Table 1.

Patient Demographics

Number of patients accrued	n = 23
Male/female	14/9
Age (median; range)	60 yrs (42–72 yrs)
Evaluable patients	n = 19
None valuable patients	n = 4
Failed to mobilize cells	n = 2
Progressive disease	n = 1
Refused transplantation	n = 1
Type of myeloma
Ig G	n = 14 patients
Ig A	n = 1 patients
Ig M	n = 1 patients
Ig D	n = 1 patients
Light chain	n = 3 patients
Nonsecretory	n = 3 patients
Disease status at the time of transplantation
CR	n = 5 patients
VGPR	n = 8 patients
PR	n = 5 patients
Refractory	n = 1 patients
Number of previous therapies
One	n = 12 patients
Two	n = 7 patients
Three	n = 3 patients
Four	n = 1 patients

CR indicates complete response; VGPR, very good partial response; PR, partial response.