Stem Cell Transplantation With Identical Donors for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

Summary

This protocol studied the effect of administration of a myeloablative pretransplant preparative regimen followed by an infusion of donor stem cells in children with severe sickle cell disease. The donor graft consisted of bone marrow or cord blood derived from a genetically matched sibling. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate how well the donated cells migrated to the bone marrow and begin producing healthy red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets (engrafted), how well the recipients immune system recovered, and assess any regimen related toxicities including a potentially life-threatening transplant related complication called graft-versus-host-disease or GVHD.

Timeline

Start

1992-12

Primary completion

2006-02

Completion

2007-10

Publications

• Dallas MH, Triplett B, Shook DR, Hartford C, Srinivasan A, Laver J, Ware R, Leung W. Long-term outcome and evaluation of organ function in pediatric patients undergoing haploidentical and matched related hematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2013 May;19(5):820-30. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2013.02.010. Epub 2013 Feb 14.

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