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Higher Risks of Toxicity and Incomplete Recovery in 13- to 17-Year-Old Females after Marrow Donation: RDSafe Peds Results

  • Michael A. Pulsipher
  • , Brent R. Logan
  • , Deidre M. Kiefer
  • , Pintip Chitphakdithai
  • , Marcie L. Riches
  • , J. Douglas Rizzo
  • , Paolo Anderlini
  • , Susan F. Leitman
  • , James W. Varni
  • , Hati Kobusingye
  • , Rae Anne M. Besser
  • , John P. Miller
  • , Rebecca J. Drexler
  • , Aly Abdel-Mageed
  • , Ibrahim A. Ahmed
  • , Edward D. Ball
  • , Brian J. Bolwell
  • , Nancy J. Bunin
  • , Alexandra Cheerva
  • , David C. Delgado
  • Christopher C. Dvorak, Alfred P. Gillio, Theresa E. Hahn, Gregory A. Hale, Ann E. Haight, Brandon M. Hayes-Lattin, Kimberly A. Kasow, Michael Linenberger, Margarida Magalhaes-Silverman, Shahram Mori, Vinod K. Prasad, Troy C. Quigg, Indira Sahdev, Jeffrey R. Schriber, Shalini Shenoy, William T. Tse, Gregory A. Yanik, Willis H. Navarro, Mary M. Horowitz, Dennis L. Confer, Bronwen E. Shaw, Galen E. Switzer
  • University of Southern California
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Texas A&M University
  • National Marrow Donor Program
  • Spectrum Health
  • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
  • University of California at San Diego
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Kosair Children's Hospital
  • Riley Hospital for Children
  • University of California at San Francisco
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Emory University
  • Oregon Health and Science University
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • University of Iowa
  • AdventHealth Orlando
  • Duke University
  • Texas Transplant Institute
  • Northwell Health System
  • Cancer Transplant Institute Honor Health
  • Washington University St. Louis
  • Children's Memorial Hospital
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • University of Pittsburgh

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Abstract

Although donation of bone marrow (BM)or peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs)from children to family members undergoing allogeneic transplantation are well-established procedures, studies detailing levels of pain, symptoms, and long-term recovery are lacking. To address this lack, we prospectively enrolled 294 donors age <18 years at 25 pediatric transplantation centers in North America, assessing them predonation, peridonation, and at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year postdonation. We noted that 71% of children reported pain and 59% reported other symptoms peridonation, with resolution to 14% and 12% at 1 month postdonation. Both older age (age 13 to 17 years versus younger)and female sex were associated with higher levels of pain peridonation, with the highest rates in older females (57% with grade 2-4 pain and 17% with grade 3-4 pain). Multivariate analyses showed a 4-fold increase in risk for older females compared with males age <13 years (P <.001). At 1 year, 11% of 13- to 17-year-old females reported grade 2-4 pain, compared with 3% of males age 13 to 17 years, 0% of females age <13 years, and 1% of males age <13 years (P =.01). Males and females age 13 to 17 years failed to return to predonation pain levels at 1 year 22% and 23% of the time, respectively, compared with 3% and 10% in males and females age <13 years (P =.002). Our data show that females age 13 to 17 years are at increased risk of grade 2-4 pain at 1 year and >20% of females and males age 13 to 17 years do not return to baseline pain levels by 1 year after BM donation. Studies aimed at decreasing symptoms and improving recovery in older children are warranted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)955-964
Number of pages10
JournalBiology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume25
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2019

Keywords

  • BM collection toxicities
  • Donor safety
  • PBSC collection toxicities
  • Stem cell transplantation

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