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. 2021 May 11;56(10):2367–2381. doi: 10.1038/s41409-021-01286-x

Table 1.

(A) Patient characteristics at first and second transplants. (B) Number of transplants in each 5-year period for relapsed and graft failure patients. (C) Rates of acute and chronic GVHD and of engraftment following the second transplant.

A
Relapse cohort (n = 159) Graft failure cohort (n = 56)
1st allo-HCT 2nd allo-HCT 1st allo-HCT 2nd allo-HCT
Missing N % Missing N % Missing N % Missing N %
Gender
  M 60 37.7 24 42.9
  F 99 62.3 32 57.1
MM
  IgA 8 33 21.9 13 23.2
  IgG 77 51 25 44.6
  LC 36 3.8 18 32.1
 Non-sec 3 2
 Other 2 1.3
Graft
  BM 2 47 29.9 2 15 9.6 1 12 21.8 1 6 10.9
  CB 1 0.6 1 0.6 2 3.6
  PB 109 69.4 141 89.8 41 74.5 49 89.1
Donor
  HLA Id Sib 2 108 68.8 3 95 60.9 23 41.8 1 21 38.2
  Other 49 31.2 61 39.1 32 58.2 34 61.8
Change of donor
  Other 57 58 56.9 16 17 42.5
  Same 44 43.1 23 57.5
EBMT score
  <4 11 49 33.1 15 3 2.1 3 7 13.2 8 2 4.2
  4 40 27 18 12.5 12 22.6 9 18.8
  5 39 26.4 72 50 20 37.7 22 45.8
  >5 20 13.5 51 35.4 14 26.4 15 31.2
Conditioning
  Reduced intensity 17 84 59.2 26 73 54.9 3 42 79.2 8 33 68.8
  Myeloablative 58 40.8 60 45.1 11 20.8 15 31.2
Karnofsky
  <80 40 7 5.9 33 25 19.8 11 1 2.2 11 17 37.8
  80–100 112 94.1 101 80.2 44 97.8 28 62.2
Stage
  Low 10 116 77.9 60 41.4 2 46 85.2 8 29 60.4
  Advanced 33 22.1 85 58.6 8 14.8 19 39.6
Interval Tx1–Tx2 (months) 159 40.5 (1.5–170.4) 56 3.5 (0.7–66.6)
Age at Tx1 (yrs.) Med (range) 48 (20–63) 49 (25–68)
Year of Tx1 Med (range) 2004 (1985–2016) 2008 (1996–2017)
Age at Tx2 (yrs.) Med (range) 51 (29–69) 56 50 (25–68)
Year of Tx2 Med (range) 2008 (1994–2017) 56 2008 (1996–2017)
B
Relapsed Graft failure
Period N % N %
1994–1998 14 8.8 2 3.6
1999–2003 26 16.4 10 17.9
2004–2008 41 25.8 16 28.6
2009–2013 43 27.0 19 33.9
2014–2017 35 22.0 9 16.1
Total 159 100.0 56 100.0
C
Donor Relapsed myeloma (n = 159) p value Graft failure (n = 56)
GVHD
 Acute grade II GVHD 16% (10–22%) 12% (3–22%)
 Acute grade III–IV GVHD 14% (8–19%) 15% (5–25%)
 Death without GVHD 12% (7–18%) 17% (6–27%)
Acute grade II–IV GVHD Other 25% (14–36%) 0.2 29% (13–45%) 0.865
HLAid-Sib-HLAid-Sib 34% (23–45%) 25% (4–46%)
Death without acute GvHD Other 14% (6–23%) 0.619 19% (5–33%) 0.539
HLAid-Sib-HLAid-Sib 11% (4–18%) 12% (0–29%)
Acute GVHD with first allo Other 22% (8–36%) 0.03
Acute GVHD with first allo HLAid-Sib-HLAid-Sib 50% (33–67%)
No acute GVHD with first allo Other 26% (8–44%) 17% (0–34%) 0.53
No acute GVHD with first allo HLAid-Sib-HLAid-Sib 19% (5–32%) 25% (1–49%)
Cum. incidence chronic GVHD 5 yrs 40% (30–50%) 36% (21–51%)
Death without cGVHD 5 yrs 45% (35–56%) 41% (25–56%)
Chronic GVHD at 1 year Other 34% (20–49%) 0.828 29% (11–47%) 0.802
HLAid-Sib-HLAid-Sib 30% (18–42%) 21% (0–43%)
Death without cGVHD 1 year Other 25% (11–38%) 0.6 38% (18–57%) 0.942
HLAid-Sib-HLAid-Sib 22% (11–33%) 29% (5–52%)
Neutrophil engraftment Day +28 94% (CI 90–98%) 80% (69–92%)
Death without engraftment Day +28 5% (CI 1–8%) 2% (0–6%)

Bold values indicate statistical significance P < 0.05.