Blood Virome After Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, a Pilot Study

Blood Virome After Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, a Pilot Study

The goal of this observational study is to assess the risk of viral infections in patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) from a haploidentical donor compared to those who receive HSCT from a HLA-matched donor. The main question it aims to answer is: to describe which viruses are replicating in the blood of the above two patient groups on the day of transplantation and at 1, 3 and 6 months after transplantation. Blood samples taken as part of routine care on the day of transplantation and at 1, 3 and 6 months post-transplantation visits are analyzed and the types and amount of viruses detected in the two groups of patients are described.

Geneva University Hospitals are one of the three centers performing allogeneic HSCT in Switzerland. Since several years the Division of infectious diseases runs a collaborative research program with the Division of Hematology. In 2015 the two divisions jointly created a prospective cohort of allo-HSCT patients called: "Infectious diseases in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients cohort" enrolling potentially all adult patients engrafted in our center since 2015 (CCER protocol 15-120 and relative amendments). The cohort compiles clinical data on hematological and infectious complications occurring up to one year after transplantation and biological specimen collected systematically until up to 2 years after transplantation, which are stored in a joint biobank.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients receiving allogeneic stem cell transplantation at the Geneva University Hospitals from a haploidentical or from an HLA-matched donor, who signed the informed consent form before transplantation for inclusion in the prospective cohort of "Infectious disease in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients".

Exclusion Criteria:

• None