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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2009 May 12;146(2):158–163. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07727.x

Table I.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristics Patients (n=71)
Median age at transplant, years (range) 29 (17-65)
Males (%) 43 (60%)
Response to first-line therapy
 Relapse 40 (56%)
 Primary refractory 31 (44%)
Risk factors prior to salvage treatment
 0 6 (9%)
 1 15 (21%)
 2 31 (44%)
 3 19 (27%)
Response to ICE
 CR 14 (20%)
 PR 44 (62%)
 MR 6 (9%)
 POD 7 (10%)
Conditioning regimen
  TLI based 26 (37%)
  Chemotherapy only 45 (64%)
Tandem transplants
   Intended 12
   Achieved 7
    Auto-Auto 5
    Auto-Allo 2
Time to HDT-ASCT failure (median) 5.7 months
   Within 6 months (%) 36 (51%)
   Within 12 months (%) 56 (79%)
   Within 24 months (%) 68 (96%)
Regimens following HDT-ASCT failure
  Gemcitabine-based 45
  MOPP 28
  Radiation 9
  Second transplant 24 (5 Autologous, 19 Allogeneic)*
  DLI 5**
Disease status
  Alive in remission 9 (13%)
  Alive with disease 7 (10%)
  Deceased 55 (77%)
*

This does not include the seven patients who received second transplants as part of tandem transplants

**

This includes two patients who received DLI following Auto-Allo tandem transplants CR, complete response; PR, partial response; MR, minor response