Table 1 Clinical characteristics of intrabone UCB transplants

From: Intrabone transplant provides full stemness of cord blood stem cells with fast hematopoietic recovery and low GVHD rate: results from a prospective study

No. of patients

 

23

Years of transplant

 

2009–2012

Age

Median, range

36 years (16–57)

Gender

Males, %

9 (39%)

Interval diagnosis-transplant

Median, range

10 months (4–60)

Diagnosis

 

AML, n (%)

16 (69.6)

 

ALL, n (%)

4 (17.4)

 

CML, n (%)

1 (4.3)

 

NHL, n (%)

1 (4.3)

 

MM, n (%)

1 (4.3)

Phase at transplant

  
 

1st Complete Remission (%)

5 (21.7)

 

2nd Complete Remission (%)

3 (13.0)

 

>2 Complete Remission (%)

3 (13.0)

 

Primary Refractory (%)

6 (26.1)

 

Resistant Relapse (%)

4 (17.4)

 

Progression (for MM) (%)

1 (4.3)

 

Blastic Phase (for CML) (%)

1 (4.3)

Previous transplant

 

Autologous, n of pts (%)

6 (26.1)

 

Allogeneic, n of pts (%)

3 (13.0)

Courses of therapy

Median, range

4.5 months (2–7)

Conditioning regimen

 

Cy-TBI (%)

3 (13.0)

 

Bu- Cy (%)

11 (47.8)

 

Bu- Flu-TT (%)

9 (39.2)

GVHD prophylaxis

ATG-CsA-MMF (%)

23 (100.0)

CMV serostatus

 

Recipient Neg/Donor Neg, n (%)

3 (13.0)

 

Recipient Pos/Donor Neg, n (%)

20 (87.0)

Donor recipient HLA matching

 

4/6, n (%)

20 (87.0)

 

5/6, n (%)

3 (13.0)

TNC×107/kg pre thawing

Median, range

3.04 (1.91–5.48)

TNC×107/kg infused

Median, range

2.06 (0.20–3.92)

CD34 + cells×105/kg pre thawing

Median, range

1.29 (0.12–3.46)

CD34 + cells×105/kg infused

Median, range

0.54 (0.23–2.90)

CD3 + cells×106/kg infused

Median, range

25.45 (1.6–5.3)

Vitality

Median, range

91% (37–95%)

Hematologic recovery

median day to ANC > 0.5 × 109/L

Median day, range

21.5 (12–38)

median day to platelets > 20 × 109/L

Median day, range

39.5 (19–90)

median day to platelets > 50 × 109/L

Median day, range

47 (34–150)

Acute GVHD

Grade I, n (%)

4 (17.4)

 

Grade II, n (%)

2 (8.7)

 

Grade III, n (%)

1 (4.3)

 

Grade IV, n (%)

Chronic GVHD

Limited, n (%)

3 (13.0)

 

Extensive, n (%)

1 (4.3)

  1. AML Acute Myeloid Leukemia, ALL Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, CML Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, NHL Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, MM Multiple Myeloma, Cy Cyclophosphamide, TBI total body irradiation, given unfractioned at low dose-rate, Bu i.v. busulfan, total dose 12.8 mg/kg, Flu fludarabine, total dose 150 mg/m2, TT thiotepa, total dose 10 mg/kg, ATG antitlymphocyte globulin (Grafalon, NEOVII, Germany), total dose 15–30 mg/kg from day −6 to day −2, CsA Ciclosporin-A, given according to early post transplant serum level between 200 and 300 ng/ml, MMF micophenolate mofetile, 30 mg/kg bid from + 1 to + 28, TNC total nucleated cells, ANC absolute neutrophil count, GVHD graft vs. host disease, CMV cytomegalovirus