[Treatment of Hodgkin disease relapse after allogeneic transplantation with nivolumab. Report of two cases]

Rev Med Chil. 2021 Oct;149(10):1507-1511. doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872021001001507.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Hodgkin's Lymphoma has a very good prognosis. In the unusually refractory patients allogeneic transplantation offers a chance of cure. The so-called checkpoint inhibitors, such as Nivolumab can play a relevant role in this type of patients. Their side effects and usefulness after allogeneic transplantation are under investigation. Relapse after allogeneic transplantation has an extremely poor prognosis. We report two patients with refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma who relapsed after an allogeneic transplant and who were successfully treated with Nivolumab.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Hodgkin Disease* / drug therapy
  • Hodgkin Disease* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Nivolumab / therapeutic use
  • Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

  • Nivolumab