Table 1.

Characteristics of 18,014 Patients Undergoing Allogeneic BMT

Characteristic No. of Patients Percent*
Cohort 
 IBMTR, 1964-1990  14,041  77.9  
 FHCRC, 1969-1992 3,973  22.1  
Female sex  7,404  41.1  
Age at transplant (yr)  
 <10  2,623  14.6  
 10-19 3,929  21.8  
 20-29  4,654  25.8  
 30-39  4,191 23.3  
 40+  2,617  14.5  
Calendar year of transplant  
 1964-1979  1,190  6.6  
 1980-1984 4,166  23.1  
 1985-1989  9,662  53.7  
 1990-1992 2,996  16.6  
Primary disease 
 Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia  5,065  28.1  
 Chronic granulocytic leukemia  4,770  26.5  
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 4,139  23.0  
 Severe aplastic anemia  2,114  11.7 
 Other  1,926  10.7  
Donor-recipient relationship and histocompatibility  
 HLA-identical sibling  14,624  81.2 
 1 HLA-antigen mismatched sibling, relative  1,356  7.5 
 ≥2 HLA-antigen mismatched sibling, relative  835  4.6 
 Unrelated donor  1,068  5.9  
 Other, uncertain  131 0.7  
Transplant conditioning regimen 
 TBI + Cy ± other drugs  11,544  64.1 
 TBI ± other drugs (no Cy)  1,481  8.2 
 LFI ± Cy ± other drugs  655  3.6 
 Busulfan + Cy ± other drugs  2,775  15.4 
 Cy ± other drugs  1,391  7.7  
 Other  168 0.9  
T-cell depletion of marrow  
 No T-cell depletion 15,518  86.1  
 Anti-T or anti-T + NK MoAb  1,255 7.0  
 Sheep red blood cell rosetting  166  0.1 
 Lectins  133  0.1  
 CAMPATH-1 MoAb  608  3.3 
 Elutriation/density gradient centrifugation  250  1.0 
 Unclassified/other  84  0.1  
Drugs given for GVHD prophylaxis  
 CsA + MTX (no ATG)  6,659  37.0 
 CsA (no MTX, no ATG)  5,628  31.2  
 MTX (no CsA, no ATG)  3,871  21.5  
 Any ATG  525  2.9  
 Other, none 1,331  7.4  
Occurrence of acute GVHD II-IV  7,063  39.2 
Treatment for acute GVHD II-IV  
 Steroids (No CsA, no ATG) 3,285  18.2  
 CsA + steroids (no ATG)  1,776  9.9 
 Any ATG  1,101  6.1  
 Other, none  901  5.0 
Occurrence of extensive chronic GVHD 3,872  30.0 
Characteristic No. of Patients Percent*
Cohort 
 IBMTR, 1964-1990  14,041  77.9  
 FHCRC, 1969-1992 3,973  22.1  
Female sex  7,404  41.1  
Age at transplant (yr)  
 <10  2,623  14.6  
 10-19 3,929  21.8  
 20-29  4,654  25.8  
 30-39  4,191 23.3  
 40+  2,617  14.5  
Calendar year of transplant  
 1964-1979  1,190  6.6  
 1980-1984 4,166  23.1  
 1985-1989  9,662  53.7  
 1990-1992 2,996  16.6  
Primary disease 
 Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia  5,065  28.1  
 Chronic granulocytic leukemia  4,770  26.5  
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 4,139  23.0  
 Severe aplastic anemia  2,114  11.7 
 Other  1,926  10.7  
Donor-recipient relationship and histocompatibility  
 HLA-identical sibling  14,624  81.2 
 1 HLA-antigen mismatched sibling, relative  1,356  7.5 
 ≥2 HLA-antigen mismatched sibling, relative  835  4.6 
 Unrelated donor  1,068  5.9  
 Other, uncertain  131 0.7  
Transplant conditioning regimen 
 TBI + Cy ± other drugs  11,544  64.1 
 TBI ± other drugs (no Cy)  1,481  8.2 
 LFI ± Cy ± other drugs  655  3.6 
 Busulfan + Cy ± other drugs  2,775  15.4 
 Cy ± other drugs  1,391  7.7  
 Other  168 0.9  
T-cell depletion of marrow  
 No T-cell depletion 15,518  86.1  
 Anti-T or anti-T + NK MoAb  1,255 7.0  
 Sheep red blood cell rosetting  166  0.1 
 Lectins  133  0.1  
 CAMPATH-1 MoAb  608  3.3 
 Elutriation/density gradient centrifugation  250  1.0 
 Unclassified/other  84  0.1  
Drugs given for GVHD prophylaxis  
 CsA + MTX (no ATG)  6,659  37.0 
 CsA (no MTX, no ATG)  5,628  31.2  
 MTX (no CsA, no ATG)  3,871  21.5  
 Any ATG  525  2.9  
 Other, none 1,331  7.4  
Occurrence of acute GVHD II-IV  7,063  39.2 
Treatment for acute GVHD II-IV  
 Steroids (No CsA, no ATG) 3,285  18.2  
 CsA + steroids (no ATG)  1,776  9.9 
 Any ATG  1,101  6.1  
 Other, none  901  5.0 
Occurrence of extensive chronic GVHD 3,872  30.0 

Abbreviations: IBMTR, International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry; FHCRC, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; TBI, total-body irradiation; Cy, cyclophosphamide; LFI, limited-field irradiation; CsA, cyclosporine; MTX, methotrexate; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; NK, natural killer cells; MoAb, monoclonal antibody; ATG, antithymocyte globulin.

*

Percents do not always add to 100% because of rounding.

Primary diseases excluded were non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (n = 729), Fanconi’s anemia (n = 201), and immune deficiency diseases (n = 376). Other primary diseases included Hodgkin’s disease (n = 163), other malignancies (n = 347), myelodysplastic syndromes or myeloproliferative disorders (n = 632), and other smaller groups of primarily nonmalignant diseases (n = 784), including inherited disorders of metabolism (n = 158), and hemoglobinopathies (n = 315).

Occurrence of extensive chronic GVHD among 13,107 patients who survived ≥90 days posttransplant.

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