Table 1 Patient characteristics (N=60)

From: Prognostic factors influencing clinical outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation following imatinib-based therapy in BCR–ABL-positive ALL

Characteristics

No. of patients

%

Donor status

 Related

39

65

 Unrelated

21

35

Age at HSCT (years)

 –39

33

55

 40–

27

45

BCR–ABL isoform

  

 Minor

42

70

 Major

18

30

Additional chromosome abnormality (4 subjects unknown)

 No

10

17

 Yes

44

83

WBC at diagnosis ( × 10 9 /l)

 <30

34

57

30

26

43

CD 20 positivity (9 subjects unknown)

 Negative

28

47

 Positive

23

38

Stem-cell source

 Bone marrow

35

58

 Peripheral blood

16

27

 Cord blood

9

15

Conditioning regimen

 Myeloablative

54

90

CY + TBI

27

45

CY + CA + TBI

15

25

CY + VP + TBI

1

2

CY + TESPA + TBI

4

7

CY + BU

3

5

Others

4

7

 Reduced intensity

6

10

Flu + BU

3

5

Flu + LPAM ± TBI

3

5

Performance status at HSCT

 0

39

65

 1–2

21

35

MRD status at HSCT (3 subjects unknown)

 PCR negative

39

65

 PCR positive

18

30

GVHD prophylaxis

  

 Cyclosporine + sMTX

31

52

 Cyclosporine ± other

4

7

 Tacrolimus + sMTX

23

38

 Others

2

3

  1. Abbreviations: BU, busulfan (oral); CA, cytarabine; CY, cyclophosphamide; Flu, fuludarabine; HSCT, hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation; LPAM, melphalan; MRD, minimal residual disease; sMTX, short-term methotrexate; TBI, total body irradiation; TESPA, tespamine; VP, etoposide; WBC, white blood corpuscles.