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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Feb;15(2):214–222. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.11.013

Table 3. Characteristics and outcomes of 15 patients who received treatment for relapse or progression after nonmyeloablative UCB transplantation.

Patient Histological
Diagnosis
Disease status
at UCBT
Number
of Prior
Therapies
Time to
relapse/
progression
(days)
Time to
acute GVHD
(days)
Chimerism
at the time of
relapse/
progression
Treatment at
relapse/progression
Time from
relapse/
progression
to treatment
(months)
Response
to
treatment
Outcome
1 Diffuse Large cell B-Cell Partial Remission 3 104 19 100% taper immunosuppression* + rituximab < 1 CR Alive
2 Diffuse Large cell B-Cell Partial Remission 3§ 6 51 82% taper immunosuppression*,+ rituximab < 1 PROG Dead
3 Diffuse Large cell B-Cell Partial Remission 6 164 30 100% rituximab 5 CR Alive
4 Diffuse Large cell B-Cell Partial Remission 3 120 31 100% taper immunosuppression* + rituximab 5 CR Alive
5 Diffuse Large cell B-Cell Partial Remission 2§ 21 No 100% taper immunosuppression* + rituximab < 1 PROG Dead
6 Diffuse Large cell B-Cell Partial Remission 2 21 63 NA rituximab + radiotherapy 3 PROG Dead
7 Diffuse Large cell B-Cell Chemotherapy Refractory 3 211 No 100% taper immunosuppression* + rituximab 5 CR Alive
8 Mantle cell lymphoma Chemotherapy Refractory 2§ 100 No 100% taper immunosuppression* + chemotherapy + radio-immunotherapy 2 CR Alive
9 Large cell T-Cell Partial Remission 2 90 35 97% radiotherapy 1 PROG Dead
10 Anaplastic T Cell Partial Remission 3 236 No 100% taper immunosuppression* < 1 CR Alive
11 Follicular B-cell Partial Remission 8 55 72 91% rituximab 6 CR Alive
12 Follicular B-cell Complete Remission 4 188 No 100% taper immunosuppression* + rituximab 3 CR Alive
13 Follicular B-cell Partial Remission 4 42 67 100% taper immunosuppression* 1 PROG Dead
14 Hodgkin Lymphoma Complete Remission 4§ 106 No NA taper immunosuppression* + chemotherapy + radiotherapy 18± CR Alive
15 Hodgkin Lymphoma Partial Remission 9 88 15 100% taper immunosuppression* + chemotherapy + radiotherapy 6 PROG Dead

UCBT, umbilical cord blood transplantation; GVHD, graft-vs.-host- disease; CR, complete remission; PROG, progression

*

Taper of cyclosporine A and/or steroids started one to four weeks of diagnosis of relapse/progression.

Rituximab was dosed at 375 mg/m2/week for 4 weeks

§

Patient who underwent prior autologous transplant

±

Interval to last salvage therapy

Palliative intent radiation therapy