Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients responding or not responding to first-line treatment (univariate analysis)


Characteristic

Responders

Nonresponders

P
Donor type, no.    
    HLA-identical sibling   80   30   —  
    Unrelated   70   31   .5  
Median donor age, y (range)   36 (2-73)   42 (7-66)   .1  
Female donor/male recipient, no. (%)   39 (26)   10 (16)   .1  
Median recipient age, y (range)   32 (6-66)   34 (2-64)   .2  
Disease    
    Early disease, no. (%)   73 (49)   21 (35)   .06  
    Conditioning with TBI, no. (%)   96 (64)   39 (66)   .2  
    No. of cells infused, × 108/kg (range)   4.6 (0.7-12.2)   4.6 (6.0-17)   .1  
    GvHD prophylaxis CsA MTX, no. (%)   146 (98)   59 (97)   .8  
Grade of GvHD at registration, no.    
    I   91   24   —  
    II   49   27   —  
    III to IV   10   10   .008  
Interval from Tx to GvHD, d (range)   16 (7-42)   17 (8-63)   .1  
Alive, no. (%)   84 (56)   22 (36)   .02  
Follow-up surviving patients, no. (range)   1176 (129-1930)   1134 (37-1969)   .8  
Follow-up deceased patients, no. (range)   203 (9-1809)   101 (15-1056)   .3  
Transplant-related deaths, no. (%)   40 (27)   30 (49)   .001  
Leukemia-related deaths, no. (%)
 
26 (17)
 
9 (15)
 
.4
 

Characteristic

Responders

Nonresponders

P
Donor type, no.    
    HLA-identical sibling   80   30   —  
    Unrelated   70   31   .5  
Median donor age, y (range)   36 (2-73)   42 (7-66)   .1  
Female donor/male recipient, no. (%)   39 (26)   10 (16)   .1  
Median recipient age, y (range)   32 (6-66)   34 (2-64)   .2  
Disease    
    Early disease, no. (%)   73 (49)   21 (35)   .06  
    Conditioning with TBI, no. (%)   96 (64)   39 (66)   .2  
    No. of cells infused, × 108/kg (range)   4.6 (0.7-12.2)   4.6 (6.0-17)   .1  
    GvHD prophylaxis CsA MTX, no. (%)   146 (98)   59 (97)   .8  
Grade of GvHD at registration, no.    
    I   91   24   —  
    II   49   27   —  
    III to IV   10   10   .008  
Interval from Tx to GvHD, d (range)   16 (7-42)   17 (8-63)   .1  
Alive, no. (%)   84 (56)   22 (36)   .02  
Follow-up surviving patients, no. (range)   1176 (129-1930)   1134 (37-1969)   .8  
Follow-up deceased patients, no. (range)   203 (9-1809)   101 (15-1056)   .3  
Transplant-related deaths, no. (%)   40 (27)   30 (49)   .001  
Leukemia-related deaths, no. (%)
 
26 (17)
 
9 (15)
 
.4
 

For responders, n = 150 (71%); for nonresponders, n = 61 (29%).

Tx indicates transplantation; —, not applicable.

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