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. 2015 Oct 5;51(3):372–376. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2015.236

Table 3. Hospitalization, toxicity and need for supportive care during mobilization and ASCT in myeloma patients according to the mobilization arm.

  Arm A (CY+G-CSF), N=34 Arm B (G-CSF), N=35 P
Days in hospital during mobilization, median (range) 3 (1−5) 0 (0−2) <0.001
Days in hospital during apheresis, median (range) 3 (1−11) 3 (1−5) 0.228
Fever during mobilization, N (%) 4 (12%) 1 (3%) 0.169
IV antibiotics during mobilization, days median (range) 0 (0−9) 0 (0−12) 0.800
Toxic deaths during mobilization 0 0  
Neutropenic fever during ASCT, N (%) 28 (90) 18 (67) 0.049
Platelet infusions during ASCT, units (range) 4 (0−24) 8 (0−28) 0.516
Red cell infusions during ASCT, units, (range) 0 (0–6) 0 (0−10) 0.567
Toxic deaths during ASCT 0 0  
Days in hospital during ASCT, median (range) 21 (14−72), N=31 19 (14−29), N=27 0.577

Abbreviations: ASCT=autologous stem cell transplantation; CY=cyclophosphamide.