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. 2019 Jun 8;70(8):1525–1533. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz490

Table 5.

Most Common Causes of All-cause Mortality by Preferred Terms (Full Analysis Set)

Through Week 24 Post-HCT, n (%) Through Week 48 Post-HCT, n (%)
Letermovir Placebo Letermovir Placebo
Total patients in population 325 170 325 170
 Patients who died 32 (9.8) 27 (15.9) 61 (18.8) 40 (23.5)
 AMLa 7 (2.2) 7 (4.1) 12 (3.7) 10 (5.9)
 GVHDb 2 (0.6) 3 (1.8) 7 (2.2) 7 (4.1)
 Sepsisc 4 (1.2) 3 (1.8) 6 (1.8) 4 (2.4)
 Pneumonia 1 (0.3) 1 (0.6) 2 (0.6) 3 (1.8)
 Respiratory failured 2 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 7 (2.2) 1 (0.6)
 ALLe 2 (0.6) 1 (0.6) 3 (0.9) 1 (0.6)
 Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome 2 (0.6) 2 (1.2) 2 (0.6) 2 (1.2)
 Septic shock 1 (0.3) 2 (1.2) 2 (0.6) 2 (1.2)

Note that this table only lists the most common causes of all-cause mortality. Every patient is counted a single time for each applicable row and column.

Abbreviations: ALL, acute lymphatic leukemia; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; HCT, hematopoietic cell transplantation.

aIncludes AML and recurrent AML.

bIncludes GVHD, acute GVHD, and gastrointestinal GVHD.

cIncludes Enterococcal sepsis, Klebsiella sepsis, and Neutropenic sepsis.

dIncludes acute respiratory failure.

eIncludes ALL and recurrent ALL.