Table 1.

Patient and donor characteristics

FilgrastimControl
No. patients 21* 21  
Patient median age (y) (range) 39 (15-52) 40 (21-51)  
Patient sex, M/F 11/10 11/10 
Diagnosis   
 Leukemia/myelodysplasia 16 15 
 Lymphoma 2  
 Solid tumor 4  
Disease status   
 Early 6  
 Intermediate 
 Advanced 12 13  
Refractory disease 10 4  
Prior transplantation 2  
Prep regimen   
 Total body irradiation–based 12 12  
 Busulfan-based 
 Carmustine-based 4  
GVHD prophylaxis   
 Tacrolimus/steroids 
 Tacrolimus/micromethotrexate 17 16  
Donor median age (y) (range) 36 (8-46) 39 (4-56)  
Donor sex, M/F 10/11 10/11  
Pair sex-mismatched 
Pair cytomegalovirus serology −/− 1  
Pair ABO   
 Matched 15 15  
 Major mismatch 
 Minor mismatch 3  
Blood stem cell graft   
 Median nucleated cells × 108/kg (range) 5.8 (2.3-19.1) 8.3 (2.8-23.8) 
 Median CD34+ cells × 106/kg (range) 4.8 (2.2-20.5) 4.3 (1.9-16.2) 
FilgrastimControl
No. patients 21* 21  
Patient median age (y) (range) 39 (15-52) 40 (21-51)  
Patient sex, M/F 11/10 11/10 
Diagnosis   
 Leukemia/myelodysplasia 16 15 
 Lymphoma 2  
 Solid tumor 4  
Disease status   
 Early 6  
 Intermediate 
 Advanced 12 13  
Refractory disease 10 4  
Prior transplantation 2  
Prep regimen   
 Total body irradiation–based 12 12  
 Busulfan-based 
 Carmustine-based 4  
GVHD prophylaxis   
 Tacrolimus/steroids 
 Tacrolimus/micromethotrexate 17 16  
Donor median age (y) (range) 36 (8-46) 39 (4-56)  
Donor sex, M/F 10/11 10/11  
Pair sex-mismatched 
Pair cytomegalovirus serology −/− 1  
Pair ABO   
 Matched 15 15  
 Major mismatch 
 Minor mismatch 3  
Blood stem cell graft   
 Median nucleated cells × 108/kg (range) 5.8 (2.3-19.1) 8.3 (2.8-23.8) 
 Median CD34+ cells × 106/kg (range) 4.8 (2.2-20.5) 4.3 (1.9-16.2) 
*

Number of patients unless indicated otherwise.

P = .02 for comparison of nucleated cell number between filgrastim and control groups. There were no other significant differences between the groups.

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