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Anti-Müllerian hormone and pregnancy after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) has been approved for multiple sclerosis (MS) in many European countries. A large proportion of patients are women of child-bearing age. For them, AHSCT may have negative consequences for reproductive health, since the ovaries are particular...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096464/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37043510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284288 |
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author | Zafeiri, Lida Åkerfeldt, Torbjörn Tolf, Andreas Carlson, Kristina Skalkidou, Alkistis Burman, Joachim |
author_facet | Zafeiri, Lida Åkerfeldt, Torbjörn Tolf, Andreas Carlson, Kristina Skalkidou, Alkistis Burman, Joachim |
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description | Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) has been approved for multiple sclerosis (MS) in many European countries. A large proportion of patients are women of child-bearing age. For them, AHSCT may have negative consequences for reproductive health, since the ovaries are particularly susceptible to alkylating agents. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) reflects the ovarian reserve and has been suggested as a potential biomarker of fertility in women. The aim of this study was to investigate AMH levels in relation to age and reproductive potential in MS patients treated with AHSCT. The study cohort comprised 38 female patients, aged 20–44 years, who underwent AHSCT for MS using a cyclophosphamide (200 mg/kg)/rabbit—anti-thymocyte globulin (6 mg/kg) conditioning regimen between 2013–2020. Clinal follow-up visits were made 3 months after AHSCT and then yearly. AMH was analysed in blood samples. The median age at transplantation was 28 years (interquartile range, IQR 25–33). The median AMH concentration was 23 pmol/l at baseline (IQR 6.0–30), 0.5 pmol/l at 3 months (IQR 0–1.5) and 1.1 pmol/l at 2 years (IQR 0–2.9). A multiple linear regression model was used to determine if age and/or AHSCT influenced AMH values; both significantly did (age, -0.21 per year, p = 0.018; AHSCT -19, p <0.0001). Seven women became pregnant, six spontaneously and one both spontaneously and with IVF. One patient underwent an abortion, all other pregnancies led to live births. Six of the women became pregnant despite low or very low post-AHSCT serum concentrations of AMH, suggesting that low serum AMH concentrations do not necessarily reflect impaired fertility in patients treated with high-dose cyclophosphamide. |
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spelling | pubmed-100964642023-04-13 Anti-Müllerian hormone and pregnancy after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis Zafeiri, Lida Åkerfeldt, Torbjörn Tolf, Andreas Carlson, Kristina Skalkidou, Alkistis Burman, Joachim PLoS One Research Article Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) has been approved for multiple sclerosis (MS) in many European countries. A large proportion of patients are women of child-bearing age. For them, AHSCT may have negative consequences for reproductive health, since the ovaries are particularly susceptible to alkylating agents. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) reflects the ovarian reserve and has been suggested as a potential biomarker of fertility in women. The aim of this study was to investigate AMH levels in relation to age and reproductive potential in MS patients treated with AHSCT. The study cohort comprised 38 female patients, aged 20–44 years, who underwent AHSCT for MS using a cyclophosphamide (200 mg/kg)/rabbit—anti-thymocyte globulin (6 mg/kg) conditioning regimen between 2013–2020. Clinal follow-up visits were made 3 months after AHSCT and then yearly. AMH was analysed in blood samples. The median age at transplantation was 28 years (interquartile range, IQR 25–33). The median AMH concentration was 23 pmol/l at baseline (IQR 6.0–30), 0.5 pmol/l at 3 months (IQR 0–1.5) and 1.1 pmol/l at 2 years (IQR 0–2.9). A multiple linear regression model was used to determine if age and/or AHSCT influenced AMH values; both significantly did (age, -0.21 per year, p = 0.018; AHSCT -19, p <0.0001). Seven women became pregnant, six spontaneously and one both spontaneously and with IVF. One patient underwent an abortion, all other pregnancies led to live births. Six of the women became pregnant despite low or very low post-AHSCT serum concentrations of AMH, suggesting that low serum AMH concentrations do not necessarily reflect impaired fertility in patients treated with high-dose cyclophosphamide. Public Library of Science 2023-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10096464/ /pubmed/37043510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284288 Text en © 2023 Zafeiri et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zafeiri, Lida Åkerfeldt, Torbjörn Tolf, Andreas Carlson, Kristina Skalkidou, Alkistis Burman, Joachim Anti-Müllerian hormone and pregnancy after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis |
title | Anti-Müllerian hormone and pregnancy after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis |
title_full | Anti-Müllerian hormone and pregnancy after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis |
title_fullStr | Anti-Müllerian hormone and pregnancy after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Anti-Müllerian hormone and pregnancy after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis |
title_short | Anti-Müllerian hormone and pregnancy after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis |
title_sort | anti-müllerian hormone and pregnancy after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096464/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37043510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284288 |
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