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  • Risk factors for late cytom...
    Mori, Yasuo; Harada, Takuya; Yoshimoto, Goichi; Shima, Takahiro; Numata, Akihiko; Jinnouchi, Fumiaki; Yamauchi, Takuji; Kikushige, Yoshikane; Kunisaki, Yuya; Kato, Koji; Takenaka, Katsuto; Akashi, Koichi; Miyamoto, Toshihiro

    International journal of hematology, 08/2022, Letnik: 116, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    Prophylactic use of letermovir (LMV) markedly reduces the incidence of early clinically significant cytomegalovirus (csCMV) infection within the first 100 days after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), which improves transplant outcomes. However, some patients eventually develop late-csCMV infection (beyond day 100) after completing LMV prophylaxis. To assess the incidence of late-csCMV infection as well as its risk factors and impacts on transplant outcome, a total of 81 allo-HCT recipients who had not developed early csCMV infection during LMV prophylaxis were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 23 (28.4%) patients developed late-csCMV infection (until day 180) at a median time of 131 days after transplantation and 30 days after LMV discontinuation, respectively. Late-csCMV infection was correlated with apparent delayed immune reconstitution: patients transplanted from HLA-mismatched donors (hazard ratio HR = 13.0, p  = 0.011) or CMV-IgG-negative donors (HR = 2.39, p  = 0.043) had a significantly higher risk. In this study, transplant outcomes did not differ between patients with and without late-csCMV infection. This suggests a need to clarify the efficacy of extended administration of LMV for preventing late-csCMV infection in a larger number of allo-HCT recipients, especially those with “high-risk” donors.