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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Leukemia. 2009 Feb 26;23(8):1410–1416. doi: 10.1038/leu.2009.30

Table 2.

Outcome according to treatment arm for randomized patients

All randomized patients (n=96) De novo patients (n=78)
Arm A Arm B p Arm A Arm B p
CR after window* 0.026 0.068
 Yes 21 (43) 30 (65) 16 (43) 27 (66)
 No 29 (57) 16 (35) 21 (57) 14 (34)

MRD after window 0.756 0.746
 < 0.1% 13 (54) 8 (47) 12 (57) 8 (50)
 ≥ 0.1% 11 (46) 9 (53) 9 (43) 8 (50)

Grade 3/4 toxicity 0.019 0.032
 Yes 12 (24) 22 (48) 8 (22) 19 (46)
 No 38 (76) 24 (52) 29 (78) 22 (54)

CR after DAV #1 0.008 0.077
 Yes 38 (76) 44 (96) 30 (81) 39 (95)
 No 12 (24) 2 (4) 7 (19) 2 (5)

MRD after DAV #1 1.000 1.000
 < 0.1% 16 (67) 11 (69) 15 (71) 11 (74)
 ≥ 0.1% 8 (33) 5 (31) 6 (29) 4 (26)

Grade 3/4 toxicity 1.000 1.000
 Yes 20 (40) 16 (37) 16 (43) 17 (42)
 No 30 (60) 27 (63) 21 (57) 24 (58)

5-yr EFS±SE 40.0% ± 6.8% 52.2% ± 7.4% 0.216 48.6% ± 8.0% 48.8% ± 7.8 0.933

5-yr OS±SE 40.0% ± 6.8% 60.9% ± 7.2% 0.069 48.6% ± 8.0% 58.8% ± 7.7 0.561
*

The upfront window therapy consisted of daily cladribine with daily 2-hour infusions of cytarabine (arm A) or with a continuous infusion of cytarabine (arm B).

Numbers in parentheses represent percentages.