Universal posttransplant cyclophosphamide after allogeneic transplant, a retrospective single institution study.

Background: The excellent results of posttransplant cyclophosphamide in decreasing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after haploidentical (HI) allogeneic transplant have challenged current donor selection algorithms.

Patients And Methods: We compared outcomes after matched sibling (MSD) versus alternative donor transplant using identical graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis including posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy. Endpoints included engraftment, time outside of the hospital in the first 100 days after transplant, overall survival (OS), non-relapse mortality (NRM) and percentage of patients disease-free and off immunosuppression (DFOI) at one year and at the last follow-up.

Incorporation of posttransplant cyclophosphamide as part of standard immunoprophylaxis for all allogeneic transplants: a retrospective, single institution study.

The addition of posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) to standard graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis following haploidentical blood stem transplants has resulted in relatively low rates of GVHD. As GVHD remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients receiving transplants from matched donors, we began to use PTCy in all blood stem cell transplants in 2016 and compared our recent experience with PTCy after matched sibling and unrelated donor transplants (N = 49) to the earlier 2-year period (N = 41) when PTCy was not used. Endpoints included graft-versus-host, relapse-free-survival (GRFS), overall survival, non-relapse mortality, and percentage of patients disease-free and off immunosuppression (DFOI) at 1 year and at the last follow-up.

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG probiotic enteric regimen does not appreciably alter the gut microbiome or provide protection against GVHD after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major adverse effect associated with allogeneic stem cell transplant. Previous studies in mice indicated that administration of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG can reduce the incidence of GVHD after hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Here we report results from the first randomized probiotic enteric regimen trial in which allogenic hematopoietic stem cell patients were supplemented with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG.