Table 2 Donor and transplant specific characteristics.

From: Long-term follow-up of patients with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation after primary induction failure

Year of transplantation

1989–2019

1989–2000

2001–2010

2011–2019

Total n (%)

220 (100%)

36 (16.4%)

108 (49.1%)

76 (34.5%)

Conditioning therapy*

 unmodified MAC, n (%)

92 (41.8%)

31 (86.1%)

35 (32.4%)

26 (34.2%)

 RTC MAC, n (%)

125 (56.8%)

5 (13.9%)

73 (67.6%)

47 (61.8%)

 RIC, n (%)

3 (1.4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (4.0%)

GvHD prophylaxys

 CsA + Alemtuzumab, n (%)

79 (35.9%)

0 (0%)

63 (58.3%)

16 (21.1%)

 CsA + ATG, n (%)

73 (33.2%)

13 (36.1%)

24 (22.2%)

36 (47.4%)

 Others**, n (%)

68 (30.9%)

23 (63.9%)

21 (19.4%)

24 (31.6%)

Incidence of GvHD

 aGvHD, n (%)

122 (55.5%)

17 (47.2%)

60 (55.6%)

45 (59.2%)

 cGvHD, n (%)

66 (30%)

14 (38.9%)

34 (31.5%)

18 (23.7%)

 cGvHD n.a., n (%)

52 (23.6%)

15 (41.7%)

18 (16.7%)

19 (25.0%)

Immunosuppression free survival (years), median (range)

0.2 (0–20.9)

0.1 (0–20.9)

0.7 (0–17.2)

0.1 (0–7.1)

Donor match

 MRD, n (%)

77 (35%)

19 (52.8%)

34 (31.5%)

24 (31.6%)

 MUD, n (%)

97 (44.1%)

12 (33.3%)

49 (45.4%)

36 (47.4%)

 MMRD, n (%)

2 (1%)

1 (2.8%)

1 (0.9%)

0 (0%)

 MMUD, n (%)

44 (20%)

4 (11.1%)

24 (22.2%)

16 (21.1%)

Donor sex

 Female, n (%)

100 (45.5%)

17 (47.2%)

47 (43.5%)

36 (47.4%)

Donor recipient sex match

 Matched, n (%)

128 (58.2%)

23 (63.9%)

67 (62%)

38 (50%)

 Male recipient, female donor, n (%)

50 (22.7%)

8 (22.2%)

22 (20.4%)

20 (26.3%)

 Female recipient, male donor, n (%)

42 (19.1%)

5 (13.9%)

19 (17.6%)

18 (23.7%)

Donor age (years), median (range)

38 (14–74)

36 (21–59)

40 (14–74)

34 (19–69)

 Unknown, n (%)

12 (5.5%)

10 (27.8%)

2 (1.9%)

0 (0%)

 ≤ 25 years, n (%)

30 (13.6%)

3 (8.3%)

12 (11.1%)

15 (19.7%)

 26–50 years, n (%)

143 (65%)

20 (55.6%)

74 (68.5%)

49 (64.5%)

 ≥ 51 years, n (%)

35 (15.9%)

3 (8.3%)

20 (18.5%)

12 (15.8%)

CMV risk constellation

 Positive recipient, negative donor, n (%)

52 (23.6%)

9 (25%)

30 (27.8%)

13 (17.1%)

 Negative recipient, positive donor, n (%)

22 (10%)

2 (5.6 %)

11 (10.2 %)

9 (11.8%)

 Both positive, n (%)

82 (37.3%)

6 (16.7%)

46 (42.6%)

30 (39.5%)

 Both negative, n (%)

62 (28.2%)

17 (47.2%)

21 (19.4%)

24 (31.6%)

 Unknown, n (%)

2 (0.9%)

2 (5.6%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Graft source

 BM, n (%)

18 (8.2%)

15 (41.7%)

2 (1.9%)

1 (1.3%)

 PBSC, n (%)

202 (91.8%)

21 (58.3%)

106 (98.1%)

75 (98.7%)

Median CD34+ count

 CD34+ cells*10^6/kg bw (range)

6.6 (0.7–34)

5.3 (2.5–14)

6.6 (1.1–34)

6.7 (0.7–17)

 Unknown graft size, n (%)

18 (8.2%)

18 (50%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

  1. Shown in this table are donor and transplant specific characteristics for the entire cohort (n = 220, column B) as well as for the three sub-cohorts according to the year of transplantation (column C: 1989–2000, n = 36; column D: 2001–2010, n = 108; column E: 2011–2019, n = 76).
  2. MAC myeloablative conditioning, RTC reduced toxicity myeloablative conditioning, RIC reduced intensity conditioning, GvHD graft-versus-host disease, aGvHD acute GvHD, cGvHD chronic GvHD, CsA Cyclosporin A, ATG anti-T lymphocyte globulin (Grafalon), MRD matched related donor, MUD matched unrelated donor, MMRD mismatched related donor, MMUD mismatched unrelated donor, CMV cytomegalovirus, BM bone marrow, PBSC peripheral blood stem cell, MMF Mycophenolate-Mofetil, MTX methotrexate.
  3. *unmodified MAC protocols consisted of BU/CY, FLU/BU (4 days), TBI/Cy, TBI/VP16/CY, TT/BU/FLU (MAC); RTC MAC protocols consisted of FLU, FLU/BCNU/MEL, FLU/BCNU/TT, FLU/TT/MEL, TT/BU/FLU (modified), TT/FLU/Treo (MAC); RIC protocols consisted of TT/BU/FLU (RIC), FLU/TT, TT/FLU/Treo (RIC).
  4. **others = neither ATG nor Alemtuzumab. Included are combinations of MMF and MTX.