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Graft failure is a common and severe complication of unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation (UD-BMT). However, there are few reports of a second UD-BMT in this setting. We describe 12 patients with graft failure (five primary, seven secondary) who had a second transplant, five from their original donor and seven from a different donor. Their median age was 9 years. Two patients died before day 10 of regimen-related toxicity. Nine of 10 evaluable patients engrafted in a median of 17 days. Secondary graft failure was seen in one patient. Transplant-related morbidity was significant. Six of nine developed acute GHVD, there were five severe infections and five patients developed Bearman grade 3 or 4 extramedullary toxicity. Overall, five patients survive at a median of 38 months after the second BMT and two are in continuous complete remission. Second transplants from unrelated donors for graft failure can result in prolonged survival.
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Grandage, V., Cornish, J., Pamphilon, D. et al. Second allogeneic bone marrow transplants from unrelated donors for graft failure following initial unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 21, 687–690 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1701146
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