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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Haematol. 2018 Nov;5(11):e532–e542. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(18)30156-X

Table 1.

Baseline Patient Characteristics

Characteristic Arm 1
AUC = 16K
No. (%)
Arm 2
AUC = 20K
No. (%)
P value
No. of patients 49 48
Total busulfan dose (mg/kg), average (range) 9.7 (5.4-14.6) 12.5 (8.5-16.7)
Age at HCT in years, median (range) 57(18-75) 62 (41-75) 0.05
Age group
 < 50 years 9(18) 6(13)
 50-59 years 19 (39) 14 (29)
 60-69 years 17 (35) 22 (46)
 70-75 years 4(8) 6(13)
Sex
 Male 36 (73) 28 (58) 0.14
 Female 13 (27) 20 (42)
Race
 White 36 (73) 41 (85) 0.21
 Other 13 (27) 7 (15)
Diagnosis
 Acute myeloid leukemia/Myelodysplastic syndrome 24 (49) 29 (60) 0.02
  Complete remission 6 8
  Relapsed (untreated/ hypoplastic marrow) 3 3
  Primary induction failure 15 18
 Chronic myeloid leukemia/ Myeloproliferative disorder 17 (35) 7 (15)
  Chronic phase 3 1
  Accelerated phase 1 1
  Primary induction failure 10 3
  Untreated/clonal evolution 3 2
 Myeloma 5(10) 11(23)
  Prior autologous HCT 4 8
  Prior allogeneic HCT - 1
 Lymphoma 3(6) 0
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 0 1(2)
No. of previous lines of chemotherapy, median (range) 1(0-10) 2(0-9) 0.36
Donor
 HLA-matched unrelated 27 (55) 27 (56) 1.00
 HLA-matched sibling 22 (45) 21 (44)
Graft source
 PBPC 37 (76) 35 (73) 0.82
 BM 12 (24) 13 (27)
Refined DRI 0.79
 Low 2 (4) 1 (2)
 Intermediate 28 (57) 25 (52)
 High 17 (35) 18 (38)
 Very high 2 (4) 4 (8)
HCT-CI
 0-2 28 (57) 19 (40) 0.11
 ≥3 21 (43) 29 (60)

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; BM, bone marrow; DRI, Disease Risk Index; HCT, hematopoietic cell transplantation; HCT-CI, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Specific Comorbidity Index; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; PBPC, peripheral blood progenitor cells.