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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Russo, Domenico
• Polverelli, Nicola
• Malagola, Michele
• Farina, Mirko
• Leoni, Alessandro
• Bernardi, Simona
• Mammoliti, Sonia
• Sacchi, Nicoletta
• Martino, Massimo
• Ciceri, Fabio

Titel

Changes in Stem Cell Transplant activity and procedures during SARS-CoV2 pandemic in Italy: an Italian Bone Marrow Transplant Group (GITMO) nationwide analysis (TransCOVID-19 Survey)

Ist Teil von

• Bone marrow transplantation (Basingstoke), 2021-09, Vol.56 (9), p.2272-2275

Ort / Verlag

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Transplant Centers belonging to Gruppo Italiano per il Trapianto di Midollo Osseo (GITMO) conducted a survey with the aim of evaluating the effect of SARS-CoV2 pandemic on the allogeneic transplant activity in Italy. The pandemic period from 1/3/2020 to 31/7/2020 was compared with the same period in 2019. Overall, in 2020 there was a 2.4% reduction in the number of allo-HCT cases compared to 2019. Interestingly, this deflection did not affect the acute leukemia cases (+5.7% in 2020). The use of peripheral blood-derived stem cells (+10.7%) and cryopreservation (97.4% of the centers) was highly adopted in 2020. Despite the sanitary emergency, almost all of the surveyed centers declared no impact of SARS-CoV2 pandemic on the transplant timing and outcomes, and the sanitary policy was positively evaluated by the majority of centers. The emergency measures ensured that only a minority of the allo-HCT patients had been infected by SARS-CoV2; however, a mortality of 42.1% among the allo-HCT patients hospitalized for COVID-19 was recorded. This survey gives us the information that the GITMO Group reacted positively to the pandemic. Thanks to the emergency strategies, the Italian allo-HCT activity continued safely, showing only a minor deflection and offering the same probability of cure to the transplanted patients.