PMID- 34197635 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210819 LR - 20210819 IS - 1537-2995 (Electronic) IS - 0041-1132 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 8 DP - 2021 Aug TI - Washing transplants with Sepax 2 reduces the incidence of side effects associated with autologous transplantation and increases patients' comfort. PG - 2430-2438 LID - 10.1111/trf.16566 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is routinely used in various hematologic malignancies. However, dimethylsulfoxide contained in cryopreserved grafts can cause adverse events (AEs). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Forty-three ASCTs were performed with Sepax 2 washed grafts between 7/2016 and 10/2019. The aim of this study was to determine whether washing out dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) from transplants using the Sepax 2 (S-100) device is safe and reduces the incidence of DMSO-associated AEs. RESULTS: The washing procedure was automated and that resulted in the satisfactory recovery of total nucleated cells, CD34(+) cells, and colony forming units of granulocyte and macrophages (85%, 80%, and 84%, medians). Time to engraftment of leukocytes, granulocytes, and platelets as well as the number of neutropenic days did not differ when compared to 20 consecutive ASCTs without washing. The AE occurrence was lower compared to unwashed grafts: 81% versus 78% during and shortly after grafts administration, 76% versus 69% in the following day. CONCLUSION: We conclude that the washing of cryopreserved transplants using Sepax 2 was feasible with a high recovery of hematopoietic cells, did not influence time to engraftment, and resulted in the satisfactory reduction of AEs and improved tolerance of the procedure. CI - (c) 2021 AABB. FAU - Huvarova, Lucie AU - Huvarova L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1000-9378 AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. AD - Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. FAU - Koristek, Zdenek AU - Koristek Z AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. FAU - Jelinek, Tomas AU - Jelinek T AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. AD - Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. FAU - Cerna, Lucie AU - Cerna L AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. FAU - Smejkalova, Jana AU - Smejkalova J AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. FAU - Navratil, Milan AU - Navratil M AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. FAU - Grebenicek, Lukas AU - Grebenicek L AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. FAU - Tvrda, Ivana AU - Tvrda I AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. FAU - Michalikova, Magda AU - Michalikova M AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. FAU - Hajek, Roman AU - Hajek R AD - Department of Haematooncology, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. LA - eng GR - CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000868/European Regional Development Fund/ GR - SGS03/European Regional Development Fund/ GR - MH CZ - DRO - FNOs/2020/ GR - SGS03/PrF/2019-2020/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210701 PL - United States TA - Transfusion JT - Transfusion JID - 0417360 RN - 0 (Cryoprotective Agents) RN - YOW8V9698H (Dimethyl Sulfoxide) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Cryopreservation/instrumentation/methods MH - Cryoprotective Agents/*adverse effects/isolation & purification MH - Dimethyl Sulfoxide/*adverse effects/isolation & purification MH - Female MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology/*drug effects MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Transplantation, Autologous OTO - NOTNLM OT - DMSO OT - Sepax 2 OT - autologous stem cell transplantation OT - hematopoietic cells EDAT- 2021/07/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/20 06:00 CRDT- 2021/07/01 17:28 PHST- 2021/05/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/02/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/01 17:28 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/trf.16566 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Transfusion. 2021 Aug;61(8):2430-2438. doi: 10.1111/trf.16566. Epub 2021 Jul 1.