PMID- 34778077 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20211117 IS - 2234-943X (Print) IS - 2234-943X (Electronic) IS - 2234-943X (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2021 TI - Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Current Therapies, Challenges and Future Prospective. PG - 758512 LID - 10.3389/fonc.2021.758512 [doi] LID - 758512 AB - Haploidentical stem cell transplantation (haplo-SCT), an alternative donor source, offers a curative therapy for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are transplant candidates. Advances in transplantation techniques, such as donor selection, conditioning regimen modification, and graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis, have successfully improved the outcomes of AML patients receiving haplo-SCT and extended the haploidentical transplant indictions for AML. Presently, treating de novo AML, secondary AML, therapy-related AML and refractory and relapsed AML with haplo-SCT can achieve comparable outcomes to those of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched sibling donor transplantation (MSDT), unrelated donor transplantation or umbilical cord blood transplantation. For some subgroups of AML subjects, such as patients with positive pretransplantation minimal/measurable residual disease, recent studies suggest that haplo-SCT might be superior to MSDT in decreasing relapse and improving survival. Unfortunately, for patients with AML after haplo-SCT, relapse and infections remain the causes of death that restrict further improvement in clinical outcomes. In this review, we discuss the recent advances and challenges in haplo-SCT for AML treatment, mainly focusing on unmanipulated haplo-SCT protocols. We provide an outlook on future prospects and suggest that relapse prophylaxis, intervention, and treatment, as well as infection prevention and therapy, are areas of active research in AML patients who receive haploidentical allografts. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Chang, Zhao and Huang. FAU - Chang, Ying-Jun AU - Chang YJ AD - Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China. AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing, China. AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China. AD - Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Peking University, Beijing, China. FAU - Zhao, Xiang-Yu AU - Zhao XY AD - Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China. AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing, China. AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China. AD - Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Peking University, Beijing, China. FAU - Huang, Xiao-Jun AU - Huang XJ AD - Peking University Institute of Hematology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China. AD - National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing, China. AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Beijing, China. AD - Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Peking University, Beijing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20211028 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Oncol JT - Frontiers in oncology JID - 101568867 PMC - PMC8581046 OTO - NOTNLM OT - acute myeloid leukemia OT - graft-versus-leukemia-effect OT - haploidentical stem cell transplantation OT - infection OT - relapse COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/16 06:01 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2021/11/15 07:08 PHST- 2021/08/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/15 07:08 [entrez] PHST- 2021/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fonc.2021.758512 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Oncol. 2021 Oct 28;11:758512. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.758512. eCollection 2021.