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Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Aug 29;25(12):2398–2407. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.08.012

Table 4.

Total body irradiation (TBI) dose in multivariate models of treatment with cyclophosphamide plus TBI as myeloablative conditioning regimen for allogeneic transplant using matched sibling and unrelated donor (2001–2013).

Outcome n Events HR Upper Lower P-value
Overall Survival
TBI dose 0.18
12 Gy 1732 1024 1.0
13–13.75 Gy 647 394 1.06 0.94 1.19 0.36
14 Gy 325 190 0.89 0.76 1.05 0.17
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 0.85 0.71 1.01 0.06
Disease-Free Survival
TBI dose 0.04
12 Gy 1727 1098 1.0
13–13.75 Gy 644 423 1.01 0.90 1.13 0.90
14 Gy 323 199 0.83 0.71 0.97 0.02
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 0.82 0.69 0.97 0.02
Non-Relapse Mortality
TBI dose 0.009a
12 Gy 1734 486 1.0
13–13.75 Gy 645 215 1.25 1.06 1.48 0.007
14 Gy 326 117 1.25 1.02 1.53 0.03
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 0.99 0.79 1.25 0.96
Relapse
TBI dose 0.008a
12 Gy 1737 618 1.0
13–13.75 Gy 646 209 0.92 0.78 1.08 0.29
14 Gy 323 84 0.69 0.55 0.88 0.002a
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 0.76 0.59 0.98 0.03
Acute GVHD Grade II-IV
TBI doseb . . . . . 0.01
12 Gy 1724 739 1.0 . . .
13–13.75 Gy 640 313 1.15 1.00 1.31 0.05
14 Gy 326 137 0.85 0.71 1.03 0.09
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 0.74 0.61 0.91 0.004
Acute GVHD Grade III-IV
TBI dose 0.21
12 Gy 1728 329 1.0
13–13.75 Gy 641 148 1.18 0.97 1.44 0.10
14 Gy 324 66 0.96 0.73 1.27 0.79
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 0.82 0.61 1.10 0.18
Chronic GVHD
TBI dose (<=8 months) 0.0001c
12 Gy 1127 622 1.0
13–13.75 Gy 401 205 0.83 0.71 0.97 0.02
14 Gy 193 96 0.64 0.52 0.80 0.0001a
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 0.78 0.61 1.00 0.05
TBI dose (>8 months) 0.02
12 Gy 588 217 1.0
13–13.75 Gy 239 102 1.10 0.98 1.24 0.12
14 Gy 133 75 1.00 0.62 1.62 0.99
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 0.91 0.51 1.63 0.75
VOD/SOS
TBI dose 0.03
12 Gy 1737 88 1.0
13–13.75 Gy 648 36 1.16 0.78 1.71 0.46
14 Gy 322 30 1.77 1.17 2.69 0.007
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 1.53 0.94 2.49 0.08
IPS
TBI dose 0.80
12 Gy 1715 131 1.0
13–13.75 Gy 634 53 1.08 0.78 1.49 0.63
14 Gy 318 30 1.12 0.75 1.67 0.57
14 Gy vs. TBI 13–13.75 Gy (Ref.) 1.04 0.66 1.63 0.87

Abbreviations: GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; Gy, Gray; HR, hazard ratio; IPS, interstitial pneumonia syndrome; TBI, total body irradiation; VOD, veno-occlusive disease.

a

Significant at p<0.01 level

b

All patients received cyclophosphamide with TBI

c

Significant at p < 0.01 level