Table 3.

Patient and transplantation characteristics and outcome after HCT in children with MHC class II expression deficiency (N = 25)

VariablesResults
Patient characteristics  
 Year of transplant  
  1998-2007 6 (24) 
  2008-2018 19 (76) 
 Male 15 (60) 
 Age at diagnosis, median (range), mo 6.5 (birth-89.6) 
 Age at transplant, median (range), mo 21.4 (0.9-93.3) 
 Interval between diagnosis and HCT, median (range), mo 9.2 (0.9-71.5) 
 Newborn MHC class II expression deficiency 4 (16) 
 Positive family history 12 (48) 
 Consanguineous parents 22 (88) 
 BCG vaccination 21 (84) 
 History of PCP 10 (40) 
 Pretransplant chronic diarrhea 13 (52) 
 Growth failure at HCT (<9th centile) 14 (56) 
 Pretransplant autoimmune disease 2 (8) 
Donor characteristics  
 Type of donor  
  MFD 6 (24) 
  MUD 6 (24) 
  MMUD* 6 (24) 
  Parental HID 7 (28) 
 Stem cell source  
  Marrow 7 (28) 
  Unmanipulated PB 10 (40) 
  TCRαβ/CD19-depleted PBSCs 7 (28) 
  CB 1 (4) 
Graft details, median (range)  
Marrow  
  TNC, ×108/kg 4.1 (2.5-11.5) 
  CD34, ×106/kg 3.4 (3.1-5.9) 
  CD3, ×108/kg 0.61 (0.37-1.0) 
  CD19, ×107/kg 3.85 (1.6-6.1) 
Unmanipulated PB  
  TNC, ×108/kg 16.8 (13.4-42.7) 
  CD34, ×106/kg 12.5 (6.3-28.6) 
  CD3, ×108/kg 4.95 (3.4-9.6) 
  CD19, ×107/kg 9.6 (1.6-22.0) 
TCRαβ/CD19-depleted PBSCs  
  TNC, ×108/kg 12.7 (7.6-28.0) 
  CD34, ×106/kg 26.1 (6.9-56.6) 
  CD3, ×107/kg 4.2 (1.4-45) 
  CD19, ×105/kg 6.0 (3.6-12.0) 
  TCRαβ, ×104/kg 5.0 (2.7-7.0) 
  NK cells, ×107/kg 5.5 (1.8-11.0) 
Transplant characteristics  
 Conditioning regimen  
  Myeloablative conditioning  
   Busulfan-cyclophosphamide 3 (12) 
   Treosulfan-cyclophosphamide 2 (8) 
   Fludarabine-treosulfan-thiotepa 7 (28) 
RTC  
   Treosulfan-fludarabine 12 (48) 
   Fludarabine-melphalan 1 (4) 
 Serotherapy  
  None 4 (12) 
  ATG 8 (32) 
  Alemtuzumab 14 (56) 
 GvHD prophylaxis  
  None 5 (20) 
  CSA alone 3 (12) 
  CSA + MTX 2 (8) 
  CSA + MMF 14 (56) 
  CSA + steroid (for CB) 1 (4) 
 Hematopoietic recovery  
  Days to neutrophil recovery, median (range) 15 (8-22) 
  Days to platelet recovery, median (range) 16 (11-42) 
 Transplant-related complications  
  Acute GvHD 13 (52) 
  Grade II-IV 4 (16) 
  Grade III-IV 
  Chronic GvHD 
  Veno-occlusive disease 
  CMV viremia 7 (28) 
  Adenoviremia 9 (36) 
  HHV6 viremia 7 (28) 
  EBV viremia 1 (4) 
 Patients who required parenteral nutrition 17 (68) 
 Patients with graft failure 3 (12) 
  Secondary autologous reconstitution 2 (8) 
  Secondary aplasia 1 (4) 
 Cause of death (n = 6)  
  Pneumonitis 4 (16) 
  Cerebral hemorrhage 1 (4) 
  Infection 1 (4) 
VariablesResults
Patient characteristics  
 Year of transplant  
  1998-2007 6 (24) 
  2008-2018 19 (76) 
 Male 15 (60) 
 Age at diagnosis, median (range), mo 6.5 (birth-89.6) 
 Age at transplant, median (range), mo 21.4 (0.9-93.3) 
 Interval between diagnosis and HCT, median (range), mo 9.2 (0.9-71.5) 
 Newborn MHC class II expression deficiency 4 (16) 
 Positive family history 12 (48) 
 Consanguineous parents 22 (88) 
 BCG vaccination 21 (84) 
 History of PCP 10 (40) 
 Pretransplant chronic diarrhea 13 (52) 
 Growth failure at HCT (<9th centile) 14 (56) 
 Pretransplant autoimmune disease 2 (8) 
Donor characteristics  
 Type of donor  
  MFD 6 (24) 
  MUD 6 (24) 
  MMUD* 6 (24) 
  Parental HID 7 (28) 
 Stem cell source  
  Marrow 7 (28) 
  Unmanipulated PB 10 (40) 
  TCRαβ/CD19-depleted PBSCs 7 (28) 
  CB 1 (4) 
Graft details, median (range)  
Marrow  
  TNC, ×108/kg 4.1 (2.5-11.5) 
  CD34, ×106/kg 3.4 (3.1-5.9) 
  CD3, ×108/kg 0.61 (0.37-1.0) 
  CD19, ×107/kg 3.85 (1.6-6.1) 
Unmanipulated PB  
  TNC, ×108/kg 16.8 (13.4-42.7) 
  CD34, ×106/kg 12.5 (6.3-28.6) 
  CD3, ×108/kg 4.95 (3.4-9.6) 
  CD19, ×107/kg 9.6 (1.6-22.0) 
TCRαβ/CD19-depleted PBSCs  
  TNC, ×108/kg 12.7 (7.6-28.0) 
  CD34, ×106/kg 26.1 (6.9-56.6) 
  CD3, ×107/kg 4.2 (1.4-45) 
  CD19, ×105/kg 6.0 (3.6-12.0) 
  TCRαβ, ×104/kg 5.0 (2.7-7.0) 
  NK cells, ×107/kg 5.5 (1.8-11.0) 
Transplant characteristics  
 Conditioning regimen  
  Myeloablative conditioning  
   Busulfan-cyclophosphamide 3 (12) 
   Treosulfan-cyclophosphamide 2 (8) 
   Fludarabine-treosulfan-thiotepa 7 (28) 
RTC  
   Treosulfan-fludarabine 12 (48) 
   Fludarabine-melphalan 1 (4) 
 Serotherapy  
  None 4 (12) 
  ATG 8 (32) 
  Alemtuzumab 14 (56) 
 GvHD prophylaxis  
  None 5 (20) 
  CSA alone 3 (12) 
  CSA + MTX 2 (8) 
  CSA + MMF 14 (56) 
  CSA + steroid (for CB) 1 (4) 
 Hematopoietic recovery  
  Days to neutrophil recovery, median (range) 15 (8-22) 
  Days to platelet recovery, median (range) 16 (11-42) 
 Transplant-related complications  
  Acute GvHD 13 (52) 
  Grade II-IV 4 (16) 
  Grade III-IV 
  Chronic GvHD 
  Veno-occlusive disease 
  CMV viremia 7 (28) 
  Adenoviremia 9 (36) 
  HHV6 viremia 7 (28) 
  EBV viremia 1 (4) 
 Patients who required parenteral nutrition 17 (68) 
 Patients with graft failure 3 (12) 
  Secondary autologous reconstitution 2 (8) 
  Secondary aplasia 1 (4) 
 Cause of death (n = 6)  
  Pneumonitis 4 (16) 
  Cerebral hemorrhage 1 (4) 
  Infection 1 (4) 

Unless otherwise indicated, data are n (%).

BCG, bacille Calmette-Guérin; CB, cord blood; PB, peripheral blood; TNC, total nucleated cell dose.

*

Six patients had a 9/10 MMUD transplant.

Three patients received add-back T cells.

Six patients received ATG (Grafalon) and 1 patient received thymoglobulin.

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