Frontiers in Immunology (May 2022)

The Incidence, Outcomes, and Risk Factors of Secondary Poor Graft Function in Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Acquired Aplastic Anemia

  • Fan Lin,
  • Tingting Han,
  • Yuanyuan Zhang,
  • Yifei Cheng,
  • Zhengli Xu,
  • Xiaodong Mo,
  • Fengrong Wang,
  • Chenhua Yan,
  • Yuqian Sun,
  • Jingzhi Wang,
  • Feifei Tang,
  • Wei Han,
  • Yuhong Chen,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Xiaohui Zhang,
  • Kaiyan Liu,
  • Xiaojun Huang,
  • Xiaojun Huang,
  • Lanping Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.896034
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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Secondary poor graft function (sPGF) increases the risk of life-threatening complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The incidence, clinical outcomes, and risk factors of sPGF have not been elucidated in haploidentical (haplo-) HSCT for acquired aplastic anemia (AA) patients. We retrospectively reviewed 423 consecutive AA patients who underwent haplo-HSCT between January 2006 and December 2020 and report a 3-year cumulative incidence of 4.62% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.92%-10.23%) of sPGF. While no primary PGF occurred. The median time to sPGF was 121 days (range 30-626 days) after transplantation. To clarify the risk factors for sPGF, 17 sPGF cases and 382 without PGF were further analyzed. Compared to patients without PGF, the 2-year overall survival was significantly poorer for sPGF patients (67.7% vs 90.8%, p =.002). Twelve sPGF patients were alive until the last follow-up, and 7 achieved transfusion independency. The multivariable analyses revealed that later neutrophil engraftment (OR 2.819, p=.049) and a history of refractory cytomegalovirus viremia (OR=7.038, p=.002) post-transplantation were associated with sPGF. There was weak evidence that a history of grade 3-4 acute graft-versus-host disease increased the risk of sPGF (p=.063). We advocated better post-transplantation strategies to balance the risk of immunosuppression and viral reactivation for haplo-HSCT in AA patients.

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