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ArticleTransplantation and cellular therapy2026

System-level Redesign of an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Program Associated With High One-year Survival and Reduced Cost.

Shernan G Holtan, Megan M Herr, Kanwal Mallhi, Trish Boersch, Jordan Pleskow, Erin Hughes, Lora Yoerg, Molly Aungst, Nataliya Buxbaum, Matthew Barth and 8 more

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Article in Transplantation and cellular therapy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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18 authors.

Shernan G HoltanTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York. Electronic address: shernan.holtan@roswellpark.org.
Megan M HerrTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Kanwal MallhiTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Trish BoerschTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Jordan PleskowTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Erin HughesTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Lora YoergTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Molly AungstTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Nataliya BuxbaumTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Matthew BarthTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Meghan HigmanTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Grant SchofieldTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Ehsan MalekTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Maureen RossTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Philip McCarthyTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Renier BrentjensTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Marco L DavilaTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.
Brian C BettsTransplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York.

Funding

Two-Spirit Films in Indigenous Cancer HealthP30CA016056 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI CANDACE S JOHNSON · 1985 to 2026
$116.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Practice variation in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation may contribute to preventable toxicity, nonrelapse mortality, and excess cost. We evaluated outcomes occurring with the implementation of a program-wide standardization initiative in a medium-sized program. We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients undergoing first allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in 2024 during implementation of a system-level redesign. The intervention emphasized high-reliability operations through concise standard operating procedures, formal quality management, standardized recipient and donor selection, a limited conditioning regimen formulary, fluid-sparing conditioning and graft infusion practices, post-transplant cyclophosphamide-based graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis, and an early-discharge outpatient care model. The primary endpoint was 1-year overall survival. Secondary endpoints included graft-versus-host disease-free, relapse-free survival, nonrelapse mortality, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease, length of stay, and pharmaceutical cost. Ninety-four patients underwent a first allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in 2024. One-year overall survival was 92.6%, graft-versus-host disease-free, relapse-free survival was 56%, and nonrelapse mortality was 1%. The cumulative incidence of grade II to IV acute graft-versus-host disease was 32%, with grade III to IV acute graft-versus-host disease in 5%, and chronic graft-versus-host disease requiring systemic therapy in 18% at 1 year. Median hospital length of stay was 19 days overall and 14 days among adults. Average pharmaceutical cost per patient decreased from $88,810 across the preceding 3 fiscal years to $39,019 under the redesigned care model. In this single-center cohort, implementation of a standardized, high-reliability allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation care model was associated with excellent 1-year survival, low nonrelapse mortality, and lower pharmaceutical cost. These findings support the potential value of disciplined operational standardization as a complement to contemporary transplant platforms.

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Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantationHigh-reliability operationsOutpatient transplantation and early dischargePost-transplant cyclophosphamideQuality management

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PMID42402287
PMCPMC13397622

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