Table 2. Immunosuppression, GvHD and outcome following CSA-related neurotoxicity.
| Patient no. | Immune suppression post CSA toxicity | Interval before re-starting CSA/TAC | Maximum GvHD pre CSA toxicity acute and chronic |
Evolution of GvHD post CSA neurotoxicity |
Outcome/follow-upa cause death/current complications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute/late acute | Chronic | ||||||
| 1 | TACb, CS, mAb | 219 | Grade II skin, extensive chronic skin, mouth | Nil | Progressed to extensive skin, mouth and lung | Alive +7.8 years | Extensive bronchiolitis obliterans |
| 2 | CS, MMF | NA | Grade I skin | Progressed to Grade II skin | Developed limited skin | Alive +12.1 years | GvHD resolved |
| 3 | CSA/TACc, CS | 20 | Grade IV skin and gut | Grade IV skin, gut recurred | Developed extensive skin | Alive +10.3 years | Extensive vitiligo, epilepsy following PRES needing treatment with anti-epileptics |
| 4 | Nil | NA | Grade I skin | Grade I skin recurred | Nil | Alive +8.1 years | |
| 5 | TAC, CS | 132 | Nil | Developed Grade III skin, liver | Developed extensive skin, lung | Alive +5.9 years | Bronchiolitis obliterans, bilateral avascular necrosis of the hip |
| 6 | TAC, CS, MMF, Siro, mAb, MSC | 597 | Grade IV skin, gut | Grade IV skin, gut persisted | Developed limited skin, liver | Deceased +1.8 years | Liver GvHD |
| 7 | TACc, CS, MMF, mAb | 228 | Nil | Developed Grade IV skin, gut | Developed extensive skin, gut, liver | Deceased +293 days | Bronchiolitis obliterans/infection |
| 8 | CSA/TACc, CS, MMF, MTX, mAb | 2 | Grade IV skin, gut, extensive chronic skin/gut | Nil | Progressed to extensive skin, gut, liver | Deceased +1.2 years | GvHD, infection (E. coli sepsis, pulmonary Aspergillosis) |
| 9 | TAC, CS | 0 | Grade IV skin, gut, liver | Grade IV skin, gut, liver persisted | NE | Deceased +68 days | Infection, TMA |
| 10 | CS, MMF | NA | Nil | Developed Grade II gut | Developed limited gut | Deceased +1.6 years | Acute liver necrosis, presumed infection |
| 11 | CSAc, CS, MMF, Siro | 3 | Grade II skin | Progressed to Grade III skin | NEd | Deceased +275 days | Bone marrow aplasia, fungal chest infection, CMV/adeno/HHV6 viraemia |
| 12 | CSAe, CS, MMF | 10 | Nil | Developed Grade II skin | Developed limited skin | Alive +10.4 years | GvHD resolved |
| 13 | CS, MMF, mAb | NA | Grade II skin, limited chronic skin | Progressed to Grade IV gut | Limited skin persisted. Developed extensive gut | Alive +7.8 years | GvHD resolved |
| 14 | CS, Siro, mAb, MSC | NA | Grade IV skin and gut | Grade IV gut persisted | Developed extensive gut | Alive +6.2 years | GvHD resolved |
| 15 | TAC, CS | 30 | Grade 1 skin | Progressed to Grade IV skin, gut | Developed extensive skin, gut | Deceased +298 days | GvHD, infection (RSV pneumonitis) |
| 16 | CSA/TACc, CS, mAb, MSC | 4 | Grade III skin, gut | Progressed to Grade IV skin, gut, liver | Developed extensive skin, gut, liver | Deceased +253 days | GvHD/infection |
| 17 | CSA, CS, MMF, mAb, ATG, MSC | 1 | Grade IV skin | Grade IV skin persisted Developed Grade IV gut | NE | Deceased +66 days | GvHD, pulmonary haemorrhage |
| 18 | CS, MMF, mAb | NA | Grade I gut | Progressed to Grade III skin, gut | Developed extensive skin, gut | Deceased +1.9 years | GvHD |
| 19 | TACc, CS, MMF, mAb | 0 | Grade III skin, gut, liver, extensive chronic skin, gut, liver | Nil | extensive skin, gut, liver persisted | Deceased +1.9 years | Infection (Influenza pneumonitis) |
| 20 | CSAc, CS, Siro mAb | 12 | Grade III skin, gut, extensive chronic skin, gut | Grade III skin, gut recurred | Progressed to extensive skin, gut, liver | Deceased +304 days | GvHD, infection (adenoviraemia) |
| 21 | CSAc, CS | 4 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Deceased +5.2 years | Pulmonary fibrosis |
| 22 | TAC, CS, MMF | 343 | Grade IV skin, gut | Nil | Developed extensive skin, gut | Alive +10.3 years | Extensive vitiligo |
| 23 | CS, MMF | NA | Nil | Developed Grade I skin | Nil | Alive +5.5 years | GvHD resolved |
| 24 | CS, MMF, Siro | NA | Nil | Nil | Nil | Deceased +125 days | Pulmonary vasculopathy, infection |
| 25 | CSA/TAC, CS, MMF, mAb | 5 | Nil | Developed Grade IV skin, gut | Developed extensive gut, liver | Deceased +1.6 years | Infection |
| 26 | CSA, CS | 20 | Nil | Developed Grade I skin | Nil | Alive +7.9 years | GvHD resolved |
Abbreviations: CS=corticosteroids; CSA=cyclosporine; mAb=monoclonal antibodies including infliximab, daclizumab and/or basiliximab; MMF=mycophenolate mofetil; MSC=mesenchymal stem cells; MTX=methotrexate; NA=not applicable; NE=not evaluable; RSV=respiratory syncytial virus; Siro=sirolimus; TAC=Tacrolimus.
As of 1 April 2016 except for patient #22 for whom last follow-up was 27 September 2012.
Tacrolimus started to assess if tolerated in context of potential lung transplantation.
CSA and/or Tacrolimus restarted but not tolerated.
NE as received second HSCT.
CSA continued with clobazam.