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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Influence of pre-transplant minimal residual disease on prognosis after Allo-SCT for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Author (year)

Design

No. of patients

Age (year)

Detection method

Endpoint

Source of HR

Adjusted covariates

Follow-up

Knechtli et al. (1998)

Retrospective

64

1.3–17

PCR IG/TCR

2-year EFS

Multivariate analysis

Philadelphia chromosome positive, pre-BMT relapse

Median: 35 months

Bader et al. (2002)

Retrospective

41

1.5–17.8

PCR IG/TCR

5-year EFS

KM curve

NA

Median: 5.75 years

Sramkova et al. (2007)

Prospective

36

1.1–19

PCR IG/TCR

4-year EFS

KM curve

NA

Median: 26 months

Spinelli et al. (2007)

Prospective

37

18–63

PCR IG/TCR, or PCR fusion transcript

3-year CIR, 3-year OS

KM curve

NA

Median: 23 months

Bader et al. (2009)

Prospective

91

3–22.6

PCR IG/TCR

4-year CIR; 4-year EFS

Multivariate analysis

Sex, age at relapse, remission status, time point of relapse, immunophenotype, site of relapse, stem-cell donor, T-cell depletion, time to transplantation, GVHD, MRD load before stem-cell transplantation

Median: 3.4 years

Elorza et al. (2010)

Prospective

31

0.8–12

FC

2-year EFS

KM curve

NA

Median: 9 months

Lankester et al. (2010)

Prospective

48

Mean: 8

PCR IG/TCR

5-year CIR, 5-year EFS

KM curve

NA

Median 61.5 months

Doney et al. (2011)

Retrospective

161

18–62

FC

5-year CIR, 5-year RFS

Multivariate analysis

Disease status, year of transplantation, CMV serology mismatch

NA

Bachanova et al. (2012)

Prospective

86

1–63

FC

2-year CIR, 3-year DFS, 3-year OS

Multivariate analysis

Disease status, ALL subtype, sex, time from diagnosis to transplantation, CMV status

Median 3.9 years

Ruggeri et al. (2012)

Retrospective

170

< 1–17

PCR IG/TCR, or fusion transcripts

4-year CIR; 4-year LFS, 4-year OS, 4-year NRM

Multivariate analysis

Age, median year of transplant, cytogenetic risk group, TBI-based conditioning regimen, number of HLA disparities

Median: 48 months

Mizuta et al. (2012)

Prospective

100

15–64

PCR BCR-ABL

3-year CIR, 3-year OS, 3-year DFS, 3-year NRM

Multivariate analysis

Age, donor status, chromosome abnormality, stem-cell source, performance status, BCR-ABL subtype, WBC, CD20

Median: 31 months

Sanchez-Garcia et al. (2013)

Retrospective

102

Mixed

FC

5-year EFS, 5-year OS, 5-year RFS

Multivariate analysis

Age, disease status, stem-cell source, time from onset to HSCT, GVHD

Median: 60.8 months

Balduzzi et al. (2014)

Prospective

82

< 1–20

PCR IG/TCR

5-year CIR, 5-year EFS

Multivariate analysis

Disease status, donor type, HLA compatibility, GVHD

Median 4.9 years

Gandemer et al. (2014)

Prospective

122

≤18

PCR IG/TCR

5-year CIR, DFS, OS

Multivariate analysis

Sex, antithymocyte globulins, CNS location, risk stratification

Median: 34.8 months

Tucunduva et al. (2014)

Retrospective

98

18–66

PCR or FC BCR-ABL

3-year CIR, 3-year LFS

Multivariate analysis

Age, sex, cytomegalovirus, disease status, transplantation method, conditioning, antithymocyte globulin, use of TKI, graft

Median: 36 months

Logan et al. (2014)

Retrospective

29

16–67

PCR

DFS

KM curve

NA

Minimum: 3 years

Zhou et al. (2014)

Retrospective

149

18–70

FC

2-year OS, 2-year PFS

Multivariate analysis

Age, disease status, allotype, cell type

NA

Bar et al. (2014)

Retrospective

160

0.6–62

FC

3-year CIR, 3-year OS

Univariate analysis

None

Median: 40.6 months

Bader et al. (2015)

Prospective

113

0–18

PCR IG/TCR

3-year CIR, 3-year EFS, 3-year NRM

Multivariate analysis

Disease status, immunophenotype, time of relapse, T-cell depletion

Range: 3.4–6.5 years

Sutton et al. (2015)

Prospective

81

< 18

PCR IG/TCR

5-year CIR, 5-year LFS, 5-year OS

Multivariate analysis

Sex, age, T-ALL, BCR-ABL1, hyperdiploidy > 50 or ETV6-RUNX1, BCP-other, IKZF1 mutation status, CR > 1, MSD, cord blood donor, mitoxantrone chemotherapy, TBI CY TT conditioning, in vitro T-cell depletion, ATG, GVHD

Median: 4.8 years

Dh’edin et al. (2016)

Prospective

522

15–55

PCR IG/TCR

3-year RFS, 3-year OS

KM curve

NA

Median: 3.5 years

  1. ALL Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, BMT Bone marrow transplantation, CIR Cumulative incidence of relapse, CNS Central nervous system, DFS Disease-free survival, EFS Event-free survival, FC Flow cytometry, GVHD Graft-versus-host disease, HR hazard ratio, IG Immunoglobulin genes, MRD Minimal residual disease, MSD Matched sibling donor, NRM non-relapse mortality, OS Overall survival, RFS Relapse-free survival, TBI total body irradiation, TCR T-cell receptor genes, TKI Tyrosine-kinase inhibitor