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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 12.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2016 Dec 12;52(3):400–408. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2016.265

Table 4b.

Summary of studies analyzing risk factors for chronic GVHD after UCBT

Study Population Incidence of chronic GVHD Risk Factors
Macmillan et al.11 Single UCBT
(n=80)
18% Prior grades II–IV acute GVHD
Double UCBT
(n=185)
17%
Lazaryan et al.10 Single UCBT
(n=295)
7% Age ≥ 18
Non-use of cyclosporine/MMF for GVHD prophylaxis
Double UCBT
(n=416)
26% Higher HLA-mismatch
Myeloablative conditioning
Prior grades II–IV acute GVHD
Ponce et al.13 Double UCBT
(n=115)
23% Not reported
Narimatsu et al.14 Single UCBT
(n=1072)
28% Higher recipient body weight
Higher HLA-mismatch
Myeloablative conditioning
Use of mycophenolate mofetil
Prior grades II–IV acute GVHD
Xavier et al.12 Double UCBT
(n=921)
25% Higher HLA-mismatch
Prior grades II–IV acute GVHD
Chen et al. Single UCBT
(n=810)
27% Prior grades II–IV acute GVHD
Double UCBT
(n=594)
26%

Abbreviations: GVHD = graft-vs.-host disease; UCBT = umbilical cord blood transplantation; UCB = umbilical cord blood; MMF = mycophenolate mofetil; ATG = anti-thymocyte globulin; HLA = human leukocyte antigen; iv-TCD = in vivo T-cell depletion