Stemcell transplatation
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Patients who underwent autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplantation because of a hematological malignancy • Complete remission before HSCT • Age 18-65 years • WHO performance score 0-2 • Outpatient clinic patients Inclusion criteria - specific for autologous HSCT • Indication for HSCT: relapsed non-Hodgkin*s lymphoma • Remission-induction chemotherapy schedule including Rituximab • Conditioning regimen: BEAM chemotherapy (BCNU (Carmustine), Ara-C (cytarabine), etoposide (VP16), Melphalan) Inclusion criteria - specific for allogeneic HSCT • Indication for HSCT: acute myeloid leukemia (AML) • Type of transplant: non-mismatched sibling donor (n=5) and matched unrelated donor (MUD; n=5), non-T cell depleted peripheral blood derived stem cell transplant • Conditioning regimen (myeloablative): cyclophosphamide and total body irradiation for sibling donors; cyclophosphamide, total body irradiation and anti-thymocyte globulin for unrelated donors • No or minimal immune suppression (prednisone
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Acute graft-versus-host disease or infectious complications necessitating hospital admission; • Active hematological malignancy; • HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C infection • Pre-treatment with immunomodulatory or lymphocyte depleting drugs such as lenalidomide, fludarabine or alemtuzumab • AML relapse and/or previous autologous or allogeneic HSCT • Significant renal, hepatic or cardiac dysfunction • Diabetes mellitus type 1, DM type 2 • Alcohol and/or drug abuse • Unwilling or not capable to use effective means of birthcontrol
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Lymphocyte subset production rates and life spans during immune recovery following HSCT | — |
Countries
Netherlands