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Table 2 Outcomes (engraftment and GVHD) of included studies

From: Efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stem cells co-infusion in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author, year, and country

ANC ≥ 0.5 × 109/L (days)

PLT ≥ 20 × 109/L (days)

aGVHD (events/total)

cGVHD (events/total)

Ning, 2008, China [24]

16.25 ± 2.602 VS 15.25 ± 2.602

PLT > 50, 30 (16–45) VS 27 (15–64)

Grade I-IV, 4/9 VS 11/15; grade II-IV, 1/9 VS 8/15; grade I-II, 4/9 VS 11/15; grade III-IV, 0/9 VS 0/15

Lim, 1/7 VS 1/14; Ext, 0/7 VS 3/14

Ghavamzad, 2010, Iran [27]

14 VS 13, p = 0.16

16/15, p = 0.34

Grade III-IV, 6/25 VS 4/23; P = 0.73

NA

Liu, 2011, China [22]

NA

19.5 (8–52) VS 20 (10–80)

Grade I-IV, 16/27 VS 16/27; grade II-IV, 13/27 VS 9/27; grade I-II, 16/27 VS 15/27; grade III-IV, 0/27 VS 1/27

Lim, 9/27 VS 11/24; Ext, 4/27 VS 4/24

Wu, 2013b, China [28]

12 ± 2.31 VS 25.5 ± 7.94, p = 0.003*

30 (20–45) VS 73 (42–135), p = 0.004*

Grade I-IV, 4/8 VS 8/12; grade II-IV, 1/8 VS 3/12; grade I-II, 4/8 VS 7/12; grade III-IV, 0/8 VS 1/12

Lim, 1/8 VS 1/12; Ext, 0/8 VS 4/12

Mareika, 2016, Belarus [29]

19 (12–20) VS 24 (16–45), p = 0.09

18 (10–44) VS 23 (16–144), p = 0.05

Grade II-IV, 1/10 VS 3/12; grade III-IV, 0/10 VS 3/12

Ext, 1/10 VS 4/12

Xiang, 2017, China [13]

12.25 ± 1.59 VS 15.96 ± 2.20, p = 0.000*

15.42 ± 2.59 VS 16.02 ± 2.86, p = 0.382

NA

Overall, 1/32 VS 7/32; P = 0.023

Ball, 2007, Netherlands [16]

12 (10–17) VS 13 (9–28), p = 0.15

10 (9–18) VS 13 (9–100), p = 0.13

Grade I-IV, 2/14 VS 14/47; grade I-II, 2/14 VS 12/47; grade III-IV, 0/14 VS 2/47

Lim, 1/14 VS 4/47; Ext, 0/14 VS 2/47

Daganzo, 2009, Spain [30]

12 (10–31) VS 10 (9–36), p: NS

44 (27–98) VS 32 (13–97), p: NS

Grade I-IV, 5/9 VS 29/46; grade II-IV, 4/9 VS 11/46; grade I-II, 5/9 VS 23/46; grade III-IV, 0/9 VS 6/46

Lim, 1/8 VS 8/33; Ext, 0/8 VS 3/33

MacMillan, 2009, USA [31]

19 (8–28) VS 15 (11–30), p = 0.55

PLT > 50, 53 (36–98) VS 69 (31–129); p = 0.55

Grade II-IV, 3/8 VS 5/23

Overall, 0/8 VS 4/23; p = 0.23

Baron, 2010, Belgium [32]

ANC > 1, 10 VS 9; p = 0.2

PLT > 100, 11 VS 13; p = 0.7

Grade II-IV, 9/20 VS 9/16; p: NS

NA

Hou, 2010, China [33]

12 (11–20) VS 11.5 (11–21)

19 (11–46) VS 19 (10–78), p > 0.05

NA

NA

Bernardo, 2011, Italy [15]

30 (17–42) VS 28 (13–44)

32 (14–85) VS 36 (18–91), p: NS

Grade I-IV, 5/13 VS 21/39; grade II-IV, 4/13 VS 16/39; grade I-II, 5/13 VS 11/39; grade III-IV, 0/13 VS 10/39

Lim, 0/10 VS 1/30; Ext, 0/10 VS 2/30

Lee, 2013, Korea [14]

19 (16–21) VS 24 (17–34), p = 0.03*

47 (33–80) VS 57 (41–100), P = 0.26

Grade I-IV, 5/7 VS 5/8; grade I-II, 4/7 VS 5/8; grade III-IV, 1/7 VS 0/8

Ext, 1/7 VS 3/6; P = 0.27

Wu, 2013a, China [34]

11 (7–13) VS 25 (19–39), p = 0.02*

32 (22–41) VS 69 (55–113), p = 0.01*

Grade I-IV, 2/5 VS 6/9; grade I-II, 2/5 VS 5/9; grade III-IV, 0/5 VS 1/9

Lim, 1/5 VS 3/9; Ext, 0/5 VS 1/9

Xiao, 2013, China [35]

12.143 ± 2.743 VS 20.5 ± 7.653

8.714 VS 19.500, p < 0.01*

NA

Overall, 0/7 VS 3/8

Wang, 2015, China [36]

17 (14–21) VS 21 (19–25), p = 0.007*

19 (18–22) VS 21 (20–26), p = 0.024*

Grade I-IV, 2/7 VS 3/7; grade I-II, 2/7 VS 2/7; grade II-IV, 2/7 VS 3/7; grade III-IV, 0/7 VS 1/7

Lim, 2/7 VS 2/7; Ext, 1/7 VS 3/7

Zhang, 2015, China [37]

12 (9–22) VS 15 (9–26), p = 0.041*

15 (9–38) VS 16 (11–46), p = 0.78

Grade I-IV, 11/22 VS 16/27; grade II-IV, 3/22 VS 5/27

Lim, 3/20 VS 5/27; Ext, 1/20 VS 9/27

Kang, 2017, China [38]

14 VS 15, p = 0.691

20 VS 19, p = 0.525

Grade I-IV, 15/34 VS 12/13; grade I-II, 9/34 VS 8/13; grade III-IV, 6/34 VS 4/13

Lim, 5/34 VS 2/13; Ext, 4/34 VS 2/13

Ghavamzad, 2017, Iran [39]

NA

27.2 (22–31) VS 36.6 (22–50), p = 0.26

Overall, 23/41 VS 19/29

Overall, 9/41 VS 11/29

  1. MSCs+ VS MSCs−
  2. Lim limited, Ext extensive, NA not available, NS not significant
  3. *Statistically significant