Table 2.

Patient Data and Results of Second Transplants

Years of Transplant Group Denomination 1970-1976 Group 11977-1981 Group 2 1982-1996 Group 3
No. of patients studied 22  10  12  
Median age in years (range)  19.2 (3.2-53.7)  20.3 (6.8-37.4)  10.6 (2.5-51.8) 
Median days between transplants (range) 37 (24-179)  57 (23-98)  226 (44-743)  
Preparative regimen  
 CY 200 mg/kg + procarbazine + ATG 36 mg/kg  0  0  
 TBI-based regimen  12  0  2  
 CY 200 mg/kg + ATG 90 mg/kg  0  10  9  
 Other  1* 0  1 
GVHD prophylaxis (no. of patients) 
 MTX  22  10  0  
 MTX + cyclosporine  0  12  
Median marrow cell dose ×108/kg (range)  2.1 (0.8-4.4)  2.7 (1.9-12.2) 4.5 (1.47-10.1)  
PBSC (CD34+ cells ×106/kg)  0  0  1 (11)  
Buffy coat cell infusion (no. of patients)  8  10  4  
No. of patients (%)  
 Unevaluable 8 (36.4)  1 (8.4)  
 With rejection 8 (36.4)  5 (50)  3 (25)  
 With sustained engraftment  6 (27.2)  5 (50)  8 (66.7)  
GVHD (no. of patients)  
 Acute, grades 2-4  2  5  
 Chronic  0  4  4  
Survival at 10 years (%) 5%  20%  83%  
No. of patients surviving  1  2  10  
Median years survival after second transplant (range)  
 Surviving patients 15.6  14.3 (10.6, 18.1)  10.0 (2.8-12.2) 
 Patients who died  0.06 (0.01-0.39), 0.39 (0.05-10.1),  0.28 (0.01-0.54), 
 n = 21  n = 8 n = 2 
Years of Transplant Group Denomination 1970-1976 Group 11977-1981 Group 2 1982-1996 Group 3
No. of patients studied 22  10  12  
Median age in years (range)  19.2 (3.2-53.7)  20.3 (6.8-37.4)  10.6 (2.5-51.8) 
Median days between transplants (range) 37 (24-179)  57 (23-98)  226 (44-743)  
Preparative regimen  
 CY 200 mg/kg + procarbazine + ATG 36 mg/kg  0  0  
 TBI-based regimen  12  0  2  
 CY 200 mg/kg + ATG 90 mg/kg  0  10  9  
 Other  1* 0  1 
GVHD prophylaxis (no. of patients) 
 MTX  22  10  0  
 MTX + cyclosporine  0  12  
Median marrow cell dose ×108/kg (range)  2.1 (0.8-4.4)  2.7 (1.9-12.2) 4.5 (1.47-10.1)  
PBSC (CD34+ cells ×106/kg)  0  0  1 (11)  
Buffy coat cell infusion (no. of patients)  8  10  4  
No. of patients (%)  
 Unevaluable 8 (36.4)  1 (8.4)  
 With rejection 8 (36.4)  5 (50)  3 (25)  
 With sustained engraftment  6 (27.2)  5 (50)  8 (66.7)  
GVHD (no. of patients)  
 Acute, grades 2-4  2  5  
 Chronic  0  4  4  
Survival at 10 years (%) 5%  20%  83%  
No. of patients surviving  1  2  10  
Median years survival after second transplant (range)  
 Surviving patients 15.6  14.3 (10.6, 18.1)  10.0 (2.8-12.2) 
 Patients who died  0.06 (0.01-0.39), 0.39 (0.05-10.1),  0.28 (0.01-0.54), 
 n = 21  n = 8 n = 2 

Abbreviation: PBSC, peripheral blood stem cell transplant.

*

The patient was not reconditioned before second transplant.

Anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (BC3) + steroids.

Patients died before day 15, too early to be evaluated.

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