Table 3.
Age, y | Sex | SOT | Age at transplant | Graft rejection prophylaxis | Clinical concern | BKPyV treatment before VSTs | Pre-VST viremia, copies/mL | No. TP-VST given | Therapy outcome |
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16 | Male | Heart | 11 y | Everolimus | EBV/PTLD CKD BK viremia | Leflunomide Cidofovir IVIG IST reduction (CHOP for PTLD) | BKPyV: 12 000 000 EVB: 132 000 | 3 | BKPyV: PR EBV: cleared EBV viremia and resolved PTLD on PET scan |
10 | Male | Heart and kidney | Heart: 1 mo Kidney: 4 y | Tacrolimus + prednisone | EBV and BK viremia and history of nephropathy in first kidney transplant | Cidofovir Leflunomide IVIG IST reduction | BK: 1 000 EBV: 15 000 | 10 | BK: cleared EBV: cleared. Received second kidney transplant, no graft rejection |
10 | Female | Kidney | 9 y | Tacrolimus | Persistent BK viremia | Cidofovir, leflunomide IVIG IST reduction | BK: 9 700 | 1 | BK viremia reduced 2000 copies/mL, no graft rejection |
CHOP, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone; IST, immunosuppressive therapy; PET, positron emission tomography; TP-VSTs, third-party donor VSTs.