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Delayed engraftment, graft failure, and adverse transplant-related events have been observed in unrelated umbilical cord blood (UCB) recipients, particularly in those receiving a low leukocyte cell dose and in CML patients. We report the outcomes of two older adult patients with high risk CML who received a low leukocyte cell dose of unmanipulated UCB cells supplemented with ex vivo expanded (AastromReplicell System) UCB cells. Each engrafted promptly and neither patient experienced GVHD or life-threatening infection. Both remain engrafted with cells exclusively of donor origin and are in cytogenetic remission at 19 and 8 months follow-up. Ex vivoexpanded UCB cells appear to facilitate hematopoietic recovery and therefore may increase the number of CML patients eligible for unrelated UCB transplant. Bone Marrow Transplantation (2000) 25, 797–799.
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Pecora, A., Stiff, P., Jennis, A. et al. Prompt and durable engraftment in two older adult patients with high risk chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) using ex vivo expanded and unmanipulated unrelated umbilical cord blood. Bone Marrow Transplant 25, 797–799 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1702222
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