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17 January 2023: Original Paper

Non-Cryopreserved Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Graft for Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Multiple Myeloma and Lymphoma Patients

Panarat Noiperm ABCDEF , Jakrawadee Julamanee ABCDEFG* , Pongtep Viboonjuntra ADE , Arnuparp Lekhakula ABCDE

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.938595

Ann Transplant 2023; 28:e938595

Table 1 Patient characteristics.

Myeloma (n=40)Lymphoma (n=18)
Median age, years (range)57 (45–73)34 (17–60)
Gender (male to female ratio)17: 23 (1: 1.35)15: 3 (5: 1)
ISS risk (=38)
 I10 (26.3)
 II11 (28.9)
 III17 (44.7)
Lymphoma stage (=17)
 II4 (22.2)
 III2 (11.1)
 IV11 (61.1)
Median number of chemotherapy regimens received before ASCT (range)1 (1–3)2 (1–5)
ECOG score
 PS 019 (47.5)2 (11.1)
 PS 121 (52.5)15 (83.3)
 PS 21 (5.6)
HCT-CI score
 020 (50)8 (44.4)
 1–217 (42.5)10 (55.6)
 33 (7.5)
Pretransplant disease status
 CR28 (71.8)13 (72.2)
 VGPR1 (2.6)
 PR10 (25.6)5 (27.8)
Median time from diagnosis to ASCT, months (range)15 (5–100)20 (5–97)
Stem cell mobilization regimen
 Cyclophosphamide/G-CSF37 (92.5)14 (77.8)
 Cyclophosphamide/Etoposide/G-CSF3 (7.5)3 (16.7)
 ICE/G-CSF1 (5.6)
Conditioning regimen
 Melphalan 140 mg/m12 (30)
 Melphalan 200 mg/m28 (70)2 (22.2)
 BEAM8 (44.4)
 Others6 (33.4)
Data are presented as (%) unless otherwise indicated. ISS – international staging system; ASCT – autologous stem cell transplantation; ECOG – Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; PS – performance status; HCT-CI – hematopoietic cell transplant-comorbidity index; CR – complete response; VGPR – very good partial response; PR – partial response; G-CSF – granulocyte-colony stimulating agents; ICE – ifosfamide-carboplatin-etoposide; BEAM – BCNU-etoposide-cytarabine-melphalan.

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358