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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2022 Mar 14;197(3):326–338. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18108

Table 1.

Characteristics of study population by donor type

Characteristic Haploidentical Matched Unrelated Cord Blood P Value
No. of patients 2894 11801 1487
No. of centers 149 227 121
Age, median (range) 55 (18-88) 58 (18-83) 50 (18-75) <.01a
Sex (%) <.01b
  Male 1722 (60) 6832 (58) 778 (52)
Race (%) <.01b
  White 2004 (69) 10496 (89) 1019 (69)
  Black or African American 479 (17) 253 (2) 192 (13)
  Asian 165 (6) 307 (3) 118 (8)
  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 15 (1) 19 (0) 13 (1)
  American Indian or Alaska Native 10 (0) 38 (0) 11 (1)
  More than one race 12 (0) 27 (0) 14 (1)
Ethnicity (%) <.01b
  Hispanic or Latino 356 (12) 620 (5) 214 (14)
  Non-Hispanic or non-Latino 2211 (76) 10133 (86) 1126 (76)
  Non-resident of the U.S. 269 (9) 802 (7) 112 (8)
Karnofsky performance score <90 (%) 1228 (42) 5047 (43) 511 (34) <.01b
HCT-CI without obesity (%) 0.01b
  0 678 (23) 2504 (21) 352 (24)
  1 433 (15) 1590 (13) 226 (15)
  2 416 (14) 1838 (16) 222 (15)
  3 515 (18) 2237 (19) 277 (19)
  4 369 (13) 1517 (13) 177 (12)
  5+ 478 (17) 2102 (18) 230 (15)
Body Mass Index (BMI) (%) <.01
  Median (range) 28 (16-50) 27 (16-50) 26 (15-48)
  <18.5 45 (2) 177 (1) 31 (2)
  18.5-24.9 875 (30) 3732 (32) 534 (36)
  25-29.9 952 (33) 4183 (35) 506 (34)
  30-34.9 629 (22) 2273 (19) 263 (18)
  35+ 393 (14) 1436 (12) 153 (10)
Refined-Disease Risk Index (%) <.01b
  Low 316 (11) 1078 (9) 134 (9)
  Intermediate 1464 (51) 6317 (54) 851 (57)
  High 752 (26) 3029 (26) 331 (22)
  Very high 141 (5) 416 (4) 50 (3)
Disease (%) <.01b
  AML 1197 (41) 5003 (42) 732 (49)
  ALL 433 (15) 1508 (13) 292 (20)
  CML 119 (4) 390 (3) 39 (3)
  Other Leukemias 108 (4) 399 (3) 39 (3)
  MDS 447 (15) 2358 (20) 178 (12)
  MPN 83 (3) 590 (5) 14 (1)
  NHL 319 (11) 1114 (9) 148 (10)
  HD 117 (4) 189 (2) 33 (2)
  MM 62 (2) 221 (2) 9 (1)
  Non-MM PCD 9 (0) 29 (0) 3 (0)
Prior autologous transplant (%) 303 (10) 973 (8) 102 (7) <.01b
Graft source (%) <.01b
  Bone marrow 974 (34) 1606 (14) 0 (0)
  Peripheral blood 1920 (66) 10195 (86) 0 (0)
  Umbilical cord blood 0 (0) 0 (0) 1487 (100)
Number of cord blood units (%) <.01b
  1 0 (0) 0 (0) 269 (18)
  2 0 (0) 0 (0) 1218 (82)
  NA 2894 (100) 11801 (100) 0 (0)
TBI used in conditioning regimen (%) 2100 (73) 2680 (23) 1245 (84) <.01b
Conditioning Intensity (%) <.01b
  MAC 1142 (39) 6054 (51) 724 (49)
  RIC 823 (28) 4102 (35) 489 (33)
  NMA 929 (32) 1645 (14) 274 (18)
Donor/recipient sex match (%) <.01b
  M-M 1092 (38) 5169 (44) 71 (5)
  M-F 679 (23) 3251 (28) 71 (5)
  F-M 630 (22) 1644 (14) 59 (4)
  F-F 493 (17) 1700 (14) 55 (4)
  Double cord - recipient M 0 (0) 0 (0) 642 (43)
  Double cord - recipient F 0 (0) 0 (0) 576 (39)
  Double cord - Missing 0 (0) 0 (0) 13 (1)
  Missing 0 (0) 37 (0) 0 (0)
Donor/recipient CMV serostatus (%) <.01b
   +/+ 1300 (45) 3289 (28) 53 (4)
   +/− 241 (8) 1287 (11) 32 (2)
   −/+ 721 (25) 3889 (33) 64 (4)
   −/− 615 (21) 3277 (28) 38 (3)
  Double cord - recipient + 0 (0) 0 (0) 854 (57)
  Double cord - recipient − 0 (0) 0 (0) 353 (24)
  Double cord - recipient CMV unknown 0 (0) 0 (0) 12 (1)
   Missing 17 (1) 59 (0) 81 (5)
CD34+ dose, x 106/kg (BM only) (%) <.01b
  Median (25th-75th quartile) 2.67 (1.75, 3.88) 2.65 (1.75, 3.91)
   0-1.9 194 (7) 453 (4)
   2-3.9 258 (9) 612 (5)
   4-7.9 123 (4) 304 (3)
   ≥8 17 (1) 37 (0)
   NA (PBSC graft) 1920 (66) 10195 (86)
   Missing 382 (13) 200 (2)
CD34+ dose, x 106/kg (PBSC) (%) <.01b
  Median (25th-75th quartile) 5.12 (4.33, 7.68) 6.39 (4.88, 8.64)
   0-1.9 77 (3) 449 (4)
   2-3.9 156 (5) 958 (8)
   4-7.9 645 (22) 5057 (43)
   ≥8 250 (9) 2951 (25)
   NA (BM graft) 974 (34) 1606 (14)
   Missing 792 (27) 780 (7)
CD34+ dose, x 105/kg (CBU) (%)
  Single
    Median (IQR) 2.31 (1.33, 4.34)
     0-1.9 84 (6)
     2-3.9 58 (4)
     4-7.9 30 (2)
     ≥8 21 (1)
     Missing 76 (5)
  Double
    Median (IQR) 2.24 (1.45, 3.51)
     0-1.9 456 (31)
     2-3.9 378 (25)
     4-7.9 152 (10)
     ≥8 63 (4)
     Missing 169 (11)
GVHD Prophylaxis (%) <.01b
  TAC + MMF ± others 0 1381 (12) 508 (34)
  TAC + MTX ± others (not MMF) 0 6841 (58) 26 (2)
  TAC ± others (not MMF, MTX) 0 1214 (10) 109 (7)
  CSA + MMF ± others (not TAC) 0 650 (6) 736 (50)
  CSA + MTX ± others (not MMF,TAC) 0 853 (7) 6 (<1)
  CSA ± others (not TAC, MMF, MTX) 0 91 (<1) 11 (<1)
  Other GVHD Prophylaxisc 0 125 (1) 79 (5)
  Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide ± others 2844 (100) 579 (5) 7 (1)
ATG/Alemtuzumab (%) <.01b
  ATG + Alemtuzumab 54 (2) 4086 (35) 279 (19)
  ATG alone 0 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0)
  Alemtuzumab alone 2812 (97) 7052 (60) 1202 (81)
  Missing 28 (1) 662 (6) 6 (0)
Year of transplant (%) <.01b
  2013 104 (4) 1146 (10) 231 (16)
  2014 369 (13) 2558 (22) 375 (25)
  2015 615 (21) 2585 (22) 343 (23)
  2016 835 (29) 2744 (23) 302 (20)
  2017 971 (34) 2768 (23) 236 (16)

HCT-CI, hematopoietic cell transplantation-comorbidity index; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; MPN, myeloproliferative neoplasm; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; HD, Hodgkin lymphoma; MM, multiple myeloma; N, number; MAC, myeloablative conditioning; RIC, reduced intensity conditioning; NMA, nonmyeloablative conditioning; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; CMV, cytomegalovirus; CBU, cord blood unit; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; MTX, methotrexate; CSA, cyclosporine; TAC, tacrolimus; ATG, anti-thymocyte globulin; PBSC, peripheral blood stem cells; BM, bone marrow; NA, not applicable; IQR, interquartile range.

Hypothesis testing:

a

Kruskal-Wallis test

b

Pearson chi-square test

c

Other GVHD Prophylaxis: MMF or MTX + siro: n=84; Missing: n=120