Table 3.

Factors affecting nonrelapse mortality




No.

Nonrelapse deaths, no. (%)

HR

95% CI

P
Age      
    50 y or younger   48   19 (40)   —   —   —  
    Older than 50 y   15   7 (47)   1.2   0.5-2.9   .7  
Sex      
    Female   30   14 (47)   —   —   —  
    Male   33   12 (36)   0.7   0.3-1.4   .3  
Donor type      
    Matched sibling   38   15 (39)   0.8   0.4-1.8   .6  
    Other   21   11 (52)   —   —   —  
Acute GVHD      
    Grades 2-4   33   15 (45)   1.9   0.8-4.6   .1  
    All other   30   8 (33)   —   —   —  
No. prior treatments*      
    2   40   12 (30)   —   —   —  
    3   23   14 (61)   2.8   1.25-6.1   .01  
Steroids at ECP      
    Yes   11   4 (36)   —   —   —  
    No   52   22 (42)   1.5   0.5-4.3   .5  
Chronic GVHD      
    De novo   17   6 (35)   —   —   —  
    Progressive   16   8 (50)   3   1.0-8.9   .04  
    Relapsing   30   12 (40)   1.6   0.5-3.8   .5  
Scleroderma      
    Yes   21   6 (29)   0.4   0.1-0.99   .05  
    No   29   14 (48)   —   —   —  
Response to tacrolimus/MP      
    CR/PR   7   4 (57)   1.9   0.6-5.9   .2  
    All other   56   22 (39)   —   —   —  
Response to ECP      
    CR/PR   37   9 (24)   0.2   0.1-0.5   < .001  
    All others   25   17 (65)   —   —   —  
Platelets at ECP      
    Fewer than 100 000/mm3§  24   16 (67)   7.25   3.1-16.9   < .001  
    100 000/mm3 or more   38   10 (26)   —   —   —  
    Unknown   1   2 (—)   —   —   —  
LDH      
    1000 IU/L or less   41   14 (35)   —   —   —  
    More than 1000 IU/L   20   12 (60)   3.1   1.4-6.9   .005  
    Unknown
 
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No.

Nonrelapse deaths, no. (%)

HR

95% CI

P
Age      
    50 y or younger   48   19 (40)   —   —   —  
    Older than 50 y   15   7 (47)   1.2   0.5-2.9   .7  
Sex      
    Female   30   14 (47)   —   —   —  
    Male   33   12 (36)   0.7   0.3-1.4   .3  
Donor type      
    Matched sibling   38   15 (39)   0.8   0.4-1.8   .6  
    Other   21   11 (52)   —   —   —  
Acute GVHD      
    Grades 2-4   33   15 (45)   1.9   0.8-4.6   .1  
    All other   30   8 (33)   —   —   —  
No. prior treatments*      
    2   40   12 (30)   —   —   —  
    3   23   14 (61)   2.8   1.25-6.1   .01  
Steroids at ECP      
    Yes   11   4 (36)   —   —   —  
    No   52   22 (42)   1.5   0.5-4.3   .5  
Chronic GVHD      
    De novo   17   6 (35)   —   —   —  
    Progressive   16   8 (50)   3   1.0-8.9   .04  
    Relapsing   30   12 (40)   1.6   0.5-3.8   .5  
Scleroderma      
    Yes   21   6 (29)   0.4   0.1-0.99   .05  
    No   29   14 (48)   —   —   —  
Response to tacrolimus/MP      
    CR/PR   7   4 (57)   1.9   0.6-5.9   .2  
    All other   56   22 (39)   —   —   —  
Response to ECP      
    CR/PR   37   9 (24)   0.2   0.1-0.5   < .001  
    All others   25   17 (65)   —   —   —  
Platelets at ECP      
    Fewer than 100 000/mm3§  24   16 (67)   7.25   3.1-16.9   < .001  
    100 000/mm3 or more   38   10 (26)   —   —   —  
    Unknown   1   2 (—)   —   —   —  
LDH      
    1000 IU/L or less   41   14 (35)   —   —   —  
    More than 1000 IU/L   20   12 (60)   3.1   1.4-6.9   .005  
    Unknown
 
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HR indicates hazard ratio; —, not applicable.

*

Including tacrolimus or cyclosporine.

When skin was the only organ involved.

Evaluated since time of response to ECP.

§

100 000/mm3 is equal to 100 × 109/L.

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