Diego V Clé1, Barbara Santana-Lemos2, Maria Florencia Tellechea3, Karen L Prata3, Maristela D Orellana3, Dimas T Covas2, Rodrigo T Calado2. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; Center for Cell-Based Therapy, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: dvcle@hcrp.usp.br. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; Center for Cell-Based Therapy, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. 3. Center for Cell-Based Therapy, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AIMS: For patients with aplastic anemia (AA) who are refractory to anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine, a second course of immunosuppression is successful in only one-fourth to one-third of cases. METHODS: We conducted a phase 1/2 study to evaluate the addition of two to five weekly intravenous infusions of allogeneic unrelated non-human leukocyte antigen-matched bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) (median, 2.7 × 10(6) cells/kg/infusion; range, 1.3-4.5) to standard rabbit ATG and cyclosporine in nine patients with refractory or relapsed AA. RESULTS: After a median follow-up of 20 months, no infusion-related adverse event was observed, but four deaths occurred as the result of heart failure and bacterial or invasive fungal infections; only two patients achieved partial hematologic responses at 6 months. We failed to demonstrate by fluorescence in situ hybridization or variable number tandem repeat any MSC engraftment in patient marrow 30, 90 or 180 days after infusions. CONCLUSIONS: Infusion of allogeneic MSCs in AA is safe but does not improve clinical hematologic response or engraft in recipient bone marrow. This study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov, identifier: NCT01297972.
BACKGROUND AIMS: For patients with aplastic anemia (AA) who are refractory to anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) and cyclosporine, a second course of immunosuppression is successful in only one-fourth to one-third of cases. METHODS: We conducted a phase 1/2 study to evaluate the addition of two to five weekly intravenous infusions of allogeneic unrelated non-human leukocyte antigen-matched bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) (median, 2.7 × 10(6) cells/kg/infusion; range, 1.3-4.5) to standard rabbit ATG and cyclosporine in nine patients with refractory or relapsed AA. RESULTS: After a median follow-up of 20 months, no infusion-related adverse event was observed, but four deaths occurred as the result of heart failure and bacterial or invasive fungal infections; only two patients achieved partial hematologic responses at 6 months. We failed to demonstrate by fluorescence in situ hybridization or variable number tandem repeat any MSC engraftment in patient marrow 30, 90 or 180 days after infusions. CONCLUSIONS: Infusion of allogeneic MSCs in AA is safe but does not improve clinical hematologic response or engraft in recipient bone marrow. This study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov, identifier: NCT01297972.
Authors: Beatriz Hernández-Monjaraz; Edelmiro Santiago-Osorio; Edgar Ledesma-Martínez; Andrés Alcauter-Zavala; Víctor Manuel Mendoza-Núñez Journal: J Int Med Res Date: 2018-06-18 Impact factor: 1.671