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 trialSecondary Neoplasms After Hematopoietic Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease
Eapen M, Brazauskas R, Williams D, Walters M, St Martin A, Jacobs B, Antin J, Bona K, Chaudhury S, Coleman-Cowger V, DiFronzo N, Esrick E, Field J, Fitzhugh C, Kanter J, Kapoor N, Kohn D, Krishnamurti L, London W, Pulsipher M, Talib S, Thompson A, Waller E, Wun T, Horowitz M. Secondary Neoplasms After Hematopoietic Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 2227-2237. PMID: 36623245, PMCID: PMC10448940, DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.01203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-intensity regimensSickle cell diseaseSecondary neoplasmsRisk factorsCell diseaseLeukemia/myelodysplastic syndromeMixed donor chimerismReduced-intensity regimensFull donor chimerismHematopoietic cell transplantTotal body irradiationLow-dose radiationGray regression modelsMyeloid mutationsPrior inflammationCell transplantMyelodysplastic syndromeTolerance inductionIntense regimensPlausible etiologyHigh riskRegimensSolid tumorsNeoplasmsMyeloid malignancies
2016
Gonadal shielding technique to preserve fertility in male pediatric patients treated with total body irradiation for stem cell transplantation
Sayan M, Cassidy R, Butker E, Nanda R, Krishnamurti L, Khan M, Esiashvili N. Gonadal shielding technique to preserve fertility in male pediatric patients treated with total body irradiation for stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation 2016, 51: 997-998. PMID: 26950374, DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2016.25.Peer-Reviewed Original Research