Skip to main content

Table 2 HD chemotherapy and transplant characteristics

From: High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation of patients with multiple myeloma in an outpatient setting

Parameters

Overall cohort

ABSCT number, n

21

Age at ABSCT, years

59 (51–70)

Therapy line, n (%)

 First line therapy

15 (71)

 Salvage therapy

6 (29)

Remission prior HD/ABSCT, (%)

 CR

0 (0)

 nCR

5 (24)

 VGPR

6 (29)

 PR

8 (38)

 MR

0 (0)

 SD

1 (5)

 PD

1 (5)

HD chemotherapy

 HD melphalan n, (%)

20 (95)

 Dose modification, n (%)

1 (5)

ABSCT

 Transplanted CD34+ cells × 106/kg

3.3 (2.1–6.5)

 PBSC storage duration, months

2 (0–144)

Remission post HD and ABSCT

 CR

2 (10)

 nCR

8 (38)

 VGPR

3 (14)

 PR

7 (33)

 MR

0 (0)

 SD

1 (5)

 PD

0 (0)

  1. ABSCTautologous blood stem cell transplantation, (n)CR (near) complete remission, HD high dose, MR minimal response, PBSC peripheral blood stem cells, PD progressive disease, PR partial remission, SD stable disease, VGPR very good partial remission. Unless otherwise indicated, data are given as medians (range)