Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) has emerged as a potential treatment for severe colitis associated with graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) following hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Bacterial ...engraftment from FMT donor to recipient has been reported, however the fate of fungi and viruses after FMT remains unclear. Here we report longitudinal dynamics of the gut bacteriome, mycobiome and virome in a teenager with GvHD after receiving four doses of FMT at weekly interval. After serial FMTs, the gut bacteriome, mycobiome and virome of the patient differ from compositions before FMT with variable temporal dynamics. Diversity of the gut bacterial community increases after each FMT. Gut fungal community initially shows expansion of several species followed by a decrease in diversity after multiple FMTs. In contrast, gut virome community varies substantially over time with a stable rise in diversity. The bacterium, Corynebacterium jeikeium, and Torque teno viruses, decrease after FMTs in parallel with an increase in the relative abundance of Caudovirales bacteriophages. Collectively, FMT may simultaneously impact on the various components of the gut microbiome with distinct effects.
UCBT recipients with TM are at high risk of EF related to low number of stem cells and prior alloimmunization after multiple blood transfusions. Here, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of ...double‐unit UCBT using TT‐containing conditioning regimens in TM. Retrospective analysis of children who underwent double‐unit UCBT for TM in the Prince of Wales Hospital between August 2007 and January 2017, and outcome of double‐unit UCBT for TM was compared with outcome of HLA‐matched sibling BMT. Ten patients, median age 4.2 years, received double‐unit UCBT. All patients except one engrafted at a median of 19 days. None of the patients with successful engraftment had grade III or IV aGVHD. Among nine patients with successful engraftment, six of nine patients evaluable after day 100 developed cGVHD. All patients with cGVHD were well controlled after treatment with steroids and/or supportive care and maintained good quality of life. In comparison with patients receiving BMT, those given UCBT had slower platelet recovery, and more cGVHD. With a median follow‐up of 272 months after BMT and 84 months after UCBT, the 8‐year OS after BMT and UCBT was 92% and 90% (P = .84), whereas 8‐year DFS after BMT and UCBT was 87% and 80% (P = .54). UCB could be an acceptable source of stem cells for transplantation of TM patients when HLA‐matched family bone marrow donors are NA.
Highlights • Dosage of HPV vaccine can be reduced by intradermal administration. • Intradermal administration was more reactogenic but raised no safety concerns. • Evaluation for potential of cost ...reduction in resource poor settings is warranted.
Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an uncommon but aggressive hematological malignancy. The poor outcome is attributed to inadequate prognostic classification and limited treatment options. A ...thorough understanding on the genetic basis of pediatric AML is important for the development of effective approaches to improve outcomes. Here, by comprehensively profiling fusion genes as well as mutations and copy number changes of 141 myeloid-related genes in 147 pediatric AML patients with subsequent variant functional characterization, we unveil complex mutational patterns of biological relevance and disease mechanisms including MYC deregulation. Also, our findings highlight TP53 alterations as strong adverse prognostic markers in pediatric AML and suggest the core spindle checkpoint kinase BUB1B as a selective dependency in this aggressive subgroup. Collectively, our present study provides detailed genomic characterization revealing not only complexities and mechanistic insights into pediatric AML but also significant risk stratification and therapeutic strategies to tackle the disease.
There is no established effective treatment for patients with t(1;22)(p13;q13) acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) and hepatic fibrosis.
Here we report the outcomes of 2 t(1;22)(p13;q13) AMKL ...patients with hepatic fibrosis. One patient died from liver failure despite the control of leukemia. The other patient was successfully treated with reduced-intensity chemotherapy and antifibrosis therapy with tretinoin and α-tocopheryl acetate, the hepatic fibrosis resolved and leukemia was in remission for 3 years.
Reduced-intensity chemotherapy plus antifibrosis therapy with tretinoin and α-tocopheryl acetate could be a treatment option for these patients with t(1;22)(p13;q13) AMKL and hepatic fibrosis.
Inter-individual variance in 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) dose intensity is common in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We aimed to evaluate the association of common variants of ABCC4, ...ITPA, NUDT15, and TPMT with 6-MP dose intensity and toxicity in pediatric ALL patients. In this cohort, 13.8% of patients were intolerant to 6-MP with actual dosage less than 50% of scheduled dose. Twenty percent of patients were found to be heterozygous or homozygous mutated with NUDT15. NUDT15 c.415C > T and the genotype-predicted NUDT15 activity were significantly associated with 6-MP intolerance. TPMT*3C variants were not common in this cohort (2.8%). NUDT15 polymorphisms and genotype predicted NUDT15 activity were significantly associated with 6-MP dose intensity and leukopenia episodes. Combination of ABCC4 and ITPA variants (ABCC4 c.912G > T and ITPA c.94C > A) also showed significant positive association with 6-MP intolerance in Chinese children with ALL. Further study on pharmacogenetic screening for ALL patients to avoid 6-MP induced toxicity is recommended.
Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/08880018.2021.1973628
Objective
The aim of this study was to review clinical outcomes and prognosis of paediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) with TCF3‐PBX1 rearrangement.
Patients
All children in ...Hong Kong diagnosed with ALL with TCF3‐PBX1 rearrangement over the past two decades were included.
Methods
Six hundred and twenty‐four newly diagnosed patients with ALL from four consecutive studies were enrolled from 1997 to 2016. Patients carrying TCF3‐PBX1 rearrangement and patients at intermediate risk without the gene expression were compared for clinical characteristics, overall survival and event‐free survival (EFS).
Results
The TCF3‐PBX1 rearrangement was detected in 30 of 624 patients (4.8%). Results were consistent across the consecutive clinical trials employed in the past two decades. Compared with 239 intermediate risk patients without TCF3‐PBX1 rearrangement, the 5‐year overall survival and EFS for patients with TCF3‐PBX1 rearrangement was superior, with both at 100% (P = 0.12 and P = 0.029).
Conclusion
This population‐based study over the past 20 years demonstrated that patients with TCF3‐PBX1 rearrangement had favourable EFS compared with other intermediate risk patients treated with a similar chemotherapy backbone.
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