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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Apr 17;127(6):1319–1326. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.03.028

Table 1.

Outcomes of transplant in the largest studies to date.

Author (Reference) Year1 Number of Patients Unrelated Related Conditioning Regimen (number of patients per regimen) GvHD prophylaxis Number of patients with aGVHD <2 Number of patients with aGVHD>2 cGVHD Overall Survival Causes of death2 DFS
Seger et al. (65) 2002 27 2 25 MA(17): Bu/Cy
MA(1):Bu/Mel/Alemtuzumab
MA(1):Bu/Cy/ATG
MA(1): Bu/Cy/TNI
MA(1):Bu/Cy/TT/ATG
MA(1):Bu/Flu/ATG
NMA(2):Bu/Flu ATG
NMA(1): Flu/Cy/ATG
NMA(1): Flu/TBI
Cyclosporine (27)
Methotrexate (13)
Prednisone(4)
3 4 3 23/27
Multiorgan failure, Pneumonia and GVHD, Pneumonia, Nonengraftment with aspergillus and VOD,
22/27
Horwitz et al. (69) 2001 10 0 10 NMA: Cy/Flu with ATG and Donor lymphocyte Infusions Cyclosporine 3 1 2 7/10
Graft failure with retransplant, Pneumococcal pneumonia, GVHD with fungal infection
6/10
Soncini et al. (66) 2009 20 10 10 MA(16):Bu/Cy, +/− Alemtuzumab^
MA(1):Bu/Mel/Campath1-G
NMA(2):Flu/Mel/Alemtuzumab
NMA(1)Bu/Flu/Alemtuzumab
Cyclosporine 5 0 3 18/20
Fungal infection
18/20
Schuetz et al. (62) 2009 12 9 3 MA/MSD: Bu/Cy
MA/MUD(6): Bu/Cy/Flu +
Alemtuzumab or ATG
MA/MUD(2): Flu/Mel/RIT*
?/MUD(1): Flu/TBI
Not reported 5 0 2 9/12
Chronic GvHD, ARDS, BK virus
7/12
Gungor et al. (71) 2010 24 9 15 NMA: Dose adjusted IV Bu, Flu, Alemtuzumab Mycophenolate 9 0 0 23/24
Pneumonia
22/24
Kang et al. (72) 2011 11 9 2 NMA: IV Bu, Alemtuzumab +/− 300cGy radiation^ Rapamycin 2 0 0 10/11
Refusal to continue dialysis
8/11

GvHD-Graft versus Host Disease, a- acute, c-chronic, DFS-Disease Free Survival, MA-Myeloablative, NMA-Nonmyeloablative, Bu-Busulfan, Cy-Cyclophosphamide, Mel-Melphalan, ATG-Antithymocyte Globulin, TNI-Total Nodal Irradiation, TT-Thiotepa, Flu-Fludarabine, RIT-Radioimmunotherapy, VOD-Venoocclusive disease, MSD-Matched Sibling Donor, MUD: Matched Unrelated Donor, ARDS-Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome,

1

-Year published,

2

-Each cause listed per patient

^

-for unrelated donor recipients,

*

-Radionimmunotherapy=anti-CD66 Yttrium-90 labeled antibody (17Gy)