Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, California.
Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, California.
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Oct;25(10):2031-2039. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.06.006. Epub 2019 Jun 12.
High-risk neuroblastoma has a poor prognosis, and research studies have shown that increasing the intensity of therapy improves outcomes. Autologous hematopoietic cell transplant (aHCT) as consolidation therapy confers a significant survival advantage but is accompanied by significant morbidity. Transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) is a life-threatening complication caused by endothelial injury that often leads to hemolytic anemia, microthrombotic platelet consumption, and renal injury. Here we investigated the incidence, potential risk factors, and sequelae of TA-TMA in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma. We conducted a retrospective chart review of all patients (n = 141) with neuroblastoma in our institutions who underwent aHCT from 2000 to 2017. Ten patients (7%) developed TA-TMA. The patients in the TA-TMA group were similar to the rest of the subjects in demographics, disease burden, prior therapies, renal function, and timing of transplant. The type of conditioning regimen was the only statistically significant pretransplant variable (P < .001). Six of 15 patients (40%) intended to receive tandem transplants (cyclophosphamide/thiotepa and then carboplatin/etoposide/melphalan (CEM)), 4 of 68 patients (6%) who received conditioning with single CEM, and none of the 56 patients who received busulfan/melphalan were diagnosed with TA-TMA. Patients with TA-TMA were more likely to require intensive care unit transfer, have a longer length of stay in the hospital, and experience a delay or change in their subsequent therapy. In our cohort overall, patients with a delay in therapy after transplant appeared to have a worse overall survival, although the difference was not statistically significant. Because of this high incidence and significant morbidity, we have implemented standardized screening for TA-TMA during and after transplant. We anticipate that screening will lead to earlier intervention and decreased severity of disease.
高危神经母细胞瘤预后不良,研究表明增加治疗强度可改善预后。自体造血细胞移植(aHCT)作为巩固治疗可显著提高生存率,但伴随严重的发病率。移植相关性血栓性微血管病(TA-TMA)是一种由内皮损伤引起的危及生命的并发症,常导致溶血性贫血、微血栓性血小板消耗和肾损伤。在此,我们研究了高危神经母细胞瘤患者中 TA-TMA 的发生率、潜在危险因素和后果。我们对 2000 年至 2017 年在我们机构接受 aHCT 的所有神经母细胞瘤患者(n=141)进行了回顾性图表审查。10 名患者(7%)发生了 TA-TMA。TA-TMA 组患者在人口统计学、疾病负担、既往治疗、肾功能和移植时间方面与其余患者相似。移植前唯一具有统计学意义的预处理方案是条件方案的类型(P<.001)。在打算接受串联移植(环磷酰胺/噻替哌,然后卡铂/依托泊苷/美法仑(CEM))的 15 名患者中,有 6 名(40%)患者发生了 TA-TMA,在接受单 CEM 预处理的 68 名患者中,有 4 名(6%)患者发生了 TA-TMA,而在接受白消安/美法仑预处理的 56 名患者中均未诊断出 TA-TMA。TA-TMA 患者更有可能需要转入重症监护病房,住院时间更长,并经历治疗延迟或改变。在我们的整个队列中,移植后治疗延迟的患者似乎总体生存率较差,尽管差异无统计学意义。由于这种高发病率和严重的发病率,我们已经在移植期间和之后实施了 TA-TMA 的标准化筛查。我们预计筛查将导致更早的干预和疾病严重程度的降低。