Causes of Death According to Treatment Group
. | Study . | Historic . | CyA/MTX . |
---|---|---|---|
Graft failure/rejection | 1 | 9 | 1 |
GVHD | 0 | 2 | 36 |
Relapse | 15 | 6 | 56 |
Infection | 7 | 8 | 26 |
Other (eg, cardiovascular, conditioning toxicity) | 2 | 4 | 58 |
Secondary malignancy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Unknown | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 25 | 32 | 183 |
. | Study . | Historic . | CyA/MTX . |
---|---|---|---|
Graft failure/rejection | 1 | 9 | 1 |
GVHD | 0 | 2 | 36 |
Relapse | 15 | 6 | 56 |
Infection | 7 | 8 | 26 |
Other (eg, cardiovascular, conditioning toxicity) | 2 | 4 | 58 |
Secondary malignancy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Unknown | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 25 | 32 | 183 |
A single underlying cause of death was assigned to each patient. Because of the small numbers, the differences in follow-up times (see Table 3), and the difficulty in assigning a unique cause to each case, statistical analysis is deemed to be impracticable.