Procedimiento para producir plaquetas humanas a partir de células en cultivo.

Se describe un procedimiento para obtener cantidades ilimitadas de plaquetas humanas a partir de las líneas celulares K562 y KU812, derivadas de leucemias mieloides. El procedimiento se basa en el tratamiento con estaurosporina a concentraciones 50 a 100 nM durante 3 a 6 días. Las células pueden crecerse en suspensión y las plaquetas pueden ser separadas de las células por métodos estándar. Las plaquetas son reconocibles morfológicamente y comparten características bioquímicas y ultraestructurales con las plaquetas aisladas de sangre. Se puede obtener así una preparación de plaquetas humanas a partir de precursores celulares genéticamente idénticos y libre de otros productos biológicos de origen humano. Pueden ser usadas para fines analíticos como servir de estándar en ensayos plaquetarios biológicos o bioquímicos.Solicitud: 009900666 (05.04.1999)Nº Pub. de Solicitud: ES2155379A1 (01.05.2001)Nº de Patente: ES2155379B1 (01.12.2001

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation using HLA-matched donors for acute myeloid leukemia with deletion 5q or monosomy 5 : a study from the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the EBMT

Deletion 5q or monosomy 5 (-5/5q-) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a common high-risk feature that is referred to allogeneic stem cell transplantation. However, -5/5q- is frequently associated with other high-risk cytogenetic aberrations such as complex karyotype, monosomal karyotype, monosomy 7 (-7), or 17p abnormalities (abn (17p)), the significance of which is unknown. In order to address this question, we studied adult patients with AML harboring -5/5q- having their first allogeneic transplantation between 2000 and 2015. Five hundred and one patients with -5/5q- have been analyzed. Three hundred and thirty-eight patients (67%) were in first remission and 142 (28%) had an active disease at time of allogeneic transplantation. The 2-year probabilities of overall survival and leukemia-free survival were 27% and 20%, respectively. The 2-year probability of treatment-related mortality was 20%. We identified four different cytogenetic groups according to additional abnormalities with prognostic impact: -5/5q- without complex karyotype, monosomal karyotype or abn(17p), -5/5q- within a complex karyotype, -5/5q- within a monosomal karyotype and the combination of -5/5q- with abn(17p). In multivariate analysis, factors associated with worse overall survival and leukemia-free survival across the four groups were active disease, age, monosomal karyotype, and abn(17p). The presence of -5/5q- without monosomal karyotype or abn(17p) was associated with a significantly better survival rate while -5/5q- in conjunction with monosomal karyotype or abn(17p) translated into a worse outcome. The patients harboring the combination of -5/5q- with abn(17p) showed very limited benefit from allogeneic transplantation.Peer reviewe

Procedimiento para determinar la eficacia del tratamiento y el grado de progresión de la leucemia mieloide crónica mediante el uso de SPI-1/PU.1.

Procedimiento para determinar la eficacia del tratamiento y el grado de progresión de la leucemia mieloide crónica mediante el uso de SPI-1/PU.1 que consiste en la determinación de mRNA o de proteína del gen SPI-1/PU.1, en muestras de células de sangre o médula ósea de pacientes de LMC y su comparación con muestras de sujetos sanos o del mismo paciente tras el tratamiento antileucémico. Niveles de mRNA o proteína de SPI-1/PU.1 altos o comparables a los de sujetos sanos son indicadores de respuesta al tratamiento. La presencia de SPI-1/PU.1 es indicador de respuesta al tratamiento y recuperación de hematopoyesis normal. Por el contrario, una expresión reducida es indicador de persistencia de la leucemia y mal pronóstico.Solicitud: 200402864 (22.11.2004)Nº Pub. de Solicitud: ES2315040A1 (16.03.2009)Nº de Patente: ES2315040B2 (16.10.2009

Validation of the revised IPSS at transplant in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome/transformed acute myelogenous leukemia receiving allogeneic stem cell transplantation

The International Prognostic Scoring System has been revised (IPSS-R) to predict prognosis of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes at diagnosis. To validate the use of the IPSS-R assesse

Transplant results in adults with Fanconi anaemia

The outcomes of adult patients transplanted for Fanconi anaemia (FA) have not been well described. We retrospectively analysed 199 adult patients with FA transplanted between 1991 and 2014. Patients were a median of 16 years of age when diagnosed with FA, and underwent transplantation at a median age of 23 years. Time between diagnosis and transplant was shortest (median 2 years) in those patients who had a human leucocyte antigen identical sibling donor. Fifty four percent of patients had bone marrow (BM) failure at transplantation and 46% had clonal disease (34% myelodysplasia, 12% acute leukaemia). BM was the main stem cell source, the conditioning regimen included cyclophosphamide in 96% of cases and fludarabine in 64%. Engraftment occurred in 82% (95% confidence interval [CI] 76-87%), acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) grade II-IV in 22% (95% CI 16-28%) and the incidence of chronic GvHD at 96 months was 26% (95% CI 20-33). Non-relapse mortality at 96 months was 56% with an overall survival of 34%, which improved with more recent transplants. Median follow-up was 58 months. Patients transplanted after 2000 had improved survival (84% at 36 months), using BM from an identical sibling and fludarabine in the conditioning regimen. Factors associated with improved outcome in multivariate analysis were use of fludarabine and an identical sibling or matched non-sibling donor. Main causes of death were infection (37%), GvHD (24%) and organ failure (12%). The presence of clonal disease at transplant did not significant impact on survival. Secondary malignancies were reported in 15 of 131 evaluable patients

Long-term survival of patients with CLL after allogeneic transplantation: A report from the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Even with the availability of targeted drugs, allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) is the only therapy with curative potential for patients with CLL. Cure can be assessed by comparing long-term survival of patients to the matched general population. Using data from 2589 patients who received allo-HCT between 2000 and 2010, we used landmark analyses and methods from relative survival analysis to calculate excess mortality compared with an age-, sex- and calendar year-matched general population. Estimated event-free survival, overall survival and non-relapse mortality (NRM) 10 years after allo-HCT were 28% (95% confidence interval (CI), 25-31), 35% (95% CI, 32-38) and 40% (95% CI, 37-42), respectively. Patients who passed the 5-year landmark event-free survival (N=394) had a 79% probability (95% CI, 73-85) of surviving the subsequent 5 years without an event. Relapse and NRM contributed equally to treatment failure. Five-year mortality for 45- and 65-year-old reference patients who were event-free at the 5-year landmark was 8% and 47% compared with 3% and 14% in the matched general population, respectively. The prospect of long-term disease-free survival remains an argument to consider allo-HCT for young patients with high-risk CLL, and programs to understand and prevent late causes of failure for long-term survivors are warranted, especially for older patients