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A comparison was conducted of 213 patients with haematologic malignancies who underwent HLA-identical sibling (n=108) or HLA-haploidentical (n=105) haematopoietic cell transplantation (haplo-HCT) at our centre. The conditioning regimen included fludarabine, busulphan, cyclophosphamide and antilymphocyte globulin (ATG) (FBCA). The total dose of ATG differed between identical and haploidentical groups (3.75 mg/kg versus 12.5 mg/kg). The cumulative incidences of grade II–IV acute GvHD in the identical and haploidentical groups were 20.4% and 21.9% (P=0.73), and 2-year cumulative incidences of chronic GvHD were 36.4% and 24.1% (P=0.17), respectively. The 3-year probabilities of non-relapse mortality for identical and haploidentical groups were 20.5% and 34.9% (P=0.048), and for relapse were 22.2% and 21.0% (P=0.85), respectively. The 3-year overall survivals in the identical and haploidentical groups were 62.6% and 52.6% (P=0.054), whereas the 3-year disease-free survivals were 54.7% and 43.1% (P=0.14), respectively. In the multivariate analysis, patients in the high-risk group exhibited reduced survival, and the higher dose of mononuclear or CD34+ cells resulted in an increase in the likelihood of survival. In conclusion, haplo-HCT based on an FBCA conditioning regimen could achieve nearly comparable outcomes to HLA-identical sibling HCT.
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We acknowledge the great contributions of the nurses, physicians and laboratory staff from the Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, China, for their patient care. This work was supported by the Scientific and Technology Programs of Guangzhou, China (No.: 2011Y1-00033-3).
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Long, H., Lu, Z., Song, C. et al. Long-term outcomes of HLA-haploidentical stem cell transplantation based on an FBCA conditioning regimen compared with those of HLA-identical sibling stem cell transplantation for haematologic malignancies. Bone Marrow Transplant 51, 1470–1475 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2016.170
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