Human CMV infection is a frequent complication after HSC in children with remarkable morbidity and mortality. Antiviral drugs are relatively efficient but have numerous side effects. They are used as prophylactic, pre-emptive or therapeutic medicines. It is still a matter of debate which option is the best strategy. No uniform procedure has emerged regarding these three options, and new immunologic tools have raised more questions for physicians. To assess the current practice in the management of CMV infection, we sent a questionnaire to the EBMT centers performing hematopoietic SCT (HSCT) in children. Fifty-six out of 196 responded to the questionnaire (28.5%). Quantitative PCR was the most common monitoring tool (44/56). Only 4/56 centers use the pp65 antigenemia alone. All centers used pre-emptive strategy (56/56). 21/56 centers also used prophylactic measures, 13/21 after analysis of donor/receptor serologic status. Ganciclovir was the most common first-line agent for CMV disease (55/56). The most common dose and duration for induction treatment were 5 mg/kg bid (47/55) for 14 days (20/55). There is no uniform procedure for researching resistance strain, antiviral second-line therapy or cell therapy. A harmonization process should enable sound prospective trials to improve prevention, control and cure of CMV disease in children and adolescents. © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited.

Bontant, T., Sedlaçek, P., Balduzzi, A., Gaspar, B., Cesaro, S., Einsele, H., et al. (2014). Survey of CMV management in pediatric allogeneic HSCT programs, on behalf of the inborn errors, infectious diseases and pediatric diseases working parties of EBMT. BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, 49(2), 276-279 [10.1038/bmt.2013.164].

Survey of CMV management in pediatric allogeneic HSCT programs, on behalf of the inborn errors, infectious diseases and pediatric diseases working parties of EBMT

Balduzzi, A.;
2014

Abstract

Human CMV infection is a frequent complication after HSC in children with remarkable morbidity and mortality. Antiviral drugs are relatively efficient but have numerous side effects. They are used as prophylactic, pre-emptive or therapeutic medicines. It is still a matter of debate which option is the best strategy. No uniform procedure has emerged regarding these three options, and new immunologic tools have raised more questions for physicians. To assess the current practice in the management of CMV infection, we sent a questionnaire to the EBMT centers performing hematopoietic SCT (HSCT) in children. Fifty-six out of 196 responded to the questionnaire (28.5%). Quantitative PCR was the most common monitoring tool (44/56). Only 4/56 centers use the pp65 antigenemia alone. All centers used pre-emptive strategy (56/56). 21/56 centers also used prophylactic measures, 13/21 after analysis of donor/receptor serologic status. Ganciclovir was the most common first-line agent for CMV disease (55/56). The most common dose and duration for induction treatment were 5 mg/kg bid (47/55) for 14 days (20/55). There is no uniform procedure for researching resistance strain, antiviral second-line therapy or cell therapy. A harmonization process should enable sound prospective trials to improve prevention, control and cure of CMV disease in children and adolescents. © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited.
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Cytomegalovirus Infections; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Humans; Surveys and Questionnaires; Transplantation Conditioning; Hematology; Transplantation
English
2014
49
2
276
279
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Bontant, T., Sedlaçek, P., Balduzzi, A., Gaspar, B., Cesaro, S., Einsele, H., et al. (2014). Survey of CMV management in pediatric allogeneic HSCT programs, on behalf of the inborn errors, infectious diseases and pediatric diseases working parties of EBMT. BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, 49(2), 276-279 [10.1038/bmt.2013.164].
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