Table 1

Characteristics of patients with slow and regular engraftment after autologous PBSCT

Slow engraftment, > 19 d (n = 27)Regular engraftment, 8-19 d (n = 76)
Sex, n   
    Male 12 56 
    Female 15 20 
Age, y, median (range) 54 (18-67) 52 (17-71) 
Entities 1 amyloidosis 1 amyloidosis 
 1 Ewing sarcoma 15 germ cell carcinoma 
 3 Morbus Hodgkin 10 Morbus Hodgkin 
 17 multiple myeloma 32 multiple myeloma 
 5 NHL 18 NHL 
Engraftment of leukocytes, d, median (range) 23 (20-41) 14 (8-19) 
Engraftment of thrombocytes, d, median (range) 24 (11-61) 13 (8-21) 
CD34+ cells, 106 kg, median (range) 6.34 (3.18-19.6) 6.26 (2.83-14.8) 
Conditioning regimen 7 BEAM 21 BEAM 
 1 BEAM (without BCNU) 2 BCNU 
 2 melphalan 100 mg 4 carboplatin/etoposide 
 1 treosulfan/melphalan 2 HD cyclophosphamide 
 16 melphalan 200 mg 31 melphalan 200 mg 
  11 P-PEI 
  2 melphalan 100 mg 
  3 CEIAP 
Received chemotherapy cycles, n, median (range) 5 (3-34) 5 (0-16) 
Radiotherapy, yes, n (%) 9 (33.4) 34 (44.7) 
Slow engraftment, > 19 d (n = 27)Regular engraftment, 8-19 d (n = 76)
Sex, n   
    Male 12 56 
    Female 15 20 
Age, y, median (range) 54 (18-67) 52 (17-71) 
Entities 1 amyloidosis 1 amyloidosis 
 1 Ewing sarcoma 15 germ cell carcinoma 
 3 Morbus Hodgkin 10 Morbus Hodgkin 
 17 multiple myeloma 32 multiple myeloma 
 5 NHL 18 NHL 
Engraftment of leukocytes, d, median (range) 23 (20-41) 14 (8-19) 
Engraftment of thrombocytes, d, median (range) 24 (11-61) 13 (8-21) 
CD34+ cells, 106 kg, median (range) 6.34 (3.18-19.6) 6.26 (2.83-14.8) 
Conditioning regimen 7 BEAM 21 BEAM 
 1 BEAM (without BCNU) 2 BCNU 
 2 melphalan 100 mg 4 carboplatin/etoposide 
 1 treosulfan/melphalan 2 HD cyclophosphamide 
 16 melphalan 200 mg 31 melphalan 200 mg 
  11 P-PEI 
  2 melphalan 100 mg 
  3 CEIAP 
Received chemotherapy cycles, n, median (range) 5 (3-34) 5 (0-16) 
Radiotherapy, yes, n (%) 9 (33.4) 34 (44.7) 

NHL indicates non-Hodgkin lymphoma; BEAM, BCNU, cytosine arabinoside, etoposide, melphalan; P-PEI, paclitaxel, carboplatin, etoposide, ifosfamide; HD, high dose; and CEIAP, carboplatin, etoposide, ifosfamide, adriamycin, dexamethasone.

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