PMID- 25217231 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150414 LR - 20220317 IS - 1432-0584 (Electronic) IS - 0939-5555 (Linking) VI - 94 IP - 3 DP - 2015 Mar TI - Comparative analysis of unrelated cord blood transplantation and HLA-matched sibling hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children with high-risk or advanced acute leukemia. PG - 473-80 LID - 10.1007/s00277-014-2213-y [doi] AB - The aim of this report was to present a clinical comparison of unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched sibling allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell or bone marrow transplantation (allo-PBSCT/BMT) in children with high-risk or advanced acute leukemia. A total of 115 consecutive pediatric patients received unrelated CBT (n = 90) or sibling allo-PBSCT/BMT (n = 25) between 2000 and 2012. Neutrophil and platelet recovery were significantly delayed after CBT compared to allo-PBSCT/BMT. There was no difference in the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or chronic GVHD between the two groups. The cumulative incidence of transplant-related mortality (TRM) was higher in the CBT group than in the allo-PBSCT/BMT group (32.5 vs 12.8 %) (p = 0.03). The cumulative incidence of relapse was 13.1 % after CBT, which was significantly lower than that of after allo-PBSCT/BMT (45.3 %) (p = 0.015). The overall survival (OS) and leukemia-free survival (LFS) in the CBT group were similar to those of the allo-PBSCT/BMT group; however, for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, the 5-year LFS in the CBT group was slightly better than the allo-PBSCT/BMT group (55.7 % for CBT and 32.7 % for allo-PBSCT/BMT) (p = 0.08). Our comparisons suggest that for high-risk or advanced childhood acute leukemia, unrelated CBT has a higher TRM and similar long-term survival, but better antileukemia effect than HLA-matched sibling PBSCT/BMT. New strategies and better supportive care are required to decrease the TRM of CBT. FAU - Zheng, Changcheng AU - Zheng C AD - Department of Hematology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Lujiang Road No 19, Hefei, 230001, China. FAU - Zhu, Xiaoyu AU - Zhu X FAU - Tang, Baolin AU - Tang B FAU - Yao, Wen AU - Yao W FAU - Song, Kaidi AU - Song K FAU - Tong, Juan AU - Tong J FAU - Geng, Liangquan AU - Geng L FAU - Liu, Huilan AU - Liu H FAU - Sun, Zimin AU - Sun Z LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140913 PL - Germany TA - Ann Hematol JT - Annals of hematology JID - 9107334 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - *Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects MH - Disease Progression MH - Female MH - Graft vs Host Disease/epidemiology MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects/*methods MH - *Histocompatibility Testing MH - Humans MH - Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/epidemiology/pathology/*therapy MH - Male MH - Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/epidemiology/pathology/*therapy MH - Recurrence MH - Risk MH - Siblings MH - Unrelated Donors EDAT- 2014/09/14 06:00 MHDA- 2015/04/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/09/14 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/09/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/04/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s00277-014-2213-y [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Hematol. 2015 Mar;94(3):473-80. doi: 10.1007/s00277-014-2213-y. Epub 2014 Sep 13.