, Ross M, Kent M, Abusin G, Mallhi K, Silva J, Shaughnessy P, Kanter J, Haines H, Farah R, Khaled Y, Abraham A, Bollard C, Cooke K, de La Fuente J, Hanna R, Horowitz M, Jordan L, Krishnamurti L, Leifere E, Mahadeo K, Shenoy S, Ritzau N, DeBaun M, Brodsky R. Reduced Intensity Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation in Adults with Severe Sickle Cell Disease: BMT CTN 1507. Blood 2023, 142: lba-4. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-192022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-transplant cyclophosphamideEvent-free survivalBone marrow transplantSickle cell diseaseSevere sickle cell diseaseTotal body irradiationGraft failureAcute GVHDPost-BMTCell diseaseDay 100Multi-center phase II trialFirst year post-BMTHaploidentical bone marrow transplantVaso-occlusive pain episodesHaploidentical bone marrow transplantationHematopoietic stem cell transplantationChronic transfusion regimenDurable donor engraftmentHemoglobin SS diseaseAcute chest syndromePrimary graft failureSecondary graft failureEnd-organ toxicityPhase II trial
2022
Long-Term Organ Function After HCT for SCD: A Report From the Sickle Cell Transplant Advocacy and Research Alliance
Stenger E, Xiang Y, Wetzel M, Gillespie S, Chellapandian D, Shah R, Arnold S, Bhatia M, Chaudhury S, Eckrich M, Kanter J, Kasow K, Krajewski J, Nickel R, Ngwube A, Olson T, Rangarajan H, Wobma H, Guilcher G, Horan J, Krishnamurti L, Shenoy S, Abraham A. Long-Term Organ Function After HCT for SCD: A Report From the Sickle Cell Transplant Advocacy and Research Alliance. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2022, 29: 47.e1-47.e10. PMID: 36273784, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic cell transplantationSickle cell diseaseOrgan functionMultivariable analysisBrain magnetic resonance imagingCentral nervous system indicationsPost-HCT patientsRelated bone marrowSevere acute GVHDPredictors of dysfunctionLong-term survivalMagnetic resonance imagingSevere clinical phenotypeAcute GVHDChronic graftIntense conditioningHost diseaseMyeloablative conditioningNeurologic eventsOvert strokeRetrospective cohortMedian ageOrgan dysfunctionCardiac dysfunctionCell transplantation
2021
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcomes among Medicaid and Privately Insured Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
Mupfudze T, Meyer C, Preussler J, Mau L, Bolon Y, Steinert P, Arnold S, Saber W, Krishnamurti L. Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Outcomes among Medicaid and Privately Insured Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2021, 27: 685.e1-685.e8. PMID: 33895405, PMCID: PMC8680220, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-free survivalSickle cell diseaseHematopoietic cell transplantation outcomesSignificant between-group differencesGraft failureOverall survivalChronic GVHDCell transplantation outcomesBetween-group differencesAcute GVHDCumulative incidenceAlloHCT outcomesTransplantation outcomesInsurance statusCell diseaseAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation outcomesLower event-free survivalPrivate insuranceRecipients of MedicaidProportion of patientsRetrospective multicenter studyKaplan-Meier methodPrivate insurance groupMarrow Transplant ResearchHealth insurance status
2016
CMV Viremia and African-American Ethnicity Are Risk Factors for Post-Engraftment Blood Stream Infections in Pediatric Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Sano H, Hilinski J, Applegate K, Camacho-Gonzalez A, Chandrakasan S, Chiang K, Haight A, Krishnamurti L, Stenger E, Qayed M, Horan J. CMV Viremia and African-American Ethnicity Are Risk Factors for Post-Engraftment Blood Stream Infections in Pediatric Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Blood 2016, 128: 3397. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v128.22.3397.3397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood stream infectionsAfrican American ethnicityCMV viremiaAllogeneic BMTAllogeneic bloodMarrow transplantationRisk factorsMultivariate analysisGrade III/IVAllogeneic BMT patientsAlternative donor transplantsFrequency of neutropeniaPost-engraftment periodPre-emptive therapyTransplant related mortalityGram-positive cocciAcute GVHDBMT patientsCytomegalovirus viremiaEngrafted patientsUnrelated cordsUnrelated marrowClinical characteristicsCMV infectionCumulative incidenceA trial of unrelated donor marrow transplantation for children with severe sickle cell disease
Shenoy S, Eapen M, Panepinto J, Logan B, Wu J, Abraham A, Brochstein J, Chaudhury S, Godder K, Haight A, Kasow K, Leung K, Andreansky M, Bhatia M, Dalal J, Haines H, Jaroscak J, Lazarus H, Levine J, Krishnamurti L, Margolis D, Megason G, Yu L, Pulsipher M, Gersten I, DiFronzo N, Horowitz M, Walters M, Kamani N. A trial of unrelated donor marrow transplantation for children with severe sickle cell disease. Blood 2016, 128: 2561-2567. PMID: 27625358, PMCID: PMC5123194, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-05-715870.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-free survivalIncidence rateAcute chest syndrome episodesPosterior reversible encephalopathy syndromeSevere sickle cell diseaseUnrelated donor marrow transplantationVaso-occlusive pain crisesAllogeneic bone marrow transplantEffective GVHD prophylaxisGVHD-related deathsHost disease (GVHD) prophylaxisShort-course methotrexateReversible encephalopathy syndromeUnrelated donor transplantsPhase 2 trialBone marrow transplantTranscranial Doppler velocitiesSickle cell diseaseAcute GVHDChronic GVHDEFS ratesEncephalopathy syndromeGVHD prophylaxisTransplant indicationConditioning regimen