Clinical Characteristics
Median age (range) | 32 (17-49) |
Underlying disease and status | |
Acute leukemia | 31 |
First complete remission | 18 |
Second complete remission | 6 |
Refractory disease | 4 |
Early untreated relapse | 3 |
Chronic myeloid leukemia | 19 |
First chronic phase | 14 |
Advanced disease | 5 |
Severe aplastic anemia | 4 |
Myelodysplastic syndrome | 4 |
Multiple myeloma | 1 |
Donors | |
HLA identical sibling | 56 |
Unrelated (A, B, DRB1 identical) | 2 |
One mismatched family donor | 1 |
Second BMT | 3 |
Conditioning regimen | |
BuCy2 | 37 |
CyTBI | 15 |
CyTLI | 3 |
BuCyVP16 | 2 |
Cy-ATG | 1 |
CyTBI Thiotepa | 1 |
VOD | 9/59 (15%) |
Fatal VOD | 2/59 (3,3%) |
Acute grade II-IV GVHD | 21/56 (37,5%) |
Chronic GVHD | 14/43 (32,5%) |
Status: alive/dead | 40/19 |
Causes of death | |
Acute GVHD infection | 7 |
Relapse | 7 |
VOD | 2 |
CMV interstitial pneumonitis | 1 |
Multiorgan failure and sepsis | 1 |
Hemorrhage | 1 |
Median age (range) | 32 (17-49) |
Underlying disease and status | |
Acute leukemia | 31 |
First complete remission | 18 |
Second complete remission | 6 |
Refractory disease | 4 |
Early untreated relapse | 3 |
Chronic myeloid leukemia | 19 |
First chronic phase | 14 |
Advanced disease | 5 |
Severe aplastic anemia | 4 |
Myelodysplastic syndrome | 4 |
Multiple myeloma | 1 |
Donors | |
HLA identical sibling | 56 |
Unrelated (A, B, DRB1 identical) | 2 |
One mismatched family donor | 1 |
Second BMT | 3 |
Conditioning regimen | |
BuCy2 | 37 |
CyTBI | 15 |
CyTLI | 3 |
BuCyVP16 | 2 |
Cy-ATG | 1 |
CyTBI Thiotepa | 1 |
VOD | 9/59 (15%) |
Fatal VOD | 2/59 (3,3%) |
Acute grade II-IV GVHD | 21/56 (37,5%) |
Chronic GVHD | 14/43 (32,5%) |
Status: alive/dead | 40/19 |
Causes of death | |
Acute GVHD infection | 7 |
Relapse | 7 |
VOD | 2 |
CMV interstitial pneumonitis | 1 |
Multiorgan failure and sepsis | 1 |
Hemorrhage | 1 |
Abbreviations: Bu, busulfan; Cy, cyclophosphamide; TLI, total lymphoid irradiation; VOD, venoocclusive disease of the liver; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; CMV, cytomegalovirus.