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. 2021 Dec 10;2021(1):254-263. doi: 10.1182/hematology.2021000257

Table 2.

Studies illustrating prognostically important geriatric deficits in older patients undergoing alloHCT

Study N Age, median (range), y Study design disease Impairment in GA domains with impact on outcomes
Comorbidity Function Mobility Cognition Medication Frailty scale
Muffly et al. (2014)35 203 58 (54-63) Prospective, single-center pilot study
All diseases
NRM ↑
OS ↓
NRM ↑
OS ↓
OS ↓
Deschler et al. (2018)36 106 66 (60-78) Prospective, single-center trial
Myeloid neoplasms
NRM ↑
PFS ↓
OS ↓
PFS ↓
OS ↓
Huang et al. (2020)37 148 62 (50-76) Prospective, single-center pilot study
All diseases
OS ↓
PFS ↓
NRM ↑
Toxicities ↑
Pamukcuoglu et al. (2019)40 52 59 (40-73) Prospective, single-center pilot study
All diseases
OS ↓
Toxicities ↑
Salas et al. (2021)41 168 58 (19-77) Prospective, single-center pilot study
All diseases
NRM ↑
OS ↓
NRM ↑
Olin et al. (2020)38 330 63 (50-77) Multicenter, CIBMTR registry
All diseases
NRM ↑ NRM ↑
OS ↓
Polverelli et al. (2020)42 228 64 (60-76) Two-center retrospective study NRM ↑
OS ↓
Lin et al. (2020)39 457 66 (60-79) Single-center, retrospective study NRM ↑ NRM ↑
OS ↓
PFS ↓
Bhargava et al. (2020)43 114 68 (65-75) Single-center, retrospective study Toxicities ↑
OS ↓
Sugidono et al. (2021)44 148 62 (50-76) Single-center, retrospective study OS ↓

NRM, nonrelapse mortality; PFS, progression-free survival.