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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Hematol. 2015 May;22(3):227–233. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0000000000000136

Table 2.

Conventional and reduced intensity conditioning before hematopoietic cell transplantation in adults with sickle cell disease

Center Preparative regimen GVHD-prophyl n Age range (years) Published outcomes
Latest follow-up
Follow-up (years) Death Complications Most recent follow-up (years) IST GVHD % Donor chimerism
Pittsburgh (Krishnamurti et al., 2008) [30] BU 8 mg/kg, Flu 135 mg/m2, ATG 120 mg/kg, TLI 500 cGy CsA, MMF 3 16–18 1.5–3.5 None Pancreatitis. (n =1); GR (n =1) 5–6 1 of 3 1 of 3 (limited cGVHD) 0–100%

France (Kuentz et al., 2011) [26] BU 14 mg/kg, CY 200 mg/kg, rATG 10 mg/kg CsA, MTX 15 16–27.5 1–16.1 1 (ICH) SDH (n =1), seizures Eight acute GVHD, two chronic GVHD 75–100%

NHLBI (Hsieh et al., 2009, 2014) [31■■,32] Alem 1 mg/kg, TBI 300 cGy Sirolimus 30 17–65 1.8–6 1 (ICH) after GR GR (n =4) 3.6, median 11 of 26 None Median T cell 48%

Alem, alemtuzumab; ATG, antithymocyte globulin; BU, busulfan; cGVHD, chronic GVHD; CsA, cyclosporine; CY, cyclophosphamide; Flu, fludarabine; Flu, fludarabine; GR, graft rejection; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; IST, immunosuppressive therapy; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; mos, months; MTX, methotrexate; prophyl, prophylaxis; rATG, rabbit antithymocyte globulin; SDH, subdural hematoma; TAM, transplant-associated microangiopathy; TLI, total lymphoid irradiation.