Antifungal Agents for Secondary Prophylaxis Based on Response to Initial Antifungal Therapy in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients with Prior Pulmonary Aspergillosis

作者:Liu, Qifa*; Lin, Ren; Sun, Jing; Xiao, Yang; Nie, Danian; Zhang, Yu; Huang, Fen; Fan, Zhiping; Zhou, Hongsheng; Jiang, Qianli; Zhang, Fuhua; Zhai, Xiao; Xu, Dan; Wei, Yongqiang; Song, Jiayin; Li, Yiqing; Feng, Ru
来源:Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2014, 20(8): 1198-1203.
DOI:10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.04.016

摘要

We performed a prospective study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of secondary antifungal prophylaxis (SAP) for patients with a history of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). In this study, the prophylactic agents used were chosen based on treatment response to initial antifungal therapy. One hundred and thirty-six patients undergoing allo-HSCT with prior IPA were enrolled in this multicenter study. The agents of SAP included itraconazole in 24, voriconazole in 74, caspofungin in 32, and liposomal amphotericin B in 6. Eighty-eight patients had stable IPA and 48 had active IPA at the time of transplantation. The success rate of SAP was 91.2%. Twelve patients developed breakthrough invasive fungal disease (IFD), and none discontinued antifungal agents because drug-related adverse events. The incidence of breakthrough IFD was neither different among the different antifungal agents (P = .675) nor between patients with active and stable IPA (P = .080). The 1-year cumulative incidence of IFD and IPA relapse was 27.3% +/- 4.5% and 24.7% +/- 4.4%, respectively. Our data indicate that SAP with antifungal agents based on initial antifungal therapy has favorable efficacy and safety in allo-HSCT recipients with prior IPA. Active IPA might not increase the risk of breakthrough IFD after transplantation.