Journal of Hematology, ISSN 1927-1212 print, 1927-1220 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 12, Number 1, February 2023, pages 27-36


The Impact of Graft CD3+ T-Cell Dose on the Outcome of T-Cell Replete Human Leukocyte Antigen-Mismatched Allogeneic Hematopoietic Peripheral Blood Stem Cells Transplantation

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Cumulative incidence of relapse according to CD3+ T-cell dose.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) for the entire study population.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Relapse-free survival (RFS) according to CD3+ T-cell dose.
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Overall survival (OS) according to CD3+ T-cell dose.

Table

Table 1. Subjects Demographics for Both Cohorts (n = 52)
 
VariableLow CD3+ T-cell dose (34 (65.4%))High CD3+ T-cell dose (18 (34.6%))P-value
R: recipient; D: donor; CMV: cytomegalovirus; AML: acute myeloid leukemia; MDS: myelodysplastic syndrome; ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia; HSCT-CI: hematopoietic stem cell comorbidity index; ATG: anti-thymocyte globulin; TBI: total body irradiation; GvHD: graft-versus-host disease; CSA: cyclosporine A; PTcy: post-transplant cyclophosphamide. TAC: Tacrolimus; MTX: methotrexate; NIH: National Institutes of Health.
Recipient age, median (range)29 (22 - 39)32 (25 - 40)0.6
Donor age, median (range)28 (24 - 34)28 (21 - 42)> 0.9
Recipient gender
  Female8 (24%)6 (33%)0.5
  Male26 (76%)12 (67%)
Donor gender
  Female9 (26%)12 (67%)0.4
  Male25 (74%)6 (33%)
Recipient/donor sex match
  Female/female4 (12%)4 (22%)0.021
  Male/female3 (8.8%)3 (17%)
Donor/recipient ABO match
  D-R17 (50%)8 (44%)0.7
Recipient CMV seropositive
  Negative positive1 (3.0%)0 (0%)0.6
  Positive-positive0 (0%)1 (5.6%)
  Positive-positive32 (97%)17 (94%)
Nucleated cells, median (range)6.76 (5.72 - 7.84)7.78 (6.97 - 9.92)0.034
CD3+ T-cell dose, median (range)17 (13 - 19)28 (25 - 30)< 0.001
CD34+ T-cell dose, median (range)7.0 (5.40 - 9.50)6.32 (5.03 - 8.54)0.40
Disease type
  ALL10 (29%)5 (28%)0.6
  AML-MDS24 (71%)13 (72.5%)
HSCT-CI
  0-133 (97%)16 (89%)0.3
  3-41 (2.9%)1 (5.6%)
Pre-transplant disease status
  Complete remission19 (61%)9 (56%)0.7
Conditioning regimen
  Myeloablative30 (88%)13 (72%)0.2
  Reduced intensity3 (8.8%)4 (22%)
  Reduced toxicity0 (0%)1 (5.6%)
TBI-based conditioning14 (41%)10 (56%)0.3
ATG6 (18%)3 (17%)> 0.9
Donor type
  Haploidentical29 (85%)14 (78%)0.7
  Mismatched related5 (15%)4 (22%)
GvHD prophylaxis
  CSA or TAC + PTcy29 (85%)14 (78%)0.4
  CSA or TAC/MTX3 (8.8%)1 (5.6%)
Acute GvHD17 (50%)7 (39%)0.4
Chronic GvHD
  Total10 (29%)4 (22%)0.7
  NIH score 2-36 (60%)3 (75%)> 0.9