[Infection Characteristics and Survival Status of Lymphoma Patients after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation with the Application of Intravenous Immunoglobulin].
Lyu Bin B, Gu Xue-Jiao XJ, Tian Ming-Xi MX, Huang Zi-Qing ZQ et al.
To explore the infection characteristics and survival status of lymphoma patients who received intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT). The clinical data of 121 lymphoma patients who underwent AHSCT from September 2019 to September 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify risk factors for post-transplant infection-free survival. The patients were divided into IVIG and non-IVIG group according to whether they received IVIG after transplantation, and their infection and survival outcomes were compared. Within 1 year after transplantation, bacterial, viral, and fungal infections occurred in 37 (30.58%), 18 (14.88%), and 3 (2.48%) of the 121 lymphoma patients, respectively. The 1-year overall infection rate after transplantation was 38.1% in the IVIG group (42 patients) and 44.3% in the non-IVIG group (79 patients). In the IVIG group, median infection time was +55 (9-233) days, with 7 cases of early infection, 5 cases of blood stream infection, and 6 cases of respiratory tract infection. In the non-IVIG group, median infection time was +8 (4-122) days, with 27 cases of early infection, 20 cases of bloodstream infection, and 4 cases of respiratory tract infection. IVIG group had fewer early and bloodstream infections, more respiratory tract infections, and a delayed median infection time compared to non-IVIG group. Multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated that pre-transplant serum IgG< 7 g/L, graft MNC< 8.1×108/kg and CD34+ cells≤2.8×106/kg served as independent risk factors for infection-free duration in AHSCT-treated lymphoma patients. The 3-year progression-free survival rates of the IVIG group and non-IVIG group were 52.3% and 48.4%, respectively, and 3-year overall survival rates were 79.4% and 83.0%. At 1 month post-transplant, 69 patients showed a decline in immunoglobulin levels, and 12 patients developed severe hypogamaglobulinemia (HG) (IgG< 4 g/L), with 4 cases (15.4%) in IVIG group and 8 cases (18.6%) in non-IVIG group. One month after transplantation, patients with serum IgG< 4 g/L had a significantly lower survival rate than those with IgG≥4 g/L (55.0% vs. 83.0%). In lymphoma patients, post-AHSCT early stage sees mainly bacterial infections. Some develop severe HG. The utilization of IVIG is capable of reducing the incidence of early post-transplant infections and severe HG.