Mobilization of Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSC) to Peripheral Blood (PB)

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(auto-HSCT) plays an important role in treating hematologic malignancies. Mobilization and collection of peripheral blood stem/progenitor cells is the key to successful autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Currently mobilization regimens are not enough in increasing the yield of megakaryocytic or erythroid stem/progenitor cells, resulting in a delay of hematopoietic reconstitution of platelets and erythrocytes. IL-11 and G-CSF have a synergistic role in mobilizing peripheral blood stem cells towards megakaryocytic or erythroid stem/progenitor cells in a preclinical study. Furthermore, a single-center, small cohort, prospective clinical study that has been completed in China(ChiCTR2500100054), which showed that after five days of mobilization, the combination of G-CSF and IL-11 significantly increased the number and proportion of functional megakaryocytic/erythroid progenitor cells in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients, and also significantly shortened the time for platelet engraftment after transplantation, and also reduced the demand for red blood cell and platelet transfusions compared to G-CSF alone. A multi-center, prospective random clinical study is essential to compare the efficacy and safety of novel mobilization regimen with IL-11 plus G-CSF to G-CSF alone.