This study aimed to ascertain whether extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) is an effective treatment for paediatric patients with refractory graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). From January 1992 to December 2000, 77 children (median age 8.6 years) with either acute (n = 33) or chronic (n = 44) GVHD, resistant to conventional immunosuppressive therapy, were treated with ECP in four Italian paediatric hospitals. After ECP, acute GVHD involving skin, liver and gut responded completely in 76%, 60% and 75% of patients respectively. The 5-year overall survival was 69% for responding patients vs 12% for non-responders (P = 0.001). Among the 44 children with chronic GVHD, 15 (44%) showed a complete response and 10 (29%) a significant improvement after ECP. The 5-year overall survival was 96% for responders vs 58% for non-responders (P = 0.04). Our results suggest that ECP is an effective treatment that may be useful in paediatric patients with either acute or chronic GVHD who have failed to respond to standard immunosuppressive therapy.

Messina, C., Locatelli, F., Lanino, E., Uderzo, C., Zacchello, G., Cesaro, S., et al. (2003). Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for paediatric patients with graft-versus-host disease after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, 122(1), 118-127 [10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04401.x].

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for paediatric patients with graft-versus-host disease after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Balduzzi A;
2003

Abstract

This study aimed to ascertain whether extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) is an effective treatment for paediatric patients with refractory graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). From January 1992 to December 2000, 77 children (median age 8.6 years) with either acute (n = 33) or chronic (n = 44) GVHD, resistant to conventional immunosuppressive therapy, were treated with ECP in four Italian paediatric hospitals. After ECP, acute GVHD involving skin, liver and gut responded completely in 76%, 60% and 75% of patients respectively. The 5-year overall survival was 69% for responding patients vs 12% for non-responders (P = 0.001). Among the 44 children with chronic GVHD, 15 (44%) showed a complete response and 10 (29%) a significant improvement after ECP. The 5-year overall survival was 96% for responders vs 58% for non-responders (P = 0.04). Our results suggest that ECP is an effective treatment that may be useful in paediatric patients with either acute or chronic GVHD who have failed to respond to standard immunosuppressive therapy.
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Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP); Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD); Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation;
English
2003
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Messina, C., Locatelli, F., Lanino, E., Uderzo, C., Zacchello, G., Cesaro, S., et al. (2003). Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for paediatric patients with graft-versus-host disease after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, 122(1), 118-127 [10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04401.x].
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