No evidence of transmission of chronic lymphocytic leukemia through blood transfusion

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskriftLetterForskningfagfællebedømt

  • Henrik Hjalgrim
  • Klaus Rostgaard
  • Senthil K Vasan
  • Henrik Ullum
  • Christian Erikstrup
  • Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager
  • Kaspar Rosengreen Nielsen
  • Kjell-Einar Titlestad
  • Mads Melbye
  • Olof Nyrén
  • Gustaf Edgren

Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) is a precursor of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Observations of MBL in blood donors raise concern that transmitted MBL may cause recipient CLL. Using a database with health information on 1.5 million donors and 2.1 million recipients, we compared CLL occurrence among 7413 recipients of blood from 796 donors diagnosed with CLL after donation cessation, and among 80, 431 recipients of blood from 7477 matched CLL-free donors. During follow-up, 12 and 107 cases of CLL occurred among the exposed and unexposed recipients, respectively, yielding a relative risk of 0.94 (95% confidence interval, 0.52-1.71). Analyses using the entire database showed no evidence of CLL clustering among recipients of blood from individual donors. In conclusion, when donor MBL was approximated by subsequent donor CLL diagnosis, data from 2 countries' entire computerized transfusion experience over more than 30 years indicate that MBL/CLL transmission does not contribute importantly to recipient CLL risk.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftBlood
Vol/bind126
Udgave nummer17
Sider (fra-til)2059-61
Antal sider3
ISSN0006-4971
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 22 okt. 2015

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