Table 2.

The cause of death in 7.1% of participants in the trial

Age at BMT, ySex,
recipient/donor
Days posttransplantCause of death
40.2 Female/female 1265 Primary cause of death: cardio-respiratory failure
Secondary cause of death: presumed COVID-19 infection 
1.3 Female/female 323 Primary cause of death: disseminated adenovirus infection
Secondary cause of death: MAS, GI GVHD, and multiorgan failure 
5.3 Female/female 509 Primary cause of death: Pneumococcal sepsis
Secondary cause of death: ARDS, ischemia, and necrosis in all extremities requiring extensive plastic surgery, and multiorgan failure 
18.7 Female/female 132 Primary cause of death: disseminated adenovirus infection
Secondary cause of death: multiorgan failure 
36.0 Female/female 248 Primary cause of death: respiratory failure and worsening pulmonary HTN
Secondary cause of death: poor graft function (platelet and RBC); CMV reactivation, TA-TMA, PRES, and acute acute-on on-chronic renal failure; recurrent GI bleeding; recurrent C. diff and salmonella infections; BK virus cystitis; right internal jugular vein thrombosis 
Age at BMT, ySex,
recipient/donor
Days posttransplantCause of death
40.2 Female/female 1265 Primary cause of death: cardio-respiratory failure
Secondary cause of death: presumed COVID-19 infection 
1.3 Female/female 323 Primary cause of death: disseminated adenovirus infection
Secondary cause of death: MAS, GI GVHD, and multiorgan failure 
5.3 Female/female 509 Primary cause of death: Pneumococcal sepsis
Secondary cause of death: ARDS, ischemia, and necrosis in all extremities requiring extensive plastic surgery, and multiorgan failure 
18.7 Female/female 132 Primary cause of death: disseminated adenovirus infection
Secondary cause of death: multiorgan failure 
36.0 Female/female 248 Primary cause of death: respiratory failure and worsening pulmonary HTN
Secondary cause of death: poor graft function (platelet and RBC); CMV reactivation, TA-TMA, PRES, and acute acute-on on-chronic renal failure; recurrent GI bleeding; recurrent C. diff and salmonella infections; BK virus cystitis; right internal jugular vein thrombosis 

A total of 5 of 70 participants died due to infections.

ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; C. diff, Clostridioides difficile; CMV, cytomegalovirus; GI, gastrointestinal; MAS, macrophage activation syndrome; PRES, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; RBC, red blood cell; TA-TMA, transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy.

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