Table 1.

Donor and recipient characteristics


Study no.

Disease

Age of recipient at alloSCT, y

Hemopoietic stem cell source

GVHD, acute/chronic

Donor/recipient sex

Donor/recipient HCMV serology*

Donor/recipient EBV serology*

HCMV DNAemia or HCMV disease

Immunosuppressionand clinical outcome
01   AML   47   Sibling PBSC   Nil/limited   M/M   +/+   ND   Nil   CSA 1-12 mo, PD 13-15 mo  
02   B-ALL   23   Sibling PBSC   II/nil   M/F   +/+   —/+   Nil   CSA 0-3 mo  
03   CML   38   Sibling PBSC   Nil/extensive   F/M   +/+   ND   Nil   CSA 0-10 mo, PD 10-15 mo, AZ 10-35 mo  
04   CML   47   Sibling BM   III/nil   M.M   +/+   ND   Nil   CAS 0-12 mo  
05   CML   45   TCD-MUD BM   Nil/limited   M/M   —/+   ND   HCMV retinitis 5 mo  CSA 0-20 mo, PD 9-11 mo  
06   CML   39   Sibling BM   Nil/nil   F/F   +/—   —/+   Nil   CSA 0-6 mo  
07   RAEB-T   39   Sibling PBSC   Nil/limited   F/F   +/—   +/+   Nil   Still on CSA at 30 mo, PD 7-13 mo, AZ 11-19 mo  
08   RAEB-T   41   Sibling PBSC   IV/extensive   M/M   +/—   ND   Nil   CSA 0-4 mo,§ died at 6 mo  
09   AML   46   Sibling PBSC   III/limited   M/F   +/—   +/+   Nil   CSA 0-4 mo and 12-21 mo. PD 4-6 mo  
10
 
CML
 
19
 
TCD-MUD BM
 
I/nil
 
M/F
 
+/+
 
ND
 
HCMV DNAemia at 1 mo and 4 mo
 
CSA 0-4 mo, died at 6 mo
 

Study no.

Disease

Age of recipient at alloSCT, y

Hemopoietic stem cell source

GVHD, acute/chronic

Donor/recipient sex

Donor/recipient HCMV serology*

Donor/recipient EBV serology*

HCMV DNAemia or HCMV disease

Immunosuppressionand clinical outcome
01   AML   47   Sibling PBSC   Nil/limited   M/M   +/+   ND   Nil   CSA 1-12 mo, PD 13-15 mo  
02   B-ALL   23   Sibling PBSC   II/nil   M/F   +/+   —/+   Nil   CSA 0-3 mo  
03   CML   38   Sibling PBSC   Nil/extensive   F/M   +/+   ND   Nil   CSA 0-10 mo, PD 10-15 mo, AZ 10-35 mo  
04   CML   47   Sibling BM   III/nil   M.M   +/+   ND   Nil   CAS 0-12 mo  
05   CML   45   TCD-MUD BM   Nil/limited   M/M   —/+   ND   HCMV retinitis 5 mo  CSA 0-20 mo, PD 9-11 mo  
06   CML   39   Sibling BM   Nil/nil   F/F   +/—   —/+   Nil   CSA 0-6 mo  
07   RAEB-T   39   Sibling PBSC   Nil/limited   F/F   +/—   +/+   Nil   Still on CSA at 30 mo, PD 7-13 mo, AZ 11-19 mo  
08   RAEB-T   41   Sibling PBSC   IV/extensive   M/M   +/—   ND   Nil   CSA 0-4 mo,§ died at 6 mo  
09   AML   46   Sibling PBSC   III/limited   M/F   +/—   +/+   Nil   CSA 0-4 mo and 12-21 mo. PD 4-6 mo  
10
 
CML
 
19
 
TCD-MUD BM
 
I/nil
 
M/F
 
+/+
 
ND
 
HCMV DNAemia at 1 mo and 4 mo
 
CSA 0-4 mo, died at 6 mo
 

AML indicates acute myeloid leukemia; PBSC, peripheral blood stem cell; ND, not done; CSA, cyclosporin A; PD, prednisolone; B-ALL, B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; AZ, azathioprine; BM, bone marrow; TCD-MUD, T-cell-depleted matched-unrelated donor; RAEB-T, refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation.

*

Recipient serology performed on a sample taken before transplantation.

HCMV DNAemia was monitored by weekly plasma samples tested by PCR, until cessation of immunosuppression.

All episodes of HCMV infection resolved with ganciclovir treatment.

§

Patient was treated palliatively from 4 months onward.

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