Abstract

Auto-SCT has been established as an effective treatment for patients with hematological malignancies such as lymphoma or myeloma. Unfortunately, some patients fail to mobilize a sufficient number of PBSCs for transplantation. Plerixafor is the first molecule to reversibly inhibit the binding of chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) to its cognate receptor, CXCR4.1 Many recent reports have shown that there is a potential clinical application for plerixafor in PBSC harvesting.2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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