Table 1 Baseline characteristics of analysed patients with or without cryotherapy.

From: Ice-cream used as cryotherapy during high-dose melphalan conditioning reduces oral mucositis after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Variable

Group

Cryotherapy N = 52

No cryotherapy N = 22

Age in years

Mean

57.8

58.7

Range

26–70

37–68

Indication for AHSCT

n (%)

MM

44 (84.62)

19 (86.36)

AL + MM

3 (5.77)

1 (4.55)

AL

2 (3.85)

1 (4.55)

SSc

3 (5.77)

0 (0)

POEMS

0 (0)

1 (4.55)

Melphalan dose

n (%)

140/m2

33 (63.46)

11 (50)

200/m2

19 (36.54)

11 (50)

Grades of OM

n (%)

G0

37 (71.15)

9 (40.91)

G1

11 (21.15)

4 (18.18)

G2

2 (3.85)

5 (22.73)

G3

2 (3.85)

3 (13.64)

G4

0 (0)

1 (4.55)

  1. OM oral mucositis, AHSCT autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, MM multiple myeloma, AL light chain amyloidosis, SSc systemic sclerosis, POEMS polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, skin abnormalities.
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