How To Diagnose And Treat Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)

Stem Cell Transplant

Some individuals affected by chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy may benefit from the use of a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. A hematopoietic stem cell transplant is a procedure where stem cells are used to rebuild a patient's immune system. First, high doses of ATG and cyclophosphamide are used to eradicate all of the existing cells in the immune system of a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy patient. Next, stem cells are introduced to the affected individual's body. These stem cells essentially repopulate and rebuild the patient's immune system with the hope it will no longer attack healthy tissues in the body. A new and healthy immune system that results from a stem cell transplant has proven to cure chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in some patients who had no success with other methods of treatment.

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