Characteristics MAC (n = 46) RIC (n = 47) p-value
Diagnosis:
AML 46 47  
Favorable cytogenetics/intermed/adverse 5/28/2009 2/33/11 ns
Disease stage (CR1/ > CR2) 28/18 22/25 ns
Sex (M/F) 28/18 23/24 ns
Age 39 (21–59) 59 (31–69) < 0.001
Donor:     0.06
Sibling 22 13  
MUD 21 30  
Allele MM MUD 3 4  
Donor sex (M/F) 26/19 29/18 ns
Donor age 37 (18–66) 34 (20–71) ns
Female to male 9 3 0.07
Stem cell source (BM/PBSCs) Apr-42 May-42 ns
NC dose (×106/kg) 11.1 (1.5–28.8) 11.3 (2.3–32.7) ns
CD34 dose (×106/kg) 7.7 (0.2–25.5) 6.9 (0.6–18.1) ns
GVHD prophylaxis:
CsA + MTX 42 42  
CsA + MMF 0 1  
Tacrolimus + Sirolimus 4 4  
Conditioning:
Busulfan-based 40 41  
TBI-based 4 0  
Chemo-based 0 6*  
+ATG 24 (52%) 41 (87%) < 0.001
*Fu + Cy: n = 1; Flu + Treo: n = 5.    
Abbreviations: AML = Acute Myeloid Leukemia; CR1 = Complete Remission; M = Male; F = Female; MUD=Matched Unrelated Donor; MM = Mismatch; BM= Bone Marrow; PBSCs = Peripheral Blood Stem Cells; NC dose = Nucleated Cell dose; CsA = Cyclosporine; MTX = Methotrexate; MMF = Mycophenolate mofetil; TBI = Total Body Irradiation; ATG = Antithymocyte Globulin.
Table 1: Characteristics of patients selected for myeloablative conditioning (MAC)or reduced intensity conditioning (RIC).