Table 2.

Posttransplant toxicity and complications (N = 35)

Posttransplant outcomeValue
Follow-up, median (range), y 5.4 (0.3-10.4) 
Outpatient allograft infusion 35 (100) 
Admission within 100 d 22 (63) 
Hospital stay, median (range), d* 4 (1-74) 
Cause of admission*(n = 22)  
 Neutropenic fever 
 Non-neutropenic fever 
 Central catheter–related infection 
 Serum sickness 
 Others 
Post-HCT cytopenias in first 100 d  
 Patients with neutrophil nadir <0.5 × 109/L 6 (17) 
 Patients with platelet nadir <10 × 109/L 2 (6) 
Patients with no blood product transfusions 16 (46) 
Posttransplant PRBC transfusions, median (range) 3 (1-35) 
CMV in first 100 d, n  
 Reactivation (viremia only) 17 (49) 
 Organ disease 0 (0) 
EBV reactivation§ 10 (29) 
Cause of death (n = 17)  
 Disease progression/relapse 12 
 Acute GVHD 
 Chronic GVHD 
 Secondary malignancy 
 Hepatitis 
 Hemorrhage 
Posttransplant outcomeValue
Follow-up, median (range), y 5.4 (0.3-10.4) 
Outpatient allograft infusion 35 (100) 
Admission within 100 d 22 (63) 
Hospital stay, median (range), d* 4 (1-74) 
Cause of admission*(n = 22)  
 Neutropenic fever 
 Non-neutropenic fever 
 Central catheter–related infection 
 Serum sickness 
 Others 
Post-HCT cytopenias in first 100 d  
 Patients with neutrophil nadir <0.5 × 109/L 6 (17) 
 Patients with platelet nadir <10 × 109/L 2 (6) 
Patients with no blood product transfusions 16 (46) 
Posttransplant PRBC transfusions, median (range) 3 (1-35) 
CMV in first 100 d, n  
 Reactivation (viremia only) 17 (49) 
 Organ disease 0 (0) 
EBV reactivation§ 10 (29) 
Cause of death (n = 17)  
 Disease progression/relapse 12 
 Acute GVHD 
 Chronic GVHD 
 Secondary malignancy 
 Hepatitis 
 Hemorrhage 

Values are n or n (%), except as noted.

PRBC, packed red blood cell.

*

Among patients admitted within the first 100 d after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).

Other causes of admission included one case each of syncope, appendicitis, transaminitis, delirium, vision changes, and acute GVHD.

Any CMV copy number >200/mL was treated with valganciclovir. Organ disease was proven by using biopsy results or shell-vial positive.

§

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) copy number of >10 000/mL or imaging/histopathology suggestive of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease in 2 patients was treated with 4 weekly doses of rituximab (375 mg/m2).

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