Antilymphocyte Globulin for Prevention of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
Author(s) -
Nicolaus Kröger,
Carlos Solano,
Christine Wolschke,
Giuseppe Bandini,
Francesca Patriarca,
Massimo Pini,
Ar Nagler,
Carmine Selleri,
Antonio M. Risitano,
Giuseppe Messina,
Wolfgang Bethge,
Jaime Pérez de Oteyza,
Rafael F. Duarte,
Angelo Michele Carella,
Michele Cimminiello,
Stefano Guidi,
Jürgen Finke,
Nicola Mordini,
Christelle Ferrà,
Jorge Sierra,
Domenico Russo,
Mario Petrini,
Giuseppe Milone,
Fabio Benedetti,
Marion Heinzelmann,
Domenico Pastore,
Manuel Jurado,
Elisabetta Terruzzi,
Franco Narni,
Andreas Völp,
Francis Ayuk,
Tapani Ruutu,
Francesca Bonifazi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1506002
Subject(s) - medicine , cumulative incidence , graft versus host disease , gastroenterology , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , transplantation , confidence interval , regimen , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , immunology , physics , optics
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the leading cause of later illness and death after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. We hypothesized that the inclusion of antihuman T-lymphocyte immune globulin (ATG) in a myeloablative conditioning regimen for patients with acute leukemia would result in a significant reduction in chronic GVHD 2 years after allogeneic peripheral-blood stem-cell transplantation from an HLA-identical sibling.
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