Table 2

Outcomes of 12 patients after reduced-intensity unrelated cord blood transplantation

Case no.Days to ANC > 0.5 × 109/LDays to PC > 20 × 109/L% Donor chimerism (days tested, methods)aGVHDcGVHDDiscontinuation of IS (mo)ComplicationsSurvival (mo)
12 52 100 (14, FISH) Grade II (skin) No Yes (3) Possible IPA Alive (91) 
20 64 > 90 (49, PCR-STR) Grade II (skin) Limited Yes (2) No Alive (90) 
26 42 100 (26, FISH) No No Yes (26) Yes Alive (69) 
18 53 100 (18, FISH) No No Yes (5) Pneumocystis jirovecii, late GF, rescued by second RI-UCBT Alive (69) 
16 26 96.6 (14, FISH) Grade I (skin) Limited Yes (14) Norwalk virus colitis, EBV-PTLD Alive (39) 
28 64 99.6 (11, FISH) No NE No IPS Dead; IPS (3) 
No No 48.8 (10, FISH), 4.3 (15, FISH) NE NE NE Primary GF, rescued by second RI-UCBT Alive (32) 
18 28 99.2 (13, FISH) Grade II (skin, gut) No Yes (7) CMV colitis, EBV-PTLD Alive (28) 
28 43 > 90 (14, PCR-STR) Grade I (skin) NE No HSV pneumonia, IPS Dead; IPS (3) 
10 15 27 99 (73, FISH) No Limited No No Alive (22) 
11 15 27 100 (20, FISH) Grade II (skin, gut) No No No Alive (22) 
12 13 28 100 (14, FISH) Grade II (gut) No No No Alive (14) 
Case no.Days to ANC > 0.5 × 109/LDays to PC > 20 × 109/L% Donor chimerism (days tested, methods)aGVHDcGVHDDiscontinuation of IS (mo)ComplicationsSurvival (mo)
12 52 100 (14, FISH) Grade II (skin) No Yes (3) Possible IPA Alive (91) 
20 64 > 90 (49, PCR-STR) Grade II (skin) Limited Yes (2) No Alive (90) 
26 42 100 (26, FISH) No No Yes (26) Yes Alive (69) 
18 53 100 (18, FISH) No No Yes (5) Pneumocystis jirovecii, late GF, rescued by second RI-UCBT Alive (69) 
16 26 96.6 (14, FISH) Grade I (skin) Limited Yes (14) Norwalk virus colitis, EBV-PTLD Alive (39) 
28 64 99.6 (11, FISH) No NE No IPS Dead; IPS (3) 
No No 48.8 (10, FISH), 4.3 (15, FISH) NE NE NE Primary GF, rescued by second RI-UCBT Alive (32) 
18 28 99.2 (13, FISH) Grade II (skin, gut) No Yes (7) CMV colitis, EBV-PTLD Alive (28) 
28 43 > 90 (14, PCR-STR) Grade I (skin) NE No HSV pneumonia, IPS Dead; IPS (3) 
10 15 27 99 (73, FISH) No Limited No No Alive (22) 
11 15 27 100 (20, FISH) Grade II (skin, gut) No No No Alive (22) 
12 13 28 100 (14, FISH) Grade II (gut) No No No Alive (14) 

ANC indicates absolute neutrophil count; PC, platelet count; aGVHD, acute graft-versus-host disease; cGVHD, chronic graft-versus-host disease; IS, immunosuppressant; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; PCR-STR, PCR of short tandem repeat; NE, not evaluable; IPA, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; EBV-PTLD, Epstein-Barr virus–associated posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder; and IPS, idiopathic pneumonia syndrome.

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