Table 3.

Studies evaluating the impact of donor KIR haplotype or activating KIRs in related or unrelated donor HSCT

StudyKröger 200673 Cooley 200983 Cooley 201085 Stringaris 201087 Cooley 201486 Oevermann 201484 
No. of patients 142 448 1409 246 1532 85 
Disease AML, ALL, CML, MDS AML AML, ALL AML, ALL, CML, CLL, MDS, NHL AML Childhood ALL 
Donor URD URD URD HLA-identical sibling URD Haploidentical 
TCD (%) In vivo 100 (ATG) 100 100 
Study group Donor activating KIRs Donor genotype B/x Centromeric B/B donors vs others Donor KIR B haplotype genes (2DS1, 3DS1, and 2DL5A) C1/x patient receiving an HSCT from a donor with ≥2 KIR B genes vs other donor Donor genotype B/x 
Proportion of patients with aGVHD (grade 2-4) NS NS NS — NS — 
Relapse Higher with increasing number of donor activating KIRs NS Lower with centromeric B/B donors AML only) Lower in study group (AML only) Lower in study group Lower with genotype B/x donor 
Risk HR, 1.37  RR, 0.34 HR, 0.24 RR, 0.70 RR, 2.82 
95% CI 1.1-1.7  0.20-0.57  0.56-0.87 1.37-5.77 
P .005  .001 .02 .0018 .005 
DFS Lower with increasing number of donor activating KIRs Higher with genotype B/x donor Higher with centromeric B/B donors (AML only) — Higher in study group Higher with genotype B/x donor 
Risk HR, 1.16 RR, 0.70 RR, 0.72  RR, 0.78 50.6% vs 29.5% at 5 years 
95% CI  0.55-0.88 0.55-0.93  0.67-0.91  
P .04 .002 .01  .0015 .033 
OS NS Higher with genotype B/x donor Higher with centromeric B/B donors AML only) NS; (AML only); higher in study group (all patients) — — 
Risk  31% vs 20% NR HR, 0.64   
95% CI  26%-36% vs 13%-27%  0.43-0.94   
P  .007  .024   
StudyKröger 200673 Cooley 200983 Cooley 201085 Stringaris 201087 Cooley 201486 Oevermann 201484 
No. of patients 142 448 1409 246 1532 85 
Disease AML, ALL, CML, MDS AML AML, ALL AML, ALL, CML, CLL, MDS, NHL AML Childhood ALL 
Donor URD URD URD HLA-identical sibling URD Haploidentical 
TCD (%) In vivo 100 (ATG) 100 100 
Study group Donor activating KIRs Donor genotype B/x Centromeric B/B donors vs others Donor KIR B haplotype genes (2DS1, 3DS1, and 2DL5A) C1/x patient receiving an HSCT from a donor with ≥2 KIR B genes vs other donor Donor genotype B/x 
Proportion of patients with aGVHD (grade 2-4) NS NS NS — NS — 
Relapse Higher with increasing number of donor activating KIRs NS Lower with centromeric B/B donors AML only) Lower in study group (AML only) Lower in study group Lower with genotype B/x donor 
Risk HR, 1.37  RR, 0.34 HR, 0.24 RR, 0.70 RR, 2.82 
95% CI 1.1-1.7  0.20-0.57  0.56-0.87 1.37-5.77 
P .005  .001 .02 .0018 .005 
DFS Lower with increasing number of donor activating KIRs Higher with genotype B/x donor Higher with centromeric B/B donors (AML only) — Higher in study group Higher with genotype B/x donor 
Risk HR, 1.16 RR, 0.70 RR, 0.72  RR, 0.78 50.6% vs 29.5% at 5 years 
95% CI  0.55-0.88 0.55-0.93  0.67-0.91  
P .04 .002 .01  .0015 .033 
OS NS Higher with genotype B/x donor Higher with centromeric B/B donors AML only) NS; (AML only); higher in study group (all patients) — — 
Risk  31% vs 20% NR HR, 0.64   
95% CI  26%-36% vs 13%-27%  0.43-0.94   
P  .007  .024   

CLL, chronic lymphoid leukemia; NR, not reported.

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