Table 4.
Type of first event and survival status by treatment group according to type of corticosteroid (allocated at first randomization)
| PRED |
DEX |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No pulses (N = 101) | Pulses (N = 101) | No pulses (N = 100) | Pulses (N = 101) | |
| DFS status | ||||
| CCR | 87 | 93 | 82 | 90 |
| Relapse | 14 | 8 | 16 | 11 |
| BM | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| CNS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Other isolated | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| BM + CNS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BM + other | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Death without relapse | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Survival status | ||||
| Alive | 94 | 97 | 91 | 94 |
| Dead | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
PRED indicates prednisone; DEX, dexamethasone; DFS, disease-free survival; CCR, continuous complete remission; BM, bone marrow; and CNS, central nervous system.