Table 1 Clinical and transplantation characteristics of patients with NKTCL.

From: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for NK/T-cell lymphoma: an international collaborative analysis

Variable

Total cohort N = 135 (%)

Male

92 (68.1)

Age at diagnosis, median, range (years)

41.8 (15.8–66.2)

Age at transplantation, median, range (years)

43.4 (18.3–67.7)

Diagnosis—allo-HSCT median, range (months)

11.2 (1.6–257)

Karnofsky performance score before allo-HSCT

  80–100%

85 (63.0)

  <80%

6 (4.4)

  Unknown

44 (32.6)

Region

  Europe

97 (71.9)

  Asia

38 (28.1)

Ann-Arbor stage at diagnosis

  Localized (I-II)

40 (30.0)

  Advanced (III-IV)

83 (61.4)

  Unknown

12 (8.6)

PINK score

  Low

14 (10.4)

  Intermediate

15 (11.1)

  High

60 (44.4)

  Unknown

46 (34.1)

First-line therapy

  Anthracycline-based

36 (26.7)

  Asparaginase-based

68 (50.4)

  DeVIC or VIPD

8 (5.9)

  Gemcitabine-based

1 (0.7)

  Other

14 (10.4)

  Unknown

8 (5.9)

Radiotherapy in first-line

44 (32.6)

Prior autologous transplantation

28 (20.7)

Number of prior therapies

  1

27 (20.0)

  2

45 (33.3)

  3 or more

58 (43.0)

  Unknown

5 (3.7)

Asparaginase-containing therapy (any time before HSCT)

100 (74.1)

PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor treatment

  No PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor

96 (71.1)

  After HSCT

5 (3.7)

  Before HSCT

13 (9.6)

  Unknown

21 (15.6)

Status at transplantation

  CR

71 (52.6)

  PR

36 (26.7)

  SD

3 (2.2)

  PD

24 (17.8)

 Unknown

1 (0.7)

Donor Type

  Matched related donor

48 (35.6)

  Unrelated donor

59 (43.7)

  Mismatched related donor

28 (20.7)

   Haploidentical donor

27 (20.0)

   Other

1 (0.7)

Stem cell source

  Bone marrow

12 (8.9)

  Peripheral blood

123 (91.1)

Conditioning regimen

  RIC

63 (46.7)

  MAC

72 (53.3)

TBI as part of conditioning

35 (25.9)

  >6 Gy

17 (12.6)

  ≤6 Gy

8 (5.9)

  TBI, but dose unknown

10 (7.4)

  No TBI

100 (74.1)

In vivo T-cell depletion

  ATG

50 (37)

  Alemtuzumab

10 (7.4)

  No T-cell depletion

75 (55.6)

PTCY

 

  Yes

35 (25.9)

  No

100 (74.1)

GVHD prophylaxis

  Cyclosporin A alone

14 (10.4)

  Cyclosporin A + MTX

33 (24.4)

  Cyclosporin A + MMF

18 (13.3)

  Cyclosporin A + MMF + MTX

27 (20.0)

  Tacrolimus + MTX

6 (4.5)

  Tacrolimus + MMF

6 (4.5)

  Other

30 (22.2)

  Unknown

1 (0.7)

  1. PINK prognostic index for NK/T-cell lymphoma, DeVIC dexamethasone, etoposide, ifosfamide, carboplatin, VIPD etoposide, ifosfamide, cisplatin, dexamethasone, CR complete response, PR partial response, SD stable disease, PD progressive disease, RIC reduced-intensity conditioning, MAC myeloablative conditioning, TBI total body irradiation, ATG anti-thymocyte globulin, PTCY post-transplant cyclophosphamide, GVHD graft-versus-host disease, MTX methotrexate, MMF mycophenolate mofetil.