Incidence and Pattern of Graft-versus-Host Disease in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Transplantation after Nonmyeloablative Conditioning with Total Lymphoid Irradiation and Antithymocyte Globulin
Table 1
Baseline patient and disease characteristics.
Characteristics
Median age; years (range)
59 (26–72)
Male gender (%)
14 (66.7)
Diagnosis (%)
Acute myeloid leukemia
4
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
3
Chronic myeloid leukemia (blast crisis)
2
B-cell NHL
9
T-cell NHL
2
Hemophagocytic syndrome
1
Disease relapse risk* (%)
Standard risk
15 (71.4%)
High risk
5 (23.8%)
Unknown
1 (4.8%)
Prior autologous transplant (%)
Yes
1 (4.8%)
No
20 (95.2%)
Donor type (%)
Related donor
5 (23.8%)
Unrelated donor
16 (76.2%)
Sex mismatch† (%)
M → M
10 (47.6%)
M → F
3 (14.3%)
F → M
4 (19.0%)
F → F
4 (19.0%)
Degree of HLA match (%)
10/10
20 (95.2%)
9/10
1 (4.8%)
Median KPS (range)
80 (70–100)
Median HCT-CI (range)
1 (0–5)
Cytomegalovirus status (%)
Patient or donor +
11 (52.4%)
Both patient and donor +
5 (23.8%)
Both patient and donor negative
4 (19.0%)
Unknown
1 (4.8%)
ABO mismatched
8
Median CD34 cell dose infused (106 cells/kg recipient) (range)
6.0 (1.5–11.3)
Donor → Patient. Abbreviations: HCT-CI: hematopoietic cell transplantation comorbidity index; KPS: Karnofsky performance score; NHL: non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
*Disease relapse-risk classification based on standard ASBMT criteria (available at http://www.asbmt.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=35/ (Last accessed February 1, 2013)).