Table 1 Baseline patient-, donor- and transplant-related characteristics by graft-versus-host disease prevention strategy.

From: GVHD prophylaxis in matched related stem cell transplantation: Why post-transplant cyclophosphamide can be recommended a study by the EBMT transplant complications working party

 

ATG based (N = 4140)

PTCy based (N = 1069)

p value

Medium follow up time years (CI 95%)

2.2 (2.1–2.3)

2 (1.9–2.1)

 

Patient Sex at Birth

Male

2426 (58.6%)

628 (58.7%)

0.93

Female

1714 (41.4%)

441 (41.3%)

 

Age at Transplant, yrs

median [Q1, Q3]

54.3 (43.7, 61.1)

51.3 (39.0, 59.9)

<0.01

[Min, Max]

18.0–77.7

18.0–75.6

 

Donor Age

median [Q1, Q3]

52.3 (42.9, 59.6)

49.1 (38.2, 57.6)

<0.01

[Min, Max]

18.0–77.0

18.0–75.5

 

Karnofsky

  

<0.01

<90

1171 (29.7%)

249 (24.2%)

 

>= 90

2775 (70.3%)

778 (75.8%)

 

Missing count

194

42

 

HCT Comorbidity Index

  

<0.01

0

2151 (59.8%)

528 (52.5%)

 

1–2

720 (20.0%)

228 (22.7%)

 

>=3

726 (20.2%)

250 (24.9%)

 

Missing count

543

63

 

DRI

  

<0.01

Low

216 (5.2%)

104 (9.7%)

 

Int

2829 (68.3%)

687 (64.3%)

 

High

938 (22.7%)

242 (22.6%)

 

Very high

157 (3.8%)

36 (3.4%)

 

Hematological Malignancies

  

Not done

AML

2255 (54.5%)

458 (42.8%)

 

MDS

570 (13.8%)

120 (11.2%)

 

ALL

413 (10.0%)

185 (17.3%)

 

NHL

308 (7.4%)

148 (13.8%)

 

MPN

392 (9.5%)

51 (4.8%)

 

MDS & MPN

142 (3.4%)

35 (3.3%)

 

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

60 (1.4%)

72 (6.7%)

 

Transplant Year

  

<0.01

2017

903 (21.8%)

147 (13.8%)

 

2018

890 (21.5%)

194 (18.1%)

 

2019

848 (20.5%)

233 (21.8%)

 

2020

719 (17.4%)

236 (22.1%)

 

2021

780 (18.8%)

259 (24.2%)

 

Myeloablative Conditioning

   

No

1865 (45.5%)

472 (44.6%)

=0.61

Yes

2234 (54.5%)

586 (55.4%)

 

Missing count

41

11

 

TBI

  

< 0.011

No

3629 (87.7%)

800 (74.8%)

 

Yes

511 (12.3%)

269 (25.2%)

 

Cell Source

  

Not done

BM

159 (3.8%)

131 (12.3%)

 

Cell SourcePB

3981 (96.2%)

938 (87.7%)

 

GVHD Prevention Regimen

CSA + MTX

1693 (40.9%)

24 (2.2%)

 

CSA + MMF

1335 (32.2%)

209 (19.6%)

 

CSA only

755 (18.2%)

200 (18.7%)

 

TACRO + SIRO + MMF

235 (5.7%)

285 (26.7%)

 

TACRO + SIRO

33 (0.8%)

199 (18.6%)

 

TACRO + MTX

34 (0.8%)

2 (0.2%)

 

No additional drugs or other regimen

55 (1.4%)

150 (14.0%)