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SUBMITTER: Farag SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5746387 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farag Sherif S SS Nelson Robert R Cairo Mitchell S MS O'Leary Heather A HA Zhang Shuhong S Huntley Carol C Delgado David D Schwartz Jennifer J Zaid Mohammad Abu MA Abonour Rafat R Robertson Michael M Broxmeyer Hal H
Oncotarget 20171127 66
Delayed engraftment remains a limitation of umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation. We previously showed that inhibition of dipeptidylpeptidase (DPP)-4 using sitagliptin 600 mg daily was safe with encouraging results on engraftment, but inhibition was not sustained. We evaluated the efficacy and feasibility of higher doses of sitagliptin to enhance engraftment of UCB in patients with hematological cancers. Fifteen patients, median age 41 (range, 18-59) years, received single UCB grafts match ...[more]