Table 1

Clinical characteristics of studied patient cohort

Demographic and clinical summaryn=63
Age at diagnosis, year
 Median3.3
 Median0.5–15.2
Sex (%)
 Female26 (41.3)
 Male37 (58.7)
Race (%)
 White42 (66.7)
 African American18 (28.6)
 Other3 (4.8)
INSS stage (%)
 2B1 (1.6)
 37 (11.1)
 455 (87.3)
MYCN status (%)
 Not amplified41 (65.1)
 Amplified21 (33.3)
 Unknown1 (1.6)
Shimada histology (%)
 Favorable5 (7.9)
 Unfavorable40 (69.6)
 Unknown18 (28.6)
Survival status (%)
 Alive56 (88.9)
 Deceased7 (11.1)
Autologous transplant (%)
 Yes57 (90.5)
 No5 (7.9)
 Unknown1 (1.6)
Haploidentical NK cell therapy as part of autologous transplant
NK cell donor
 Father16 (51.6)
 Mother15 (48.4)
Infused NK cell dose, ×106/kg median (range)
 Median20.7
 Range3.0–114.0
Infused NKT cell dose, ×106/kg
 Median0.01
 Range0.00–0.10
Infused T cell dose, ×106/kg
 Median0.00
 Range0.00–0.01
Donor KIR—patient HLA mismatch (%)
 Yes17 (54.8)
 No14 (45.2)
Donor KIR mismatch against (%)
 KIR2DL113 (41.9)
 KIR2DL2/31 (3.2)
 KIR3DL18 (25.8)
Autologous HLA–KIR mismatch (%)
 Yes16 (51.6)
 No15 (48.4)
NK cell chimerism on day 7 after infusion
 No patients22
 Median (% donor)5
 Range0.0–81.0
NK cell chimerism on day 21 after infusion
 No patients26
 Median (% donor)0.0
 Range0.0–35.0
  • HLA, human leukocyte antigen; INSS, International Neuroblastoma Staging System; KIR, killer immunoglobulin-like receptor; NK, natural killer.