Table. Studies examining an impact of IOL in SCT for hematologic malignancies, and including a multivariate analysis or ROC analysis. For retrospective analyses, studies of ≥50 patients were included; for prospective analyses, ≥25 patients.
Analysis SCT N Diseases IOL Infection Relapse NRM TRM OS Other Comments Reference
Retro MA 543 Multiple Pre SF       0.002 (for MDS) <0.00125 SOS 0.05, aGVH NS Included albumin Armand 2007
Retro Allo NOS 172 MDS, AML Pre SF 0.032 BSI       NS     Platzbecker 2008
Retro MA & RIC 217 MDS Pre SF
TD pre
  NS 0.03
0.023
  0.01
0.003
  Still sig adj for albumin
NS in RIC
Alessandrino 2010
Retro Allo NOS 101 Multiple Pre SF NS NS   0.003 0.001 SOS NS   Lee 2009
Retro MA & NMA 264 Multiple Pre SF Infectious deaths 0.01   0.01@5y 0.05@5y   Organ failure
deaths 0.02
  Kataoka 2009
Retro Allo NOS 1448 Multiple Pre SF       0.03@2y ≤0.005   NRM NS for NMA Sorror 2009
Retro MA 222 Multiple Pre SF 0.003 RFS 0.003 Mahindra 2009
Retro MA & RIC 477 Multiple Pre SF NS Dadwal 2015
Retro Allo NOS 84 Multiple Pre SF <0.023 0.039 DFS 0.023 Engraftment,
aGVH NS
Sivgin 2012
Retro MA 230 Multiple Pre SF <0.001 ROC analysis Bazuaye 2012
Retro MA & RIC 114 AML, MDS Pre SF D100 BSI 0.02 Time to engraftment
0.03
Tachibana 2011
Retro Allo NOS 261 AL, MDS Pre SF ≤0.031 DFS ≤0.043 Tachibana 2012
Retro MA & RIC 158 Multiple Pre SF 0.04 0.002 Michallet 2013
Retro Allo NOS 290 Multiple Pre SF Increased (P NR) <0.02 OS sig @ 0-6, 6-12,
12-24 & 25-60 mo
Meyer 2013
Retro MA & RIC 309 Multiple Pre SF 0.015, 0.002 RFS 0.023 0.013 Wahlin 2011
Retro MA, RIC, NMA 3917 Multiple Pre SF 0.002 for
SF >2500
0.02, 0.001
for SF >1000,
>2500
Vaughn 2015
Retro MA 59 Multiple LIC at necropsy Invasive aspergillus
0.012
Altes 2004
Retro MA1 1248 Multiple Pre(?) SF Invasive mold <40d 0.02 Garcia-Vidal 2008
Retro RIC 99 MDS, AML2 Pre SF NS, DFS NS NS 0.03 Lim 2010
Retro NMA 64 Multiple Pre SF NS NS 0.01 aGVH NS Mahindra 2009
Retro Allo NOS & ASCT 55 Multiple Pre hepcidin Bacterial 0.007 Kanda 2008
Retro MA & ASCT 148 Multiple Pre SF Pulm fungal 0.045 Ozyilmaz 2010
Retro MA, NMA & ASCT 427 Pre SF SOS 0.04 Maradei 2009
Retro MA, NMA & ASCT 77 Multiple BMIS 0.02 IRM 0.03 0.01 SF, RBC TR, BM iron
stores
Storey 2009
Retro ASCT 315 HL & NHL Pre SF 0.049, 0.021 RFS 0.002 Mahindra 2008
Retro ASCT 367 MM BMIS Severe <0.001 Miceli 2006
Meta-analysis MA & RIC 276 Multiple SF pre 0.026 RIC 0.036 Including CRP Armand 2014
Pro MA 45 MDS, AL SF, LIC by MRI SF, LIC NS SF, LIC NS SF p=0.042 LIC
NS
LIC NS Including CRP Armand 20123
Pro MA & RIC 190 Multiple SF pre 0.032 BSI 0.004 0.013@100d 0.001 severe GVH Pullarkat 2008
Pro MA & RIC 190 AML, AL Pre SF NS@100d NS NS EFS NS 0.017 Grade II-IV aGVH NS Tanaka 2015
Pro MA & RIC 67 Multiple LIC by MRI 0.003 severe LIC NS LIC NS Virtanen 20133
Pro Allo NOS 133 AML, MDS LIC by MRI, LPI 0.023 bacteremia LPI D100 0.002 LPI Wermke 2015
Pro MA & RIC 88 MDS, AML Pre SF, LIC by MRI, LPI 0.016 LIC 0.038 LIC Wermke 20123
Pro MA & RIC 102 Multiple Post SF, LIC by SQUID 0.006 IFI Busca 2010
Pro MA & RIC 88 Multiple Pre SF, LIC by MRI SF 0.03
LIC NS
SF 0.05 Trottier 20133
Pro Allo NOS & ASCT 25 Multiple Pre SF, TS 0.01 LIC NS
≤0.02
Grade III-IV aGVH
<0.01
Altes 2002
Pro MA, RIC & ASCT 50 Multiple Pre SF, TS >80% 0.006, 0.012 invasive
aspergillus
Severe mucositis
SF 0.03
Altes 2007
1predominantly 2secondary 3included in meta-analysis. adj, adjusted; aGVH, acute GVH; AL, acute leukemia; Allo, allogeneic; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; ASCT, autologous stem cell transplantation; BM, bone marrow; BMIS, bone marrow iron score; BSI, bloodstream infection; CRP, C-reactive protein; D, day; DFS, disease-free survival; EFS, event-free survival; GVH, graft versus host; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; IFI, invasive fungal infection; IOL, iron overload; IRM, infection related mortality; LIC, liver iron concentration; LPI, labile plasma iron; MA, myeloablative; MM, multiple myeloma; mo, months; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; NMA, non-myeloablative; n, number; NOS, not otherwise specified; NR, not reported; NRM, non-relapse mortality; NS, not significant; OS, overall survival; p, probability; pro, prospective; pulm, pulmonary; RBC, red blood cell; retro, retrospective; RFS, relapse free survival; RIC, reduced intensity conditioning; ROC, receiver-operator curve; SCT, stem cell transplantation, SF, serum ferritin; sig, significant; SOS, sinusoidal obstructive syndrome; SQUID, Superconducting Quantum Interference Device; TD, transfusion dependent; TR, transfusion requirement; TRM, transplant-related mortality; TS, transferrin saturation; y, years. From: Leitch HA, et al. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2017;113:156-170.