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. 2006 Jul 11;108(9):3216–3222. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-04-017780

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and disease characteristics

Palifermin
Cohort 1
Cohort 2
Cohort 3
Placebo 40 μg/kg or 240 μg/kg total dose 60 μg/kg or 360 μg/kg total dose 60 μg/kg or 540 μg/kg total dose 60 μg/kg or 720 μg/kg total dose All patients P*
Randomized, no. 31 8 10 14 37 69
Center, no. (%)
    Michigan 14 (45) 3 (37) 4 (40) 7 (50) 18 (49) 32 (46) .91
    Minnesota 17 (55) 5 (63) 6 (60) 7 (50) 19 (51) 37 (54)
Sex, no. (%)
    Male 18 (58) 6 (75) 6 (60) 10 (71) 18 (49) 40 (58) .99
    Female 13 (42) 2 (25) 4 (40) 4 (29) 19 (51) 29 (42)
Median age, y (range) 46 (7-63) 44 (33-64) 43.5 (24-55) 48.5 (22-60) 47 (7-65) 46 (7-65) .58
Median weight, kg (range) 78 (25-159) 73 (64-96) 76 (50-119) 92 (48-124) 82 (26-114) 81 (26-124) .74
Disease, no. (%)
    AII 1 (3) 0 1 (10) 3 (21) 4 (11) 8 (12) .08
    AML 12 (39) 4 (50) 3 (30) 6 (42) 11 (30) 24 (35)
    CML 8 (26) 2 (25) 2 (20) 1 (7) 2 (5) 7 (10)
    MDS 6 (19) 0 0 1 (7) 5 (14) 6 (9)
    NHL 1 (3) 1 (13) 0 3 (21) 9 (24) 13 (19)
    Hodgkin 0 0 1 (10) 0 0 1 (1)
    Other malignancies 3 (10) 1 (13) 3 (30) 0 6 (17) 10 (14)

AML indicates acute myelogenous leukemia; CML, chronic myelogenous leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

*

P values for significance test represent all palifermin versus placebo.