| Literature DB >> 21416584 |
Shakeel Modak1, Irene Y Cheung, Brian H Kushner, Kim Kramer, Lilian Reich, Nai-Kong V Cheung.
Abstract
Current therapies for high-risk neuroblastoma (NB) necessitate the availability of several aliquots of autologous peripheral blood stem cells to reverse-associated myelosuppression. Priming with the CXCR4 inhibitor plerixafor plus G-CSF was associated with successful stem cell harvest in 5/7 heavily prior-treated patients with stage 4 NB who had previously failed G-CSF priming. Minimal residual disease was not detected in harvested cells from any patient despite the presence of disease in bone/bone marrow in 6/7. Hematopoietic reconstitution was achieved in all three patients receiving plerixafor-primed stem cells after myeloablative therapy. Plerixafor is an effective and safe agent for stem cell collection in patients with NB.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21416584 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23132
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer ISSN: 1545-5009 Impact factor: 3.167