Table 2.

Characteristics of stem cell transplantation

Patient no.Age at HSCT, yDonor/stem cell sourceConditioningGVHD and VOD prophylaxisTime to engraftment*GVHDInfection/toxicity (treatment)Hypercalcemia (treatment)Other complicationsFollow-up, yPresent status/chimerism
14 MUD (10/10)/PBSC Treo (42)/flud (150)/thio (10) ATG/tacr/MMF Neut d+18 plt d+28 No EBV-PTLD (rituximab ×4) Y (forced diuresis) A&W, school attendance/100% donor 
MFD (10/10, uncle)/BM Treo (42)/flud (150)/thio (10) ATG/tacr/MMF Neut d+29 plt d+33 No CMV reactivation A&W, school attendance, cure of osteomyelitis/100% donor 
12 MFD (10/10, aunt)/BM Treo (42)/flud (150) CSA/MMF/defi Neut d+17 plt d+39 last ET/PT d+55/+37 AGVHD L2 (skin L3); limited cGVHD, resolved (ECP) FUO/renal insufficiency (transitional hemofiltration) Severe, symptomatic hypercalcemia at time of engraftment (calcitonin, hemofiltration, denosumab for several mo) Pathological fractures (ribs, forearm) until about 1 y post-BMT A&W, no pathological fractures, no infections, school attendance/100% donor 
30 MSD/BM Treo (42)/flud (160)/thio (10) ATG/tacr/MMF/defi Neut d+22 plt +48 last ET/PT d +35/+31 AGVHD L1 (skin L1); no cGVHD Bacteremia in BM aplasia, resolved, CMV reactivation Moderate hypercalcemia shortly after engraftment (denosumab for several mo) Pathological fractures, hip pseudarthrosis until about 1 y post-BMT A&W, no pathological fractures, no infections/100% donor 
MFD (10/10, uncle)/BM Treo (42)/flud (150)/thio (8) CSA/MMF/defi Neut d+32 plt +42 last ET/PT d+20/d+24 No Bacteremia in BM aplasia, resolved A&W, no pathological fractures, no infections, school attendance/100% donor 
Haplo-identical father/PBSC Busu (19.2)/ flud (150)/ thio (10) T-cell depletion/Campath/defi NA (rejection)/2nd HSCT same donor → rejection No Sepsis, CMV infection/pulmonary hypertension Respiratory failure in aplasia NE Death after 3rd HSCT (haplo mother) without engraftment 
28 MUD (9/10)/PBSC Treo (42)/flud (150)/thio (10) Campath/CSA/MMF/posttransplant cyclo Neut d+28 plt d+34 No Sepsis, CMV Y (forced diuresis) A&W, no pathological fractures, no infections/100% donor 
Patient no.Age at HSCT, yDonor/stem cell sourceConditioningGVHD and VOD prophylaxisTime to engraftment*GVHDInfection/toxicity (treatment)Hypercalcemia (treatment)Other complicationsFollow-up, yPresent status/chimerism
14 MUD (10/10)/PBSC Treo (42)/flud (150)/thio (10) ATG/tacr/MMF Neut d+18 plt d+28 No EBV-PTLD (rituximab ×4) Y (forced diuresis) A&W, school attendance/100% donor 
MFD (10/10, uncle)/BM Treo (42)/flud (150)/thio (10) ATG/tacr/MMF Neut d+29 plt d+33 No CMV reactivation A&W, school attendance, cure of osteomyelitis/100% donor 
12 MFD (10/10, aunt)/BM Treo (42)/flud (150) CSA/MMF/defi Neut d+17 plt d+39 last ET/PT d+55/+37 AGVHD L2 (skin L3); limited cGVHD, resolved (ECP) FUO/renal insufficiency (transitional hemofiltration) Severe, symptomatic hypercalcemia at time of engraftment (calcitonin, hemofiltration, denosumab for several mo) Pathological fractures (ribs, forearm) until about 1 y post-BMT A&W, no pathological fractures, no infections, school attendance/100% donor 
30 MSD/BM Treo (42)/flud (160)/thio (10) ATG/tacr/MMF/defi Neut d+22 plt +48 last ET/PT d +35/+31 AGVHD L1 (skin L1); no cGVHD Bacteremia in BM aplasia, resolved, CMV reactivation Moderate hypercalcemia shortly after engraftment (denosumab for several mo) Pathological fractures, hip pseudarthrosis until about 1 y post-BMT A&W, no pathological fractures, no infections/100% donor 
MFD (10/10, uncle)/BM Treo (42)/flud (150)/thio (8) CSA/MMF/defi Neut d+32 plt +42 last ET/PT d+20/d+24 No Bacteremia in BM aplasia, resolved A&W, no pathological fractures, no infections, school attendance/100% donor 
Haplo-identical father/PBSC Busu (19.2)/ flud (150)/ thio (10) T-cell depletion/Campath/defi NA (rejection)/2nd HSCT same donor → rejection No Sepsis, CMV infection/pulmonary hypertension Respiratory failure in aplasia NE Death after 3rd HSCT (haplo mother) without engraftment 
28 MUD (9/10)/PBSC Treo (42)/flud (150)/thio (10) Campath/CSA/MMF/posttransplant cyclo Neut d+28 plt d+34 No Sepsis, CMV Y (forced diuresis) A&W, no pathological fractures, no infections/100% donor 

aGVHD, acute graft-versus-host disease; A&W, alive and well; BM, bone marrow; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; busu, busulfan; cGVHD, chronic graft-versus-host disease; cyclo, cyclophosphamide; flud, fludarabine; defi, defibrotide; EBV-PTLD, Epstein Barr virus–related lymphoproliferative disease; ECP, extracorporeal photopheresis; ET, erythrocyte transfusion; FUO, fever of unknown origin; L, level; MFD, matched family donor; MSD, matched sibling donor; N, no; NA, not available; neut, neutrophil; NE, not evaluable; PBSC, peripheral blood stem cell; PT, platelet transfusion; tacr, tacrolimus; thio, thiotepa; treo, treosulfan.

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Definition criteria: neutrophils >0.5 × 109/L, platelets >50 × 109/L.

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