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An essential prerequisite for successful procurement of sufficient autologous peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC) for engraftment is the optimal timing of collection. A number of surrogate markers of peripheral blood progenitor cells were analysed to identify a single test which could predict the optimum time to harvest, providing at least 2 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg patient body weight. The study comprised 95 patients undergoing varied mobilisation regimens with chemotherapy and G-CSF for both solid tumours and haematological malignancies. One hundred and fifty-seven PBPC harvests were collected. Full blood counts (FBC) and CD34+ cell enumeration was performed on blood samples taken during the mobilisation period and immediately prior to leucapheresis (pre-harvest). All PBPC collections were assayed for colony-forming cells and CD34+ cells in addition to a FBC. The white cell count on the day of harvest showed only weak correlation with the total number of CD34+ cells in the collection (r = 0.30). In contrast, the absolute number of circulating CD34+ cells strongly correlated with the CD34+ cell and CFU-GM yield of the corresponding apheresis product. Provided the mobilisation sample contained ⩾20 × 106 CD34+ cells/ml, 94% of single collections, performed the following day, contained ⩾2 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg.
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Armitage, S., Hargreaves, R., Samson, D. et al. CD34 counts to predict the adequate collection of peripheral blood progenitor cells. Bone Marrow Transplant 20, 587–591 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1700938
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