Duke University Medical Center
Location
Adult/Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program
Division of Stem Cell Therapy
2400 Pratt Street, Box 3961, Suite 5000
Durham, NC 27705
Direct phone: (919) 684-8964
http://bmt.mc.duke.edu/
Total transplants by cell source
- Marrow: 40
- PBSC: 113
- Cord Blood: 52
- Autologous (PBSC or Marrow): 356
About the center
Overview
The transplant program at Duke offers comprehensive care to Adult and Pediatrics patients. Care units for Adult and Pediatric inpatients and outpatients is delivered in distinct care sites by dedicated, trained healthcare professionals. Full support services are available.
This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1990 and has been an NMDP/Be The Match transplant center since March 1992.
Attending physicians
Adult - Edwin Alyea, Andrea Bauchat, Nelson Chao, Taewoong Choi, Cristina Gasparetto, Sanghee Hong, Mitchell Horwitz, Gwynn Long, Richard Lopez, Kris Mahadeo, Sendhilnathan Ramalingam, Stefanie Sarantopolous, Anthony Sung
Pediatric - Timothy Driscoll, Joanne Kurtzberg, Paul Martin, Vinod Prasad
Transplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cord
Cord blood transplants performed on
Adult and pediatric
Other programs and services
Adult Program:
ABMT New Patient and Discharge class for patients and caregivers.
Transplant Coordinator to help navigate the
transplant journey.
Weekly Caregiver Support group in the outpatient day hospital.
Monthly Caregiver Support group on the inpatient unit.
Local housing options available at reduced rates.
Pediatric Program:
Pediatric Child Life Program with dedicated Child Life Therapist.
Hospital school for all school aged children during the school year.
Family Support Program.
Best Buddies Program.
Cellmates- children's support group.
Parent Support Group.
Sibling program. Newsletter: The Community Counts.
Ronald McDonald House availability.
Overall center survival
Patient survival information for this center
Duke University - Adults
This center's actual 1-year survival results are similar to the expected rate for this center.
The survival information we have for this center includes ONLY:
- Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2018, 2019, 2020, and
- Who had their transplant at a U.S. transplant center, and
- Who had follow-up information provided by the transplant center for analysis
For this center, we have survival information for 194 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 67.0%.
Compared to similar patients transplanted at all centers in the U.S., we expect that the 1-year survival for patients at this center to be in a range between 65.7% and 77.7%.
For help with understanding these statistics, please see Understanding Transplant Outcomes.
For overall survival for all patients transplanted with a specific disease, please see U.S. Patient Survival report at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov.
Duke University Medical Center; Pediatric BMT
This center's actual 1-year survival results are similar to the expected rate for this center.
The survival information we have for this center includes ONLY:
- Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2018, 2019, 2020, and
- Who had their transplant at a U.S. transplant center, and
- Who had follow-up information provided by the transplant center for analysis
For this center, we have survival information for 75 patients.
The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 82.7%.
Compared to similar patients transplanted at all centers in the U.S., we expect that the 1-year survival for patients at this center to be in a range between 75.3% and 91.5%.
For help with understanding these statistics, please see Understanding Transplant Outcomes.
For overall survival for all patients transplanted with a specific disease, please see U.S. Patient Survival report at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov.
Number of adult transplants
Total adult transplants
440
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 14 | 63 | 0 | 77 |
Unrelated donor | ||||
Total allogeneic | 20 | 111 | 17 | 148 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 292 |
-- | 292 | ||
Total combined | ||||
423 | 17 | 440 |
Number of pediatric transplants
Total pediatric transplants
121
Transplants reported (From January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 as reported by the centers)
Marrow | PBSC | Cord blood | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Allogeneic | ||||
Related donor | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
Unrelated donor | 4 | 0 | 35 | 39 |
Total allogeneic | 20 | 2 | 35 | 57 |
Autologous | ||||
Both marrow & PBSC 64 |
-- | 64 | ||
Total combined | ||||
86 | 35 | 121 |
Transplants by disease
All diseases
Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2020 to December 31st, 2021 (includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)
0-18 | 19-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Related | 15 | 19 | 40 | 19 | 93 |
Unrelated | 38 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 110 |
Autologous | 60 | 50 | 160 | 86 | 356 |
Total | 113 | 91 | 235 | 120 | 559 |
Treatments may be similar for diseases within a group. It might be helpful to look at centers that have done transplants for a specific disease and centers that have done transplants for any corresponding broad disease categories.
Centers are not required to report autologous transplants so the numbers might be incomplete.
More information about transplants for this disease can be found:
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center report at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov
- List of diseases
Additional information
Transplant center resources
Transplant center coordinator:
Kim Lynch
(919) 613-0974
Email: kim.lynch@duke.edu
Financial representative:
Heather McGinnity
Email:
heather.mcginnity@duke.edu
Be The Match patient navigators
Patient navigators can answer your questions about choosing a transplant center and provide support and education to help you throughout your transplant journey.
Inside the United States: 1 (888) 999-6743
Outside the United States: 1 (763) 406-3410.
(Long distance or international charges may apply.)
Email: patientinfo@nmdp.org
More resources
Survivorship program
No survivorship program information is available. Contact the center for information about post-transplant care.