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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Apher. 2012 Feb 2;27(2):81–87. doi: 10.1002/jca.21206

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients undergoing real-time rescue use of plerixafor

G-CSF Alone
(n=13)
Chemo + G-CSF
(n=26)
Total
(n=39)
Median age (range) 64y (55–73y) 57y (42–68y) 62y (26–73y)
Diagnosis
    Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 7 16 23
    Hodgkin lymphoma 0 1 1
    Multiple Myeloma 5 9 14
    Amyloidosis 1 0 1
Median # of prior regimens (range) 2 (1–4) 2 (1–8) 2 (1–8)
    Prior lenalidomide (%) 5 9 14 (36%)
    Prior fludarabine (%) 0 2 2 (5%)
    Prior pelvic or spinal radiation Spinal 2
Pelvic 1
Spinal 1
Pelvic 2
6 (15%)
Prior failed mobilization (%) 3 5 8 (21%)
    Prior ASCT (%) 1 0 1 (3%)
Reason for rescue use of plerixafor (%)
    Low blood CD34+ cell concentration 8 22 30 (77%)
    Low initial apheresis CD34+ cell yield 4 3 7 (18%)
    Waning apheresis CD34+ cell yield 0 1 1 (3%)
    Clinical delay in apheresis 1 0 1 (3%)

Note: To provide complete data for each rescue use of plerixafor the one patient receiving 2 rescue attempts is listed twice.