Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and outcome of dual haplo-HCT and liver transplant for severe SCD

From: Haplo-stem cell transplant post liver transplantation to cure sickle cell disease with related liver dysfunction: a case series

 

Patient #1

Patient #2

Age at HCT (yr.)

17

25

Sex

Male

Male

Disease

SCD and end-stage liver disease

SCD and end-stage liver disease

HLA match of HCT graft (no. of alleles matched/total no.)

Haplo HLA 5/10

Haplo HLA 5/10

Donor

Aunt

Brother

ABO blood group and Rh type

Donor

O+

O+

Recipient

O−

O+

Donor age

39 years

27 years

Donor sex

Female

Male

Sex match

Unmatched

Matched

Donor HBEP

Normal

Sickle cell trait

Donor-specific antibodies (DSA)

No

No

Donor HBEP

Normal

Sickle cell trait

CMV IgG serology

Both seropositive

Both seropositive

ABO alloimmunization

0

0

Time from SOT

8 months

4 months

Conditioning regimen

ATG/Thio/Flu/Cy/TBI

ATG/Thio/Flu/Cy/TBI

GVHD prophylaxis

Sirolimus + PTCy + MMF

Sirolimus + PTCy + MMF

Stem cell source

Bone marrow

Bone marrow

Graft composition (cells/kg)

TNC HSCs

14.4*108

7.07 *108

CD 34+ HSCs

5.79*106

7.01 *106

Neutrophil engraftment

Day +16 of HCT

Day +21 of HCT

Platelet engraftment

Day +18 of HCT

Day +27 of HCT

CMV reactivation after HCT or LDLT

Yes

Yes

Chimerism post-HCT engraftment:

Day +30, +100, +365, 2 years

100%

100%

Myeloid

100%

100%

Lymphoid

  

Ferritin:

Pre-HCT

3943 µg/L

850 µg/L

Post-HCT

137 µg/L

98.4 µg/L

Hemoglobin SS:

Pre-HCT

44.6%

43.7%

12 months post-HCT

0.0%

24.0%

24 months post-HCT

0.0%

29.0%

2-year OS

Alive

Alive

  1. DSA donor-specific antibody, HSCs hematopoietic stem cells, TNC total nucleated cell, OS overall survival, PTCy post-transplantation cyclophosphamide, HCT hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, LDLT living donor liver transplant, HBEP hemoglobin electrophoresis.
  2. *Immune reconstitution of naive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells has been defined as the presence of more than 50 cells per microliter28.
  3. Both patients were on regular RBC exchange pre-HCT.