Review Article

Haploidentical Transplantation in Children with Acute Leukemia: The Unresolved Issues

Table 1

Outcome of T cell depleted haploidentical transplantation for children with acute leukemia.

Ref.Patients with AL (total) Age range (years)Disease status ConditioningGraft manipulationGraft compositionEngraftment (%) Acute GVHD (%) Chronic GVHD (%)NRM (%) Relapse (%)Overall survival (%)
CD34
(×106)
CD3
(×107)

Aversa et al. (1998) [17]434–53AdvancedFLU/TT/ATG/TBICD34 selection142.795.3%NoneNone40%AML: 13%
ALL: 63%
AML: 36%
ALL: 17%

Handgretinger et al. (2001) [18]21 (39)(0.5–18)NR = 9
CR = 12
MACD34 selection20.71.592.3%5%None28%33%NR: 14%
CR: 39%

Goldman et al. (2000) [39]521–19AML
Rel./Ref.
TBI: 40 
Non-TBI: 12
Bone marrow
CD2 depletion
MNC×108 3.0471%44%None71%26%2%

Ortín et al. (2002) [23]16 (21)2–16CRCY/TBICD34 selection8.55.6100%43%25%4.8%18.7%81.3%

Marks et al. (2006) [22]341–16CR 18
NR 16
CY/TBI/Campath/ATGCD34 selection13.80.3–5.291.7%29%12%29.4%CR: 13%
NR: 100%
26%
AML CR: 28%
ALL CR: 38%

Klingebiel et al. (2010) [24]1270.6–16ALL
NR 25
CR 102
MACD34 selection12.35.091%37%16.7%37%36%CR: 22–39%
NR: 0%

Leung et al. (2011) [38]38<16NR 5
CR 30
TBI: 20Non-TBI: 15CD34 selection: 13
CD3 depletion: 17
Others: 5
NA9–44NA25.7%NA23.9%14.7%<2002: 19%
>2002: 88%

Lang et al. (2014) [36]461.1–23.7NR 20
CR 26
FLU/TT/MEL
+ATG/OKT3
CD3/19 depletion 14.50.5981.6% 26%21%10.8%38%CR: 31%
NR: 20%

Lang et al. (2015) [43]29 (41)<16NR 9
CR 20
NATCRα/β  and CD3 depletion14.91.6988%24%18%NA%47.2%CR1–CR3: 100%
NR: 0%

AL: acute leukemia; ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML: acute myeloid leukemia; ATG: antithymocyte globulin; CR: complete remission; CY: cyclophosphamide; GVHD: graft-versus-host disease; FLU: Fludarabine; MA: myeloablative conditioning; Mel.: Melphalan; NR: not in remission; NRM: nonrelapse mortality; Ref.: refractory; Rel.: relapsed; TBI: total body irradiation; TT: thiotepa.