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722.O2.6 Clinical Transplantation: Immune Reconstitution and Infectious Complications

Monday, December 8, 2008: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
2002-2004 - West (Moscone Center)
Moderators:
Michael Boeckh, MD and Katarina Le Blanc, MD, PhD
11:00 AM
IgG Allotypes Reveal That Antimicrobial Humoral Immunity Persists after Reduced-Intensity Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Julie R. Boiko1*, Bita Sahaf, PhD1*, Antonia M.S. Mueller, MD1*, George L. Chen, MD1*, Dolly Tyan, PhD2* and David B. Miklos, MD, PhD1

1Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
2Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA

11:15 AM
Immune Response to the 23-Valent Polysaccharide Pneumococcal Vaccine (PPV23) after the 7-Valent Conjugate  Vaccine (PCV7) in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) Recipients: Results of the EBMT IDWP01 Trial

Catherine Cordonnier, MD1, Myriam Labopin2*, Virginie Chesnel2*, Patricia Ribaud3*, Rafael De La Camara, MD4, Rodrigo Martino5*, Andrew Ullmann6*, Terttu Parkkali7*, Anna Locasciulli8*, Karima Yakouben9*, Karlis Pauksens10*, Hermann Einsele11*, Dietger Niederwieser, MD12*, Jane Apperley13* and Per T. Ljungman, MD, PhD14

1Hematologie Clinique, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France
2EBMT Paris Office, Paris, France
3Saint-Louis Hospital, Bone Marrow Transplant Department, Paris, France
4Hematology, Hospital Universitario De La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
5Sant Pau Hospital, Hematology Department, Barcelona, Spain
6Johannes Gütenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany
7Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
8San Camillo Hospital, Roma, Italy
9Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
10University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
11Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Wursburg, Germany
12University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
13Haematology, Hammersmith Teaching Hospital, London, United Kingdom
14Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

11:30 AM
Decreased Infections in Recipients of Unrelated Donor (URD) Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) from Donors with An Activating KIR B Genotype (B/x)

Marcie Tomblyn, MD, MS1, Jo-Anne Young, MD1*, Michael D Haagenson, MS2*, John P. Klein, PhD3*, Jan Storek, MD, PhD4*, Stephen Spellman5*, Sarah Cooley, MD1, Daniel J. Weisdorf, MD1 and Jeffrey S. Miller, MD1

1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2CIBMTR-Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN
3Medical College of Wisconsin, CIBMTR, Milwaukee, WI
4University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
5National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN

11:45 AM
CMV-Specific T Cell Immunotherapy Promotes Restoration of Durable Functional Immunity in High Risk Patients Following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Karl S Peggs, MD1*, Stephanie Verfuerth, PhD2*, Arnold Pizzey1*, Christine Chow1*, Kirsty Thomson, MD1* and Stephen Mackinnon, MD2

1Haematology, University College London Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom
2Haematology, Royal Free and University College, London, United Kingdom

12:00 PM
Early and Effective Immune-Recovery by Gene-Engineered Lymphocytes after Haploidentical Transplantation for Leukemia Abate Late Transplant Mortality

Maria Teresa Lupo Stanghellini1*, Fabio Ciceri1*, Chiara Bonini2, Attilio Bondanza2*, Catia Traversari3*, Monica Salomoni3*, Lucia Turchetto3*, Scialini Colombi3*, Massimo Bernardi1*, Jacopo Peccatori1*, Alessandra Pescarollo1*, Paolo Servida1*, Zulma Magnani2*, Serena Kimi Perna2*, Veronica Valtolina2*, Fulvio Crippa4*, Luciano Callegaro1*, Elena Spoldi3*, Roberto Crocchiolo1*, Katharina Fleischhauer5*, Maurilio Ponzoni6*, Luca Vago5*, Armando Santoro7*, Elisabetta Todisco7*, Jane Apperley8*, Eduardo Olavarria8*, Shimon Slavin9*, Eva Maria Weissinger10*, Bernd Hertenstein10*, Michael Stadler10*, Evangelia Yannaki11*, Athanasios Fassas11*, Achilles Anagnostopoulos11*, Corrado Gallo Stampino3*, Marco Bregni1*, Paolo Bruzzi12* and Claudio Bordignon3*

1Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS H San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
2Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, IRCCS H San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
3MolMed S.p.A., Milan, Italy
4Department of Infectious Disease, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
5Unit of Molecular Immunology of Transplantation, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Service, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan
6Unit of Lymphoid Malignancies, Department of Oncology, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
7Oncology - Hematology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy
8Haematology, Hammersmith Teaching Hospital, London, United Kingdom
9Hematology, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
10Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
11Hematology Department-Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
12Epidemiologia Clinica, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy

12:15 PM
CD8-Depleted Donor Lymphocyte Infusions Can Improve Both T- and B-Cell Reconstitution after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation from Haploidentical Family Donors

Anna Dodero, MD1*, Cristiana Carniti, PhD1*, Anna Raganato, PhD1*, Antonio Vendramin, PhD1*, Simona Di Terlizzi, PhD1*, Lucia Farina, MD1*, Francesco Spina, MD1*, Franca Fossati Bellani, MD2*, Marco Milanesi, PhD3*, Paolo Longoni, PhD3*, Lorenza Gandola, MD4*, Claudia Lombardo, MD5* and Paolo Corradini, MD6

1Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy
2Pediatrics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy
3Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy
4Radiotherapy, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy
5HLA Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy
6Hematology - BMT, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori and University of Milano, Milano, Italy

*signifies non-member of ASH