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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Jan 24;53(3):264–275. doi: 10.1177/0091270012447196

Table 1.

Description of patient population.a

Total number of patients 729
Age, y 7.1 ± 6.0 (0.1–20.0)
Dosing weight, kg 28.7 ± 23.0 (2.65–117.8)
Sex
  Male 402
  Female 325
  Not reported 2
Diagnosis
  AML/MDS 264
  CID 88
  CML/JMML 65
  Pediatric solid tumor 43
  Histiocytic disorder 39
  Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 37
  Metabolic storage disease 36
  Bone marrow failure 30
  Sickle cell anemia 28
  Thalassemia 22
  AML/MDS, secondary 16
  Aplastic anemia 15
  Granulocyte disorder 15
  Osteopetrosis 12
  Lymphoma 7
  Hodgkin lymphoma 6
  Myeloproliferative disorder 5
  Paroxysmal nocturnal
    hemoglobinuria
1
Initial dose for children ≤12 kg,b mg/kg
  0.8 48
  1.0 97
  1.1c 37
  Other 25
Initial dose for children >12 kg,b mg/kg
  0.8c 333
  0.9 23
  1.0 94
  Other 28

Abbreviations: AML/MDS, acute myelogenous leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome; CID, combined immunodeficiency disorders; CML/JMML, chronic myelogenous leukemia/juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.

a

Data presented as n or as mean ± standard deviation (range).

b

For children receiving Q6hr busulfan; dose rounded to the nearest 0.1 mg/kg; more detailed description within Supplemental Table S2.

c

Dose per Busulfex package insert.